Tornado Toll and Flag Address Mark June Severe Weather
Reports from Arkansas Missouri and Illinois confirm 83 lives lost with hundreds injured and major property damage from tornadoes. Deaths include 57 in Arkansas and several in Mississippi Missouri and Illinois. a river packet Elonore capsized near Memphis with many deckhands unaccounted for. Justice Hughes urged American unity and sacrifice at the National Cathedral school lawn, declaring the flag symbolizes America first and equal duty to country. Senator Martin of Virginia attended the address.
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Arkansas
Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Memphis
Kansas City
Nimois
Vicksburg
Jachson
Missour
Dexter
Cairo
Fayville
Poplar Bluff
Stoddard
Here
Tve
Heber Springs
Washington
National Cathedral School Lawn
Charles KE. Hughes
America
Senator Martine
Virginia
Yuan Shi Kai Dies in Peking at 57
Yuan Shi Kai, president of the Chinese republic, dies at one o clock in the morning after days of illness and a nervous breakdown. Premier Tuan Chi Jui informs vice president Li Yuan Hung of succession. He was 57, with causes listed as uremia. Rumors of suicide or poisoning denied by officials.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Tuan Chi-Jui
Li Yuan Hung
Yuan
Hoe
China
Russians Make Big Gains On Galician Front
Petrograd reports a sudden Russian blow across 27 miles from Pripet to Roumania, hailed as the start of a long-awaited offensive. By now they claim 480 officers and 25,000 troops captured, along with 17 cannon and 15 machine guns, under General Brussilof who led the Carpathian campaign in 1934.
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Petrograd
London
Pripet
Roumania
Brussilof
Carpathians
No will left by J. J. Hill
James J. Hill the railroad builder died last week and left an estate valued at about 10 million dollars. His widow petitioned Ramsey county probate court to appoint Louis as administrator, joined by eight children.
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St. Paul, Minn
James J. Hill
Ramsey County
Louis
Marines In Two Hour Fight At Puerto Plata
The state department said American marines landed at Puerto Plata on May 21 and fought a two hour battle with bandits in which Captain Herbert J. Hirshinger of the Marine Corps was killed. No other American casualties occurred as forces routed the natives and captured the city before taking Monte Cristo without opposition.
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Washington
State Department
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Herbert J. Hirshinger
Marine Corps
Monte Christo
Pershing Visits Columbus New Mexico for Base Inspection
General Pershing commander of the Punitive Expedition to Mexico and his staff arrived at Columbus New Mexico on Monday for a general inspection of air camps. He conferred with Major Sample base commandant in the afternoon. It marked his first return to American soil since entering Mexico in March.
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Columbus
N. M
Pershing
United States
Mexico
Sample
General Pershing
Shoot Up Country Church Near Jackson Ky
A dozen intoxicated hillbillies attacked a country church on Leatherwood Creek. One man was killed and dozens injured including women and children who fled in panic as a pitched battle followed.
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Jackson
Leatherwood Creek
Here
British Admiralty Confirms German Warship Losses
London reports confirm the battle caused more German than British losses. German ships lost include two battleships two dreadnought battle cruisers and two light cruisers plus smaller craft including a submarine. Hamburg rumors claim Westfalen and Lutzow sunk. Berlin cites Westfalen loss. Most British officers aboard cruisers sunk did not survive.
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London
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Westfalen
Lutzow
Berlin
Wilson and Marshall to be Nominated at Democratic Convention
President Wilson and Vice President Marshall are slated as Democratic standard bearers at the national convention. National Chairman McCombs and arrangements committees have agreed on labors. A long session is planned Friday evening into Saturday morning to name candidates. Ollie James of Kentucky was chosen permanent chairman. F B Lynch of St Paul reportedly to head the new national committee after the convention.
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St. Louis
Wilson
Marshall
McCombs
Ollie James
Kentucky
F. B. Lynch
St. Paul
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Rt. Key
Francis C. Kelley
Committee On Credentials
National Committee
Committee On Permanent Organization
Committee On Rules and
Tornado kills three in Hot Springs Arkansas
Three people died and extensive damage followed a tornado that swept Hot Springs on Monday. A church was demolished a skating rink toppled and the electric light plant damaged leaving the city without power as responders assessed the widespread destruction.
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Little Rock
Ark
Hot Springs
Mexican Help Reaches U S Patrol as Bandits Flee
In Columbus New Mexico on June 5 Carranza troops filled the frontier area left by the American expedition. Carranzistas near Las Varas were warned of bandits defeated by 20 Arizona Apache scouts. General Gavira plans to lead operations against Villista bands and will set up new posts while reshaping forces per General Pershing’s guidance.
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Columbus
N. M
Carranza
Pershing
Gavira
Las Varas
el Paso
Tex
Gabriel Gavira
Mexico
Juarez
Francisco Gonzales
Villista
Perashing
Casas Grandes
House Passes Naval Bill With 270 Million Appropriation
The House approved the naval appropriation bill by 368 to 4, funding sea preparedness. Final action drew both sides into a wave of approval including Browning Graham Randall and London as the notable dissents. The program envisions five battle cruisers four scout cruisers ten destroyers sixty nine submarines and one hundred thirty aircraft.
