Beaver High Holds Graduation for Class of Twenty Three
Beaver High School concluded its commencement with twenty three graduates eight boys and fifteen girls. David J Oslitkin and Miss Lee Fretwell won medals for highest proficiency while Miss Lillian Bond earned a composition prize. Dr Licoln Hulley of John B Stetson University delivered the address praising education and the ladder of learning.
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David J Oslitkin
Lee Fretwell
Lillian Bond
Beaver High School
H. 8
Mabie
First Baptist Church
Ito
Longfellow
Hulley
Florida
Bluefield
Ats Tensards
Land of Flowers
Great Seaboard
West Virginia
Jesus
Imagining Socrates and the Reach of Knowledge
The speaker praises a class for gaining vast knowledge, claiming they surpass Socrates. He imagines Socrates in modern scenes riding a bicycle and boarding an ocean liner, contrasting ancient limits with contemporary learning and travel. He emphasizes the expanded scope of intellect and power.
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Socrates
Athens
Steel Trust Decision Pleases Wall Street
New York reports a federal court ruling in favor of United States Steel Corporation sparking a rally in steel shares and related sectors. Early trading showed 28 000 shares sold near 64 with gains spreading to Industrials and specialties while overall market momentum faded by midday before renewed buying limited losses.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
International
Harvester
American Can
Cooper
German Spy Muller Sentenced to Death at Old Bailey
London June 4 Official announcement that German spy Muller was condemned to death after a private trial at Old Bailey before Lord Chief Justice and Justices Avery and Lush. Jury found Muller guilty and he faces execution by shooting under military authority with right of appeal. Hahn received seven years penal servitude.
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London
Muller
Hahn
Old Bailey
Avery and Lush
Court of Criminal Appeals
American Red Cross to Aid Mexico Relief Effort
Washington reports instructed American consuls to send full condition reports on Mexican territory to the state department. S. P. Morris will direct relief work in Mexico City while Brigadier General De Val oversees border efforts guiding movement of Americans toward Vera Cruz.
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Washington
Mexico
State Department
American
Red Cross
Society
S. P. Morris
Mexico City
de Val
Texas
Vera Cruz
Great Battle Across Galician Front and Italian Mobilization
The report says Austro German forces drive in Galicia with Przemysl cleared and Russians retreating east. Mackensen pushes toward Lemberg while western fronts see trench recapture near Le Pretre and defeats for British near Givetchy. Italian mobilization is complete with outpost skirmishes yielding Italian advantages. Submarine activity remains high and a German spy is executed in London.
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Galicia
Przemysl
Medyka
Moseiska
Lemberg
Stry
Vienna
Prush
Mackensen
Lower
San
Lemburg
Pressare
Russia
France
Belgium
Berlin
le Pretre
Givetchy
Sir John French
Teutons
Hooge
Paris
Arras
Southez
Neuville
St. Vasst
Verdun
St. Die
Metz
Kreuzberg
Carpathian
Karszeit
Italy
Cyrus
Iona
Inkum
Chrysophrasus
Muller
London
Hahn
Thomas G. Shaughnessy
Cana
Pacific railroad chief to London for war supply coordination
The Pacific railway official has traveled to London at the request of Lord Kitchener to review plans for acquiring and moving all war materials from the United States and Canada.
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Dian Pacific Railroad
London
Lord Kitchener
United States
Canada
Weekend Weather Outlook for West and Virginia
West Virginia will be fair on Saturday with Sunday showers. Virginia also turns fair Saturday while Sunday brings warmer conditions.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Carranza to Wilson Message Seen as Hopeful for Constitutionalists
In Vera Cruz Carranza's note to Wilson is described as appreciative and serene. A formal reply will be delivered to John R. Silliman for transmission to Washington, with Uruella framing the warning as a signal of his readiness to lead the constitutionalist cause.
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U.S
Cola
San Diego
Cal
Wilson
Guaymas
Sonoro
Howard
Colorado
New Orleans
Cleveland
Villa
Carranza
Vera Cruz
General Carranza
John R. Silliman
Mexico
Washington
Silliman
White House
Jesus Uruella
Cty
Laredo Witnesses Describe Monterey Riots and Aftermath
Passengers from Monterey recount riots caused by Villa evacuation. Five rioters killed and twelve wounded by Ragiel Ferrigno. Police powerless until Mexican and foreign vigilance committees restored order with drastic measures. Ten women and children involved. food shortages and price inflation sparked further violence as Carranza forces move to restore normalcy.
