Wilson Finishing Note to Berlin on Lusitania Sinking
President Wilson completes revisions to a note about the Lusitania sinking. The cabinet approved the text and it will be sent to Berlin via the State Department for Gerard to deliver to the German foreign office. Amb. Gerard clarified that warnings to Americans in Germany were not new and stem from general war risk advisories.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Germany
Lusitania
Bere Line
State Department
Gerard
Berlin
Foreign Office
Bryan
Europe
Wounded Soldiers Overwhelm Constantinople Authorities
Washington reports that Constantinople receives wounded soldiers at such a rate Turkish officials cannot cope. Morgenthau, American Red Cross chair, says over 10,000 wounded in Constantinople as of May 8 with more arriving daily. Emperor William visits Archduke Frederick’s headquarters as Przemysl falls. Berlin reports French air raid on crown prince HQ with several deaths but limited damage.
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Associated Press
Washington
Constantinople
Morgenthau
American Red Cross
Berlin
London
Emperor William
Archduke Frederick
Przemysl
Reuter
Amsterdam
Count von Berchtold Offers Services in Italian Campaign
Vienna reports Count Leopold von Berchtold former Austro Hungarian foreign minister has offered his services as a volunteer automobilist in the Italian campaign. He hopes to accompany his son to the front and is learning to be a chauffeur.
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Associated Press
Vienna
London
Leopold von Berchtold
Aviators Hurt in 300 Foot Air Test Tragedy
Vincent Curry and Frank Touth, aviators, crashed during a test flight in Chicago Illinois yesterday and were found under the wreckage with internal injuries. Doctors said their condition was critical and likely fatal. Curry had studied under Lincoln Beachy.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Vincent Curry
Frank Touth
Curry
Lincoln Beachy
Weather Report For Harrisburg And Vicinity
Fair to night and Sunday with little temperature change. Eastern Pennsylvania sees fair weather, moderate northeast winds. Susquehanna River levels expected to fall tonight and Sunday except main stem between Sunbury and Duncannon rise slightly. River stage 4.6 feet above low water mark. Temperature 62 at 8 am, mean 61, normal 68. New moon June 12 at 1:57 pm.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Sunbury
Duncannon
Ohio
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Utah
Florida
Plans for Summer Playground Work Spelled Out
City officials unveil a busy slate for Wildwood playgrounds with a weekly picnic led by a picnic teacher daily story telling hour from library staff and an open air drama on Reservoir slopes inspired by Ben Greet productions to cap Romper Day. Brethren conference opens in Hershey with song service led by Elizabeth Kline and lectures by Hoff and Ober on scripture and habit.
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M. Harvey Taylor
Hershey
Elizabeth Kline
Elizabethtown
M. W. Emmett
Central Theater
E. B. Hoff
Chicago
Ill
H. K. Ober
Honors list expanded as special course students rise
Miss Anna M. Saul at Central high school revised the senior honor roll. Marguerite Butler tied for seventh with Helen Shuey, Russell Phillips eighth, and Custer Maguire added at thirteenth, expanding the list to twenty one. The students, who advanced due to a late freshman-year mark, completed the three-year program in three years. Suffragists from across the nation arrive in Chicago for the National American Women’s Suffrage Association conference opening tomorrow and running until Wednesday with over two hundred leaders expected.
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Central High School
Marguerite Butler
Helen Shuey
Russell Phillips
Custer Maguire
Miss Saul
Associated Press
Chicago
National American Women’s Suffrage Association
Wild cattle aid Italian assault on Monte Cordo in WWI clash
Report from Rome via Paris describes fifty wild cattle helping Italian troops break a high barbed wire entanglement guarding an Austrian position on Monte Cordo. Exploding bombs frightened the animals, whose hoofs and horns cleared the obstacle in about fifteen minutes, allowing Italians to seize the summit. London reports three vessels sunk by German submarines with all crews saved. New York notes the American line steamer Philadelphia sailed to Liverpool after a wage dispute.
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Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Monte Cordo
Carrier D'Italia
New York
American Line
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Tener wires Newark deal may materialize
A Harrisburg telegram from John K. Tener of the National League says Newark’s International League team may relocate to Harrisburg with an official game date to be announced within ten days. Backers plan to fund the team without city financial help, needing about 700 fans per game to turn a profit, with lease on island grounds the main hurdle.
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Harrisburg
John K. Tener
National League
Newark
International Baseball League
Harrisburgers
Governor veto halts optometry licensing bill in Pennsylvania
Governor Brumbaugh vetoes a House bill creating a separate state bureau for optometrists licensing. He states the bill defines optometry practice and would establish a new licensing bureau. A prior similar bill had been vetoed earlier in this session.
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Pennsylvania
Brumbaugh
Commonwealth
Bureau of
Two Sudden Deaths At Dauphin In One Morning
Two men died suddenly in Dauphin Pennsylvania on the morning of June 5. William Johnson age 65 from Rockville collapsed while driving a wagon loaded with crushed stone, life could not be saved in Dr. A. C. Cobl’s office. He left a widow and one son. Joshua Batley age 64 a farmer died at his home near Zionsville from acute dilation of the heart. He is survived by his wife and two children Mrs John Eisenhower of Sunbury and Miss Carrie Bailey of Harrisburg.
