Bombs Kill Eleven In Karlsruhe Air Raid
Berlin reports eleven civilians killed and six injured in Karlsruhe raid. One enemy aircraft was shot down, another forced to land near Schirmeck. French suffer heavy losses while attempting to breach lines between Lievin and Arras as Russian and other fronts shift under General von Mackensen and von der Marwitz offensives.
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Berlin
Karlsruhe
Schirmeck
Lieven
Arras
Moulin Sous Teor Vent
Champagne
Perthes
Lesmesnil
Twayowo
Kalwaria
Gadmoroszec
Chorzele
Czerwonagera
Bolimow
von Mackensen
Jaworow
Przemysi-Lemberg
von der Marwitz
Mosciska
Linsgingen
Zexel
Marlampole
Mexico Peace Near Says Wilson and Villa Envoy
President Wilson and Manuel Benilla, envoy of General Villa, voiced optimism for an early peaceful settlement in Mexico. Wilson told sisters that a peaceful arrangement can be reached and he has strong hopes it will be achieved. The State Department weighed General Barrenza's telegram reply to Villa's proposal for discussing arrangements toward lasting peace.
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Washington
Wilson
Manuel Benilla
Villa
Mexico
Shane
Bonilla
State Department
Carrenza
General Vi
Russians claim victory in Galicia north of Lemberg
Russian war office announced a Turkish victory in Galicia near Lemberg. Russian forces south of Lemberg defeated Austro German troops on the Simo River, capturing 6 500 men, 18 guns, 17 cannons and 44 Maxim guns. Austro German drive against Lemberg was checked and forced back across the frontier.
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Petrograd
Galicia
Lemberg
Simester River
Alicia
Russian War Office
von Linsingen
Loncester
German Submarine Sunk as Confirmed by Berlin
Berlin reports the German admiralty confirms a British sinking of a German submarine, the C-14, as announced by J. Balfour. In Baltimore, Bishop Wilson of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 81, is at home with a severe asthma attack.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
J. Balfour
House of Camceeng
Wilson
Baltimore
4Ipneus W. Wilson
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Andrew Carnegie Rests in Seclusion at Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Maine June 16 Andrew Carnegie lies in seclusion here with requests for absolute quiet. He has been ill and suffered an attack of epilepsy.
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Andrew Carnegie
Bar Harbor
Andrew Ciarnegie
Tamezie
Myre
Carnegie
War party leads Greek government after elections
June results show Venizelos followers winning 200 seats and dominating the parliament as the war party gains control of the Greek government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece War Party
Athens
War Party
Venizelos
Landslide Hits Simbirsk Town in Southeast Russia
A great landslide swept the town of Simbirsk in southeast Russia. A hill adjoining the town toppled onto an entire street wrecking hundreds of houses and the railway line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Simbirsk
Russla
Russian Destroyer Sunk by Turkish Cruiser in Black Sea
Official dispatch from Constantinople reports a Russian torpedo-boat destroyer sunk in the Black Sea Friday night by the Turkish cruiser Midulla, formerly the German Breslau. The loss comes amid ongoing hostilities and regional naval action.
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Constantinople
London
Black Sea
Midulla
Breslau
Eighteen Die in Wisconsin Storm Across Towns
A destructive tornado swept Wisconsin Saturday night from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan. Eighteen are dead and about sixty injured across Ferryville Lansing Racine Reedsburg Baraboo Oshkosh Madison and other towns as property and crop damage ran high. The steamer Frontenac was driven into a bridge at Winona after a collision but carried no further loss of life.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
Ferryville
Sone
Lansing
Mississippi
Racine
Wwis
Reedsburg
Baraboo
Oshkosh
Madison
Tunnel City
Sparta
Eau Claire
Frontenac
Europe and Americas in tumult with several military advances
Reports from Rome indicate Italian forces captured Ploecken near a key railway hub while Serbians seized Elbasan and Tirana and push toward Durazzo. A Vera Cruz cable notes Pablo Gonzales' army 60 kilometers from Mexico City with pledges to protect all groups and avoid new taxes. Berlin reports the American note on the German foreign office was well received and printed with prominent headlines.
