Russians Hold Front as Austro Germans Press on Bug
Allied and German Austrian forces push Russians back toward the Bug river near Kaminska as Vienna reports advances along the southeast front. London correspondent notes Russians resist, claim losses do not yield victory, and Russia may retreat and endure. Montenegrins seize Scutari Albania as France pressures Arras. Trieste defense cited.
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Bug River
Galicia
Russian Poland
Vistula
Warsaw
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Kaminska
Lemberg
Pomaszow
Vienna
London Times
Scutari
Albania
Austria
Italy
Monenegrin
Serbia
Montenegro
Arras
Galcian
Trieste
Galipoli
London
Asquith
Vigrant
M. Miljerand
Ooe
David Mason
House of Commons
Coventry
Government Aims To Define Terms For Peace
The article notes that his majesty's government will consider more precise terms for peace to hasten a hopeful conclusion. It emphasizes speed and honor in pursuing a peaceful settlement and urges clarity on what would enable such an outcome.
Four Held for Baseball Pool In Wilkes-Barre Connection
Judge Rooney refused to discharge four men arrested for operating a baseball pool tied to a Wilkes-Barre journal. Their attorney said the business was halted, but a city detective testified it continued and the case was ordered to trial next Tuesday in municipal court.
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Chicago
Rooney
Wilkesbarre
Anxiety in Official Quarters Over Mexico City
Washington reports in late June that with Mexico City cut off by rail and wire for ten days officials fear food shortages and potential military action. Consular notes say General Carranza is amassing troops to take the city within days and instructed to protect noncombatants.Diplomatic efforts, led by the Brazilian minister and others, seek to safeguard foreigners and private property if evacuations become necessary.
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Washington
Mexico City
State Department
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Wasneton
France Plans Reprisals Over German Prisoner News
Paris reports The Matin says Germany refused to name French detainees in occupied zones. France will withhold news on German prisoners and bar correspondence with them.
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France
Paris
Matin
Germany
Berlin
President’s discretionary power over army resignations
Washington reports indicate government legal officers largely agree the president can accept or reject army resignations in peace. Attorney General Gregory, still drafting his opinion, has conferred with Solicitor General Davis and others. The issue gains urgency as private munition firms lure seasoned ordnance officers.
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Washington
Gregory
Secretary of War
Davis
Garrison
Army
Navy
War Department
Jurisdiction Restored in Georgia Militia Arrests Cases
Atlanta Ga June 29 State authorities assumed jurisdiction over the twenty six men arrested by the militia near former Governor Slaton's home and jailed. The cases will go before the county grand jury probably tomorrow with no formal charges yet filed.
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Atlanta
Slaton
Nash
Dorsey
Hill
Superior Court
Angeles Denies Involvement With Huerta Conspiracy
Washington reports General Angeles will hold a statement denying any conspiracy with Victoriana Huerta to start a revolt in Mexico. He will explain his relation with General Villa and may address his mission to Washington as a military envoy.
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Angeles
Washington
Women of Four States Pay Tribute to Daniel Boone
Four state women prepare to unveil a monument at Cumberland Gap marking the Boone fort site and doorway to the west. Governors from North Carolina Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky expected to speak. A DAR delegation from all four states will attend. An old fashioned barbecue follows the unveiling.
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Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Daniel Boone
William Henderson
Richard Calloway
South
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Boone Fort
Lindsey Patterson
Robert Gray
Mary Temple
Emma Watson
William Reynolds
Boone
Transylvania Company
George III
Tennesseee
Callo Way
Family of Convicts Hopes For Prisoner Earnings Benefit
Attorney General Gregory returned to Washington after a four day absence spent largely in Atlanta federal prison. He toured the facility from roof to cell, observed inmate work and meals, and spoke to prisoners vowing to explore programs that let prisoners earn wages for their families.
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Atlanta
Washington
Gregory
Prison Labor Proposal Aims to Help Families
An 1930s government plan suggests using prison labor for federal work that does not enter the open market. The attorney general notes inmates’ families differ from convicts, and such work could provide support to families without competing with private labor. The approach cites state institutions as proof.
