Teuton Forces Press Russian Retreat in Galicia
International report from Vienna says Austro German armies sweeping through Galicia have forced a major Russian retreat in southwestern Poland north of the Vistula. Lemberg has fallen to the second Austrian army under Von Boehm Ermolli, enabling attacks toward Warsaw. Pursuit along the railway to Rody widens the German offensive.
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Steven Burnett
Vienna
Amsterdam Am Berlin
Galicia
Jaroslau
Przemys
Lemberg
Poland
Visgula
Warsaw
von Boehm-Ermolli
Vangorod
Duanassee
Rody
Fron
Russians Still Unbroken Despite Losses, War Attache Says
Petrograd reports in high spirits as Minister of War Soukhomlinoff states the Russian army remains intact and unbroken. He notes the Lemberg loss caused no pessimism, cites Galicia conditions, and argues Russians would match German and Austrian firepower with proper ammunition and guns soon.
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Petrograd
Soukhomlinoff
Lemberg
Galicia
Teutons
War Office
Desperate fighting on Gallipoli peninsula reported
Paris dispatch from June 24 notes desperate clashes between Turks and Anglo French forces on Gallipoli. An official statement describes Turkish trench capture and lines buried by bombardment with 75mm artillery. June 14 attacks saw heavy shelling and feeble Turkish responses.
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International News Service
Paris
Gallipoli
Gallipols
Turkish and French Forces Clash at Gallipoli Front
Turkish reports claim successes against Russian forces on the Caucasus front and against Anglo-French troops at the Dardanelles. The battlefield notes heavy losses for both sides with the British taking 500 prisoners including ten officers after hard fighting near Krithia and Kereves Dere.
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Kereves Dere
Krithia
Constantinople
Berlin
Amsterdam
Caucasus
Dardanelles
Nuns Killed in German Bombardment at Arras
International News Service reports heavy German bombardment near Arras as French forces resist an offensive. Among the dead are nuns sheltering wounded in an ambulance, hailed for unmatched devotion to humanitarian aid despite the dangers of war.
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Paris
Arras
Isues
Bryan declines 10 enter joint debate in 1909
International News Service reports William Jennings Bryan refuses Rep Gardner of Massachusetts to a joint debate on national preparedness. Bryan will spend the Fourth of July at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco and continues his peace campaign using The Commoner. He mails congratulations to Secretary Lansing on his successor.
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International News Service
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Gardner
Massachusetts
Bryan
San Francisco
Lansing
State Department
Mrs. Bryan
Italians seize Monfalcone ships as war advances
Rich booty fell to Italian troops when they captured Monfalcone. They gained warships under construction, eleven steamers, twenty four sail boats, thirty motor boats, five aeroplanes and torpedoes and mines. Austria lost seven vessels. Italy’s losses were a destroyer and the submarine Me Jusa. The Italian fleet bombarded Austrian coasts six times while Austrian bombardments totaled three.
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Brixton
Austria
Novara
Helgoland
Csepel
Monfalcone
Italy
Vatican Denial On Papal Mail Interference Charge
Rome reports an official Italian denial of claims that Pope Benedict XV hindered Vatican mail. The Osservatore Romano distinguished public documents from private conversations and stated the Pope accepts responsibility for documents but rejects publication of statements with errors. Vatican officials would not discuss relocation rumors.
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Rome
Benedict XV
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Holy Father
Paris
la Liberate
At Close Quarters International News Service Rome June 2
Fe rncta dh all at. The fragmentary dispatch from Rome dated June 2 reports activity near tense fronts with limited readable names and places, leaving key details unclear and no definite outcome or involved parties identifiable.
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International News Service
Rome
Shige day repelled assaults with artillery aid
In Monte Nero district actions repelled by forces aided by artillery and a band, as brief skirmishes occurred with enemy forces nearby on a day of significant clashes.
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Shige
Monte Nero
Submarine Attacks Sink Lea and Weighs on North Sea
International reports from London June 24 say the Russian brigantine Lea bound for Norway was sunk by a German submarine southeast of the Shetland Islands after torpedo and bomb attacks. The crew was rescued by a Danish steamer. Berlin confirms a German sub torpedoed a cruiser, likely the Boxburgh of 10,860 tons, in the North Sea on Sunday but notes no serious damage. Off Scotland, a submarine sighted British fishing boats, which were rescued by nearby vessels.
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International News Service
London
Lea
Norway
New Brangwick
Fair Isle
Shetland Ilands
Berlin
Jinal
Bir Admiralty
Boxburgh
North Sea
Scotland
Burglar Captured by Mulberry Merchant
O 8 Reppert, a Mulberry merchant, captured a burglar in his store this morning. The thief fled through a window but stopped when Reppert, armed with an ice dipper, cried halt. Believing a revolver was aimed at him, the burglar surrendered and was turned over to police. He gave the name Frank Harrell of the United States and is jailed for house breaking.
