French Hostility to Germany Grows as War Winds Change
Paris dispatch quotes Jules Cambon stating American entry unsettles Germany and strengthens allied unity. He cites Swiss socialist intrigue in Russia, Alsace Lorraine dispute, and Wilson doctrine as guiding poles. Cambon argues Alsace Lorraine history favors France, pledging allied resolve and a noncoercive stance toward Constantine in Greece.
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Paris
Jules Cambon
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
America
Germany
Associated Press Today
Gen. Pershing
Italy's Aims Outlined by Premier Boselli in Deputies
Rome June 21 Premier Boselli outlined Italy war and peace aims in the chamber stressing peace with civilization and national freedom. He praised America's intervention and President Wilson. Sonnino echoed calls for allied unity and democracy, urged independence for Belgium Serbia Montenegro Poland Albania, and declared a secret session with 297 to 45 in favor.
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Italy
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Boselli
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Baselli
Sonnino
America
Wilson
United States
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Poland
Albania
TRY TO CUT CITYS WATER AT SEBAGO LAKE
Portland police report an early attempt to blow up Sebago Lake waterworks twenty miles from the city. Two men fled on foot and then fled in a waiting car as guards fired on them. The incident followed a mysterious airplane over the works the previous night.
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Portland
Sebago Lake
Marshall Higgins
Water District
Watergate
Rear Admiral Potter dead at 77 in White Hall
Rear Admiral William P. Potter died suddenly at his home in White Hall on June 21 at age 77. A veteran of the Civil War era service he was born May 10, 1850 in White Hall and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1869. He served on multiple ships and held commands including executive officer of the battleship New York from 1897 to 1899 and later led divisions in the Pacific fleet. He retired in May 1912 after a long career marked by distinguished service in the Santiago de Cuba campaign.
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William P. Potter
Navy
Admiral Potter
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
New York
Cervera
Santiago
Cuba
Potter
Vermonts
Aas
Tenderloins Around Army Camps Decline Says Report
A government report condemns activities near cantonments and training camps as the tenderloins to be closed. It notes the Texas cities El Pass Fort Worth and Waco are now free of easy money establishments attracting soldiers. The nationwide anti vice drive includes St Louis, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh with police mobilization and widespread press support aiding the War Department campaign.
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Texas
el Pass
Fort Worth
Waco
Army of Democracy
St. Louia
War Department
Greek King Defies Will Prompts Greek Crisis Split
Greek monarch Constantine told Premier Venizelos he was “not obliged to bow to the will of the people” and remained responsible only to God. Venizelos, head of the provisional government, said Greece would seek constitutional reform and that the king’s stance sparked a demand for changes. Alexander later pledged cooperation with the allies and a return to constitutional order as Greece faced allied mediation and a blockade adjustment.
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Saloniki
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Greece
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Serbia
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Switzerland
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Ambulance Fund Drive Launched by Department of Agriculture
A campaign to raise 1450 dollars to buy and equip a Red Cross ambulance was started at a mass meeting on the administration building grounds. Red Cross nurse Lucy Minnegerode spoke, noting Europe’s destitute women and children and aged men as needs. Frederick Wolcott described wartime devastation in Poland and Belgium. Raymond A. Pearson urged broad support, with divisions designated to collect contributions and officials confident the goal will be reached.
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Department of Agriculture
Lucy Minnegerode
France
Minnegerode
Europe
Frederick Wolcott
Poland
Belgium
Raymond A. Pearson
Secretary of Agriculture
Exempt Processes to Be Ready July 1
Machinery for enrolling an army of 625000 men by selective draft will be complete in every detail by July 1 two months before the tentative date for calling the first troops. Exemption regulations will be public soon and boards can begin July 1 if the law is applied then. Brig Gen Crowder foresees no more complications with selection and exemption machinery. Secretary Baker and advisers insist the system will be fair with no favoritism.
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Baker
Gronna Attacks England Over War Role in Speech
Grove Minn June 21 Senator A J Gronna voices fear for future generations and warns against autocracy while criticizing England for using colonial troops and seeking U S volunteers. He opposes war taxes on consumers and the method of burden sharing, urging a better approach to the war stance.
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Minn
A. J. Gronna
England
Gronna
England releases platinum for war effort distribution
A Department of Commerce conference with manufacturing jewelers approved a plan to distribute 40,000 ounces of platinum England released for wartime use. Citizens may wear platinum set diamonds but nothing too costly. Platinum is critical for sulfuric acid in explosives. main supply from the Ural Mountains in Russia.
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England
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Ural Mountains
Russia
Canadian head of Rotary Clubs elected international president
The Rev. Leslie E. Pidgeon of Winnipeg was elected international president of the Rotary Clubs at the eighth annual convention in Atlanta. He won 294 votes to 222 for Guy Gundaker of Philadelphia, becoming the first non American to lead the association. Vice presidents named were Robinson A. McDowell, H. J. Brunnier, and Samuel Botsford. The Chicago club won a cup for largest delegation. Cincinnati was second. Dr. Pidgeon, a pastor, is noted as the first minister to hold such an office. The convention endorsed protecting American soldiers in training camps from vice.
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Atlanta
Leslie E. Pidgeon
Winnipeg
Can
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Pidgeon
Rotary Club
Guy Gundaker
Philadelphia
Robinson A. McDowell
Louiisville
H. J. Brunnier
San Francisco
Soldiers Donate to Red Cross Amid War Effort in Martha Texas
An officer from the I 44 States Army arrived in an area near Martha Texas, reporting broad financial and material support from soldiers. The report notes Liberally given funds and supplies to the Red Cross, with details on units and locations tied to frontier duties and local mobilization.