Governors Stopped at Commercial Hotel Correction
The Daily Telegraph corrects yesterday’s errors noting governors Hatfield and Stuart stayed at the Commercial Hotel on Sunday not the Matt. It clarifies they did meet and praised Col. Louis Kaufman for providing the hotel facilities.
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Daily Telegraph
Hatfield
Stuart
Commercial Hotel
Louis Kaufman
Prohibition At Odds Seen By New York Liquor Dealers
Utica June 29. At the first session of the New York state liquor dealers convention an alliance to suppress prohibition was urged. David Neuberger attacked former Secretary of State Bryan and urged disavowal of his influence. He called protection the result of ignorance prejudice or hypocritical intelligence. John L Sullivan was cited as a representative of one side while Hrgan led the other. John J Hanley of the A F L said labor would back liquor interests to defeat local option. About 500 representative trusts are noted.
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Utica
N. Y
New York State
Bryan
David Neuberger
New York
John L. Sullivan
Hrgan
John J. Hanley
American Federation of Labor
Merchant and Son Killed by a Train Near Mannington
E C Toothman fifty a Metz West Virginia merchant and his eight year old son Lee were killed when a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck their automobile near Mannington Fairmont West Virginia Alva Toothman forty eight Belmont Ohio brother of the dead man was seriously injured and Miss Ada Nash twenty two Glovers Gap West Virginia was slightly hurt
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Fairmont
W. Va
E. C. Toothman
Metz
Lee
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mannington
Alva Toothman
Belmont
Ohio
Ada Nash
Glovers Gap
Peace Terms Discussed by Warring Factions in El Paso
Jose Isabel Robles, minister of war in Hilalio Gutierrez's cabinet, announced that leaders of the two main warring groups agreed to discuss terms of peace, possibly within two weeks, in El Paso.
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el Paso
Texas
Jose Isabel Robles
Hilalio Gutierrez
Villa to strengthen Juarez garrison amid border tensions
Villa plans to bolster the Juarez garrison to counter revolutionary factors entering from the United States. General Banda says patrols around Juarez are doubled and Mexican secret service agents are ordered to monitor suspicious individuals.
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Villa
el Paso
Texas
United States
Mexico
Juarez
Banda
Quarantine Raised In West Virginia Foot and Mouth Case
Charleston June 29 The foot and mouth disease quarantine in West Virginia is lifted by Governor Hafield and Agriculture Commissioner Williams. All classes of livestock may be shipped into or through the state under federal regulations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hafield
Williams
West Virginia and Virginia Shower Forecast
A weather note predicts showers in West Virginia on Wednesday and Thursday. In Virginia showers are expected Wednesday and likely Thursday with unsettled conditions.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Jeremiah O Donavan Rossa Irish Patriot Dies in New York
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa known as O'Donovan Rossa, famed Irish patriot and Fenian, died at St. Vincent's Hospital Staten Island after months of illness. Born 1831 in County Cork, he spent decades in the United States under banishment and led extremist activities promoting dynamite against British rule. He survived an 1885 shooting by an English nurse and a later stabbing in his Chambers Street office, while staunchly advocating physical force.
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New York
Jeremiah O'Donovan
O'Donovan Rossa
St. Vincent¢ Hospital
Staten Island
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
England
County Cork
Rossa
Young Ireland
John Mitchell
Mitchel
Daniel O’connell
Cork
John Mitchel
Phoenix Literary Society
James Stephens
John O'Mahoney
Fenian Movement
Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood
Dublin
Fenain
Irish People
America
United Irishmen
Chambers Street
Lucilla Yseulte Dudley
Thomas Phelan
Fenian Brotherhood
Richard Short
Phelan
Short
Dudley
Underworld Exists Throughout Society Says Doctor
Chicago June 29 Dr Albert A Ogle of Indianapolis told the American Institute of Homeopathy bureau of sanitary science that wrong ideas from mothers fuel immorality more than vice. He rejected wages as a cause and said the underworld is widespread beyond sensational districts and police courts.
