Allies Holden Piave Front as Austrian Offensive Rages
Rome reports Italian forces under General Diaz repelling Austrian attacks along a near hundred mile front. Vienna claims 10 000 prisoners after Piave crossing. British and French units counterattack to recover ground and hold key sectors amid heavy bombardment and air combat.
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Vienna
London
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British War Office
Venezuelan editor claims documents on U boat bases
Dr. Carlos Lopez Bustamanti, an ally newspaper editor from Venezuela, says he possesses papers to prove intrigues against the United States. He describes imprisonment and death of a cellmate, and reports a Venezuelan government pro-German stance while the people favor the Allies. Federal agents will monitor a party linked to a Venezuelan official aboard a returning steamer.
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Washington
Carlos Lopez Bustamanti
Proally
United States
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Buslaninti
Ir. Baxquilla Vivas
Doctor Bustamanti
Vives
Vivas
Gomez
War time finance plan seeks 6 billion in fourth Liberty loan
Secretary McAdoo announced a four month program to issue about 6 billion dollars in Liberty loan certificates in blocks of 750 million each biweekly starting June 25. All banks are asked to subscribe 5 percent of gross resources monthly, with certificates at 4.5 percent interest and maturities up to four months. Government expects total expenditures of about 12 billion from July to January. London reports two enemy planes shot down and two British aircraft missing.
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McAdoo
Every Nations Bank and Trust Company
Treasury
London
War Office
King to See New York Banker in Audience
Madrid June 17 King Alfonso will receive Otto Kahn the New York banker in audience Tuesday.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Otto Kahn
Riot over Irish arrests sparks clashes in Galway
Two men were arrested at Ballygar County Galway Ireland on Friday triggering clashes between sympathizers and police. Officers used clubs as protesters hurled missiles and barricaded roads with felled trees and barbed wire while telegraph lines were cut. The arrestees were arraigned on charges of illegal drilling and remanded to Sligo jail.
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Ballygar
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Sligo
Crowder Warns Draft Age Rise Needed to Prevent Class Exhaustion
Senate briefing reveals rapid army growth with 8,689,447 first registrants divided into four classes. Crowder says class 1 could exhaust early next year without age extension to 18–45, aiming for 3,000,000 under arms by August and total 8,000,000 by then. Congress eyes forthcoming extension with backing anticipated.
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Senate Military Affairs Committee
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United States
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Iiade
France
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California
French and British Claims On World War I Raids
Paris reports German attempts to cross the Matz river thwarted by French forces with prisoners and machine guns seized in actions near Genlis Daumard Vinly and Chateau Thierry. Haig notes heavy artillery around Ypres and Bethune while British raids near Mor ris Hebuterne and Somme take prisoners and guns. Critics suggest Crown Prince may regroup for new offensives. Ludendorff potentially shifts forces elsewhere.
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Matz
Oise
War Office
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Vinly
Chateau Thierry
Clvrieux
Ludendorff
Maurice Barres
Echo de Paris
le Petit Journal
Thomasson
French and British Raids Net Prisoners and Arms
In the Woevre area French forces drive enemy from Xivray after a morning foothold and take prisoners including an officer. Northeast Gentis and areas south of Dammard report 70 prisoners and several machine guns. An enemy Matz river crossing near the Oise is checked by French fire. On the rest of the front night remains calm. London says a raid south west of Morris yields 11 prisoners. Further raids south of the Somme and Hebuterne add 17 prisoners and three machine guns.
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Hebuterne
Somme
New Allied Credits Extended by U S Treasury
The treasury extended new credits totaling 178 million dollars to Great Britain and 89 million to Belgium. This brings allied credits to 5.05455 billion dollars, including 3.17 billion to Great Britain and 121.55 million to Belgium.
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Treasury
Great Britain
Notgium
Belgium
McAdoo Leaves White Sulphur Springs for West Health
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo departs White Sulphur Springs West Virginia for an undisclosed western destination to recuperate from throat illness. In Nome rumor cites Pope Benedict as this year's Nobel Prize recipient.
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Nome
Pope Benedict
Americans Send Over Poison Gas Front Line Bombardment
The American batteries on the Marne front northwest of Château-Thierry fired thousands of gas shells in retaliation for a German gas attack as patrols and artillery activity continued along the Marne, Picardy, and Bel leau Wood sectors. The Red Cross treated gassed men. Americans captured large quantities of German ammo and equipment. A separate report notes U S troops occupying a sector near Hartmannsweiler Kopf, the first American unit in German territory, with a German raid beaten off and one American missing.
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Val Sugana
France
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Chateau Thierry
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Alsace
Hartmannsweilerkopf
Tall Arm Now Facing You War Report
Forces along the Piave river withdraw after pressure from pursuing units as enemy forces retreat from the line. Maps and dispatches describe shifting positions and resumed operations around the front.
U.S. Holds Positions in Italian Piave River Battles
Austrian troops crossing the Piave River yesterday were driven back with losses as Italian forces, aided by American troops, repelled renewed assaults. The drive sees 900,000 Austrian troops massed against Italian lines amid intense fighting.
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Piave River
Pershing report notes German assaults repulsed
General Pershing reports German attacks on the American left in Woevre were repulsed with heavy enemy losses and prisoners taken, including one officer.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
Woevre
French Improve Positions Between Oise and Aisne
The French troops have improved their positions between the Oise and the Aisne. The British conducted a successful raid east of Arras.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Oise
Aisne
Arras
American Troops Hold Sector North of Toul and Seicheprey
Army units maintain control of a northern stretch of the line north of Toul and east of Seicheprey. Allied positions remain firm as ground operations continue along the front.
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Toul
Seicheperey
O Leary Arrested in West New York
Jeremiah A. O Leary a fugitive from justice since the eve of his trial date on espionage charges was arraigned at Sara Wash and is being returned to New York in federal custody. He was found in a remote hamlet north of Portland Oregon, with details of the pursuit not released.
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Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Bull
Sara
Wash
O'Leary
Washington
Portland
Ore
Mrs. Busch Seeks Return of Property From Germany
Mrs. A. Busch and her attorney returned to Washington to pursue restitution of her property. The alien property custodian said she may reclaim her belongings immediately under the law restoring property of Americans returning from Germany unless evidence shows aid to the enemy or disloyal acts.
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Washington
A. Busch
Europe
Rickenbacker Becomes U S Ace in World War I
France reports Eddie Rickenbacker, famed American race driver turned aviator, has been acknowledged as America's second ace after he shot down five German planes between April 29 and May 90. His victories were confirmed by French authorities.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
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