German Note on Submarine Policy Draws Disappointment
Washington reports profound disappointment in official circles over Germanys reply to the American note on submarine warfare. Berlin claims Lusitania was an auxiliary cruiser carrying munitions and soldiers, while Gulflight was torpedoed. A second note, denying Lusitania as a troopship, is expected within forty eight hours and will press for particulars.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
America
United States
Gerard
Congress
Cabinet
Wilson
Lusitania
Bryan
Gregory
Lansing
Bernstorff
London
Count Renentlow
Meyer Gerard
Red Cross
Wilson Advises Mexican Leaders To Disarm And Form Coalition
President Wilson sent a note urging disarmament by Mexican factions and proposing a coalition rule to avert US intervention. He warned that fifteen thousand armed men must not starve fifteen million noncombatants. The note was relayed to Carranza Zapata Villa Garza and public reaction varied. Reports from Vera Cruz El Paso Los Angeles and Laredo note calm reception skepticism and violence tied to Monterey evacuation.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Zapata
Villa
Garza
Vera Cruz
EL Paso
Houston
Tex
Pernambuco
Monterey Laredo
Monterey
National consciousness awakened by Civil War memorial speech
Washington June 1 President Wilson in a Memorial day address at Arlington cemetery said the Civil War did more than save the Union it created a national consciousness in the rebirth of the Union enabling the American nation to realize its united destiny
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Wilson
Rockefeller blamed for Colorado outrages
June reports from the United States industrial commission assign direct responsibility to John D. Rockefeller Jr. for the Colorado strike incidents. Separate items note steamships Senator and Victoria sailing to Nome and St Michael, a Pacific Coast Company coal bunker fire causing $100000 loss, US Steel stock rise after a Supreme Court decision, and a broad coast to coast earthquake felt in San Francisco.
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City
Walsh
United States Industrial Commission
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado
Seattle
Pacific Coast Company
New York
United States Steel
Supreme Court
San Francisco
Alaska
Eccentric Seattle judge dies in uremic poisoning
Seattle May 0 Superior Judge John E. Humphries died this morning of uremic poisoning. Renowned for eccentricities he jailed hundreds for contempt during LW W. troubles and faced impeachment. He lectured daily from the bench for reporters, who profited from his odd ideas. York May 31 rumor says Mrs Made line Force Astor widow of John Jacob Astor may wed Clarence Mackay head of Mackay Bennet system. London June 1 government prosecutes the Times for reporting France's reserves as young recruits.
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Seattle
Madeline Force Astor
Clarence MacKay
John E. Humphries
LW. W
York
England
John Jacob Astor
Mackay-Bennett Cable and Telegraph
New York
Alfred Vanderbilt
Zeppelin Raids Over London and Nearby Towns
London reports Zeppelins flew over the city last night with fires caused by incendiaries. Raids were seen over Ramsgate and Brentwood, seventeen miles from London. Ninety bombs dropped in the East End on June 1 killed four people and wounded one.
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London
Admiralty
Ramsgate
Brentwood
East End
Canadian War Losses and Homefront Prices
The Canadian toll of the war is officially about nine thousand. Berlin reports abundant flour and a price drop for white bread. German soldiers are forbidden to frequent bars.
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Cially
Berlin
Mighty Explosion Shakes Seattle Harbor
Fifteen tons of 80 per cent dynamite exploded from a scow moored in Seattle harbor. The blast shattered windows within a five mile radius and unsettled residents for hours before police and fire crews identified the cause. The dynamite, landed from a San Francisco steamer and consigned to Vladivstok, sparked speculation of German sympathizers or agents behind the act.
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Seattle
San Francisco
Vladivostok
Where's the new strike rumble grips Alaska towns
Rumors fly over Tolovana strikes and a stampede mood as Flat City men outfit for a journey down the river aboard the Les Wolf and other craft. Groups form to chase a mysterious strike rumored near Russian Mission, Kuskokwim, or Pimute, while some doubt any definite site exists.
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Alaska
Rex Beach
Jack London
Tolovana
Iditarod
Tlk
Les Wolf
Dave Muichler
Mutchler
Russian Mission
Yukon
Marshall City
Kuskokwim
Holy Cross
Dikeman wireless plant now in working order
In the Washburn steamer cargo, arriving at Dikeman from the upper Yukon, was the equipment for the wireless station. The Dikeman plant has been installed and the company is prepared to receive and forward messages.
