Germans Keep Up Advance in East and West Fronts
Austro-German forces press in Galicia driving Russians back toward the Dniester and Lemberg while Berlin reports progress along a 250 mile front. British and French papers warn of risks to Russia and note German enveloping moves around Arras despite continued French assaults nearby.
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London
Lemberg
Guila Lipa
Galicia
Arras
Vosges
Berlin
Teuton
Dniester
Haliez
von Linsingen
Halioz
Stanislau
Odessa
Tarnopol
Germany
Warsaw
Russia
Thaw Sane Says Alienist Testifies in New Hampshire
Dr. Charles P. Bancroft head of the state hospital for the insane and federal examiner in Thaw case testifies that Thaw was sane and always has been. He attributes the killing of Stanford White to jealousy rather than a diseased mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles P. Banncroft
New Hampshire State Hospital
Federal Commission
Harry K. Thaw
New Hampshire
Thaw
Bancroft
Stanford White
Unions to Be Merged in Denver Meeting
William G. Lee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen announced in Denver that the four largest railroad unions would amalgamate. The move aims to settle wage disputes and secure higher wages and an eight hour day for trainmen conductors engineers enginemen and firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
William G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood
Harrison anti narcotic law challenged in Chicago
Attorneys argued before Judge K M Landis that the Harrison antinarcotic law is unconstitutional as it denies drug users the pursuit of happiness while seeking a writ of habeas corpus for Dr Arthur J Blunt accused of aiding users to violate the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
K. M. Landis
United States
Arthur J. Blunt
Missouri Supreme Court Sustains Rail Road Dismissal
Jefferson City Missouri The Missouri supreme court sustained the demurrer of the Chicago and Alton railroad in a suit by the state to recover 2 000 000 dollars in alleged excess fares charged during the centrate and maximum freight law litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Fire in Care Fork destroys six homes in Utah
In Care Fork Sunday morning a blaze killed George Boyer and severely burned two others. The fire destroyed six residences and gutted several structures in the Bingham Utah area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Utah
George Boyer
Care Fork
Submarine H.8 Reported Aground Near Point Sur
Wireless advisory from government station says submarine H.8 en route from San Diego to San Francisco ran ashore Tuesday night at Point Sur in Monterey County California. The report notes the incident as received by naval authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Diego
Point Sur
Monterey County
Cal
Spokane Introduces 3 1 2 Cent Fare Troupes of Cars
Spokane launches new streetcar service with vehicles carrying ten passengers. Tickets sold as books for 100 rides at 3.50 dollars, signaling affordable urban transit expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane, Wash
Spokane
ArmenIan Liner Armenian Sinks After Torpedo Off Cornwall
The Armenian freight liner with mules bound for England was torpedoed and sunk by German U-38 off Cornwall. Twenty-nine dead and ten injured include American muleteers. Unclear if warning shots or halt order preceded the attack. Officials will determine if the ship was armed or part of British naval forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dominion
Newport News
England
Cornwall
State Department
John S. Armstrong, Jr
Bristol
United States
Great Britain
Dry vote sweeps eight Utah towns on June 29
Salt Lake City and eight Utah communities voting under the local option law approved a dry outcome in the June 29 special liquor election. Beaver county joined by voting dry outside incorporated areas while Phoenix Milford Newhouse and Frisco stood wet. Provo Logan Smithfield Richmond Adamaville Beaver City Farmington and Marysvale voted dry, most having no previous liquor sales.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Beaver
Phoenix
Milford
Newhouse
Frisco
Provo
Logan
Smithfield
Richmond
Adamaville
Beaver City
Farmington
Marysvale
Ridley wins amateur trapshooting title at Cedar Point
William Ridley of Whatcheer Iowa broke 100 straight to win the amateur championship at Cedar Point trapshooting tournament. Samuel Huntley of Omaha Nebraska finished second with 99 of 100.
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Cedar Point
William Ridley
Whatcheer
Samuel Huntley
Omaha
Neb
Canadian casualty list notes Smith wounded near Givenchy
Ottawa reports Frank F. Smith of Hiawatha Utah Carbon county Utah is wounded in action near Givenchy in northern France on June 25 as part of the Canadian contingent casualties.
