Berlin Front Reports Russian Retreat and British Munitions Plan
Berlin reports the Russian army retreating from Lemberg as Austro German forces push along the Dniester, with rear guards resisting. Artillery dominates French operations at Dunkirk and Metz, while Great Britain moves to produce munitions with Lloyd George leading a seven day recruiting effort. An admiralty note confirms Roxbury’s seaworthy return after torpedo damage.
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Austria
Germany
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Dniester
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France
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Sarpigneu
Argonne
Metzereal
Dunkirk
Great Britain
David Lloyd-George
United States
England
Admiralty
Roxbury
North Sea
Atlantic City Carnival Opens with Pageant and Masquerade
A two days carnival began at Atlantic City New Jersey with auto parties arriving from far and near. The Boardwalk pageant occurred in the afternoon and an open air masquerade followed at night. A naval parade is planned offshore for tomorrow featuring coastal craft.
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No Peace Offers Reported by German Government
The Overseas Agency cites Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung stating that during the entire war no hostile government has approached Germany with peace offers. The imperial government admits no knowledge of any party ready to seek peace.
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Sayville
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Today
Nord Peupsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Germany
British Note on Order in Council Published for Tomorrow
Washington reports Great Britain's memorandum on its order in council faced U S representations alleging undue interference with commerce. The note was released at the state department for publication tomorrow morning. officials would not discuss its contents.
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Great Britain
United States
State Department Today
Gonzales Forces Reach Suburbs of Mexico City
A Caranza army under General Pablo Gonzales has reached the suburbs of Mexico City, according to a telegraph to the Carranza agency from Vera Cruz dated yesterday and received today in El Paso Texas for June 24.
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Mexico City
Paso
Texas
Carranza
Pablo Gonzales
Carranza Agency
Vera Cruz
British Officials Act With Utmost Dispatch
Washington reports a British memorandum praising swift action to minimize neutral commerce disruption from the order in council against Germany Austria and Turkey while denying American grounds for complaint. It says officials acted promptly and will consider U S inquiries carefully as talks with Germany continue.
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Great Britain
United States
Order In-Council
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Order-In-Council
Aother
State Department
Foreign Office
Briitsh
Speculation on Dernburg’s fate after Bergensfjord detainment
In New York on June 24 speculation filled the air about Dr. Bernhard Dernburg former German colonial secretary after the Bergensfjord sailing from New York June 21 with allied guarantees. The Bergensfjord was halted by British authorities at Kirkwall and taken there, with only word of interruption to Bergen reaching New York after a two day censorship delay.
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London
Wergensfjord
Kirkwall
Bernhard Dernburg
German Empire
America
Bergensfjord
Bergen
Norway
Bryan to Live at Lincoln and Asheville Summer Home
Former Secretary Bryan left for New York where he spoke on National Honor at Madison Square Garden Tonight he said he would keep his Lincoln residence and establish a summer home at Asheville North Carolina He planned to devote time to crystallizing the peace sentiment of the country.
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Lincoln
Washington
New York
Madison Square Garden
Asheville
N. C
New Demand for Labor Across the Nation
Washington reports a surge in job demand as European war orders and a bumper wheat crop push manufacturers and farmers to seek workers. Oklahoma seeks 16 000 to 18 000, Kansas 35 000, West Virginia 2000 coal jobs. Chicago alone takes 1500 of 3495 placements last month.
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jWar
Europe
Department of Labor
Oklahoma
Kansas
West Virginia
Chicago
Second Frye Note Sent to Germany Reparation Sought
The United States dispatched a second note to Berlin reaffirming that the William R. Frye sinking violated international law and the 1828 Prussian American treaty. It seeks reparations without prize court proceedings while Germany agrees to treaty reparations but cites prize court jurisdiction.
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United States
William R. Frye
Prinz Witel Friedrich
Berlin
Frye
Germany
Thaw to Be Called as Witness in Sanity Trial
Harry K. Thaw sits with lawyers as sixteen witnesses from Canada and New Hampshire testify he is rational and sane. States aim to present Thaw’s account of the Stanford White killing before jurors, with cross examination probing delusions.
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Harry K. Thaw
Canada
New Hampshire
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Thaw
Stanford White
Frank K. Cook
Cook
Gustave C. Roedeer
Fhaw
William L. Shurtleff
Coaticook
Censors Interfering With U S Mail Sparks London Protest
Washington reports a post office order requires U S to ship mail to Norway Sweden Denmark and the Netherlands directly by steamers avoiding belligerent ports. Sweden warns the dispute is not closed and protests to London grow as Swedish firms suffer from interrupted correspondence with American firms.
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Washington
Great Britain
Post Office Department
United States
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Netherlands
State Department
England
London
Seven Drifters Sunk Off Scottish Coast by German Submarine
Seven fishing vessels known as drifters were sunk by a German submarine off the Scottish coast. Most of the crews were saved.
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London
Scotland
Details of the taking of Lemberg confirmed
Berlin reports the Russian defense at Lemberg collapsed as von Mackensen and Archduke Joseph Ferdinand cut the lines near Tanew. A northwest barrage intensified the retreat split, with von Mackensen driving on from Lemberg to Rusko and General Bomehm-Ermoili resuming pursuit northeast of the city.
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Lemberg
von Mackensen
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
Tanew
Nicholas
Rusko
Bomehm-Ermoili
Diaz Carranza Bay Steamers Acquire Mexican Troopships
New York June 24 Diaz and Carranza plans to use steamships for military transport. General Ignacio Pesquiera says steamer Atlanta and smaller Altameda were purchased from Chesapeake Steamship Co. both to be overhauled with wireless and sent to the Gulf of Mexico.
