Mexicans Fire On Cavalry At Carrizal Parley
General Pershing reports two U S Army troops C and K of the Tenth Cavalry were fired on during a parley with Mexican forces under General Gomez at Cinco Santo Domingo near Carrizal on June 20. Pershing cannot assign full responsibility yet. In Juarez, Pancho Villa era threats prompt mass evacuation orders for women and children.
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Washington
War Department
Pershing
Tenth Cavalry
Jomez
Gomez
Boyd
Morey
Cinco Santo Domingo
Carrizal
Cantal Tsené
Gomezee
Troop Movements Rise as Fearful Reports Hit San Antonio
In San Antonio doubts grow over Captain Charles T. Boyd’s command after casualties are feared heavy in the Carrizal fight. General Funston orders militia plans to move troops quickly beyond existing numbers as readiness increases. Reports say Mexican raiders crossed near Hachita driving off horses and mules, with American forces pursuing into Mexico.
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San Antonio
Tex
Charles T. Boyd
Boyd
Funston
Mexico
Cobunibis
N. M
Amertce
Hachita
Detroit Troops Arrive at Grayling Mobilization Planned
Detroit battalions of the Thirty-first regiment M. N. G. with cavalry and ambulance units totaling 1057 arrived at Grayling Michigan. Adjt Gen John S. Borsey says plans to mobilize volunteers remain unchanged despite rumors of sending them to Mexico.
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Grayling
Mich
Detroit
Thirty-first Regiment
Ruanors
Mexico
Adjt
John S. Borsey
Governors Grays Ready Parade Heads To Des Moines
Dubuque Iowa June 24 The Governors Grays Dubuque's famed military company that fought in the Civil War and Spanish American War sails for Des Moines today with 340 men in line Thousands line the streets to witness the parade preceding a civic banquet in their honor marking the greatest patriotic demonstration since 1898.
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Dubuque
Des Moines
Grays
Guard unit delayed by missing medical officer
Wheeling West Virginia June 24 The Second West Virginia guard now at Kanawha City will not leave for the border for several days due to a United States army medical officer not arriving to perform the required examination of the members before muster into service.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia Guard
Kanawha City
United States Army
U-35 Sinks French Liner Provence In Mediterranean
The German submarine U-35 arrived Cartagena and carried an autographed letter from Emperor William to King Alfonso. It also delivered hospital stores for Germans interned in Spain and claimed destruction of 50 ships including the Provence. Spanish authorities and diplomats observed the visit with destroyers nearby.
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King Alfonso
Teutons
Cartagena
Spain
Mediterranean
Arnault
Madrid
Paris
Alfonso
Kamerun
Roma
Pais
Emperor Wiliam
William
Germany
Fortifications appropriation bill passes House with 54.8 million
The fortifications appropriation bill totaling 54.8 million for defenses and artillery ordnance was approved by the House 165 to 9. An Illinois amendment to end stop watch pay bonuses in arsenals was adopted 197 to 115 after fierce debate urged by labor organizations.
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Washington
House
Taverner
Illinois
One Dies Two Hurt In Mine Strike Fight
In Virginia Minnesota on June 24 one man was killed and two wounded when a squad of special police clashed with a crowd of L W W strikers en route to picket the Alpena mine of Oliver Iron Mining Company. A woman with a repeating rifle fired from a miner’s porch. officials accuse Mrs Nick Rosendich of starting the shooting.
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Virginia
Minn
L W. W
Alpena
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Nick Rosendich
Bombs Dropped on Bassano in Italian Air Raid
Reported Thursday that an enemy aeroplane dropped several bombs on Bassano. No serious damage or casualties occurred, and no injuries were reported.
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Bassano
Rome
Pirates Convicted in Belize Trial Mayhem on the Plank
Belize June 24 J Monsanto and K Vernon were convicted of piracy for tying the schooner captain and forcing him to walk the plank. They were sentenced to death after stealing the vessel.
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Belize
British Honduras
Airmen Shot Down as Air Combat Rages on Western Front
London reports extensive aerial activity with dogfights near Doullens Lens and Hostile lines. One German machine fell inside British lines with prisoners taken and two Fokkers damaged or shot down, while two more German planes were driven down in exchanges.
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London
Doullens
Lens
House Convicts Marshall for Contempt of the House
The House, by a vote of 100 to 85, finds District Attorney H Snowden Marshall of New York in contempt of the House for criticizing a subcommittee of the judiciary committee investigating impeachment proceedings. Speaker Clark will issue a warrant for Marshall’s arrest to bring him before the bar. The case stems from Marshall’s neutrality investigations.
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Washington
House
Los
H. Snowden Marshall
New York
House of Representatives
Marshall
Judiciary Committee
Clark
German repulse north of hill 321 reported
Paris reports the German infantry attack on the French position north of hill 321 was repulsed by French batteries according to an official war office statement. Separate dispatches note a second note to Austria Hungary over the Petrolite submarine assault asking for an apology and reparations. In Joplin floods after heavy rain killed four and caused $500000 damage flooding basements and Main street.
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Paris
War Office
Washington
Austria-Hungary
State Department
Vienna
Joplin
Main Street
British Gain in Africa in German East Africa
General Smuts reported to the war office that British forces in the southern German East Africa have occupied Alt Langenburg and Hendeni. The dispatch came from London dated June 23.
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London
Heine Zimmerman Breaks Shoulder in Home Accident
Chicago June 23 Heine Zimmerman Cubs third baseman and field captain fell on stairs at home breaking his shoulder likely ending his season as he faces time on the injured list.
