Russians Win Fortress Line on Dniester Front
Petrograd reports major Russian victories along the Dniester southeast of Buczacz and near Czernowitz, with Brusiloff’s forces capturing key fortifications including Zaleshyky. Austrians retreat as Russians advance. total prisoners rise to 115,700. Counterattacks slow Russian progress in Galicia near Tarnopol and Przewloka.
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Petrograd
Etrogele
Bukowina
Galicia
Cernowitz
Dniester
Buczacz
Lemiere
Galician
Brusiloff
Bueznes
Tarnopol
Muchach
Stripa
Przewloka
von Bother
Geraus
Zarvanites
Teutona
Lutsk
Koel
Kolki
Luts
Volhynian
Declare Kitchener was U-boat victim
German papers report the British cruiser Hampshire was sunk by a German submarine. Admiral Jellicoe said Kitchener and his staff were aboard en route to Russia when the ship sank after a mine detonation.
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Kitchener
Hampshire
London
Berne
Morning Post
Russia
John Jellicor
Germans Take Two Scandinavian Ships in Baltic Sea Actions
London report cites Copenhagen dispatches that a Danish steamer Askoe was seized by a German warship in the North Sea and sent to Hamburg. The Swedish schooner Svea bound for England with pit props was captured in the Sound and taken to Swinemuende. Denmark seeks release of Guldborg, captured fortnight earlier and taken to Swinemuende, with contention over the capture being made in Swedish waters.
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North Sea
London
Exchange
Copenhagen
Askoe
Hamburg
Svea
England
Swinemuende
Denmark
Guldborg
Exchange Telegraph Company
Mayor weighs fingerprinted boys case in city inquiry
Mayor Mitchel opened a review into the arrest of Walter Sharpe, John Mahrtens, and Ulrich Hofel after magistrate Charles Eimma ordered their fingerprints for playing baseball in the street. Magistrate McAdoo cleared Simms of blame, citing the new parole law requiring fingerprints in disorderly conduct cases. The Board of Magistrates will consider reasserting or revising discretionary powers.
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McAdoo
Simms
Mitchel
Walter Sharpe
John Mahrtens
Ulrich Hofel
Charles Eimma
Maistrate McAdoo
Board of Magistrates
Cai
Braves Fire To Get Baby Boy From Crib
Patrolman Florent V. Haerle of the Fifth Street station retrieved a baby from a second floor crib at 102 Second Street as flames raged. Mrs Sophie Gluckman kissed his hand in relief after firefighters contained the blaze. Haerle’s bravery echoes his brother Lt George Haerle who earned a 1914 medal for bravery in a gunfight.
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Haerle
Florent V. Haerle
Fifth Street
Second Street
Sophie Gluckman
Gluckman
George Haerle
Detective Bureau
Joseph Guarniesi
William Horgan
Drowns Taking Waves in Mayflower Wake
Charles Bystrom, 24, steward at the Tarrytown Boat Club, drowned after entering the river to take the wake of the Mayflower yacht as it passed Tarrytown. He dived near the club float, struck his head, and disappeared in the swell. His body was recovered an hour later. he was married with one child.
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Tarrytown
West Point
New York
Charles Bystrom
Cink
Bystrom
Mrs T J Preston Here For Operation
Mrs Thomas J Preston formerly Mrs Grover Cleveland was taken from Princeton New Jersey to Roosevelt Hospital to undergo an operation this morning if her condition is satisfactory. Hospital staff reported she was comfortable and her husband Professor Preston arrived with her and remained at the hospital late last night.
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Cleveland
Princeton
Thomas J. Preston
Grover Cleveland
Roosevelt Hospital
N. J
Preston
Abe Hospital
U S Reply to Carranza on Mexican Expedition
Final draft note to Mexico will be presented to President Wilson after the Democratic convention. It rejects Carranza demand for withdrawal of U S forces and disputes his accusations of motive, while urging action against bandits along the border. The note notes Mexico’s failure to control Chihuahua raids and forecasts the expedition remaining until improved conditions.
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Washington
Mexico
Wilson
Carranca
Carranza
Oficinis
Carrsnta
Chihuahua
Mproves
Thirteen Year Old Anxiously Sustains Family Die of Stroke
A 13 year old girl, Alice Nessel, starved herself to support a paralytic mother and brother in a one room East New York tenement. After a year of toil, she died from a burst brain artery. Neighbors funded her burial, with a soapbox collection displaying her funeral plate as mourners learned the cause. Her mother and brother trailed the funeral procession on foot.