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Rome
Ploecken
Laibach
Innsbruck
Austria
Elbasan
Tirana
Albania
Durazzo
Galveston
Tex
Vera Cruz
Pablo Gonzales
Mexico City
Gonzales
Berlin
Germany
London
Ampbassador
Gerard
DECLARES SHE'S NO QUITTER
Miss Nona McAdoo daughter of the secretary of the treasury returned from France where she had aided Red Cross relief and nursing wounded soldiers She announced she would stay in France but her father insisted she come back She is described as a petite beauty weighing under 100 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nona McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
France
McAdoo
Miss McAdoo
Belgians Thank U.S. for Relief Aid to Belgium
Belgians express gratitude for American relief work in their country. Soren Listoe American consul general at Rotterdam conveyed the thanks to President Wilson in Washington on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Washington
Belgium
Wilson Py Soren Listoe
Rotterdam
England Seeks Extra War Cost in Parliament
An additional estimate of 3.26 billion dollars for England’s war costs through March 1916 was introduced in parliament. The increase reflects higher demand for munitions and supplies.
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England
London
British Steamship Arndale Destroyed by Mine
London telegram reports the British steamship Arndale of 3,583 tons was destroyed by a mine in the White Sea off northern Russia. The vessel was carrying munitions of war to Archangel.
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London
Arndale
White Sea
Russia
Archangel
Note to Britain on Neutral Commerce Rights in Blockade
The state department prepares a note to London asserting that Britain’s blockade of neutral ports is illegal under international law. It will argue non contraband destined for an enemy port is not interfered with, while contraband for the enemy is liable to seizure, and that conditional contraband can be seized if used by the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuashizien
Britain
United States
Germany
State Department
Lansing
Great Britain
London
Indianapolis
Indiana
Lafayette
Tomlinson Hall
Frank Odell
Odell
Spokane
Chicago End of Great Street Railway Strike Reaches Arbitration
Mayor Thompson chosen as referee ends all-night talks between city officials, street car companies, and unions. Arbiters named from list. motormen and conductors resume work as discussions finalize the three-member board. Oak Park elevated line receivers instructed to operate without interference.
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Chicago
Thompson
Board of Arbitration
Arbitration Board
Jacob M. Dickinson
William J
Calhoun
China
Samuel Alschuler
Owen P. Thompson
Jacksonville
State Board of Public Utilities
Judge Landis
Judge Carpenter
Federal Court
Judge Fitch
Appellate Court
Henry D. Capitain
James H. Lawley
Willis O. Nance
John A. Richert
W. J. Healy
Oak Park
Oak Park Company
Kohisaat
Discuss note with Kaiser
Washington reports that Ambassador Gerard will meet Kaiser Wilhelm before Germany replies to Washington. Officials acknowledge the meeting’s significance as the United States contemplates mediation between Germany and England over submarine attacks and England’s blockade of foodstuffs.
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Washington
Gerard
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Berlin
United States
England
Paroled Indiana Prisoners Show Low Violation Rate
Indiana's parole program since 1897 reports 9,034 released inmates with only 26 percent violating parole. Reformatory, state prison, and women's prison paroled 5,305, 3,414, and 258 respectively, with total savings around 231 thousand dollars.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Board of State Charities
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Woman's
Woman's Prison
State Prison
Britain pays $300000 on seized American cotton cargo
London reports the British government paid an installment exceeding $300,000 on a cargo of American cotton seized en route to Sweden. In March and April Britain detained 26 ships carrying 200000 bales worth $12 million. Drafts on these shipments were discounted by New York bankers and trust companies.
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New York
London
Sweden
Great Britain
Illinois law upheld on railroad car service time
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Illinois statute requiring railroads to furnish cars within a reasonable time after shipment offers. Mulberry Mill Coal of Freeburg, Illinois won $716.92 in Illinois courts against Illinois Central Railway, a decision affirmed by the Illinois Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
Mulberry Mill Coal Company
Freeburg
Ilinois Central Railway
Supreme Court of
Ilinois
Twenty-One Shipwrecked Arrive at Port of London
Advices from Stornoway report that twenty-one shipwrecked men reached London after their vessel the Norwegian steamer Duranger was lost at sea. The arrival details confirm their rescue and survival at sea.
