Austro Hungarian Front Threatened by Russian Envelopment
Reports from Petrograd and Rome describe the eastern front collapse with 55 000 prisoners in a week as Russians push toward Volhynia Galicia and Dukowina. Austro-Hungarian forces face enveloping maneuvers while German attacks on Verdun are repulsed.
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Rome
Jane
Petrograd
Volhynia
Galicia
Dukowina
Czartoursk
Teutons
Ons
War Office
Thiaumont Farm
Verdun
Hughes Roots and Burton Named by Republicans at Colioseum Riot
At Chicago Coliseum the Republican convention began with a night session. Senator Smoot opened, Whitman lauded Taft and Hughes, a 21 minute Hughes demonstration followed, then Elihu Root was nominated amid a booming Root cheer. Theodore Burton secured support from Ohio governor Willis as a big demonstration rose for the waterways candidate.
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Hughes
Root
Burton
Ariazna
New York
Whitman
Taft
Justice Hughes
Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Elihu Root
Theodore Burton
Willis
Ohio
Waterways
Verdun Front Sees German Infantry Assaults
Paris reports German forces launched infantry assaults on both banks of the Meuse in the Verdun sector last night, signaling renewed activity along the lethal front.
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Paris
Meuse
Verdun
Suffrage Speaker Miss J Lola C Trax to Visit County
Baltimore organizer of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Miss J Lola C Trax will speak Tuesday evening June 13 at eight in the circuit court room. She tours Southern Alabama under the Alabama Equal Suffrage Association and has campaigned in Maryland New Jersey and the West. Her records include a pilgrimage to Margaret Brent’s home in 1647 and a 1915 New Jersey campaign reaching thousands.
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J Lola C. Trax
Baltimore
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Circuit Court
Miss Trax
Alabama
Alabama Equal Suffrage Association
Maryland
New Jersey
West
Margaret Brent
Trax
Passaic County
Passaic
Capture of Lutsk and Austrian positions reported
An officials communication from Petrograd notes the capture of Lutsk in Volhynia and several powerful Austrian positions. It states 58 officers and 11,000 men were captured yesterday, along with a large amount of war material.
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Petrograd
Lutsk
Volhynia
B'nai B'rith Joint Meeting With Gadsden and Talladega Lodges
The Anniston lodge of the independent order of B'nai B'rith invites the community to a joint meeting with Gadsden and Talladega lodges at the Jewish Temple next Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Hon. A Leo Oberdorfer of Birmingham and Lieutenant Governor Kilby will speak, with a musical program and charity-focused remarks supporting widows and orphans homes and medical institutions in the district.
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Independent Order of B'nai B'rith
Gadsden
Talladega
Leo Oberdorfer
Birmingham
Kilby
Anniston
Anti Picketing Ordinance 11 Defeated By City Council
The city council rejected a repeal of the anti-picketing ordinance after objections from the Retail Dry Goods Shoe and Clothing Association and the Chamber of Commerce. Members signed petitions to repeal without understanding them, seeking to aid organized labor but opposing changing a law aligned with Alabama statute.
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Retail Dry Goods, Shoe and Clothing Association
Chamber of Commerce
Dry Goods Association
Alabama
Uncle Sam's Troops Held in Readiness
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tien Tain says United States troops there have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to Pekin. French authorities have dispatched a strong force of native troops from Annam to Pekin. A delegation of Li Yuan Hung's bodyguard assured him of fealty.
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London
Tien Tain
China
United States
Pekin
Annam
Li Yuan Hung
Order of Eastern Stars Had Busy Day in Elizabeth Chapter
A red-letter day in the Elizabeth Spear man Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star featured an all day session and school of instruction. The evening banquet included inspiring speeches and table service, honored by visitors Mrs. Alice Goings of Montgomery Worthy Grand Matron and other officers from Birmingham and Piedmont.
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Elizabeth Spearman
Order of the
Tocal
Alice Goings
Montgomery
Elizabeth Satier
Birmingham
Mattie Steward
Piedmont
Amy Carle
Council Debates Nullification Petition Signed by 700
The matter has generated extensive discussion since its passage and a prior meeting where a petition bearing over 700 signatures urged the city council to nullify the measure.
Riots Across Northern Mexico Reported Amid Flag Dragging
Alarming reports trace anti American rioting across Chihuahua Durango and Coahuila with U S consulates at Chihuahua City and Durango City reportedly wrecked. State department warns Americans against entering Mexico and relief efforts are underway. Villa leads bandits looting Santa Barbara near Parral. At Durango City the American flag was dragged through the streets.
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Chihuahua
Durango
Coahuila
United States
Ch’huahua City
Durango City
State Department
Mexico
Villa
Santa Barbara
Parral
Inventive Boll Weevil Knife Said to Knock Off Weevils
Union Springs Alabama June report states J M Ellis and A M Bradberry both of Bullock county have invented and marketed an efficient device for knocking boll weevils from cotton plants and covering them with soil.
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Union Springs
Ala
J. M. Ellis
A. M. Bradberry
James, Ala
Bullock County
Progressive convention condemns Wilson over high seas murders
The Chicago Progressive convention unanimously adopts a platform condemning President Wilson for not protecting Americans from murder on the high seas and criticizes his Mexican policy. George W. Perkins presents the peace committee report as speeches follow and the preparedness plank is read. The body adjourns to 3 PM.
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Chicago
Progressive Convention
Wilson
George W. Perkins
Peace Committee
Mr. Garfield
Progressives Open Convention With Roosevelt Nomination In View
Chicago June 9 delegates convene as militant radicals urge Roosevelt nomination by five o clock and early action is possible. Republican leaders seek a procedural plan to sustain peace overtures while Senators Borah and Smoot defer to the convention decisions and may reconvene talks after adjournment.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Borah
Smoot
Goethals a Dark Horse for President
Washington reports the resignation of Col Goethals from the Panama Canal drew renewed gossip that he could be the Republican Party’s dark horse candidate. Rumors spread that he might be the eleventh hour choice by the national convention as talks of party harmony continue after a joint meeting in Chicago.
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Goethals
Washington
Fteporta
Col. Goethals
Panama Canal
Goasip
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Business Men’s Association
Uncle Sam
Order OF Eastern Stars
el Paso
Boll Weevil
Chicago Club
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