Allies Push Onward in Flanders and Greece Fronts
While Berlin reports revived fighting in Flanders and Champagne, French and British actions proceed with artillery duels and trench raids. Gen Serrail’s Greek advance continues as Entente gains in Thessaly, with Greeks surrendering arms and ammunition as troops pour into the region. British HQ notes malarial season withdrawals east of the Struma and continued patrol activity along river hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serrail
Greece
Entente
Thessaly
Teutons
Monastir
Berlin
Belgium
France
Flanders
Champagne
Mount Blond
Mont Camillet
Craonne
Hoesinghe
Frelinghien
Steenstrade
Het Sas
Bapaume-Cambrai
Sarrall
Parna
Tumba
Kes
Savjak
Pemir-Hissar
Storach
Petrenik
Death notices from Washington area June 1917
Many obituaries and funeral notices dated June 18 to June 21 1917 list individuals including JTDSON C Clements Anna H Gordon Harrie Mabry Harris Mary Wilson Heiberger William P Kent Charles Wesley Phillips Joseph J Printup James W Simpson and relatives. Services scheduled at St Margaret s Church Epiphany Church Home Rock Creek Cemetery Oakwood Cemetery and local homes with private interments and some Pittsburgh papers requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clements
Jtdson C
St. Margaret's Church
Connecticut Avenue
Bancroft Place
Wedneway
Cave Hill Cemetery
Louisville
Gordon
Anna HE. Gordon
Epiphany Church
Massachusetts Avenue
Rock Creek
Monrovia
Cal
Mabry Fr. Harris
Jonathan B. Flarria
W. O. Ramsay
Westover
Heiberger
Mary Wilson
Franz J. Heiberger
Rock Creek Cemetery
Kent
Mander
William P. Kent
W. A. Kent
J. A Curtis
L. A. Curtis
Pierpont Street
Pittsburgh
Phillips
Alexandria County
Charles Wesley Phillips
St. James Church
Weat Falla
Oakwout Cemey
Northwest
Joseph J
Funer
Kuptrille
Tenn
Simpson
F. A. Eaton
James W. Simpson
American Oil Tanker Archbold Sunk. Armed Guard Escapes
New York June 28 The John D Archbold an American steamship of 8374 tons gross owned by Standard Oil was torpedoed off European waters. She carried cargo from May 20 to Havre and Rouen with a crew of 41 including 12 Americans. Three crew members were killed and two drowned. The armed guard on board was commanded by Timothy O Donnell. Twelve gun crew members were saved. several missing are Jose Lorenzo Gregorio Soza and Domingo Tago.
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New York
Jose Lorenzo
Gregorio Soza
Domingo Tago
Joan D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Newport News
Havre
Rouen
France
H. B. Thompson
John D. Archbold
Air
Archbold
Timothy O'Donnell
Poatswain
Warren Street
Frederick Alexander Guelke
Second Avenue
Union Course
Long Island
N. Y
Frank Donald Williams
Portland Avenue
St. Paul
Charles Edward Dunn
Columbus Avenue
Robert Edward Riggs
Dent
Ohio
Albert Edward Schroeder
N. Western Avenue
Chicago
Louis Asberry Daugherty
Kenton
Albert Welgon
Halsted Street
John Joseph Hickey
Wolfram Street
Charles Edwin Matson
Goodbar Avenue
Memphis
William Emil Ortutay
Cif Avenue
East Portchester
William John Schaefer
Baltimore Atrest
Baltimore
Joseph Arthur Lamb
Wells Street
Milwaukee
Children From Behind Foe's Line Suffer From Shocks and Wounds
Correspondent describes French children evacuated from northern France by Germans under pressure from Allied offensives. Many are orphans or grievously wounded, suffering shell shock and severe frailty from confinement in cellars. A hospital houses 400 under 12, most wounded, some missing limbs or sight. Efforts focus on behind-the-line care and reconstruction as these victims face grim futures.
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France
Associated Press
Somme
Red Cross
Artillery actions and advances in Thessaly and Champagne
The war office reports ongoing artillery duels on both sides in Craonne and Champagne. In Thessaly French forces reach Furka Pass on Qothrys Mountain and hold key localities while villagers surrender arms. German counters in Flanders and Champagne include trench losses to the Allies and failed recapture attempts near Monchy and Hurtehise farm.
