Wind and rain devastate Missouri and Kansas towns
Severe storms blamed for twelve deaths across Missouri and Kansas as high winds unroof homes and sweep people from bridges. Across the region floods, telegraph lines, and railroad damage disrupt travel while warnings urge residents to leave flood-prone areas. tornadoes strike Lamonte and Paris with injuries and destruction reported.
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Kansas City
Boothweet
Richmond
Ray County
Arthur Covey
Mary Bell
Westmoreland
Kansas
Charles Morris
Kansas Southern and Gulf Railroad
Guy
John Gunther
Paris
Sedalia
Lamonie
Neveda
Gene Nichols
Wamego
John Burgess
Pottawatomie
Topeka
Union Pacific Railroad
Allman
Latour
St. Louis
Missouri
Hermann
Here
General Railway
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Lamonte
Des Moines
Great Lakes
St. Joseph
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Kansas River
Missouri River
Jefferson City
Weather Bureau
Beloit
Osawatomie
la Monte
Pettis County
Ira C. Rimel
Asaria
Salina
Smiler
View of Big Battles on Austro German Front
Petrograd reports an official review of Austro German actions along the Galician front around Tismenitza Svika and Stry. It notes German divisions attacking our positions, with May 25 crisis at Stry and a German right wing attempt to outflank, followed by a Russian counteroffensive driving them back after heavy sacrifices.
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Petrograd
London
Tismenitza and
Svika
Galicia
Stry
Lenberg
Genral von Mackisen
Mackensen
Dneister
Carpathians
Drohobycz
Beluchow
Slonsko
Wilson Comments Spark French Reflections on Wilson Notes
Gabriel Hanotaux, former French foreign minister, writes in Le Figaro that Wilson’s notes to Germany surprised France and that the neutral powers expect the United States to lead protests for international honor. He says the arbiter of peace will be the government upholding conscience and humanity at the right moment, warning Wilson to avoid losing historical opportunity.
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Paris
Gabriel Hanotaux
Franco- American Commission For the Development of
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Figaro
Wilson
Hanotaux
Germany
France
America
Entente Powers Seek Bulgar Aid Plea for Clarification
Sofia Bulgaria June 18. via London 257 p m. Bulgaria replies to entente war proposals asks for clearer information on specific points to judge position and relations with neighbors at war’s end.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
London
Radoslavoff
Bryan Mediation Plan Urges End to War Through Conference
Former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan calls mediation the path to peace in a third section of his war causation statement. He proposes extending his investigation commission plan, urging neutral nations to advocate peace, and a world treaty for dispute investigation by a permanent international commission. He argues great nations cannot be exterminated and urges immediate, universal mediation efforts and a yearlong investigation period to resolve conflicts.
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Washington, D. C
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Investigation Commission
Mr. Bryan
Germany
Paris
Berlin
U.S
United States
Austria
Servia
Jury trial to test sanity of H. Thaw
Albany N Y June 18 The court of appeals upheld an order directing a jury trial to determine the sanity of Harry K Thaw Justice Peter A Hendrick presided over the case and the decision invalidates any quick legality challenge to the insanity proceeding
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H. Thaw
Associated Press
Albany
N. J
Court of Appeals Today
Supreme Court
Peter A. Hendrick
Harry K. Thaw
Berlin Talks Over German American Note War Debates
Berlin reports show Count von Bernstorff’s emissary meeting with Dr. Solf and others as Germany weighs its second note on the Lusitania disaster. Solf’s influence may push toward understanding while naval critics press for no compromise on submarine warfare. The Cologne Gazette says the German public favors diplomacy and a peaceful Atlantic settlement.
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Berlin
London
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Washington
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Foreign Office
W. S. Solf
Gottlieb von Jagow
Zimmerman
Solf
Lusitania
Dr. Solf
Cologne Gazette
Wilson
Atlantic
England
United States
German Reservist Indicted for Perjury in Lusitania Claim
New York June 18 Gustav Stahl, a German reservist who swore he saw guns aboard the Lusitania in an affidavit to the German embassy, was indicted for perjury today by a federal grand jury.
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New York
N. Y
Gustave Stahl
State Department
Brutal Treatment Charge of Germans Abroad
Berlin reports the French government refuses to mitigate brutal treatment of German civil and military prisoners in tropical Africa. In retaliation the German government says it will compel French prisoners of war to cultivate fields.
