British Drive on Germans Shows Early Success Near Ypres
British General Haig launches a nine mile front offensive between Ypres and Lille. Initial objectives are taken with progress reported along the front. German claims of a halt are denied as the attack continues to widen the salient toward the north and south. Quiet on the French front and Russian events at Kronstadt are noted.
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Kronstadt
Draig
Belgium
Mesdines
Wytschaete
Ypres
Lille
Arras
Tris
Haig Earler
Lens
Oithe Lille Salient
Germa Line
French greet U. S. war ships with joy
Paris reports the Ministry of Marine announces American warships have anchored off the French coast. The French navy greets with joy these new brothers in arms who, under the flag of the United States, join to fight until final victory against the common enemy.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Old Vets March In Washington At 1917 Reunion Climax
Thousands of Confederate veterans paraded along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington in 1917, reviewing before President Wilson and Vice President Marshall. The march featured gray uniforms, flags, and bands, with Union veterans escorting and 100000 onlookers cheering. Dixie and rebel yell resonated as the procession passed from the Capitol to the White House in ideal weather.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Wilson
Marshall
Capitol
White House
Myron M. Parker
George P. Harrison
Twelfth Street
Manassas
Appomatox
Tar Heel Gun Crew Sinks German Submarine
The Silvershell, an American steamer, fought a German submarine in the Mediterranean for about ninety minutes, sinking it after the submarine fired 60 shots and the steamer 25. William J. Clark of New York commanded the armed guard. promotion may be considered. Other crewmen are named with home towns.
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William J. Clark
New York
Arkansas
Silvershell
Mediterranean
Daniels
Clark
Navy Department
Navy
George B. Brine
Jameson
British experts discuss Allied shipping relief efforts
Washington reports two British officials, Under Secretary J. A. Salter and Thomas Royden, arrived to aid American officials in shipping distribution. They will work with the Shipping Board to limit cargoes and chart new routes to conserve tonnage while U.S. shipyards rush to launch 21 vessels. Officials say German tonnage in U.S. harbors and increased U.S. shipbuilding boost the recovery.
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Washington
J. A. Salter
Ministry of Shipping
Thomas Royden
Cunard Line
Shipping Board
Ves
United States
Railroads Submit Rebuttal Statistics Amid Freight Rate Protests
Railroads file rebuttal statistics in response to shipper protests over freight rates. The proceedings address 15 percent light rate concerns and adjustments. Final arguments are scheduled to begin Saturday with three days allocated for testimony.
Red Cross Fund Campaign Opens in New York
New York June 7 campaign for ten million dollars as the city’s share of a hundred million dollar Red Cross fund opened with bankers lawyers and business men invited to join the Speakers Bureau Formal drive starts June 18 A plan to ask wartime tax or corporate dividends to aid the Red Cross was discussed with stockholders consent seen as potentially diverting half the fund to relief efforts if corporations agree to a special dividend.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Red Cross
Villa Injured by Kick From Horse in Sauceda Battle
Francisco Villa was kicked in the chest when his horse fell during the battle of Sauceda on May 27. He stayed three days at a San Jose house to recover before rejoining his troops, explaining his absence from the Ojinaga fight.
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Associated Press
Presideo
Mex
Francisco Villa
Sauceda
Villa
San Jose
Ojinaga
Heavy fine levied on City of Mons in wartime case
Amsterdam via London reports the city of Mons fined 20 000 pounds sterling after a Belgian paper published in Holland claimed Crown Prince Ruprrecht of Bavaria was in Mons during Allied bombardment.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Mons
Holland
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Railroads Claim Lumber Rates May Rise If 15 Percent Granted
D M Godwin for southern railroads told the Interstate Commerce Commission that a 15 percent increase would trigger lumber rate hikes of about one cent per hundred pounds from the Mississippi Valley and southeastern points to the Ohio River. Both railroad men and shippers said the average rise would be well below 15 percent.
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Washington
D. M. Godwin
Southern Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi Valley
Ohio River
General Wood Visits Columbia for Public Address
Major General Leonard Wood arrived in Columbia from Birmingham to be guest of honor. He will visit the proposed cantonment site, address Allen University students, review a city parade, speak from the State Capitol plaza, attend a public reception, and end the day with a banquet.
