Russia Regroups Front as Germans Try Vistula Flank
Russian general staff report regrouping forces after the Galicia campaign and preparing to oppose further Austro German advances in Galicia or southern Russia. The Zlota Lipa and Gnila Lipa rivers fortify defenses, while the Tanew stretch north of the Vistula sees German attempts to force the river and mask batteries. German activity remains limited to the Dniester and Vistula fronts with no serious fighting among local troops.
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Vistula
San
Petrograd
Galicia
Russia
Dniester
Gnila Lipa
San Hera
Tanew
Lublin
Big Guns Win Battle in Stunning Front Line Firepower
Warsaw reports Surg. Maj. Lesag describes heavy German allied artillery dominating the front. Skoda howitzers with 17 inch shells weigh 2,800 pounds and penetrate 20 feet of earth before exploding in two seconds. Gas, heat, and flying debris devastate shelters and men within hundreds of yards.
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Warsaw
Surg
Lesag Hintself
Weather report and forecast for DC Maryland Virginia
The notice from the Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau in Washington on Monday June 28 at 8 pm outlines cloudiness increasing for DC and Maryland with light southeast winds Tuesday and Wednesday. Virginia to be partly cloudy Tuesday with showers and cooler conditions Wednesday. a moderate low pressure area over the Mississippi valley and showers across the east gulf states and lower Ohio valley expected to continue into midweek. Local readings show midnight 64, low 50s, highs around 78 with humidity around 84 percent at night and 20 percent afternoon sunshine.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Yorerast
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Mississippi Valley
Drewmore
East Gulf States
Tennessee
Arkansas
Ohio Valley
Mitte
Missignippi Valley
To Minsouri
Gulf and
South Atlantic States
Middle Atlantic
Staten
New England
Annabine
U S Note Demands Direct Settlement Over Frye Sinking
The United States rejects Germany’s prize court route for indemnity over the William P Frye which the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich sank with its cargo of wheat. The State Department notes insist that treaty provisions do not justify sinking a neutral vessel and that indemnity should be settled by direct diplomatic negotiation. The note, dated June 24 and delivered by Ambassador Gerard, argues prize court relief cannot bind U S obligations and seeks prompt reparation for damages.
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State Department
United States
Germany
William P. Frye
Prinz Eile Friedrich
Gerard
Tate
Lanzing
Berlin
Department of State
Washington
Prussia
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Frye
Government of
States
Prise Court
Seattle
Lansing
Aerial Duel Over Belgian Town Ends With Fire
A British recon plane chased a German bi plane above Poéllcappelle at 4000 feet. The German craft was shot up, engines failed, and it dived. The British pilot landed despite heavy damage and injuries. both officers burned, pilot sprained ankle as he escaped the burning wreck amid German fire.
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London
Poélcappelle
Ine
United States Warns Japan and China Over Open Door Policy
Washington delivers May note to China and Japan warning against any agreement impairing American treaty rights or the open door policy in China. It is described as a legal precaution to protect U S interests in future treaties and disputes.
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Tokyo
Peking
United States
China
Japan
Washington
Chinese Republic
Republic of China
Queen of Sweden States Sympathy With Germany
Queen Victoria of Sweden, visiting Berlin, expressed sympathy for Germany amid the palace attack by French aviators. Berlin students cheered, leaders of a torchlight procession presented, and she joined in Deutschland Ueber Alles singing before declaring her stance to the crowd.
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Germany
Sweden
Berlin
Sayville, N
Victoria
Baden
Karlsruhe
Capital
France Feels Shortchanged by Britain in War Opinion
Charles Bray, touring Europe for the Orpheum circuit, reports Parisians say Britain gives France a square deal, while Frenchmen feel Britain dominates the war effort. They see French armies as helping, and blame London for Calais and delays in Dardanelles. Paris mourns while London and Berlin seem unmoved by front-line events.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles Bray
Europe
Orpheum
Paris
France
Calais
England
Dardanelles
Paria
London
Berlin
Belgium Wheat and Rye to Be Reserved for Civilians
London, June 28. Herbert Hoover says Gen. von Bissing confirmed an agreement allowing Belgian wheat and rye crops in the occupied zone to be reserved for civilians. About one twelfth of the harvest will be issued monthly, with imports to maintain current ration, and no arrangements yet for other products.
