Innocent Wife Tigress Victim Grace Lusk Speaks
Miss Grace Lusk a Wisconsin high school teacher describes the fatal confrontation with Mrs. David Roberts after a quarrel over Dr. Roberts. She admits firing a revolver during a dispute at the Roberts home and faces murder charges while federal officials prepare a Mann Act indictment based on letters found in her room. The letters recount trips with Dr. Roberts and reinforce a motive tied to the couple’s alleged affair.
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Grace Lusk
Dr. Roberts
Mann Act
Waukesha
Wis
David Roberts
Miss Lusk
Miss Lusk To Dr. Roberts In Miss Lusk
Chicago
Peoria
Illinois
Mrs. Roberts
Grace
Robert
Lieutenant Martin Owens Embarks Ambulance Duty in France
A New York policeman named Lieutenant Martin Owens is set to drive an ambulance in France amid a tragic case. The narrative follows an aggrieved father, Dr A P Lusk of Messrnne Wisconsin, who clings to his daughter's innocence despite her confession and hospital scenes surrounding Miss Lusk.
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Miss Lusk
A. P. Lusk
Messrnne
Wis
American ship claims sinking U boat after port encounter
An Atlantic port captain recounts a June 4 engagement near Liverpool in which the British and a submarine exchanged fire. The American steamer reported a torpedo strike, a failed explosion, and three hit shots that submerged the U-boat, with the sub later seen retreating.
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Atlantic
Liverpool
Manchester
Red Cross Barrel Spreads War Fund Appeal in New York
A Red Cross campaign uses a barrel on a New York street corner to illustrate progress toward a $100 million goal in one week. The display shows each corner’s amount, such as Forty second Street yielding $42,000,000 raised to date.
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Red Cross
Wilson settles Goethals Denman ship dispute power split
President Wilson divides authority on shipbuilding, giving Goethals control of steel vessels and Denman charge of wooden fleet. The plan aims to spend up to 750 million dollars for wartime construction, with protests from both sides and no final appropriation details disclosed. Denman cites savings of over 40 million as a justification. Goethals and Denman press for clear boundaries and independent price investigations.
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Washington
Wilson
Goethals-Denman
Shipping Board
Goethals
Mr. Denman
General Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Denman
White House
Congress
Friends of the Shipping Board
Daniels
Federal Trade Commission
Lord Named Lieutenant Colonel in Army Quartermasters
Washington reports the nomination of Major Herbert M. Lord of the army quartermasters corps to lieutenant colonel ends a senate deadlock that had blocked promotions for years. The delay arose after Democrats blocked Major Beecher B. Ray over alleged political activity, delaying Lord’s promotion back to March 1913.
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Washington
Herbert M. Lord
Army Quartermasters Corps
Senate
Beecher B. Ray
Lord
Quartermasters Corps
New Flyer Award Set for Belleville Field
Washington reports contracts for the fourth of nine new government flying fields at Belleville Illinois. The field will house two squadrons with 300 student fliers plus officers instructors and mechanics and 72 training hangars. Construction starts immediately.
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Washington
Belleville
Ill
Talbott Falls To His Death From Pole At Upland
Clarence Talbott aged 19 son of the Lin ton mayor and postmaster was killed instantly at Upland when he fell from the top of a 35 foot telephone pole while at work with a Bell Telephone crew repairing a line between Marion and Muncie Indiana.
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Marion
Ind
Clarence Talbott
Talbott
Linton
Upland
Bell Telephone Company
Muncie
Five Slackers Arrested in Indiana and Ohio Men
Five men were arrested for failing to show registration cards and evading the conscription law. Vernon Jones twenty three James C Hager twenty one James Genious twenty two all from Hamilton Ohio James Johnson twenty seven Charlestown South Carolina and Harry Baker twenty six Philadelphia were named in admissions.
