Russia vows universal peace and last-ditch fight
Washington reports Boris Bakhmetieff states provisional Russian government will seek universal peace without annexations or forced property seizures. Allies urged immediate resumption of the offensive and army reorganization. Also reports of Kirsanov clash, martial law in Tomsk, and Admiral Potter death.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Boris Bakhmetieff
Russ
Bakhmetieff
Congress
London
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Congress of Soldiers
General Hugh L. Scott Assigned to Root Mission
Army Chief of Staff General Hugh L. Scott takes on a new root mission authority. The move places him at the center of strategic planning with emphasis on command structure and wartime readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Chief of Staff
Munday Wins New Trial On Bank Conspiracy Case
Chicago June 22. C B Munday former vice president of La Salle Street Trust and Savings bank granted a new trial by the state supreme court. He was sentenced to five years for conspiracy to wreck the bank which failed leaving depositors over half a million dollars short. Lorimer the bank president was acquitted earlier.
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Chicago
C. B. Munday
la Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank
State Supreme Court
Munday
United States
William Lorimer
Lorimer
Grundy County
Supreme Court
Carter
Cartwright
Two Officers Killed in Nashville Illinois Shooting
H. C. Rice a miner shot and killed Sheriff J. K. May and City Marshal August Leker at the Louisville and Nashville depot in Nashville Illinois while seeking to kill Evilsizer who he said had eloped with his daughter Stella. Rice fired both barrels wounding the officers in the head. they died shortly after.
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Nashville
Ill
Daugter
John
Evilsizer
H. C. Rice
J. K. May
August Leker
Louisville and Nashville
Leker
Rice
Stella
Repatriation Law Favored To Recall American Troops
Washington officials say the government favors legislation to repatriate at least 40,000 Americans serving in allied armies. They explain that taking allegiance to a foreign nation during war costs citizenship and can only be restored by act of Congress.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
Jealousy Sparks Tragedy in Waukesha Society
In Waukesha Wisconsin on June 22 two women and a man became entwined in a violent love tragedy. Miss Grace Lusk shot Mrs. Grace Roberts wife of Dr David Roberts former state veterinarian and then shot herself. Dr Roberts and the police chief faced down the gun as Lusk cried her love for him and died from two self-inflicted wounds.
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Miss Lusk
Dr. Roberts
Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
David Roberts
Pr. Roberts Veterinary Company
Mr Roberts
Don McKay
Mrs. Roberts
Blanca Mills
West Park Avenue
Waukesha High School
Mills
Surgeon General Reports Low Illness at Great Lakes Station
June 22 report from Surgeon General Braisted of the navy notes only nine serious cases among 12 000 men at the Great Lakes training station in Chicago. He cites generally bad conditions recently charged to station administration, with Admiral Benson calling the charges unfounded in a special supplementary report.
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Great Lakes
Washington
Braisted
Navy
Chicago
Benson
Market Report on Hogs Cattle and Sheep Receipts
Regional livestock prices and receipts show mixed demand across hogs cattle and sheep. Kansas City Buffalo and Dunning Stevens details list steady to weak cattle values and firm hog quotes with notable spreads by product and grade. Cash grain quotes for Wheat Corn and Oats accompany the livestock data with specific No 2 grades and price ranges.
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Kansas City
Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
East Buffalo
N. Y
Judge Warns Illinois Officials Over Two Cent Fare Rule
Senator Sherman asks Congress to halt the Interstate Commerce Commission from overturning Illinois two cent fare law. Judge Dyer in St Louis threatens jail for Governor Lowden, Attorney General, and public utilities officers if state law is not enforced. Conflict centers on rate fixing and federal state jurisdiction.
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Washington
Congress
Sherman
Illinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ilinoia
Federal District Court of
St. Louis
Ilinois
Lowden
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Dyer
Public Utilities Commission
Illinois to have six appeal courts for draft exemptions
Chicago June 22 Illinois will create six appeal districts for draft exemption rulings with five members on each board to hear merits of exemptions. All cases not satisfactorily decided by local exemption boards will be reviewed by the appeal courts and finals will be divided accordingly.
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Chicago
Illinois
Washington
Rockefeller Foundation donation to Red Cross totals 5 million
A June 22 announcement states the Rockefeller Foundation will give five million dollars to the Red Cross. The grant aims to support relief efforts and humanitarian work led by the organization.
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Red Cross
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Riots At White House Picketing Stir Washington
Large crowds mob the White House avenue as suffragists protest with banners tied to the Russian mission. The incident prompts calls for police action to curb the demonstrations led by D W Richardson of Missouri. Fifty officers dispersed the crowd after Richards on arrest and release.
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Washington
White House
Germany
United States
John B. Laskey
Laskey
D. W. Richardson
Missouri
Wilson
Envoy Root
Richardson
French Strike Back After German Breakthrough Near Laon
London reports German forces aided by 20000 troops from the Russian front struck French lines at Vauxaillon near Laon, penetrating two points south of Mont Des Singes and north of Moisy farm. The French counterattacked Thursday, retaking part of a 400 metre sector, leaving the ground strewn with enemy dead and fifty German prisoners taken.
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London
Laon
Mont Des Singes
Moisy Farm
Tenton
Crown Prince
Boy Drowns While Swimming Near Evansville Pond
Evansville Indiana June 29 Elmer Vegge sixteen year old drowned while swimming in a pond near Dartmistac in a white swimming effort.
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Evansville
Ind
Dartmistac
Elmer Vegge
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Kirsanov
New “Republic
Bnicht
Tambov
Jewish Daily Forward
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Tomsk
Cleveland
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Klepfer
O'Neill
Billings
Williams
Schalk
Philadelphia
Schauer
Schang
Shaw
Gallia
Henry
Detroit
Plank
Severeid
Hale
Mitchell
Boland
Spencer
Potter
Whitehall
William P. Potter
Hugh L. Scott
American Press Association
General Scott
High Court
Lorimer Financial Aid
Ruth Cruger
Wadleigh High School
New York City
Alfredo Cocchi
Cocchi
Italy
William Denman
American Press
Pickels
Manesion
Ciizens
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