Sea Battle Sinks 25 Vessels and Turbulent Losses Estimated
British and German fleets clashed in the North Sea in a fight described as the greatest sea battle of modern times. Up to 150 warships and Zeppelins took part, with at least 25 ships sunk and losses possibly exceeding 2,000 lives. The clash lasted up to twenty hours in fog and smoke, with British and German vessels heavily engaged and both sides suffering major damage. Eyewitness accounts describe flotillas fleeing under searchlights as shells rained down and oil reduced visibility on the water.
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International News Service
London
North Sea
Admiralty
Invincible
Alderis
Copenhagen
Esbjerg
Blaavands
Art
Copenhage
Captain Hunt
Ilease
Horn Riff
David Beatty
Helgoland Bight
Weather report summary for Port Mathews area and surrounding region
The forecast notes fresh and strong south to southeast winds, shifting to northeast. Expect rain and cooler temperatures with developing storm activity from the Western storm reaching the upper St Lawrence Valley. showers likely east of the Mississippi River with heaviest rainfall in northern areas. Temperature hints include a 2 degree to higher variation and notable precipitation records.
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St. Lawrence Valley
Esippi River
New Yerk
Penn
Vacation Season Is Here
The Har riebore Pelegraph announces vacation season guidance and reader tips. A playful preview urges readers to prepare at home, urging calm routines and avoiding hurry as summer plans begin.
Big School Picnic at Paxtang Park
The Telegraph plans a city and vicinity school picnic at Paxtang Park on Tuesday June 20 with a band concert free show and contests for children and adults. Fifteen thousand pupils from the public schools will be invited. Traction Company will run special cars. President A Carson Stamm and Superintendent Frederick E Downes back the event. Students bring baskets for a day of sports marching and fireworks at dusk.
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Telegraph
Pdxtang Park
Traction Company
A. Carson Stamm
Frederick E. Downes
Chicago preparedness parade draws thousands despite limited space
The June 3 Chicago parade began at 9 am with 2032 paraders per 12 minutes marching sixteen abreast. Organizers expected as many as 200,000 enrollees, but space and time constraints limited participation. Grant Park overflowed with spectators as patriotic colors filled the city.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Grant Park
Prison Reform Urged by Prison Society Official
Albert H. Votan of Philadelphia, secretary of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, recommends establishing an industrial department for prisoners at Dauphin County Jail, urging work programs to aid inmate rehabilitation and productivity.
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Dauphin County
Albert H. Votan
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Prison Society
Harrisburg Student at Cornell Exonerated in Motorcycle Case
W K Patterson a Cornell sophomore from Harrisburg was cleared of speeding charges after a motorcycle crash in Ithaca. Police dismissed the case and a damage suit filed by a little girl’s parents is expected to be withdrawn.
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W. K. Patterson
Cornell
Harrisburg
Ithaca
Modern Path of Harrisburg Run Highlights PA Landmarks
Attorney Caspar Dull outlined notable Pennsylvania landmarks on the Motor Club of Harrisburg sociability run along the William Penn Highway to Johnstown set for June 19 and 20. A Carlisle turnout and Dauphin County bar member spoke at a meeting in Carlisle about the route and its historical points.
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Pennsylvania
Motor Club of
Harrisburg
William Penn Highway
Johnstown
Caspar Dull
Dauphin County
Motor Club
Carlisle
Cumberland County
Dull
Old Guard Forges Path in Nomination Fight at Convention
Reports from Chicago indicate no clear GOP candidate emerged at the national convention amid heavy activity by favorite sons. Old Guard strategy focuses on Root, then Burton Weeks Sherman and Fairbanks as alternatives, with a dark horse possible.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Hughes
Root
Weeks
Burton
Fairbanks
Sherman Booms
Old Guard
Sherman
Fair
Germans Press Verdun Attack as Austrian Drive Flares
In the Verdun battle the German assault northeast of the fortress continues with a nighttime push past Port Vaux into a deep ditch near French lines. Meanwhile Austrians renew a desperate offensive against Italian positions south of the Asiago sector along the Asiago valley.
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Asia Valley
Verdun
Port Vaux
Tyrol
Assa
Asiago
Shrapnel Makers Take Shells Home as Souvenirs
Several hundred workers in the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company shell department bought 41 percent inch casings rejected by inspectors and sold at scrap value as keepsakes. The plant announced no more shrapnel casings after June 10, prompting many men to take shells home before potential job departures.
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Shell Department
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company
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