American Ship Battles With German Diver
The American steamer Silverheel fought a submarine in the Mediterranean after a sixty shot exchange. the submarine disappeared. Commanded by Captain Charlton, the Silverheel engaged on May 30 and proved faster in gunfire. William Clark, a New York warrant officer on the Arkansas armed guard, is named for promotion by Secretary Daniels.
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Paris
Mediterranean
Charlton
Siverheel
Washington
William 4. Clark
New York
Arkansas
Daniels
No Excuse for Hobo Says Defense Council
In Sacramento on June 7 the State Council of Defense called for county council cooperation to enforce vagrancy laws as a war measure. A letter urged citizens to combat chronic loafing and require work in exchange for food or alms.
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Sacramento
Cal
Imp
Panhandler
State Council of Defense
American warships anchor off French waters
Paris June 7 The ministry of marine announced that American warships have anchored off the French coast as the French greet the arrival of these allies under the banner of the United States. They come to join in the final victory against a common foe.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
American supplies reach French port for U S troops
An American transport with wheat and other goods has crossed the Atlantic under an American warship and is unloading in a French port. Preparations are underway to receive U S troops with bases similar to British layouts being prepared.
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PAIUS
Atlantic
United States
Russia to Seek Separate Peace with Germany in Sixty Days
Senator James Hamilton Lewis said at the South Shore Country Club that Russia will declare a separate peace with Germany within two months and release thousands of Germans held in prison camps to return to the west front, creating a gap the United States must fill. He claimed Russians are unaware of U S grievances and noted Germany offered to restrict officials, open the Bosphorus for Russian commerce, and that revolutionists claim their aims have been granted.
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Chicago
Russia
Germany
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
South Shore Country Club
Bosphorus
Evans Speech Captivates Chautauqua Audience
Dr Arthur Walwyn Evans, nephew of David Lloyd George and once a British subject, delivers What America Means to Me at Chautauqua. The Welsh wit and orator, now American citizen, blends humor with conviction, recounting his transformation and love for the United States.
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Arthur Walwyn Evans
David Lloyd George
Evan
Chautauqua
America
Evans
England
Empire
Lorde Kitchener and Roberts
General Booth
Joseph Chamberlain
John Ruskin
Gladstone
Rudyard Kipling
Queen Victorian
Edward VII
Friend of Emperor dies in obscurity in Atlanta
Mrs. Leo Bock an oft partner of Emperor Maximilian in past days died in Atlanta at eighty five and was buried in obscurity. She was born in a Munich castle to a German officer and a noble Frenchwoman and outlived her social circle. Her husband, a German artist, died in the United States before recognition. She later taught music.
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Atlanta
Leo Bock
Maximilian
Jong Paat
Tock
Land
Best Family Town Plans A Celebration Morrill Kansas
Morrill Kansas will celebrate after being named the best family town in the state. A $1000 prize will be awarded for this distinction announced via telegram from University of Kansas official Professor McKeever, head of the selection committee. The award ties to child welfare work for third class towns.
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Morrill
Kan
Kansas
McKeever
University of Kansas
Chinese Begin to Hum U. S. Ragtime
Kansas City musicians ship brass instruments to China for a band there. The report notes China is shifting away from ancient sounds toward American style music. The friendship for America grows as Chinese audiences embrace Broadway tunes heard in Hong Kong and Beijing.
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Kansas City
China
America
Hong Kong
Pekin
Man Found Dead Near Stewart Station Investigated
A man's body was found eight miles from Stewart Station by a sheep herder this afternoon. Coroner J C Doughty and undertaker Keyser are en route to recover the body and conduct an investigation.
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Eagle Rock
Stewart Station
J. C. Doughty
Keyser
Coal Bin Telephone Alleged in Suit
Mex Marian Vo Bishop claims in a divorce suit that a secret telephone line was installed in the coal bin to listen to her conversations. She accuses J. W. Bishop of spying and using detectives, and says he was arrested as a burglar after being seen leaving the cellar via the window.
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Kansas City
Sune
Mex
Marian Vo Bishop
J. W. Bishop
Bishop
Miss Dollie Russell Weds No H Chapin in Ely Ceremony
A pretty wedding was held at James Russell’s residence with Dollie Russell as bride to No H Chapin of Ely. Bishop Hunting officiated. Guests included Vivian Rickey and family. The couple plans a honeymoon visiting Washington and New York before settling east.
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Dollie Russell
No H. Chapin
Ely
Bishop Hunting
Reno
Vivian Rickey
San Francisco
Peaches Russell
Eleanor Douglas
George B. Russell
Harry Keyser
Mendelssohn
Mayer Hotel
Elko
British Open Offensive Advances on Messines Wytschaete Front
British forces attack the Messines Wytschaete ridge on a nine mile front and report progress and prisoners as Messines town and surrounding trenches fall. A new push targets the Ypres salient with renewed mining near Armantieres described as a historic explosion.
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London
Messines
Wytschaete
Messines-Wytsche
Ypres
Dr Huffaker Returning to Carson City
Dr Huffaker and his wife will resume practice in Carson City in the former Huffaker building now used by Dr Donald Maclean. They plan to return after a period away in San Francisco and expect to resume residence and office in that location.
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Huffaker
Carson City
Br A. Huffaker
Sa Francisco
Donald Maclean
Cut German Courses in Milwaukee Urged
Milwaukee Wisconsin June 7. School Director G W Augustyn says German in the public schools costs 150.00 annually. A movement seeks to abolish German in the graded schools alleging the teaching is part of a world wide German influence propaganda effort.
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Milwaukee
Wis
G. W. Augustyn
Deputy Superintendent’s Appeal Over Warant Payment Case
The attorney general’s office announced the state will appeal to the supreme court from Judge Langan’s ruling in Deputy State Superintendent McCracken’s case. The suit seeks a warrant from the state comptroller to cover office and traveling expenses incurred by the official.
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Attorney General's Office
Supreme Court
Langan
McCracken
Carson News
Senate Adds Tax to Bank Checks in War Bill
Washington June 7 A two cent tax on bank checks and drafts over five dollars was added to the war tax bill by the Senate finance committee. The move is expected to raise about 1 500 000 dollars. In a separate report the body of Charles Scholtz was transported to the county hospital after he died en route from Monitello from hemorrhage of the lungs. Scholtz was about forty and a notable figure in eastern county. He had recently returned from Lovelock where he had presided for some time.
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Paris
St. Quentin
France
Messines-Wytechaete
Messines
Leferen
Wytsel Wits
Washington
Senate
Charles Scholtz
No. 19
Mon Itello
Paradut
De‘owased
Lovelock
Kronstadt Incident Closed as Provisional Government Recognized
Petrograd dispatch says Kronstadt incident closed and local Soldiers' and Workingmen's delegates recognize the provisional government's authority.
University Buys a Fine Shire Stallion Colt Salvador Buster
The university veterinary department purchased a Shire stallion colt named Salvador Buster from Easton and Ward of Burlingame California. The colt, donated last fall by George Winefield, forms the foundation of a rising Shire herd on a 213 acre campus farm. Professor F W Wilson, head of animal husbandry, traveled to the coast to secure the colt and shipped him to Reno Friday. The farm hosts many visitors daily on the South Virginia road three miles from Reno.
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Department of Animal Husbandry
The
University
Salvador Buster
Messrs. Easton & Ward
Blackhawk
Burlingame
Cal
George Winefield
F. W. Wilson
Reno
South Virginia Road
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