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Associated Press
Columbia
S. C
Leonard Wood
Department of the Southeast
United States Army
Birmingham
Ala
Allen University
First
South Carolina Infantry
University of South Carolina
Wood
State Capitol
General Wood
Father Killed by His Children in Rural Oklahoma
In Durant Oklahoma June 7 the four Wilkerson children ages 13 to 8 testified they killed their father at the farm home last Thursday night. The two older children reenacted the murder while Ruby and Otto described their actions and the gun used. The siblings said the father often cursed them but their whippings were common. after their mother died last January the children were left to themselves. They were all sent to the State home for delinquents.
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Otto
Wilkerson
Ruby
Italy to Cut Coal Consumption as War Measure
Washington June 7 Italy determined to cut coal and iron use by half to reduce ship tonnage in line with Allied policy to combat submarine menace, announced by the Italian mission.
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Italy
Washington
Veterans Parade Echoes in Washington June Review
In Washington on June 7, a sign two feet high proclaimed Damn a man who ain't for his country, right or wrong as North Carolina veterans passed. The President smiled as a Confederate officer Chief Justice White joined Louisiana delegates arm in arm in the parade.
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Associated Press
Washirngton
North Carolina
Germany
White
Louisiana
American destroyer rescues survivors after submarine attack
An American destroyer off Ireland sighted a German submarine shelling lifeboats of a sunken vessel. The sub vanished before a firing chance. the destroyer rescued 20 survivors from two ships, the Russian bark Lynton and the Norwegian bark Madura, bound to British ports.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Ireland
Lynton
Pensacola
Madura
Mobile
Tax on Bank Checks Placed in Tax Bill
Washington reports a new two cent tax on all bank checks and drafts over five dollars added to the War Tax bill by the Senate Finance committee. The move is expected to raise about 1.5 million dollars. House tax provisions on dues of social athletic and sporting clubs were struck out, removing roughly 10 million in revenue.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Aliens Arrested in Virginia City
Richmond reports German born Wolfgang Berger held for trial after failing to register as an alien enemy. He says he has traveled extensively in the South and claims ignorance. In Lynchburg, Russian Homieck was jailed for draft registration failure, the first such arrest there.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Wolfgang Berger
Berger
Bavaria
South
United States
Flegenheimer
Lynchburg
Homieck
Obrien
Vigorance
New York Bombarded With Bond Literature
An aerial campaign used bombs of literature to boost Liberty loan subscriptions. Twenty aircraft under Captain Walter G Kilmer dropped circulars urging bond purchases. Liberty loan $10 certificates are on sale through banks and stores in New York district, with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad subscribing $5 million.
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Associated Press
New York
Liberty Loan
Walter G. Kilmer
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
American transport brings wheat for coming troops to France
A large American vessel carrying 10500 tons of wheat arrived in a French port under warship protection. Preparations begin for the reception of American troops with bases modeled on British ones. The Jupiter, a Mare Island built electric driven collier, is among the ships aiding the effort.
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Associated Press
Paris
Atlantic
Martin
Washington
France
Daniels
Jupiter
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Wayne County Sees 3558 Men Register in Patriot Drive
County Clerk J B Hooks reports 3 558 men registered in Wayne county on Tuesday, about 500 more than expected. Officials say the surge shows strong patriotism with no evasion or arrests countywide.
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Goldsboro
N. C
J.B. Hooks
Wayne County
Filipino Troops Offer Volunteered for War
Manuel Quezon announced to President Wilson that 25,000 Filipino troops are ready to volunteer for war. The force is being organized and could be ready in ten months, with deployment wherever needed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Manuel Quezon
Phillippine
Congress
Phillippine Senate
Quezon
Motor schooners for the government
The United States government seeks ten motor schooners to be built by F F Bingham, with six vessels to start immediately. Each craft will have a 250 horsepower gasoline engine and target a speed of about 10 knots. The ships are intended to carry cargo to Europe during the war efforts.
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Associated
Pensacola
Fla
F. F. Bingham
United States
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