Spies damage coast defense guns at Fort Worden
Coast defense guns at Fort Worden and Fort Flagler were damaged after an attempted breach. Four breech locks were removed and loading mechanisms damaged, with visitors barred and forts under secrecy as investigators from the War Department and Secret Service probe suspected espionage.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Big Oyes
Fort Worden
Fort Flagler
Puget Sound
War Department
Secret Service
Tee
Tribute to Jefferson Davis at Confederate reunion
General B W Green of Little Rock Arkansas delivers a tribute to Jefferson Davis at the Richmond Confederate Veterans reunion. He praises Davis as a soldier, planter, statesman, U S senator and president of the Confederacy, saying his life showed gentleness, selflessness, truthfulness and patriotism under every crisis.
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Richmond
Confederate States of America
Confederate Veterans
B. W. Green
Little Rock
Ark
Jefferson Davia
Davis
United States
Confederacy
Gen. Green
Prize Cattle to be Sold at Public Auction
London June 1 The Jersey and Shorthorn herds at Tring Park established by the late Lord Rothschild will be sold at auction this month. Tring Park was an early center for milk yield records used to breed better stock. Rothschild applied tuberculin testing to eliminate infected animals and kept calves free of the disease by separating them from cows at birth, preserving high quality dairy lines.
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London
Jersey
Lord Rothschild
Tring Park
Submarine Victim’s Widow Named to Navy Yard Job
President Wilson signed an executive order appointing Mrs. F. Pierrard of Saveslite California as seamstress at Mare Island yard. She is widow of the chief gunner’s mate of the submarine F-4, which sank in the Pacific, and she supports two children and a sister.
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Washington
Wilson
Ss 6
Mare Island
F. Pierrard
Saveslite
Cal
Pacific
Wages Reported for Belfast Women Workers
In Belfast on June 1 wages for women workers reported at half a penny or one cent per hour under the Moon face fob system. Mine MC Galway of the Textile Operatives Society of Ireland cites one cent hourly pay for clipping embroidered cushion covers, with piecework and thread clipping tasks taking long periods. The article notes the practice by large firms in Belfast and questions the fairness of the pay.
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Belfast
First American Ship Nebraskan Torpedoed Off Irish Coast
The Nebraskan, the first ship to pass the Panama Canal, was torpedoed or mined off Ireland on May 18 during a voyage from Liverpool to the Delaware Capes. The American owned and manned vessel, launched in 1902 in Camden, New Jersey, had sailed from New York to Liverpool with cargo and was in ballast for an American port when damaged.
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Panama Canal
Ireland
Galavarray
Fastnet
Queenstown
San Francisco
Camden
N. J
American Hawaiian Line
New York
Liverpool
Atlantic Transport Line
Delaware Capen
Nebraskan
England
Hawaii
Flowers Boost Dutch Homes Amid Strong Demand
In the Hague area on June 1, Dutch florists report an unprecedented spring demand for cut flowers. Carna tions, iris, tulips, roses, orchids, and peonies fill shops at modest prices, with Hoskoop near Gouda as the hub for greenhouse production shipping to Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and The Hague.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Darwin
Ifuarlem
Hoskoop
Gouda
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Tee Hague
Goerz City Described as Key Austrian Rail Hub
National Geographic society describes Goerz as a crucial Austrian transport and commercial center near the Italian frontier. The piece notes its role as a distributing hub for Friuli, its Italian-speaking majority population, climate appeal, and historic sites along the Isonzo river including the old castle and cathedral.
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Goors
National Geographic Society
Goerg
Goerz
Gradisco
Austria
Goer
Venice
Undine
Triest
Klagenfurt
Gulf of Triest
Vienna
Friuli
American
Palm Beach
French
Nice
Goore
Europe
Goerete
Isonzo
Adriatic
Ruigse
Counts of Geers
American fishing launch America damaged by bullets near Ensenada
The American fishing launch America arrived in San Diego speckled with bullet holes. Crew members were struck at Punta Banda bay twelve miles southeast of Ensenada, lower California. Owners believed the boat was mistaken for an armed lander and the firing began from an ambush as the vessel anchored.
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San Diego
Cal
America
Punta Bando Bay
Ensenada
Lower California
Orn
Kidney Trouble Warns Big Eaiers and Americans
A garbled text warns kidney strain from rich foods and uric acid buildup. It claims Jad Salve and a wheat toast regimen will flush acids, relieve headaches, and restore kidney and bladder strength amid weather changes.
Paris women revive gaiety as war ebbs demand
Paris fashion notes show war weariness easing. Women knit for soldiers then reclaim coquettish dress, with lace trimming and black tulle gowns. Prices fall from prewar highs as shops reopen and wages stay low. Headwear shifts from flamboyant aigrets to modest rosettes and ribbons.
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Paris
Finving
Parsienne
Yvette Guilert
France
Rue de la Paix
Place Vendome
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Omaha Neb
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West Eighteenth Street
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Cheyenne, Wyo
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