Austrians Move Troops to Italian Front
International dispatch reports Austrians shifting artillery and infantry from the eastern front to meet Italy. Troop trains with men guns and ammo have reached Lei bach near Trieste as Austrians defend Tolmein. Telephonic and telegraphic links to Switzerland are cut. Northern fronts include shelling Verdun with German guns and French bombardment of Merx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Perry
Geneva
Carpathian Mountains
Leibach
Trieste
Tolmein
Switzerland
Retreat Deepens as Russian and German Forces Clash
International News Service reports heavy fighting along the Dniester thirty miles south of Lemberg with Russians retreating between the Stryj and Tysmienica rivers. German bombardment of Ossowiecz continues while new warfare via poisonous gas is introduced on the Polish front. Prisoners and lost guns tally rise as Germans press near Rudnik and Galicia gains are claimed west of Rudnik.
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Francis L. Murray
International News Service
Petrograd
Lemberg
Dniester River
Lvov
Russian War Office
Stryj
Tysmienica
Galicia
Dniester
Bobr
Ossowiecz
Bzura
Rawka
San
Rudnik
Shavli
Swals
Bobr River
Poland
Narew
Vistula
Bzurs
Counterattack Drives Back Enemy at Dniester Bridgehead
Our forces repulsed a June 2 3 assault on entrenchments near the Dniester bridgehead. The counter attack captured seven hundred prisoners including officers and several machine guns, with the enemy abandoning many bodies before our lines.
French Deny German Hold on Souchez Sugar Factory
International Service reports Paris denies German claim that troops hold the Souchez sugar factory near Arras. An eye witness account details fighting from May 28 to May 31 and the French counter assault that led to the Germans evacuation, with heavy casualties and large prisoner losses north of Arras.
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Ablain
Mos Csimans
Arras
Hard fighting along the Trans-Caucasus front
J Petrograd dispatch reports intensified clashes between Russian and Turkish forces across the Trans-Caucasus. Coastal artillery shelled enemy shelters near Olty while dueling between Erzerum and Kars left 400 Turkish casualties. In Van region, high altitude fighting continues on 9,000 foot heights near Baker.
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Baker
Germans repulsed near Arras in renewed fighting
Paris dispatch reports heavy fighting north of Arras as German forces rotate fresh troops into action. They launched violent counterattacks around the Souchez sugar factory, all of which were repulsed. An advance German post near Souchez was attacked by French forces.
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Paris
Dunkirk
Verdun
Meuse
Merx
Renewed Submarine Activity Sinks Fourteen Ships
International News Service reports in London that in the last forty eight hours German submarines have increased their patrols sinking fourteen ships, including five neutrals Cyrus Salvador Cubano Lapland and other vessels misidentified in the text. The British losses include the Fowa amid other names mentioned in a chaotic report from Lexington Kentucky.
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International News Service
London
Victoria
Italian Army Advances in Campaign Amid Alpine Fighting
Italian forces press gains across the Isonzo and Adige valleys as Austrians retreat from Rovereto. Monte Nero battles continue with heavy artillery duels in the Alps while Italian guns prove superior. A papal decree creates a military bishop to oversee chaplains and spiritual work for land and sea forces.
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Lake Cardi
Trent
Mattasone
Valmorbia
Carnaca Alps
Tolmein
Vatican
Mgr. Angelo, Bartomasi
Daring Robbery on Chicago Streets
In Chicago on June 6 two highwaymen robbed Miss Jeannette Goldman, a clothing firm cashier, in Adama Street near Market, taking $212 after she refused to surrender her handbag. She was knocked down and bruised in the attack.
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Linternational News Service
Chicago
Jeannette Goldman
Adama Street
Market
Missy Goldman
Suspended Manager Faces Inquiry In Chicago
An international news brief from Chicago reports a manager suspended today amid an abuse investigation. Details are incomplete but the action involves a high level official and a formal inquiry is underway.
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International News
Chicago
Fara
Chivingtom
Indianapolis
Penfeld sunk in English Channel by German sub
WAR BULLETINS reporting Brest June 5 state the French Penfeld bound from Nantes to Cardiff was sunk in the English Channel by a German submarine. The crew were saved and brought to Brest. The Penfeld was 794 tons, 195 feet long and 80 feet wide, built in 1884.
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Brest
Nantes
France
Cardiff
Wales
Canning Factory Burns At Elwood
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Irvin and Ploughe canning factory in Elwood Indiana with an estimated loss of 25000 dollars. A large quantity of tomato pulp and catsup was destroyed. Rebuilding is not believed to be planned.
