Morey Hero of Carrizal Fight Amid Desert ordeal
Capt. Lewis Morey of Troop K, Tenth Cavalry, wounded at Carrizal, escaped with four troopers. He later ordered his men to leave him to carry his report to Pershing, while the group trudged two miles across the desert and were rescued by Lieut. Henry Meyers Jr. The dispatch details the battle and heroic conduct of the unit.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lewis
Morey
Tenth Cavalry
Pershing
Mercy
Fienern Pershing
Henry A. Meyers, Jr
Carrizial
Sam HL
Harris
Tenth Cave Wry
Boyd
Carrizal
Toya
US demands apology after Petrolite submarine attack
The United States calls the Austrian submarine attack on the Standard Oil tanker Petrolite a deliberate insult to the American flag. Washington demands an apology, punishment of the commander, and payment of indemnity, rejecting Austrian defenses about warnings or ship behavior.
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Washington
State Department
Austria-Hungary
United States
Austria
Petro- Ute
Mediterranean
Five Autoists Die In Train Crash Near Warren
Five persons were killed and one injured when a stalled automobile was struck by an Illinois Central east bound passenger train at a crossing west of Warren. Victims include Patrick Deery aged forty and his wife of thirty five, their six month and six year old children, Pete Howe aged thirty, all from Darlington Wisconsin. A. D. Capelle a Warren music dealer aged fifty five was fatally injured. The crash occurred as the auto stalled on the tracks and could not be avoided.
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Dubuque
Thhey
Faust
Warren
Patrick Deery
Darlington
Wis
Pete Howe
Liebknecht Sentenced in Treason Trial
Berlin reports Karl Liebknecht, socialist leader, sentenced to 80 months in jail and dismissed from the army after a trial on high treason gross insubordination and resistance to authorities. He was arrested May 1 during a demonstration where cries of Down with the war were raised.
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Berlin
London
Karl Liebknecht
Liebknecht
Reichstag
Socialist Party
Dissolution Ordered for Corn Products Refining Company
Federal Judge Learned N. Hund directed the dissolution of the Corn Products Refining company and allied concerns as an illegal restraint of trade. The decree sustains the government complaint and the Federal Trade Commission will arrange the dissolution details.
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New York
Corn Products Refining Company
Learned N. Hund
Federal Trade Commission
American Marine Killed in Engagement at Santo Domingo
Rear Admiral Caperton reports a clash between U S marines and Santo Domingo rebels near Washington on June 30 resulting in one American soldier killed and another wounded. The action underscores ongoing hostilities with rebel forces.
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Washington
Caperton
United States
Santo Domingo
Progressives Endorse Charles Evans Hughes for President
Chicago June 23 The Progressive national committee voted to endorse Charles Evans Hughes for president after seven hours of debate. Thirty two members supported the Garfield drafted resolution, six opposed, nine did not vote. The move follows Theodore Roosevelt’s wishes and signals the party’s demise.
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Chicago
Progressive National Committee
Charles Evans Hughes
James E. Garfield
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Hughes
Full
National Committee
Stallows
Progressive National Convention
Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Republican Party
Italian Sub Sinks Two Warships In Strait of Otranto
The Italian auxiliary cruiser Citta di Messina and the French torpedo boat destroyer Fourche were torpedoed in the Strait of Otranto. Citta di Messina, escorted by Fourche, was the first victim. Fourche attacked the submerged U boat, which vanished, then Fourche was torpedoed.
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Paris
Minister of Marine
Citta di Messina
Strait of Otranto
Italian Warships Torpedoed in Strait of Otranto Reported
The admiralty announced the torpedoing of two Italian warships in the Strait of Otranto. J Bruce Samay resigned as director of the International Mercantile Marine. Austrian transports loaded with troops arms and ammunition were sunk in Durazzo harbor by Italian forces.
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Vienna
Strait of Otranto
Admiralty
London
J. Bruce Samay
White Star Line
International Mercantile Marine
Rome
Durazzo
Iowa Girl Beulah Yarger Dies in Mobile
Miss Beulah W. Yarger twenty six daughter of Mr and Mrs William Yarger Burlington Indiana died in Mobile Alabama after two months there for her health.
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Iowa
South Monte
Ala
Beulah W. Yarger
William Yarger
Burlington
Mobile
More Trucks for Funston San Antonio June 30 War Dept Sends 93 Motor Trucks
War department advices to General Funston report 93 motor trucks sent to him. There are already in service 640 motor trucks in the Funston area as of June 30 in Texas.
