Berlin reports fall of Stanislau and Lemberg offensives
Berlin dispatches announce the capture of Stanislau on the Bukowina to Lemberg rail line and the Russian army’s isolation in Bukowina. German and Austrian forces push east of Lemberg while Teuton advances claim gains in Galicia and the Balkans amid heavy fighting with Russian troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Stanislau
Bukowina
Lemberg
Bukowia
Kalusz
Galicia
Genera’ Hallin
Ula Reat Russan
Lemberg Couny
Genstals von Lim Bineen
Sekerwes
German 2
Cuulcbe
Vor Laiswigen Baying
Surowica
Stanislaw
Dniester
Balkan
Kubyi
Winday
Kovno
Teutons
London
Ga Mela
Poland
Baltic
Petrograd
Teuton
Swica
Kofmitza
Pamin
Pruth
von Lin
French Troop Ship Sunk Near Dardanelles
London reports an official Constantinople statement announcing the destruction of a French transport near the Dardanelles entrance. It suggests both ships had unloaded troops and were laid up. Allied efforts at Gallipoli continue with Mauretania and Transylvania arriving at Lemnos with fresh troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Mauretania
Transylvania
Lemnos
Athens
Krithta
Prison board refuses plea in Leo M. Frank case
Atlanta June 10 Leo M. Frank must pay the death penalty for the murder of Mary Phagan unless clemency is extended by June 22. The Georgia prison commission refused to recommend commuting the sentence to life imprisonment. London June 10 British air raid on Akbeshh near Gallipoli base. nine hydroplanes involved and many Turkish soldiers believed killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altlanta
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Georgia Prison Commission
Athens
Akbeshh
Strait of
Gallipoli
Allied Aviators Active over Belgium Bombardments Reported
Amsterdam reports continued allied aerial operations over Belgium with bombings of German supply depots and the railway station. Verona notes a reward offered by the Austrian commander for the capture of a brave Italian Alpine soldier alive. Austrian prisoners in Verona exceed 600 as arrivals continue. Verces mentions a schooner Isammah sunk in the Bristol Channel with crew saved at Falmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Belgium
Verona
Verces
London
Isammah
Preston
Bristol Channel
Lloyds
Falmouth
U S Opposes Sale Court Action Hinted In War Plant Purchases
The U S government warns that German backed interests seek to buy major U S war plant assets including Schwab properties in Pennsylvania and Connecticut, Cramp Works in Philadelphia, Remington and Remllutton works, Fore River and Union Iron Works. Attorney General Gregory and Justice Department experts may seek legal obstacles citing public welfare and strained Anglo German ties. Complete secret service reports are requested for further detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
McAdoo
Treasury
Charles M. Schwab
Cesem
Remllutton Seail Osm
Artford
Conn
Cramp
Philadelphia
Anich i
Schwab
Metellic Cart_ ive company
Remington Com
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Massachusetts
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Gregory
Department of Justice
Germany
Jag
Bryan
Secret Service
Peoria Shooting Involving Wiles and Party
In Peoria on June 7 Oria Wiles his wife Charles Boyer and Gertrude Was son are held. Mike Keating a bartender is wounded and an unidentified negro is dead after a duel with Policeman Williams Wiles and his auto party interfered and Wiles is said to have slain the negro. Chicago reports zinc ore in Joplin district sells for 100 a ton up from 40 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Oria Wiles
Charles Boyer
Gertrude Wasson
Mike Keating
Keating
Williams
Wiles
Chicago
Joplin
Italians bombard Lissa and capture garrison
A telegram from the Italian frontier reports two Italian cruisers and two torpedo boats bombarded Lissa in the Dalmatian archipelago. The garrison surrendered after Marines disembarked, with about three hundred prisoners taken to Ancona. Rome also notes Austrian evacuation of Rovereto, the Adige valley fortress perceived as key to Trent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lissa
Dalmatian
Ancona
Rome
Rovereto
Adige Valley
Trent
Blockade Plans for Asia Minor Reported
Ambassador Sharpe in Paris notified Washington that France intends to maintain a blockade of the Asia Minor coast jointly with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia Minor
Washington
Ambasaador Sharpe
Paris
State Department
Russian schooner Adolf sunk by German submarine
