General Scott urges army of 1 to 2 million men
General Hugh A. Scott testified before the Senate Military Affairs Committee that the United States must raise an army of 1 000 000 to 2 000 000 men to deter invasion. He endorsed universal conscription for ages 18 to 21 and warned that European powers or a coalition could land tens to hundreds of thousands on U.S. shores. The White House signaled war-fleet expansion faces opposition as Congress debates the size of the armed forces.
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Washington
Hugh A. Scott
United States Army
Committee On Military Affairs
Wilson
Scott
Navy
Congress
Daniels
Europe
United States
Austria
Germany
France
Villa kills Hearst aid in Mexico
El Paso reports from Madero that Villa executed Patrick Keene a 60 year old English subject and accountant for the Babicora ranch owned by William Randolph Hearst. Keene was taken to show Villa the location of valuables and was executed after he reportedly declined.
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el Paso
Tex
Madero
Villa
Patrick Keene
Babicora
William Randolph Hearst
Keene
Mader and
Pearsons
Hearst
Steel workers reject offer at By-Products Coke plant
Sharon Pennsylvania. About 150 mechanics electricians and battery men at Carnegie Steel Co subsidiary By-Products Coke plant in Farrell walk out. They oppose a 10 percent wage increase set to take effect February 1 by United States Steel Corp. The strike may spread to other departments. Mayor Moody orders saloons closed temporarily.
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Moody
Brumbaugh charters panel on anthracite cause in Pa
Pennsylvania Governor Brumbaugh names a commission to probe the advance in anthracite coal prices following a state Supreme Court ruling that the anthracite tax is unconstitutional. The report notes legal and economic implications for the industry and state finances.
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Harrisburg
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Detroit
Henry Ford
W. C. Durant
Barcelona
Spain
Washington
Supreme Court
Wilson
Blue
Public Health Service
Joseph Johnson
New York
Gaynor
Fort William
Progressive party eyes merger with Republicans in Chicago
The Progressive National Committee in Chicago voted June 7 to hold a joint convention with the Republican Party to seek a shared candidate and platform. Leaders say the move aims to unite Progressive strength while preserving the party identity, with George W. Perkins speaking for Roosevelt and noting the ticket may not be Roosevelts. The platform emphasizes social justice, regulated business, budget efficiency, tariff reform, equal suffrage, and a strong merchant marine.
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Chicago
Progressive Party
Republican Party
George W. Perkins
Roosevelt
Mr. Perkins
Mexicans kill 17 Americans near Chihuahua city
F B Holmes, last man on a Mexican Northwestern train, escaped after bandits stripped and executed seventeen Americans by a firing squad near Chihuahua city. He reached Chihuahua after hearing the gunfire while fleeing through the brush.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
F. B. Holmes
Chihuahua
German Emperor Wilhelm II Recovery Reported
Rome reports say the German Emperor Wilhelm II will resume work soon after a throat growth required a minor operation. Sources in Germany via Switzerland indicate a delicate nature of the organs demanded careful post operative care and rest.
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Wilhelm
Rome
Germany
Switzerland
No Armory Boxing Decision Delayed by Whitman
Gov. Whitman leaves boxing in armories to military officers. Albany report says it is unlikely boxing will be allowed in state armories as Adjt General Stotesbury notes the governor deems use of state property for boxing unwise. No State Athletic Commission orders issued.
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Whitman
Albany
N. Y
Adjt
L. W. Stotesbury
State Athletic Commission
Assembly
State House
Smith
Augustus L. Clark
Trenton
House
Atlantic
Bergen
Burlington
Cape May
Cumberland
Morris
Kansas Health U K Lowest Death Rate Attributed To Its Or y Rule
Kansas records a death rate of 9.8 per 1000, cited by W J V Peacon of the Kansas Statistics Bureau as due to abstaining from liquor, affluence, and literacy enabling avoidance of hazard. He calls this the ory rule shaping the state’s health outcome.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Union
W. J. V. Peacon
Kansas Statistics Bureau
Allied Gallipoli Evacuation and Balkan Front Updates
British forces in Mesopotamia, 45,000 strong, are surrounded by Turkish forces near Kut el Amara with 10,000 bottled up and 35,000 retreating toward Basra. Austrian German advances take Mount Lovcen as Montenegrins surrender Berane while Russia and Romanians fight along a broad front. Gallipoli evacuation completes with minimal casualties. King Edward VII battleship loss confirmed. Hartmanns Weilerkopf trench positions regained by Germany.