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Funston
San Antonio
Tex
Department
Austrian Airmen Bomb Adria War Losses Reported
The war office announced Austro Hungarian naval aeroplanes bombed military works and factories in Adria Italy. Adria lies on a rail line two miles northeast of Bologna and remains a strategic target in the campaign.
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Adria
Vienna
War Office
Bologna
Bukowina Taken as Russian Forces Gain Five Towns
Petrograd official report confirms Bukowina in Russian hands after a four week campaign. About 7,700 square miles have fallen, with 2,000 more Teuton prisoners added to 178,000 captured. Pflanzer’s forces driven into the Carpathians. villages Kilikhof Toulokhof and towns Kimpolung Kuty Visenitz cited as newly occupied.
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London
Bukowitna
Pflanzer
Carpathians
Petrograd
Kilikhof
Toulokhof
Sniatyn
Kimpolung
Kuty
Visenitz
Will Orpet Takes Stand In Marion Llambert Tragedy
Waukegan Illinois June 28 William Orpet testified about the February walk in Helm's woods with Marion Llambert describing her claimed delicate condition. He said a bottle of molasses and water was with them and that he discarded it after her death. The defense argues the state claimed cyanide was involved.
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Waukegan
Willam Orpet
Marion Llambert
Helm’s Woods
Marian
Orpet
Kenneth B. Hawkins
H. G. Carlin
Hawkins
Pancho Villa Alive in Talks with Carranza
Washington reports Pancho Villa is alive and negotiating with Carranza to join forces against the United States. Private advices place Villa at Escalon near Parrot and claim he offered Carranza an army of several hundred to receive a command.
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Washington
Pancho Villa
Columbus
N. M
Carranza
United States
State Department
Villa
Escalon
Parrot
Carrianza
Russians Evacuate Chilan Fortified Town Near Constantinople
June 20 report says the fortified town of Chilan, captured in the Russian offensive toward Constantinople, has been evacuated after Turkish counter-attacks. The air office announced the pullback.
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Turk Town
Constantinople
Chilan
Shells fire on German ships off Betcium coast
Parla reports three French aircraft armed with cannon fired 65 shells at German ships off the Betcium coast on Monday. The war office announced the attack details.
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Parla
War Office
Betcium
Allies Use Gas Attacks Repulsed as French Hold Crater
German war bureau reports indicate Allied gas clouds and heavy bombardment along the Franco Belgian front. French operations claim repulsion of German assaults near Fleury and continued activity around the Argonne crater and Meuse regions. Russian forces also report a Volhynian advance by General von Linsingen's troops.
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Berlin
War Office
Somme
Verdun
Tthe Thiaumont
Nesle
Meuse
Thiaumont
Fort Vaux
Chapitre Wood
Volhynia
von Linsingen
Paris
Argonne
Bolante
Elx
Fleury
Raniscapelle
Steenstraete
Dixtmude
Two Bankers Are Drowned On 10 000 Mile Canoe Trip
James G. Hurry and Charles Marcelle, once Cheboygan managers, disappeared after leaving New York on a 10 000 mile canoe journey. A Cheboygan bank telegram reported a gasoline cap and paddies found in their canoe. They were due at Sault Ste. Marie on June 16, resigning from branch posts for health reasons.
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New York
James G. Hurry
Charles Marcelle
Lake Iluron
Henry C. Clews & Co
First National Bank of
Cheboygan
Mich
Hurty
Marcelle
Saule Ste. Marie
Bankers
Germans Stop the Russians and Repel Verdun Attacks
Berlin reports Russian positions penetrated by German forces under Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General von Linsingen. Western front fighting sees renewed French assaults on Verdun repulsed with no gains.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
von Linsingen
War Office
Verdun
Wilcox Named Chairman of Republican National Committee
New York June 29 William B R Wilcox former postmaster and interstate commerce commissioner was appointed chairman of the Republican national committee on Tuesday. He was the choice of Charles E Hughes and will lead party operations in the lead up to the national campaign.
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New York
Republican National Committee
William BR. Wilcox
Inter Public Service
Republicanational Committee
Wilcox
Charles E. Hughes
Austrians Flee Into Rovumania
Ten Austrian officers and 300 soldiers fled into Roumania before the Russian advance in Bukowina and were disarmed by Romanian authorities on Wednesday afternoon.
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Rovumania
Bucharest
Roumania
Bukowina
State Legislator Dies at Son's Wedding in Terre Haute
John L. Nunean of Spencer died suddenly in Terre Haute during his son’s wedding on Wednesday evening. The Indiana state legislator had come to attend the ceremony.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John L. Nunean
Spencer
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