World News Digest includes Tacoma baseball death and global items
Palmer H Ellingson died near Tacoma after being struck above the heart by a pitched ball in a local amateur game. Other items note the 27th General Conference of the Methodist Church concluding in Saratoga Springs, a flag Day parade preparations with a possible Wilson review, U S Marines reinforcing Santo Domingo, a Gaston Oregon auto wreck with no injuries, and various political and military notes from Britain, Yale, Germany, and Texas.
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Tacoma
Tumalty
Howe
Wilson
Tennessee
Santo Domingo
Norfolk
Republic
Gaston
Oregon
United States
Yale Corporation
Timothy Dwight
Yale University
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San Diego
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Senate River and Harbor Bill Passes by Narrow Margin
The Senate approved the rivers and harbors appropriation bill by 85 to 82, about 43 million dollars, after adding amendments. Oregon’s Chamberlain and Lane and Washington’s Poindexter voted yes. Washington’s Jones and Idaho’s Borah and Brady voted no. The plan includes Oregon, Washington, and Columbia River items plus 1.2 million for the mouth of the Columbia and 140 thousand for Willapa harbor, with a conference to follow.
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D. C
Senate
Chamberlain
Lane
Oregon
Poindexter
Jones
Borah and
Brady
Idaho
Columbia River
Columbia
Northwest
Wil- Iapa Harbor
Kenyon
Sherman
Vilinola
Wealth of James J. Hill Placed At Vast Sum At Death
The late James J. Hill, died Monday in St. Paul, with wealth estimates ranging from 100 million to 600 million dollars. He controlled major banks including First National and Northwestern Trust, held large shares in Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads, and owned significant stock in banks and the Great Northern Steamship line. About 10 million in securities were presented at the war’s outset, and modest emergency currency operations occurred with the Aldrich act.
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James J. Hill
Hull
First National Bank
Bor
Gil
Great Northern Railroad
Treasury Department
Washington
Hill
Northwestern Trust Company
Chase National Bank of New York
First National Bank Chicago
Northwestern Natornal Bank
Minneapolia
Great
Germans Repelled French Attacks Near Verdun
German army headquarters reports repulsed Sunday attacks by Bertin French infantry on German lines southwest of Dowd Man's Hill and near the village of Camieres northwest of Verdun, noting heavy losses to the attackers. It adds that German reconnaissance detachments penetrated enemy lines in limited fashion.
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Dowd Man's Hill
Camieres
Verdun
Entente Allien
Sev
Villa Pursuit Doubted in Columbus Report
Report from Columbus casts doubt on rumors that Villa forces were destroyed near Jiwines. Several officers show little credence and say the pursuit may align with President Wilson and General Pershing, amid conflicting signals from Trevino.
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Columbus
Feparte
Carrence
Jiwines
Wilson
Alan R. Pershing
Hawley
Ellen
Tata
Trevino
Bulgars seize forts in neutral Greece and Saloniki push
French Balkan headquarters report Bulgarian forces occupied Rupel Dragutin and Spatovo forts north of Demir Hissar and marching toward Kavalla. A Serbian force reportedly landed at Saloniki after crossing the Aegean. Serbia’s new army numbers between 80 000 and 100 000 after reorganization, with prior forces depleted by Balkan fighting. Wreck of stormship Santa Clare recalled as U S marshals probe mail theft tied to the wreck.
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Balkans
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Demir-Hissar
Kavalla
Athena
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Aegean Sea
Saloniki
Serbia
Corefa
Montenegro
Bania
Balkan
Assassin's Plot Fails in Berlin and Istanbul
A dispatched report states an assassination attempt against the Austro Hungarian minister to Persia failed. The plan was allegedly hatched by Djemel Bey, once involved in the 1876 Masalvation affair with Mahmood Schetleat Praha, the Turkish grand vizier and minister of war.
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Sayville
No. Y.j
Persia
Sagaway
Tuesaday
Iy Djemel Bey
Mahmood Schetleat
Memorial Day Address Presses Unity and Preparedness
President Wilson spoke at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day urging loyalty to America while inviting immigrants to love their origins. He defended alliances for peace, urged universal voluntary training, and warned business leaders about volunteering for national service amid calls for a stronger army.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
America
Arlington National Cemetery
the Provident
League
United States
George Washington
Four Killed as Awning Collapses During Parade
Dallas notices a wooden awning fell on parade spectators in the business district. Four persons died and about a score were injured as the crowd surged forward near the band. The awning, hung by chains, gave way and bricks and mortar crumbled from a wall behind.
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Dallas
Tex
Parc
Verdun Defenses Give Way Amid German Advances
Reports from the Verdun front describe French defenses yielding to German bombardment as the Crown Prince's forces push along the widest front west of the Meuse. Paris notes Bethincourt Cumberen couch abandonment and gains in the Courettes wood and near Le Mort Homme as the war effort continues. President Wilson attends a theatre in Baltimore with notable applause, while Britain contemplates meat rationing amid high prices and possible supply constraints despite no formal shortage.
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Verdun
Meuse
Crown Prince
Paris
Bethincourt-Cumberen
War Office
Lonnva
Courettes Wood
Cumieres
James J Hill Dies After Operation In St Paul
James J Hill, 78, a leading empire builder, died at 9 43 am Monday May 29 in his St Paul home after an operation to remove a carbuncle. He never recovered from the shock of the procedure, following two prior thigh operations to relieve inflammation. The final bulletin noted the end came quickly after he became unconscious hours earlier. The Friday operation had been kept secret.
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St. Paul
Minn
James J. Hill
Mr. Hill
Hill dies after illness at Great Northern president's home
The ailing Louie W. Hill, head of Hill Griggs and Transportation, died after a weeks long illness tied to an intestinal carbuncle. Doctors from Mayo Clinic, state health officials, and St. Paul clergy attended as memorials prepared. Hill led the Great Northern system from St. Paul to Puget Sound with a vast network and steamship line.
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Rimonaton
Gary Grafton
Wilson
Alice Gertrude "Gordon
Washington
St. George's Episcopal Church
New York
Mra. McAdoo
Ax Bt. Pant, Minoeapolin & Manitoba
Great Northern
Puget Sound
Lake Superior
the Orient
Great North
Ern
Elbe Capital Bombarded by Austrian Submarine Report
A continental maritime event is reported as the Austro Hungarian navy attacked Elbe Capital Porto Perrojo, with the inland waterway of Mediterranean influence. The advance involved a submarine strike against an Italian steamer, Washington, near Sayville Bardment.
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Benin
Sayville
Porto Perrajo
Elba
Mediterranean
Revodtengenes Admiralty
Washington
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