U-Boat Horrors Grow Deliberate Murder At Sea
Wesley Frost, U S consul at Queenstown, warns in Washington that German submarine warfare has become deliberate murder. He cites sinking ships with minimal warning, using torpedoes costing 37 000 each, leaving crews to drown or starve. Frost notes only rare exceptions where victims were offered help or rescued by patrols.
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Women catalogued for national defense effort warned of war disaster
Dr Anes Shaw heads a women’s committee urging a nationwide roster of female specialists to be quickly mobilized if fleets fall to Britain and America. Speakers include Mrs George Thacher Guernsey and Stanwood Wenken of National Security League, with leaders from National Defense and allied groups.
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National Security League
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National League For Womans Service
Randolph H Mc
Teuton Horses on Rations Stir Wartime Debate
Amsterdam reports an Berlin ordinance setting oats rations for German horses from June 16, with daily allowances from 1.5 to 3 pounds. Pro racing sentiment persists despite objections, arguing racing boosts morale and national pride. Kreuz Zeitung defends public racing against wartime austerity. Vorwaerts protests that oats and coal should serve essentials first, not luxuries. Germany houses 930 race horses needing coal for trains and feed for racing animals.
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London
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Kreuz Zeitung
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Three National Parks by Burlington Route Vacation
Plan a summer tour of Glacier Yellowstone Cody Road Rocky Mountain Estes Denver and Colorado Springs via the Burlington Route. Government spending boosted park attractions. single railroad ticket covers the trip with stops at major gateways. Request folders with maps and pictures from William Austin General Agent Pass Dept Burlington Route Philadelphia.
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Colorado Springs
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Philadelphia
Frey
The Hun Pirate of the Sea Periscope Incident
A report notes a periscope incident involving a figure labeled The Hun Pirate of the Sea offering to murder women and display pictures. Details are unclear but suggest threatening acts at sea or aboard a vessel. Further verification needed for specifics and names.
German Spy Ship Dates Linked to Insurance Records
A New York shipping man suggests German capital linked insurers control sailings data from American ports. He argues German firms and German capital tied companies share cargo risk, enabling updates to Berlin via wireless to submarines, explaining how spies learn ship schedules.
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New York
Custom House
Board of Underwriters
Exile for Greek Royal Family as Constantine Abdicates
London reports all Greek royal family except King Alexander to leave the country amid Entente-backed troop landings. Constantine leaves Athens with Queen and crown prince. Alexander to become king after oath, provoking varied reactions in Greece and abroad.
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Athens
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Castella
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Georgios Streit
Greek Foreign Office
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Pea Soup Fails to Sink Sub as Cook Douses Periscope
An American steamship reports a German submarine encounter off an American port on June 14. In the surprise moment the ship’s cook hurled hot pea soup over the periscope, thwarting the U boat's view while anti submarine guns remained unused. Passengers describe the event as a bold, humorous morale booster amid wartime dangers.
Washington Post Automobile Route Books Preview
The Washington Post outlines automobile route details including rice and 2c pricing, with mail order by abc.
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Washington Post
Rice
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National Unity Urged to Americanize Aliens at Conference
A national unity gathering at the Willard initiated by Charles P Steinmetz elected officers for the American League for National Unity. John M Parker urged a systematic farmer mobilization to support war efforts. Senator Shafroth and others pressed for broader cooperation and an Americanism campaign to assimilate aliens and reduce hyphenism amid wartime strain.
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Shafroth
Colorado
Charles P. Steinmetz
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American League For National
Willard
Ater
John F Shafroth
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Steinmetz
William M Bride
Chevy Chases
Roscoe C Mitchell
M Clyde Kelly
Pennsylvania
Frederic Schoff
Philadelphia
H. H. Wheaton
Polish Army for Russia Also Backed by Polish Delegates
A Petrograd dispatch reports France to promote a Polish legion sparked a Russian move to form a separate Polish army from about half a million Poles in Russian ranks. A congress in Petrograd endorsed the plan, Brig Gen Piludski named commander in chief, Kerensky war office to cooperate.
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Kerensky
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Galician Legion
Piiudski
Warsaw
Navy Officer Found Shot Dead in Riverdale Estate
New York June 14 the body of Lieut Raymond Vincent Hannon U S Navy was found shot on George W Perkins Riverdale estate. He was 25 born in Buffalo appointed to Annapolis 1903 and his ship left for British waters about May 1. A .45 Navy service revolver with initials R V H lay nearby and clothing bore no ID.
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George W. Perkins
Riverdale
Raymond Vincent Hannon
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Perkins
Buffalo
Annapolis
Woman Thief Shot by Farmer Near Springfield
Mrs. Elmer Redelle wife of the Springfield baseball club president was shot and killed by farmer J M Hinkle who believed an automobile party including her was trying to steal his hogs. Hinkle is held for investigation and confessed he fired as the auto sped away from his place.
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J Elmer Redelle
Springfield Baseball Club
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London Red Cross chapter outlines nurses home in England
At a London meeting the newly formed American Red Cross chapter announced plans for a nurses home in England to serve those on leave from France and a transit hostel for Americans. It also described a Paris style clearing house for Red Cross supplies and a new headquarters for the American Y.M.C.A. on the Strand. The Washington HQ announced a broader membership rule to admit American wives of English husbands. Numerous hostels for American soldiers and sailors were proposed nationwide.
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American Red Cross
Whitelaw Heid
France
England
United States
Paria
Red Cross
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Strand
Goethals Observes Sub Catcher In Capitol Demonstration
Trenton on June 14 machinist Harry E Stahl unveiled a submarine catcher in Gev Edge's bathtub within the capitol executive chamber. Gen Goethals watched with interest and offered guidance to present the device to the naval consulting board. Stahl is Rose Stahl's brother, the actress.
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Harry E Stahl
Gev Edge
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Stahl
Naval Consulting Board
Rose Stahl
Pearchigne Pronunciation Of Pershing In Paris
Paris papers explain how to pronounce General Pershing to French readers. The Figaro notes the general name is hard in Montmartre accents and settles on the correct pronunciation as Peur chigne. Reporters describe varied local forms like Pareshang before agreeing on the proper version.
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British Labor Leader Praises US Unions on Food Law
London June 14 J Hodge minister of labor said he was gratified to see American labor leaders use their influence to push the food control bill through Congress. He praised Hoover as food administrator and noted that timely US action could ease shortages and prevent further suffering in Europe in the war effort. He added that delay worsens anxiety and uncertainty for workers facing privations.
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Atlantic
Belgium
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United States
Russian Revolt Aims From Leaders Conference
The councils of workmen and soldiers delegates urge an Internationale to unite all workers for general peace. They condemn preconditions for conference decisions and insist parties act as a single workers movement toward peace, not as belligerent reps. The note stresses unity, no strict allied agreement, and a concerted effort for disarmament and end to imperial conflict.
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Council of the Workmen's and Soldiers
Terrorism in Tsaritsyn reports reign of terror in port city
London dispatch notes a separate republic has been declared in Tsaritsyn and the town is in extremist hands. The report says Taarttayn, a key railroad center on the Volga, is crucial for traffic. Separate republics were also declared at Kherson and Kirnanova, but the danger is said to be overstated at those places.
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