Inquiry Ordered After Indiana Circus Train Wreck
Engineer Alonzo Sargent asleep at the throttle caused a Michigan Central wreck near Ivanhoe Indiana killing 62. Deputy coroner and federal officials conducted the Hammond inquest with William G. McAdoo directing a thorough probe. Wrecking crews searched for 25 missing bodies amid debris.
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Hammond
Ind
Alonzo Sargent
Michigan Central Railroad
Ivanhoe
Charles J.melfadden
Winston, Strawn & Shaw
Sargent
McFadden
Jackson
Mich
Indiana
Harry C. Green
William G. McAdoo
Railroads
J. A. Graham
Doctoresa
Butecause
Green
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana Public Service Commission
Chigaun
Wany
Missi
Cyres
Louise
Coordinating Resources of Our Public Utilities
Philip H. Gadsden, chairman of the national committee on public utilities conditions, opens Washington offices to organize U S light and power firms and street railways and gas companies for war effort coordination. He has served as resident member of the war board of the American Electric Railway Association.
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Philip H. Gadsden
National Committee On Public Utilities
Washington
United States
American Electric Railway Association
Crown Prince's Army Near Annihilation Report
London reports a Giornale D Italia quote that Archduke Joseph and General Wurm forces are surrounded and must surrender or be annihilated. Milan notes a crushing blow to the Central Powers as Austrian losses rise with 2,000,000 men killed or captured and a rout along the Piave, with Italian cavalry harassing retreating units.
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London
Giornale D. Italia
Archduke Joseph
Gen
Wurm
Milan
Italy
Piave
Allies Progressing in Minor Western Front Actions
Paris reports the French repelled an assault near Leport north of the Aisne and seized prisoners in surprise operations in Woëvre and Lorraine sectors. The Canadians captured prisoners in a raid east of Amiens.
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Paris
Leport
Aisne
Woevre
Lorraine
Italians Repel Austrians Across Piave Front
Reports from Rome place Austrian captives at 45,000 with many scattered enemy units trapped. Italian cavalry crossed the Piave and pushed toward Montello and Zenson while securing bridgeheads at Nervesa and Paese as they advance through the river’s channels amid heavy fighting in a decisive, rapidly shifting front.
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Washington
Rome
Piave
Montello
Della Della Madonna
Nervesa
Maserada
Sardona
Young
War Office
Italy
Biel
Iella
London
Itatiang Crone
San Dona di Piave
Ttallan
Zenson
Montell
Coe
Nerveta
Paeize
Austran
Vetraady
Raffaelo Garriel
Milan Secolo
Candela
Itv
Protective Work for Women and Girls Led by Jane D. Rippin
Mrs Jane D Rippin formerly Philadelphia municipal court probation chief oversees government protective services for women and girls directing over 75 officers serving at military camps and war front assignments while Italian forces push along the Piave front amid heavy artillery and air action.
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Jane D. Rippin
Municipal Court of Philadelphia
British troop transport sunk by German submarine
German submarines sank a British transport under American charter about 700 miles east of the Delaware capes on June 18. Seventy two crew members were missing and four lifeboats reached safety at various ports. the vessel had no troops aboard. The Dwinsk, formerly the Russian C Tietgen, was built in 1897 and owned by Russia before being seized by Britain for troop service.
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Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Navy Department
Delaware Capes
Hampton Roads
Bermuda
Russia
New York
Dwinsk
Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company
Archangel
Belfast
C. ¥. Tietgen
Fractured War Talk and Shifting Alliances in Early Debate
The fragment discusses wartime diplomacy and policy positions about facing Bulgaria and Russia, with mentions of Washington and Congress debating joint action. It hints at calls for united front against aggressors and a possible shift toward closer cooperation with the U.S. in response to war pressures.
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Howe
Americans Take Belleau Wood in Brief Marne Assault
American troops on the Marne captured the northwestern Belleau Wood after a brief hour long assault. They cleared the position of Germans, freed prisoners, and seized machine guns. The operation demonstrated American resolve in pushing the German defense from the wooded stronghold.
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Belleau Wood Falls
Marne
Belleww Wood
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M’adoo
Vienna
Shewer Ofter
Moriella
Pigve River
Ineo
Crown Prince
Tors
Amiens
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HMN
Charles I
Great Britain
America
Wood
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