Fresh Russian Troop Reinforcement Report Across Front
Berlin advices claim two 42 centimeter guns near Przemysl and a split of 500000 additional Russian troops behind the Dneister. Vienna reports Russians massing for a last stand near the San river while Austro German forces lose ground in Galicia and Przemysl siege. Petrogad notes mounting Russian gains and potential Teuton retreat. The war office says Austrians retreat with guns and materiel abandoned. Over 26000 Russian prisoners taken in two weeks.
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Amsterdam
Przemysl
Berlin
Vienna
Russia
Dneister
Galicia
San River
Austrian War Office
Battile
Archduke Eugene
Dankl
Rohr
Gen. Borovitsch
Servian
Petrograd
Sau River
Przemys
Lemberg
Bourse Gazette
Teutons
San
Pilica
Upper
Vistula
Avstro
War Office
British Submarine Operates Near Mamora Sea
A British submarine cruises in the sea of Marmora before Constantinople, per a Salonika despatch. The Turk forces have halted troop transport by water to the Dardanelles.
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Mamora Sea
Athens
Widow of American doctor awarded by Servian government
Paris June 1 The clearing house for relief reports Servian government donation of 10000 francs to the widow of Dr Cook the American who died of typhus in Servia The government also plans a monument in his memory
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Paris
Clearing House For Relief
Dr. Cook
Servia
Six Die as Auto Truck Falls Over Embankment
Dallas report states six people were killed and 19 injured when a large passenger auto truck plunged over a high embankment east of the city while returning from an orphan home entertainment. The dead include Faith Culp 14 Frances Payne 21 Phoebe Ballinger 7 Robert Corpening Roscoe Hamilton 24 and Alex McKay 27.
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Dallas
Texas
Here
Faith Culp
Frances Payne
Phoebe Ballinger
Robert Corpening
Roscoe Hamilton
Alex McKay
Pope Hopes U S Wills Not Be Forced Into The War
Pope Benedict XV granted papal blessing to newly ordained American priests from the American College in Rome and prayed that the United States be spared the horrors of war. Msgr. Kennedy and other American clergy were received in private audience at the Vatican. The pontiff urged young priests to pursue Christian zeal amid Europe’s war and noted a Vatican dispensation allowing Italian priests to use monasteries as military hospitals.
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Rome
Benedict XV
American College
U. S
Msgr. Kennedy
Vatican
World War Reflections on Panama Canal and British Plans
A German expert argues the Panama Canal’s strategic position forces the United States to confront world politics. He cites 1913 Manila Bay actions, England’s oil drives in Mexico and Ecuador, and the Churchill oil policy as signs of British aims to control key routes. The piece suggests England favored a broader war to reshape the map, with the canal at its center.
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Germany
Panama Canal
United States
Manila Bay
Japan
England
California
Manila
Wilson
Congress
von Herwarth
Winston Churchill
Tripoli
Europe
Albania
Churchill
Deisel
Jamaica
Malta
Mexico
Madero
Huerta
Lord Cowdray
Lord Murray
Ecuador
Colombia
Galapagos Islands
Perim
Suez Canal
Cannel
Gibraltar
Dardanelles
Major von Herwarth
Sir George Armstrong
London
Major Herwarth
America
Appreciated Support for the Commercial
Patrons praise the Commercial for its service and recommend it to friends. Officers and directors value strong customer loyalty. Assets amount to $550,000 with all loans secured by good securities. Four percent is paid on savings and time deposits.
Straits of Messina Closed at Night by Italian Decree
Ambassador Page at Rome reports royal decree blocks navigation in the Messina straits from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise. Daytime sailing is allowed in clear weather. The note references Italy's ruler Victor Emmanuel I as a noted numismatist with a large coin collection.
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Washington
Rome
State Department
Straits of Messina
Italian Army Advances in Tyrol and Trent Amid Heavy Rain
Italian forces push toward Borgo di Val Zugna and Rovereto as artillery duels rage in Tyrol and Trent. They hold Mt Zugna and Mt Belvedere, repelling Austrian attacks near Mt Croce while punctuating progress along the Adige valley despite driving rains.
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Rome
Tyrol
Trent
Adige Valley
Lake Garda
Ala
Mt. Zugna
Rovereto
Mt. Zugma
Revereto
Mt. Croce
War Office
Belvedere
Zugna
Borgo di Val Zugna
Zugana
Mt. Belvedere
Gilera Primiero
Cismon Valley
Carnia
Friuli
Officers of Lost Battleship Saved
London official notice says all the officers of the British battleship Majestic, sunk by a German submarine at the Dardanelles, have been saved.
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London
Admiralty
Majestic
Dardanelles
Fire Causes 250000 Damage At Brooklyn Supply Firms
Fire early today caused 250000 damage to plants of Brooklyn Builders Supply Co E J Beggs Sulphur Co and P F W A Kane Co supply dealers in Brooklyn.
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New York
Brooklyn Builders Supply Co
E. J. Beggs Sulphur Co
Brooklyn
Destroy German Consulate In Haifa Bombardment
Paris June 1 A French cruiser bombarded and destroyed the German consulate at Haifa in response to claims the German consul incited Turkish troops to fire on a boat with a flag of truce and to violate Napoleon era tombs. The action targeted only the consulate property, with no nearby houses damaged.
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Paris
Haifa
Ministry of Marine
Napoleon
Bodleian Library, Oxford Holds 2.75 Million Volumes
The Bodleian Library in Oxford, the world’s largest university library, houses about 2 750 000 volumes making it a premier research repository.
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Bodleian
Oxford
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