Fierce Battle at Fort Vaux in Verdun Assaults
German forces launch repeated attacks around Fort Vaux and along the Verdun front. Paris reports 2,076 French soldiers captured at Caillette Wood as fighting rages between Vaux and Thiaumont Farm. German losses and subsequent fronts cited by echoes in Paris papers.
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Paris
Verdun
Damloup- Vaux
Fort Vaux
War Office
London
Caillette Wood
Douaumont
Meuse
Thiaumont Farm
Vaux and
Damloup
Vaux Jale
French War Office
Caurettes Wood
Vaux Lake
Vaux
Fort Douaumont
Joy Prevails In Berlin On North Sea Victory
Amsterdam June 1 The North sea battle is hailed in Germany as a brilliant victory for the German fleet. Captain Persius of the Berlin Tageblatt says English losses were very heavy ours extraordinarily small and the admiral and crews are praised. Emperor William is expected at Wilhelmshaven to inspect the returning fleet.
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Amsterdam
North Sea
Germany
Persius
Berlin
William
Wilhelmshaven
Roosevelt Roars Challenge as Fairbanks Denied VP Ticket
Chicago reports a sharp denial from Fairbanks managers that he would join a Roosevelt ticket as vice president. Separately Horton backers deny he would back Roosevelt in exchange for a cabinet post, as Republican leaders finish preconventions.
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Chicago
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Roosevelt
Horton
Irish Parliament Planned With Ulster Excluded
The Evening Standard says an agreement is reached to settle the Irish question. An Irish parliament will be set up immediately and composed of the current Irish representatives in the British parliament, with Ulster excluded.
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London Evening Standard
London
The
Evening Standard
Ulster
Brandeis Confirmed to Supreme Court by Senate Vote
Washington June 3 Brandeis confirmation ended a five month battle with Republicans. The Senate voted 47 to 22 approving the nomination by President Wilson to succeed Justice Lamar. Brandeis, a 60 year old Kentuckian born in Louisville and Harvard educated, gained fame in the Ballinger Pinchot affair and various public interest cases.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Senate
Brandeis
LaFollette
Norris
Poindexter
Newlands
Clapp
Grenna
Wilson
Lamar
Louisville
Harvard University
Boston
Ballinger-Pinchot
Congress
Ballinger
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven Railroad
Oregon
Iinois
Ohio
Dbaston
Savings Bank Insurance
Massachusetts
Republican committee starts sessions to settle contested seats
In Chicago the Republican national committee opened sessions to settle disputed seats and finalize convention details before next Wednesday. Alabama delegates Pope M. Long and six others were seated amid color-based exclusion claims, while in Alabama Ninth District W. L. Saunders, a Black man, was seated after disputes over notice of district delegate elections.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Alabama
Pope M. Long
D. Barker
O. D. Street
James J. Curtis
William L. Chenaut
John M. Aitken
W. L. Saunders
Wilson urges America first at Memorial Day service
President Wilson addressed Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day urging all Americans to place America first in their purposes. He warned that outsiders who do not share this view must be cast from tolerance and stated that the nation will resist aggression from any source. He added readiness to cooperate and to fight for rights aligned with mankind.
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Washington
Wilson
Arlington Cemetery
United States
America
Wilson Urges Peace and Mediation in World War
President Wilson, speaking to the League to Enforce Peace, signals readiness to mediate and outlines a peace basis. He argues every people has the right to choose sovereignty and honors territorial integrity, urging the world to end the war and restore normal life.
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Washington
Wilson
League
United States
James J. Hill Dies After Mayo Operation
James J. Hill died at his St. Paul home Monday after failing to rally from surgery performed Saturday by the Mayo Brothers for a spreading abdominal abscess. All family members were at the bedside when the noted railroad builder passed away.
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St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
James J. Hill
Mayo Brothers
Four Bandits Killed in Durango Skirmish
In the San Bernardino district of Durango on June 2, four bandits were killed and six captured after a clash between General Garcia's column and Lula Sandoval's command.
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Ghihuahua City
Mex
Garcia
Lula Sandoval
San Bernardino
Durango
Kaiser Elevates Dr Clemens Delbrueck to Nobility
Berlin June 2 Dr Clemens Delbrueck former minister of interior has been made a noble by the Kaiser in recognition of his war services.
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Kaiser
Delbrueck
Berlin
Clemens Delbrueck
Interior
Sleeping Sickness Fatal in Brooklyn Man
A Brooklyn man D Albert C Perrell dies from sleeping sickness and his illness has drawn attention from scientists in Europe and the United States.
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New York
D. Alpert C. Perrell
Brooklyn
Europe
United States
Liebknecht to be prosecuted for treason
A Berlin dispatch reports the court conducting the preliminary examination of Karl Liebknecht, socialist leader, has decided he should be prosecuted for treason. The ruling comes from Copenhagen dated June 3.
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Liebknecht
Copenhagen
Berlin
Karl Liebknecht
Court-martial convenes over Skeffington shooting
Bowen Cathorpe, an Irish officer who ordered the shooting of F. Skeffington during the revolt, faces trial in Dublin. The court-martial was convened here with Cathorpe having served at the front before his arrest.
