Chinese provinces announce revolt and declare independence
Provinces An Hui Chi Li Hupe Chekiang Fokien and Han have proclaimed independence and threaten a joint expedition on Peking to dissolve parliament and reinstate Tuan Chi Jui as premier. Also reports Circe torpedoed an enemy submarine near Cattaro and British airmen strike German bases along the Belgian coast.
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Associated Press
Peking
An Hui
Chi Li
Hupe
Chekiang
Fokien
Han
Tuan Chi Jui
Rome
Circe
Cattaro
London
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Bruges
St. Denis Westrem
Texas suffrage leader calls for white zone around camps
Dallas reports Mrs Minnie Fisher Cunningham, president of the Texas Suffrage Association, asking mothers to demand a white zone around army concentration camps and announcing a San Antonio meeting to plan a campaign for clean moral conditions. A separate note warns of threatening letters in Spanish and English demanding 3000 dollars posted on the federal building, believed written by a Mexican.
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Texas Suffrage Association
San Antonio
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Mothers of Texas
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Burgher
Federal
Indicted Egg Monopolists and Indian Rebellion Conspirators
Indictments against 25 individuals and firms charging attempts to create monopolies in the egg market were returned today. Fourteen persons alleged to have conspired to foment rebellion in India were also indicted.
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Associated Press
Chicago
India
Mexico not friends in U S stance says editorial
Mexico City June 2 El Universal calls on Ambassador Fletcher to outline the U S attitude toward Mexico and accuses Washington of treating Mexico as an enemy despite its neutral position. The editorial cites an arms embargo as proof of the claim.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
el Universal
Fletcher
United States
Mexico
Washington
Eighteen Die In Late Oklahoma Tornadoes
Eighteen people were killed and more than 50 injured as a series of tornadoes swept southern and eastern Oklahoma yesterday. Five twisters struck southern Logan County late Friday, causing extensive crop damage across ten counties.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Logan County
Woman Fatally Strikes Husband After Affair Allegation
In Dallas on June 2 Emma Austin, a Black woman, fatally wounded her husband with a single blow to the heart after learning he called on another woman. The incident is described as a fatal punch in a confrontation.
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Dallas
Texas
Emma Austin
Cannonading in Chemin des Dames region reported
Paris reports lively artillery activity near Chemin des Dames with official releases noting a night of cannonade and that a few German attacks were repulsed. Strong military positions and locations cited show ongoing engagement in the sector.
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Paris
Chemin Des Dames
Largest outdoor flower show opens in Boston
Boston mass June 2 the largest outdoor flower show ever staged in America covering three acres of grounds will open tomorrow under the auspices of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Flowers and plants gathered from all parts of the world will be on display some having resided in local conservatories for nearly 40 years.
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Boston
Mass
America
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
British Lose Vimy and Bulle Positions to German Fire
London reports that Vimy and Bulle court, the two key British positions in the Arras district, came under heavy German fire last night in an official announcement from British authorities.
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London
Vimy
Bullecourt
Arras
French Positions Captured Near Soissons Reported
Berlin reports French positions over a 1000 yard front northeast of Soissons were captured by German forces yesterday. Portuguese troops were taken prisoner on the western front. An artillery duel in the Wytchaete Bend area on the Belgian frontier grew in intensity yesterday after a violent Thursday engagement.
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Berlin
Soissons
War Office
Wytchaete Bend
Arrest of Grand Duke Nicholas Reported in Petrograd Advices
London june 2 The arrest of Grand Duke Nicholas former commander in chief of the Russian armies amid royalist riots at Tiflis is reported in Petrograd advices.
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Grand Duke
Nicholas
London
Tiflis
Petrograd
More Millions to France Loan total rises to new high
Washington on June 2 reports the government has advanced another 100 million dollars to France. The cumulative French loan reaches 200 million, while total loans to the Allies stand at 845 million.
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France
Washington
Anther
Italians Push Front South of Casca Gavizza
Rome reports on the Julian front where Italian forces advanced about 400 yards along a two and a half mile sector south of Casca Gavizza in what the official statement described as a progress in the ongoing campaign.
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Rome
Casca Gavizza
Germans Announce Captures On Western Front
Berlin reports official figures for May showing German forces took 12,500 men and 237 officers on the western front. Additional captures include three heavy guns and 211 machine guns.
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Berlin
Western Front
Catcher Gowdy Enlists in Ohio National Guard
Hank Gowdy, Boston catcher, has enlisted as a private in the Ohio National Guard, announced from Columbus on June 2 by the Associated Press. The move joins military service with his baseball career as national affairs unfold.
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Associated .Press
Columbus
Ohio
Hank Gowdy
Boston
Ohio National Guard
Last Rites for Buffalo Bill at Lookout Mountain
The funeral of Col. William F. Cody Buffalo Bill will be held tomorrow with Masons, Elks, G A R, Cowboy Rangers and other Cody associations taking part. Scout songs The Bridge and I Know That My Redeemer Liveth will be sung as part of the burial service. Visitors from across the United States are expected to attend.
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Denver
Colo
Jcne
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Lookout Mountain
Masons
The
Elks
Cowboy Rangers
Col. Cody
Redeemer
United States
Carrancistas Reoccupy Ojinaga Without Fighting
San Antonio dispatch says Carrancista forces reoccupied Ojinaga yesterday without fighting the bandits, according to army headquarters. The report places the event in early June with no engagement details given.
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San Antonio
Texas
Ojinaga
Massachusetts Drying Up Law Begins Operation
Boston and surrounding towns inch toward a drier regime as the new law prohibiting liquor delivery by express companies and other common carriers in no license areas takes effect today. The measure, enacted by the last legislature, targets enforcement with heavy penalties and aims to curb alcohol distribution in most cities and towns statewide.
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Boston
Mass
Massachussetts
Patriot ic business theme to lead world ad clubs meet
St Louis June 2 Advertising men swarm to the thirteenth annual convention of the Association Advertising Clubs of the World opening tomorrow for a week. Patriotic business will dominate sessions and displays. Expected speakers include Charles M. Schwab Louis W. Hill W L Saunders John N Willys Louis K Liggett and G H Powell.
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St. Louis
Association Advertising Clubs of the World
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
W. L. Saunders
Naval Consulting Board
John ON. Willys
Toledo
Louis K. Liggett
United Drug Company
G. H. Powell
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Marriage links the city’s two wealthiest families
New York June 2 A wedding joined Miss Alice Ford Huntington daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert P Huntington and Charles H Marshall son of the late Charles H Marshall The bride is the sister of Mrs Vincent Astor wife of the Astor family head while the bridegroom is a brother of Mrs Marshall Field 3rd whose husband is heir to the $200000000 Marshall Field estate
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New York
America
Alice Ford Huntington
Robert P. Huntington
Charles H. Marshall
Vincent Astor
Astor Family
Marshall
Marshall Field
Chicago
Liberty Loan Sunday Observed Nationwide
Washington June 2 Liberty Loan Sunday will be observed tomorrow across the country as pastors respond to circulars sent to about 50 000 clergy urging prayers and a sermon for the nation s financial needs. Church services will start a week of intensive advertising for the new bond issue.
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Washington, D. C
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Joseph Netzer
Royal Opera House
Reliable Playhouse
Kitty Gordon
Montagu Love
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Rose Coghlan
Keystone
Hart
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