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London
Stornoway
Scotland
Duranger
Wilson Names Two Appointments
President Wilson appointed William H. Clare of Joliet to be appraiser of merchandise in the customs collection. He also appointed Lester Babcock of Michigan to be marshal at Foochow China.
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Washington
Wilson
William H. Clare
Joliet
Lester Babcock
Michigan
Foochow
China
Storm Destroys Austrian Airship Near Trent
An Austrian airship returning to Trent after a scouting mission was wrecked in a storm and dashed against a mountain near Adanella, destroying the craft. The incident occurred during a flight over the Trent region.
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Geneva
Trent
Adanella
Morgan and Converse Tie in Boston Church Ceremony
Miss Louise Converse daughter of Frederick Converse and Junius Spencer Morgan, son of J Pierpont Morgan, were married at St. Pauls church in Boston on June 16.
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J. S. Morgan
Miss Converse
Boston
Mass
Louise Converse
Frederick Converse
Junius Spencer Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York City
St. Paul’s Church
Two Lusitania Victims Recovered Near Queenstown
The bodies of two Lusitania victims were picked up at sea by a trawler near Queenstown and brought to port with bags marked Skelling. Identification efforts began immediately.
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Queenstown
King Honors Buckmaster as Baron Buckmaster of Cheddington
London June 17 the king conferred a peerage on Sir Stanley Buckmaster making him Baron Buckmaster of Cheddington in another step in his remarkable rise.
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Buckmaster
London
Sir Stanley Buckmaster
Baron Buckmaster
Cheddington
Navy awards two tractor hydroaeroplanes contract
The Navy Department announced a contract for two tractor hydroaeroplanes at 12000 dollars each to be delivered by the Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Company of Ithaca New York early in June.
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U. S. Washington
Navy Department
Thomas Brothers’ Aeroplane Company
Ithaca, N
Roosevelts Leave Louisiana Mississippi Wilds
After a week in Louisiana and Mississippi surveying state and federal game preserves Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt depart for New York amid their inspection tour of regional conservation efforts.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Roosevelt
New York
Grain Dealers Urged to Ban Same Day Futures Trades
At the midsummer Indiana Grain Dealers’ association meeting in Indianapolis President H. H. Dean urged delegates to avoid futures trades unless closed out the same day. Secretary C. B. Riley warned crops would shrink 20 to 33 percent, with southern Indiana hit hard by Hessian fly. Oil Inspector Behymer warned 58 deputies to meet a new efficiency standard after reports of inspectors skipping tests.
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Dental College
Indiana Dental College
K. of P
Indianapolis
H.R. Raper
New York
Europe
Raper
Frank S. C. Wicks
H. E. Barnard
Indiana Grain Dealers’ Association
H. H. Dean
Bluffton
Indiana
C. B. Riley
J. O. Behymer
Controversy Over High School Sparks Township Splits
In Newcastle petitions signed by farmers and Prairie township residents seek dividing the township over where a proposed high school should be built. Northern residents push Springport while southern residents favor Mt Summit.
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Newcastle
Prairie Township
Springport
Mt. Summit
Zeppelins Strike English Coast In Sixth Raid
London reports indicate sixteen killed and about forty injured as Zeppelins bombed towns along the east coast in Britain's twentieth aerial raid of the war. The attack follows a June 6 raid that killed twenty four and injured forty in London.
