American liner fends off German sub near Ireland
An American passenger liner survived a late night torpedo attack off the Ireland coast as German submarine fired a torpedo missing by about 20 feet. British steamer later reported sinking the submarine after a long gun duel 400 miles off Ireland. The crew and passengers remained aboard as gunfire and lifebelts filled the scene.
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Ireland
Thea Associated Press
Leutenant
Gunnera
Atlantic
Nationwide drive summons 393 volunteers in DC week
War Department data show strong mobilization as President Wilson calls for 70 000 volunteers. Baldwin and Shreve urge ten volunteers per organization to reach a DC quota of 393 this week. New York led with 132 recruits, Pennsylvania 102 as enlistment figures begin to show early results in the national campaign.
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War Department
Wilson
New York
District of Columbia
William H Baldwin
Charles S. Shreve
Federation of Citizens' Associations
Thstriet
Citizens’ Association
Pennsylvania
Enlistment Proclamation Calls 70,000 Men for Regular Army
President Wilson issues a June 15 1917 proclamation urging unmarried men ages 13 to 40 with no dependents and not in essential wartime work to present themselves for enlistment during a designated week to reach 70,000 recruits for the regular army. The notice spans June 23 to June next and reflects wartime recruitment policy.
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Jane
Woodrow Wilsow
Argentine Toro torpedoed off Gibraltar by U boat
Buenos Aires reports the Argentine steamer Toro of 1141 tons was torpedoed off Gibraltar. The captain and crew are Argentine. Toro was bound for Genoa with Argentine products. it left Buenos Aires in May for Italy. The foreign minister has asked Madrid to open an inquiry.
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Buenos Aires
Toro
Gibraltar
Genoa
Legation
Madrid
Italy
Lens Campaign Drives On As Canadians Hit Outposts
British and Canadian forces press the Lens sector with nightly raids and trench gains in the Souchez valley. Canadians capture a 400 yard front line trench north of the river and east of Bois de Riamont during a difficult advance amid wrecked mines and flooded ground. Front reports note continued artillery duels between French and Germans while Rheims endures shelling and German infantry operations fade for now. The Lens advance is described as followed up by further successes near the town.
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Souchez
Rheims
Douglas Haig
Lens
Department
Pas de Calais
Belgium
France
Germany
Soissons
Bois de Riamont
Reservoir Hill
London
Third Pagh
Government blamed for coal shortages and price rise says operator
Special to The Washington Port New York June 25 a major coal operator charged the government is responsible for anthracite shortages and high prices He argued abolishing the old apportioned system shifted output to independent operators who sell to the highest bidder and that government orders ended coordinated supply leading to current shortages and rising costs.
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Washington Port
New York
United States
Tidewater
Restoration and Reparations Demanded by U S for Belgium and Serbia
Elihu Root, head of the American mission in Moscow, urges Russia to unify with Entente forces, insisting Germany must restore Belgium and Serbia rights and pay reparations. He says the war ends in 1918 if Allies fight with full strength and American aid continues.
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U. S
Belgium
Serbia
Root
Russia
Germany
Moscow
Elihu Root
America
Mr. Root
United States
concKre
Meretiakes
People’s Bank
Mmembarsa
Sergieysky
Trinity Monastery
The
Holy Synod
M. Looff
Branch Lafayette aviator Lieut Barclay killed in crash
Special Cable reports Lieut Lief Norman Barclay of New York, attached to the Lafayette squadrilla, was killed when his battle plane buckled and crashed after being hit by German anti aircraft fire. His father, Dr H V Barclay of Madison Avenue, said news of the hit reached him via French representatives in New York.
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Washington Post
Paris
Lief Norman Barclay
Lafayette Esquadrilla
Barclay
Washington Port
New York
H V. Barclay
Madison Avenue
France
New York City
Lieut. Barclay
Papers accuse Hollweg over paper quota cut
London reports German newspapers protest Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg's decree allowing only 44 percent of their former paper allotment. The Tageblatt Tages Zeitung and Rundschau accuse him of destroying the German press. The Cologne Gazette warns the blow may end many papers.
