German Command Alarmed Over Italian Front Stand
Reported Austro-Hungarian offensive in Italy shows signs of stalling as Italian forces and French British allies counter attack along the Piave and Montello. Germany rushes reinforcements amid mounting Allied pressure on a 190 mile front from Asiago to the Adriatic. Minor French actions noted elsewhere.
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Adriatic Sea
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Piave
Montello
France
O Leary pleads not guilty to treason and espionage
Jeremiah O Leary former Bull editor arrived in New York under guard and pleaded not guilty in federal court to treason and espionage charges. He seeks counsel as he faces possible death or life in prison, was remanded without bail to await trial at the Tombs. Customs post filled as George Davidson Jr. nominated Buffalo district customs chief.
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Jeremiah O'Leary
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Federal District Court
Gertrude
Jerry
Western Union Refuses War Labor Board Ruling
Washington June 18 Western Union Telegraph Company refuses to abide by the war labor board decision on telegraph operators right to organize. President Newcomb Carlton rejects President Wilson’s appeal and signals no immediate action from the White House. The Postal Telegraph and Cable Company and the Commercial Telegraphers Union accept the board’s findings, while Western Union proposes a company controlled distinct union.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
War Labor Board
Newcomb Carlton
Western Union
Wilson
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
Clarence H. Mackay
War Board
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
5. J. Konenkamp
Taft
Frank P. Walsh
Morrison Assigned to Command of the Department of the West
Maj. Gen. John F. Morrison is assigned to command the Department of the West with headquarters in San Francisco. The move follows Gen. Leonard Wood’s reassignment to lead his division for France.
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Washington
John F. Morrison
Department of the the West
San Francisco
War Department
Department of the West
Leonard Wood
France
Resignation Accepted in Bulgaria Premier Radoslavoff Steps Down
London reports King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria has accepted the resignation of Premier Radoslavoff. Central News dispatch from Sofia confirms the political shift amid Bulgaria's government changes.
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Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Radoslavoff
Sofia
German losses on Western Front estimated at 80,000
Paris report quotes Andre Tardieu stating German casualties from Montdidier to the Oise River reached 80,000. He credits General Mangin for counter attacks that pushed back Von Hutier's forces and helped save Compiègne.
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Oise
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Compiegne
Pittsburgher Honored for Heroic Marne Action
Lieut. John T. Bissett of Pittsburgh earns the French Legion of Honor for bravery at the Marne bridgehead on June 20. His machine gun unit repelled German efforts to cross the bridge while Franco American fire trapped the enemy and he led his men back to safety with one man left behind.
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the Maren
John T. Bissett
Pittsburgh
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Bissel
Krupps
Bissell
Government war order conspiracies surge in scope
Washington reports detail nationwide raids by the Department of Justice as contracts with manufacturers allegedly paying agents in Washington and New York. President Wilson urged cabinet members to close all government contracts to curb profiteering and limit contract commissions.
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Gregory
Aviator and student flier saved after dirigible crash
Exhausted but unhurt, a naval aviator and a student flier clung to a sunken dirigible for two days before rescue. They were picked up 45 miles off Sandy Hook after noon yesterday by the American schooner Luther Little, which had found the balloon and brought the men aboard.
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Wool Embargo Lifted by McAdoo Order
Washington June 18 Embargoes on wool shipments from growing centers to grading points are lifted by an order from Railways Director General McAdoo. The removal ends piling up of wool consignments mainly in the east and helps alleviate shortages at grading centers.
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Washington
Railways
McAdoo
Sinking of German Submarine Report Reported by American Submarine
Officers aboard an American vessel arriving from a Cuban port claim their submarine sank a German U boat off the U S coast after firing a torpedo submerged and seeing oil on the surface. Navy officials say confirmation is not yet official amid conflicting crew reports.
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Atlantic
Washington
Navy Department
Heavy losses suffered by Austrians in Piave fighting
War report by Warner Allen describes Allied air bombing of bridges near the Piave and low altitude strafing. Austrian forces launched a major attack on the British front with second and sixteenth divisions reinforced before the assault. Despite heavy losses men could not blunt the British line.
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Astico
Bombing Raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend Bases
The Admiralty reported British airmen dropped twenty four tons of bombs on Zeebrugge, Ostend, and the Ghistelles aerodrome on June 13 and 16 with good results. One British aircraft was lost.
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London
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Ghistelles
Admiralty
Thirty Second Division At Grips With Teutons
The thirty second division of the national guard commanded by Maj. Gen. William G. Haan is now at grips with the enemy on German soil in Alsace. Replacement units for this division were aboard the Tuscania when that ship was torpedoed, the war department announced.
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Washington
National Guard
William G. Haan
Alsace
War Department
Tuscania
Germans shoot American prisoners after capture in France
In France on June 18 a German officer said American captives were shot when they resisted and attacked German troops after capture. He claimed Americans failed to show war etiquette and that the raid by American forces inflicted heavy casualties before the German defense repulsed the assault.
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Newton C. Parke
I. N.S
France
Kivray
Sammmies Clash With Germans
Washington reports a small American patrol on the Picardy front met a 40 German ambush. Despite being outnumbered the Americans broke through to safety with many wounded. German planes were destroyed, including a Hanover biplane near St Mihiel by Lieutenants Meissner Winslow and Taylor.
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Patriol
St Mihiel
Hanover
Meissner
Winslow
Taylor
Huns Use Gas On American Sector
Report from Marne dated June 17 describes German gas and mustard shelling on American positions northwest of Chateau Theirry Delleau Wood Bouresches and Triangle Farm. Despite heavy bombardment American troops hold their lines as raiding parties are met with accurate fire and counter cannonade.
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Marne
Chateau Thiersry
Delleau Wood
Bouresches
Triangle Farm
Austro Hungarians Stopped In Major Piave Stand
Rome June 18 The Italian Allied counter offensive halts Austro Hungarian drive along the Piave and Asiago line. Italian forces and allies report heavy losses to Austrians, with 5 000 prisoners taken as operations shift to the Venetian plains and Montello sector.
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Venice
Booze interests accused of disloyalty in Prohibition push
Wayne B. Wheeler general counsel of the Anti Saloon League told the Senate Agricultural Committee that liquor interests are disloyal and fund pro German propaganda in the United States as he urged nationwide Prohibition amendments.
Americans Cross Marne in Reconnoitering Boats
Patrol engagements line the north bank of the Marne east of Chateau Thierry as Americans cross in small boats to reconnoiter. Two Germans die and an American officer is wounded in a brush last night.
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Marne
Chateau Thierry
French War Office reports gains on West Front
South of the Aisne River our forces repulsed a local enemy operation near Ambleny and east of Mont Gobert and took 100 prisoners. Patrols between the Ourcq and the Marne captured additional prisoners while the night remained calm along the rest of the front.
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French War Office
Ourco
Marne
Negotiations Break Off Amid Eastern Front Moves
London reports that negotiations for new boundaries have been broken off as Germany drives an offensive against Russian forces on the eastern front. A Moscow dispatch says German troops are advancing in the Vetluisk region and mobilization orders are issued for classes born 1893 to 1837.
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London
Germany
Moscow
Vetluisk
Huge Credit Boosts British War Effort in Commons
In London on June 18 Chancellor Bonar Law moved a 500 million pound vote of credit in the House of Commons. Daily war expenditure was put at about 6.848 million pounds for the fiscal quarter. The new credit lifts total wartime burden to 7.342 billion pounds with munition spending down 6 million while army outlays rose 9 million.
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A. Bonar Law
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