Germany Dismisses Spy Claims As Sensational London Report
Berlin reports a German government denial that Dr. Meyer Gerhard is Alfred Meyer and that a detective agency supplied a gun agent to Berlin. The U S state department says charges aim to disrupt peace efforts with Germany over the Lusitania dispute.
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Berlin
London
Anton Maeyer Gerhard
New York
Count von Bernstorff
von Jagow
Solf
Colonial Office
Meyer-Gerhard
Alfred Meyer
Washington
State Department
Germany
Cedarhurst
S. 1
Department of State
Gerhard
Red Cross
United States
Lusitania
Russians Admit Losses as Germans Advance in Shavli Area
Petrograd reports occupation of additional villages in Shavli district and areas east of Mariampol by German forces. The San front in West Galicia remains fiercely contested with fresh Austro German troops entering the battle.
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Petrograd
Shavli
Mariampol
War Office
San
Galicia
Zeppelin Destroyer Warneford Dies After Flight
Paris June 19 Lieut Reginald A J Warneford VC and Legion of Honor recipient who destroyed a Zeppelin over Belgium with a bomb was killed Thursday after falling from his aeroplane at Duc France American war correspondent Henry Beacher Needham also died as a passenger.
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Paris
Reginald A. J. Warneford
Belgium
Duc
France
Henry Beacher Needham
Turkish transports sunk in Golden Horn by British sub
London report says nearly five thousand Turkish troops perished when three transports were sunk in the Golden Horn harbor at Constantinople by a British submarine. Only a few soldiers were saved. the submarine reportedly escaped unharmed.
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Golden Horn
London
Constantinople
Tenedos
Grand Duke Constantinovitch Dies in Petrograd
Grand Duke Constantin Constantinovitch, president of the Imperial Academy of Defences and head of military schools, died in Petrograd of heart disease at fifty seven.
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Petrograd
Constantin Constantinovitch
Imperial Academy of Defences
Gorgas Receives Honorary Degree From Georgetown
Washington June 1 Surgeon General William G Gorgas has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Georgetown University for his work in the Panama Canal Zone.
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Gorgas
Washington
William G. Gorgas
Georgetown University
Panama Canal Zone
Marines Ready to Steam From San Diego for Mexican Rescue
Six hundred marines and bluejackets are ordered to San Diego to proceed to the rescue of about one hundred Americans near Esperanza Sonora where Yaqui Indians again threaten settlers. Rear Admiral Howard will command the expeditionary force aboard the Colorado with Raleigh and Buffalo watching Guaymas. Consul Hostetter reports crops and horses destroyed and lives imperiled. The Colorado may stop at Tabari Bay as Americans move twenty five miles inland.
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Washington
San Diego
Hiperanza
Sonora
Mexico
Galiors
Howard
Colorado
Raleigh
Buffalo
Guaymas
Hostetter
Hermosillo
Hsperanza Valley
Tabari Bay
United States
Galveston
Tex
Ville
Monterey
Villa
Carranza
British trawler Argyll sunk. seven drown in North Sea
Telegraphic notes report the British trawler Argyll sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea with seven crew members drowned. Other items note Bishop Wilson confined by asthma, John Redmond's illness, Thaw sanity trial date set, and Penn’s largest class of 770 graduates.
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Hull
England
North Sea
Baltimore
Alpheus W. Wilson
Methodist Episcopal Church South
London
John E. Redmond
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Hendrick
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Talks Planned Between Gerard and Kaiser to Ease Crisis
Washington reports Ambassador Gerard is to meet Kaiser Wilhelm before Germany replies to Washington. Officials confirm the plan, highlighting its potential to shape diplomacy. Berlin had indicated Germany was not initially moved to accept U.S. mediation on submarine warfare and the England blockade issue.
