President Wilson Begins Summer Vacation Tour
President Wilson leaves Washington at midnight for a summer vacation. He travels to New York and then by private train to Roslin L L, stays the day, proceeds to Trenton for the Federal express to New Haven, then to Cornish arriving Friday afternoon. He will not return to the White House until July 7.
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International News Service
Washington
Wilson
Capital
New York
Col. BE. M. House
Roslin L. L
Trenton
N. J
Federal Express
New Haven
Arive
Cornish
White House
Tornado Pounds Fryars Point Miss Aftermath Destruction
Reports from Fryars Point Mississippi describe the tornado that struck near Clarksdale and leveled most of the town. Ten persons were injured with some fatalities as stores oil mills and homes were demolished.
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Mississippi
Clarksdale
Miss
Fryars Point
Lemberg Re-captured as Austro German Forces Advance
The city of Lemberg capital of Galicia was retaken by Austro German forces after a violent fight. The announcement from Vienna confirms the Second Army recovered the strategic eastern Galician railroad center on June 23 1915. Berlin says Emperor William will lead the army into Lemberg.
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Lemberg
Galicia
International News Service
Vienna
Przemysl
Berlin
Emperor William
von Mackensen
Fall of Lemberg Triggers Berlin Jubilation
Berlin reports wild rejoicing over Lemberg's fall with church bells ringing. German mill experts call it another great step toward final victory. Early figures show 60,000 Russian troops and nine guns captured, though Russians may have salvaged much of their artillery before retreat.
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Berlin
Lemberg
Berlin Estimates Prussian War Losses At One Point Four Million
Amsterdam reports an official Berlin statement listing Prussian casualties at 1,409,489 and damage to German soil amounting to 75 million dollars from the Russian invasion of East Prussia.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
East Prussia
Attorney files rehearing for James in murder case
James C. L. Price, attorney for George James, filed an application for rehearing with the state supreme court in Montgomery. James faces the death sentence for the murder of Clairborne in Cullman County, a verdict recently sustained by the supreme court.
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C. L. Price
George James
Montgomery
State Supreme Court
James
Clairborne
Cullman
Supreme Court
Germany Protests Over US Demands and British Tactics
Berlin reports Germany counters that British merchant ships endanger American lives by attacking German submarines. Overseas News Agency cites a London Daily Chronicle story describing the Cameronia from New York attempting to ram a submarine, which submerged. The piece argues such tactics justify Germany's submarine warfare stance and no change will occur.
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International News Service
Berlin
Germany
Today
London Daily Chronicle
Cameronia
New York
Chronicle
America
Austrians Shell Coast of Italy in Adriatic Raid
Vienna reports a swift Austrian naval raid along the Adriatic coast of Italy. Cruisers and destroyers swept about 200 miles shelling railroad bridges and sinking a steamer before returning safely to port.
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International News Service
Vienna
Adriatic
Italy
Heavy snows halt Italian highland advance in World War I
Rome June 23 heavy snow in the heights where Italian forces advance against Austria slows operations almost completely in the high mountains. On lower terrain the two sides engage in a large artillery duel as Italians reach Austrian steel and concrete defenses needing reduction before resuming the push.
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International News Service
Rome
Italians Fight on the Dardanelles
London report says an Italian fleet sailed from Taranto to Ténedos to join the Anglo French squadron in operations against the Dardanelles, per the Exchange Telegraph’s Copenhagen correspondent.
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International News Service
London
Taranto
Ténedos
Dardenelles
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagan
British Note on Seizure Reaches U S State Department
Washington June 23 The British memorandum on the seizure by Britain of American goods bound for neutral ports was received at the state department. Officials would not say if the note would alter the two month old protest to England and the document will not be made public until certified by Secretary Lansing.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Berlin
Lusitania
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Germany
U.S
State Department
Great Britain
London
England
Britain
Lansing
Department
National Lumber Company Sues L C Day for 125
Suit filed in Morgan County Law and Equity court by National Lumber Company against L C Day seeking $125 on a promissory note.