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Frankfort, Inc
Reppert
Frank Harrell
United States
Auto joyride kills, injures five in Chicago
An early morning crash on East Ninety-second Street left one man and one woman dead and three others wounded, including a severely injured Chicago woman. The seven passenger auto, returning from Indiana, collided with a peddler's wagon. Pedestrian witnesses and bridge tender Peter Shields described the occupants as a celebratory party. the chauffeur and a passenger were among the injured. The party had rented the car and was driven to Robey, Indiana, then returned toward Chicago when the fatal curve was taken too fast.
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International News Service
Chicago
East Ninety-second Street
Eva Launuad
C. W. Franklin
Burlington
Iowa
Mattie Briggs
J. Wicker
High Point
F. E
Black
Calumet River Bridge
Indiana
Peter Shields
Franklin
Robey
Ind
Ninety-second Street
Ninestreet
Germany Note Deliberations Signal Calm In Washington
Washington dispatch reports reassurance as President Wilson rests, Lansing leads in his absence. Berlin officials indicate the Kaiser aims for a conciliatory German reply to America and a peaceful settlement of the crisis. The Frye case note and neutral shipping issues loom as Washington seeks understandings with Great Britain.
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Kaiser
United States
von Tirpitz
Berlin
Germany
State Department
Frye
Great Britain
Lansing
German press and war aims discussed by officials
Suggestions formed in a conference between Foreign Office officials indicate Germany seeks to preserve civilizational mandates. Tages Zeitung resumes after suspension with a warning of stiffer action for further offences. Taftes Zeitung reports a contemplated peace congress in Switzerland, noting Wilson’s proposals, while claiming the Panama Canal is closed to neutrals to speed ammunition shipments to bolster Russia.
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Foreign Office
Germany
Tages Zeitung
Taffes Zeitung
Switzerland
Wilson
Panama Canal
Russia
Indicted Officials Face Conference On Arraignments
Interest centers on a Saturday conference involving former District Attorney Miller and defense attorneys with Judge Collins and Prosecutor Rucker. The Marion county grand jury indicted Mayor Taggart, 128 others, and officials on alleged election fraud conspiracies. arraignment dates and venue issues may be set or postponed to fall.
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Collins
Many Witnesses Say Thaw Is Sane at Hearing
In New York June 24 many friends from Canada and New England testified in Justice Hendrick's court to support Harry Thaw's claim of sanity. Witnesses described Thaw as rational, noting changes since 1906 and recounting his reception in court.
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Harry Thaw
New York
Canada
New Hampshire
Vermont
Matteawan
Harry
Gus C Roeder
Cook
John E. Stenchfield
Roeder
Thaw
William Shurtleff
King’s Counsel
Quebec
Coaticook
Shurtleff
Sherbrooke
New York State
Villa's Army Crushed in Northern Mexico Retreat
June 24 El Paso report says Villa's forces were defeated by Carranza troops led by General Obregon. Aguas Calientes fell to Carranza, Villa's rear attacked by cavalry flank, prompting a disorderly rout. Villa plans likely stand at Torreon to defend Huerta regime defeat.
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Lewis T. Matson
EL Paso
Francisco Villa
Alvaro Obregon
Aguas Valientes
Villa
Carranza
Aguas Calientes
Andres Garcia
General Obregon
Juarez
Obregon
Encarnacion
Jes
Torreon
Huerta
Zapata Forces In Mexico City Area Halt Advance
Mexican Consul Burns reports General Zapata's troops entrenched on the outskirts of Mexico City and General Pablo Gonzalez halting his approach to the capital to seek surrender. Gonzalez remains in communication with Vera Cruz and not cut off as some reported.
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Galveston
Tex
Burns
Zapata
Mexico City
Pablo Gonzalez
Zapatistas
Gonzales
Vera Cruz
Battle at Paredon Reported by Monterey Passengers
American passengers arriving from Monterey say two days of fighting raged at Paredon between Villistas and Carranzistas. When they left Monterey yesterday morning Carranzistas were rushing reinforcements to the front.
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Hinternational News Service
Laredo
Tex
Monterey
Villistas
Paredon
Secretary Lansing Opens First Term by Receiving Callers
Secretary of State Lansing began his tenure under President Wilson by receiving diplomatic callers and reading scores of messages, signaling a first day of routine duties in Washington. The report notes he is settling into permanent appointment and handling a stream of official inquiries.
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International News Service
Ashington
Secreary
Lansing
Wilson
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