Prince Georges bone dry bill heads to governor for approval
Prince Georges county moves to prohibition as the bone dry bill passes the senate and awaits Gov Harringtons signature. The measure bans liquor sales after November 1 1917 with strict shipping and advertising limits and limited personal possession subject to monthly caps.
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Senate
Washington
Annapolis
Prince, Georges County
Bone Dry Bil
Campbell
Frick
Norris
Austrian Crisis Deepens as Clam-Martinic Fails to Form Cabinet
Amsterdam reported Count Henry Clam-Martinic, the Austrian premier who resigned, failed to reconstruct the cabinet. He urged Emperor Charles to invite another to form a government while opposition groups balk at the coalition. The collapse reflects a tense political crisis intensified by Polish opposition in parliament seeking an independent anti-German stance and blocking a War credit.
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Amsterdam
Henry Clam-Martinic
Vienna
Charles
Count Clam-Martinic
Austria
Count Clam- Martinis
Red Cross Fund Aims High as Nation Sets Pershing Day
Red Cross appeal grows with a hundred million dollar mercy fund reaching 77 thousand last night. New York City supplied over 35 million and the rest of the country 44 million. Three days remain to raise 23 million. Pershing day Monday to include a special message from Gen Pershing. State banks urged to declare special Red Cross dividends to boost donations. Ohio leads in contributions with strong support from New York and Illinois.
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Gen. Pershing
Davison
New York
Ohio
Red Cross Hundred Million Dollar Mercy Fund
New York City
Red Cross War Council
Red Cross
Pershing
France
Cincinnati
Burleson
Henry P. Davison
War Council
Williams
North Central
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West
New England
South
Cleveland
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Boston
Detroit
Buffalo
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Lwaukee
Flint
Mich
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Thank Slavs for Truce That Allowed Transfer of Troops
Petrograd report June 22 says planes over the northern front south of Smolensk dropped leaflets thanking the Slavs for the truce and fraternization which enabled troop transfers to the western front to hinder the English and French attack. The note threatens to fire on fraternizers as more troops are moved.
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Petrograd
Russia
Smarger
Food riots engulf Prussian city as troops quell unrest
Reports from Stettin Prussia describe extensive hunger riots mainly among women and children. Troops were deployed to restore order amid mounting distress as the situation draws attention to Roumanian efforts to recruit and seek support during a mission to the United States.
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Malmo
Sweden
Stettin
Prussia
French Hold Lost Fronts In Aisne Champagne Battles
Paris reports severe fighting on multiple fronts as French troops repel German assaults north of the Aisne and in Champagne. Vauxaillon and La Royere farm areas see heavy losses for the attackers, while Germans gain a brief foothold near Teton height before counterattacks recapture positions. British line operations near Epehy are muted by bad weather and bombardments.
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Fenton
Champagne
Vauxaillon
Epine Chevregny
la Royere Farm
Moronvilliers
Berlin War Office
Camilla
France
Haig
Paris
Chemin Des Dames
Filain
Braye-en- Laonnois
Teton Height
la Fere
Beautor
Braye-en-Laonnois
Teton
Driver in Hang Death Auto Charged in Houston Case
Ben Harper, a colored driver from Texas, faces charges after his vehicle struck and killed 18 year old Olia May Goodrum in Houston on a Thursday. Eyewitnesses and police described a chaotic scene as bystanders attempted to aid the victim.
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Houston
Ben Harper
Olia May Goodrum
Tex
Three Shells Sink Submarine After Torpedo Failure
An American steamer arriving from a British port reports a June 4 encounter with a German submarine. After a torpedo hit but failed to explode, the steamer fired 19 shots, damaging the submarine and causing it to sink from a shell hit. The crew, including the captain and officers, maintained the sub was sunk though not all agreed. A wireless operator adds details of an earlier submarine encounter and signals of distress from a British ship. CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.
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Atlantic
Liverpool
Germans Use Incendiary Bombs Labeled Cooked Beef
Army bulletin discloses a German tactic sending agents to France to start fires in factories with a pyramid shaped incendiary bomb. The device bears the label Advance Special Cooked Beef and a Buenos Aires origin, with multilingual usage instructions and a detonating mechanism.
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Charleston
S. C
Army
France
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Wilson Endorses Great Air Fleet Plan
President Wilson fully supports a large air program asking Congress for an initial 600 million dollars. In a letter to Secretary Baker, the President urged strong presentation to committees as a bill to authorize the plan will be introduced next week. The program calls for 35,000 airplanes and extensive pilot training for air operations.
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Congress
Wilson
Baker
War Department
Root declares US to fight until democracy safe for all
Petrograd June 21 Elihu Root head of the American mission declares the United States will fight until the world is safe for democracy. Speaking to a large Russian audience under the Russian-American committee for Industrial and economic rapprochement he outlines reasons for US entry into the war and urges optimism in Russian democracy. He says Americans will stand with Russia as allies and friends and criticizes any overbearing military authority. He plans to leave Petrograd tonight and return early next week.
