Innocent Wife and Dr. Roberts in Wisconsin Tragedy
Grace Lusk a high school teacher in Waukesha Wisconsin is charged with murder over the Thursday night shooting of Mrs. David Roberts the wife of the man she loved. Federal officials expect a Mann Act indictment based on letters found in Lusk room detailing trips with Dr. Roberts to Illinois and other states and the love triangle that led to the fatal act.
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Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
David Roberts
Miss Lusk
Miss Lusk To Dr. Roberts In Miss Lusk
Chicago
Peoria
Illinois
Dr. Roberts
Mrs. Roberts
Miss Lusk Baid
Grace
Robert
Aged Father Refuses to Accept Daughter's Alleged Murder
Hovering over Miss Lusk's hospital bed, Dr. A. P. Lusk of Mosinee Wisconsin refuses to believe his daughter has killed. He dismisses her account and clings to hope, pitiable in grief.
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Miss Lusk
A. P. Lusk
Mosiine
Wis
Lord Nominated Lt Colonelends Senate Deadlock in Quartermasters
Washington reports Major Herbert M. Lord of the army quartermasters corps was confirmed as lieutenant colonel, ending a years long Senate deadlock over promotions in the branch. The stalemate began in 1913 when Democrats opposed Major Beecher B. Ray over alleged political activity, blocking Lord’s and others’ promotions.
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Washington
Herbert M. Lord
Army Quartermasters Corps
Senate
Beecher B. Ray
Lord
Quartermasters Corps
New Flyer Award Is Set at Belleville Field
Washington reports contracts for the fourth of nine new government flying fields at Belleville Illinois. It will be a standard two squadron field with 306 student fliers and the required officers instructors mechanics and enlisted men. Hangars for seventy two training plants will be provided and construction will begin immediately.
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Washington
Belleville
Ill
Mayor's Son Killed in Fall From Telephone Pole
Clarence Talbott nineteen son of Lin ton Indiana mayor and postmaster was killed instantly at Up land when he fell from the top of a thirty five foot telephone pole. He was employed by the Bell Telephone company and was with a crew on a line between Marion and Muncie.
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Marion
Ind
Clarence Talbott
Talbott
Linton
Upland
Bell Telephone Company
Muncie
Five Slackers Arrested in Midwest and East
Five men were arrested in South Bend Indiana for failing to show registration cards as part of evasion of the conscription law. The suspects include Vernon Jones twenty three James Hager twenty one James Genious twenty two from Hamilton Ohio James Johnson twenty seven of Charlestown South Carolina and Harry Baker twenty six of Philadelphia.
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South Bend
Ind
Vernon Jones
James ©. Hager
James Genious
Hamilton
James Johnson
Charlestown
S. C
Harry Baker
Philadelphia
Austrian Premier Fails to Rebuild Cabinet after Resignation
Count Henry Clam-Martinic, premier of the Austrian cabinet, failed in his bid to reconstruct the ministry. The court has asked Emperor Charles to invite someone else to form a cabinet.
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Vienna
Henry Clam-Martinic
Charles
U Boat Sunk by American Ship
An American steamer’s commander says he sank a U boat on June 4 after a night battle near Liverpool. British vessels fought the submarine, but the U boat submerged and then was hit by shells from the American gun crew. The torpedo missed explode and the submarine was later pursued and sunk.
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Atlantic
Liverpool
Lms
Manchester
Five Killed at Crossing Near Terre Haute
Terre Haute June 23 Five persons one man and four little girls were killed instantly when a four passenger train crashed into an automobile at the Fort Harrison road crossing a mile north of the city. The dead include Timothy J Wrenn forty former Bartenders union official and Shea Brothers saloon manager. Mary Ann Wrenn six Nettie Pearl Wrenn eight Frances Louise Wagoner seven and Alma Wrenn eight nieces and relatives.
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Terre Haute
Fort Harrison Road
Timothy J. Wrenn
Bartenders Union
Shea Brothers
Mary Ann Wrenn
Wrenn
Nettie Pearl Wrenn
Francis Louise Wagoner
Studebaker Estate Inventory Valued at Over $3.3 Million
Inventory filed in St. Joseph circuit court lists the estate of the late J. M. Studebaker in South Bend Indiana with an appraisal totaling $2,389,744.69. The estate centerpiece is the Studebaker property portfolio and related holdings in Indiana.
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Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
J. M. Studebaker
St. Joseph
Miss Anne Morgan Returns from Relief Work in France
Miss Anne Morgan has just returned from Paris where she engaged in relief work for civilians affected by the war. She spoke of the mission's impact and the ongoing need for humanitarian aid.
