United States to Send Note to Germany on Neutral Rights
President Wilson plans to cable a note to Ambassador Gerard outlining explicit demands to protect neutrals on unarmed ships. The administration seeks to ensure visit and search rights and safe passage before any prize is destroyed, signaling firm U S stance since the Feb 10 note. Berlin relations and potential peace talks are under renewed public and official discussion as Lusitania and Tusitania cases fade from immediate dispute.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Gerard
White House
United States
Melain
Guiight
Berlin
Count von Bernatorfy
Wilso
Lusitania
Tusitania
Great’ Britain
Europe
Heaviest British Losses Since War Began
London reports the heaviest British losses yet, with 89 officers and 5,620 men included in the toll and 1,674 killed. The total British losses for the last week reach 900 officers and 20,000 men.
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London
Swiss approve special war tax in nationwide referendum
Berne Switzerland reports that the Swiss nation approved a special war taxation plan by 486 000 to 26 000 votes. The measure yields about 00 000 000 francs 812 000 000 with the nation casting a strong yes in a June referendum reported from Paris.
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Berne
Switzerland
Paris
Rake’s Day in the Standard: Turmoil and Trials Reported
A scrambled Standard page notes juror anxieties in a US state issue, alleged gains by allies, Baltic sea tensions, Obregon victory talk, and a range of local items from Anaconda memorials to school graduations. It cites theater plans, a new compensation law, librarian reviews, army drafts among Serbians, and mining and milk science notes.
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Robinson
State University
Baltic Sea
Obregon
Baltoria
Eathalie School
Butte
Daview Review
United States
U-Scientife
Advance Made in Attack on Turks on Insula Front
An advance operation reported on the Insula front targets Turkish positions. The engagement involves units pressing toward enemy lines with coordinated maneuvers and artillery support. Casualties and territorial gains remain unconfirmed.
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Turks
Allied forces gain ground at Dardanelles in June assault
Paris dispatch claims heavy losses for Turkish troops as French and British troops advance along the Turkish front. The June 4 attack aimed to seize enemy positions with naval gunfire support. The British center took two lines of trenches over 400 meters, while the first French division captured the first line. Prisoners include six German sailors. several hundred enemy soldiers and ten officers captured. Turkish counter attacks during the night of June 4 5 were repulsed.
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Paris
Dardanelles
Madean
Ammon
Leharioot
Sultan Selim
Maidos
Birdwood
Quinn
Ooyaran
Aalliport
Landon
Paria
Tallinn
Adriatic
Dalmatian
Montfalcone
British units break Turkish trench lines in Gallipoli advance
London reports that British forces, aided by Indian and French troops, captured multiple Turkish trench lines near Quinn's post, advancing about 500 yards and taking around 400 prisoners including 10 officers. Despite strong counterattacks, especially at dawn, the British held the new positions and strengthened their lines.
Mexican peace talks attract informal U S attention
Washington notes informal efforts toward peace with Mexico, reporting varied reactions and no official sanction yet. A telegram from Miguel Diaz accompanies earlier signals as discussions continue without formal approval and bilateral engagement remains cautious.
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Washington
United
Statenes Epee
Saad
Ane
Miguel Diaz
Pili
Pista van
San Francisco Sees Two Minor Earthquakes This Morning
Two slight but distinct earthquake shocks were felt across San Francisco this morning, separated by a fraction of a second, with no damage reported. At UC Berkeley the seismograph team noted the quake as comparatively insignificant, while Lassen Peak observers reported no shake there.
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University of California At Berkeley
Bay
Lassen Peak
Illicit Drugs Delivered by a Messenger Bureau in San Francisco
San Francisco on June 6 reports a probe into a messenger bureau accused of distributing morphine opium and cocaine as a major drug clearing house. John Francis Neylan president of the state board of control will launch an investigation tomorrow into the alleged drug ring. The bureau allegedly uses messenger boys in the tenderloin district to deliver drugs.
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San Francisco
Messenger Bureau
John Francis Neylan
State Board of Control
Neylan
Tenderloin
Two City Commissioners to Be Elected in Portlais
Portlais Oregon selects two city commissioners and an auditor at the annual city election on Monday. In the race for the two commissioner seats, 13 candidates are contending.
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Portlais
Ore
Anarchy Rumors Reported in Trieste Sacking and Riots
Reports from Trieste claim widespread disorder with buildings looted and three days of anarchy. Journal notes unrest and clashes as authorities investigate the claims and assess damage.
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Vine
Samiy
Sane O Vim Rari
Trieste
Obregon Claims Victory In Vera Cruz Campaign
General Obregon of the Carranza army reports a major victory over Angeles and Villa. Enemies fled in small groups. forces pursue north of Leon where Carranza troops occupy the city. All enemy trains and artillery captured as the battle stretched 390 miles, with reconstruction efforts beginning on rail and telegraph lines at Vera Cruz.
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Vera Crus
Angetes
Villa
Vera’ Cruz
Naval battle in Baltic Sea heard in Stockholm report
London dispatch says Stockholm heard a six hour cannonade near Gothland from a Baltic Sea naval engagement. The report notes up to 26 shots per minute for part of the action, with Gothland island location off Sweden's east coast.
