Russians Claim Dniester Victory For Lemberg Retreat
Petrograd official statement reports Russian forces driving back German and Austrian units on the Dniester and Lemberg fronts. It says losses were heavy for Germans, with Austrians also repulsed, and notes Russian retreating forces have reorganized and repulsed pursuing enemy. The report details battles near Zuzva node and Koamierjine with bayonet success and prisoners taken.
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Francis L. Murray
Petrograd
Dneister
Galicia
Lemberg
Window
Venta
Dubissa
Narew
Vistula
Zolkien
Ijikouff
Berejany
Gallipoli Fighting Continues as Allied Troops Assault Trenches
International News Service reports fierce clashes on the Gallipoli peninsula near Mitylene. Allied forces press attacks and carry several Turkish trenches as the second French division joins the conflict, with Turkish casualties rising in ongoing operations.
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International
Mitylene
Athens
Proon Gallipoli
Thrilling submarine fight with German warships reported
International News Service from Petrograd describes a Russian submarine engaging a squadron of ten German ships. The sub torpedoed a vessel, collided with it, sustained heavy damage, and escaped despite the perilous engagement.
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International News Service
Petrograd
Warden Allen steps into murder inquiry in Joliet
Warden Edmund M. Allen met with W D Heise and John P. Devine to discuss next moves in the investigation of his wife Odette Allen’s murder. The trio held a long closed door conference as Allen planned to visit the penitentiary to question suspects.
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International News Service
Joliet
Iil
Edmund M. Allen
Odette Allen
Allen
W. D. Heise
Will County
Mr. Heise
John P. Devine
Dixon
Atemas Neyeters
Erasta 5 Sc
German Front Updates and Gas Attacks Reported
In the eastern theatre German troops scored local gains near Kopaczyska and west of Stegua while Inch near Halicz and along the Dnieister river saw shifting positions. Paris dispatch notes German gas use on the Vosges front with a temporary advance on Calonne trench, later repulsed by French artillery.
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Kopaczyska
Stegua
von Mackensen
Linsingen
Halicz
Dneister
Chodorow
Jinternational News Service
Paris
Vosges
War Office
Calonne
Turkish commander reports heavy Allied losses at Gallipoli
General Liman Van Sanders, commanding Turkish troops on the Gallipoli peninsula, said today that Anglo French forces suffered heavy losses in assaults on June 21 and that all their attacks were repulsed.
Norwegian ships sunk by submarines
International News Service reports Norwegian steamer Svein Jarl torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea on June 9. Captain and three crewmen arrived in Stavanger today. 30 second sinking, 27 lost, ship 1135 tons built 1905. Also Truma torpedoed off Shetland. crew saved. 1157 ton vessel bound for London from Archangel.
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International News Service
Christiania
North Sea
Stavanger
London
Shetland Islands
Archangel
Italian Artillery Pounds Malborghetto Fortress
Rome reports Italian guns pound Malborghetto fortress as Hensel fort is destroyed. On the Isonzo front Italians take Siukas north of Plava and advance near Monfalcone. Cadorna notes aerial reconnaissance and limited engagements on the Tyrol Trentino and Carnic fronts with prisoner gains.
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Brixton D’ Allaire
Rome
Malborghetto
Henselfort
Isonzo
Monfalcone
Pleazo
Count Cadorna
Tyrol-Trentino
Carzane
Vezzana
Carnic
Hensel
Valgrande
Val Piccola
Monte Nero
Javoz
Cek
Pleazo Las
Siukas
Nerth
Plava
Reece Eects
Murderers Executed and Priveleges Granted in Colonial Decree
The decree exempts from sale ships of Austelag subjects of Italian nationality. Two convicts were hanged in Birmingham and Anniston. Tim Shagge was hanged for killing two policemen. An early marriage prieve was granted.
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Austelag
Gispel
Muse
Tim Shagge
Anniston
No Concessions in English Reply Sparks Contention
Contentious debate centers on an English reply with no concessions and no hint of effort to modify. Officials challenge the stance amid questions of diplomacy and strategic intent. Leaders emphasize resolve while analysts seek gradual steps and possible openings.
Canadian college yell greets the president on train
A rousing Canadian college yell greeted President Wilson at Holyoke on his way to the summer White House Cornish Mass. Fifty University of Toronto students cheered and shouted their support as the president’s train paused. Many locals shook his hand expressing peace and support for his policies. The British memorandum on the blockade shows little concession to the United States and may affect Berlin.
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A. M. Jamieson
Tinternational News. Service
Wilson
Greenfield
Mass
Yell
Holyoke
White House
Cornish
N. HW
University of Toronto
Northfield
Cornish Untt
Janesville Doctor Confined Over Harrison Drug Act
Dr. E. M. Sartel a veteran Janesville physician was sent to the state hospital for the insane as his reason was impaired by worry over not being able to supply narcotics to drug fiends under the new Harrison act.
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International News Service
Janesville
Wis
E. M. Sartel
State Hospital
Concentrated Austrian Troops Threaten Trieste
Refugees arriving at Ancona report Austrians have concentrated 200000 troops and heavy artillery to defend Trieste. An Italian dirigible reportedly bombarded Trieste on June 17 damaging iron works. Commercial life in Trieste is at a standstill with Italian residents fleeing or interned.