Aberdeen reports the Russian schooner Adolf was sunk off Rattrayhead by a German submarine with two crew members lost. Four survivors were landed at Leith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Scotland
Adolf
Rattrayhead
Leith
Noted Musician Cummings Dies in London at 83
Dr William Layman Cummings died Monday in London at eighty three. He led the Guildhall School of Music from 1896 to 1910 and was known as a singer, teacher, author and composer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Layman Cummings
Guildhall School of Music
Mrs. Page Scatters Roses Over Lusitania Sea Grave
Mrs. J. H. Page, aboard the St. Louis, traveled from Liverpool to Rose over the sea grave of her husband who perished on the Lusitania. The June 9 scene at Sea Grove New York marks a poignant tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Grove
New York
J. H. Page
St. Louis
Liverpool
Berlin apologizes for Gulflight sinking promises reparations
Berlin says the Gulflight was attacked by mistake and the submarine commander realized the error after firing. Germany asks the United States to submit data to aid full understanding as inquiry into the Cushing attack continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
United States
Berlin
Cushing
General French Offensive Moves From Arras to St Die
Paris dispatches report a broad French advance against German lines from north of Arras to St Die, with gains at Aix Noulette Souché and Neuville St Vaast. An eye witness says Souchez sugar factory stronghold yielded 3,000 German dead and an equal number captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arras
St. Die Far
Paris
Aix Noulette
Souché
Neuville-St. Vaast
Souchez
Britons Shot by Mexicans in Tuxpam Ambush
Washington reports S. P. Jones a British citizen was killed while an Englishman, his wife and child were badly wounded as a Villista force captured Tuxpam Sunday night. The Mallards, also British, were struck while seeking cover. Colonel Guillermin led the Villistas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
S. P. Jones
Tuxpam
Bevan
Tampico
State Department
Ss. P. Jones
Tom Mallard
Villistas
Guillermin
Indiana Freed From Foot and Mouth Quarantine
The U S Department of Agriculture announced that the foot-and-mouth disease quarantine is lifted for the entire state of Indiana except the Belt railroad stock yards in Indianapolis. Ohio loses restrictions in most counties while Illinois Pennsylvania Wisconsin and New York see partial changes. Several counties in Illinois Kansas Pennsylvania and West Virginia remain restricted or added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indiana
Belt
Indianapolis
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Union
Cleveland
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Nassau County
N. Y
Illinois
Kansas
West Virginia
Furnaces Resume Operation at McKeesport mill
In McKeesport Pennsylvania four furnaces of a group supplying National Tube works operate again for the first time in eight years. Many employees return to work as production restarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National Tube Works
McKeesport
Auto plunge claims life in Beloit wreck
Beloit Wisconsin June 10 Frank Thompson son of Carpenter Wyoming was killed instantly and Theodore Poelman a lawyer was badly injured when an automobile driven by Thompson skidded over an embankment into a creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto
Beloit
Wis
Frank Thompson
Carpenter, Wyo
Theodore Poelman
Thompson
Westfield
Mass
Frank Yarmesky
Russell
Tirpitz Estate Seized in Italian Sardinia
Paris reports the Italian government has seized the estate of Admiral von Tirpitz, head of the German admiralty, located at Cagliari in southern Sardinia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Tirpitz
Paris
Admiral von Tirpitz
Cagliari
Sardinia
Strike Deputies Sentenced in Roosevelt Killings
Nine deputies convicted of manslaughter for the killing of two strikers at Roosevelt New Jersey were sentenced to two years in state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Roosevelt
Seven Die in Wrecks Near La Crosse Wisconsin
A cloudburst near La Crosse Wisconsin caused railroad wrecks killing seven people and damaging miles of track. Milwaukee No. 5 struck a washed out bridge at Amherst Junction two miles above Lake City Minnesota, drowning engineer Wilbur Taber and fireman Roy Roberts among others. Northwestern No. 17 wrecked at Roberts Eau Claire area killing engineer Dorsey Sheehan. A ten foot high wall of water also swept Stockholm riverfront stores.
