Petrograd Reports Arrest of Austro German Advance
Reports from Petrograd claim the arrest of a major Austro German advance as Russian forces resist on multiple fronts in Galicia and Przemysl. Vienna notes German fleet activity in the Baltic and battles near Riga while Western front reports cite French gains and repulsed attacks at Neuville Souchez.
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Souchez
Neuville
Typol
Moskiska
Grodeck Lakes
Lemberg
Galician
Galicia
Vienna
Baltic
France
Southez
Vienna War Office
Chicasso
Switzerland
Tyrol
Van
Armenia
Bitlis
Mush
Diareeki
Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Emperor William
Archduke Frederick
Przemysl
Exchange Telegraph Company
London
Hungary
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Evening Star
Cortez
Aberdeen
Cathleen
Peterhead
Sunnedhead
Berwick
England
Skinner
M. K. Shaler
Relief Commission
Berlin
Werman
State Department
Washington
Germany
Bombs Dropped on Calais and Paris
A Havas dispatch from Calais reports a taube aircraft dropping several bombs around noon. One person was killed and property damage was described as small.
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Calais
Paris
Havas
Healdeon Steel Production Curtailed by Market Demand
Oklahoma City June 5. The Healdeon steel plant must limit daily output to the quantities needed to meet the probable market demand per day. The ruling orders production to reflect expected consumption.
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Gil
Oklahoma City
Okla
Healdeon O
Oklahoma First to Regulate Oil Conservation Waste
The oil conservation commission under the new law issued its first order to protect against crude oil waste. Oklahoma leads states by enacting conservation measures to regulate oil while it remains underground.
Lynch elected finance chairman of national Democratic committee
Frederick Lynch of Minnesota was chosen chairman of the finance committee at a meeting in Washington with full membership present. He will succeed A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania, who has resigned to join the United States court of claims.
Crew of Tenfeld Comes Ashore After Torpedoed Voyage
A Brest dispatch says the French steamship Tenfeld was torpedoed by a German submarine on Thursday and the crew of ten sailed to safety at Paris after arrival from Brest.
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Tenfeld
Paris
Waval
Brest
Allies Close On Gallipoli as Turkey Struggles
London reports a combined offensive near Gallipoli began yesterday and Churchill said allied forces are close to victory. Dispatches say the Allies repulsed Turkish attacks, with heavy Turkish losses against Australians and New Zealanders. Germans have sunk several ships this week, while Turkey faces resource strains in the Caucasus and potential Italian action in Asia Minor.
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London
Mitylene
Winston Spencer Churchill
Dundee
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Athens
Turkey
Caucasus
Asia Minor
Admiralty
Details of Burglar Trust Revealed in Graft Trial
Chicago on June 5 thirty persons were searched for arms and ordered away from the criminal court building amid threats against witnesses in the police graft trial of former Police Captain Storen and Detectives Weissbaum and Roth. Isadore Wexler, a principal witness and former convict, testified further about alleged burglarly trusts implicating the defendants.
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Chicago
Criminal Court
Storen
Weissbaum
Roth
Isadore Wexler
Count Leopold von Berchtold Offers Chauffeur Services
Count Leopold von Berchtold former Austrian minister offers services to Italy via Vienna and London in the Italian campaign. He volunteers as an automobilist and trains to be a chauffeur to accompany his son to the front.
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Italy
Vienna
London
Leopold von Berchtold
Record 105 illicit stills destroyed in May
Nashville police report a May total of 105 illicit stills destroyed across Tennessee and Alabama, a new record for the division as disclosed by the international revenue agent's office.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
International Revenue Agent
Coalition government forming in Hungary amid ministerial reshuffle
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Vienna reports it is now certain that a coalition government will be formed in Hungary. Some opposition ministers will receive leading positions as part of the new arrangement.
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Hungary
London
An_ Exchange
Vienna
Villa Eagerly Seeks Wilson Message Transport
Paso, Texas June 5. Villa's foreign minister Miguel Diaz Lombardo announced he would leave Chihuahua today on a special train to deliver President Wilsons message to Villa.
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Villa Eli
Paso
Texas
Miguel Diaz Lombardo
Villa
Chihauhau
Wilson
Americans and Mexicans confront border tensions in 1914 report
A border clash reports ten U S cowboys and miners crossing into Sonora to secure two American boys. Across the border Wilson warns factions in Mexico while Carranza and Villa Zapata consider terms. Refugees flood Laredo with 5000 migrants. 90 percent turned back by immigration.
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Nogales
Ariz
Santa Cruz
Sonora
Arizona
George Thorn
DuQuene
Henry Thang
Washington
United States
Wilson
Mexico
Villa-Zapata
Carranza
Buford
Kilpatrick
Galveston
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
War Department
Laredo
Texas
Monterey
General Cavilla
Evans
Fort Sam Houston
Plans for fifth biennial convention of National Women's Trade Union League
Woman's Trade Union League of New York reports completion of plans for the fifth biennial convention opening Monday. The league with 100000 plus members will debate organizing all workers into unions, equal pay, an eight hour day, living wages and full citizenship for women. Delegates from major U S cities and nearly thirty trades employing women will be represented.
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Woman's Trade Union League
New York
National Women's Trade Union League of America
United States
Special Privileges in Denmark Abolished
Copenhagen reports the Danish parliament unanimously adopting a new constitution on the anniversary of 1849 limiting wealth-based privileges and granting women suffrage. King Frederick VII signed the document as women from all classes gathered at the palace to thank him and parliament for political emancipation.