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Stockholm
London
Patch
Copenhagen
Daily Telegraph
Gothland
Gothland Is An Island In the
Baltic
Ooa
Sweden
All Athens Alarmed At King’s Condition
Athens crowds gathered outside the palace as physicians stayed at the King’s bedside through the night. London reports the temperature spike after the operation was a natural reaction, yet the intensity remained alarming.
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Athens
London
Morning Post
Palace
Five trawlers sunk off the English coast
London reports additional losses as German submarines sink five trawlers near Petersead and the Cox Buoy of Mull. Victims include Persimmon of Grimsby Bazehound and Curlew of Sunderland and Hull's Bardolh. All crews were saved.
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Peters Ead
Mull
Persimmon
Grimsby
Bazehound
Curlew
Sunderland
Bardolh
Two American Citizens Lose Passports in Dresden
Berlin dispatch reports the American embassy revoked the passports of Dresden residents Leon Raines and Karl Recknagel on Washington orders. The men had criticized the U S government in crisis coverage and said they were ashamed of their citizenship according to newspaper accounts.
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Berlin
London
Dresden
Leon Raines
Karl Recknagel
State Department
Washington
Bulgaria Reverses Its Neutrality Pledge
A London dispatch to the Times reports Bulgaria has disavowed a ministerial journal’s claim of readiness to remain neutral, stating the earlier commitment to neutrality is no longer upheld. The text emphasizes a shift in Bulgaria’s position as of Friday.
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London
The
Times
Sofa
Yesterda
Bulgaria
Galician Front Favorable to Austro German Advance
A London dispatch reports Galician front conditions favorable to Austro German forces. Russians retreat from Modyka andPraemysl while Austro-Hungarian units push along Grodek line. Desperate Russian attempts to relieve center fail. Czernowitz notes retreating Russians east of the city. Governor Slaton grants petition to hear Leo Frank case by committee.
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London
Gelician Front
Modyka
Enat
Praemysl
Moncaka
Grodek
Lemberg
Czernowitz
Bukowina
German Offense Broken Down Near Arras
Paris reports German attacks of unusual violence north of Arras in northwestern France yesterday. The French war office says the offensive failed everywhere, with heavy enemy losses. At La Chapelle de Lorette and Souches region the front was bombarded. several German counterattacks were repelled, and about 30 prisoners were taken along the Aix-Noulette to Souches corridor.
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Paris
France
French War Office
Arras
Ablain
Neuville
Souches
Ablain-Souchez
Seattle Sailor Dies by Poison Near First Wife Grave
Albert Marshall, 46, longtime port steward of the Pacific Coast Steamship, was found near his deceased wife’s grave in Seattle with a poison bottle and a note claiming death by his own action due to ill health. A month earlier he transferred property valued at about 125000 to his wife and had severed ties with the steamship line three months before because of failing health.
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Seattle
Albert Marshall
Pacific Coast Steamship
Reverses Admit Wins and Losses Across Fronts War News
Allied forces report gains in France Gallipoli and Asiatic Turkey while Austro German setbacks at Nouvilles Navant and Adriatic actions are noted. Berlin concedes reverses as Russian progress continues in Galicia with captures of positions and guns. British forces claim prisoner totals and Turkish positions taken amid costly assaults as Baltic and Adriatic operations continue with naval actions and submarine losses.
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France
Gallipoli
Turkey
London
Paria
Adriatic
Italy
Berlin
Nouvillest Vanat
Galicia
Camne
Paris
Arras
Neuville
Fighting Has Now Become Merely Trench Warfare
London June 8 The Gallipoli peninsula offensive shows trench warfare with lines held after Turkish resistance. British moves near Amara in Mesopotamia yield 2000 prisoners 18 guns a gunboat barges steamers. Enfilading fire from wire obstacles slows progress and some gains are abandoned after Turkish counterattacks. Continued on Page 9 Column 2.
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Gallipoli
Long
Mesopotamia
Amara
Thompson Palla jury altered after juror Baer becomes ill
In Thompson Falls Judge Theodore Lewis ordered a new venire after juror Godfrey Baer fell ill and could not serve. The panel was drawn from Thompson Falls citizens and will select a replacement Monday morning, with testimony to begin once chosen. The case, charging Henry Robinson with murder of Thomas Munroe Fed, proceeds despite the disruption.
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Thompson Palla
Theodore Lewis
Henry Robinson
Godfrey Baer
Baer
A. B. Meltiner
Veniremen
Thomas Munroe Fed
Butte
Rumors of Trouble at State University Reach The Board
Dispatch from Missoula reports rumors of internal strife at the University of Montana led by President Craighead. Allegations claim he demanded faculty write Charles Hall praising the university’s standards or face dismissal. Ryman and Hall, long allied with Craighead, join a Helena meeting of the state board amid a crisis point for the administration.
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Missoula
Craighead
University of Montana
Charles Hall
James HT. Ryman
State Board of Education
J. H T. Ryman
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