Liberty Loan Subscriptions Surge Across Nation
Washington reports encouraging progress to fill a $700 million liberty loan gap with only Friday noon deadlines remaining. Cleveland leads by oversubscribing its $45 million quota by $2 million, with expectations of reaching $60 million locally. Detroit and others also report strong gains.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
McAdoo
Crosby
District Reserve
Admiral Mayo
Pennsylvania
Lane
Oklahoma
Jackson Barnett
Pittsburg
Pittsburch
Allegheny County
Treasury
Great Britain
Wilson
Iabor Department
United States
Cleveland
Murder quiz arrests in Ohio river death mystery
Miss Hazel McKenzie is arrested by Sheriff Mullins of Pikeville Kentucky for complicity in the murder of 19 year old Lota Viers of Floyd County Kentucky whose body was found in the Ohio river at Ironton weighed down with an iron chain. John Coyer age 22 of company C First Kentucky regiment is jailed in Lexington charged with the murder. Sheriff Mullins says Coyer and McKenzie are warm friends.
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Portsmouth, C
Hazel McKenzie
Mullins
Pikeville
Lota Viers
Floyd County
Kentucky
Ohio River
Ironton
John Coyer
First Kentucky Regiment
Lexington
Coyer
McKenzie
Cannon Halts Food Bill In House Hearing Delay
Washington June 13 Uncle Joe Cannon halted the administration food bill by delaying it for a day after it moved from the senate. He refused to send the measure to conference saying he had not studied the amendments the senate added to the house bill.
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Washington
Joe” Cannon
Administration
House
Senate
British Advance on Belgian Front Again
London reports a major two mile eastern and northeastern advance near Messines with the capture of Gaspard village. Haig’s forces push from Wytschaete Messines ridge and force another enemy withdrawal west of Warneton while French pressure grows on the base of the weakened Hindenburg line. Italy begins an offensive in the Trentino against German positions.
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London
Messines
Gaspard
War Office
Haig
Wytschaete-Messinges
Warneton
Iindenburg
Italy
Trentino
German Air Losses Report May Defends Nightly Battle
Berlin reports May air losses with Germany claiming seventy nine planes shot down by Entente allies losing 262 aircraft. Official statement from the German army headquarters notes the numbers as part of ongoing aerial war updates.
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Berlin
500 Belgians Starved in German Internment Camp
A semiofficial Belgian War Ministry statement from Le Havre reports that 500 of 2000 Belgian civilians interned in a German camp near Luxembourg died of starvation in three months. Survivors are described as in pitiful condition.
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Havre
France
Germany
Belgian Ministry of War
Luebeck
Wilson Can Buy Jamestown Site for Naval Base
Washington reports the House Naval Affairs Committee favorably approved a proposed amendment to the war budget bill. It would grant the President power to take over the Jamestown exposition site immediately for a naval base and set a price not exceeding 1.2 million dollars.
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Washington
Jamestown Exposition
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Joffre Sees Liberty Loan Victory Pledge
Marshal Joffre says the success of the liberty loan will mean victory and crown joint efforts of American soldiers and their Allied comrades. He sent the cablegram to the committee stating the pledge of final victory. The message came from New York on June 13.
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Joffreew York
Joffre
Fie
United States
Wife of County Commissioner Dies
Mrs. Emma Worland fifty four wife of County Commissioner Charles Worland died at Milford after a long illness in Greensburg on June 13.
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Greensburg
Emma Worland
Charles Worland
Milford
Petrolite Sunk By German Submarine In Atlantic Clash
The American steamer Petrolite, 3,710 tons owned by Standard Oil New York, is sunk after a German submarine attack. The ship, with a crew of 38 including 10 Americans, had left Savona for Leghorn when struck. consular reports note prior incidents two years earlier amid diplomatic tensions with Austria. In Cadiz a German U‑52 submarine in poor condition was towed in and interned after being stripped of wireless gear. Eleven large ships, including the Minnesota, St Louis, St Paul, Philadelphia, Manchuria, and Finland, arrived at an Atlantic port, led by the British Justicia, the largest new steamship in U S waters.
