American War Aims Outlined by Wilson to Russia
President Wilson stated the United States war aims in a communication to Russia, pledging no annexation and no indemnities. He affirmed America fights for liberation of all peoples from autocratic rule, stresses no territorial gains, and calls for a global cooperative framework to secure lasting peace and justice. Receivership for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Rail is terminated by Judge Carpenter.
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United States
Germany
Washington
Wilson
Russia
American Commission
America
Berlin
Bagdad
Hell
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Islamacific Rail Company
Carpenter
United States District Court
Minnesota Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
A roundup of Minnesota notices reports multiple deaths including Julius Peter in St Paul Evelyn Balch in Minneapolis and Cyril Pelo in Northfield. Fires destroy Cokato High School and other local incidents deaths accidents and registrations mark the week. Minnesota plans Red Cross funding draft enrollments and a second training camp quota is set with dates for application and camp at Fort Ripley.
Valley editor named state expert printer
Sam Y. Gordon becomes the Valley Editor and is appointed as the state expert printer, reflecting a promotion within the regional press. The change places Gordon in charge of statewide printing standards and documentation for the publication.
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Srown
State Printing Commission
Sam Y. Gordon
Browns Valley Tribune
Joseph T. Mannix
Twin City
Minnesota Mobilizes As War Demands Grow
The state plans to raise more than 10 000 regular army and national guard troops if volunteers fall short. New artillery unit and field hospital corps will be recruited, with Canada recruiting offices opened in Minneapolis and St Paul under a reciprocity pact. In Cloquet a mill superintendent was shot causing theater panic, while Rev Charles L Lehnert was suspended from ministry for immoral conduct. Public safety orders close cabarets and impose strict limits on alcohol and women in saloons. In St Paul, Joe Redenbaugh testified in the murder trial of Mika Moore, who was later convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in Stillwater.
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Julius Peter
St. Paul
Evelyn K. Balch
Minneapolis
Cokato
C. K. Sharood
N. J. Johnson
Ole O. Ohmdahl
Thief River Falls
H. B. Welker
Minnesota
Devakis
Cyril Pelo
Northfield
Rock Island
Hie
George N. Tapley
A. F. Hlavacek
Hopkina News
Minnetonka
Hopkins
Rose N. Tracey
Herman C. Hage
Duluth
Northern Pacific
Klondyke
Brainerd
Burnquiat
American Red Cross
Rolland Woehning
Bred. T. Lincoln
Brainerd Commercial Club
Northern Minnesota Development Association
Virginia
Ryan Annex
James Griffin
Cleveland
United States
W. C. Pope
Church of the Good Shepherd
National Army
Regular Army
National Guard
State Supreme Court
Burnquist
Minnesota National Guard
Mill City
Canada
G. ©. Smith
Cloquet Lumber Company
Jess Stevens
Grand Theater
Cloquet
Wilson
Charles L. Lehnert
Central German Methodist Episcopal Church of
Winona
Baker
State Public Safety Commission
Joe Redenbaugh
Alice McQuillan Dunn
Mika Moore
Moore
Frank J. Dunn
Mike Moore
Alice M. Dunn
Ramsey County
Stillwater
Ian
Gingé
Bhelé
Chinese Officials in Dispute Over Parliament Dissolution
In Peking on June 12 President Li Yuan Hung favored dissolving parliament per General Chang Huan but acting premier Wu Ting Fang refused to countersign. Dissolution would delay any war declaration on Germany for six months. General Chang Hsun arrived from the south demanding re election bans and clashing with other leaders over Li Yuan Hung’s retention and a new premier.
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Peking
Li Yuan Hung
Chang Huan
Wu Ting Fang
China
Germany
Chang Hsun
Tientsin
Ostend Harbor Vessels Removed After Reconnaissance
Admiralty says Dover reports Ostend harbor clear of large shipping after reconnaissance. Two destroyers seen towed to Zeebrugge likely the damaged vessels from the bombardment removed from the basin.
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London
Admiralty
Dover
Ostend
Zeebrugge
145 Dead in Butte Copper Mine Fire
Butte Montana June 12 Coroner Aeneas Lane reports 63 of the North Butte mine disaster confirmed dead with 53 identified and 10 unnamed. He estimates the total dead at 145 with 82 men still believed missing and presumed to have perished.
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Butte
South Dakota loses case in express rate dispute
Washington June 12 The South Dakota express rate case ends with the supreme court annulling parts of a lower court ruling limiting state powers. It voids instructions forcing American and Wells Fargo Express to keep certain intrastate rates despite interstate tariffs, to prevent discrimination against Sioux City.
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Washington
South Dakota
Supreme Court
American
Wells-Fargo
Inter State Commerce Commission
Sioux City
Coste Britain Expenditure Gap Reported in House of Commons
Chancellor Bonar Law told the House of Commons that during the first nine weeks of the fiscal year the government's average daily outlay stood at seven million eight hundred fifty four thousand pounds. The Daily London report notes the figure for the period as seven million eight hundred eighty four thousand pounds.
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Britain
London
Bonar Law
House of Commons
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International Sunshine Society
Red Cross Society
J. A. Fisk
Farmington
State Dairy and Food Department
J. J. Farrell
Fisk
C. F. Peehl
Chisago City
James H. Ege
Hennepin County
Anoka
Minnesota Soldiers’ Home Hospital
Ege
James F. Wallace
War Department
Fort Ripdey
Kan
Fort Snelling
Sam Y! Gordon
Charles E. Russell
American Diesel
Charles Edward Russell
Socialist
Central Committee
New York
Civer
Russell
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