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Washington
Gerard
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Berlin
Waa
United States
England
Illinois law upheld on railroad car delivery case
The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed a ruling requiring railroads to furnish cars within a reasonable time after shippers offer property for transport. The Mulberry Mill Coal Company of Freeburg won $716.92 against the Illinois Central Railway in Illinois courts, a decision upheld by the state supreme court.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Allinois
Mulberry Mill Coal Company
Freeburg
Mil
Nmnois
Ilinola Central Railway
Tiie
Supreme Court of
Ilinoly
Pair Crushed Under Auto In Logansport Incident
Mr and Mrs Fred Lorke were pinned under their overturned car in Logansport Indiana and found unconscious. They were rushed to a hospital where doctors say they are dying from their injuries.
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Logansport
Ind
Fred Lorke
British Warship Aground Observed in Kafula Bay
A Turkish aviator reports sighting a British Agamemnon type warship grounded in Kafula bay on Island of Imbros. The deck is described as almost completely submerged.
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Amsterdam
Kafula Bay
Island
Imbros
Airmen Kill Eleven in Berlin Attack Report
Berlin reports eleven civilians killed and six injured in the open town of Berlsruhe bombed by enemy airmen. One enemy aircraft was brought down by German flyers, occupants killed, another forced to land near Schirmesk. In the western theater French losses persist as they try to breach the line between Lieven and Arras.
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Berlin
Berlsruhe
Schirmesk
Lieven
Arras
Moulin Sous Touvent
Champagne
Perthes
Lesmesnil
Peace in Mexico Hopes Rise From Wilson and Villa Envoy Talks
Washington reports President Wilson and Manuel Bonilla express optimism for an early peaceful settlement in Mexico. Wilson says the situation is taking shape and a peaceful arrangement is possible with strong hopes. The State Department awaits Carranza’s reply to Villa’s telegram proposing talks on establishing permanent peace.
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Washington
Wilson
Manuel Bonilla
General Villa
Mexico
Ronlin
State Department
Carranza
Declares She's No Quitter McAdoo Returns to Nursing
New York reports Miss Misa Nona McAdoo daughter of the secretary of the treasury arrived on the Rochambeau. She has done Red Cross work in France and vowed she is not a quitter, intending to return to France to nurse wounded soldiers despite her father’s objection. She weighs under 100 pounds.
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Nona McAdoo
Red Cross
France
New York
Rochambeau
Misa Nona McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Miss McAdoo
Strathnairn Torpedoed. 22 Crew Feared Drowned
Word reached London that the steamer Strathnairn, 4,336 tons, was torpedoed in the Irish Channel. Twenty-two crew members are thought drowned. A Dutch fishing boat Broskona was blown up by a mine off the Belgian coast. four crewmen drowned.
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London
Strathnairn
Broskona Haa
890-Pound Woman Dies in Kansas
Mabel Hammond, 26, once declared the heaviest woman in Kansas, died in Harlan on a Thursday from a stomach ailment. She weighed 890 pounds.
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Harlan
Kan
Mabel Hammond
Kansas
Subsea Craft to Honolulu Mission Heads for Hawaii
Washington June 19 Under convoy of the armored cruisers Colorado and Maryland submarines K-3 K-4 K-7 and K-8 will leave San Francisco shortly for their new station at Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Washington
Colorado
Maryland
San Francisco
Honolua
Mayor Thompson Chosen Referee in Chicago Strike Settlement
Chicago ends great street railway strike as Mayor Thompson is named referee for arbitration. Three arbitrators will hear both sides with the mayor as the deciding member. All key parties, including aldermen and unions, were kept in the mayor's office overnight to finalize the pact.
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Chicago
Thompson
Board of Arbitration
Arbitration Board
Henry D. Capitain
James H. Lawley
Willis O. Nance
John A. Richert
W. J. Healy
W. D. Mahon
Edward McMorrow
William Quinton
John J. Bruce
William Taber
Willam S. McClenathan
Maurice Lynch
D. Bland
Henry A. Blair
Leonard A. Busby
Britten I. Budd
Aldermanic
Cap t Storen Found Guilty In Maxwell Street Burglary Case
Captain James O'Dea Storen and Detective Sergeant Michael Weissbaum were found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary by a jury in Judge Dever's court. Sergeant Frederick Roth was acquitted. Storen faces a $1,000 fine, Weissbaum three years in Joliet penitentiary. Witnesses testified that they paid police officials for protection during burglaries in Maxwell Street.
