Naval Battle Explodes With Historic Losses Across Fleets
London reports Admiral Hood among wounded or missing as casualties mount after the Wednesday clash. Queen Mary Invincible Indefatigable Defense Black Prince Warrior all show devastating losses or survival tallies. German and British fleets clash in a battle described as the greatest in history with 150 ships likely involved and vast casualties.
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London
Admiral Hood
Admiralty
Invincible
Copenhagen
Admiral Beatty
Shark
Elbing
Warspite
Marlborough
Germany
England
North Sea
Orpet Confident As Jury Selection Slows In Murder Case
William H. Orpet, a young college student accused of killing Marian Lambert, expresses confidence he will be freed once a jury is selected. The jury pool process is proceeding slowly, with the trial preliminaries likely to set a record for length before 12 jurors are chosen.
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Waukegan
William H. Orpet
Marian Lambert
British Admit Great Losses in Naval Engagements
The British admiralty lists losses including battle cruisers Queen Mary Invincible and Indefatigable light cruisers Defense Black Prince Warrior and destroyers Tipperary Turbulent Fortune Sparrow Hawk Ardent and three unnamed. The German claim of Warspite sinking is disputed. The Germans acknowledge Pommern and cruisers Frauenlob Wiesbaden as losses. Britain claims Derfflinger Kaiser-class battleship and six destroyers sunk. The Warrior was abandoned, not sunk.
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Queen Mary
Defense
Black Prince
Warrior
Tipperary
Turbulent
Fortune
Sparrow Hawk
Ardent
Warspite
Frauenlob
Wiesbaden
Derflinger
Mrs Pitzer Severely Injured After Fall at Home
Mrs Wallace H Pitzer of East Washington street was severely injured last evening when she tripped over a chair and fell into a window pane. The blow shattered the glass and cut her shoulder. She also sprained a hip and will remain at home for some time.
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Wallace H. Pitzer
East Washington Street
Police Foil Phony Shooting Case In South Mill Street
Police report a false shooting hoax to frighten a woman on South Mill Street. A telephone message claimed a woman had been shot at a home, but officers found no shooting and learned two women staged the scare to intimidate a third woman.
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South Mill Street
Nearaennees
Poan
Little Girl Struck By Motorcycle in New Castle
Mary Zook three years old of 319 Preston avenue was seriously injured when a motorcycle ridden by Charles Pitzer of 413 Whippo street struck her on Mahoning Avenue near her home. She is at New Castle hospital with a broken leg and body bruises. The rider stopped and helped dispatch her to hospital. Pitzer reported the accident at the police station.
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Mary
Michael Zook
Preston Avenue
Charles Pitzer
Whippo Street
New Castle Hospital
Mahoning Avenue
Mr. Pitzer
Big Hail Storm North of City
P M Dicks a farmer near Rich Hill reports a heavy hail storm visited that area this morning. He says it left oats fields white with hail and that he is in the city this afternoon.
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P. M. Dicks
Rich Hill
Holland Stewart Wedding Set for June Seventeenth
The marriage of Miss Helen Holland of Youngstown and Donald Stewart of East North street will be solemnized at St. John's Episcopal Church Youngstown on Saturday afternoon June 17 at 1 30. A flower girl will be their only attendant and after a brief trip they will establish housekeeping in Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart and family will attend the ceremony in Youngstown.
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Helen Holland
Youngstown
Donald Stewart
J. W. Stewart
East North Street
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Quarry Worker Injured by Dynamite Blast
Ralph Russell of Lowellville Ohio, a quarryman at the Mahoning limestone works, was badly hurt in the side when dynamite in a can exploded unexpectedly at the quarry. His condition is not serious and it is unclear if tin embedded in his side.
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Ralph Russell
Lowellville, O
Mahoning
Harper and Castimore wed in Coverdale Castle
Charles Harper of Coverdale and Miss Sarah E Castimore of New Castle were married by Alderman Green at his East Washington street office.
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Charles Harper
Coverdale
Sarah E. Castimore
New Castle
Alderman Green
East Washington Street
Field Day At Cascade Park Draws Thousands Of Students
New Castle school children filled Cascade baseball park for the annual field day. About 2,000 participated in events while several thousand more lined the grandstand and grounds with mothers and teachers observing the lively program.
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New Castle
Cascade Baseball Park
Kicked by Colt Leaves Worker Severely Injured
Eastbrook Pa June 3 Richard Wheeling farm hand at Alfred McConahay's sustained a broken rib severe cuts and bruises after a colt suddenly kicked him as he led it from the barn. He was found unconscious and later treated by a physician. No internal injuries are feared and he is improving.
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Eastbrook
Richard Wheeling
Alfred McConahay Farm
Mr. Wheeling
Important Capture Made In This City
In East Palestine Ohio on June 3 a man accused of stealing a horse and buggy from Overlander livery has been located in Mercer county jail and held for a similar offense. He is said to be part of a three man horse theft gang with two others handling the horses. He has used the names Bailey and Hooper, but authorities believe his true name is O J Thomas if the Pittsburg police photo is accurate. He was previously caught in Mahoningtown on Memorial Day with a rig stolen in Sharpsville. Miss Elizabeth Neff of South Mill street is ill.
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East Palestine, O
Overlander
Mercer
Bailey
Hooper
Pittsburg
O. J. Thomas
May Unite Britain and Italy in Royal Marriage Tie
Reports claim Princess Jolande of Italy and Edward Prince of Wales may marry, linking Britain and Italy beyond wartime alliance. The couple met after his Rome visit and frontline guest status with King Victor Emmanuel. a train ambush near army HQ narrowly spared them. Jolande, turning 15 last June, is popular in Italy and the union would deepen allied ties.