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Ottawa
Frank 5. Smith
Hiawatha
Carbon County
Utah
Givenchy
France
Sir Henry Jackson Named New First Sea Lord
Sir Henry Jackson becomes the first sea lord of the British admiralty succeeding Admiral Lord Fisher in a formal appointment marking a change in naval leadership during the ongoing era of maritime strategy and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Henry Jackson
British Admiralty
Lord Fisher
Midshipmen Arrested at Annapolis Over Hazing
Seven Maryland naval academy midshipmen were arrested Wednesday on hazing or running charges against new fourth class members. The incident occurred at the Annapolis facility following the school year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Rate Hearing Postponed by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed until September 1 the hearing on proposed rate increases in the western territory. The hearing was to have begun July 4 in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Huerta Arrested on American Soil
Former Mexican provisional president Victoriano Huerta and General Pascual Orozco were detained in El Paso Texas on neutrality law violations for allegedly plotting to send an armed expedition into Mexico. Bond set at 15000 and 7500 dollars, hearings scheduled for July 1.
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el Paso
Texas
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Pascual Orozco
United States Department of Justice
Huerta
Orozco
United States
San Antonio
George Oliver
General Orozco
New Revolutionary Movement
Tam
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Oakland
Cal
Speaker Clark’s Daughter Bride In Green County Ceremony
Genevieve Clark, 21, daughter of Speaker Champ Clark, wed James M. Thomson editor of the New Orleans Item at the Clark home Honey Shuck on the lawn beneath a honey locust pergola. The ceremony occurred Wednesday afternoon at 4 o clock with family witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Genevieve Clark
Champ Clark
National House of Representatives
James M. Thomson
New Orleans
Chicago Carpenters Offer to Resume at 65 Cents Hour
Carpenters proposed to employers on Wednesday to return to work at the old scale of 65 cents an hour if contractors would use only Chicago materials. The offer was rejected by L A Ashbeck, president of the Building Contractors' association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
L. A. Ashbeck
Building Contractors’ Association
Italy Breaks Relations With Turkey, Moves Troops to Dardanelles
French war minister announced that Italian press reports Italy has severed diplomatic ties with Turkey and will deploy troops to the Dardanelles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Turkey
Paris
Dardanelles
Feeding 16000 at Monterey as Red Cross aids locals
Report from Monterey states the Red Cross provides meals for 16,000 residents while the consulate faces ongoing pressure from a hungry mob. The faucet of aid underscores the severity of food shortages in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Washington
Red Crow
Villa Gelzes Flour in Sonora Mexico
Villa military authorities warn Sonora flour mill owners that no flour may be sold to civilians under any circumstances as it will be needed for the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Ariz
Sonora
Mexico
Villa
US vows no Mexican expeditions from American soil
The United States will block any Mexican revolutionary movements using American territory as a base. Authorities arrest Generals Huerta and Orozco in El Paso and tighten surveillance on Diaz Mondragon Blanquet and Angeles figures. Assistant Attorney General Warren and Secretary Lansing consult on vigorously prosecuting neutrality law violators. Four additional groups in the United States are identified as active in the Mexican crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Mexico
Victoriano Huerta
Pascual Orozco
el Paso
Department of Justice
Felix Diaz
Mondragon
Blanquet
Felipe Angeles
Warren
Lansing
Villa
Carranza
Mr. Warren
Supreme Court Reverses Vick Gueringer Case in 1914 Attack
The Missouri supreme court reversed and remanded the state versus Vick Gueringer, convicted in Kansas City for assaulting Mrs. Gertrude Shidler in March 1914. Gueringer faced a death sentence by hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Vick Guerfinger
Kansas City
Gertrude Shidler
Gueringer
Porto Rico cadet first to graduate from West Point
Luis Raul Esteves a member of the year's clans at West Point becomes the first Porto Rican cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy marking a historic milestone for Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis Raul Esteves
West Point
Porto Rico
United States Military Academy
Peruvian Ex-President Guillermo Billinghurst Dies
Lima reports the death of Guillermo Billinghurst former president of Peru died in Iquique Chile Billinghurst had been elected president in September 2012 and served earlier in Peru.