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Dauphin
William Johnson
Rockville
A. C. Cobl
Joshua Batley
Zionsville
John Eisenhower
Sunbury
Carrie Bailey
Harrisburg
Charles C Steiner Declares Candidacy for City Commissioner
Charles C Steiner of the Eighth ward announces his bid for City Commissioner. A longtime linotype operator, he previously served in Common Council including a term as president of the lower chamber, and was a School Board member. He has long backed Republican politics and local public improvements.
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Charles C. Steiner
Eighth Ward
Steam Heat Extension Planned for Third Street
Harrisburg Light and Power Company will extend steam heat service in North Third Street from Boas to Verbeke. Mains will be laid as soon as pipe material arrives, with work expected to take a week or two and rushed as possible. Demand from uptown residents and business districts prompted the extension.
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Boas
Verbeke
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Boas Street
Financier Will Speak on Permanent Prosperity
George W. Perkins, the noted financier and publicist of New York, will address the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce on Friday June 18. He will discuss Things Requisite for Permanent Prosperity and has long advocated tariff questions settled by a qualified tariff commission. He supports combinations of American manufacturers to broaden foreign trade.
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George W. Perkins
New York City
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Perkins
Storage Battery Firm Plans Harrisburg Branch
The Willard Storage Battery Company of Cleveland told the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce that a Harrisburg branch will be established to handle Willard battery sales and service exclusively.
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Willard Storage Battery Company
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Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg
Willard Battery
Street Asphalt Damaged by Gas Co Sparks Citizen Complaint
Property owners along North Front street complain of gas company ripping up asphalt laid a year ago between Reel's Lane and Schuylkill street. Officials said permits from all owners would have taken too long. The firm cites late work and extra costs. Traffic violators warned by Harrisburg Motor Club as arrests rise for speeding and reckless driving.
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Governor Brumbaugh Opens Camp of Instruction at Mt Gretna
Officers from the Eighth Regiment depart for Mt Gretna to attend the annual Camp of Instruction. Major General C Bow Dougherty will command the opening, with Lt Col David J Davis as adjutant general and Lt Col Frank M Wandling as division quartermaster guiding militia students at the parade ground.
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Maurice E. Finney
Joseph B. Hutchison
Eighth
H. Huber
Chambersburg
Edward H. Schell
Harrisburg
C. Bow Dougherty
David J. Davis
Frank M. Wandling
George F. Buss
H. A. Arnold
Sixth Infantry
U. S. Army
Americans Have Not Been Warned to Leave Berlin
The US embassy in Berlin has not informed the American colony of any impending step if Germany does not meet US demands. Reports of an official warning and possible severance of diplomatic relations were denied by officials, though inquiries at the embassy and consulates have increased amid press reports in the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gerard
Berlin
United States
Germany
Americans Warned to Leave London Amid Night Telephones
American residents in London report anonymous calls warning them to evacuate with families at once. M. K. Shaler of the American-Belgian Relief Commission was told to stay home and fill bathtubs with water. Paris reports French capture of a sugar refinery near Souchez with German dead in the basement and light French losses.
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Associated Press
London
Robert P. Skinner
M. K. Shaler
Relief Commission
England
Paris
Souchez
Explosives Dropped on English Coasts by Hostile Airships
London reports hostile airships dropped bombs along England’s east and southeast coasts last night. Little damage and few casualties are noted. Submarines have been active in the North Sea and Bristol Channel with one trawler Victoria loss and four crewmen and a boy passenger killed by shells.
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Associated Press
London
England
North Sea
Bristol Channel
Cew
Fair Traveler Defies Baggagemen Over Trunk Valuation
A young woman at Union Station resisted revealing her trunk contents under a new valuation law. After initial refusals she was informed valuation was required and finally calculated the trunk value as exactly 101.27 dollars. The baggagemen pressed for an even hundred and she relented after a lengthy delay, boarding her Atlantic City train.
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Union Station
Atlantic City
Germans Consider Drives in France and Belgium
German airships bombed English coasts last night with limited damage and few casualties. Five British ships were sunk by submarines, and crews of two trawlers evacuated to a third. German preparations for a new western assault are reported as reinforcements push north of Arras. Galicia sees heavy fighting while Austro German forces push Russians back near Przemysl. Petrovgrad claims successes while fronts hold east of Przemysl.
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North Sea
England
London
Western Front
Przemysl
France
Belgium
Arras
Galicia
Vienna
Petrogra War Office
Submarine Mother in Port From Bordeaux Vessel Ready to Deploy Sub
A French tank steamer named the Kanga 00 arrived in New York from Bordeaux. It is designed to carry and launch a submarine through opening bows into its interior. When the submarine is in position, the bows close and the ship sails to discharge the submarine at distant points. This vessel is the first of three of its type built and building.
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Associated Press
New York
Bordeaux
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