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New York
Alcc Nessel
Hinadale Street
East
Neasel
Alice
Oas
Alica
Alleen
Borhood
Charity
New Army Training Proposal Redrafted in Washington
Washington reports a redrafted Cham berlain bill ordering all able bodied male citizens to serve six months of military training within the year of turning 18. Exemptions apply for academy training with credits up to two months. Penalties include fines or imprisonment for violations. President to assign training roles and seven years mobilization after completion. Roosevelt seen with Progressive leaders amid party maneuvers. Perkins urging delay on action until the June 26 national committee meeting in Chicago. Roosevelt to meet family and allies in Oyster Bay after Panama trip.
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Washington
War Or Navy Departments
George van Horn Moseley
General Star
War Department
Chamberlain
Oregon
Iregulara
Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Perking
Perkins
Richard Derby Hiram Johnson
Chester Rowell
California
Oscar Straus
Roosevelt
Progressive National Committee
Chicago
Progres Party
St. Louis
Kermit
Panama
Raymond Robins
Harold L. Ickes
Ilinois
Oyster Bay
Hopkins Named Dartmouth Head to Succeed Nichols
Boston June 19 Ernest Martin Hopkins of Newton was elected president of Dartmouth College to fill the vacancy after Ernest F Nichols resignation. The election was announced by Homer E Keyes business director of the college Hopkins is a Dartmouth graduate and was formerly rotary.
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E. F. Nichols
Boston
Ernest Martin Hopkins
Newton
Dartmouth College
Ernest Fox Nichols
Homer E. Keyes
Hopkins
Dart 1Mouth
Rotary
Hughes Indorsed By Progressives Ahead Of Election
The Bull Moose drift toward Charles Evans Hughes accelerates as Everett Olby and Theodore Douglas Robinson pledge support. W Murray Crane meets Hughes to discuss national chairmanship and campaign management while Nicholas Murray Butler predicts Hughes will win with strong Democratic and Progressive backing. Hughes emphasizes undiluted Americanism in remarks to reporters and bankers applaud the sentiment.
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Bull Moose
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
Everett ‘Olby
New Jersey
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Colonel Roosevelt
New York
Crane
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
National Republican Committee
M Trane
Chicago
Old Guard
Wilson Defines Americanism Speech at West Point
President Wilson states Americanism means unwavering belief in American principles and placing them first above all. He adds the American test is spiritual and distrusts any man who makes excuses for his actions as an American. The speech text appears on Page 8.
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Henry Clews
Mr. Hughes
Hughes
Wickersham
Brown University
Wilson
West Point
America
US suffrage plank favored by Democrats in draft
In St Louis on June 12 suffrage leaders reviewed a ten tative draft of a Democratic platform plank calling for Congress to pass a federal suffrage amendment. The Susan B Anthony amendment was urged by women’s groups, with Secretary Daniels publicly endorsing equal rights for women. The draft aims to let states ratify the amendment after federal approval, signaling strong party support for woman suffrage.
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St. Louis
Daniels
Congress
Woman's Party
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Navy
Resolutions Committee
National Woman Suffrage Association
Houston
Women’s Party Workers
Repub
Wall Street stake puts $60,000 on Hughes at 6 to 5
Chester Thompson, a Wall Street stakeholder, announced yesterday that he would bet $60,000 at odds of 6 to 5 that Hughes would be elected president over Wilson. He said it was the largest offer ever made in Wall Street.
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Chester Thompson
Financial District
Wilson
Wall Street
Wilson backs Marshall for second place in Democratic surge
St Louis June 13 open invitation to Progressives to back Wilson anticipated as Democratic National Convention meets. Secretary of War Baker arrives to outline strategy while McCombs sends Colby invitation. Baker says progressives seek shared ideals, not engraved invitations, and hints at platform revisions, including social justice and suffrage expansion, with Marshall as VP unlikely to move.
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Turbane St. Louis
Wilson
Baker
Washington
McCombs
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Democratic Party
Moon
Moore
Wileson
JB Marshall
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Columbia University
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