German reply denies Frye sinking violated US Prussia treaty
Washington reports Germany claims a right to destroy contraband carrying ships during war and to pay damages, rejecting US views that prize courts must rule on whether destruction breached treaties. Germany cites 1828 treaty terms, emphasizes extreme necessity allowed by Article 12, and notes compensation remains due.
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United States
William P. Frye
Prussia
Enalurjo
U. S
London
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Italian Forces Press Isonzo River Into Austria Front
Reported by Associated Press from Paris through June 9 1916 cites General Cadorna stating Italian troops pushed across the Isonzo to seize key positions Monfalcone and nearby passes. Details claim heavy artillery fire damage to Austrian lines and captures including 400 prisoners with considerable Austrian losses and several towns such as Freikopel overtaken.
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Associated Press
Paris
Bonzo
Cadorfa
War Office
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Monte Nero
Caporette
Tsonza
Tyrol
Trentina
Palzarego Pass
Sasso di Stritz
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Montel Croce
Freikopel
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Body recovered not Vanderbilt's in Lusitania disaster
London reports the body found off the coast of County Clare is not Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt’s. The Cunard line confirms the recovery is of a laborer, possibly Russian or Polish, not the Vanderbilt heir. Earlier Irish reports suggested Vanderbilt's body had been found after the Lusitania sinking on May 7.
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London
Vanderbilt
Queenstown
County Clare
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Country Clare
Cunard Company
Mr. Vanderbilt
Ireland
Three Million In Arms For Britain
London dispatch reports that Parliament has sanctioned 3,200,000 in arms for the army and navy for service in the present war. Prime Minister Asquith stated that this total will not be exceeded without parliamentary authority, noting that other forces had been mobilized without public knowledge.
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London
Asquith
Bryan Plans New Statement On Germany Crisis
Former Secretary of State is preparing another public statement regarding the U S policy toward Germany, to be published with the text of the American note in tomorrow's papers. The resignation crisis remains central as discussions continue on the future of the State Department.
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Associated Press
Wasington
BD. C
Bryan
United States
Germany
William J. Bryan
Washington
International Commission
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Aso
Robert Lansing
State Department
Fie
Berlin
Lusitania
Wilson
Wr. J. Bryan
Gerard
Ould
Meyer Gerhard
Ewger
Count von Bernstorf
Coschea
Wilson Admired by Pope Benedict
Jane Adams of Chicago, chairing the Women's Peace Conference special committee, left Rome for Madrid. She reported courteous reception by Pope Benedict, Cardinal Gasparri, and Italian ministers, but noted little encouragement. The pope praised President Wilson's firmness and sincerity and pledged to support an American peace initiative.
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Paris
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Chicago
Women's Peace Conference
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Europe
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Belgium
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Gasparri
Salandra
Sanni Jano
Vatican
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Wilson
America
Holy See
Teutons and foe divide World War I victories
Berlin accuses French forces of attempts around Souchez Neuville and Hebuterne. German lines report minor French gains near the sugar refinery and successful German counterattacks north of Neuville and Les Mesnil. Paris notes silent engagement in the Souchez region with one night attack repulsed and continued German progress in the Hebuterus sector.
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le Preire
Paris
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New- Ville St. Vaast
Hebuterus
Mexico has new president again
Associated Press dispatches from Washington report that Rogue Gonzales Garza, head of the Villa Zapata government in Mexico City, was deposed June 9 by the convention. Lagos Chavez, Villa delegate from Chihuahua, was elevated to provisional president as changes ripple through Mexican leadership. A Carothers dispatch notes Villa’s foreign secretary left Gomez Palacio to deliver Wilson’s statement, amid signs of ongoing fierce fighting.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
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Villa-Zapata
Mexico City
Conention
Lagos Chazaro
Villa
Chihuahut
State Department
Wilson
Acent Carothers
Gomez Palacio
Jungi
Mexico
Carothers
Submarine torpedoes war graft. British losses rise in early war
London reports 6,400 British naval deaths since the war began, excluding the Princess Irene and Bulwark incidents. Admiralty details two torpedo boats sunk off England, numbers 10 and 42, plus two trawlers Quivive and Edward and the Grimsby trawler Nottingham, all lost to German submarines. Boldt, a former German steamer, torpedoed and sunk off hatch by a submarine with crew saved. Boldt had been captured and put into British service.
