Wilson to threaten Mexico with intervention over famine
President Wilson plans a firm note to Mexican factions demanding immediate compliance amid food seizures and rising starvation. Red Cross warns conditions are appalling as relief efforts and transport to relief centers face crippling obstacles.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Red Cross
Duval West
Carranza
International Relief Committee
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
American Red Cross
Russians Drive Turks Back In Armenia Front
Petrograd says Russian army occupies Van in Armenia after capturing twenty six guns and vast stores of ammunition and government treasure. Turks suffer heavy losses and retreat as Russians seize Vastan on Lake Van shore and win at Sercayrtyk Hiza Gujaverskaja road while occupying Buriga.
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Petrograd
Vilayet of
Van
Armenia
Vastan
Wosten
Lake
Sercayrtyk-Hiza Gujaverskaja
Millworkers End Strike In Chicago Wage Vote
Five thousand mill men, idle since early April, will return to work Tuesday after a vote approving a wage increase offer from mill owners. Officials seek to block backers from signing with the men, but owners promise to honor the agreement.
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Chicago
Carpenter Contractors’ Association
Hole Found In U S Submarine F-4 In Honolulu Harbor
A hole appears in the forward compartment of the submarine F-4 which lies in 48 feet of water in Honolulu harbor. Admiral Moore reports a surface recovery is planned within two or three days and has notified the navy department.
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Washington
Honolulu
Admiral Moore
Navy Department
E. C. Titus
Illuminating Engineering Society
Riots in Milan Attract 263 Arrests By Swiss Soldiers
Geneva report states 263 participants in violent anti German riots in Milan were arrested by soldiers under General Spingardi. Many buildings were destroyed and damage is described as extensive.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Milan
Italy
Spingardi
War of Vengeance versus Italy invasion urged
Vienna dispatches report Austro German forces under General von Mackensen bombard the Przemysl forts as the front narrows. Archduke Frederick orders soldiers to chastise the Italian armies with steel and fire. Archduke Eugene is named commander for the Italy campaign.
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Steven Burnett
International News Service
Vienna
Przemysl
von Mackensen
Lemberg
Archduke Frederick
Mortara
Novara
Custozza
Lissa
Austria
War Office
Tyrol
Archduke Eugene
Serbia
Italy
Steamship Ethiope Sunk Off Cornwall by U-24
A British steamship of 3794 tons the Ethiope was sunk in the English Channel off the Cornwall coast by the submarine U-24. A first officer and sixteen crew members survived in a recovered boat while the fate of others remains unverified. The vessel, 340 feet long and 47 feet wide, sailed from Liverpool.
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English Channel
London
Ethiope
English
Cornwall
Plymouth
Elder Ice
Liverpool
Turkish Casualties Reported at 60000 in Dardanelles Fighting
Dispatches from Tenedos estimate Turkish casualties in the Dar danelles fighting at 60000. The Eighth and Tenth Syrian divisions have reached Constantinople after a 23 day forced march and are described as exhausted and in bad shape.
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Athens
Dardanelles
Tenedos
Constantinople
Turks Await Developments Reportedly Not Declaring War
A dispatch from Constantinople quotes Talaat Bey the Turkish interior minister saying Turkey has not declared war on Italy and will wait to see if Italy sends ships and troops to aid the allies at the Dardanelles. The report is dated May 31 in Sofia.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Talaat Bey
Constantinople
Turkey
Italy
Dardanelles
Duke Ulrich Wounded in German Army Action
Duke Ulrich of Wuerttemberg fighting with the German army has been wounded in the arm by shrapnel fragment in Amsterdam on May 31. The injury is described as non life threatening and the duke remains under medical care.
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Amsterdam
Duke Ulrich of
Germany Amends Note Over Lusitania Sinking
Berlin says it investigated American claims and seeks frank cooperation. It notes attacks on neutral ships, defends subsurface warfare, and cites British flag abuses and Lusitania cargo of war material. It blames British shipping for the disaster and calls for US inquiry into all facts.
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Berlin
U. S
Washington
Gerard
Cushing
Gulflight
Admiralty
Lusitania
United States
London
Jagow
Woman’s Rule in World: Women Shape Men and History
The New York Press asserts that women mold male greatness and fate, arguing great men arise from great women. It calls for women to realize their own great self, shaping with truth and beauty rather than superficial molds, and notes men’s world crumbles when women abstain from shaping.
