U S Officials Thwart Big Plot Over Munition Sale
Detroit dispatch reports Justice Department agents arrested Capt. Seterius Nicholson, Grant Browne, Fred C. Collins, and others in a derailed plan to defraud the government of 30 million dollars in munitions. The scheme aimed to sell salvaged arms abroad via Mexico to Germany, with funds distributed among conspirators. Indictments charged conspiracy as federal agents, aided by an army officer, traced the operation through Rochester and Statler Hotel arrests. The probe extends to Chicago Washington and other cities as part of a broader hunt.
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Detroit
Mich
Department of Justice
Arthur L. Barkey
Bureau
Germany
United States
Grand Jury
Seterius Nicholson
Washington
Ordnance Department
U.S. A
Grant Hugh Browne
Devonshire
Windsor
Fred C. Collins
Greece
Merchants’ Realty Company
United States Army
France
Army Fort
Fort Wayne
Nicholson
Browne
Statler
Bert Harris
New York
Barkey
Sleuth
Ordinance Department
Depart‘ment of Justice
Mexico
Rochester
N. Y
Harris
Collins
Mexico City
Republic
Chicago
Army Intelli Service
Pittsburgh
Boston
Robbed of $65,000 In Bonds in Port Townsend
Lawrence Smith, a recluse in Port Townsend Washington reports that an intruder entered his beach cabin and stole Liberty bonds valued at $65,000 from his clothing on June 9. The case involves a missing fortune and a local crime investigation underway.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Lawrence Smith
Boys Drown as Canoe Upsets on Lake Forty Eighth
Three boys drowned when their canoe capsize in the lake at Forty-eighth street near Chicago. Report notes a rescue effort and unclear ages. Local authorities investigate cause of the accident.
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Chicago
Forty-eighth Street
Navy cuts at Great Lakes reduce crews by ten percent
Great Lakes Bulletin reports Secretary Daniels orders a 10 percent cut in station personnel by July 1 affecting reserve and regular navy men. With 14,827 sailors on June 1, about 1,500 “civies” will be discharged or reassigned.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Civies
Open Strike Bound Plant in Toledo Reopens Likely This Week
Federal Judge M. Killits issued a ten day temporary restraining order ordering the reopening of the Willys-Overland Automobile plant in Toledo Ohio. The plant has been closed since last Tuesday rioting and the order restrains interference with workers. The plant probably will be opened this week.
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Toledo
M. Killits
Willys-Overland Automobile Company
Berlin Strike Ends Amid Munich Leader Execution Riots
Berlin reports say a 24 hour strike in protest of Spartacist leader Levine Nissen’s execution in Munich led to minor disorder. The capital remained quiet as labor leaders guarded against violence, while several riots occurred in other cities.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Levine Nissen
Munich
Mount Vernon Gunmen Kill Mrs Neaville In Home Attack
Mrs Laura Neaville dies at Egyptian hospital from gunfire during a raid on the Neaville residence in Mount Vernon Illinois. Husband John W Neaville is seriously wounded, grandson Robert Mabry seven shot in both legs, neighbor Theodore Bolen jailed on circumstantial evidence as authorities hunt for two or more attackers. Sheriff Grant Holcomb leads a search of the crime scene.
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Mount Vernon
Ill
Laura Neaville
Neaville
John W. Neaville
John Mabry
Neavilles
Theodore Bolen
Neuvilles
Bolen
Neavi
Grant Holcomb
Neuville
Slaughter Pen
Wilson to Return Home Soon From France
Paris June 9 The possibility is raised that President Wilson will depart France for the United States within ten days to two weeks, signaling an imminent close to his overseas visit and return to Washington.
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France
Paris
Wilson
United States
Nation Buys Camp Taylor Site for 2,000 Acres
Louisville June 9 government to pay one million dollars for the Camp Zachary Taylor site comprising about 2,000 acres. War department acquisition officer Capt. W. B. Ashby announced the purchase and outlined how landowners will receive their shares of the money.
Records Broken as May Embarkations Hit New High
Chief of Staff announces homeward movement of National Guard and National Army units from France complete but regulars to sail this week. Demobilization reaches 65 percent by June 5 as 833303 total sailings from France set May records. Enlistments total 48023 regulars with 4929 troops sailing to replace emergency forces. General March notes Siberian replacements require 10000 men and that 14000 men have named destinations while 36000 remain unnamed and will be assigned where needed. Rifle match results show Springfield scores outmatched by substitutes.