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Thessaly
Piraeus
Paris
War Office
Craonne
Ferryman's House
Steenatraets
Het Sas
Monastir
Furka Pass
Qothrys Mountain
Champagne
Mont Blond
Mont Camillet
Survivor of Archbold Is U-Boat Engineer's Nephew
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore June 18. William John Schaefer a 19 year old gun crew member of the tanker John D Archbold saved after its sinking by a German submarine. His grandmother Johanna Schaefer expressed mixed relief and concern about a German submarine engineer uncle possibly aboard the U boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
Johanna Schaefer
William John Schaefer
John D. Archbold
Germany
William
New York
Heat Killing German Crops Amid Severe Drought
Copenhagen reports a sweeping German heat wave with unprecedented drought. Germany faces scorched grain crops, Berlin records the hottest June in 70 years, and rainfall prospects remain bleak. Horse racing tracks adapt as racing weather worsens. A neutral observer notes minimal rainfall since May. A Berlin sermon condemns drought as divine punishment for press sins.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Berlin
Weather Bureau
Oder River
Hamburg
Berlin Kreuzzeitung
Bombs found in prisoners room in New Orleans
Federal authorities seized the room of Hein rich Jahn and Emile Bepplein sailors from a steamer, reporting six dynamite bombs, caps and other explosives. The prisoners, alleged Germans who recently began naturalization, were arrested earlier today by the St. Tammany parish sheriff at Madisonville, La, while loitering near shipyards building wooden vessels for the government merchant fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Federall
Heinrich Jahn
Emile Bepplein
John
Repplein
St. Tammany Parish
Madisonville
Hare
Exposure Kills Publisher in Yonkers Mystery
Max Holtz, a wealthy Chicago publisher, disappeared from his room at the Hotel Biltmore New York on June 3 and was found in a pool of water in Yonkers nearly a week later. He died of pneumonia in a Yonkers hospital. He wandered away during a nervous collapse. George Begeman, former second officer on the German steamship George Washington and interned at Ellis Island after the U.S. entered the war, escaped today while being escorted to a dentist with a guard.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Max Holtz
Chicago
Biltmore
New York
George Begeman
George Washington
Ellis Island
United States
Swiss Official Resigns After Peace Mediation Move
Berne June 19 M Hoffmann member of the Swiss federal council resigned amid involvement in attempts to arrange separate peace talks between Germany and Russia. He sent a telegram to Robert Grimm to promote early peace, a move Swiss officials and French press condemn as breaching neutrality. Hoffmann’s action drew criticism from Swiss and French outlets, with debates over mediation and neutrality.
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Berne
M. Hoffmann
Federal Council
Germany
Russia
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Robert Grimm
Switzerland
The
Bund
Paris
Grimm
Federal
Swien States Council
National Council
M. Hoff- Mann
Ship clash in Senate over Goethals and Denman dispute
In the Senate yesterday, Gen Goethals and Shipping Board Chairman Denman faced cross fire from Senators Stone Vardaman and Smith. Stone warned of cold blooded robbery of the Treasury and accused steel interests of overcharging the government. Smith defended honest officials, noting no contracts were let before the Council of National Defense set steel prices.
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Gen. Goethals
WiLliam Denman
Shipping Board
Senate
Stone
Missouri
Vardaman
Mississippi
Smith
Michigan
United Stated
Treasury
Mr. Goethals
Senator Smith
Council of National Defense
MARK FREEDOM BY RIOT
In Dublin crowds welcomed the released Sinn Fein leaders with demonstrations last night. Two men scaled the ruined post office walls and hoisted the Sinn Fein flag while protestors tore down recruiting posters. Police arrested two demonstrators for breaking in and arson, and bands were dispersed. The Sinn Fein provisional executive seeks passports for three members to oppose the Irish party mission in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubin
Dublin
Sinn
The
Sinn Fein
United States
Irish Party
Italian Posts Raid With Simulated Front Line Losses
Rome reports the war office statement that enemy forces penetrated a minor advanced post on Monte Rombon but were met with immediate heavy artillery fire. A separate night attack on Hill 218 near Jamiano was repulsed with significant enemy losses and ten prisoners taken. Artillery actions continued on the Asiago plateau and desultory firing occurred on the Carnia front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
War Office
Monte Rombon
Jamiano
Careo
Asiago
Carnla
U. S. Aid Felt At Front
A Daily Mail dispatch from British HQ in France notes American aid has surged in the last week or two with doctors anesthetics and nurses taking complete hospital work, freeing staff for frontline duties. The correspondent cites American promptness and thoroughness as exemplary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
France
$100000 Salary Error Knocks Pan ama Canal Governor
An unusual typo in the sundry civil bill fixes the Panama Canal governor’s salary at 100000 a year. The bill was issued in pamphlet form yesterday and the error was discovered afterward. Chairman Fitzgerald of the appropriations committee will decide how to correct the mistake. It is unclear if the error originated in the draft or by the compositor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Fitzgerald
Committee On Appropriations
Wheither
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Promoted for Stomach Ailments
An advertisement urges immediate relief from stomach disorders claiming Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cures stomach and intestinal troubles including ulcers, indigestion, gas and liver issues. It cites cancer warnings and lists O'Donnell's Drug Store and People's Drug Store as sellers with F A Tachiffely among druggists.