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Washington
House
Browning
New Jersey
Graham
Pennsylvania
Randall
California
London
New York
Global War News Briefs From June Dispatches
A roll of June 7 reports includes Premier Okuma of Japan possibly assassinated in Shanghai, S J Konenkamp reelected president of the International Union of Commercial Telegraphers in New York, and Kansas needing 15 000 harvest workers 1 700 teams and 830 outside cocks per C H Danner. Also Berlin advances war tax bills and a 12 000 000 000 mark war credit, while Seydlitz sunk by British ships near Rotterdam. Cyclone injures five in Natchez area, with fatalities, and property losses. UK ships Baron Tweedmouth Julia Park and Lake Ninian sunk per Lloyds, plus U S Marines in Haiti report a Marine wounded as the Indefatigable incident prompted a safe report from Symington.
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Okuma
Japan
New York
S. J. Konenkamp
Chicago
International Union of Commercial Telegraphers
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
C. H. Danner
State Free Employment Bureau
Berlin
London
Lloyds
Baron Tweedmouth
Julia Park
Platform for convention includes Americanism and preparedness
Chicago reports on the Republican convention platform committee hearings. Suffrage debates precede plank discussions while Lodge Borah Sutherland Fall Wadsworth and others draft a platform stressing Americanism, preparedness, tariff, merchant marine, labor laws, education and safety measures.
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Resolutions Committee
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Borah
Idaho
Sutherland
Utah
Fall
New Mexico
Wadsworth
New York
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Howland
Ohio
Madden
Illinois
Charles H. Clark
Connecticut
Fect
Congressional Union
Gompers
Civil Service Reform Proposals and Convention Officers Named
The document outlines demands for industrial safety and fair pay, civil service wage minimums, a grievance tribunal, and government telegraph and telephone ownership. It notes women’s suffrage support and lists temporary officers for the Republican convention session, led by Harding with Gleason Smith State Bennett Hart Transon and several chaplains among others.
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Lect
W. J. Gaynor
Court of Appeals
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Lafayette B. Gleason
New York
Frank A. Smith
Pennsylvania
William F. State
Maryland
Edwin P. Thayer
Indiana
Cuy V. Howard
Minnesota
William §. Bennett
George L. Hart
Virginia
J. J. Transon
John Timothy Stone
Kelley
William F. McDowell
George B. Levi
William OQ
Waters
Roosevelt Pivot Reported Ready To Oppose Hughes In Nomination
Oyster Bay reports show Roosevelt confidants expect him to challenge Justice Hughes if nominated by the Republicans. Roosevelt is said to feel more optimistic about his chances and plans a strong message of straight forward Americanism to rally supporters. His aides note private talks favor his bid and indicate a broadside against the Hughes camp may come soon.
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Chicago
Dean Wilam Draper Lewis
University of Pennsylvania
Chester Rowell
California
James R. Garfield
Gifford Pinchot
Herbert Knox Smith
Wiliam Dudley Foulke
William Allen White
Resolutions Committee
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Justice Hughes
Pussyfoot
Coronel
Sagamore Hill
Hurley Heads Trade Board Named FCC Cha rman
Washington reports the federal trade commission will set terms for its chairman adopting the interstate commerce commission practice and has elected Commissioner Edward N. Hurley of Chicago as chairman succeeding Joseph B. Davies who led the board for the first year. McCall to Chicago Next
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
Joseph B. Davies
Remembering Chief Pat Kanim and his enduring legacy
Prof Edward S Meany of the University of Washington urges a monument to Chief Pat Kanim of the Snoqualmie and Snohomish tribes. Once a powerful leader near Everett, he aided whites after a 1850 voyage to San Francisco and remained faithful to friendship, guiding his people through pioneer days.
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Edward S. Meany
University of Washington
Pat Kanim
Snoqualmie
Pat
Professor Meany
Pat Kantm
Everett
Snohomish River
Tulalip Indian Reservation
Bancroft
Washington
Republicans In Big Convention Opens In Chicago
Chicago June 7 The Republican national convention opened before a capacity crowd with Charles Warren Harding of Ohio chosen as temporary chairman and delivering the keynote. Committees were named and the session adjourned to resume Thursday. Delegates, alternates, and press filled the Coliseum as Harding urged party harmony and defense preparedness while criticizing Democratic policy and the Philippines plan.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Charles D. Biles
Hilles
Diplomatic Corps
Washington
National Committee
John Timothy Stone
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago
James LB. Reynolds
Massachusetts
United States
Charles Warren Harding
Ohio
Harding
Filles
Europe
Mexico
Philippines
Lord Kitchener Dies at Sea in Hampshire Wreck
London reports confirm Lord Kitchener and his staff perished when the Hampshire cruiser struck a mine or torpedo off the Orkney Islands during a night voyage. The admiralty noted heavy seas hindered rescue efforts, with no survivors reported among 400 to 540 aboard. Born 1860 in Ireland, Kitchener had served as secretary of state for war since 1914 and stood beside Lord Roberts as a leading British military figure.
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Lord Kitchener
Orkney
Britain
Kitchener
O. A. Fitzgerald
Elershaw
Ministry of Munitions
Frederick Donaldson
R. D. MacPherson
Ellershaw
Ataf
Robinson
Donaldson
Fugh Obeline
Foreign Office
Petrograd
Sofia
Hampshire
Tima
Admiralty
Orknay Islands
Toussla
Roberts
Lord Roberts
British Empire
Atata
England
Germany
Bally Longford
County Kerry
Ireland
Iowa suffrage leads in partial returns in Des Moines and rural Iowa
Report from Iowa on June 7 shows equal suffrage at 65 898 to 64 487 with 616 of 2360 precincts in. Central and southern Iowa favor suffrage while river towns lean anti suffrage. Des Moines and Fort Dodge appear to have suffrage wins but results proclaimed by both sides suggest a possible 10 000 margin.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Dodge
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Hartington, Neb
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