British Destroyer Eden Sunk After Collision
London reports the destroyer Eden sunk last night in the English Channel after a collision. Thirty-one crew saved, three officers missing. Eden, 555 tons, crew of 70, built 1903, 26 knots, armed with four 3 inch guns and two 18 inch torpedo tubes. Copenhagen reports two large German steamers torpedoed in the Baltic by Swedish fishermen observing the sinking after heavy cannonading.
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London
Eden
English Channel
Copenhagen
Baltic
German attack fails French take prisoners in Vosges
Paris reports a French war department communique detailing failed German assaults around Avecourt and Hill No. 425 in the Vosges, with French forces penetrating German lines and taking prisoners. Bombardments disrupted positions near Le Mort Homme and Dead Man Hill, while French air units bombarded Dunkirk and Pont-A-Mousgon rail targets with shells.
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Paris
Avecourt
French War Department
le Mort Homme
Vosges
No. 425
Thane
Belgium
Lombaertryde
Meuse
Jareasdes
Avncourt
Dead Man Hil
Fleury
Thann
Dunkirk
le Duc
Pont-A-Mousgon
Longquyon
Mont Medy
Au-un-Le-Roman
Champion German aviator Believed Killed in Air Battle
London June 17 Captain Boelke the champion German aviator believed killed in aerial combat with French pilot Roger Ribiere. A yellow Fokker of Boelke type, noted by a yellow muffler, was shot down near Verdun between the German and French trenches two days earlier.
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London
Boelke
Roger Ribiere
Ribiere
Verdun
Connecticut Weather Outlook Tonight and Sunday
The forecast calls for probable fair conditions tonight and on Sunday. Expect fresh south and west winds along the coast with mild temperatures and no significant precipitation anticipated.
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Connecticut
Czar's Cavalry Defeated by Austrian Allies
Berlin June 17 Austro Hungarian troops in Galicia defeated a Russian cavalry force on Thursday per an official Austro Hungarian army statement dated June 16. New battles opened on the whole front in Volhynia. South of the Dniester our troops repulsed the enemy cavalry with 400 Russians captured. Near Tarnopol no notable events. On the Volhynian front new combats started and several enemy attempts to cross the Stokhod and Styr were repulsed with heavy losses.
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Berlin
Galicia
Volhynia
Dneister
Visvovczyk
Tarnopol
Volhynian
Stokhod
Styr
Germans Engage Russians in Two Sectors, Official
Berlin reports General Von Linsengen's forces clashing with Russians in the Stoxhed and Styr sectors. Part of General Count Von Blothmer's army fights north of Przewloka. Italians seize three towns Malga Fosgetta Monte Magari and take 203 prisoners with six guns and four machine guns. Athens notes entente demands being strengthened amid protests. Greece port blockade continues.
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Berlin
von Linsegen
Stoxhed
Styr
Count von Blothmer
Przewloka
Rome
Malga
Fosgetta
Monte Magari
Frenzera
Marcessina
War Department
Slasher Jailed For Slashing Coats On Water Street
Frank Buckner of Washington DC, 31, slashed the coats of three men with a pocketknife on Water Street yesterday. City court fined him $1 and sentenced him to 60 days in jail, after arrest by Policeman Edward Dalley.
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Frank Buckner
Washington, D. C
Water Street
Costa
Edward Dalley
Rain Fails to Dampen Loyal Order of Moose Parade
Rain and wet streets do not curb the Moose gathering in Connecticut. Waterbury lodge No 703 led a large delegation with 315 members and the American band, arriving by special train as thousands attend the state field day. Five bands and four drum corps paraded through the city to the Moose club house on Main Street. Delegates toured parks before the parade, with many lodges forming on Congress Street and Main Street.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Connecticut
Naugatuck
New Haven
Waterbury Lodge
American Band of
American Band of Waterbury
Thorning
Moose
Main Street
Board of Governors
Richard Walker
Greenwich
Elmer Wille
Rockville
Frank P. Fenton
Willimantic
James T. Limerick
Joseph P. Linxweiler
South Norwalk
Harry Staples
Stamford
B. F.farrell
New Britain
James P. Callahan
Hartford
Charles R. Hussey
Ansonia
Frank H. Bailey
Waterbury
Michael Carey
Putnam
Harry Stevens
Torrington
L. M. Crandall
Norwich
Charles A. Moynihan
Bridgeport
Charles M. Cretty
Danbury
James A. McCann
Windsor
Montague Hamm
Meriden
Moose Club
Bridgeport Lodge
Congress Street
Charles L. Dennis
Ansonia Lodge
Roosevelt Dreams Of Oyster Bay Home After Pleura Attack
On June 17 Theodore Roosevelt slept comfortably and aimed to return to Oyster Bay. Doctors said his illness was a slight pleurisy attack and not serious. Earlier he met with his physician Dr Duel and spoke with Raymond Robins and Hiram Johnson about the Progressive national convention.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Duel
Raymond Robins
Progressive National Convention
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Boy Struck by Trolley, Shoulder Dislocated in City Accident
Michael Cronan, 13, a Crawford Laundry delivery boy of 180 Courtland Street, rode into a northbound trolley at Main and Wall streets this afternoon. He was thrown to the pavement, dislocating his shoulder as his bicycle wheel was smashed. he was taken to emergency hospital. The trolley stopped shortly after the collision, avoiding further injury.