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Mayr
Marr
O'Donnell
F. A. Tachiffely
Germans Smoke Cabbage As Tobacco Substitute
In Copenhagen on June 19 authorities report Germans turning to cabbage as a tobacco substitute due to scarcity and high prices. The government notes cabbage mixtures with strawberry leaves lavender blossoms and sandalwood are being used to mimic aroma and aid smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Germany
Department On
Cocchi Case Deepens as New Victim Hint Emerges
New York observed a widening Cocchi investigation after a 16 year old Philippa Mureal reportedly resisted his advances and led officers to a cellar where Ruth Cruger’s body had been hidden. Police explore jealousy by a woman linked to the case while Miss Consuelo La Rue remains hospitalized after claiming threats over her involvement.
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Ruth Cruger
la Rue
New York
Wadleigh High School
Philippas Mureal
Cocchi
Philippa
Ruth Criger
Consuelo la Rue
Board of Aldermen
Alfredo Cocchi
Institute For Public Service
Grace Hamliston
Cruger
Scull
Detective Bureau
Mra Cocchi
American Socialist Delegates Try Route to Stockholm
Stockholm June 19. Three so called American delegates to the socialist peace conference advised the Dutch Scandinavian committee on their view of the world war. They failed to show credentials or passes and their American status is disputed. Goldfarb claims to represent the American Socialist party but cites the State Department for proof. Reinstein and Davidovitch seek Russia, while Huysmans says they are American delegates and will be considered in talks.
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Stockholm
D. Davidovitch
Boris Reinstein
Max Goldfarb
New York
Halifax
Goldfarb
American Socialist Party
State Department
Davidovitch
Socialist Territorial Jewish Party
Reinstein
Huysmans
International Socialal Bureau
Oscar II
Russia
Canadian Takes Command of Canadian Corps
Ottawa announces Sir Arthur Currie has been authorized to assume command of the Canadian corps after Sir Julian Byng departed. Currie previously went to France as a brigadier with the overseas contingent and has played a key role in major engagements, becoming the first Canadian to lead the corps.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Arthur Currie
Julian Byng
Arthur
France
Gena
Alderson
Byng
German in Army Shops at Fort Bliss Suspected Spy
A German worker at Fort Bliss quartermaster shops, using an assumed name, was arrested and suspected of passing information to Germany. Meanwhile, some Germans dodged customs at the International bridge and crossed into Juarez.
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el Paso
Tex
United States Army
Fort Bliss
International Bridge
Juarez
Bequests by Hoge to Art and churches in will
The John Hoge estate will give $506000 to the Actors Fund of America and $1000000 to the Metropolitan Art Museum. Each of Zanesville's 31 churches receives $1000, and the two local hospitals get $20000 each. Niece Mrs. Frederick Grant inherits $600000 in real estate. Asa Hoge of Leavenworth, Kansas, gets $59000, with the remaining $2,000,000 to James Hoge of Seattle.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Actors’ Fund of America
New York
Metropolitan Art Museum
John Hoge
Hoge
Frederick Grant
Asa Hoge
Leavenworth
Kan
James Hoge
Seattle
Wash
Hint of Irish U-Boat Base Mentioned in Rotary Talk
Atlanta June 19 The German government is alleged to have a secret submarine base along the Irish coast and crews of captured Teutons were said to visit several leading Irish cities. RR G Knowles of London at the Rotary convention cited theater programs from Belfast playhouses found on German submariners as proof.
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Atlanta
Teuton
RR. G. Knowles
London
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Knowles
Belfast
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N. W
J. H. Small & Sons
15Th
H Streete
Washington
Pexner
Astoria
Madison
Frank Geier’s Sons & CO
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Boesinghe
Monchy
Hurtehise
Macedonia
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
D Sts
Exposure Kills Publisher
Burlington
Vermont Ave
Thomas Circle
White House
Hoffmann
U. S. Treasury
Mark Freedom
U. S
Bill Boon
Panama
A. C. Moses Coo
Mount Alto Inn
Secret
Social Labor Party
Currie
Actors’ Fund
Metropolitan Museum
York
Noton
Lacy
Salias Gartinblr
Ccapan
Omer Dhirtecath
National Life of
Vermont
National Life
ABC
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Southern Building
Washington, D. C
Hyatt Roller
Buick
U.S. A
Hyatt
Hyatt— Roller
Hyatts
Hyatt Quiet
Buick Motor Co
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