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South Bend
Ind
Vernon Jones
James C. Hager
James Genious
Hamilton
James Johnson
Charlestown
S. C
Harry Baker
Philadelphia
Austrian cabinet crisis widens after premier resigns
June 23 report from Vienna says Count Henry Clam-Martinic failed to reconstruct the ministry after resigning. The court has asked Emperor Charles to invite another person to form a cabinet.
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Vienna
Henry Clam-Martinic
Charles
Five Killed at Crossing Near Terre Haute
Five people die in a collision when a four passenger train strikes a car at a railroad crossing on Fort Harrison road near Terre Haute. Victims include Timothy J. Wrenn, his wife Mary Ann, and four of their children aged six to eight, plus relative Alma Wrenn. Studebaker Estate Valued at 3,389,744.69 in St Joseph circuit court filing.
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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
South Bend
Ind
J. M. Studebaker
St. Joseph
Miss Anne Morgan Returns from Relief Work in France
Miss Anne Morgan has returned from her relief work in France where she served with relief organizations and aided wounded and displaced civilians. Her return marks continued support for humanitarian efforts and postwar reconstruction.
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France
Sixteen National Guard Engineers Ordered Into Active Service
Washington June 23 six teen companies of national guard engineers were ordered into active service by the war department. The engineers 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
General Motors Subscribes 250000 to Red Cross Fund
General Motors at a New York directors meeting subscribed 250000 dollars to the Red Cross war fund. The grant was shared among the companys 25000 employees at 10 dollars per person in Flint Michigan.
Baseball results from early games with multiple box scores
In Philadelphia Brooklyn the Phillies beat the Dodgers 5 to 2 with Dell Cheney and Miller for Philadelphia and Oeschger Burns for Brooklyn. Boston defeated New York 5 to 0 behind Nehf Gowdy. St Louis beat Cincinnati 5 to 2 as Schneider Wingo triumphed. Pittsburgh edged Chicago 3 to 4 with Cooper Schmidt scoring success.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Dell
Cheney
Miller
Oeschger
Burns
Boston
New York
Sallee
Smith Perritt
Rariden
Nehf
Gowdy
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Schneider
Wingo
Ames
Horstman
Snyder
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cooper
Schmidt
Baseball scores from AL games Detroit and other cities
In the American League results Detroit beat St Louis in two games with 9 13 0 to 3 8 0 and 1 4 2 to 2 5 0. Chicago defeated Cleveland 4 7 2 to 1 4 2. Washington edged Philadelphia 5 10 8 to 6 8 1. New York and Boston split with 2 6 1 to 1 3 1.
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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 and
Thomas
Shawkey
Fisher and Walters
Nannamaker
$1,000,000 Sewer System Killed in Hammond Ruling
The Indiana Supreme Court voided Hammond’s two million dollar deep sewer system contracts awarded in February 1913, ending the project and nullifying the planned construction. The decision halted work on the Hoosier city project and affects municipal infrastructure planning.
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Hammond
Ind
Supreme Court of Indiana
Government Interposes in Strike in Lafayette
Seven hundred Monon railroad shop employees in Lafayette Indiana who voted to strike after a union boilermaker was discharged were told by a Washington official they would not be allowed to strike during war times.
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Lafayette
Ind
Monon
Washington, D. C
Pershing Attends Luncheon in Paris with Dubail
Major General John J. Pershing commander in chief of American forces in France was hosted at a Paris luncheon by General Dubail and Mme Dubail. Marshal Joffre General Foch and other high ranking officials attended.
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Pershing
Paris
John J. Pershing
France
Dubail
Mme
Marshal Joffre
Foch
Soldier Dies on Train in Rock Island Hospital
Byron F. Dunne of Gorin Missouri a member of Company B Eighteenth U S infantry died in a Rock Island local hospital after being taken from a troop train while en route east.
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Rock Island
Lil
Byron F. Dunne
Gorin
Ca. B
Eighteenth
U. S. Infantry
Hunger Riots Shake Malma Sweden
Travelers from Stettin report rioting in Malma led mainly by women and children. Troops were brought in to quell the disturbances.
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Sweden
Malma
Stettin
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Lord’s
NEW “Flyer
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