Chicago Car Strike Ends With Arbitration Agreement
Chicago ends two day electric transit tie up after an all night session in Mayor Thompson's office. Arbitration board to include a representative of each side and the mayor as neutral member. Officials say the strike was peaceful with no arrests and no violence, and wage and hiring practices will be settled by arbitration for two years.
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Probe on Lusitania sinking resumes with Booth testimony
Alfred Booth, chairman of Cunard, testifies as the inquiry revisits the Lusitania disaster. He says there is no known safety difference between 18 and 21 knots in torpedo encounters and that the ship could not be wirelessed except by the admiralty. He notes fewer steerage passengers and crew training issues.
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New York
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Court of Inquiry
Steward's Union
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Menal to Hawkeye Star at Iowa University
The University of Iowa honors a standout athlete and scholar, naming a Hawkeye star and mayor as recipient of the corn conference medal for scholastic and athletic achievement. The award recognizes exceptional academic performance alongside athletic contribution.
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Terman von Lathum
University of Iowa
Cue Expert Cuts Wife And Himself In Attack
Calvin Demarest, once a national amateur billiard champion, stabbed his wife with a pocket knife and slashed his own throat today. His mother restrained him. both he and his wife were hospitalized in serious condition. Neighbors helped subdue Demarest and police were summoned.
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House of Correction
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Shim
Russian Troops Repel Multiple Counter Attacks in Front Line
Report from via London dated June 4 details Russian forces fending off fresh German assaults in the Shavii and Jaroslau sectors. Artillery duels near Dnieper and Pruth areas yield 1,200 prisoners including 40 officers, plus recapture of villages Ro souhzna and Jourgzkot after a white flag incident. The bridgehead near Nijnioff remains under heavy bombardment as German attacks continue.
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Pruth
Czernowitz
Lusitania Conspiracy Case Grand Jury Witnesses Testify
New York June 14 witnesses expected before the federal grand jury investigating the Lusitania conspiracy charges. Affidavits claim the ship carried arms on its last voyage, with neutrality squad members among those to testify. They reportedly found no guns during a search of the Lusitania.
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Winter wheat crop outlook bright in Washington DC report
The Department of Agriculture bulletin notes favorable conditions for spring wheat in the week ending yesterday. If such growing conditions continue, the nation may approach a target near one billion bushels in this year's wheat crop, aided by strong expected yields.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Invasion Tensions Rise Over Austrian Fronts in Alps
Reports from Rome and Paris describe intensified Alpine fighting as Italian forces press near Austrian positions at Gorizia and along the Isonzo. Austrian trenches, fortified with concrete and mines, faced repeated offensives while Italian troops reported high morale and continued anti offensive action along the Carnia front.
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Songa
Russian Grand Duke Constantine Constan t inovitch dies at 57
Petrograd reports Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovitch, president of the imperial academy of sciences and head of military schools, died late last night at 57. A member of the ruling family, his heir is Prince Jean Constantinovitch. The general of infantry faced past revolts and political meddling, and he pursued science and letters, staging plays and supporting arts. He married Princess Elizabeth of Saxe-Altenberg in 188?
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Peace envoy charge links German munitions buyer to Meyer-Gerhard
Washington reports charge that Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard used a safe conduct to return to Germany with a message from Count von Bernstorff. He is alleged to be Fred Meyer of Germanys army supply dept secretly funding war munitions in the United States. Investigations will probe double identity claims and possible diplomatic fallout.
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State Department
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Time
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England
Butte Miners Withdraw From Western Federation
The Butte miners union voted late last night to leave the Western Federation of Miners after twenty years of affiliation. It said it had contributed seven million dollars to the federation but received only one cent in return, an action seen as the culmination of a feud that fueled the prior year’s dynamiting at federation headquarters.
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Belgian Relief Operations Clarified by Hoover Letter
Alexander Kemphits, treasurer of the relief commission for Belgium, released Herbert Hoover's London letter explaining the two divisions of the commission. The provisioning division sells gift food to those who can pay, with profits funding the benevolent division aiding destitute Belgians.
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New York
Alexander Kemphits
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Herbert Hoover
London
Hoover
America
French Torpedo Boat 331 Sunk In Collision With British Steamer
Paris dispatch reports French torpedo boat number 331 sank after colliding with the British steamer Arleva near Cherbourg. Six crewmen drowned, others rescued by torpedo boat 337. Torpedo boat 432, built in 1907, displaced 97 tons and could reach 26 knots per hour.
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Paris
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Arleya
Public utilities panel seeks wage boost for short lines
Portland June 16 The Oregon public utilities commission and the Western Association of Short Line Railways meet to urge higher pay and better rates from federal authorities. The session flags a coordinated movement to secure increased compensation for Stage and rail operations.
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Japan protests China over anti-Japanese unrest
Tokyo reports a Japanese protest to China after anti-Japanese sentiment spread in the republic following tensions over Japan's ultimatum. British and Russian volunteers aided in dispersing an anti-Japanese riot in Harbin and whispers of anti-Japanese sentiment in southern China raised unease in the Japanese capital.
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Tokio Tihe
British Gains Near La Bassee Reported
The French embassy and Paris official statements say British forces yesterday captured a line of German trenches to the west of La Bassee. A German airship landed inside our lines near Noroy Sur Arroug with aviators taken prisoner. At 4 p.m. the Montha Child's Tooth obituary notes the death of an infant shortly after birth, reported by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard M. Fuller.
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Noroy Sur Aurog
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Leonard’ M. Fuller
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Weather bulletin hints at showers and warmer highs
A fragmented weather notice from Illinois indicates showers and possible thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight with cooler air arriving tonight. The west portion faces cooler tonight while the east and south portions see warmer conditions.
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Air Attacks Prompt German Allied Counter Claims
London reports a series of aerial raids across England and Europe as both sides retaliate. German attacks on Karlsruhe and other targets killed and wounded civilians while Allied air operations over the continent and Britain intensified, with London and Berlin exchanges reflecting mounting wartime tension.
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