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London
Herbert C. Hoover
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
von Bissing
Hoover
Brussels
Panic aboard St Paul as it nears Lusitania's grave
Special Cable from London reports on the St Paul arriving after fog, with passengers in fear as we passed the Lusitania's grave. Enright recalls a panic aboard, many breaking down, praying, or tossing flowers. Fog slowed progress to three miles an hour while German submarines loomed nearby.
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St. Paul
Lusitania
Washington Post
London
H. M. Enright
Liverpool
German Cardinals Deny Charges on French Clergy
German cardinals von Hartmann and von Bettinger protest a Paris publication War and Catholicism that accuses German atrocities against the church. They deny any imprisonment of Cardinal Mercier and warn that continued French Belgian clergy campaigns may provoke reprisals by German Catholic clergy.
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Rome
Cardinal von Hartmann
Cologne
Cardinal von Bettinger
Xuich
Paria
Mgr. Baudrillart
Catholic Institute At
Paris
Annette
von Hartmann
von Bettlfer
Cardinal Mercier
Police shiftings lauded as veteran captains reassigned
Succeeding Captain Doyle, a 25 year veteran who served in Southwest Washington and the Bloodfield area, two other noted veterans Captain Henry Schneider of Georgetown moves to the Ninth precinct and Captain Robert H. Doyle commands the Eighth and takes over the Second. The longtime inspector and popular leaders are linked to major city precincts as the baseball park crowds grow.
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Henry Schneider
Seventh
Georgetown
Tis
J Swindells
Jordan
Robert HE. Doyle
Eighth
Harrison
Schneider
Falvey to Move Up in Police ranks after 30 years
W. F. Falvey of the Ninth is slated to succeed Capt. Schneider at the Seventh. A veteran police officer with over three decades of service, Falvey has served in every branch of the Washington police force, including long tenure as a sergeant in the Third and a lieutenant in the Sixth. He recently graduated from a Washington university law school and was admitted to the District bar.
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Capt
Doyle
Washington
Bloodfield
Red Light
Harrison
Washington University
Falvey
W. F. Falvey
Schneider
Ready for July 4 Races at Brightwood Reservoir
-entrys for horse show and tournament grow as parade planned from Peace Monument at 1 pm along Pennsylvania Avenue to Sixteenth Street. July 4 celebration aims to raise about $1,000 more to reach $3,000. pyrotechnic display contract awarded. list of recent donors totals $1,718.
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Citizens’ Committee
Brightwood Reservoir
J. C. Love
Dr. Love
R. L. May
Charlena
Governor
Laula C. Wilson
Tony Grant
Charley Columbia
Joan Martin
Marianne
Ermyntrude
Patricia
Cleopatra
Missouri
Peace Monument
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sixteenth Street
von Dachenhaugen
Newman
Sidney Weat
John Paul Love
B. H
EB Staig
A.B. Coolidge
John & Biges
J. C. Kelton
Julius Lansburgh
W. H. L. Lee
Harry H. Balthall
Eugene H. C. Leutze
Captain Martin V. Hottel Dead After Civil War Service
Captain Martin V. Hottel a Civil War veteran and Treasury Department employee died at his home 1735 F Street NW Sunday afternoon at age 78. He served from 1866, fought with Sherman, led a company in the 1865 grand review, and later practiced law after graduating from Columbian Law School in 1871. He is survived by his wife Julia, daughter Mrs. John E. Taylor, and son Lt J. F. Hottel Coast Survey. funeral Wednesday at 1 20 PM from the family residence, burial at Arlington.
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Martin V. Hottel
F Street
Capt. Hottel
Mt. Jackson
Indiana
Indiana Volunteers
Sherman
Hottel
War Department
Columbian Law School
Loyal Legion
GAR
Julia G. Hottel
John E. Taylor
J. F. Hottel
The
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Burtaj
Arlington National Cemetery
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