Italians and Allies Hold Front Behind Austro Austrian Offense
Rome reports the front unchanged since the last Austro-Hungarian push. Italian and Allied forces, with British and French units, repelled attacks in the Asiago Plateau Montello and Piave sectors. Col Moschin recaptured after fierce resistance. losses to the enemy were heavy and morale suffered as prisoners and officers described a failed offensive.
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Rome
Asiago Pateau
Mortegrappa
Montello
Lower
Piave
Fifty Sixth Field
Col Moschin
As’ago
Astico
Port di Salton
Col Moschen
Third Army
Montegrappa
von Kronstratt
May Declare War on Turkey Threatens U S Holdings
Washington reports an act that may trigger a war declaration against Turkey. Turkish forces seized Tabriz in Persia, occupying American and British consulates and burning the American hospital flying the Spanish flag. A second item says fire destroyed the John Brown birthplace in Torrington Connecticut.
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Washington
Turkey
State Department
George J. Caldwell
Therena
Persia
Tabriz
United States
Torrington
Conn
John Brown
Marine Corps Publishes Two Casualty Lists From France
Washington June 19 The Marine headquarters released two casualty lists from the fighting in France. The first dated June 16 records 29 killed in action one dead of disease six died of wounds and forty wounded severely totaling 76. The second dated June 17 lists fifty two severely wounded one killed in action and one dead of wounds received in action.
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Washington
United States
France
Marine Headquarters
Food crisis in Austria prompts bread cuts and protests
Amsterdam dispatch reports a serious Austrian food situation acknowledged by the food minister. Bread rations are slashed by fifty percent as German socialists protest rising prices. In at least one locality potato riots occur while presses discuss the crisis, urging people to grin and bear it.
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Amsterdam
Austria
Vienna
Austrian Battleships Sunk by Italians Coast to Coast Report
London reports the Austrian battleships Wien and Erzherzog Ferdinand Max sunk after a Rome dispatch cites Italian Navy Minister Delbono via Evodha. The Szvant Istvan wreckage seen near Pola places the event in a widening naval action. Wien and Erzherzog Ferdinand Max tonnage listed. Weather in Washington shows fair tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions.
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London
Wien
Erzherzog Ferdinand
Max
Delbono
Evodha
Central
Rome
Istvan
Pola
Two Great Battles Raging on Western Front
Western Front sees heavy fighting as German forces attack Rheims in a three-division assault near Vrigny and Sillery. Despite three hours of shelling and frontal pressure, the German thrust fails to gain ground while French and Italian units hold firm along the Piave and around Rheims.
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Frank Charlton
I. N.S. Cable
Piave
Rheim
France
Rheims
Vrigny
Fort Pompelie
Teutons
Champagne
Vasle
Treviso
Mrs Bush to be released from detention in Key West
Washington says Mrs Adolphus Bush widow of the St. Louis brewer to be released today after authorities concluded the case by the Bureau of Investigation. Chief A Bruce Bielaski noted possible action by other agencies could prolong detention but none was expected.
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Washington
Adolphus Bush
St. Louis
Key West
Department of Justice
A. Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
National Army 76th Division Reviewed at Camp Denver
At Camp Denver on June 19 Major General Harry F Hodges and Brigadier General Thomas Q Donaldson reviewed the entire 76th division in war strength before 4000 spectators. The event showcased New England s first draft division and offered a preview of its future action. In Pittsburgh on the same day J C Trees reported the death in London of his son Lieut Joseph Graham Trees of the U S aviation service, killed in an accident on June 13.
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Camp Denver
Mass
Harry F. Hodges
Thomas Q. Donaldson
Pittsburgh
J. C. Trees
London
Joseph Graham Trees
United States Aviation Service
American Gunner Keyes Fights Seven Seaplanes
London reports a British seaplane crewed by American gunner K B Keyes repelled seven hostile planes in a half hour off Terschelling on June 4. A German craft crashed or landed out of control, another went down in flames. Keyes describes concentrating fire on port side, tending to a wounded lieutenant, and landing near Villeland after the battle.
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London
K. B. Keyes
Terschelling
United States Navy
Keyes
Whderneath
President Needs Our Confidence in War Unity
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall addressed the Indiana Democratic convention in Indianapolis urging national resolve to win the war. He pressed four essentials, chief being confidence in Woodrow Wilson as commander in chief, and warned against critics who claim patriotism while doubting the president’s leadership.
