Greece Evicts Constantine. Alexander to Reign as Allies Move
The Entente forces pressure Greece to change leadership. King Constantine I abdicates in favor of Prince Alexander after Italian troops move into Janina and other regions, with Crown Prince George set to depart. Jonnart arrives with plenary powers as France Britain and Russia back the shift to stabilize allied aims in Greece.
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Blas
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Greece
Constantine
Prince Alexander
George
Jonnart
Elassona
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Gulf of
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Athens
Paris
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France
Great Britain
Russia
Alexander
Belgian War Mission Headed by Baron Moncheur Arrives Soon
The Belgian War Mission to visit the United States will be led by Baron Moncheur former Minister of Belgium in Washington and chief of the Political Bureau of the Belgian Foreign Office in Havre His American wife is the daughter of General Powell Clayton a Washington society figure The delegation also includes General Leclercq noted for his cavalry command early in the war and the first division of Belgian Cavalry amid the German invasion threat.
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United States
Baron Moncheur
Washington
Foreign Office
Havre
Powell Clayton
Mexico
Leclercq
Actress Sues Actor Husband for Divorce in Ten-Year Marriage
A San Francisco story reports an actress suing her husband over alleged improper affection. She claims no evidence of professional romance during their ten-year marriage and cites a breach of trust. The case adds a sensational twist after a woman reportedly turned over an explosive device to police.
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San Francisco
French envoy Jonnart presses Greek abdication issue in Athens
M. Jonnart the French senator on a special mission to Athens met Greek premier Alander Zaimis with continued demands from France Great Britain and Russia for King Constantine to abdicate. The talks also excluded Crown Prince George from succession due to pro German ties.
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M. Jonnart
Athens
France
Great Britain
Russia
Salonica
Alander Zaimis
Constantine
George
Drifter Engages Five Seaplanes Off Dover
A Dover patrol drifter met a group of five enemy seaplanes at about 5 am. One enemy plane was destroyed. its pilot captured after the craft sank while being towed. The second plane was damaged and both pilots were captured. The other three escaped.
U S Lends Two Billion War Loans From U S
London reports Andrew Bonar Law announced in the house of commons that since the war began Britain has borrowed $2,000,000,000 from the United States. He added that the average daily government expenditure in the first nine weeks of the fiscal year was about £7,884,000, roughly $39,420,000.
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London
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Excheqive
Great Britain
United States
Bonar Law
Roumanian oil industry rebounds in Bucharest report
The Wolff bureau telegram from Bucharest says the Roumanian oil industry is rapidly recovering after enemy destruction last fall. Production is rising weekly and fully meeting army needs.
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Amsterdam
London
Wolff Bureau
Bucharest
Soldiers Lose Caps to Souvenir Seekers in London
American soldiers with Major General Pershing attend a theater in London and have their caps stolen by souvenir hunters. The troops had no extra headgear with them.
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London
Genersl Pershing
Wenman Seeks Custody Change Over Alleged Unfitness
Byrd Wilson Wenman of Stamford accuses his former wife Louise Laden Nave and her husband Fritz Nave of unfitness to raise their child. He will present evidence June 22 in Superior Court to annul a court order allowing the mother access. The action follows a 1915 kidnapping and the pair's flight to California.
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Stamford
Conn
Louise Laden Nave
Fritz Nave
New York
Byrd Wilson Wenman
Curtis
Nave
California
Draft Board to Decide Exemptions Albany June 13
The state census director Captain G G Henry issued a statement clarifying exemptions from military duty. He said exemptions will be determined by a draft board and no one can be certain who is exempt beyond a few specific classes. The president will decide the remaining cases.
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Albany
G. G. Henry
Judge Limits Prison Labor For Park Improvements
Canton Ohio June 13 Police Judge Quinn will not require prisoners to work more than two days in the west city park. He said the only meals inmates were getting were sandwiches and black coffee, the regular prison fare, and he seeks better food for prisoners serving terms through park work.
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Canton
West City
Quinn
Insurance Tax Stands After Supreme Court Ruling
Washington June 13 a Supreme Court decision upholds taxation of insurers. The ruling confirms that reserves for unpaid losses and claims of the Insurance Company of North America are subject to federal income tax and not exempt from taxation. This decision blocks large annual losses in tax revenue and prevents treasury refunds of previously collected amounts.
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Washington
Treasury
Supreme Court
Insurance Company of North America
Tragic suicide by train near Bellefontaine Ohio
George Binfield a 19 year old from Shelbyville Indiana killed himself by stepping in front of a Pit Four passenger train near Bellefontaine Ohio on June 13. He left a note in his cap instructing someone to notify his father John Binfield at Shelbyville. The father claimed the body.
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Bellefontaine, O
George Binfield
Shelbyville
Ind
John Binfield
British Forces Smash German Lines East of Messines
Berlin reports British cavalry east of Messines were repulsed Monday afternoon while Haig’s troops again broke German front lines northeast of Messines, taking nearly two miles of trenches and the village of Gaspard. Artillery duels persist along Lens Ypres and in Champagne with Allied raids near Mesnil and Haute Checauchee. In Macedonia German allied forces repulse several French attacks. artillery duels continue in the Cerna bend.
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Soissons
Champagne
Douglas Haig
Messines
Gaspard
Berlin
Lens
Ypres
Chemin Des Dames
Mesnil
Haute Checauchee
Trentino
Julian
Vodice
Gorizia
Macedonia
Cerna
Indianapolis Boxer Jack Dillon Enlists in Navy
Indianapolis boxer Jack Dillon has enlisted in the navy after passing the final examination here. He will remain in Indianapolis awaiting orders to report at a naval training station.
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Indianapolis
Jack Dillon
Navy
Food Control Drive Aims at Fast Congressional Action
A labor leaders and congressmen delegation met President Wilson to urge early passage of food measures. The group plans a campaign to press unions to back the bill by July 1, citing harvests and grain storage needs. Labor demands government authority to stabilize prices, protect producers and consumers, and ensure labor representation on agencies administering the law.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Herbert Croover
Grant Hamilton
American Federation of Labor
Hamilton
Texas
Spy measure shifts control of exports to U S President
Washington June 13 the senate approved the administration espionage bill with an embargo clause placing export control in the hands of the government. The act authorizes licenses and empowers the president to regulate shipments via neutral ports to starve Germany of supplies and allows trading for allied controlled articles. Truman H Newberry of Detroit has been commissioned as a commander in the naval reserve and ordered to report for duty in Washington.
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Senate
Germany
United States
America
Mr. Newberry
Truman H. Newberry
Detroit
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Reserve
Newberry
Marconi Honored by Columbia University at Commencement
Columbia University paid tribute to Senator Gugliemo Marconi the inventor of wireless telegraphy during commencement exercises in New York City. He is shown in robes after receiving the honorary Doctor of Science degree as part of the Italian Commission visiting the United States.
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Columbia University
Guglielmo Marconi
Marconi
United States
New York City
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