Italian Forces Capture Ploeken Near Austrian Frontier
Italian troops have seized Ploeken in Austria near the frontier, a move that threatens Austrian communications. The capture comes as Italian advances through Predi Pass near Tarvis, with wounded soldiers arriving at Udine. Reports from Cologne note initial Austro Italian clashes around the Isenza/Gorizia area with both sides suffering casualties, and Italian forces attempting to push toward Gorizia as artillery fire opens gaps in Austrian lines.
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Enormous Allied Losses Reported in Dardanelles Night Action
A dispatch from Constantinople via telegraph cites heavy Allied losses on the Gallipoli peninsula during June 5 to 8, with over 2,000 French and British KIA. Paris reports confirm substantial enemy losses and continued progress at Kereve Dere ravine, noting captured prisoners and significant French and British casualties.
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New Mining Method Promises Steam Shovels in Action
In Steubenville Ohio plans unfold to remove earth from a large tract of Jefferson county land near the Pennsylvania and Wabash Pittsburgh railroads. Steam shovels will scoop away earth instead of traditional mining methods. Operations are reported to begin within two weeks.
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Horses Run Wild Across Illinois Towns
Five thousand horses bound for Britain and France stampeded from a stockade in East Alton during an electrical storm. They overran East Alton and nearby areas, derailed two passenger trains, and caused extensive damage to gardens and fences. Firearms were used to halt some animals, injuring a man when kicked. Officers and handlers began rounding up the herd at dawn led by James Chessen of East Alton.
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Rioting Tensions Between Miners Roil Marion County
Rioting shifted from Johnston City to White Ash amid unresolved feud between foreign miners and locals. Houses burned and guards deployed after the shooting of a marshal, with Strando confessing complicity in W. E. Chapmen murder and naming alleged culprits in Marion jail. Three Illinois National Guard companies patrolled Johnston City area.
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Benjamin Schull
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Daenister's Banks Halt the Teuton Battle
A terse dispatch reports Daenister's banks halting Teuton advances against the Galician river line as Russian forces hold firm on the opposing front. De Clares dispatches confirm firm positions and stalled offensive moves in the region.
Russian River Dnieister Gains Reported In June Dispatches
An army headquarters briefing in Petrograd reports a Russian success on the Dnieister with 17 cannon and 49 machine guns captured and about 6 7 river men taken. Parallel dispatches from Geneva via Paris recount Austrian and German actions in Galicia with heavy losses on both sides and Russian counterattacks delaying the Lemberg threat. London observers say Austro German forces have been checked, boosting Allied morale.
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Socialist paper plant destroyed by blast in Butte
The plant of the Butte Socialist, a weekly newspaper, was wrecked by what is believed to be dynamite early Wednesday morning. The building burned fiercely for a time as investigators assess the cause and damage.
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Butte Socialist
Seamen's Law 10 Change Treaties
Associated Press ledes report that the United States will seek annulment of treaty paragraphs conflicting with the new seaman's law. The law becomes effective March 1916 for foreign ships, prompting diplomatic exchanges. President Wilson signed it late in the last session, signaling he could handle objections with full recognition of other nations' rights. Germany Britain Italy France Belgium and others had provisions raising labor standards affecting ships visiting American waters, conflicting with treaty rights.
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Belgium
Friendly note maintains sea law in German US talks
Department of State in Washington on June 9 1915 releases a note to the American ambassador replying to Germany over attacks on neutral ships Cushing Gulf Light and Lusitania. It asserts US regard for freedom of the seas and seeks full information on the Cushing attack while defending US analyses of Lusitania and Falaba incidents. The document previews future communications on page 4.
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Hight
Anerchantman
French Advances Hit By German Attacks Near Neuville
Berlin reports failures of enemy offensives northeast of Loratte hills and near Neuville with heavy French losses. In Hebuterne and Beaumont several German trenches repelled, while Paris notes modest gains in the labyrinth area east of Arras and near Lille with additional prisoners and machine guns.
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Mesuil
Beausejour Farm
Paris
Arras
Lille
Hebuterne
Kansas Faces Flood Fears as Rivers Spill Banks
Rain drenched the Kansas river basin with heavy showers yesterday and today causing smaller streams to overflow their banks. Farmland along the Kansas River watershed is inundated and authorities warn of rising flood danger near Topeka.
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Press tone shifts as Ryan lauds calmer approach to Germany
Former Secretary Ryan today praised a change in press tone over the German note and submarine dispute. He cited editors moving from warlike forecasts to a softer stance and a belief the note does not guarantee war, plus calls for peaceful resolution and support for the president.
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Ryan Today
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Iinge
Note on Germany Opens Door to Peaceful Solution
U S officials and Berlin diplomats discuss the latest American note to Germany over the Lusitania sinking. The note, friendly in tone, seeks assurance for safe lives and vessels and hints at a solution meeting both nations' interests. Germany may wait for Meyer Gerard before replying.
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London
Gerard
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Wilson
Wan. J. Bryan
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Weather outlook unsettled with showers tonight
JOWA foresees showers tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. SELINOTS reports unsettled weather tonight and Saturday with local thundershowers and warmer conditions tonight.
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