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Ellis H. Martin
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Bethlehem
Berlin
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
Armies of Freedom
Mr. Marshall
German Attack Fails As French Hold City Against Three Divisions
German leaders ordered a take city at any cost but French defense, aided by three engaged German divisions, repelled the assault with heavy Teuton losses. Gallant French defense restored positions, stopping the offensive.
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Teutons
French Resistance Completely Successful Front Report
Paris reports a heavy bombardment on a 20 mile Rheims front with three German divisions attempting to take Rheims. French counterattacks drove attackers back, with severe losses claimed by the Germans. Additional notes from Washington Rome and London describe patrol successes, renewed Allied action near Chateau Thierry and the Marne, Montello pressure, and a German raid repulsed near Locre.
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Paris
Vrigny
Fort la Pompelle
Rheims
War Office
Ormes
Sillery
Washington
Pershing
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Rome
Montello
Orlando
Chamber of Deputies
United States reports thousands of planes in service
Albany June 19. The United States has 6000 planes complete and 2000 flying over the trenches of France, announced by Representative Scott Ferris, chairman of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, at the Democratic state convention this afternoon.
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Albany
N. Y
United States
France
Scott Ferris
National Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Czecho-Slovak forces claim control in Siberia
A Petrograd dispatch reports Czecho-Slovak troops captured Samaranosto and Nikolaevsk in the Omsk government, declaring a provisional bourgeois regime and that Bolsheviks are crushed in Siberia. They offer aid to a greater Russia if Bolsheviks stay beyond the Urals. Bolsheviki mobilize on the Volga and near the Urals to oppose counter revolution.
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London
Siberia
Samaranosto
Nikolaevsk
Omsk
Petrograd
Great Russia
Ural Mountains
Volga Ada
Urals
O Leary Case to Be Closed in Federal Trial
New York June 19 The government was set to rest its case against John J O Leary charged with conspiring to obstruct justice in federal court Judge Hand ordered Col Thomas B Felder counsel for O Leary to testify amid objections Felder questioned by AUSA Barnea about events prior to May 26 involving Jeremiah O Leary Jeremiah visited his brother in the Tombs for the first time since his return from Oregon in a cordial meeting despite prior family tensions
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New York
John J. O’leary
United States District
Atorney Barnes
Col
Thomas B. Felder
O’. Leary
Col. Felder
Atorney Barnea
Col Felder
Felder
John O’leary
Jeremiah O’leary
Oreigon
Jeremiah
John
Jerenttan
Shipping Board Appeals to Congress on Jones Dry Amendment
Washington June 29 The shipping board urged Congress to strike down the bone dry prohibition amendment arguing it would cripple the shipping program and hinder anti submarine efforts. Bainbridge Valley testified before the Senate agricultural committee that dry laws now would cut shipyard efficiency and reduce tonnage production by about 25 percent.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board Today
Congress
America
Bainbridge Valley
Shipping Board
Senate Agricultural Committee
Fleet Corporation Powers Increased
Washington June 19 President Wilson today delegated to the Emergency Fleet Corporation the powers conferred upon him by Congress to take over shipping lines and shipping plants.
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Washington
Wilson
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Congress
Lansing Not a Candidate for New York Governorship
Washington reports Secretary of State Lansing is not seeking the Democratic nomination for New York governor. He has not been approached and would not consider accepting, despite rumors of an upstate Democrats committee gauging his availability.
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Washington
Lansing
New York
Union Ticket Office Sites Open in Several Cities
Union ticket offices will be open by the railway administration in multiple cities. New York at 31 West 32nd Street on July 5 and 114 West 42nd Street on July 10. Philadelphia and Baltimore open June 24, Cleveland and Toledo July 1, Boston July 16, Indianapolis July 10, Cincinnati July 15, and Broadway address July 10.
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Washington
Railway Administration
New York
West 32Nd Street
Broadway
West 42Nd Street
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cleveland
Toledo
Boston
Indianapolis
Cincinnat
American Ship Narrowly Escapes German Submarine
An American steamer with 80 passengers, returning from a Cuban port, narrowly missed a mine and dodged a German submarine off the Charleston coast after a warning from a pursuing German U-boat was reported by a British vessel. The mine’s location was later reported to naval authorities and believed removed.
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Antlantic Port
Lourse
Charleston
S. C
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