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London
Exchange Telegram Company
Amsterdam
von Bethmann Hollweg
Tageblatt
Tages Zeitung
Rundachau
Berlin
Cologne
Carranza envoy travels from San Antonio toward Washington
San Antonio reports that Gerzayn Ugarte, Carranza’s private secretary, is en route to Washington to deliver a message to President Wilson. Ugarte says Mexico is now at peace except for a few isolated places.
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San Antonio
Tex
Gerzayn Ugarte
Carranza
Washington
Wilson Senor Ugarte
Mexico
Sinn Fein Riot in Cork Leaves One Dead and Twenty Wounded
In Cork on June 25 a man was killed and about twenty injured during clashes between Sinn Fein supporters and police. Officers charged crowds on Patrick Street with carbines and bayonets as protesters attacked a jail and recruiting offices. Clergy urged restraint while soldiers deployed machine guns and patrolled until quiet returned.
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Cork
Sinn Fesners
Jall
Sinn
Patrick Street
Sharp Fighting on East Front In Galicia and Carpathians
Berlin and Vienna dispatches report continued sharp fighting on the east front. German and Russian lines show lively artillery and infantry actions across southeastern Galicia, the Carpathians, and near the Naraynyks Zborew area with several enemy trenches taken and prisoners captured. An enemy captive balloon was set on fire northeast of Breesang by our forces.
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Berlin
Galicia
Carpathian Mountains
German War Department
Stripa
Zlota Tupa
Navaruvka
Kirlibaba
Vienna
Breesang
Miss Stinson Ends Washington Flight with Red Cross Gift
Katherine Stinson arrives at Potomac Park in a Curtiss battleplane. She delivers Red Cross donations to Secretary McAdoo, receives a $50,000 check from Henry Macfarland, and is escorted by the District Red Cross ambulance corps amid cheering crowds. Stinson then heads to Chicago for further aero plans testing.
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Iy Auto
Polo Grounds
Treasury
McAdoo
Aer
Red Cross
Woashrston
Philadelphia
Katherine Stinson
Darry It Aviatria
Henry B . Macfarland
Red Cross Finance Committee
Washington
McAdno
Buffalo
Miss Stinson
Amiles
Brffain
Mias Stinson
Women’s Ambulance Corps
The
McAdoo Farller
Mika Stinagow
Macfarland
Capt Patton
Mcfarland
Milas Stingon
Chicago
New York
Davison
Will Kopy
Calgary
Canada
Misa Stisson
Rares Red Cross
Sam
Phiffale
Honored by Kaiser For Killing Children
Berlin dispatch reports a German air raid over London on June 3 killing about ten people including women and children. Brandenburg, who led the raid, was decorated with the Pour le Methode. Officials cite 157 killed and 434 injured in the toll today.
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Amsterdam
Brandenburg
London
Rder Pour le
Pickets Face Ten Day Sentence In White House Protest
Twelve suffragists were arrested near the White House after defying orders to keep moving, taken to police station, with ten day sentences anticipated by Corporation Counsel Syme. A crowd blocked the banners as police raced to arrest, while supporters described the event as lawful and orderly amid hunger strike rhetoric.
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Aules
Alice Paul
Woman's National Party
Lafayette Square
Pullman
White House
Poice Cour
Syme
Ship Fights Off U-boat and War News Highlights
Page summary shows a World War II era bulletin with a ship battling a U-boat, mentions a crackdown on a perimeter, Red Cross fundraising, Congress, and various society items. It notes a school surprise, a death, a cringent at Pepe, and editorial content on current events and finance.
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Perim
Bays
Wilson Takes Over Controls of Exports
President Wilson announces control of American exports through an expert council including State Agriculture and Commerce secretaries and Food Administrator Hoover. The plan directs licensing for coal, fuels, and all exports, with British cooperation to enforce a world trade system aimed at aiding the war effort and preventing shipments to Germany.
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Wilson
Secretaries of State, Agriculture and Commerce
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Enuneil
Tod
Bunke
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Ree
Bee
Lester F Wi Cleex
Vrooman
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Shreve Ask
Baker
Haig
War Industrial Committee
Mr Root
Hollweg
Sinn Fein
Carpathians
Kaiser
Corporation Counsel
Cameron House
Mll
U.S
Britain
Taney
Todar
Harry
Fenton Be
Pau Ewan
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