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London
T. 4
Namara
The
Admiralty
House of Pine
Sheerness Harbor
Cassociated Press Legien Wire
England
Umber
Number 10
Maas Luis
Quivive
Edward
Grimsby
Nottingham
Worth
Boldt
Chicago Carmen Likely to Strike
Belief a strike of surface and elevated railroad workers is inevitable grew as union leaders refused this morning to meet company officials for arbitration. The ultimatum demands wage increases and better working conditions by 6 o'clock tonight, with both presidents promising public notice of any strike. President Ruby had not commented by afternoon.
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Associated Prese
Chicago
Bruce
Elevated Employee’ Union
Quinlan
Surface Carmen
Ruby
Spanish War Vets Plan Transfer of Work to G A R
Rock Island hosts the opening session of the eleventh encampment of United Spanish War Veterans as Grand Army of the Republic members join the Spanish War Veterans. The three day convention begins with the ladies' auxiliary meeting. Delegates and visitors attend. a Rock Island Arsenal visit is on the agenda by government invitation.
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German Officer Breaks Parole On Prison Ship Mystery
Paris dispatch reports the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich crew member arrested in disguise aboard an Italian steamer. Norfolk Navy Yard says Captain Thierichens and officers were interned after giving parole not to leave American soil during April 7 incident at Newport News.
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Associated Press
Paris
Pring Eltel Friedrich
Alzeciras
Havas
Thierichens
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Nolte
Navy Department
Thierichenss
Prinz Bitel Friedrich
Newport News
United States
Dirigible Loses To An Aeroplane In Fire Fight
A Italian airship Citta Di Perrara was attacked by Austrian L-48 near Fiume on June 8. The aircraft, commanded by Marine Lieutenant Ginsing with observer Marine Cadet Von Fritsch, fired from above using incendiary projectiles. the airship caught fire and gondola plunged into the sea. The Austrian torpedo boat rescued the two officers and five crew members, who were taken prisoner aboard the torpedo boat.
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Associated Press
Bertin
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von Fritsch
Tiees
He Hetton
Joffre's Defensive Plans For The Marne Revealed
Paris June 10 The Associated Press reports the Bulletin Des Armees published documents showing General Joffre planned a defensive stance for the Marne. Orders from August 15 to September 4 detail troop dispositions and a scheduled general attack for September 6, noting German advances and transport delays altered the plan.
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Marne
Bulletin Des Armees
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Maunoury
De Wet Admits Self Guilty Of Sedition
General Christian De Wet, a South African rebel leader, pleaded not guilty to high treason but guilty to sedition at his Bloemfontein trial opening. The indictment covers alleged rebellious acts and seditious utterances as Attorney General De Gager prosecutes before three judges. De Wet was captured December 1, 1914, at a Waterbury farm in British Bechuanaland after pursuit by a motor car brigade.
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London
Christian de Wet
Great Britain
Hightresson
Bloemfontein
Reuter Telegram Company
de Gager
de Wet
Waterbury
Bechuansland
Germans Fall Back After Baltic Push Near Shavli
Berlin reports German forces retreating southeast of Shavli after strong Russian resistance. In the action the Germans claim 2,250 prisoners and two machine guns seized, with additional captures elsewhere. Russian counteractions yield 2,000 Austro German prisoners near Przemysl indicating stiff eastern front fighting.
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Duguss
Beisagola-Zozinie
Niemen River
Praemys
Lemhers
Linsingen
Stanislan
Kaledhiv
London
Galicia
Petrograd
Przemysl
Dneister
Zurach
Lemberg
Berlin
Linsinge
Stanislau
Panama-Pacific Exposition laborer coin planned by U S mint
A special Panama Pacific Exposition gold dollar will be minted in San Francisco, carrying a laborer’s image to honor workers who built the nation and the Panama Canal. Twenty five thousand coins will circulate with the labor emblem on the obverse and two dolphins on the reverse.
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Arksnelled Press
Lonard Wire
San Francisco
Calif
Unsettled Weather With Showers Across Regions
Weather bulletin notes unsettled conditions with showers this afternoon and tonight across central and northern areas. Warmer temperatures expected in the northeast tonight and on Friday with partly cloudy skies. Temperature at 7 am today recorded around 15 degrees, with currents indicating warmer trends into Friday.
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