Zeppelins Downed by British Ace Warneford
London reports Reginald A J Warneford a young Canadian lieutenant in the Royal Navy destroyed a Zeppelin in an air battle over Belgium near Ghent. The craft burned and crashed, killing 28 crew and several orphanage occupants. Warneford landed unhurt and returned to British lines.
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Reginald A. J. Warnerford
Linds
London
Reginald
J. Warnerford
Royal Navy
Ghent
England
Belgium
Brussels
Warneford
Warnerford
Admiralty
Zeppelin
Ezere
J. T. Wilson
J. S. Mills
R. N
R. A. J.warneford
Airship Battle Over Belgium Ends With Forced Landing
Zempelin navigated between Ghent and Brussels at 6000 feet when six bombs were dropped. The airship exploded and the monoplane inverted. The pilot regained control, performed a forced landing in enemy territory, then repaired his craft and reentered the aerial zone.
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Zempelin
Ghent
Brussels
Constantine in serious condition after telegram
A telegram from Athens via Berlin sent this afternoon reports King Constantine of Greece in very serious condition according to the London telegraph office. The message notes his health as critical and underlines the gravity of the monarch’s illness.
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Constantine
London
Athens
Gerlin
Zeppelin sends thanks to German Aviation League
Berlin June 7 Count Ferdinand Zeppelin conveys gratitude to the German Aviation League at its seventh convention. He notes the greetings and the day marked by a new aeroplane breakthrough. Emperor William also thanks the league for aiding a strong aerial fleet.
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Berlin
Ferdinand Zeppelin
German Aviation League
Aviation League
William
Wilson speeds drafting of note to Germany on submarine war
President Wilson announced that the impending note to Germany on submarine warfare was prepared with urgency and refined by legal officers. The document aims to state the U S position clearly to avoid misunderstandings and ensure international law accuracy, with cabinet review ongoing.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Germany
Allied push at Dardanelles drives Turks toward Constantinople
In the Dardanelles battle the Allies claim a major victory as they roll Turkish lines back toward Constantinople. French and British forces report gains with trenches captured and continued shelling. Turkish losses exceed twenty thousand in three days while enemy bayonet fighting continues. Australian and French territorial troops praised for gallantry.
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London
Dardanelles
Constantinople
No Report on Nebraska Torpedoing Says Ger man Adm
Ambassador Gerard reported no German admiralty report yet on the torpedoing of the American steamer Nebraskan but said investigations were ongoing. The State Department awaits German reports and a full inquiry by American naval attaches in Liverpool.
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Nebraska
Washington
Ambassador Gerard
Gerard
State Department
Department
Liverpool
London
Suffrage group opposes Congressional Union attack
The National American Woman's Suffrage Association conference in Chicago on June 7 adopted a resolution unanimously opposing the Congressional Union's attack on the Democratic party. The association no longer recognizes the Union, condemning its military methods as harmful to the cause.
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Chicago
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Congressional Union
Democratic Party
Italians Push Forward With Strong Forces Near Ironzo River
World War reports describe Italian troops pressing toward the Isonzo river front and Austrians claiming gains in Galicia and minor engagements elsewhere. British forces drive Germans from Sphynxhaven on Lake Nyassa and sink the Hermann W ship. fighting rages from Arras to the Aisne with trenches recaptured and French reprisals using flame. Riot clashes between Buddhists and Moslems in Tylon are blamed on racial and commercial tensions.
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Ironzo River
Sphynxhaven
Lake Nyassa
Africa
England
R. A. J. Warnerford
Royal Navy
Arras
Neuville
Labassee
Aisne
French War Office
Teutons
Galicia
Berlin
Russia
Paris
Hebuterne
Soissons
Rheims
Champagne
Nice
Tylon
Tylom
Move to Constrict British Labor Passes Second Reading
London reports the House of Commons backed the ministry of munitions bill on the second reading and sent it to a committee of the whole. The committee approved a salary not to exceed 5000 pounds for the minister of munitions, to be David Lloyd George. Opposition claims the measure constrains British labor, with J H Thomas urging only wartime trade union relaxations.