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France
Red Cross Beacon Urges War Contributions in New York Street
In New York City residents saw a Barre inspired Red Cross beacon urging passersby to contribute to war relief. The display highlighted ongoing fundraising efforts and called for public donations to support troops and civilians.
Red Cross raises funds via street corner keg display
A novelty fundraising stunt shows a barrel with a sign counting millions raised. The keg’s street corner location marks the total, with Forty Second Street indicating $42,000,000 secured and progress toward the $100,000,000 goal in a single week.
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Red Cross
National Guard Engineers Ordered Into Active Service
Washington June 23 war department orders sixteen companies of national guard engineers into active service. They will lay out and prepare camp sites for the reception of the national army levy and the national guard to be called out shortly.
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Washington
National Guard Engineers
War Department
National Army
National Guard
Motors Firm Subscribes 250000 to Red Cross War Fund
General Motors company at a directors meeting in New York subscribed 250000 to the Red Cross war fund. The donation was on a basis of 10 dollars for each of the companys 25000 employees.
Baseball Results From Multiple Major League Games
Baseball results list scores from Philadelphia Brooklyn Boston New York St Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Chicago games. Scorers include Dell Cheney Miller Oeschger Burns Sallee Smith Perritt Rariden Nehf Gowdy Ames Horstman Snyder Cooper Schmidt.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Dell
Cheney
Miller
Oeschger
Burns
Boston
New York
Sallee
Smith Perritt
Rariden
Beaton
Nehf
Gowdy
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Schneider
Wingo
Ames
Horstman
Snyder
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cooper
Schmidt
Baseball scores and pitching notes from early American League games
In Detroit and Chicago matchups the box scores list runs hits and errors with pitchers Green Wright Rogers Severeid and Davis Stanage Boland Spencer Lam beth Klefer O'Neil Faber Schalk Seibold Schang Harper Shaw Henry Ainsmith Mays Thomas Shawkey Fisher Walters Nannamaker among others. The results show Detroit 9 13 0 to St Louis 3 8 0 in the first game and 3 8 0 for Detroit in the second. Chicago 4 7 2 over Cleveland 1 4 2. Washington 6 8 1 over Philadelphia 5 10 8. New York 2 6 1 over Boston 1 3 1 in the listed contests.
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Detroit
St. Louis
Green
Wright
Rogers
Severeid
Davis
Stanage
Hamilton
Lothron
Boland
Spencer
Chicago
Cleveland
Lambeth
Klefer
O'Neil
Faber
Schalk
Washington
Philadelphia
Seibold and
Schang
Harper
Shaw
Henry
Ainsmith
New York
Boston
Mays
Thomas
Shawkey
Fisher and Walters
Nannamaker
Supreme Court Knocks Out Hammond Sewer Plan
Indiana Supreme Court voids Hammond’s two million dollar deep sewer system contracts let in February 1913. The ruling nullifies the project and ends the million-dollar project in Hammond.
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Hammond
Ind
Supreme Court of Indiana
Government Interposes in Strike at Monon Shops
Lafayette Ind June 23 government official in Washington ordered the seven hundred Monon railroad shop workers not to strike during war times after a union boilermaker was discharged prompting their walkout.
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Lafayette
Ind
Monon
Washington, D. C
Wilson settles ship embroglio with division of power
President Wilson allocates authority to General Goethals to build steel ships and to Chairman Denman to oversee wooden ship construction. The dispute, tied to a $750 million shipbuilding program, spurred high level lobbying and tense forecasts on appropriations and future merchant fleet use. Both sides express dissatisfaction with the compromise while calls for independent price investigations emerge.
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Denman
Washington
Wilson
Goethals-Denman
Shipping Board
Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Theodore Brent
New York
Colonel House
General Goethals
White House
Friends of the Shipping Board
Daniels
Federal Trade Commission
Pershing Attends Luncheon in Paris Hosted by Dubail
Major General John J. Pershing commander in chief of American forces in France was the guest at a luncheon given by General Dubail military governor of Paris and Mme Dubail. Marshal Joffre General Foch and other high military officials attended.
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Pershing
Paris
John J. Pershing
France
Dubail
Mme. Dubail
Marshal Joffre
Foch
Soldier Dies On Train En Route East
Byron P. F. Dunne of Gorin Missouri a member of the Eighteenth U S Infantry died in a Rock Island Illinois local hospital after collapsing on a troop train bound for the east.
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Rock Island
Byron PF. Dunne
Gorin
B. Eighteenth
U. S. Infantry
Toll Cn
Ue East
Hunger Riots Reported in Malma Sweden June
Report reaches Malma Sweden from Stettin of riots in the port city mainly involving women and children. Troops were deployed to quell the disturbance. Urban unrest and deficiency of food are cited as underlying causes.
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Sweden
Malma
Stettin
Weten
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