Germans Launch a Great Offensive Across Fronts
London reports Kaiser Wilhelm directing a broad assault by land sea and air as German submarines sink thirteen ships including the Penfield and two English trawlers. The offensive targets British and French lines near Ypres Hooge Old Flanders Arras and Galicia with Zeppelins poised for port strikes and Mackensen holding a strategic position north of Przemysl.
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London
Kaiser Wilhelm
Empire
Ypres
Hooge
Old Flanders
Galicia
von Tirpitz
Penfield
English Channel
Lowestoft
Teutons
Arras
Paris
von Mackensen
Przemysl
Lemberg
Suffrage Granted to All Danes by King's Signature Today
Copenhagen reports King Christian concluding a forty year struggle by signing a new constitution giving women full suffrage and abolishing electoral property qualifications. The reform shifts upper house selection from Crown nominees and ends landowner dominance.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Australia
New Zealand
Norway
Finland
Iceland
Landsting
Hyndman Resolves on New Road Project
Yesterday was Good Roads Day in Hyndman with both borough and township residents helping build a new road from the town north to the borough line. The Enterprise Lime and Ballast Co supplied materials, and local ladies prepared a dinner for all workers as the project aims to rival state highways.
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Hyndman
Enterprise Lime & Ballast Co
Russian Prince Killed in Battle Near Prezmysl
Petrograd dispatches report Prince Mouchransky son in law of Grand Duke Constantine was killed in the battle that preceded Prezmysl’s fall. He commanded a squadron of cavalry and died in action as Russian forces advanced.
New Charter For Ancient City
St Augustine voters face a special election to decide on a new charter adopting a commission form with a city manager. The charter has Chamber and business support and aims to modernize governance in the old city.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Chamber
Suffrage Leaders Meet in Chicago to Plan Campaign
National American Woman Suffrage Association board members and leaders gather in Chicago to confer on a campaign to secure action on the equal suffrage amendment by the Sixty fourth Congress. Dr Anna Howard Shaw Senator Helen King Robinson Pattie Jacobs Alice Stone Blackwell B Valentine and other prominent suffragists are expected to attend.
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Chicago
Ill
National Board
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Philadelphia
Helen King Robinson
Colorado
Pattie R. Jacobs
Alabama
Alice Stone Blackwell
Boston
B. B. Valentine
Virginia
Zeppelins Raid English Coast with Few Casualties
London reports Zeppelins raided the east and southeast coast of England last night. The assault caused limited damage and few casualties, with authorities assessing the impact and continuing wartime security measures.
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London
England
Jane Addams meets Italian Foreign Secretary in Rome
Jane Addams, American peace advocate, meets Baron Sonnino the Italian Foreign Minister in Rome. She presents the Hague Peace Conference resolutions as Ambassador Page introduces her.
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Jane Addams
SEC
Rome
Baron Sonnino
The
Hague
Ambassador Page
Miss Addams
Suffrage Leaders Gather in Chicago for 64th Congress Plan
Suffrage leaders from many states meet in Chicago for the first mid year conference of the National American Woman Suffrage Association to map plans for influencing the forthcoming sixty fourth Congress. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw presides with speeches by Alice Stone Blackwell and Harriet Taylor Upton as leaders outline federal state work.
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Chicago
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Medill McCormick
Congressional Committee
National Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Alice Stone Blackwell
Boston
Woman's Journal
Harriet Taylor Upton
Ohio
Upton
Elizabeth Hauser
Frank M. Roessing
Hannah Patterson
Pennsylvania
Raymond Brown
James Lees Laidlaw
Stanley McCormick
New York
Henry Wade
Potato Bin Burglar Caught By Frostburg Home
A man burglarized the Spier home on Standish Street in Frostburg last night, lighting paper on the floor to see while filling a sack from the potato bin. He fled after being struck. The thief is believed to have entered Horace Evans's home on Main Street as well, taking milk and tomatoes.
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Frostburg
Thomas F. Spier
Standish Street
Spier
Submarine Commander Guides Neutral Ship Through Mines
Stockholm report says German submarine 26 28 boarded the Danish steamer Nidaros and steered her through a mine belt while the crew was blindfolded. An officer dropped anchor, another sub joined to escort to Cuxhaven for crew examination. One Russian detained. Danes released as cargo not contraband. The Nidaros, 1300 tons, arrived Grimsby then Humber mouth. The subship possessed water and oil tanks and several guns.
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Stockholm
Nidaros
Grimsby
Morgenbladet
Oficer
Helgoland
Cuxhaven
The
Humber
Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine resumes July 1
The Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine will resume publication with the July issue. Correspondents from division centers are told to submit material by July 4. L. E. Van Sant remains editor. the magazine had been discontinued during retrenchment measures.
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Baltimore and Ohio
L. E. van Sant
Local marksmen enter Maryland State Shoot in Baltimore
A group of clay shooters in South Cumberland practice daily at a trap site and enter the Maryland State Shoot in Baltimore starting June 8 for three days. It marks the first trap event here since the Cumberland Shooting Club folded. Frank Billmeyer, who recently posted 171 of 175 birds at a Milton Pennsylvania event, is among entrants.
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South Cumberland
Maryland
Baltimore
Cumberland Shooting Club
Camp Hill
Frank Billmeyer
Milton
Bomb threats and arrest linked to Cunard Line letters
Detectives at New York's general post office arrested Frederick Stillwagon of Long Island on charges of mailing 14 threatening letters to Cunard Line officials demanding 20 000 to 25 000. Police say he admitted mailing the letters and threatened to blow up Cunard vessels, with claims tying a bomb to the Lusitania disaster.
