Wilsons Note Advances Toward Berlin Late Tonight
President Wilson approved the complete draft of the note to Berlin. The document, ciphered for transmission, stresses American rights and keeps room for further talks while awaiting Count Von Jagow's receiving. Financiers with German ties press for cautious concessions as Berlin diplomacy unfolds.
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Washington
Americas
Germany
Wilson
White House
Saturda
State Department
Prvan
Berlin
Count von Jagow
Lusitania
United States
Threeway gun duel on Bridge Street ends in death
In Peoria a black man dies from a brain wound after a saloon ejects Mike Keating a bartender who is wounded in the kidney. Oria Wiles his wife Charles Royer and Gertrude Wasson from Galesburg are detained at the city hall following a three cornered gunfight on Bridge Street with Patrolman Williams exchanging shots.
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Peoria
Mike Keating
Artender
Oria Wiles
Charles Royer
Gertrude Wasson
Galesburg
Bridge Street
Keating
Williams
Wiles
Wiles Came Up In &2
Barn Dance At Moos Farm Draws Hundreds Of La Crosse Folks
A crowd of two to three hundred attended a barn dance at Otto Moos and Will Hauser’s farm near La Crosse with farmers and businessmen enjoying square dances, fox trots, and greetings. An afternoon picnic attracted visitors touring the whitewashed barn and surrounding pasture, admiring prize horses, chickens, pigs, and colts as autos filled the yard.
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Will Hauser
Otto Moos
Richards Place
Sand Lake Coulee
Moos’ Place
Moos
La Crosse UC T Baseball Team Beats Eau Claire 12 to 3
La Crosse members of the United Commercial Travelers walloped the Eau Claire convention baseball team by 12 to 3 in an errorless game. The ball festivities ended convention week as delegates left La Crosse at 3 pm. Governor Philipp faced a cool reception from the commercial men after vetoing the anti tipping law. Resolutions condemned assemblymen who voted against the bill and traveler sentiment grew strong.
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la Crosse
United Commercial Travelers
Eau Claire
Philipp
New Allied Attack Begins at Gallipoli
Allied expeditionary forces on the Gallipoli peninsula press an all along the shore with support from warships. Dispatches from Mytilene report the general advance ordered yesterday after reinforcements debarked near the peninsula’s southern end. Turkish defenders stand firm and the battle outcome remains in doubt.
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Athens
Gallipoli
Mytilene
Long list of queer deaths prompts exhumations in Owen County
Spencer Indiana June 5 authorities await results of chemist tests in Indianapolis on the stomach of F Edward Drescher to determine death cause. A list of recent mysterious deaths is being prepared and exhumations planned if Drescher poisoned himself. The theory that Drescher killed Owen County residents to bury bodies gains followers as the Owen County grand jury plans to take up the case Monday.
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Spencer
Ind
Indianapolis
F. Edward Drescher
Owen County
Drescher
Owen County Grand Jury
Americans in London Warned of Zeppelin Raid
German Zeppelins attacked towns along the east and southeast coasts and were said to be driven out to sea before reaching London. American residents received warnings by mysterious phone calls urging indoors and to prepare for fires.
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London
Asmirasty
M. K. Shaler
American Relief Commission
Northcliffe papers win censorship clash wartime case
London dispatch reports Northcliffe newspapers victory as the government’s charges against the London Times under the defense of the real act are dismissed by a Mansion House judge. A Times military contributor declared France exhausted reserves and England failed to send full front line manpower.
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London
Northcliffe
London Times
Mansion House
Times
France
England
Suffragists Gather in Chicago for National Conference
Prominent suffragists from across the nation converge on Chicago for the mid year conference of the National Women's Suffrage Association. About two hundred district leaders are expected to attend the gathering.
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Chicago
National Women’s Suffrage Association
Rumania Fails to Join War as Allies Press On
From The Hague June 5 Allied efforts to bring Rumania into the war with Italy fail. Russia refuses some Romanian territorial demands and talks end without agreement. The situation tempers fears of Romanian invasion of Austrian lands and marks a major Austro German victory.