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Washington
Dist
Pathe
Vienna
United States
Standard Oil Company
New York
Petrolite
Standard Oil Company of New York
Savona
Leghorn
Italy
Thomas H. McKellum
Cadiz
Spain
No. 6
U. 8
Atlantic
International Mercantiles Marine
Minnesota
Stars and Stripes
St. Louis
St. Paul
Philadelphia
Manchuria
Finland
Justicia
Olympic
Baseball Results National League Scores Report
National League results show Boston and Pittsburgh each with four runs and sixteen hits combined in Pittsburgh. Cincinnati tied Brooklyn with two runs at home while Chicago defeated New York by a wide margin. St Louis hosting Philadelphia produced four runs to six in an extra close clash. Several pitchers and lineups are listed for each game.
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Pittsburgh
R. BH
Boston
Allen, Ragan
Tyler
Barnes and Trogressor
Gowdy
Cooper, Jacobs
W. Wagner
Cincinnati
S. Brooklyn
Marquard
Caders
Meyers
Miller
Mitchell
Wingo
Clarke
Chicaco
Ruh.le
New York
Chicaeo
Schupp
Tesreau
Rariden
Seaton, Hendrix
Reuther and
Elliott
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Nixey
Killifer
Ames
Horstman and Livingston
Baseball Scoreline Fragments From Multiple Cities
In New York and Philadelphia, sparse box score fragments list players such as Cicotte Schalk Moerdige Rus sell Love Nannamaker Rik BE Mitchell Spencer Schauer Schane and in Washington incomplete lines hint at Cleveland and Washington teams with long numeric codes and partial scores indicating a multi city score roundup.
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New York
R. Fr
Chicago
N.Y
Cicotte
Schalk
Moerdige
Russell
Love
Nannamaker
Philadelphia
Rik. BE. Sportore
Mitchell
Spencer
Schauer
Schane
Washington
R. HH. E. Cleve
Miss Grace Allison Heads U S Nurses Contingent
Miss Grace Allison leads a group of American nurses serving in France amid World War I duties. The contingent departs for European front assignments as relief units support battlefield care and hospital operations.
High Heel Measure Beaten in Illinois Legislature
Springfield Illinois June 13 a bill to restrict women's heel height to 11 inches failed in the senate after Representative James Kirby argued against it tying high heels to social issues. Senators Bailey and Dailey opposed the measure calling it insane and absurd while the chamber mocked the proposal and shoe makers watched.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Senate of the State
General Assembly
James Kirby
Petersburg
Senate
Bailey
Danville
Dailey
Peoria
Clark
Daily
House
Kirby
Representative Kirby
Explosion on Erie locomotive kills two in Markle Indiana
Officials investigate rumors of hidden high explosives in coal after an Erie locomotive blew up at Markle while traveling about thirty miles per hour. Engineer William Wagner died, head brakeman Dudy Harger perished under wreckage, fireman Jerome Wilson survived with severe burns and injuries.
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Tluntington
Ind
Erie
Markle
William Wagner
Dudy Harger
Jerome Wilson
Kenosha Exceeds Its Liberty Bond Quota
Kenosha Wisconsin reports its liberty bond subscription met the quota with 650000 raised by banks. The city committee set a higher target of 800000 and plans to sell the additional amount by Friday night.
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Kenosha
Kenosha, Wis
King Constantine Abdicates Greek Throne in Favor of Alexander
Athens reports King Constantine abdicated on June 13, passing the throne to his son Prince Alexander born August 1 1895. Alexander, a former artillery captain, ascended after Constantine’s March 18 1913 accession following King George I’s assassination in Salonika.
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Athens
Constantine
Alexander
Prince George
Issa
Prince Alexander
George I
Saloniki
British Destroy Hostile Seaplanes
Two of five hostile seaplanes sighted by the Dover patrol were destroyed by British craft. An official announcement also noted four others attacked but not confirmed.
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London
Dover Patrol
Erally
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