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Wanh'ets
Aspen
Oscars
Martha
Tex
Gifts to Harvard Reach 2.27 Million as War Strain Bites Enrollment
Harvard University seeks a drop in enrollment next year by at least 1,000 students due to the war, according to President A Lawrence Lowell addressing the alumni association. The university will cover the difference between faculty salaries and government pay for those sent to the front. Harvard’s gifts totalled 2 271 900 dollars last year, Lowell said. Speakers at the alumni meeting included Gov. McCall Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice the British ambassador Howard Elliott former NYNH Hartford president Hibben of Princeton and Herbert C Hoover food administrator.
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Mass
Harvard University
A. Lawrence Lowell
Alumni Association
Lowell
Harvard
Gov. McCall
Cecil Arthur Spring- Rice
Howard Elliott
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Hibben
Princeton University
Herbert C. Hoover
Priscilla Opera Benefit For Red Cross Aid
A Gonzaga Hall audience enjoyed Priscilla the comic opera performed by the Priscilla Musical Club under the Women’s Relief Association of the District National Guard. Proceeds totaled 200 dollars for the local Red Cross fund supporting district solitaires and their families. A tableau The Flag That Can’t Be Downed was staged between acts by Troop B cavalry. Gen. W. E. Harvey and Col. G. B. Young spoke for the Red Cross during intermission.
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Priscilla Musical Club
Women’s Relief Association of
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Gonzaga Hall
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Red Cross
Troop B Cavalry
W. E. Harvey
Col
G. B. Young
Approves Divisional Camps for National Guard
War Department approved six divisional camp sites in the Southeastern department chosen by Maj. Gen. Wood. The locations are Anniston Alabama Montgomery Alabama Greenville South Carolina Spartanburg South Carolina Augusta Georgia and Macon Georgia.
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Southeastern Department
Wood
War Department
Anniston
Ala
Montgomery
Greenville
S. C
Spartansburg
Augusta
Macon
Brooklyn athlete kills wife and two sons then suicides
New York report states Richard Barrett, a Brooklyn athlete, shot his wife and two young sons after a money dispute, then killed himself with a razor. The tragedy occurred in an adjoining room where two other children slept, girls Helen, 13, and John, 9.
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New York
Richard Barrett
Brooklyn
Kitten
Donald
Helen
John
White House suffrage riot halts banners amid clashes at gates
Pickets at the White House entrances clashed with a pro suffrage crowd as Mrs Dee W Richardson tore down banners. Police detained her briefly and released her. A Montana woman Miss Hazel Hawkins and Catharine Heacox of Washington defended the colors until they were torn away. The riot ended with the gates free of suffrage colors and no injuries reported.
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Cliffbourne Apartments
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Richardson
Socialist Chiefs Repudiate Dr Goldfarb Report
Chicago and Milwaukee dispatches reveal Socialist leaders deny Dr Max Goldfarb represents the American Socialist party at Stockholm. They dispute his claim of party neutrality and accuse Goldfarb Berger Reinstein and Davidovitch of misrepresenting the organization. Goldfarb asserts the party is neutral and urges international peace, while Gompers and war support are noted as party actions.
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Stockholm
U.S
Chicago
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Socialist Party of the
United States
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American Socialist Party
Milwaukee
Reinstein
Goldfarb
Davidovitch
Socialist Party
Victor Berger
Davyidovitch
Berger
Russia
Relnstein
Goldfach
Max Goldtfarb
Morrie Hilquitt
Workers of America
Banner quotes Wilson as suffragists protest at gates
The new banner quoted President Wilson's war speech and drew little comment as suffragists gathered at park gates near Pennsylvania Avenue. A police captain approved the banner after review, while crowds filled the park awaiting further spectacle as Wilson rode past in an automobile later in the day.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Bryan Urges Moral Army At Fort Myer Camp
William Jennings Bryan addressed over two thousand student officers at Fort Myer urging a worthy living code for officers and spoke briefly to artillery cadets in Alexandria. He backed the administration food control bill and called on Russian and Belgian missions before departing for Kentucky to continue his tour.
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Fort Myer
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Alexandria
Kentucky
Bliss seeks guardian in Dover District Supreme Court
Mrs Eva Jackson Bliss asks the District Supreme Court to appoint a guardian or receiver for her maintenance and to abrogate a dower conveyance by her while she is described as non compos mentis. The petition alleges her husband Alonzo Bliss induced the 1911 conveyance after an inquiry into her sanity began.
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Bliss
District Supreme Court
Eva Jackson Bliss
Sallie P. Jackson
Vivia G. Hodges
Hodges
Wheaton
Eugene A. Jones
William J. Neale
Bill
Biss
New York City
Elise
Farm loan bonds to be issued July 1
The first issue of farm loan bonds will be offered to the public with face values from 1000000 to 1568000 and interest at 4 3 4 percent. Twelve Federal land banks, via the farm loan board, have arranged with investment bankers to market half of the issue up to 30 million dollars in six months. Bonds are expected to be sold at a premium.
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Federal Land Banks
Farm Joan Board
Council urges broader alien recruitment for military
The National Research Council committee on anthropology endorses changes to recruitment rules to admit a larger share of aliens. An exhaustive study finds many Europeans of average height just under the minimum army and navy standards, suggesting adjustments to eligibility.
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United States
America
Committee On Anthropology
The
National Research Council
the Council
Jewish Congress Likely Postponed Amid War Opposition
Opposition within the Jewish community grows to holding a Jewish congress in September. Simon Wolf says postponement is likely until after peace is declared due to war conditions and concerns that backers want to pursue topics beyond equal rights for Jews in Russia and Roumania, including Palestine nationalization.
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Wolf
Chicago
Ser Wolf
Russia
Roumania
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