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Cato Major
New York Press
State News Items Attempt to Sell Auto at Greenfield
Two 18 year old men Farquaher L Smith and Passmore Dickinson were arrested in Greenfield after trying to dispose of a stolen car robe to fund travel to Indianapolis. They confessed after learning the Indiana license plate belonged to Frank Dunn of Anderson and that the car was reported stolen in Detroit. Authorities in Detroit wired to hold the suspects.
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Greenfield
Detroit
Jalil
Secretary of State
Indiana
Frank Dunn
Anderson
Dunn
Mich
Downey
Sullivan votes dry in Curry township amid women’s push
May 31 note shows Curry township including Shelburn and Farmersburg voting dry by 241. Shelburn has 11 saloons and Farmersburg 3 to close in 90 days. Shelburn’s three precincts dry by 191, Farmersburg by 50. Township wet two years earlier by 157. Quiet election credited to women at polls. Six wet supporters arrested for illegal voting but released.
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Sullivan
Shelburn
Pumper Killed as Farm Boiler Explodes Near Bridgeport
Vincennes man May St. Rhodes, age 23, working on the Applemate farm near Bridgeport, died when a boiler on an Ohio Oil company farm exploded. His body was blown far from the boiler, the head almost severed. It is believed he left the boiler to tend a field and returned to turn on water as it overheated. The body was sent to Vanburen for burial.
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Vincennes
May St
Rhodes
Applemate
Bridgeport
Ohio Oil Company
Vanburen
Pastor Restored to Good Standing in Rochester Assembly
Rev. John Ellis, former pastor of First Presbyterian in Hioomington, was restored to good standing by the general assembly in Rochester, N Y, after an Indianapolis presbytery trial on unbecoming conduct. The reversal cited a technical error in the Martinsville trial.
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Hioomington
John Ellis
First Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Favored as G A R Encampment Site
Strong sentiment favored making Indianapolis the permanent meeting place and securing the national headquarters there. Muncie made a strong appeal for next year’s encampment as the sessions closed.
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Indianapolis
G. A. R. Marion
Muncie
Muncie Man Dies After Railroad Injuries
Chester Kiphart a 32 year old resident of Muncie died at Indianapolis city hospital from injuries suffered after being found unconscious along railroad tracks near Oakland. He had a fractured leg and deep scalp wounds thought to result from a fall from a train while traveling from Taylorville northwest via Anderson to Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Chester Kiiphart
Muncie
Oakland
City Hospital
Kiphart
Taylorville
Anderson
Boy Wins $3,000 Damages In Coal Company Case
Jonas Butler of Linton, sixteen, received $3,000 from the Daviess circuit court after injuries to his left hand while removing a block from under a wheel of a cow car used by Vandalla Coal company. He had sought $16,000.
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Washington
Jonas Butler
Linton
Daviess
Vandalla Coal Company
Cloverdale Man Killed by Train
Cloverdale resident Perry Tlubbard aged seventy and Civil War veteran was instantly killed by a Motion train at Cloverdale crossing. Survived by a widow and one daughter, he had lived in Cloverdale all his life.
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Cloverdale
Greencastle
Perry Tlubbard
Mr. Hubbard
Neighbors and talkitis refrain urged by local columnist
A columnist argues that avoiding talk about neighbors could reduce talkitis across the community. The piece links gossip to social friction and calls for mindful speech.
Denison Coffee Promises Pure Delicacy and Comfort
An advertisement asserts Denison's Coffee as pure and delicious. It repeats the claim twice and pairs with unrelated notes on domestic science and light therapy. The prose includes a humorous remark about educated household science and an excerpt on light penetration and health benefits.
Famous Feats of Archery and Historic Shots
A Washington Star report recounts feats from ancient and modern times. It cites the MacReas of Gairlock hitting a man at 600 yards, Turkish ambassadors shooting 415 yards, a pillar near Constantinople recording shots to 800 yards, and Sir Robert Ainslie noting a 372 yard shot in 1798.
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MacReas
Gairlock
Scotland
London
Constantinople
Robert Ainslie
Sublime Porte
Washington Star
Clear-Headed Bookkeeper Finds Relief With Postum
A chief bookkeeper in a Western city reports nervousness and stomach pain from coffee or tea. After two years on Postum he is well, claims no medicine, and urges others in long mental work to try Postum Cereal or Instant Postum. The ad notes pricing and availability via grocers.
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Postum
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Ilseo
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