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Lima
Peru
Iquique
Chile
Guillermo Billinghurst
Billinghurst
Dynamiting Case Set for Trial in Los Angeles
Matthew A. Behmidt and David Caplan will be brought to trial October 4 in Los Angeles on charges of murder resulting from the destruction of the Los Angeles Times building by dynamite on October 1, 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Matthew A. Behmidt
David Caplan
Los Angeles Times
Relief deliberations amid chaos in Mexico City
United States officials weigh relief measures for endangered foreigners as famine and fighting grip Mexico City. Secretary Lansing and President Wilson consider obtaining consent from General Carranza to ship supplies via neutral channels through Vera Cruz, while diplomatic communications face stoppage and ongoing clashes near the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico City
United States
Vera Cruz
Lansing
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Carranza
Mexico
Zapata
Pablo Gonzalez
Aguas Calientes
Villa
Lagos
Cef
Hill
Obregon
Naturalized Americans Face Military Service Risk Abroad
The state department stated that children born in the United States to naturalized citizens cannot be considered dual nationals and are not exempt from foreign military service. It extends protection to dual nationals but does not guarantee immunity from service abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Department
The Nations Finances Show Deficit For Current Year
Washington reports the second business year of the present administration closed with a deficit of 35,864,381 dollars versus a surplus of 34,418,677 dollars for the prior year ending June 30 1914. Officials will study the year-end figures after McAdoo reviews them. Receipts fell sharply due to wartime effects and disbursements rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAdoo
Spain Not Favoring Any WWI Side Says Premier Dato
Madrid reports Premier Dato denies Spain backing the quadruple entente or any side. He states Spain favors neither faction and is acting as fairly as possible amid war and internal conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Dato
Walker Charged With Defrauding Miner At Monarch Mine
Four informations were filed in county court against Andrew Walker leasee of the Monarch mine No 1 near Louisville charging him with defrauding miners by means of fake scales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder, Cole
Andrew Walker
Monarch
Louisville
Storm claim five lives in Ottawa County Oklahoma
A heavy Thursday night storm swept through northwestern Oklahoma near Ottawa County killing five people. Authorities were probing the incident as rescuers searched for missing and surveying damage across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Ottawa County
Zapata Commander Killed In Mexico City Fight
Galveston reports General Raphael Pacheco leader of Zapata forces in Mexico City died after an eight hour engagement with troops under Pablo Gonzales. A cablegram received here confirms the death and fighting duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Raphael Pacheco
Zapata
Mexico City
Pablo Gonzales
London Ship Lomas Sunk By German Submarine
The Brith steamship Lomas of 7 048 tons, bound from Argentina for Belfast with a cargo of corn, was sunk by a German submarine Wednesday afternoon sixty miles west of the Galley Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lomas
Argcolina
Belfast
Gelliy Islands
Long Way Between
A joke story about John the new boarder who cannot surmount a problem with two cakes and later cannot seat two seats on a bus, balancing between inside and top to fit both. The mistress admonishes him, then laughs at the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Soldier Sentry Retains Silence After Reprimand
An English officer recounts how a colonel reprimanded a recruit and later tested the recruit on sentry duty. The colonel passed by three times, but the salute was omitted each time. The sentry calmly replied that he and the colonel had fallen out yesterday, explaining the lack of salutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
No Precedent. The tale of turning the other cheek
A mother often read Bible verses to her children and urged nonretaliation. Her son Jack, feeling beaten by his sister, sobbed that he could not turn the other cheek after she bit him. The vignette appears in Harper's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Harper’s Magazine
Curious Dialogue on History and Swiss Tyranny
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt shows a conversation where a man urges a woman to pursue deep subjects like history. He cites Gessler, the Swiss tyrant, and a hat salute as a focal point to illustrate timeless political symbolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gessler
Louisville Courier-Journal
Amused crowd witnesses Hamlet phonograph prank
An amateur actor recited Hamlet’s soliloquy on a phonograph, provoking an excitable man named Blinks to erupt and throw eggs at the machine last night. The incident drew chuckles from onlookers and a brief pause in the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Weather Returns After Battle Echoes in History
The dialogue contrasts rain as a recurring aftermath of battles. It cites Waterloo Fonteno and Marathon as examples. The exchange then notes Marathon was fought with spears and arrows, prompting a retort about dampening the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonteno
Judge Adopts Gasoline Price as Excuse Probe
A man pleads that he must support an auto to sustain his family. The judge, in stentorian tones, questions the claim and offers a practical price of a gallon of gasoline as a check on the excuse.
Magistrate Delivers Lively Verdict in Domestic Remark
In a Boston Transcript report a magistrate disperses a humorous exchange after a prisoner pleads provocation by his wife. The exchange centers on a bald headed judge and a quip about aggravation leading to the beating charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
What Astronomers Know of the Inhabitants of Mars
A fragment shows a student discussing a commencement essay on Mars inhabitants titled What Astronomers Know of the Inhabitants of Mars. The exchange hints at mock hesitation about the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Mars
Horrors of War in Russia Governor Reports Provinces
A provincial report cites dire conditions amid wartime Russia. The subordinate notes that vodka abolition worsens shortages, leaving peasants unable to earn wages or sustain households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
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Rex Salt Lake
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Firepress
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