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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1917

Page

8

BIG GUNS IN ACTION BRITISH REGAIN LOST POST

Allied front reports fierce weekend shelling and infantry activity across Vimy Ypres and Craonne sectors with Haig confirming British gains south of Cherisy and German positions held near Froidmont farm. Canadian units retreated southwest of Lens while Belgian and French front areas saw heavy artillery and aerial actions.

France Sir Douglas Haig Oear Cherisy Arras Froidmont Farm Ypres Wrytachaets Vimy Ridge Lens Braye-en-Laonnois Craonne- Chevereux London Vimy Armentieresland Wytschaete Gouzeaucourt Paris War Office Craonne-Chevreux Ramacapelle Dixmuche Bixschoote Freidmont

Wilson Visits Capitol Amid Crowds and War Debate

President Wilson visited the Capitol amid cheering crowds including Confederate veterans. Senate discussion paused on the railroad measure as Southern Senators attacked the plan to grant executive control for war logistics. Martin, Senate Democratic leader, said no new legislation was proposed and the program remained unchanged.

Wilson Capitol Senator Martin Congress Martin Senate Smith Georgia Teagan

Firing Increases Along Front as English Advance Is Repulsed

Afternoon fighting along the coast near Va Bassee canal and the River Scarpe sees English waves of fire advancing at Hulluch Less Monehy and Cherlay repulsed. German forces under Crown Prince West Prussian and Rhenish regiments conduct probing raids near Wuinterberg Craonne, taking 150 French troops and fifteen machine guns. Night actions include lower Silesian regiments penetrating northwest of Braye, seizing over 100 prisoners and fifteen machine guns.

Va Bassee Canal Hulluch Less Monehy and Cherlay Soucheg Wuinterberg Craonne Braye

Russians Pierce German Barriers Near Kovel and Pnevi

Russian scouts broke through four lines of wire in front of German positions near Kovel and dispersed guards. In the Carpathians near Pnevi they penetrated entanglements, drove Germans from trenches, and captured a machine gun. Sublieutenant Odin kov was killed. Roumanian and Caucasian fronts unchanged. German plane shot down near Lake Nobel by Russian artillery.

Petrograd Kovel Carpathian Pnevt New Mosser Rikovsky Carpethiana Pnevi Sublient Odinkov Lake Nobel

Princess Louise of Belgium Robe Auctioned in Munich

Personal belongings of Princess Louise of Belgium were sold at public auction in Munich before many women bidders. The sale featured 90 hats 27 evening gowns 28 theater wraps 58 parasols 95 veils and 72 bottles of foreign perfume along with other items to complete a princess wardobe amid frequent police calls to maintain order.

Berlin Louise Belgium Leopold Munich Gale

Justice Land Dies at New Orleans Home

New Orleans June 4 Justice Alfred D Land longtime associate justice of the Louisiana supreme court since October 1903 died at his home here today from paralysis.

New Orleans Alfred Dillingham Land Louisiana Supereme Court Paralyia

New Yorkers Cheer McAdoo at Two Liberty Bond Meetings

Secretary McAdoo hailed as he spoke at Carnegie Hall and a second mass meeting urging subscriptions to the liberty loan. He called government bonds the best investment and warned of a possible massive indemnity if defeat came, while urging tax fairness and urging railroad workers to participate.

M’ Adoo Liberty Loan U. S New York William G. Mioey Adoo the Treasury Mitchel Oscar 4. Straus Commerce and Labor McAdoo Gov Edge New Jersey Frank A. Vanderlip United States Mr. McAdoo Carnegie Hall Congress of the United States Thaa Germany France England Baltic America Europe Mr. Straus Alfred H. Smith The New York Central Railroad Liberty Loan Committee

Anticraft Mob Riots Endanger Soldiers on Page One

Sectarian clashes erupted as hundreds of socialists and anarchists hurled jeers and attacked soldiers. A hatless young woman tore at a sergeant and urged rough assault on uniforms, sparking a melee that left 15 arrested and ambulances busy. In the galleries khaki youths jeered speakers while bulbs were thrown striking a speaker and prompting three cheers for the Star Spangled Banner.

Sergt. Carroll

Riots in Kiel as 3000 soldiers clash with Kiotera forces

Report from Kiel states riots led by about 3000 soldiers as authorities deploy machine guns against Kiotera. Casualty figures are not yet known. A general strike is planned in Petrograd for tomorrow.

Kiel Petrograd

Liberty bond drive gains in theater campaign in Washington

D A R T O buy bonds campaign draws speakers at Keiths and the National theaters. Mrs George Thacher Guernsey urges D A R members to subscribe as 174 employees of Tension Bureau have already pledged 115000. Fort Myer talks planned with many officials and representatives. Edward Lycett of Washington Steel tracks progress toward 1000000 total goal.

Sanday Baba Jane Cockrill Jaucinda Cockrill Waneraier Jamily Alexandria Edmund Ruerdas Washington Union Station Jno Sidley Hospital Charles P Mary P Jacobs F. A Edward John Christine Kaiser Georgetown Worman Francis Asbury Norman Ninth Street Jane Arlington National Cemetery Columbus Ohio Merrick Long Island Mary Bald Herman C. Schwab New York Henry Baldwin Washington, D. C Cnt Paneer Annie Bee Peen Burley Elizebeth Igrecburg Weaver Homeopathle Hopital Mary Ellen Weaver Nes Nevilia Beneral Immaculate Conception Church Mount Olivet Margaret E I. Lesley Weed James J. Clarkson Eleventh Street Agonie Hall Fort Myer Tension Bureau George Thacher Guernsey Daughters of the American Revolute Womans F.oonan Keith's National Keith Robbins Frank Hogan America Milton EB. Ailes National Theater Treasury Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association The Grovery John Poole E. H. Crapp W. F E. Shannon C. H. Claudy Barry Mohun J. Harry Covington Liberty Loan Committee George J. Beay Federal Reserve Bank Richmond Liberty Loan Pension Bureau Edward A. Lycett Washington Steel and Ordnance Company

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