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Heine Zim
Chicago
Heine Zimmerman
Cubs
Thame
Secretary Daniels Seeks Bigger Navy Ship Plan
President Wilson backs expanding the naval program to eight capital ships eight ships include two dreadnoughts and six battle cruisers, surpassing the house bill. Senate committee aims to add two dreadnoughts and press for higher enlisted crews to man all vessels.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Daniels
Tillman
Swanson
Senate
House
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Naval Affairs Committee
Lodge
General Committee
Navy
Germans Halt Russian Westward Drive In Galicia
Russian offensive from Volhynia and Czernowitz pushed Austrians back and crossed the Sereth river. Cities Gilboka Zadova and Stroginetz fell toward Lemberg. A German counterattack between the Ko vel Lutsk railroad and the Turin river checked the Russians.
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London
Volhynia
Czernowitz
Sereth
Lemberg
Gilboka
Zadova
Stroginetz
Lutsk
Kovel-Lutsk
Turin
Ofisselin
Mass on Roumanian Frontier Fears War Spillover
News from Bucharest reports fifty thousand Austro Hungarian troops massed at the Roumanian frontier amid heightened tension from the Russian offensive against Austria Hungary. The buildup signals possible widespread conflict in the region and raises concerns for security and diplomacy.
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Bucharest
Roumanian
Thousands Arrested in Ireland Sinn Fein Uprising
London reports about 3,000 people arrested across Ireland in connection with the Sinn Fein uprising. About 1,200 have been released, with the remainder detained as authorities pursue the case.
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Ireland
London
Sinn Fein
Russians claim big prisoner haul as push slows Germans
Petrograd reports 172,484 prisoners captured in Volhynia and Galicia up to last Thursday with heavy fighting north of Gadomitch on the Styr. Berlin and London relay German divisions being rushed east to halt the Russian offensive toward Lemberg as battles widen across the Styr, Sereth, and surrounding fronts.
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Petrograd
War Office
Volhynia
Galicia
Stakhod
Gadomitch
Styr
Gruziatyn
Vo Trontchine
Kiselin
Rajmiesto
Stokhod
Voerontschine
Wiselin
Sereth
Brussiloff
Aar
London
Lemberg
Geneva
Lutsk Kovel
Brody
Przemyslany
Berlin
Nolki
Wiar
Lutsk
Turina
Austro- Hungarian War Office
Five Die in Parry Sound Explosives Plant Blast
A factory explosion at Canadian Explosives Limited in Parry Sound Ontario killed at least five workers and seriously injured twenty. The blast and ensuing fire destroyed a large shrapnel factory building with about seventy men present. the cause is unknown and firefighters search the ruins for more casualties.
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Parry Sound
Ont
Canadian Explosives, Limited
Noted German airman slain
London dispatch reports Lieutenant Immelmann, famed German aviator who had downed his fifteenth aeroplane on May 17, was killed while reconnoitering on the western front on Tuesday.
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London
Berlin
Copenhagen
London Telegraph
Immelmann
Professor Hoxie Ends Life in Chicago Home
June 24 report says Robert F. Hoxie, professor of political economy at the University of Chicago, killed himself at his residence by cutting his throat after continued illness.
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Chicago
Robert F. Hoxie
University of Chicago
Hoxie
Greece Accepts Entente Demands Forms New Cabinet
Athens reports Greece has accepted the entente powers demands. The decision was communicated to the French legation by M. Zaimis who is entrusted with forming a new cabinet.
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Athens
Greece
M. Zaimis
European War Headlines Mark One-Year Arbiters
A digest of World War I actions published June 26 1915 notes German gains near Souchez Italian and British losses in the Adriatic and Gulf of Bothnia Austro Hungarian submarine activity and British air operations near Friedrichshafen Russians advance in Caucasus and Galicia Montenegrins push into Albania and Scutari plus various naval sinkings including Armenian Scottish Monarch and Norwegian ships and Austria-Hungary protest over US munition shipments
Frontline Advances Reported Across Multiple Fronts
German forces gained ground near Bagatelle and seized Zawichost in Poland as Austro-German units advanced. Attacks from the Gnila Lipa line, Italian Alpine passes, and battles around Monfalcone and Krithia feature heavy artillery and river crossings with various territorial shifts and losses on both sides.
World War Fronts See Shifts Across Multiple Theaters
German forces under the crown prince pressed in the Argonne near Le Four-de-Paris while pushing gains. Italian troops captured Tolmino but Austrian defenses remained strong. Allies held ground in Gallipoli amid heavy counter attacks. A Baltic sea engagement saw a Russian squadron defeat a German one. A Russian submarine destroyed a German battleship near Danzig bay. British munitions legislation advances through the House of Lords.
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Gallipoli
Baltic
Hard Findings on Scientific Management Ideas
William Hard criticizes new scientific management ideas at a Yonkers YMCA address. He tells a story of a mining shark fleeing police and a treasurer who hauls him into a small index card cabinet to hide, illustrating his point about complex systems being hard to navigate.
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William Hard
Y. M.C
Yonkers
Fined for Contempt in Family Exchange
A Detroit Free Press item notes a domestic dispute scene where a mother quips after a proposal. The exchange centers on a threat of financial penalty for contempt, hinting at social tensions and dress costs as a consequence of scandal or impropriety.
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Detroit Free Press
Noted Site Sparks Echoes of Garden of Eden Fight
A fragment quotes a debate about a location described as near the Garden of Eden where fighting occurred. Two speakers question why that site is chosen, suggesting it as the origin of trouble. The exchange hints at a deeper historical or social dispute linked to the place.
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Souchez
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Belgium
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Micharskanda
Austria
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Monte Croce Pass
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Gob
Bitlis
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
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Flanders
Halicz
Bug
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Albania
Riva
Ledro Valley
Tomaszow
Poland
Scutari
Austria - Hungary
U. S
Bagatelle
Zawichost
Gnila Lipa
Carnic Alps
Monfalcone
Sagrado
Plava
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