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la Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee
Amherst Junction
Lake City
Minn
Wilbur Taber
Minneapolis
Roy Roberts
Lacey
Chicago
Gale
Taber
Northwestern
Roberts
Eau Claire
Dorsey Sheehan
St. Paul
Sheehan
Stockholm
Red Wing
Menapier Sinking Adds To Maritime Losses
Five more ships struck by German submarines with seventeen lives lost aboard the Belgian steamer Menapier near North Foreland. Four other vessels survived. survivors from Menapier taken to Margate, one badly injured sent to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Menapier
Trudvang
Superb
Pentland
North
Foreland
Margate
Pope Creates War Bishop For Italy’s Forces
Rome reports a papal decree creating a military bishop to appoint chaplains for Italy’s land and sea forces. The new dignitary will bless battle flags and direct the spiritual organization of the military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Fire destroys upper floors of Bunn Wholesale Grocery plant
Springfield Illinois June 10 Fire at the John W. Bunn Wholesale Grocery company plant destroyed the upper floors. Owners estimate damages exceed 50000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
John W. Bunn Wholesale Grocery Company
Serbian Army Near Scutari in Albania Advance
Serbian forces push through central Albania occupying KaisielJuma and nearing Scutari as Albanian resistance remains weak per a Berne courier. The report notes the rapid advance two days from Scutari with minimal Albanian opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scutari
London
Albania
KaisielJuma
Berne
Zeppelin Blown Up Over English Convent After Air Fight
A British monoplane under Flight Lieutenant Warneford clashed with a German Zeppelin off the British coast. The larger airship exploded and crashed onto a convent, killing 32 aboard and injuring others. incendiaries also caused fires on the coast. The Canadian pilot escaped with a damaged plane after a dramatic morning duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brudgela
Warneford
R.N
Indiana Elks choose Marion for next reunion and elect officers
At the Fourteenth Annual Convention in Michigan City Indiana Elks named Marion as the next meeting site and elected Joseph B. Hennings Anderson as President Robert A. Scott Linton as Vice President Thomas G. Hedian Indianapolis as Secretary Frank E. Bougher Fort Wayne as Treasurer Dr. J. C. Sawyer Michigan City as Esquire H. Miller South Bend as Inner Guard and David R. Carleton Elwood as Trustee. Other items note open house and athletic events after the excursion from Gary and late street singing by Elks. The summer Board of Pardons will hear 11 new parole appeals including two life terms for murder and reopen old cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Marion
Indiana Reunion Association
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Michigan City
Joseph B. Hennings
Anderson Lodge
Robert A. Scott
Linton
Thomas G. Hedian
Frank E. Bougher
Ft. Wayne
Ft. Wayne Lodge No. 153. Esquire
J. C. Sawyer
Inner Guard
Miller
South Bend
David R. Carleton
Elwood
Gary
Fnally
Elks
Lake Front Park
Big Lodge
State Board of Pardons
Roscoe Taylor
Dubois County
Simon Winfrey
Vanderburg
Charles Ward
George Keller
Pulaski County
Byron Murphy
Daviess County
Indiana Reformatory
Frank Murphy
Lake County
Harry W. Eckert
Howard County
Vanderburg County
Louis Miller
Pike County
Lee Breedlove
Orange County
George Smith
Marion County
Inmates Plan Summer Work at Indiana Reformatory Farm
Twelve inmates under instructor Oliver T. Worrall visited the William T. Adams farm four miles east of town to plan summer work. The reformatory farm supplies fresh vegetables for inmates and aims to expand farming as employment and training. The state penal farm proposal was rejected by the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Reformatory
Oliver T. Worrall
William T. Adams’ Place
Here
Institution
D. C. Peyton
Reformatory
Kaiser Peace Terms Sent to Wilson via Dutch Envoy
Germany, through Dutch envoy Jonkheer van Gree Gildermeister, asks President Wilson to transmit peace terms to the Allies. Terms include evacuation of Belgium and northern France, Polish reconstitution, seas freedom, Alsace Lorraine to France, German colonies, and restoration of colonies excluding Kiaochau. White House has not received official communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Wilson
Jonkheer van Gree Gildermeister
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Holland
Belgium
France
Poland
Alsace
Lorraine
Axembourg
Japan
British Submarines Captured After Tay Raid
Four German submarines were taken in the Firth of Tay after a raid by vessels from Glasgow. The raiders passed under the Tay Bridge, were entangled for 62 hours, and surrendered when authorities arranged nets. Crews were exhausted but surrendered promptly.