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Skeffington
Dublin
Bowen Cathorpe
F. Skeffington
Knife Hurling Incident Dims Roosevelt Memorial Day
Former president Theodore Roosevelt dodged a thrown pocket knife as his motor car entered Kansas City on Memorial Day. Police reported no arrest in the incident, while Roosevelt urged universal military training and warned against pacifist “false prophets” during public addresses.
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Kansas City
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Twenty-third Street
Roosevelt
Muehlbush
North
Confederacy
Grant
Lee
Telegraphic Notes Highlights From Allied Conference And Trials
Paris set to open the allied economic conference on June 14. Italian troops evacuate Asiago before Austrian advance. Col. John S. Mosby dies at 82 after a long illness in Virginia. Dr Arthur Warren Waite given electric chair sentence at Sing Sing for murder. Michael Heitler known as Mike de Pike found guilty of Mann act violation. co-defendants Rosenzweig Shaffner Epstein also convicted.
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London
Allies
Paris
Asiago
Rome
London Times
Washington
John
Mosby
Virginia
New York
Arthur Warren Waite
Sing Sing
John EB. Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Carl Heitler
Chicago
Michael Heitler
Mike de Pike
David Rosenzweig
Dolly Shaffner
Mollie Epstein
Malta Seized as British Warships Intercept Mail
A Hague dispatch reports the Dutch steamers Westerdyk and Ryndam halted by British warships and all United States mails seized, as war tensions impact transatlantic shipping.
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Malta
Berlin
Hague
Overseas
Westerdyk
Ryndam
United States
Carranza Demands U S Troop Withdrawal and Clarification
General Carranza issues a 12,000 word note to the U S state department demanding an immediate withdrawal of American troops from Mexico and asserting the United States shows bad faith. He requests explanations for Wilson administration actions and cites embargoes and stalled arms shipments. Officials see it as a continuation of negotiations.
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Washington
United States
Carranza
State Department
Eliseo Arredondo
Wilson
Mexico
Columbus
Pershing
Sibley
Wilson Holds Conference on Democratic Convention Plans
President Wilson met with Rep Doremus of Michigan Senator James of Kentucky and Senator Kern of Indiana and Norman Hapgood to discuss the St Louis convention. They weighed a permanent chairman with Champ Clark possible but not assured and considered other candidates including Governor Major.
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Washington
St. Louis
Wilson
Doremus
Michigan
Democratic Congressional Committee
Norman Hapgood
Wilson Nonpartisan League
Taggart
Indiana
Champ Clark
Clark
James
Kentucky
Kern
Marshall
Major
Alabama
New Jersey
John W. Wescott
House approves armored plant for $11 million
Washington June 4 the proposal to establish a government plant for the manufacture of armor plate at 11 million dollars was approved by the house sitting as the committee of the whole by a vote of 180 to 125. The house also adopted an amendment increasing aviation appropriation from 2 million to 3.6 million with 129 to 103 votes.
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Washington
Youne
House
Gerard deprived of his auto in London amid petrol ban
Ambassador James W. Gerard has been deprived of the use of his automobile after the German foreign office refused to allow the embassy to purchase petrol.
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Gerard
London
James W. Gerard
Bat Nelson Stricken with Appendicitis in Datrait Mich
Bat Nelson former lightweight world champion was taken ill Wednesday in Datrait Mich and underwent surgery Thursday. He died a few hours later.
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Bat” Nelson
Datrait
Mich
Batthug Nelson
European War Updates From June 1915
A summary of clashes and gains across the European fronts in early June 1915. French operations north of Arras and Labyrinth, gains around Souchez, and Italian advances on the Isonzo. Austro German pressure checked near Lemberg by Russians. Zeppelins, U boats, and aerial actions noted, plus political shifts as Secretary Bryan resigns.
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Arras
Labyrinth
Souchez
Lemberg
Isonzo
Talmino
Calais
Lorette
Tormino
Sagrado
Zeppelin
England
Teutons
Galicia
Bryan
Germany
Venice
Notable Fact Fragments from World Bulletin
A collection of brief items notes social, scientific and public health facts. Highlights include child development by living conditions, densities of sea life, historic blindness rates by country, San Marino’s hymn, Honduras asphalt beds, rodent trapping in New Orleans, measles and whooping cough mortality limitations, and battlefield shell detection by induction balance.
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Belgium
Canada
Netherlands
Saxony
New Zealand
Western Australa
Hongkong
Prussia
Denmark
Germany
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Tella
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Isonze
Caporetto
Freikofel
Sedd-ul- Bahr
Lieut. Warneford
Pota
Forest of
le Pretre
Stanislau
Monfalcone
Sedd-ul-Bahr
Gallipoli
Lady Salisbury
Souain
Les Meanil
Baltic
Bukowina
Pruth
Podestagno
Cortina
W. P. Frye
Mackensen
Linsingen
Ploeken
Goritz
Maldoa
Garua
German West Africa
Midullu
Black Sea
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