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Constantinople
Mesopotamia
Basra
Kut-el-Amara
Tigris
Bagdad
Tami- Ali-Gharbi
Kut-el- Amara
Sheik
Berlin
Asquith
Churchill
Dardanelles
Champagne
Gallipoli
London
War Office
Charles Monro
Amsterdam
Seddul Bahr
Admiralty
New Jersey
Hartmanns-Weilerkopf
Hirzstein
Paris
Daily Mail Denies German Milk Shortage Claim
The Daily Mail rejects the claim that German babies lack milk. It cites a German census of dairy cattle, arguing milk output could meet infant needs if not diverted to nitroglycerine production, and notes reports that dairy cows are being slaughtered.
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Daily Mail
London
The
Koeinische Zeitung
Volkzeitung
Opened letters reach London embassy after censor
Private American mails opened by censors arrive at the American Embassy and Consulate in London. Officials collect these letters as potential evidence for a protest against the extension of censorship, while embassy mail remains largely untouched.
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London
War News Roundup: Sinking, Front Shifts, and Political Moves
The British steamship Clan Macfarlane was sunk in the Mediterranean with thirteen lascars dying in lifeboats. Russians extend front to hold thirty four miles along the Stripa River east bank. Irish Nationalists abandon conscription opposition. Turkish War Office says enemy transport sunk near Dardanelles with heavy losses. Asquith notes no deaths in Gallipoli evacuation. Germans seize trenches northwest of Messines. French counterattack fails. German aircraft attack Furnes rear guard. Austrian force invades Montenegro.
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Clan Macfarlane
Mediterranean
Stripa
Turkish War Office
Dardanelles
Ife
Asquith
House of Commons
Gallipolis
Champagne
Massiges
Furnes
Montenegro
State Board Seeks Funds for Normal School Upgrades
The State Board of Education approved seeking additional funds from the Legislature to expand the State Normal School. Planned upgrades include $59,000 for maintenance, $25,000 for fire protection with an automatic sprinkler system and fireproof stairway, $12,000 for repairs, and $10,000 for practice teaching.
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Trenton
State Board of Education
State Normal School
James M. Green
Melvin E. Rice
Normal Schools Committee
W. S. Wills
Newark Normal School
Newark
Charles J. Baxter
Kendall
Oliver J. Morelock
Essex Schools
Walker
New Jersey Takes Grand Sweepstake Prize for Apples
John H. Barclay of Cranbury wins the Grand Sweepstake prize of 50 dollars at the world apple competition in Rochester for the best three varieties Staymen's Winesap Rome Beauty and White Ohio Pippin grown and packed by Barclay. The New Jersey entry narrowly loses to Canada in total points 92112 to 9314. The report also notes canal survey progress and a move to establish a Presbyterian home with a treasurer and forming committee members.
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Fon J. M. Barclay
Washington
Idaho
Virginia
New Jersey
Canada
Barclay
Winesap
Rome
Beauty
Ohio
State Board of Commerce and Navigation
Garrison
Fielder
Cresson
Presbyterian Home
Synod of New Jersey
Atlantic City
Joseph H. Wright
Joseph E. Curry
Cranbury
W. Beach
Princeton
Francis Palmer
Trenton
W. W. Woodward
Newton
Thomas J. Arnold
Paterson
Josephh. Wright
D. C. English
New Brunswick
E. B. Cobb
Elizabeth
Synod
John F. Patterson
Orange
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Lagazuoi
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