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Washington
National Guard
National Army
France
March
Marsh
Siberia
General March
Siberian
War Department
Philippines
Panama
Honolulu
Alaska
Shells explode in Mulheim as Third Army dump fires
Iono Coblenz June 9 Mulheim was shelled when fire started in the Third army ammunition dump nearby. German prisoners and United States soldiers fled to cellars and remain there as charges pop intermittently. Train crews deserted posts but resumed as soldiers restarted traffic. An engineer was wounded by shell fragment while aboard his locomotive. No other casualties reported.
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Iono
Revolt Against Communists in Western Hungary Fails
Armed peasants marching from Sopron area tried to overthrow the Hungarian Soviet government near Oedenburg. Intercepted near Zinken dorff by Oedenburg garrison with artillery and machine guns, a bloody battle followed. Peasants were driven back and besieged in Kollerhof, which was stormed after a short siege. Oedenburg declared in a state of emergency.
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London
Hungary
Vienna
Oedenburg
Soprony
Zinkendorff
Kollerhof
Red Guards
Ee Aaten
Ocedenburg
Sunday Baseball Results Across Leagues
National League games included Chicago defeating Boston 9 to 2 and St. Louis beating Philadelphia 6 to 3 while Cincinnati toppled Brooklyn 4 to 0. American League also listed St. Louis 2 Washington 1 and other scores. American Association saw Columbus 10 Milwaukee 6 and Indianapolis 1 Kansas City 0 with Columbus winning in ten innings and Louisville routing St. Paul 4 to 0.
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Perch
New York
Cincinnati Eemavaecs
American League
Chicago
Cleveland
Owhpas Ee
Steen
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Phillies
Elyce Ee Yaar
Washington
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Columbus
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Toledo
Louisville
St. Paul
Peace terms doom Austria by starvation says Seitz
President Seitz denounces the peace terms as impossible, declaring they would starve Austria. Foreign Minister Bauer describes Feldkirch talks with Dr Renner and attacks the Czechs over sugar losses. He warns that loss of German Bohemia endangers industrial and cultural heart of German Austria.
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Vienna
Austria
Seitz
National Assembly
Bauer
Feldkirch
Renner
Bohemia
Tyrol
Hungary
Carinthia
Styria
Conote
Unconfirmed Report on End of War-Time Prohibition
Washington dispatch says unconfirmed reports claim President Wilson will issue a proclamation ending war-time prohibition upon completion of demobilization. The note indicates a formal end to wartime controls once demobilization is finished.
Ex Governor Dunn Sees Trouble Brewing in Ireland
Ex governor Dunn of Illinois, in Ireland for Irish independence, reports to President Wilson that guerrilla warfare is now in progress with force typical of a major conflict.
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Dunn
Ireland
Paris
Friday the 13th set for Allied reply to German talks
Paris June 9 The Allies will deliver their reply to the German counter proposals on Friday the 13th. The Germans will then have five days to decide their action.
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Paris
LONG SKIRTS FOR NEXT FALL
Cleveland fashion notes from the National Cloak Sulit and Skirt Manufacturers association meeting describe long skirts with room to step, straight fronts and backs, broader hips for misses, and coats with enormous armholes. Bright colors, high collars, many buttons, and practical pockets and stitching are favored. coats will be longer and voluminous with big fur or shirred collars.
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Cleveland
National Cloak, Sulit
Skirt Manufaccturers’ Association
Sinn Fein Chief Is Jailed for Disaffection Speech
Laurence Ginnell Sinn Fein member of the House of Commons for West Meath was sentenced at Mullingar to four months imprisonment for inciting disaffection and boycotting police. He was arrested May 30 after a speech at a forbidden meeting in Athlone on May 29, which broke up by police.
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Dublin
Laurence Ginnell
Sinn Fein
House of Commons
West Meath
Mullingag
Athlone
Copa
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U. S
Army
New York City
Maj. Reid M. Chambers
Reid M. Chambers
Memphis
Renn
Major Chambers
Navy Department
Great Lakes Station
Overland Company
Mount Vernon, Ill
Fire Valley
Wladislaw L. Raymont
Poland
Wladislaw L., Raymont
Mulheim
Assembly
Drouth
Washington, D. C
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