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Chicago
James O'Dea Storen
Michael Weissbaum
Maxwell
Isadore Wexler
Maxwell Street
Floods and Tornado Toll Across Missouri and Plains
Thirteen people killed and many injured as wind and rain storms sweep Missouri Kansas and surrounding states. Five Bruges family members die in a Potawatomi County tornado near Onarga. Richmond and Westmoreland report fatalities from wind storms and a bridge collapse on the interurban line. Lightning strikes and wrecked farms cited. rail service delayed across several routes.
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Kansas City
John Bruges
Onarga
Pottawatomie
Topeka
Union Pacific Railroad
Richmond
Ray County
Arthur Covey
Mary Bell
Covey
Bell
Dc Williams
Westmoreland
Kan
Charles Morris
Westmoreland Interurban Railroad
Quy
John Gunther
Gene Nichols
Wamego
Avaria
Salina
Oscar Olson
Ernest Brandt
Beatrice
Ned
Joseph Gregg
Latour
Altman
Gregg
Kaneag City
Southern
Northern
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
British Strike Forces Destroyed North of La Bassée Canal
Berlin reports a force attacking north of the La Bassée canal was wiped out with only a few retreating. French troops on German soil in Alsace renew a fierce Fecht river offensive, capture outskirts of Metzeral and position artillery toward Munster, while British forces claim advances east of Festubert and repulse Raine east of Ypres.
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Berlin
Germany
London
LaBassee Canal
Alsace
Fecht
Sir John French
Festubert
Ypres
Allies' Ships Flee Turks Amid Gallipoli Refuge
A Constantinople correspondent reports British fleet anchored in Kerala bay near Imbroa island after flee from German submarines. Turkish forces reportedly mined British vessels in the refuge. In Kentucky, Rockport arrests 15 prominent citizens, charged with murder in the Harrison Maddox raid on the Negro section April 29.
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Fleet
Gallipoli
Berlin
Constantinople
Kerala Bay
Imbroa Island
Ules
Hitockport
Rockport
Harrison Maddox
Villa Forces Retreat From Aguascalientes
A Vera Cruz dispatch reports General Villa evacuating Aguascalientes and retreating northward as Carranza troops advance, while Carranza forces have not yet reached Castro. The update places Villa's movement in a northwestward retreat amid ongoing campaign pressure.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad From Cleveland Ohio
An advertisement showcases women praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from side pain and female trouble avoiding surgery. Testimonies from Mrs C H Grrerits of Cleveland and Mrs Ada Wizz of Hanover praise renewed health and ability to work, with a note to write for confidential responses.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Prins
C. H. Grrerits
Constant &J
Hanover
Ada Wizz
Walnut St
Soldiers Who Wear Veils in German Southwest Africa
In the German Southwest Africa campaign General Botha commands an expedition where the desert, heat, and lack of water require soldiers to wear veils and goggles. The sun blazes at 122 degrees in the shade, forcing troops to endure extreme conditions. Many Boer burghers suffer blistering heat and seek hospital care, while others endure with only sun helmets and boots.
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German Southwest Africa
Botha
Lost to Sight in War Accounts Clash Across Sides
The English and German narratives of the latest battle diverge, exposing fault lines in reporting. Amid conflicting details, readers are reminded that truth and veracity struggle to emerge from early war coverage.
Woman Credits Postum With Quitting Harmful Coffee
An Ohio woman recounts how coffee caused heart trouble and nervous prostration for four years. After switching to Postum, she reports renewed health, energy, and ability to work, stating she now prefers Postum to coffee and is free of pain and nervous chills. The ad-like testimonial promotes Postum Cereal and Instant Postum from Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Postum
Jett
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Grocera
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