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Morgan County Law and Equity
National Lumber Company
L. C. Day
Zeppelins Bomb Armstron g Munition Works in England
Berlin dispatch says zeppelin bombs hit the Armstrong Munition works at South Shields England on June 15 destroying navy yards and arsenals and causing immense damage. Seventeen people killed.
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Berlin
Overseas Agency
Armstrong
South Sheilds
England
Plot to Lynch Negro Suspect Foiled at Joliet Prison
A plot to lynch Chicken Joe Campbell, a black convict thought to have killed Mrs. Edward Allen, wife of the penitentiary warden, was uncovered in Joliet Illinois. Convicts planned to rush Campbell’s cell at lunch, but a trusty inmate revealed the plan and it was stopped.
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International News Service
Joilet
Chicken Joe” Campbell
Edward Allen
Campbell
Trusty
Earthquake Kills Twenty in Imperial Valley
News from Los Angeles reports that twenty people died in last night’s earthquake in the Imperial Valley. Property loss nears four million dollars as communication lines are restored, with Calexico and El Cajon among hardest hit.
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Los Angeles
Imperial Valley
Calexivo
el, Cajon Ab Peria
Earthquake Kills Eighty in Centro and Six in Calexico
Brawley Cal June 23 report says a major quake last night killed eighty people in Centro and six in Calexico. In El Centro damage is estimated at two hundred thousand dollars.
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Brawley
Cal
Centro
Calexico
Tn el Centro
Thaw Testifies on Sanity in Day One of Trial
Harry K Thaw took the stand as the first witness today in the sanity trial following nine years in prison for the Stanford White slaying He told of his escape from Matteawan on August 7 1913 and his movements in Canada and New Hampshire Officials said more witnesses would follow including jurors who testified they believed Thaw sane
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International News Service
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
John B. Stanchfield
Cook
Henry
Pittsburgh
Mattewan
Canada
New Hampshire
Matteawan
New Orleans Smashes Heat Record at 102 Degrees
New Orleans daily records show a high of 102 degrees yesterday, surpassing the 1903 record of 101.8. one prostration was reported as heat wave conditions continued.
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New Orleans
Court grants rule nisi against Speyer and Cassell over Privy Council access
London court actions target two eminent British financiers Sir Edward Speyer and Sir Ernest Cassell born in Germany. The rule nisi orders them to show by what authority they sit on the Privy Council following an application by Sir George McGill.
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London
Edward Speyer
Ernest Cassell
Great Britain
George McGill
King’s Bench Court
Nisi
Speyer
Cassel
Privy Council
Guards Protect Governor Slaton’s Home in Georgia
Atlanta June 23 The Georgia militia still guards Gov John M Slaton’s rural home under martial law within a half mile Tents dot the area and a stay of one or two days is planned Demonstrations occur across the state with more Slaton effigies burned or hanged but no serious disorder The tense climate has prompted many Jews to leave Marietta and others to prepare to depart
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Atlanta
John M. Slaton
English Labor Work for Nation Unites in War Effort
London June 23 Labor and the government agreed to work in harmony supplying all munitions of war to wage the fight against Germany. Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons that an agreement had been reached. The move followed the disappointing news of the loss of Lemberg and offered a softened response to that setback.
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International News Service
London
Labor
Germany
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Welch
Lemberg
County Illiteracy Campaign Formed in Morgan County
Morgan County officials led by Supt. J C Tidwell organized a county illiteracy drive with a committee from the board of education and district governors. Moonlight schools will run for day workers and volunteers will teach in many districts as eighty school districts set up local committees and Timed plans for the August 2 opening.
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Morgan County
J. C. Tidwell
Morgan County Teachers Association
Hartselle
Tidwell
County Board of Education
G. W. Peck
Pierce Patillo
J. S. Davis
R. L. Garner
Prof. Tidwell
A. H. Bowers
Lacy Springs
E. T. Smith
Joppa
J.L. Rountree
D. C. Almon
New Decatur
J. H. Riddle
Harttselle
A. PB. Murphree
Falkville High School
John D. Wyker
Decatur
Supt. Tidwell
New Carrier System Inaugurated Amid Favorable Outlook
The paper reports a new carrier system launched on Monday with optimism. Carriers are busy, many new starts noted, few stops, and the initiative is expected to become a big success.
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