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Washburn
Dikeman
Yukon
Mail movement notices for Iditarod and Holy Cross routes
Mails to Iditarod depart Nulato on the 9th 16th and 23rd this month. From June 30 mails for this place will be sent from Holy Cross for the rest of the open season. The next mail is due around June 8 with outgoing mail closing at the local post office on June 9.
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Iditarod
Nulato
Holy Cross
Mysterious stampeders arrive and depart in Dikeman messages
Dikeman reports mysterious stampeders arriving 11 p m and departing 1 30 am on June 3. A rakish pole boat arrives 10 30 pm June 3 with four stampeders aboard. Men refuse to answer questions until offered a drink. They are said to be followed by an one armed man in a green canoe towing a steamboat. Advertisement for Two stores Flat and Iditarod Boas the Clothier and new Flat store.
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George Mutehler
Jack Mutchler
Herb Kearney
Louis Seyler
Peterborough
Ray Langdon
Harry Phillips
Albert
Marcel Brochu
Marie F
Dikeman
Flat
Iditarod
Boas
German Crown Prince in the Danger Zone bombardment
Paris dispatches report that twenty nine aircraft bombarded the crown prince of Germany, causing damage. A regular weekly notice adds that German forces bombarded Rheims and that French troops are pressing the Germans north of Arras as they retreat slowly.
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Paris
Germany
Rheims
Arras
Fight for Constantinople Nearing Final Stages
June 4 report from London notes five British submarines operate in the Sea of Marmara and have sunk a German transport. Turkish losses through June 1 total about sixty thousand. Mrs. Robert Soutar of First Street has fever, confined at home, with Dr. Auringer attending and slight improvement last evening. Boas Clothing Store at Flat offers seasonal prices.
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London
Sea of Marmara
Robert Soutar
First Street
Dr. Auringer
Disastrous Russian Defeats Tied to Poor Equipment
London June 4 The Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George warned that Russian defeats stemmed from failures in supply and German superior equipment. He urged employers and workers to redouble efforts to keep the British army supplied with munitions.
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London
Chequer
Americans leaving Germany amid bitterness across cities
June dispatch notes Americans report life in Germany becoming intolerable as hostility mounts in several cities prompting emigration. A Honolulu report adds that a submarine sunk in unknown conflict shows a large unlocated hole from grappling gear.
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Germany
London
Honolulu
Germans Victorious As Przemysl Falls
War dispatches report Przemysl's fall to Austro German forces and German victory celebrations in Berlin and Vienna. Russians retreat under pressure along a hundred mile front toward Lemberg with heavy casualties and captured bases. The London and Petrograd sides note conflicting forecasts and continued fighting in Galicia and Rawka and Bzura districts.
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Berlin
Germany
Austria
Przemys
Lemberg
Cracow
Warsaw
Rawka
Bzura
Petrograd
Przemysl
London
War aims widen as Roumania and Bulgaria may enter conflict
Reports from Rome and London indicate Roumania and Bulgaria likely join the war, with Rome noting Italian mediation and expected concerted action against Austria and Turkey. Italy advances near Trieste as archduke Eugene commands frontier forces, and air raids threaten Pola and Austrian targets.
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Italy
Russia
Roumania
Rome
Bulgaria
Austria
Turkey
Trieste
Archduke Eugene
Trent
Rovere
Pola
Vatican
Pope Benedict
London
Rouman
Teutons
Athens
Constantinople
Geneva
Gulf of
British and Danish ships torpedoed in North Sea and Atlantic
May 31 to June 4 reports tell of a Liverpool liner chased by a submarine off Ireland but escaping, Ethiope sunk, Saidie H. sunk with many deaths including a stewardess, Salvador crew saved at Lorick after torpedoing, Lapland, Seeborg, and Tulloch Moor also torpedoed or shelled with crews escaping or rescued.
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Liverpool
Montreal
Ireland
London
Ethiope
Saidie H
Alexandria
North Sea
Salvador
Lorick
Lapland
Scotland
Seeborg
Faroe Islands
Tulloch Moor
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Tokio
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A. A. Shenbeck
Dikeman Wireless
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Boas Clothing
Olympia
Iditarod Meat Co
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George Mutchler
Grand Hotel
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