World War Fronts See Heavy Losses and Shifting Roles
Semiofficial Berlin tallies Russia losses at 700000 since May 1 as Austro German forces push toward Italy and Russia. British fleet reportedly sheltered by Kerala bay. French and German forces clash near Arras and Alsace with huge casualties on both sides. Arizona launched as the world’s largest battleship. Chicago car strike ends after mayoral mediation. Thaw wins freedom ruling in Albany. Severe storms kill and injure across several states. Quarantine arrests in Joliet amid scarlet fever outbreak. Prominent Americans meet in Philadelphia on peace league talks.
Notable World Figures and Events Reported Today
Foreign Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard reaches Berlin after sailing from New York. Count Zeppelin suffers bronchitis. John Redmond ill. French torpedo boat 331 sinks after collision. Obituaries include Grand Duke Constantinovitch and Dr Robert Long. Wilson and Villa envoys discuss peace, Panama Canal moves, and staged forces on Mexico. The Colorado leads marines toward west coast actions.
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Anton Meyer-Gerhard
New York
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
von Jagow
Meyer-Gerhard
Alfred Meyer
Primary date changes and wide Illinois bill flow
In Springfield the 50 car limit measure failed again as the house refused to suspend rules. The Curtis bill passed the senate 83 to 1, moving the state and congressional primary to June and altering April presidential and June state dates. The session advanced election law revisions, civil service changes, and a Dixie Highway appropriation, with multiple bills advancing or failing in both chambers.
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Senate
Keller
General Assembly
Franz
Representa Ward
Illinois
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Mount Carroll
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State Utilities Commission
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Roos
Lyle
St. Clair Drake
State Board of Health
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Sonnemann
Macoupin County
Curtis
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Womack
Equality
Utilities Committee
Walter L. Fisher
Secretary of the Interior
Fisher
Woodard
Perrier
Canaday
Hillsboro
State Board of Contracts
State Printing Expert
Walter I. Manny
Mount Sterling
Efficiency and Economy Commission
Aote
Re Printing
Manny
Jackson
Illinois Commission
Appropriations Committee
Livestock Commission
Urbana youths arrested in Danville auto theft case
Danville residents Danville teens Danville youths under twenty one arrested on charges of stealing a touring car at Champaign. The car stalled on a muddy highway north of Danville after gas ran out. Former Sheriff C M Clark identified the car. police seek ties to a string of auto robberies across Champaign Urbana and St Joseph. Plunder found in the car and hidden by three Danville women.
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Danville
Jack Allen
Harvey Cox
Ross Shepperd
Urbana
Champaign
C. M. Clark
Urbane
St. Joseph
Eight Bathers Die in Atlantic City Undertow Rescue Attempt
Eight people drowned as a powerful tide and undertow swept a beach party at Chelsea front. Lifeguards Oscar Channel and Walter Margerum led a desperate rescue, as others formed lines to aid victims. Miss Marian Rhoads Creamer and several Philadelphians are among the dead.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Marian Rhoads Creamer
Beechwood College
Charles Mattlack
Philadelphia
John Lisle
Charles Green
William Francis Crow
Frank Brigham
Phillip Arnold, Jr
Mr. McCabe
Chelsea
Oscar Channel
Walter Margerum
Miss Creamer
Leech
West Philadelphia
Warden's Wife Slain at Joliet Penitentiary
Mrs. Edmund M. Allen, wife of the Joliet state penitentiary warden, was murdered in her room on the third floor of the administration building. An attacker, an inmate, struck her and then burned the bed with wood alcohol as she lay unconscious or dead. Warden Allen was away in West Baden, Ind., at the time.
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Joliet
Edmund M. Allen
State Penitentiary At
Tighten Ring at Lemberg
London reports hourly expected capture of Lemberg capital of Galicia by General von Mackensen’s Austro German army as victories continue to drive Russians from Galicia. Auto Bandits Hold Up Cars in Chicago with theft of a large automobile from Carlo Ames followed by two street car holdups as police chase suspects.
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Galicia
London
Lemberg
von Mackensen
Chicago
Carlo Ames
Eighteen Miles of Track Washed Out in Nebraska
Eighteen miles of the Burlington railroad track between Axtell and Holdredge in western Nebraska were washed out. Service on both the Burlington and Union Pacific lines was suspended.
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Omaha
Neb
Burlington Railroad
Axtell
Holdredge
Burlington
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Relations of God and Man Progress From Fear to Unity
The author argues that relations with God evolve from fear to trust to love and finally union, while God remains unchanged. Human growth comes from reinterpreting the divine, enabling greater life and self consciousness. It also notes that humans largely construct their own misfortunes.
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God
Father
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