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London
England
Britain
War Office
Karlsruhe
Proposal for a League of Nations conference in Philadelphia
Prominent Americans from many cities met at Independence Hall to discuss forming a League of Peace or League of Nations. A committee of one hundred including governors presidents financiers and diplomats led by Ex-President William H. Taft convened with unofficial support from President Wilson. The group debated a treaty mechanism to joint use military force against any signatory in war pending arbitration.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
League of Peace
League of Nations
William H. Tait
Wilson
Taft
Indiana Brevities Pride and tragedy across towns
Noblesville arrest for arson follows Cicero store fire. Rochester death of Andrew Harter at Akron aged sixty from heart disease worth an estate of $100000. Terre Haute G A R burial for Henry Breidenthal killed in Chicago. Culver medals awarded to Denny Spafford White. May Pratt child killed, twin injured in an auto crash. Newcastle mayor acquitted on liquor immunity charges after brief jury deliberation. Marion Republicans organize a Grant county club modeled after Indianapolis Columbia club. Rockville Charles Pulliam declared elected Vigo county judge. Crawfordsville 23 miles of Dixie highway graded with heavy local turnout. Sullivan ex cashier Edward King surrenders on embezzlement charge. Vincennes riot ends after shooting 50 cents dispute. Mitchell accident injures Pierson family near Louisville.
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Noblesville
Ralph M. Crum
Cicero
Rochester
Andrew Harter
Citizens’ Bank
Akron
G. A. R. Veterans of
Terre Haute
Henry Breidenthal
Chicago
Breidenthal
Grand Army Organization
Culver
Academy
J. H. Denny
Allen Spafford
Morrison
Stamford White, Jr
Marshall
Indianapole
Newcastle
Lquor
J. Leb. Watkins
Henry A. Johnson
Richmond
N. H. Evans
Watkins
Henry County Court Room
Evans
Ollie Skinner
Marion
Grant County
Columbia Club
Indianapolis
Rockville
Charles Pulliam
Vigo County
Sunkel
Pulliam
Eliah Redman
Redman
Leavenworth
Pullam
Crawfordsville
Boone County
Shannondale
Smartsburg
Waynetown
Fountain County
Wasqnetown
Dixie Highway
Sullivan
Edward J. King
Dugger State Bank
King
Liberty
Vincennes
Lafe Moore
John Jamison
Moore
Indiana
Mitchell
I. W. Pierson
Norman
Okla
Touisville
Here
Pierson
Conspiracy to Burglar Charge Hits Maxwell Police
Capt James O Dea Storen and Detective Sgt Michel Weissbaum were found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary in Judge Dever's court in Chicago. Sgt Frederick Roth was acquitted. Storen faces a $1000 fine while Weissbaum gets three years in Joliet penitentiary as witnesses testifie they paid police for protection during burglaries in Maxwell Street precinct.
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Chicago
James O'Dea Storen
Michel Weissbaum
Maxwell
Leutenant
Isadore Wexler
Maxwell Street
Teutons Drive Russians Back In Eastern Front
Russian war office reports retirement of two eastern armies amid three day German Austrian onslaughts. Von Mackensen forces pushed Russians east of the San river and along the Lubiezowka and Wusznia in Galicia, with retreat to Bessarabia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lavelle Murray
International News Service
Petrograd
Russian War Office
Marsha von Mackensen
San River
Lubiezowka
Wusznia
Przemysl
Galicia
Bukowina
Pruth
Dniester
Bessarabia
British Steamer Sturathnairn Torpedoed in Irish Channel
The British steamship Sturathnairn of 4336 tons gross, sailing from Cardiff with a cargo of coal for Archangel, Russia, was torpedoed and sunk yesterday in the Irish Channel. Eleven crew members were landed while the captain and the rest were drowned.
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London
Sturathnairn
Cardiff
Archangel
Russia
Aberdeen Trawlers Sunk By German Submarines
Lloyds reports three Aberdeen trawlers the Petrel Explorer and Japonic were sunk by German submarines off the coast.
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London
Lloyd'’s
Aberdeen
Petrel
Explorer
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Brazil
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Lagrange
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Evansville
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Bedford
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Oxford
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Nancy B. Hudson
Boonville
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Bartlettsville
Ann McGee
New System Laundry
Fort Wayne
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O. 0. Applegate
First Trust and Savings Company of
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Plymouth
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Metsker
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Northern Indiana Editorial Association
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DePauw University
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