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New York
General Post
Frederick Stillwagon
Long Island
Cunard Line
Stilwagon
Lusitania
Protest Against Water Rate Increase In Mountain Lake Park
A protest against higher water rates was sent to the Public Service Commission from Mountain Lake Park with a testimony hearing hoped around June 14. Afterward, a joint meeting of the Community Board Mountain Lake Fork Association and the water company will follow. Loch Lynn Heights residents also protested the proposed increase.
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Mountain Lake Park
Public Service Commission
E Rudisiti
Mountain Lake Fork Association
Water Company
Loch Lynn Heights
Miller in line for Frostburg signing from Buckeye league
George Miller an outfielder with Canton in the Buckeye League seeks a berth on Frostburg. He holds the highest batting average in his league and is understood to be signed by Manager Spates.
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George Miller
Canton
Frostburg
Miller
Spates
Bedford to Build Modern 75-Room Inn on Corfe Site
Ft Bedford Inn plans a 75 room hotel with hot and cold water in every room on the Corfe House site at Penn and Richard streets. A state charter is sought and Johnstown architect has completed plans. Demolition of the Corfe House would start around September 16 if schedules hold.
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Bedford
Bedford Inn
Corfe House
Penn and
Richard Streets
Johnstown
Italy Will Be A Big Horse Purchaser
Lincoln Nebraska information from horse buyers indicates Italy will buy many horses from the middle western states soon. Orders already placed for tested and inspected horses for consignments. An 80,000 mule order for Europe is being filled with shipments moving as carloads arrive in Nebraska.
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Italy
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Middle Western States
Naval Academy Midshipmen Set for Summer Cruise
Eight hundred midshipmen at Annapolis prepare for the annual summer cruise bound for the San Francisco exposition via the Panama Canal with stops at Los Angeles and other ports. Under Rear Admiral Fullam the fleet will sail aboard the battleships Ohio, Wisconsin, and Missouri for a voyage of over 10 000 miles from tomorrow until August 30.
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Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
San Francisco Exposition
Panama Canal
Los Angeles
Fullam
Su~ent
The
Academy
Ohio
Wispia
Missouri
Jesuit Father Reid to celebrate fiftieth anniversary
The Hoy Thomas A. Reid, a well known Jesuit priest in America, will mark fifty years since his ordination at St Ignatius Church in Brooklyn. Born in New York 75 years ago, he was ordained in Rome in 1865 and has served since 1872 in Mary land New York province parishes. Florence claims Emmett Jackson Rutley as the Souths youngest minister, noting his approaching nineteenth birthday and recent license to preach by the Jackson district conference.
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New York
Thomas A. Reid
America
St. Ignatius’ Church
Brooklyn
Father Reid
Rome
Maryland-New York
Florence
Miss
South
Emmett Jackson Rutley
Jackson District
Methodist Caured
Rutlege
Burbank Day at the Big Fair Honors Plant Wizard Creations
In San Francisco on June 5 visitors to the exposition viewed trees showing four fruit varieties in the Palace of Horticulture. The celebration marked Burbank Day and the Plant Wizard’s latest creations were featured. Fifty thousand seed packages were distributed as souvenirs.
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San Francisco
Cal
Burbank
Palace of Horticulture
Pueblo Nails: World’s Oldest Factory Makes Tiny to Giant Nails
In Pueblo Colorado on June 5 the city houses the world’s oldest nail factory, producing vast quantities of nails from microscopic brads to 12 by 3 8 inch spikes. Machines hammer 200 spikes per minute, with 500 brads needed per spike head. One year’s output could circle the globe.
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Pueblo
Col
Rockefeller's Steel
Blockade Declared on Asia Minor Coast by English Government
London reports the English government has declared a blockade of the Asia Minor coast. The measure became effective on June 2.
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London
Asia Minor
Romania Fails to Join Allies as War Prospects Shift
The Allies fail to persuade Romania to join Italy and the Allies. Russia and Romania end negotiations as Przemysl offensives cease and neutral sentiment grows in Bulgaria and Romania. King Constantine's health crisis in Greece and ammo shortages for the Allies influence German strategy.
Japan to act with Allies in European war
Tokyo June 5 Foreign Minister Kato announced in the house of peers that Great Britain France Russia Italy and Japan have agreed to take no independent action related to the European war.
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Tokio
Kato
House of Peers
Budget Committee
Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Japan
Death sentence for German spy Muller
London reports a German spy Muller was sentenced to death by shooting after a camera trial before Lord Chief Justices Avery and Lush. Hahn received seven years penal servitude. Muller and Hahn, with Kuepferte, were accused of sending military information to Germany by invisible ink.
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London
Muller
Hahn
Old Batley
Avery
Lush
Court of Criminal Appeal
Multer
Anton Kuepferte
Brixton
Germany
Kuepferte
Brooklyn
Thaw Sanity Trial Challenge Before New York Court
Deputy Attorney General Alfred Becker sought a writ of prohibition to stop empaneling a jury to test Harry K. Thaw's sanity. He argued the jury trial perverted habeas corpus aims while John B. Stanchfield urged against the writ.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred Becker
Court of Appeals
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Potato planting boosts Maryland farm output
In Deer Park Maryland during June a Har farm tills 22 acres with potatoes while another farmer at Me Lake Park plants 200 potatoes indicating active potato cultivation in the region.
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Deer Park
Me Lake Park
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Zahle
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Panama Fair
Jesuite
Rumania
Perlin
Rusmania
Romania
Praemensl
Lokal Anzeiger
Jalby
Bulgaria
Constantine
Athens
Petrograd
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