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Chicago
Albert A. Ogle
Indianapolis
Bureau of Sanitary ,Science
American Institute of Homeopathy
Dr. Ogle
Married life at risk from wife education reform
Dr W A Cearson of Philadelphia cites improvements in the quality of the country's manufactured food products as health officials report progress. The text argues against modern education for young wives and links patriotism to parenting and responsibility within marriage.
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W. A. Cearson
Philadelphia
Zinc miner shot and strife halts Missouri mines
In Joplin area Webb City Carterville zinc mines suspend work after a miners strike begins. Over 2,500 workers out of work and production cuts projected. James Abernathy wounded by a Carterville mine superintendent in a separate incident not tied to the strike. Germany notified of American ship sailings to war zone avoid mistaken attacks.
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Joplin
Webb City
Carterville
James Abernathy
Terrific Rain Floods Sumner County Homes
Terrific rain fell early this morning on the eastern portion of Sumner county flooding Bledsoe's creek area. Homes were put out of their banks and some buildings were washed from their foundations. no lives reported, but property damage is expected to reach thousands.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Sumner County
Bledsoe
Desertion tied to British recruitment in wartime California
Federal agent testifies that U S soldiers and sailors were lured by $10 bonuses free transport to Europe and special pay into deserting to serve with the British army. About 300 men shipped from California to New York for medicals at No 17 State Street near the British consulate. Captain Rothe or Roath led the recruits in room 104. Over $100,000 reportedly spent by California recruiting operations.
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San Francisco
United States
Europe
California
Army
Navy
New York
State Street
Frank Cook
Rothe
Roath
Food Riots Feared in Torreon Durango
New York June 29 The American Red Cross says reports from Durango Mexico indicate the food situation is rapidly worsening A local association formed to conserve corn for destitute non combatants has given up due to lack of aid from civil and military authorities. Well informed persons foresee food riots in Torreon shortly.
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New York
American Red Cross Society
Germany Fixes Grain Prices for Harvest Yet to Be Seen
The German government will adopt last year's crop conservation measures and appropriate all grain while setting maximum sale prices only after assessing the actual harvest. The communes will hold the appropriation and final prices depend on the yield.
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Germany
Berlin
London
Christian Endeavor World Convention to Draw Thousands
The Society of Christian Endeavor plans a Chicago world convention July 7 to 12 in the Coliseum with about 15 000 delegates from 100 000 evangelistic churches. Topics include temperance missions peace and social service with leaders from many nations expected. Rev Francis Clark may not attend due to illness.
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Chicago
Christian Endeavor
Society of Christian Endeavor
Agra
India
Australia
Sydney
China
Japan
Australasia
Africa
Latin America
United States
John Huss
University of Chicago
Stagg
University
Social Service Department
Francis &. Clark
Christian Endeavory Movement
Tra Landrith
Nashville, Tenn
Ward Belmont College
Geo. H. Coombs
The
Christian Church
Kansas City
W. W. Bustard
Cleveland
J. Campbell White
Layman Missionary Society
Royal J. Dye
Congo
Williams Patterson
Toronto
W. M. Weekley
United Brethren Church of the
American Methodist Episcopal Church
John Willis Baer
Occidental College
Christian Endeavor Society
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
N. Y
William J. Brown
Wilson
Marshall
Fighting Between Villa and Carranza Forces Near Carcia
Report from Monterey telegraphs severe three day battle between Villa and Carranza factions at Carcia between Monterey and Laredo. Estimates put 5 000 to 15 000 on each side with heavy losses. Villa forces allegedly attacked to thwart a Carranza push on Torreon.
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Carcia
Laredo
Texas
Villa
Carranza
Monterey
Laredon
Torreon
Comptroller Calls for Bank Statements of National Banks
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of the nation’s 11 national banks as of the close of business Wednesday June 23. The notice urges banks to submit detailed financial data to the agency for assessment.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
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St. Vincent Hospital
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Uncle Sam
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