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Firth of Tay
New York
Scotland
Hner Cameronia
Glasgow
Firth
Taybridge
Notable Deaths and Appointments In Early June
John C. Rice the minstrel died suddenly in Philadelphia on June 7. Capt. John J. Knapp, former commander of the battleship Connecticut, named commander of the Philadelphia navy yard on June 9. Rev. Dr. Jesse Burgess Thomas, 82, theologian and pastor emeritus of Brooklyn’s Baptist Temple, died in New York. Prince Bagration-Mouchranskyl, son-in-law of Grand Duke Constantine, killed in the battle before Przemysl in Petrograd dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knapp
Navy Yard
Washington
John J. Knapp
Connecticut
Naval Examining Board
Philadelphia Navy Yard
New York
Jesse Burgess Thomas
The
Baptist Temple of
Brooklyn
Petrograd
Bagration-Mouchransky
Constantine
Przemysl
British war casualty list grows by 8,113 names
London reports the latest official casualty list adds 8,113 names to the tally of killed, wounded or missing since the war began. It is the largest list issued by the government during the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Indiana business and pension notices crop up in state filings
Pensions granted include William H. Longenecker of South Bend eight dollars and Mary D. Fordyce Whiting Permella J. Jones Mitchell Caroline Noel Warsaw Harriet A Strassweg Howell minors of William R. Jones Warsaw Eliza C Woodard Laporte Hannah B Applegate Kukemo. Incorporations listed include General Store and Furniture Company Indianapolis forty thousand dollars furniture M H Nagle G F Ong G L Crabb. Griffith Hide Company Griffith fifteen thousand dollars hides M Hart William L Hall F W Curtis. American Advertising Company Ivanaville ten thousand dollars advertising Gus Schelosky J Reilly B Umbach. Pratt Poster Company Indianapolis twenty thousand dollars printing publishing R D Pratt M A Pratt S J Pratt. Aetna Chemical Company Maine total capital 1,200,000 manufacturing explosives Indiana capital 53,476 A F Jones A B Farnham C G Trott. Indiana Dr Furniture Manufacturers Association Indianapolis clay products W C Hoover F Baum G M Kreck. Hungarian Club South Bend operate club J Madarasz BH Vuazy J Kovacs. Notice filed dissolving Ladies' Co operative Company Anderson.