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Berlin
Sayville
Overseas News Agency
Today
Africa
British Battalion Punished at Ypres
Henry Lapierre of Chazy New York, a private in the Fifteenth Battalion of Canadian troops, reached New York describing the Ypres fighting on May 15. He said 1,000 men in the battalion, only 150 returned to British lines, the rest killed wounded or died from chlorine gas poisoning.
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Associated Press
New York
N. Y
Henry Lapierre
Chazy
Ypres
Allies At La Bassee Lose Many Allies In Fierce Battle
Allied forces north of La Bassee were destroyed with only a few retreating. Austro German troops advance under Von Mackensen in Galicia and claim Grodek region fall. Russian front reports show heavy attrition and French gains along a wide front. No Dardanelles news. bankers optimistic on straits. Bulgaria maintains neutral stance amid negotiations.
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Vienna
Grodek
Associated Press
Berlin
London
la Bassee
France
Paris
French War Office
Galicia
Petrograd
Lemberg
Russian War Office
Arras
Dardanelles
Bulgaria
Meyer and Bernstorff Dispute Over Meyer Gerhard Incident
Washington reports on June 13 and 18 reveal Secretary Lansing stating the Meyer Gerhard incident is closed and Ambassador Bernstorff denying knowledge of Dr Alfred Meyer. Bernstorff calls the Meyer Alfred Meyer link an absolute fabrication and says Germany’s relations with the United States remain favorable.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
State Department
Meyer-Gerhard
Bernstorff
Dr. Aleyer
Count Bernstorff
Alfred Meyer
United States
Germany
Mexico Capital Nears Fall Amid Food Relief Moves
Dispatches from Vera Cruz report General Pablo Gonzalez poised to seize Mexico City within hours after Texcoco’s capture. Obregon forces press toward Aguas Calientes as Zapata units clash at Texcoco. In Washington, Vera Cruz’s food shortage triggers relief ships, while Chazaro challenges Wilson’s Indianapolis pledge, blaming Carranza for Mexico’s chaos.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Pablo Gonzales
Mexico
Texcoca
Obregon
Magos
Aguas Calientes
Zapata
Washington, D. C
Caperton
Navy Department
Admiral Caperton
Howard
Pacific Fleet
Chattanooga
Raleigh
Colorado
Yaqui Valley
Tobari Bay
Guaymas
Francisco Lagos Chazaro
Villa-Zapata Coalition
Mexico City
Wilson
Indianapolis
United States
Chazaro
Toda
State Department
Convention
Carranza
Cabinet Talks of Mexico in Session
The cabinet held a two hour session today to discuss the Mexican situation and espionage charges on official mails between the United States and Europe. One subject was a Cleveland manufacturer advertising cartridges containing poisonous gases intended to cause pain and death within four hours. The commerce department will conduct an investigation.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Europe
Cleveland
Department of Commerce
Karlsruhe Attack Affects Emperor William Telegram
Amsterdam June 1 A message from Frankfurt reports the grand duke of Baden sending a telegram to the Karlsruhe burgomaster. The telegram states Emperor William expresses deep indignation at the wicked attack on Karlsruhe and notes the civilian victims have deeply affected him.
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Amsterdam
London
Frankfort
Baden
Karlsruhe
William
Weather forecast and river stage notice
Partly cloudy and possibly unsettled tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions in the east and central areas and a slight warm up Saturday. Showers possible this afternoon, mainly in the southeast, with cooler tonight. River stage near 9 feet. Temperature at 7 a.m. recorded as .64 degrees.
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Jjown
Ineis
Turks Win Positions at Straits
A Turkish dispatch reports British forces have fallen back to a crescent shaped strip on Avi Burnu with limited water and shade. The British fleet is said to be sheltering from submarines in Kerala Bay near Imbros, with Turkish forces claiming successful mine detonations under British vessels.
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Berlin
Sayville
Constantinople
Avi Burnu
Gallipoli
Kerala Bay
Imbros Island
Heigthe
Sweden protests mail openings in England under wartime censorship
Sweden’s minister to the United States protests that US mail destined for Sweden was opened and censored in England. The Swedish government asks Washington to press Britain for safeguards on American mail through British territory. State Department officials declined to indicate action. prior steps involved routes avoided to prevent complications.
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Washington, D. C
Lausing
State Department
Jef
Skengren
United States
Sweden
England
Great Britain
Italy
Wey
Germany
Austria
Rotterdam
Falmouth
Post Office Department
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