Prisoner Halts Lynch Mob In Springfield Kidnap Case
A Springfield mob dispersed at dawn after failing to lynch Claude Piersol and Taylor Adams, accused in the infant kidnapping and death case of J. Holland Keet. Piersol and Adams fled to Kansas City, where authorities hold them. a deputy protected them during the escape. Meanwhile, the infant was found drowned in a well on a remote farm, autopsy confirming death four days earlier.
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Springfield
Claude Piersol
Taylor Adams
J. Holland Keet
Piersol
Adams
Kansas City
Stockton
Hane Piersol
Lydd Keet
Raby
Le Guenne Gunner on Boats that Sunk Two Submarines
Q. M. Le Guenne served as a gunner aboard vessels involved in sinking two submarines during the action. He and his crewmates faced dangerous combat, earning recognition for their role in the naval engagement.
German wireless plot thwarted as three aliens seized
Secret service and U S marshals raided a Broadway theater finding a hidden powerful German wireless plant. Three German aliens including an engineer and two chemists were arrested and held on Ellis Island after the signboard deception hid aerials. The device could send messages hundreds of miles and was among the most capable seized since the war began. Arrests followed from a months long suspect list.
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New York
Broadway
Germany
Secret Service
Ellis Island
Sign Board
Grmany
United States
McCarty
Govrnment
Wilson lays out US war aims to Russian provisional government
President Wilson declares the war against Germany aims to liberate peoples from autocratic rule, promote self government, break Germany’s secret diplomacy, and destroy German power projects from Berlin to Baghdad, while denying motives of material gain or selfish advantage.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
United States
Berlin
Bagdad
Pitt
Flood crest expected on Missouri River at Kansas City
The Missouri River rose to a crest around 26.6 feet in Kansas City Missouri officials believed the flood stage had nearly peaked.
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Kansas City
Wreath
Baseball results from St Louis Cincinnati and Chicago
Scores show Philadelphia beating St Louis 7 to 4 at St Louis with errors and hits. Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati 4 to 3 after a late rally. New York beat Chicago 6 to 5 in Chicago with decisive late scoring. Pitchers listed include Toney Clark Smith Perritt Tesreau Sallee and Rariden along with fielding errors noted.
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St. Louis
R. H. BE
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
R. H. B. Brooklyn
Toney and Clark
Smith and Snyder
Alexander and _ Killifer
Watson Hortsman
Steels and Snyder
Chicago
Cleveland R H B Chicago Race Result Fragment
Readable fragments show a list of names Williamas and Schalk Coumbe Klepfer Bagby and O Neill linked to a race event between Cleveland and Chicago with coded figures indicating scores or timings.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Williamas
Schalk
Coumbe
Klepfer
Bagby
O'Neill
Elder Jackson Sentenced for Orphanage Scam in Danville
J C Jackson known as Elder Jackson a Danville Negro was sentenced to Chester penitentiary for an indeterminate term of one to ten years. He allegedly fleeced thousands in central Illinois by raising funds for an orphanage he dubbed Israel of God the White Horse Army. The shack near Danville housed four or five children portrayed as a host of orphans of every creed and color.
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Lincoln
Ill
J. C. Jackson
Ev Murphy Reappointed Joliet Warden by Gov Lowden
E. J. Ev Murphy who for fourteen years served as Joliet penitentiary warden was reappointed by Gov Lowden. John L Whitman named state superintendent of penal institutions as Murphy moves to reorganize prison administration. A coroner's inquest into Don Flaherty's death blamed last Tuesday's riot on mishandling and lax discipline.
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Springfield
Ill
E. J
Murphy
Whitman
Bowen
Don Flaherty
Flooding Endangers Hendricks County Records In Court Basement
In Danville Indiana on June 11 a heavy rain totaling about four inches in a week flooded the courthouse basement. Valuable county records are threatened with destruction as all records except current volumes are stored there.
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Danville
Ind
Hendricks County
Court House
Fire on seized German liner Koenig Wilhelm
Fire broke out on the upper deck of the seized German steamship Koenig Wilhelm early in the morning in New York. The cause of the blaze is not yet determined.
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New York
Second American collier reaches French waters
June 11 report states the Navy Department was advised of the arrival of the second American naval collier in French waters adding support to Allied logistics during the war.
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Washington
Navy Department
Paul M Warburg Honored by New York University
Paul M Warburg, noted Federal Reserve banker, is honored by New York University with a formal commendation. The event highlights his work shaping U S monetary policy and bank regulation.
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Federal Reserve
Warburg
Federal Reserve Banking System
Barred zones seal off 10000 Germans in New York
At midnight all German aliens in New York lost permits to reside or pass through barred zones. A Justice Department and Secret Service cordon was ordered to shoot to kill if disturbed. About ten thousand Germans did not apply, while the U S marshal's office remained open to process permits. The waterfront zone faced the heaviest guards with strict observation and no parley.
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New York
Department of Justice
Secret Service
Great New York
United States
Feeling Out New Weak Spots In West
London reports a ninth Sabbath battle front across 150 miles with both sides avoiding large assaults yet probing for weak points. The Germans and French raid near Thiecourt and Verdun while British actions push south of Ypres winning ground between Wytschgete and Mosgines, with heavy artillery and casualties noted.
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London
Ypres
Mytschaete
Laon
Ladies Road
Thiecourt
Moselle
Verdun
Wytschgete
Mosgines
Harvest Opens in Two States
Wheat harvesting begins in Texas and Oklahoma as weather allows the crop to advance northward. Market participants seek to know how the new crop will be handled amid calls for price controls or government involvement, with no bids yet available and fears of a tight world supply for 1917 18.
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Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
United States
Canada
North America
Congress
Renewed Rebel Activities Reported in Northern Mexico
Report from El Paso dated June 12 notes renewed fighting between Villistas and Carranzistas near Ortiz, south of Chihuahua City, Chihuahua. The clash reflects ongoing revolutionary warfare with renewed activity in northern Mexico.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Villistas
Ortiz
Chihuahua
Many Die as Interurban Cars Collide near Port Huron
Report from St Clair near Port Huron says an interurban wreck killed several and injured about twenty. The collision involved cars filled with partners. details remain scarce as officials investigate the fatal incident.
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Port Huron
Mich
St. Clair
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