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Ancona
Italy
Rome
Trieste
Pope Benedict XV Interview Sparks Vatican Debate
Rome papers flag the Osservatori Romano explanation as unsatisfactory and press Vatican statements about the Paris La Liberte interview. Critics call the Pope pro German and anti Italian, while unnamed prelates doubt the interview's authenticity and warn of dangers to the papacy.
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Rome
Benedict XV
la Liberte
Paris
Osservatori Romano
Mazionale
Vatican
Tribuna
Heavy floods disrupt transport in Brescia region
Heavy rains flood rivers around Brescia Italy impassable to troops. Airship scouting has been practically discontinued as weather worsens, disrupting movement and communications in the area.
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International News Service
Brescia
Italy
Rome
Count Boni seeks Vatican annulment after French divorce
The article outlines Count Boni's fight to annul his marriage after a French divorce from his former wife who wed the Duke of Tallyrand in 1908. The Vatican has heard the case for five years, as Catholic law allows annulment under certain conditions though it does not recognize civil divorce.
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Count Boni
Armul
Vatican
France
Duke of
Tallyrand
Prince de Sagan
Prominent Speakers for International Christian Endeavor Meet
President Wilson and William Jennings Bryan head more than 100 notable speakers at the twenty seventh international convention to be held at the Coliseum starting July 7. The five day event includes an athletic meet at Stagg Field on July 10.
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Intrenational
Chicago
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
International Christian Endeavor
Staggs Field
Bergensfjord Arrives at Bergen After Detention
The Bergensfjord arrived at Bergen after being detained for several days at Kirkwall Scotland. The ship carried Pr Bernhard Dern ibers on board during the stop and reached port early in the day.
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International News Service
Christiania
Bergensfjord
Kirkwall
Scotland
Pr. Bernhard Dernibers
Bergen
Georgia bill seeks to curb governor clemency powers
In Atlanta on June 26 Senator Pat Haralson introduced a constitutional amendment to curb clemency by the governor and prison board. It limits inquiry to newly discovered evidence when doubt of guilt exists and requires a majority prison board or solicitor general and jury recommendation for a pardon or commute. It also bars governors with prior representation connections to the applicant or law firm involved.
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International News Service
Atlanta
Georgia
Pat Haralson
Solicitor General
Appliemnt
Moving Pictures May Feature Thaw Trial
Harry K Thaw slayer of Stanford White faces a paranoia defense as moving pictures may be shown to jurors. Deputy Attorney General F K Cook seeks permission to display jail films from Coaticook Quebec made by Hal Reid to prove irrational behavior at the time of his arrest. Justice Hendrick mulls a commission to examine Eliot Harvard president emeritus as part of the case.
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L. V. B. Rucker
Uinternational News Service
New York
Moving Pictures
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Sue
Matteawan
F. K. Cook
Filma
Thaw
Coaticook
Que
Hal Reid
Cook
Justice Hendrick
Emeritus Eliot
Harvard
Physician Testimony On Husband's Sanity In Wife's Death
The first witness, Dr Noel BE Guillet of Manchester, NH, an orphan asylum physician, described the defendant's behavior saying he frequented the asylum twice weekly and appeared sane despite the wife objecting to events surrounding her death.
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Noel BE. Guillet
Manchester
N. Ht
Germany to modify submarine warfare if US assurances given
Berlin reports a draft reply to the second American note states Germany will adjust its submarine warfare to avoid sinking merchant ships if the United States provides assurances that ships will not attack German subs. It accepts Lusitania ammunition claims as good faith and may drop the cruiser designation while expressing regret for the tragedy. Final draft to respond soon with Dr Bernhard Dernburg to be consulted before drafting.
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Theodore Tiller
Uinternational News Service
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
King George's Governien
United States
Berlin
William P. Frye
Frye
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Prussia
Frederick Werner
International News Service
Amsterdam
von Jagow
Bernhard Dernburg
Herr von Jagow
Dernburg
Long Strike Ends as Shopmen Return to Harriman Lines
International news from Sea Chicago Illinois reports the end of a forty five month shopmen strike with Harriman lines. W L Park vice president states no discrimination against strikers from Illinois Central and many have already been rehired. No new hires expected for several months.
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International News
Chicago
Harriman Lines
W. L. Park
Illinois Central
Shoes Stolen From Reliable Delivery Office in Indianapolis
A sneak thief broke into the Reliable Delivery Company at 420 West Washington Street in Indianapolis early this morning and carried away several boxes of new shoes. Cash left in a tin box near the shoes amounted to 60 dollars remained untouched. The theft was noticed at 6 am when bicycles officers Nagelsein and Dilene returned three pairs of shoes to manager E R Thompson. Elmer Thomas, restaurant manager at 524 West Washington Street, found the shoes in his rear yard, the thief apparently trying them on before discarding them.
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Elmer Thomas
Washington Street
Thomas
Bandit Hanged in Colorado State Penitentiary
Harry Edgar Hillen, a youthful bandit, was hanged in the Colorado State Penitentiary at Canon City for the murder of Thomas Chase, a Denver merchant, last night.
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International News Service
Canon City
Cole
Harry Edgar Hillen
State Penitentiary
Thomas Chase
Denver
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