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London
Henry Galgiel
House of Commons
Ministry of Munitions
David Lloyd-George
J. H. Thomas
Labor
Lottery Clause ruling ties Wilkes Barre paper to Louisiana prize law
In New Orleans on June 7 Judge Fisher of the first city criminal court held that prizes offered by the Weekly World sport paper from Wilkes Barre Pa fall under Louisiana lottery law. Thomason faced a $250 fine or six months jail as an agent of the paper after appealing the case.
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New Orleans
Wilkesbarre
Louisiana
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia mixed May be cooler Tuesday with fair conditions on Wednesday. Virginia shows showers late Tuesday with interior cooling and fair weather Wednesday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
German Steamer Hermann Don Wssmann Destroyed Near Sphinxhaven
London dispatch reports the German armed steamer Hermann Don Wssmann destroyed near Sphinxhaven per the British official press bureau statement issued this evening.
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London
Hermann Don Wssmann
Sphinxhaven
Government seeks former revenue agent in whiskey tax fraud case
Washington June 7 Justice Department agents seek Knox Booth former internal revenue agent for the Alabama Tennessee district after a warrant was issued over alleged whiskey tax frauds that cost about 100000. Booth disappeared two weeks ago amid a widening probe that has already led to arrests, including Fort Smith Arkansas distiller John L Caspar and associates.
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Knox Booth
Washington
Department of Justice
Internal Revenue
Alabama-4
Tennesseee
Booth
John L. Caspar
Fort Smith
iArk
Caspar
Geo. A. Hartman
Treasury
Liquor Wholesalers Meet in Cincinnati Convention
The extended campaign against liquor worldwide draws many liquor trade leaders to Cincinnati for the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association convention. Bottle makers coopers and allied trades are represented as delegates arrive for the gathering opening tomorrow.
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Cincinnati
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association
Prison for Nine Deputies in New Jersey Killings
Nine deputies convicted of manslaughter in the Roosevelt killings near New Brunswick last January were sentenced to two to ten years in state prison. Judge Bergen handed down the sentence. Sixteen other deputies remain jailed awaiting trial.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Roosevelt
Bergen
Illiteracy Day Proclaimed in Alabama Campaign
Montgomery June 7 by proclamation of Governor Henderson today is Illiteracy Day to launch a statewide drive to uproot illiteracy. Citizens are urged to aid in planning and implementing efforts. Moonlight schools for illiterate adults are already being organized.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
Alabama
Moonlight Schoors
French Mine Layer Casabianca Strikes Mine in Aegean
The French minelayer Casabianca struck a mine at a bay entrance in the Aegean. The captain and other officers and sixty four sailors were rescued by a British destroyer. Survivors may have reached the coast and been captured by Turks.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
Aegean
Georgia prison commission delays Leo M Frank commutation decision
At the Georgia prison commission meeting on June 7 in Atlanta members said the petition for Leo M Frank's sentence commutation to life imprisonment could not be taken up before Tuesday or possibly Wednesday. The panel would handle routine business first and proceed in regular order.
Electric Light Officials Convene at Frisco Exposition
The annual convention of the National Electric Light Association adds over $3,000 in light officials to the Frisco exposition crowd. The officials will remain at the fair through Saturday.
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Frisco
San Francisco
National Electric Light Association
Maine Industrial Exposition Opens in Portland
The first state exposition of Maine’s industrial activities opens in Portland on June 7 and runs through June 19. Among features is an exhibit on shape games and other displays highlighting local manufacturing progress.
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Maine
Portland
Young Turks in Dire Straits in Constantinople
Havas correspondent in Athens reports from Constantinople that the Young Turks are in dire straits as the city nearly descends into disorder. The dispatch notes consensus on the volatile mood and fragile political footing in the capital.
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Paris
Constantinople
Havas
Athens
Allies Driven Back at Gallipoli Peninsula Action
Turkish war office reports heavy Allied losses after a Turkish counter offensive on Gallipoli, driving back Allied troops. The brief official note, datelined Constantinople and London, June 6 to June 7, notes the retreat.