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Laredo
Texas
Monterey
Ragiel Ferrigno
Ferrigno
Dras
Carranza
Heads of War Munitions Protest Mobilization Law
Paris June 4 The chamber of deputies debated a proposed law to move mobilized men with front line duty to active service. Industry leaders in munitions protested saying skilled workers are needed to finish government contracts and that many capable fighters are currently driving government cars and can be replaced.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Six Die in Kansas Storms Across Western Territory
Six persons were killed and twenty injured as heavy wind and rain storms hit western and northern Kansas. Streams rose tonight and washouts disrupted lines of the Union Pacific Rock Island and Missouri Pacific railroads.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Missouri
Pacific
Americans warned to be ready to leave Germany
A Berlin dispatch says the American colony in Berlin has been warned that diplomatic relations may be broken within 48 hours and urges citizens to prepare to depart. In Washington, President Wilson seeks a note to Germany demanding adherence to humane principles of maritime law affecting neutrals. The note, to be sent by Monday, restates Lusitania and ignores German contentions about armed ships.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Washington
Wilson
Gerard
von Jagow
Lusitania
Cushing
Uryan
William
Count von Weinstorff
Meyer Gerhard
Gerhard
Whitehrouse
Bryan
Lansing
Gregory
James W. Gerard
Foreign Office
Ireland
State Department
Gulflight
Attack on Neutral Steamer Sparks Diplomatic Note
A U.S. naval note reports an unidentified ship attacked a neutral steamer in the war zone. The note claims the steamer carried the American flag when the shot was fired, highlighting the flag’s presence at the moment of attack.
Revolu tionists lose forts as federal forces advance in Maui
Capt Hajtien reports ongoing hostilities as Fort Vertieres Forts Pierre and Michels fall to federal troops. Fort Bellar attack continues. Leader D Redo heads rebels seeking to oust President Guillaume.
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Hajtien
Maui
Fort Vertieres
Pierre and Michels
Fort Bellar
D. Redo
Guillaume
Federal officials begin probe into British army recruitment
Boston June 4 federal officials opened an investigation into alleged recruitment of American youths for British forces. A London cable cited by Secretary Bryan reports at least fifteen young men enlisted in violation of shipping law agreements, with secret service and U S district attorney cooper at ing to identify inducements offered to ship on British vessels as caretakers for horses and cattle.
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Boston
United States
London
Bryan
Tague
Spritish Board of Trade
United States District Attorney
Cambrian
Patrick Denehy
Denehey
Virginian Railroad Behind Big New Coal Route Plan
A Philadelphia era style report suggests the Virginian Railroad may back a new route crossing the Norfolk and Western between Bluefield and coal regions into Buchanan County Virginia and eastern Kentucky. Two engineer corps survey a Falls Mills area path toward Brush Fork and Mud Fork to reach Dry Fork headwaters, tying to the Jenkinsons lands. Promoters alleged include a man named Johnson directing work with engineers led by Musgroves, as observers note the project could connect with Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio and possibly bypass Chesapeake and Ohio, aiming toward Louisville Lexington or Frankfort and a southern coal belt artery.
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Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
Puchanan County
Kentucky
Virginian
Corps of Engineers
Littlesburg
Falls Mills
Princeton
Orward
Mr. Johnson
Musgroves
Buchanan
Virginian Railroad
Buchanan County
Corret
Carolina
Clinchfield
Ohio
Southport
N. C
Spartanburg
Chesapeake and Ohio
Piseville
Hinton
Louisville
Lexington
Frankfort
Kentucky Fields
Baltimore and Ohio
Jenkins
McRoberts
Louisville and Nashville
Baltimore
Otto
Union Regulations Urged Suspended To Boost War Output
Liverpool June 4 David Lloyd George the new munitions minister urged suspension of union regulations until the war’s end to maximize labor for shells and weapons. He argued workers should be drawn from the front and rules relaxed as government needs rise, declaring it a legal right and duty.
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Liverpool
David Lloyd George
Uon
Enougl
Thompson Liner Iona Torpedoed and Sunk
The Thompson liner Iona sailing from Middlesborough to Montreal with freight and no passengers was torpedoed and sunk off the English north coast at noon yesterday. The captain and crew were landed at Kirkcaldy, Scotland. The Iona, a 2085 ton steel steamer built at Dundee in 1892, departed Middlesborough on June 2.
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Montreal
Iona
Middlesborough
England
Kirkwall
Scotland
Dundee
Big College Track Meet at Urbana Opens
Five hundred athletes from the west will meet tomorrow on the University of Illinois athletic field. Varsity teams entered include Wraie Oregon State Iowa State Coe Colorado South Dakota Kansas Missouri Michigan Michigan Aggies Lake Forest Notre Dame and Depauw.
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Urbana
University of Illinois
Wraie
Oregon State
Iowa State
Coe
Colorado
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Michigan
Michigan Aggies
Lake Forest
Notre Dame
Depauw
Ford Company Boosts Capital Stock to 100 Million
Detroit June 4 Ford Company announces capital stock increase from two million to one hundred million and declares a dividend of forty eight million payable July 1. A cash dividend was declared on the original two million authorized stock but the amount was not disclosed.
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Detroit
Ford Company
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Anton Kuetserle
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Kuetserle
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American Red Cross
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Ing
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Great Britain
Britain
Rockefeller
Morgan
Maay Maye
David Lloyd-George
Thompson
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