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Main and
Wall Streets
Michael Cronan
Courtland Street
Crawford Laundry Co
Cronan
Man fined for breach of peace after refusing to move
Morris Stevnetz of 1988 Main Street was fined $2 in city court today for breach of the peace after he refused to move when directed by Policeman Dailey on Water Street He alleged Dailey kicked him and caused injury but Dr H R DeLuca examined him and refuted the allegations
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Morris Stevnetz
Main Street
Water Street
Dailey
Injunction of Ams Co. Will Stand
Judge Webb denied modifying a temporary injunction against Max Ams Co. strikers in Fairfield. The injunction, issued by Judge Gager, remained in force until the suit against the International Association of Machinists is tried. Arguments centered on workers rights to talk to employees and loiter near the plant versus alleged conspiracy to injure business.
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Max Ams Machine Co
Fairfield
Webb
Gager
Max Ams Co
International Association of Machinists
Hugh Lavery
Machinists
Lavery
Ralph O. Wells
Hartford
Branchville Postmaster Arrested for Postal Funds Misuse
Richard C. Bennett, postmaster of Branchville in Redding, was held for U S court in September by Commissioner Wright on charges of misusing postal funds. He arrived in New Haven by car with the United States marshal to be arraigned.
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New Haven
Richard C. Bennett
Branchville
Redding
United States Court
Wright
Bennett
United States
Arshal
Childhood Romance Ends in New York Wedding for Popular Couple
Loretta Gilroy daughter of the late Dr and Mrs Andrew Gilroy and John Graham O Hara son of Mr and Mrs Thomas O Hara formerly of this city but now of Twin Lakes were married in New York City on Friday June 9. The couple, childhood sweethearts who grew up near Washington avenue, rekindled their romance after years apart and chose an immediate ceremony. O Hara works for Splitdorf Magneto Co in Broadway New York and guests hosted a wedding dinner at Shanleys in New York. The newlyweds visited Twin Lakes before returning to New York City where they are widely known.
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Loretta Gilroy
Andrew Gilroy
John Graham O'Hara
New York
Thomas O'Hara
Miss Gilroy
Mr. O’hara
Washington Avenue
Mr. O'Hara
California
Gilroy
Stratfield
O’hara
Splitdorf Magneto Co
Broadway
N. Y
Shanley’s
Handkerchief Workers Released On Bail Here
Two men described as handkerchief workers, James Lachino and Frank Amedio, were released on $2,000 bonds each by an assistant clerk of the superior court. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. posted the bonds. They are sought by New York police for related activities and had been bound over from Stamford. A separate case notes Willard Flanders, a convicted wife murderer, hanged at the State Penitentiary in Rawlings, Wyoming.
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Tracy
Superior Court
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co
James Lachino
Frank Amedio
New York
Lachino
Amedio
New York Department
Criminal Superior Court
Stamford
Tony Bucher
Tony
Fairfield Rubber Works Employees Receive Cash Gifts
Fairfield June 17. E W Harral former president of the Fairfield Rubber Co now sold to Du Pont presented employees with cash tokens from 250 to 15 dollars as a sign of appreciation. Foreman of 28 years received five tens. Employees will be eligible for pensions under the DuPont system as part of the sale agreement.
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Fairfield
E. W. Harral
Fairfield Rubber Co
DuPont
Williams quits electrician job over pay cut
Former police department electrician Thomas Williams resigned after being ordered to work as a lineman for the fire department. He declined because fire pay is lower than his police wage of 3.25 per day. The city merged police electrician and fire alarm roles, and Williams lacked eligibility for fire department membership. He had led the police signal system since Sheridan A. Ladd. Williams also faced burglary case status in city court with Hugh Cody pleading guilty earlier.
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Fire Department
Police Department
Thomas Williams
Police Board
Williams
Common Council
Arthur Platt
Sheridan A. Ladd
Gamewell
Gamewell Company
S. N. E. Telephone Company
Consul Hanna Leaves Mexico as U S Withdraws Staff
Laredo Texas June 17 Philip C Hanna United States consul general at Monterey and one of the two remaining American consuls in Mexico arrived here and said he may stay two or three days. Reports indicate the state department ordered Hanna and Saltillo consul J H Silliman to the American side reducing Mexico to no interior consular reps except Mexico City agent. General Funston warned that any move by the American expedition could trigger Mexican attacks.
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Laredo
Tex
Philip C. Hanna
United States
Monterey
Mexico
Consul Hanna
Hanna
State Department
Texas Rangers
Islitas
Here
Mann
San Antonio
Phillip Hanna
J. H. Silliman
Saltillo
Mexico City
Washington
United State
Carranza
Chihuahua
Persning
Trevino
Texas
Brownsville
San Ignacio
Sam Ignacio
Rio Grande
General Pershing
General Funston
Message Department
Pershing
Funston
Gray
14Th Cavalry
Caval
Bandits Killed as Troops Clash Across Lower Rio Grande
Brownsville reports revival of bandit activity prompts swift military action. Troops from Harlingen to Olmito and San Benito pursue marauders after raids near San Benito and the Fresnos tract. Three Mexicans reportedly killed in a running fight. American forces suffer no casualties. Cavalry involvement and border tensions raise questions about cross border pursuit and enforcement.
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Lower
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
San Benito
26Th Infantry
Harlingen
Olmito
Mexico
Joe Scott
Fresnos Tract
Fort Brown
Fretiens
Rio
Corralites
Riera
United States Reply to Carranza Nearing Dispatch
Washington reports the U S reply to General Carranza nearly ready for transmission with officials delaying dispatch as more detail develops. Carranza threats from Chihuahua and warnings of attacks if U S troops move south of the border are noted along with bandit activity near Brownsville and in San Ignacio Texas.
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United States
Carranza
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Dead Man Hill
Hampion
Czar
Galician
Athens
Greece
Slasher
L.O
0.M. Herd
Ams Co
Metropolis
Willard Flanders
State Penitentiary
Rawlings
Wyo
Rubber Works
Harral
United States Army
Coast Artillery
National Guard
Arizona
New Mexico
Department
Kansas
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