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Copenhagen
Danis
Frederick VII
Denmark
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast Outlook
Fair conditions across West Virginia on Sunday with possible showers Monday. Virginia remains fair on Sunday and Monday with light northeast to north winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Navy Court to Probe Annapolis Exam Cheating
President Wilson and Secretary Daniels ordered a court of inquiry into charges that seven Annapolis midshipmen obtained advance exam information and possible instructor tips. Cadets face dismissal. the practice cruise is postponed as testimony is sought. Ralph M Nelson Jr of New York is the only first classman named among the seven.
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Washington
Wilson
Daniels
Annapolis Naval Acadomy
Navy Department
Midshipmen
Academy
Annapolis
Ralph McK. Nelson, Jr
New York
Baptists Celebrate 250th Anniversary in Boston
Prominent New England Baptists attend the 250th anniversary of the First Baptist church founded in 1665. The church faced Puritan persecution with fines imprisonment and whippings as Henry Dunster and Thomas Goold supported Baptist doctrine and infant baptism opposed by authorities. Delegations from multiple denominations will attend the Monday celebration.
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Boston
New England
First Baptist Church
Henry Dunster
Harvard
Thomas Goold
Charlestown
Dunster
Five Children Trapped In Amusement Ride Fire Fatal
In Rock Springs Park Chester West Virginia June 5 five children were burned and one died after a fire broke out in the Old Mill amusement device. Seventeen children in three boats were rescued with difficulty from the burning structure. Albert Greiner twelve of Chester died later in hospital.
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Chester
W. Va
Rock Springs Park
Albert Greiner
Engineers Adjourn First Triennial Convention in Cleveland
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers concluded its first triennial convention in Cleveland after sessions from May 12 to June 5. The event cost about $250,000 for delegates salaries and expenses, and the number of delegates will be halved to just over 400 for the 1918 meeting.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Bluefield Pursues Feasible Virginian Railroad Route
Bluefield chamber of commerce mobilizes to lobby the Virginian Railroad to route a new line via Ada Jug Neck and Bluefield toward Buchanan County coal fields. Secretary Boykin travels to New York to present a plan showing comparable mileage and potential traffic gains, aiming to keep the line from departing toward Norfolk and Western routes.
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Virginian Railroad
Buchanan Coal Fields
Louisville
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
C. T. Boykin
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Virginian Railroad Company
Hotchkiss
The
Virginian
Ada
Jug Neck
East River Mountain
Buchanan County
Boykin
Norfolk and Western
Coal Fields
Mini Beng
Princeton
Littlesburg
Falls Mills
Dry Fork
Buchanan Fields
Paltry Sum Considered To Hire Assassin In Political murder
New York June 5 District Attorney Perkins plans to indict Rocks Cornell and Fran s Fennimore political lieutenants of Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner Rofrano for the murder of Michael Gaimari a political worker for rival Thomas Foley of Tammany A conspiracy claim is made to rival the Rosenthal case excusing Monimagno the killer already convicted of first degree murder prosecutors allege the act was inspired by higher interests.
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New York
Perkins
Cornell
Fran
Fennimore
Rofrano
Michael Gaimari
Thomas F. Foley
Tammany
Rosenthal
Becker
Gaeano Monimagno
Gaimari
Supreme Court
City Conspiracy Trial Details Gaimari Case Motive
The district attorney argues the Montimagno killing shows political ambition rather than necessity guiding the assassination. Evidence includes Rocks Cornell telling Montimagno that Rofrano would pay 300 for Gaimari’s murder. The DA vows to vigorously pursue the conspiracy’s fountainhead to justice.
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Rocks Cornell
Montimagno
Rofrano
Gaimari
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Delay in Cabling Note to Germany on Maritime Law
Washington reports the note urged by President Wilson to Germany on international law in naval warfare was not cabled today. The White House said it was nearly finished but not passed to the state department legal officer as planned.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
White House
State Department
Meyer Gerhardt
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Cecil Spring-Rice
United States
New York
Gerard
Europe
Bryan
Operation on King of Greece Reported in Athens
An Athens dispatch says Prof Kisgibeng of Vienna performed an operation on King Constantine removing part of the tenth rib. The king likely suffers pleurisy with virulent effusion. treatment may take a long time and include rib removal and drainage. A favorable sign is low temperature and respiration in the latest report.
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Greece
London
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Co
Kisgibeng
Vienna
Constantine
Presbyterians Uphold Wilson in Prayer for World Peace
The Reform Presbyterian Assembly of North America in Parnassus Pa unanimously approved a resolution praising President Wilson for keeping the nation from war and praying he will lead in securing world peace through divine aid and national restraint.
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Wilson Parnassus
Reformed Presbyterian Assembly of North America
Wilson
Border Patrol Increases at Douglas as Agua Prieta Tension Grows
Warnings to Villa commander by Colonel M. O'Connor prompt a stronger U S border patrol at Douglas Arizona on June 5. Ninth Cavalry troops assume stations east and west of the town amid reports Villa forces close in on Agua Prieta.
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Douglas
Arizona
Villa
M. O'Connor
Agua Prieta
United States
Border Patrol
Ninth Cavalry
Three Vessels Sunk by German Submarines
London June 5 The steamer Drifter Ena May of Peterhead the trawler Spathbran and the sailing ship George and Mary were sent to the bottom by German submarines. The crews of all three were saved.
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London
Ena May
Peterhead
Spathbran
George and
Mary
County Farm Agent Aims to Unite Farmers Countywide
Worthington, the county agricultural agent, is organizing farmers across Matoaka Spanishburg Kegley and Littlesburg into local associations with temporary presidents secretaries and drafting committees. He plans a unified county program to boost trucking capacity and cooperative marketing to compete with outsiders and reduce costs for fertilizers and supplies.
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W. EK. Worthington
Matoaka
H. I. Cook
A. Hatfield
Spanshburg
Spanish‘org
S’. Griffith
H. C. Baldwin
Kegley
Worthington
Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
Virginia
Littlesburg
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