Prisoners of War to Harvest Crops Under New Rules
London reports the government will permit prisoners of war to aid in crop harvests near detention sites. The outside labor will be allowed only under specific conditions and supervision.
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London
Swedish steamers seized in Baltic by German navy
Five Swedish steamers Berge lag en Mimosa Fram Otis and Kipple were seized in the Baltic by German warships on Tuesday according to reports from London dated June 24.
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Baltic Sea
Berglagen
Mimosa
Fram
Otis
Kipple
Eight Die and Dozen Injured in Maryland Rail Crash
At Gettysburg on June 24 a head on collision on a bridge near Highfield and Thurmond between the Blue Mountain special and a Western Maryland local killed eight and injured twelve to fourteen. The wreck occurred on a 200 foot high bridge as trains rushed at high speed. Officials and passengers, including private car occupants of President Gray of Western Maryland, were among the victims.
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Blue Mountain
Western Maryland Railroad
Mason and Dixon
Highfield
Thurmond
Charles Cook
Charles Fritz
LUTHER /HULL
Chipchase
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Fairmont
Gray
Maryland
West Virginia and Virginia Forecast Five Day Outlook
West Virginia expects fair weather Friday and Saturday. Virginia foresees fair conditions Friday with warmer temperatures in the southeast, and Saturday also fair.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Indicted distillery case links Booth to moonshine fraud
Knox Booth former chief of the Nashville based internal revenue district Tennessee and Alabama and Kansas City distiller John L Casper are among ten indicted in a Fort Smith Arkansas grand jury case. They face conspiracy to defraud the government by illegal operation and use of revenue stamps on whiskey barrels. Casper allegedly bribed Booth one thousand dollars. The suit seeks nineteen letters exchanged between Booth and Casper. Officials say investigations span several southern states with uncertain total losses, but fears of large sums are noted.
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Knox Booth
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Alabama
Nashville
John L. Casper
Kansas City
Internal Revenue
United States
Casper
Booth
Internal Revenue Department
Tennessee and
David I. Gates
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
United
Arkansas
Wilson Sees No Hope of Early Peace in Europe
New York reports President Wilson believes no early peace is possible in Europe. Col. B M Case, close friend and envoy, relayed months of talks with German British and French officials. Wilson seeks to mediate but says no new offers have been made. he values Col House's updates as he stays at Roslyn Long Island and Cornish New Hampshire.
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Europe
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B. M. Case
Col. House
United States
Washington
Cornish
N. H
Roslyn
L. L
Bryan Defines National Honor Calls for Peace Pledges
William Jennings Bryan addressed a Madison Square Garden audience under The Friends of Peace and urged influence for peace over war with any belligerent nation. He reaffirmed his plan to submit disputes to an international commission, and the meeting adopted a resolution urging the government to embargo arms and munitions exports. Mr and Mrs Bryan arrived from Washington this afternoon.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Friends of Peace
United States
Mrs. Bryan
Washington
New Orleans Branch Approved by Federal Reserve Board
Washington June 24 The federal reserve Board announced it approved the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank’s request to open a bank in New Orleans. It is the first branch bank authorized under the federal reserve bank law.
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New Orleans
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Lacy Dead. Southern railway official dies in Kentucky
Nashville Tenn June 24 R Hi Lacy southern passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines died at 1 o'clock this morning at his home in Franklin Ky.
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Nashville
Tenn
R. Hi, Lacy
Southern
Pennsylvania Lines
Franklin
Dato to Form New Cabinet in Madrid
Madrid June 24 King Alfonso faces cabinet reshuffle decisions after relieving Dato as premier while keeping him in office with a new ministerial lineup.
Lemberg Welcomes Austrian Army Amid Patriotism
The Austrian army entered Lemberg with a grand patriotic display. The city was heavily decorated with flags and thousands of Austrians lined streets to cheer Emperor William, Emperor Francis Joseph, and the victorious troops. The Russians caused damage by burning stations and depots as they withdrew.
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London
William
Francis Joseph
Germany May Meet Uncle Sam's Demands
Berlin reports good prospects that Germany will draft a note to the United States addressing submarine warfare and passenger safety. The note is expected to propose exemptions for ships used chiefly in passenger traffic while not fully abandoning submarine attacks on hostile merchant ships.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Prize Court Seizes Steamer Gargoyle in Egypt Case
A prize court has been issued against the American steamer Gargoyle of Vacuum Oil Company after sailing from New York May 11 for Alexandria and being reported at Malta May 31. The dispatch cites Lloyds for the Alexandria report.
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London
Alexandria
Egypt
Lloyds
New York
Malta
Vacuum Oil Company
New Secretary of State Robert Lansing Takes Oath
Washington reports Robert Lansing was sworn in as secretary of state to succeed William Jennings Bryan. Officials, diplomats, and friends attended the ceremony as Lansing received congratulations including a letter from Bryan praising the selection and wishing him success.
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Washington
United States
Robert Lansing
William Jennings Bryan
Lansing
Bryan
West Virginia Tax Free State Scheme Draws Attention
A 32 page pamphlet by William Seymour Edwards of Charleston proposes making West Virginia tax free by state ownership of natural resources. It outlines funding via non taxable century bonds backed by royalties, leasing coal oil gas and timber, with revenues funding government operations and public services.
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Charleston
United States Senate
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Alaskan
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