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Uinternational News Service
Elwood
Ind
Irvin & Ploughe Canning
Birth of a Nation screening blocked by Chicago judge
In Chicago June authorities faced a legal clash over showing The Birth of a Nation. Judge Cooper issued an injunction preventing interference with production while Mayor Thompson refused a permit, arguing the film could stir racial tensions. The chief opponents were Chicago's Black residents though the judge downplayed their objections.
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International News Service
Chicago
Cooper
Thompson
Robbers Blow Safe at Decker Post Office
In Bravice Vincennes Indiana six or four men robbed the Decker post office safe, blew it open, and escaped with cash and valuables. Police searched the area but no arrests were reported. incident noted as a bold theft near home.
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Decker Post Office
Bravice
Vincennes
Ind
Wigether
Ioy
President's note on Lusitania crisis due to sail to Germany
Washington reports say President Wilson's second note on the Lusitania tragedy is nearly ready for transmission to Berlin. The administration will press to uphold original demands and deny that Lusitania carried war munitions, seeking a clear understanding of nonbelligerent rights at sea.
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Theodore Tiller
International Aws Service
Washington
Ulin
Germany
United States
Lansing
State Department
Meyer Gerhard
Count von Bernatorff
German pledge to abide by humane rules of war
Officials press the view that Germany will honor international law and the rules of humanity, strengthening hope that the United States will receive prompt assurance of Germany's intent to comply with the acknowledged standards.
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Germany
Life Saved by Quick Act of Neighbor in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on June 5 Parker O. Lee rushed to help four year old Norbert Shanley after clothes caught fire from a smoldering bonfire in an alley behind the boy's home. Lee removed flames with his coat and rolled the child in grass before doctors treated severe burns to the legs and body. Mrs Shanley suffered nervous shock.
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Linternational News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Parker O. Lee
Talbott Avenue
Norbert Shanley
John ‘i. Shanley
North Velaware Street
Norpert Shanley
Norbert
Brother
Lee
Richard Rovle
Brennan
Shanley
Boston neutrality probe into British recruiting actions
June 5 United States state department and agents launched a Boston inquiry into Congressman Peter F Tague Charlestown charge that British recruiting agents have enlisted Boston boys aboard steamers as hustlers with false promises. He claims many youths are taken from ships and forced into army or navy service, effectively impressed.
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International News Service
Boston
United States Department of State
Department of Jarter
Peter F. Tague
Charlestown
United States
Tague
Strange war craft reaches New York
International News Service reports a French tank steamship that carries a submarine in its open bow forehold. The vessel can seal the bow and deploy the submarine, enabling a diver to be transported anywhere. The submarine mother Kangaroo arrived in New York as the first of three such vessels built in France.
Another German air raid hits English coast
International News Service reports a second raid on the eastern and southeastern coasts of England last night. Bombs fell at multiple points but the Admiralty says little material damage occurred. It's the eighteenth German air raid on Britain, with London suffering the seventeenth attack.
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International News Service
London
Eestern
England
Admiralty
Wounded youth death hopes fade after North Salem clash
Horace Miller and his father John Miller were wounded in a gravel pit fight near North Salem with Caswell Key and his son Harold. Horace remains in serious condition at Deaconess hospital, with reports of multiple bullet wounds to the abdomen and little hope for recovery. Erroll Key is jailed without bond. the elder Caswell Key released on bond.
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Charles J. Seefred
International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Horace Miller
North Salem
John Miller
Deaconess
Caswell Key
Harold
Miller
Horace
Alva
Joe Wynn
Key
Hendricks
Danville
Lson
Young Miller
Poole
Forrest Miller
Erroll Key
Alva Miller
Forrest
Erroll
Khey
Boston Man Shoots Up a Restaurant
Charles E. Warren of Allston walked into Grew's restaurant Newton Center and opened fire. Walter Green died, Ruby Stewart was wounded, and Warren fled before being restrained by a postal worker until police took him into custody. Motive undisclosed.
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International News Service
Boston
Charles E. Warren
Grant Street
Allston
Grew
Center Street
Newton Center
Walter C. Green
Ruby Stewart
Warren
John Fay
Fay
Enegess
Hardigan
Preacher Indicted in Monroe County Case
In Bloomington Indiana on June 6 the Monroe county grand jury indicted the Rev. John Bilis of Geneva New York after testimony from women of the underworld.
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