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Hague
Rumania
Italy
Russia
England
France
Przemysl
Anzeiger
Battle Begins Near Rovereto In Italian Offensive
Rome reports Italian alpinists and Bersaglieri advancing on the Austrian fortress town of Rovereto from the south and southeast. Austrian guns, captured at Zugno, bombard from height as a second Italian army nears from the Adige valley, less than eight miles away. Corriere d Italia notes a herd of native buffaloes aided the Italians at Monte Carlo by stampeding through wire entanglements and enabling a breakthrough.
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Rovereto
Zugno
Adige
Valaria
Corriere d'Italia
Monte Carlo
Laborer Steals Wire Sentenced After Hunger Claim
Frank Osborn laborer admitted stealing old wire from Wisconsin Railway Light and Power workers on Loomis street. He said he was hungry and earned eight cents a ton shoveling coal at Milwaukee docks. He took about thirty five pounds of wire valued at sixteen cents a pound and received thirty days in county jail.
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Frank Osborn
Wisconsin Railway, Light and Power Company
Osborn
Milwaukee
Loomis Street
War on ball pools pledged by Indianapolis police
Indianapolis police promised wholesale arrests to stop baseball pools. cigar stores saloons and cafes are named as offenders in the crackdown.
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Indianapolis
Ind
German reply may mark end of war as diplomacy shifts
Washington June 5 German diplomatic circles forecast the German reply to President Wilson's note around June 29 as the pivotal step toward peace. They say it could signal diplomacy surpassing force and pave the way for final negotiations to end the European war.
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Honesu
Germany
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Foreign Office
Fatherland
Gerhard
Berlin
Ieuch
Washington
United States
Wilson
Europe
Sixteen Vessels Torpedoed in Two Days by Submarines
Mr and Mrs Olsen celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in La Crosse on June 5 1865 marriage date noted. The couple who have lived in La Crosse for 45 years were visited by their three sons August Carl and Theodore and by friends. Mr Olsen works as a shoe maker at Walkover shop.
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Jonu Brindley
Paul D. Christian
Grand Crossing
Mary E. Krafiz- Christian
Violet le Vin-Christian
Kranz-Christian
Christian
Joseph F. Hirt
William McGaughren
Crooked Copper
R. S. Sanders
Winona
Brindley
Lenin
D. C. Dewey
la Crosse
Dewey
Sanders
Agnetha Larson
Peter Olsen
Norway
German Army All-Out Offensive Impacts Russian and Western Fronts
Russian and Polish theaters report heavy German attacks across Poland and Galicia with advances in Hooge on the Western Front. Allied forces push to halt the offensive as fighting intensifies on multiple fronts.
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Galicia
Hooge
London
Ypres
Teutons
Flanders
von Tirpitz
Mackennen
Russian Courland
Arras
Bread Riots in Cities of Mexico Reported
Washington reports serious bread riots across Mexican cities as Red Cross accelerates relief. Foodstuffs move toward worst hit areas but distribution delays persist due to lack of government aid. Gen Carranza plans a lengthy reply to the open note, defending the revolution and U.S. recognition of his regime.
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Mexico
Red Cross
Carranza
United States
Senate moves to curb doctors charges in industrial cases
Madison reports Bray bill sent to engrossment giving the industrial commission authority to judge medical and hospital charges in disputes. Senate has already passed the measure and final assembly action is expected next Tuesday. Also noted are bills on Eau Claire county division and non-partisan local government reforms amid Milwaukee opposition.
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Wis
Assembly
Bray
Industrial Commission
Senate
Fishiny Game
Eau Claire
Chippewa
Chippewa County
Johnson
Milwaukee County
Berninger
Assemblyman
Kulla
Milwaukee
Kaiser in Galicia Receives Ovation at Austrian HQ
Kaiser Wilhelm arrived at the Galician headquarters of Archduke Frederick and was greeted with a tremendous ovation by Austro-German forces. The trip celebrated the archduke's birthday and followed the Przemysl victory, which sparked widespread enthusiasm.
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Berlin
the Hague
Kaiser Wilhelm
Frederick
Przemysl
Weather And River Outlook For La Crosse Area
Unsettled weather with a chance of showers tonight or Sunday. Cooler Sunday. Wisconsin partly cloudy with showers tonight and Sunday, Minnesota partly cloudy with showers tonight or Sunday, cooler Sunday. River forecasts show continued falling over the next 48 hours from St Paul to La Crosse with several sites listed and stage comparisons.
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Cece
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red Wing
Reeds Landing
St. Paul
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