Italians Repel Arose Piave Drift In Fierce Front
From Rome a dispatch says Austrian forces seek a giant pincer strike to break Italian defenses on the Piave. Italian troops hold, boasting successful Monte Moschin defense with captured machine guns and fatigued Austrian prisoners. Pershing reports local Woevre and Chateau Thierry attacks repelled with prisoners taken.
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Washington, D. C
Rome
Associated Press
Piave River
Piave
Monte Moschin
Brenta
Monte Grappa
Austria
Golf Ball Cuts Swallow's Head Off in Flight
Portland, June 17. R A Shand, Northwestern Steel draftsman, usually uses a gun for hunting but on the Portland Golf Club links he struck a driven golf ball from the sixth tee. Three or four swallows crossed the fairway and one was struck in the head, the ball slicing the bird cleanly and continuing about 175 yards.
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Portland
Ore
R. A. Shand
Northwestern Steel Company
Objectors to get cells have Baker K
Washington reports Secretary Baker approved 22 court martial sentences for conscientious objectors at Camp Upton and Camp Gordon ranging 5 to 20 years. He supports returning these naturalized U.S. citizens to the country of their choice after the war, while insisting no right to pick and choose.
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Washington, D. C
Funé
Camp Upton
N.Y
Camp Gordon
Baker
Germany
Austria
Hyman Polkes
William J. Seider
Joseph White
Anton Zsoldak
Julus Levinthal
Louis Silverman
Mayer Suffkind
Louis H. Blumenthal
Samuel Spire
Paul Bauer
Willam Charles Schwab
Michael Ciupa
United States
407 Sunken Ships Salvaged From U-Boat Losses
London reports an Admiralty salvage commission shows 407 ships sunk by German submarines in British waters have been recovered from January 1915 to May 1918. Through December 1917, 260 ships were raised. 147 more were salvaged in the year to date. feats include lifting a large collier in 12 fathoms with a 3500 ton dead lift and raising another vessel in 15 fathoms using compressed air.
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London
Admiralty
Salvage Department
Iol
Italian Women Gifts In Church And War Front Pressure
Rome reports the Italian front remains strong as Austrians press along the Brenta Piave front. The first day yielded about 3000 prisoners and 89 officers, with 959 captured between Brenta and Piave. Civilians show tense pride as churches fill and fear and resolve mix across the country.
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Rome
Treviso
Piave
Cebuna
Nemar
Moschin
Monte Fenera
Asolone
Pertica
Solarolo
Perte di Salton
Col Meschin
Brenta
Montello
Candela
Zenson
San Dona Bi Piave
Third Army
Remeny
Kaiser's Jubilee Message Warns of Victory Through Militarism
Amsterdam reports Emperor William marking 30 years on the throne while urging resolve amid war. He praises Prussian militarism, predicts victory and peace, and credits the German people with strength to bear suffering and privations. He thanks allies and outlines faith in leadership.
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Amsterdam
Germany
William
von Hertling
God
Prince
Berlin
Two Soldiers Hurt When Auto Overturns Near Fort Dodge
Corporals Blanchette and McGee from Grand Forks North Dakota and Benjamin McGee Humbolt Iowa, with Joseph Olsen a civilian, were injured when their car overturned twice on a hill curve in Fort Dodge Iowa. Blanchette broke a collarbone McGee lost a finger amputation needed Olsen suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs. They returned to Camp Dodge today.
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Fort Dodge
Blanchette
Grand Forks
X. D
Benjamine McGee
Humbolt
Joseph Olsen
McGee
Olson
Dodge
First American Soldier Killed on German Soil
Washington June 17 Gen Pershing announces Private W J Guyton receives Croix de Guerre as the first American killed on German soil. Guyton of the American forces in the Vosges was killed by machine gun fire after his unit entered the line. The division has been identified and the report is published today.
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Washington, D. C
Chateau Thierry
Bouresches-bois-de- Belleau
Picardy
Washington, DL A
W. J. Guyton
Gen. Pershing
War Department
Guyton
Vosges
Tanpss
Make Men 45 Fight Idea Supported by Senator Chamberlain
Washington June 17 Senator Chamberlain of Oregon chairman of the senate military hearings endorsed extending the draft to men ages 18 to 45 as part of the army appropriation bill. He said many men over 40 are idle and should be engaged.
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Washington, D. C
Crowder
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Senate Military
Cap
Wood loses western command after Camp Funston move
Washington June 17. The War Department announced revocation of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood's orders to command the western department and rearment at Camp Funston. Wood had requested a different assignment and officials offered no full explanation for the change. Rumors said he might receive a different, temporary post at Funston or a more important duty elsewhere.
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Shington
D.C
Leonard Wood
Western Department
Panstan, My
War Department
Wood
Camp Funston
Gen. Wood
Canned Music Aims at Seals Here in Summer Hunts
Seattle reports a state fish commission experiment using canned music to lure seals to a rookeries or salmon trap. A hunter in a rowboat plays a record while a deputy shoots the seals. Fishermen note the hair seal’s curiosity and keen hearing, a trait Indians used with whistles to attract the animals.
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Seattle
Wash
State Fish Commission
Tank Prisoner Pulls Gun and Returns to U S Lines
German patrols captured an American soldier near Xivray but the wounded man escaped after using a revolver to force his German guard to retreat toward Allied lines. He then turned the guard over to American troops and collapsed unconscious from blood loss.
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France
No Man’s Land
Americans in German War Camps Treated Adequately
Amsterdam dispatch reports American prisoners in Germany are not used as show objects or insulted. German authorities provide adequate food matching conditions, with calm behavior amid numerous prisoners of multiple nationalities.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
OLeary Arrest Signals Wider Treason Probe Across US
Washington date June 17 Jeremiah O Leary Irish American leader arrested in a New York treason case is being held in a mountain cabin in Washington. Officials say undisclosed evidence links him to a broader conspiracy with Irish radicals and German agents. Additional arrests of conspirators are anticipated as the government weighs charges and possible disclosures of past relations.
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Washington
D.D. C
Jeremiah O'Leary
New York
United States
Espious
Q*leary
Germany
Ireland
Leary
Department of Justice
Yanks Thwart German Raid At Xivray In Heavy Fire
In France on June 16 American artillery halted a German raid planned to approach Xivray from three directions. Eight German prisoners, including a lieutenant, were captured or killed after a barrage cut them off. Civilian casualties occurred near a church as villagers left mass, and the sector faced the heaviest bombardment in weeks.
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Associated Press
France
Xlvray
Toul
Kivray
Protests Stir Amid Food Shortage in Europe
Amsterdam reports new crops ordered by the Hungarian government and flour mills under state supervision. A political strike is planned at Nuremberg to protest reduced bread rations and delays to Prussian suffrage reform, with the Berliner-Tageblatt noting a united SD party and unions warning against strikes.
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Amsterdam
Budapest
Nuremburg
Berliner-Tageblatt
Social Democratic Party - United
Nurem
Oes
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