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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1917
Page
1
German leaders reject a peace maneuver as the war widens and grows unpopular. President Wilson speaks to Russians about the crisis while a mine disaster claims 215 lives, underscoring the human cost of the conflict.
British airmen at Messines flew behind German lines and routed gunners from their positions and troops on the ground. They bombed rail yards and train stations, attacked airdromes, and strafed enemy forces, delivering decisive blows to disrupt German operations.
A Missouri town faced a violent mob after infant heir to the Keet fortune was found dead in an abandoned well. Authorities evacuated seven kidnapped suspects from Springfield jail as hundreds gathered, while the mother suffered a collapse and doctors warned on her nerves. Police pursued the abductors and warned of further danger as the case stirred fear across nearby Sedalia.
Petrograd on June 9 reports universal suffrage in district and municipal council elections for the first time in Russia. The Russian soldiers and workers’ council denounces a German proposal for a separate armistice and secret talks. Kronstadt tension rises as the cabinet warns citizens to obey decrees and Gen Gurko is removed by Kerensky.
Irkutsk welcomed Fliha Root and the American commission to Russia on their route to Petrograd. Crowds at major stations cheered the visitors with citizens committees expressing enthusiasm and Root delivering speeches offering courage and hope and denoting American sympathy for Russian democracy.
In Budapest June 9 a report states Emperor Charles commissions Count Esterhazy to form a new Hungarian cabinet. Details indicate reorganization amid political tension as Prime Minister and leadership figures are named, with discussions of potential alliances and policy directions shaping the crisis.
Reports from 26 states plus the District of Columbia indicate about 9 million registrada voters amid a broad war budget debate. Germany acquiring U S navy secrets prompts gag rule in Navy Department. Serbia and Britain loans, food price worries, and tax bills spark Senate fights.
A Texas bull roams Fifth Avenue in a comic chase as police, a hook and ladder wagon, and late shoppers pursue. The animal dodges, vaults fences, and finally collapses near Broadway and 148th Street, with a butcher shop fate hinted for next week.
Tokyo reports a planned official Japanese commission to visit the United States over the ongoing war needs. The exact date is unspecified and the move appears to aim at diplomatic or informational exchange as tensions in the Pacific persist.
Madrid June 3 Marquis Manuel Garcia Prieto tendered his resignation to the king and a cabinet crisis looms as the council of ministers meets with Prieto reportedly lifting a press ban. Talks center on convoking parliament amid military and worker unrest and fear of an acute crisis if parliament declines.
Paris votes confidence in the Ribot cabinet after a two day debate. Admiral Lacaze and the Navy commander faced criticism over merchant losses as deputies backed the government by 410 to 17 percent.
Special to The Washington Post reports a farmer slaying spree near Glendale Queensborough. Angela Fosta, about 41, is sought for killing two women, Mrs. Asunda Fosta and Mrs. Carolina Cacavalla, as they finished a farm shift on Van Dine Avenue. The victims had just been paid $6 and were heading home to Brooklyn when Fosta confronted them, alleging infidelity and vowing murder. A boy, Angelo, 7, witnessed the incident as the gunfire scattered into the woods. The farmers gathered with pitchforks as police pursued the heavily armed suspect listed as Angela Fosta.
A large crowd demonstrated in Buenos Aires as Argentina pressed toward severing relations with Germany after the torpedoing of an Argentine steamer. Public opinion shifted to support a break, with government unrest and possible neutrality revocation discussed alongside broader regional alignment. A muddled note about travel fares follows, listing a Baltimore and Ohio round trip from Louisville.
An Atlantic Port dated June 2 reports the steamship Virginian repelled a German submarine in the Bay of Biscay on May 26. The Virginian fired sixteen shells after the sub fired a torpedo that missed. No damage to the Virginian is confirmed. the submarine’s fate is unclear. The Virginian is owned by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.
Unconfirmed reports from the Ute reservation say chiefs Folk and Posey with followers threaten demonstrations. Touia, the agent at Tenaria headquarters, would not comment as ranchers move into towns fearing Indians. Citizens in six towns describe the situation as alarming amid registration day preparations.
A dispatch reports German Emperor William and Field Marshal von Hindenburg were in St Peter's station Ghent Belgium when Allied airmen bombed the area. The emperor was unharmed but three officers nearby were killed and others wounded.
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