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Princess Jolande
Prince Edward
Italy
England
Jolande of
Edward, Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Jolande
Okla Delegate Dies In Chicago During Contest Hearing
A. B. Wood aged 75 national Republican delegate from Oklahoma died in Wesley hospital Chicago while arguments on his seat contest continued at the Coliseum. Wood’s home was Mulhall Oklahoma, and news of his death reached the scene at noon.
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International News Service
Chicago
National Committee
A. B. Wood
Oklahoma
Wesley Hospital
Mulhall
Okla
O P Brown to Speak at Butler Banquet
O P Brown of this city will address a Butler banquet of business men at the Nixon hotel Tuesday evening. He will discuss the local campaign and the reorganization of Butler’s board of trade. Severn P Ker, president of Sharon board of trade, will also speak.
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O. P. Brown
Butler
Nixon Hotel
Board of Trade
Severn P. Ker
Sharon Board of Trade
Local burglars in reformatory return for trial
Anthony Carrigan and Albert Swanton youthful burglars who robbed C Ed Smith Hardware, were captured in Ohio and sent back to Mansfield reformatory from Warren Ohio yesterday. They must complete their term there before being tried here as they had been paroled from the institution.
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Anthony Carrigan
Albert Swanton
New Diving Platform and Climbing Gear for Y M C A Pool
A new diving platform five feet above the water is being installed at the Y M C A. Flying rings and a climbing pole are added to the pool equipment.
Police Seek Missing Lad Dewhurst From New Brighton
City police released a description of a boy named Dewhurst who has been missing from New Brighton. Authorities urged anyone with information to contact them.
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Dewhurst
New Brighton
Roosevelt May Yet Go to Chicago
In Chicago June 3 a last minute push for Theodore Roosevelt to secure the Republican nomination unfolds. He and allies plan to visit or send speakers to sway delegates, with big business figures arriving to bolster efforts while Roosevelt himself may join if needed.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Perkins
Roosevelt Crew Faces Split at Convention As Hughes Looms
Old Guard leaders plan to block Theodore Roosevelt’s nomination at the convention and may pivot to Charles Evans Hughes if needed. They weigh keeping control via favorite son and uninstructed delegates while progressives press Roosevelt’s platform against President Wilson’s reelection. Delegates are arriving by special trains as the struggle over unity and potential trading unfolds.
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Roosevelt
Old Guard
Hughes
Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Wilson
Nine Held In Reynolds Murder Case
Nine defendants were held for court after a preliminary hearing on accessory charges in the Reynolds murder case. Key witness Miss Marie Potts testified about a taxi taking a woman and a man from the White home, and J E McIntyre linked Reynolds clothing to the passenger. Attorneys clashed with District Attorney Clyde V. Ailey during the hearing.
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William “Hun” Reynolds
Marshall Smith
J. H. Gross
Napoleon White
Irene Lawrence
Rachel Simpson
Franklin
Matthew Penny
Archie Foltz
Dorabelle Hill
Arthur Mosby
Eva Brown
Samuel Clark
T. W. Dickey
Homer Drake
Edwin K. Logan
C. V. Riley
Commonwealth
Marie Potts
Pearson Street
J. E. McIntyre
Crowl Brothers
Reynolds
New Wilmington
G. Logan
Henry Dysart
Nat Williams
Clyde V. Ailey
Steel mill worker injured at Carnegie plant
Nicholas Nicuhope, an employee of the Carnegie Steel company, fractured his foot at the plant today and was taken to Shenango Valley hospital for treatment.
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Nicholas Nicuhope
Carnegie Steel Company
Shenango Valley Hospital
Mrs Warnock and daughter plan East Coast trip
Mrs. E. S. Warnock and her daughter Miss Mary Warnock of Superior street journey to New York and will visit Trenton New Jersey Philadelphia and Harrisburg en route home. They expect to be away for two weeks.
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E. S. Warnock
Mary Warnock
Superior Street
New York
Trenton
N. J
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Wallace to resign pastorate of Bradock church
Rev. W. Charles Wallace president elect of Westminster College will resign from the First United Presbyterian church Braddock this month. The resignation takes effect July 1 and he will spend July and August recuperating before assuming Westminster duties in September.
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W. Charles Wallace
Westminster College
First United Presbyterian Church
Braddock
Wallace
Westminster
Bank adorns Mercer street entrance with electric sign
A large electric sign has been placed over the Mercer street entrance of the Safety Deposit and Trust company in the National Bank of Lawrence County building. The new sign is attractive and visible from a distance.
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Mercer Street
The
Safety Deposit and Trust Company
National Bank of Lawrence County
Former Local Hotel Proprietor Thomas Daryman Dies
Thomas Daryman, formerly of this city and longtime proprietor of the Hotel Caryman near the New Castle Business College, died this morning at his home in York Pennsylvania after a period of stomach illness. He had lived here most of his life, leaving for York a few years ago. He is survived by his wife and six children.
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Thomas Daryman
York
Mr. Daryman
Caryman
New Castle Business College
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Denmark
ORPET
W. HL. Pitzer
Mary Zook
C. Pitzber
Martin Gantz
Colt
Mahoningtown
Sharpsville
Elizabeth Neff
Great Britain
John Edwin Nevin
I. N. 8S
W. C. Wallace
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