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William H. Longenecker
South Bend
Ind
Mary D. Fordyce
Whiting
Permella J. Jones
Mitchell
Caroline Noel
Warsaw
Harriet A. Strassweg
Howell
William R. Jones
Eliza C. Woodard
Laporte
Hannah B. Applegate
Kukemo
General Store and Furniture Company
Indianapolis
Frank H. Nagle
George F. Ong
G. L. Crabb
Griffith Hide Company
Griffith
M. Hart
William L. Hall
F. W. Curtis
Ladies’ Co-operative Company
Anderson
American Advertising Company
Ivanaville
Gus Schelosky
J. Reilly
B. Umbach
Pratt Poster Company
R. D. Pratt
M. A. Pratt
S. 3. Pratt
Aetna Chemical Company
Maine
Indiana
A. F. Jones
A. B. Farnham
C. G. Trott
Indiana Dra
Indiana state fair premium list announces 71507 prize pool
The Indiana state fair premium list shows total prizes and purses of 71507.25 with 18000 regular speed purses and 4000 and 8000 stake races for three year old pacers and trotters. Other livestock, cattle, poultry, horticulture and arts prizes bring the total to 71807.25. Charles Downing, secretary, notes the list is among the richest openings for farmers and horsemen and 15000 copies will be mailed soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Downing
Western Horseman
Fais
Gratt
Indiana Fair
United States
Downing
Editors Dined at Hammond in Democratic Editorial Assembly
Senator John W. Kern praised patriotic sentiment at a Hammond banquet for the Indiana Democratic Editorial association with about 9 200 attendees including editors and politicians. The event crossed to Chicago with further honors. Mrs. Governor Ralston spoke for Wilson, lauding the era’s character and national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kern
Hammond
Indiana Democratic
South Bend
Chicago
Sherman House
Hammond Country Club
Indiana Line
A. M. Turner
First National Bank of
J. D. Smatley
Lew O'Bannon
Editorial Association
J. H. Conroy
Calumet
Lake County
Ralston
Indianapolis
Wilson
Quarantine Lift Sought on Indiana Livestock Shipments
Governor Ralston urged Secretary Houston to lift Indiana livestock quarantine on Doctor Nelson's advice. The move would allow shipments from Indiana and other states into Indiana without endangering livestock health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F Nelson
Ralston
Houston
Indiana
Nelson
Northeastern Indiana Telephone Association Formed
Fort Wayne reports the Northeastern Indiana Telephone association formed at a meeting of 11 independent managers representing 60 000 phones and 5 000 miles of wire. Officers elected include President Martin Umbach Fort Wayne Vice President Lorens Klopstein Monroe Secretary Georges E Spake Monroe and executive committee J W Longwell Van Wert W E Bowers New Haven F M Schlermeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Northeastern Indiana Telephone Association
Martin Umbach
Uorens Klopstein
Leo
Georges E Spake
Monroe
J. W. Longwell
van Wert
W. E. Bowers
New Haven
F. M. Schlermeyer
Hoosier Briefs Span Accidents and Politics Across Indiana
A batch of Indiana items reports Lewis M. Obannon entering the race for lieutenant governor. state senators Elias M. Rinear and others die or face health issues. Evansville and Newcastle cover bribe and trial developments. a Huntington auto fatality injures a family. Pooley's manslaughter sentence. Warsaw train collision kills a woman and injures her brother. Kokomo clamps down on gambling. Fort Wayne burglaries and Elwood knife attacks. Notre Dame athlete Le s le Yeager saves a boy who drowns in St Joseph lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lewis M. Obannon
Corydon Democrat
Indiana
Frank Given
New Albany Public Press
Obannon
Zenor
Bluffton
Elias M. Rinear
Rinear
Evansville
Eva Bethell
Newberg
Irs Bethell
Avlzibor
Union Bei .7
American Tele Tone and Telegraph Company
New York Newcastle
James Jc. Watkins
Newcastle
Ollie Skinner
Skinner
Watkins
H. H. Evans
Umphress
Marion Hospital
Rees
Huntington Hospital
James Pooley
Duncan C. Givens
Pooley
Givens
Frank Stein
Judge Givens
Wivens
Stein
Warsaw
George Morrison
Alexandria
Homer Secrist
Secrist
Court House
George Stevens
Winona Lake
A A. A. Fletcher
W. H. Colliser
W. E. Beiderwolf
Kokomo
Chester Miller
Fort Wayne
Goodfellow
Ed Brockmeyer
Elwood
William Hatley
Lawrence Nocum
Samuel Rogers
Rogers
Nocum
Booth Bend
Lesle Yeager
Notre Dame
Hartwell Reiter
St. Joseph Lake
Notre Dame University
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Czar
von Linsingen
Prison Board
Leo Frank
Atlanta
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Poincare
Neuville
Milwaukee Road
Mise Clark
House of Representatives
Genevieve Clark
Convent
England
Indiana Elks
J. E. Hennings
John Rice
John C. Rice
Jesse
Thoman
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