Bryan resigns as secretary of state citing 11 reasons for break with Wilson
William Jennings Bryan retires as secretary of state and issues a public statement outlining his reasons for resigning. He urged a proposed international commission to study disputes with Germany and questioned travel on belligerent ships. White House officials offered no comment beyond sadness.
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Russians Fight Desperately to Stem Austro German Advance
London dispatch says Russians struggle in eastern Galicia to halt the Austro German push toward Lemberg. Reports claim a Russian success on the Dniester and near the Vistula, but official notices from Petrograd and Vienna show no confirmed changes. German forces advancing in the Baltic province area reportedly broke reinforcements and pressed on toward the town of Double in Kovno province.
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Bryan’s Progressive Rise From Tariff Debates to Nomination
The text traces William Jennings Bryan’s career from 1891 tariff prominence in Congress to his famous 1896 Chicago speech that propelled his Democratic presidential run. It notes his 1900 and 1908 bids, his shift from Champ Clark to Wilson at Baltimore, and his prolific roles as author lecturer and publisher advocating prohibition suffrage and universal peace, while drafting peace treaties.
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Champ Clark
Wilson
Baltimore
France to grant full indemnities for war losses
Premier Viviant proposes a law in the chamber of deputies establishing full indemnities for losses of French citizens in real estate and personal property caused directly by war. Indemnities would fund restoration of damaged or destroyed property with later laws to define conditions for communes municipalities and departments.
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Paris
Viviant
Chamber of Deputies
Americans in Bilin Ordered to Stop Buying
June 9 report says American businessmen in Bilin have been ordered from America to discontinue purchases and conserve funds while awaiting the outcome of the Lusitania negotiations.
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Berlin
America
Allies Rebuke German Peace Proposal Unofficial Report
London reports say the Allies rejected Germany’s terms in an unofficial offer seeking withdrawal from Belgium, Lorraine secession, and a free seas clause. They insist on continued fighting, believing ultimate victory possible with no compromise, even if it takes two more years.
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Germany
Two More Annapolis Men Face Disgrace
The court of inquiry investigating the gouging scandal at the Naval Academy adds Ensign W. A. Confer and Midshipman A. C. Rogers as defendants. Rogers joined the seven earlier defendants after the announcement. The Navy is asked to order Confer to Annapolis immediately. he is on leave.
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W. A. Confer
A. C. Rogers
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Cenfer
Lincoln Highway dispute meeting set in Cheyenne
A committee from Cheyenne and the Denver Chamber of Commerce will host a meeting in Cheyenne on Monday June 14 1985 at 2 p m to discuss adjustments and complaints linked to the Lincoln Memorial Highway diversion. Directors and delegates from the Western Nebraska and Wyoming Lincoln Highway association will attend with Denver chamber officials.
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J. K R. Carpenter
John L. McIntosh
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B. F. Bushee
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Ing Call
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Russians Prepare Evacuation Of Lemberg
Berlin reports Russian authorities plan an evacuation of Lemberg as forty boxes from Lemberg museums and other deposits are moved across the Kusel an border. General von Linsingen’s forces push across the Dniester severing the Russian line north of Bukowina from the main armies. Dispatches say his advance continues along a broad front.
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von Linsingen
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Unemployment Drops in Great Britain Says Labor Gazette
The Board of Trade Labor Gazette reports the unemployment rate for union workers at its lowest in five years. Engineering, shipbuilding, coal mining and agriculture face worker shortages while clothing shows a female labor scarcity.Wage increases totaling about 66 thousand dollars weekly have been granted since the war, spread across 193 thousand workers.
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Great Britain
Board of Trade Labor Gazette
Indians Seize 1.5 Million and Kill 13 in Mexico
News from Brownsville reports authentic advices of a raid in Tamaulipeas near Aldamas Nuevo Leon where General Nafarrate's forces executed thirteen Mexicans, three generals among them. The captured party carried Mexican gold valued at 1.5 million and planned to aid Felix Diaz in another revolution. money sent to Monterey.
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Texas
Emilano B. Nafarrate
Tamaulipeas
Aldamas
Nuevo Leon
United States
Felix Diaz
Monterey
General Benevides
Julian Degaldo
Guillermo Moran
Don Tellez
Alfonso Bolanon Cacho
Remigio Zertuche
Ricardo Corral Terrazas
Aurelano Rulz
Magdaleno Robles
Jose Yvasbel Hobles
Eight candidates push free trip bid as votes tighten
With twenty one days left in the free trip drive the eight leaders race for subscriptions and voting coupons. Subscriptions boost their total while challengers rally to overturn the standings before the next count on Monday at 3 pm.
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Ean
Lone Russian submarine launches bold attack on German fleet
In the Baltic near Vetrograd on June 9 a Russian submarine attacked a line of ten German ships. The Hindenburg steamer was reportedly torpedoed and blown up near Papensee. A German second class cruiser struck a mine and towed away. the Germans allegedly attempted to land troops at Riga.
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Gulf of Riga
War Office
Papensee
Ivor
Libau
Transport Sunk at Dardanelles Amid Turkish Fire
An English transport was shelled and sunk by Turkish forts at the Dardanelles yesterday. A shell burst aboard, setting the vessel ablaze, then a second salvo drove it to the bottom instantly. Smoke obscured the fate of the crew, leaving observers unable to confirm survivors.
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Drury Withdraws Bid for U S Land Office Register
Wheatland Times editor KE Drury withdraws his application for appointment as Register of the U S Land Office at Cheyenne. In a June 8, 1916 letter to Gov. Kendrick and H G Hopkins he says the move is voluntary and cites priorities for better government and party loyalty. He declines to endorse candidates he deems unworthy and suggests WIL Medd for the post.
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