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Root
America
Russia
Mr. Root
Republic of
Old Republic
Petro+ grad
Fifty American Aviators Arrive at Nice for Instruction
Fifty American aviators arrived at Nice seaplane depot France for a training course. They were warmly welcomed by French comrades. A Washington dispatch dated June eight reported one hundred Navy Flying Corps aviators had reached France as part of the American air forces.
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Nice
France
Washington
Navy Flying Corps
Picket arrests and banners mark suffrage protest at White House
Miss Tacy Burns and Miss Katherine Morey were arrested during a suffrage protest at the White House gates after refusing to surrender banners. Police warned militants to move along as authorities pledged appropriate action. Both women were released on their own recognizances and may face police court appearances depending on conduct.
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Miss Morey
White House
National Woman's Party
Lafayette Square
Executive Mansion
Alice Paul
Major Pullman
Tacy Burns
Katherine Morey
Durance Vile
Pullman
Miss’ Mercy
Mrs. Farley
Inspector Grant
Fiction in Tomorrow's Post Promises Notable Short Stories
The Sunday Post Magazine of Fiction will feature亮 stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, Frank Forest, E. Phillips Oppenheim, and Talboy Mundy. Doyle writes A Phatologist's Wife, Wells offers A Deal in Ostriches, Forest presents The Con Man, Oppenheim climaxes The Kingdom of the Blind, and Mundy contributes Hing, of the Kayber Rifles. Single issue access announced.
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Tomorrow's Post
Hving
America
England
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Doyle
Frank. Forest
Scotland Yard
The
Sunday Post
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Talboy Mundy
Hing
Kayher Rifles
Tiny New Dash and Ocean Ship Sinks Marked by Silence
A scrambled index page itemized notices and brief headlines across topics from a ship sinking to Red Cross aid and Senate news. The readable fragments mention a British threat, U S savers, and city notes, but lack coherent details or full names.
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Sonks Sat Iekers
Avene
Gortha
Red Cross
Bani Pienre
Senate Belgran
Spex Fiske
U.S
Comrie
Cma
Teratt Carasuty
Six Die When Train Strikes Auto Near Whitehall Station
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore June 22. Six people including two men, three women, and a three year old died when the automobile they rode in was struck by the Pittsburgh express at the Whitehall Wiseburg crossing near Whitehall Station. Names include Charles L Wiley and Mrs Wiley, Samuel Kirkwood and Mrs Kirkwood, and Rebecca Anderson, all from Whitehall or nearby areas. The baby daughter of the Wileys also perished. The train driver braked but could not stop in time.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Pittsburgh Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Whitehall- Wiseburg Road
Whitehall Station
Baltimore County
Pennsylvania
Charles L. Wiley
Whitehall
Samuel Kirkwood
Shawsville
Harford County
Rebecca Anderson
Wiley
Mutinous Sailors Alarm Black Sea Fleet at Sebastopol
Reports from Petrograd dated June 21 describe disorders among Black Sea fleet sailors at Sebastopol. Conflicting accounts say the unrest followed the fleet commander’s retirement, with arrests and disarming of officers alleged by some sources while others downplay the incident. Authorities pledge firm action to restore order. Meanwhile railway workers on strike resumed work after wage offers were sought.
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Petrograd
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Russia
Salors
Red
Koitchak
Birzhevsya
Marine
Kerensky
Emier Loyoff
Petrogr
Moscow
U-Boat Peril Undiminished Inened June Reports
London dispatch indicates continued U-boat danger with warnings from maritime observers. Reports note two weeks of heightened peril compared with the previous week, reflecting ongoing submarine activity and British countermeasures amid wartime tensions.
Goethals Wins Fight Over Ship Authority and Steel Prices
President Wilson to grant Gen. Goethals power to build all ships, speed up construction, and spend $599,000,000. Denman to retain operating duties. Trade Commission to investigate steel costs. Baruch urges rapid material access. Senate to reorganize defense buying, with Baruch and Rosenwald as chief raw materials and finished goods purchasers.
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General Ask
Steel Prices—Trade Commission
Senate
Defense
Baruch
Denman
The
Shipping Board
Gen. Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Congress
Fleet Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
En. Goethals
Steel Committee
Council of National Defense
Trade Commission
Mr. Denman
Ateel
Gosegnats
Wilson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Fera
Bernard Baruch
Julius Rosenwald
Laborers and Anarchists Defy Viborg Government
A crowd of workers and anarchists defied Viborg authorities in Petrograd. Thousands from nearby factories surrounded the arcists, armed and ready to defend them against evacuation ordered by Minister Pereviezert tagay. Kronstadt delegates warned that sailors would aid the insurgents if needed.
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Petrograd
Nuge
Durnove
Viborg
Pereviezert Tagay
Kronstadt
Sailora
Kronostadt
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