World News Summary Highlights From The War Front And Beyond
Germany apologizes to the United States for the Gulf light sinking and promises full reparations. British and Russian fronts see major advances as Austro German forces take Przemysl while Galicia shows strong German superiority. Lloyd George appeals for munition production, and a French air force drops bombs on German positions. Locally, wage increases in Bartlesville, fire at Seattle bunkers, Mississippi floods, and strategic Atlantic fleet maneuvers near Newport are noted along with multiple criminal and civil cases and notable deaths.
Relief Plans Grow As Wilson Warns Mexico Factions
The American Red Cross with help from the state and war departments advances plans to feed hungry noncombatants in famine threatened Mexico while President Wilson warns rival factions to unite or face U.S. action to aid Mexico. Wilson’s note is supplemented by diplomatic moves involving Germany and Britain as European tensions rise.
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Wilson
Mexico
American Red Cross
State
War Departments
Republic
United States
Germany
Washington
Berlin
Lusitania
Count von Bernstorff
White House
Mexico City
Megico
Bridge washed out leads to wrecks in Wisconsin and Minnesota
A June derecho caused floods and washed out bridges near La Crosse and Amherst Junction. Seven people were killed and several miles of track destroyed as trains hit the washed structures. Divers recovered the engineer and fireman bodies. others remained missing as rescue efforts continued.
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la Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee
Amherst Junction
Lake City
Minn
Wilbur Taber
Minneapolis
Roy Robert
Express
Northwestern
Roberts
Eau Claire
Dorsey Sheehan
St. Paul
Sheehan
Stockholm
Red Wing
Minneapa
Twin Cities
Minnesota
Milwaukee Road
Italians Bombard Lissa and Capture Prisoners
Paris reports two Italian cruisers and two torpedo boats bombard Lissa in the Dalmatian archipelago. Austrian barracks are destroyed, garrison captured, and 300 prisoners embarked for Ancona. Also reported is Austrian evacuation of Rovereto, a key Adige valley fortress.
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Paris
Lissa
Ancona
Rome
Rovereto
Adige Valley
Trent
Big Allied Push Across Front North of Arras
Paris dispatches describe a general French advance from a position north of Arras to St Die with gains at Aix Noulette Souchez and Neuville Vaast. German officials acknowledge the Souchez capture while claiming French repulses at the sugar factory. a Paris witness cites 3000 German dead in Souchez cellars and equal captures.
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London
Arras
St. Die Far
Paris
Aix Noulette
Souchez
Neuville
Vaast
Floods Widen as Illinois Lands Overflow Mississippi
Floodwaters cover McClure and Dogtooth Head areas in Illinois with eight to fifteen feet of water. Thousands of acres of corn and wheat destroyed by the Mississippi overflow.
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Illinois
Cairo
McClure
Dogtooth Head
Mississippi
King Victor Emmanuel Dives for Cover as Shell Bursts Nearby
Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel showed coolness under fire as a shell exploded within yards of him during a recent engagement. He dropped to the ground but escaped injury, drawing cheers from his troops.
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Italy
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Speyer Lands in New York
Sir Edgar Speyer, English baronet and recent resigning privy councillor, arrives in New York aboard the Philadelphia with his wife and family after sailing from Liverpool May 26. The voyage carried 715 passengers and the bodies of eight Lusitania victims. Also aboard were Philip Klein, Louis G. Dreyfus, and Raymond T. Baker.
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New York
Sir Edgar Speyer
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Edgar
Liverpool
Sir Edgar
Lusitania
Philip Klein
Charles Klein
Louis G. Dreyfus
Berlin
Raymond T. Baker
Petro
Ten Thousand Canadians Land Safely in England
Ottawa reports more than ten thousand Canadian soldiers landed safely in England during the last week and notes no submarine sightings. The count with the allied forces rises to about sixty five thousand Canadians.
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Ottawa
England
Earthquake Shakes Munich Observatories and Town
A severe earthquake shock centered near Munich is reported in Bavaria. Tremors began at 8 35 p m causing destruction of instruments at the observatory and shaking buildings across the area in Amsterdam and Munich.
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Bavaria
Amsterdam
Munich
lLtavaria
Sudan Grass Promise to Boost Farm Income in 20 000 Acre Bid
A Texas ad by David B Clarkson of Robstown promotes Sudan Grass as the top forage crop. It targets farmers to plant 10 to 40 acres, offers seed on credit, and promises hay payments to cover seed costs. Planting time is near with a 20,000 acre seed supply.
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Sudan
Agricultural Department
America
State Experiment Association
David B. Clarkson
Robstown
Texas
Trie Angle
Chicago
Ill
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State Department
Cushing
Thomas G. Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Earl Kitchener
Canada
Vancouver
B. C
Przemysl
Vienna
Galicia
Lemberg
War Office
Flemme
Avisio
San Martino di Castrozza
David Lloyd-George
Manchester
Sea of Marmora
Panderna Bay
Bartlesville
Oklo
Haskell & Barker
Michigan City
Ind
Pacific Coast Coal Company
Seattle
Wash
Muscatine
Newport
R. 1
Russia
Bergensfjord
John, Neal
Herman
Ben Boner
Roy Whitehead
Johnson County
Harrisburg
George Tweedy
Los Angeles
Miss Kenner
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Kansas
Joliet
C. E. Crawford
United States Steel Corporation
United States District Court
Trenton
N. J
Steel Corporation
Tim Hurst
Minersville, Pa
Dewitt Clinton Blair
Blair & Co
Blair
Evelyn Engalitcheff
W. Pardridge
Prince Nicholas Engalitcheff
Jane Hathaway
Giovanni Giolitti
Kreuz
Field Marshal
British Foreign Office
Edward Grey
Foreign Affairs
Lord Crewe
Foreign Office
Lord Lansdowne
Leach Cross
Ad Wolgast
Michigan Wildcat
St. Nicholas
Bryan
Vera Cruz
Meyer Gerhart
Denmark
Bernhard Dernburg
RIVER
U. S
Aisne Region
Poincare
Speyer
Europe
Denison
Daisy Fly Killer
Bec
Tna
Ales, Neat Ol
Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklys
N. Y
Tiem
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
C.J. Broughton
W. Adams Street
M. Y. Maclones
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Mich
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