Russians Suffer Defeats in Recent Fighting Across Fronts
London reports from Rome, Constantinople and Havre say Russian troops near Oli were repulsed by Turkish forces at the Karabagh Heights with heavy losses as three thousand yards of trenches were taken. Austrian German forces push west through Galicia after recapturing Przemysl and Lemberg.
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London
Rome
Constantinople
Havre
Oli
Karabagh Heights
Kale Beghazi
Africa
Kumissenje
Lake Kivu
Austria
Lemberg
Galicia
Berlin
Balkans
Cracow
Carpathian Mountains
Hungary
Bukowina
Przemysl
Grodek
Sanitary Deficit Plagues Russian Army Amid Morale Woes
A Petrograd dispatch reports demoralized Russian finances and poor army equipment. It notes a brittle social order, reliance on punitive measures, officer shortages, and severe sanitary service shortages with calls to recruit Norwegian doctors and repatriate skilled physicians.
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Saroniki
Servia
Danube
Norway
Russians Retire From Lemberg In Good Order
Despatches from Petrograd say the Russians are retiring from Lemberg in good order. North of Lemberg the Slav right wing attacked the enemy flank and wiped out three companies. In southeast Galicia the Slavs took a thousand prisoners and threaten Volhynia. Over fifty Rosenbaum clerks had a basket picnic at Narrows Park after leaving the city at six.
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London
Lemberg
Petrograd
Rava Ruska
Galicia
Volhynia
Rosenbaum Department Store
Narrows Park
Thaw Remains Confident As Sanity Trial Opens
New York June 24 Harry K Thaw enters his seventh freedom bid nine years after the Stanford White murder with strong confidence. Alienists will testify on his sanity while Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw may not be called. Prominent Thaw family members attend, with plans for a Pacific coast trip if victory comes.
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Harry
New York
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
Vic
Justice Hendrick
Thaw
Hihs
John B. Stanchfield
Morgan J
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Mrs. Thaw
William C. Thaw
George Lauder Carnegie
Pacific Coast
Panama-Pacific
Harrington and Lewis praise McMullen candidacy in Maryland
Frederick Maryland June 24 Emerson C Harrington state comptroller launched Western Maryland campaign for governor at Woodsboro with David J Lewis as speaker Lewis commends Harrington praising his experience as insurance commissioner and state comptroller and urges support for McMullen for comptroller while warning against city dominance over counties
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Frederick
Emerson C. Harrington
Maryland
Woodsboro
David J. Lewis
Eastern Shore
Frederick County
Harrington
Board of Public Works
Vandiver
Chase
New York
Baltimore City
Lewis Lauds
Hartington
Lewis
Emerson C. Harington
Harrington and
Lee
Baltimore
McMullen
Hugh A. McMullen
Cacenada
Allegany
Belfield Rally Sparks Panic In Garage Meeting
In Belfield North Dakota on June 24 a minister condemned European war in a garage gathering. The terrified crowd fled as bangs and crashes echoed. A stray dog with tin cans on its tail charged the aisle, ending up in the pulpit area as the crowd reacted with shock and amusement.
Preacher Bitten by Fighting Dogs in Martinsburg Incident
Rev. Dr. J. S. Webster, pastor of the Hancock Presbyterian Church, is hospitalized in Martinsburg after attempting to separate two fighting dogs that attacked a group of ladies and children. He suffered a bite on the hand. rabies not feared and blood poisoning expected to be prevented.
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J. S. Webster
Presbyterian Church At
Hancock
City Hospital
Martinsburg
Brunswick Juniors Plan Fourth of July Celebration
Brunswick Council No. 21 Jr Order of A M will host their third annual Fourth of July event in City Park Brunswick on the evening of July 5th. Organizers expect growing attendance and a successful program as in prior years.
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Brunswick
Brunswick Council
No. 21, Jr
A. Ms
German Reply to Make Concessions
Berlin reports that Germany will consider concessions in line with humanitarian principles as it replies to the second American note. It may offer assurances that neutral lives will be safeguarded and propose distinguishing marks for non contraband vessels. Bethmann-Hollweg aims for a swift Washington reply and a conciliatory tone.
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Berlin
Germany
Wilson
America
von Bethmann
Washington
England's War Chief 65 Today
London papers mark Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum turning sixty five. The article recalls his 1879 France service with Chanzy and his Sudan campaigns, highlighting his calm method and decisive action and noting his peerage and grants for Khartum and Khartoum campaigns.
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England
Viscount Kitchener of
Khartom
Lord Kitchener
France
Chanzy
Toire
Paris
County Kerry
Ireland
Kitchener
Royal Military Academy
Wolwich
Royal Engineers
Palestine
Cyprus
Osman Digna
Handub
Soudanes
Osman
Gemaizeh
Sudan
Sir Francis Grenfell
Egypt
Khartum
Omdurman
Baron Kitchener of
Weller Denies Rumor of Deal With Weeks
F E Weller of the State Roads Commission denied a report that he pledged to deliver Maryland's Republican delegation to Senator John Weeks of Massachusetts if Weeks is elected governor. The denial followed speculation of a 1930s political pact before the national convention.
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Weller
Deal
F E. Weller
State Roads Commission
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Maryland
Weeks
Dernburg Detained at Kirkwall as War Zone Vessels Held
British authorities at Kirkwall detained the Norwegian steamer Bergensfjord and the Swedish vessel Varing, with Dr Bernhard Dernburg and his wife aboard the Bergensfjord. The action aims to inspect Scandinavian ships entering the war zone to prevent cargo disputes. Dernburg is expected to reach Germany with an Allied safe conduct pass.
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London
Kirkwall
Bergensfjord
Bernhard Deburg
Varing
Saveannah
Kirkwal
Bergensfiord
Dernburg
Germany
Tragedy in Kittening as Lovers Shoot and Self
At Kittening Pennsylvania Samuel Olinger aged twenty shot and fatally wounded his sweetheart Estelle Wood eighteen then killed himself at two o clock this morning in her home following a quarrel earlier in the evening authorities report the names of those involved.
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Kittening
Samuel Olinger
Estelle Wood
Olinger
Equal Suffrage League Organizes in Morgan County
Berkeley Springs West Virginia June 24 Mrs J Gale Ebert of Parkersburg head of the West Virginia Equal Suffrage League and Mrs Wesley North Stoner organizer spent three days here organizing a county branch. Officers named president Mrs H C V Campbell vice president Mrs Sallie Horn secretary W H Whisner treasurer Mrs H W Bayer and an active 60 member group pledged for equal suffrage. Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney H W Bayer urged suffrage at an opera house meeting.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
J. Gale Ebert
Parkersburg
Equal Suffrage League of
West Virginia
Robert W. Little
Cumberland
Wesley North Stoner
H.C.V. Campbell
Sallie Horn
W. H. Whisner
H. W. Bayer
Morgan County
Opera House
Mormon Church Planned in Buck Valley Pennsylvania
The Mormon church plans to build a church this summer in Buck Valley Fulton county near Piney Grove. Three elders of the church were there recently to plan the church. Prominent Fulton county residents including Moses Hess of Pigeon Cove and a director of The First National Bank of Hancock Maryland have embraced the Mormon faith.
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Buck Valley
Fulton County
Piney Grove
Moses Hess
Pigeon Cove
First National Bank of
Hancock, Md
Shells kill both at hospital during German attack
Paris reports German shells struck the St Sacrament hospital killing several sister nurses. The incident occurred amid ongoing fighting on the Arrasya front as German forces pressed their advance.
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Paris
St. Sacrament Pital
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