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Turks Bay
Constantinople
London
Gallipoli
Turkish War Office
Sunlight Sunk by German Submarine near Liverpool
The British steamer Sunlight of Liverpool was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The crew were rescued and taken to Queenstown.
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Sunlight
London
Liverpool
Queenstown
Villa invites Carranza to agree to neutral territory
Ninety Americans forty four Englishmen 127 Spaniards and fifty seven persons of various nationalities compose the first refugee party leaving Mexico City on a special train secured by the Brazilian minister for the American government. The note to Carranza aims at a truce to prevent intervention as Villa retires troops.
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Paso
Texas
Francisco Villalas
Venustiano Carranza
Wilson
Rul
Villa
Aguascalientes
Chihuahua
Carranza
Obregon
Leon
Brownsville
Gutierrez
Nasfarrata
Matamoras
Mexico
Algamas
el Paso
Rio Grande
United States
Antonio Gillalobo
Washington
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Silliman
Villa-Zapata
Tisayuca
Skinner
Red Cross
Governor Brumbaugh approves sixth workers compensation bill
In Norrisburg Pennsylvania on June 7 Governor Brumbaugh announced approval of the sixth workers compensation bill. The act creates a complete workers compensation system and state insurance fund plus a proposed constitutional amendment to make compensation compulsory. The system, effective January, provides fifty percent wage compensation with a weekly minimum of five dollars and a maximum of ten dollars.
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iNorrisburg
Brumbaugh
Star of the West Sunk by German Submarine
Aberdeen reports the British steamer Star of the West sunk by a German submarine. A trawler rescued the crew and brought them into Aberdeen.
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Star of the West
London
Aberdeen
German Transports Sunk in Gulf of Riga Engagement
Petrograd correspondent reports a naval clash at the Gulf of Riga entrance sinking several German transports and a large vessel not named. The Russians lost one auxiliary ship. It is surmised the loss figures may be incomplete.
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London
Gulf of Riga
Petrograd
Times
Germans Move Ships to Baltic Amid Coastal Landing Fear
The report says most German ships that gathered at Kiel sailed into the Baltic, with battle squadrons likely to engage. Petrograd believes Germany will try again to land troops on the Russian coast.
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Kiel
Baltic
Petrograd
Hole in Downes keel found after harbor s accident
An examination in drydock disclosed a hole in the torpedo boat destroyer Downes keel large enough to sink her if not for the bulkhead. The damage resulted from dragging a sunken object while entering the harbor last week.
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Poston
Downes
Idle men escorted from Caldwell Kansas amid food dispute
In Caldwell Kansas on June 7 about 350 idle men posing as harvest hands demanded food. Mayor Edward Dorse formed a posse with the town marshal and 25 citizens to march the men to the depot and load them onto the first outgoing freight.
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Cauldwell
Kans
Edward Dorse
Far reaching probe into Annapolis exam scandal
Naval court of inquiry hears that attempts were made to steal examination papers from four academy departments at Annapolis. The investigation aims to reveal how many papers were stolen and who spread advance copies nicknamed dope, with six graduates recalled after names surfaced.
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Naval Academy
Annapoli
Admiral Fullam
Academy
Naval Court of Inquiry
Daniels
Department of Modern Languages
Board of Investigation
James Moss
Build Merchantmen and Not Battleships
Montgomery Alabama June 7 The building of merchantmen rather than battleships was urged by Senator Underwood in a public address at Andalusia Alabama today We need transportation facilities he said if we had a number of merchantmen there would be a way to transport our cotton and there would have been no low mood of business in the south He urged calmness and consideration with Germany.
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Montgomery
Ala
Underwood
Andalusia
Germany
Woodmen
Woodmen of
America
Graham ‘Brass Band
Lodge
Woodmen of America
Bluefield Avenue
Princeton Avenue
Federal Street
Bland Street
Maple Park
Western Division
Norfolk and Western Railroad
L. L. Linkenhaker
Greene Chandler
Walnut Grove
Order
BE. EB. Wiley
Wiley
Bluefield
Graham Band
Graham Boys
R. F. Turner
M. F. Thompson
H. L. Moore
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