Peace Talks Rumored as Mexican Factions Eye Terms
Washington reports indicate Villa Zapata forces may discuss peace with Carranza amid Wilson’s note. Carranza’s stance remains unclear but signals a push to continue military action. Arredondo and Llorente deny Villa negotiations were requested, while U.S. reception splits among Mexican factions.
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Mexico
Wilson
Villa-Zapata
Carranza
Constitutionalist Party
Nuérta
Villa
Elisedo Arrendondo
Arredondo
Enrique. Llorente
Forty-Ninth General Assembly Sifts Major Measures
Springfield June 5 With less than two weeks remaining the Forty-ninth general assembly lines up major issues for final action. Chicago home rule for utilities faces House passage next Tuesday with Senate hurdles ahead. A fifty car limit bill seeks suspension of rules next Wednesday as opponents of injunctions clash with business groups over peaceful picketing. The Carroll boxing bill, tied to a referendum, runs into voting rules under the women’s suffrage act, complicating statewide impact.
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Forty-ninth
General “Assembly
Chicago
House
Senate
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Shanhan
Final Fight Against Turks Is Commenced
London reports Kaiser drives massive offensive against British lines at Ypres Hooge and surrounding areas. German submarines patrol War Zone sinking vessels. Mackensen and German forces press in Galicia and Courland as air conflict looms over London and Paris. Officials note food shortages and coast blockade, while German leadership orders a desperate series of large offensives to overwhelm the Allies.
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Ypres
Hooge
Teutons
Flanders
German Submarines Are Combing the Waters of the. von ‘Tirpitz
Galicia
Mackensen
Russian Courland
Poland
Array
Petrograd
Lemberg
Przemysl
Sam River
Bukowina
West
Berlin
Souchez
Churchill
Admiralty
End of Dardanelles Campaign Hinted By London Dispatch
A London dispatch from Mytilene reports a combined offensive toward Turkish positions began yesterday and Winston Churchill states Allied forces are within a few miles of victory near the Gallipoli front. The victory potential, coupled with heavy Turkish losses, signals speedier actions though operations remain slow as reinforcements arrive.
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Mytilene
Winston. Churchill
Dundee
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Dardanelles
Athens
Second Communication on Lusitania Sinking Delayed
Washington June 5 The note prepared for Germany insisting on adherence to international law in submarine warfare was finished but not cabl ed to Berlin today Officials declined to explain the delay and whether Secretary Bryan or Counselor Lansing would revise it before presentation to the German foreign office The United States demands that Germany protect its citizens and follow recognized treaties or face consequences while avoiding retaliation in the Lusitania case
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Lansing
State Department
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Foreign Office
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Berlin
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von Bernstorff
Ambasador
Tero
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United States
Lusitania
United Press
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Cushin
Wilso
War department orders transports to Vera Cruz for refugees
The Army will send Buford and Kilpatrick to Vera Cruz to bring back Americans and other refugees from Mexico City aboard trains now being arranged. Transports at Galveston will depart as plans are finalized under British auspices for early next week. A Red Cross medical shipment will go to hospitals in Mexico City via Vera Cruz, with two more carloads to Monterey. Arnold Shanklin may command the refugee station in Mexico City, while plans for further relief distribution remain unsettled.
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War Department
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Kilpatrick
Vera’ Cruz
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Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Galveston
Vera ‘Cruz
Department
Pachuca
Red Cross
Monterey
Arnold Shanklin
Vera, Cruz
Athe
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Sahidat
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Kidnapping of Boys Near Nogales Stirs Border Forces
Franklin a miner reported three Mexican soldiers abducting two boys near the border twenty five miles east of Nogales. The youths were seen led on foot with hands tied at gunpoint. Sheriff McKnight led a posse as Governor Maytorena denied knowledge and army officers expected no serious consequences.
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Ariz
Santa Cruz
Jose Maytorena
Villa
Sonora
Washington
Duquesne
Franklin
W.R. McKnight
Maytorena
American Porter Charlton declared mentally responsible in murder case
In Como Italy on June 5 1910 American Porter Charlton was found mentally responsible for his wife’s murder by Prof Margiotto a specialist. Charlton’s trial is to be opened early next month with the verdict potentially shaping the proceedings and defense strategy.
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Como
Italy
Paris
Porter Charlton
Margiotto
Charlton
Germans Take Przemysl After Tough Russian Defense
Reports from the Galician front say Austro German troops now control Przemysl after protracted Russian resistance. The Russians withdrew eastward from forts, with a retreat largely along southern positions. Teutonic forces push east. Mackensen’s army engages rear guards near Medyka as allies consolidate a front, with potential Russian resupply efforts near Grodek lakes.
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Berlin
Przemysl
von ‘Boehm-Ermolli
von ‘Mackensen
Medyka
Grodek Lakes
Lemberg
Linsingen
Stry
Free Fare to Quincy Week Trade Event
The Quincy Whig reports a seven day refunding sale from June 19 to 26 in Quincy. Ten out of town shoppers will have their car fare refunded and merchants will offer special bargains to lure visitors from surrounding communities. The plan, dubbed Free Fare to Quincy Week, aims to boost sales with cross store purchases and substantial price reductions. The effort mirrors Champaign’s prior fare refund week which drew about 1,000 visitors and 26,000 miles refunded. Details will be announced daily in The Whig.
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Whig
Quincy
Quincy Whig
Middle West
Quincey
Merchants of
Champaign
Daily Gazette
Penfeld Arrives at Brest After Torpedo Attack
A Brest dispatch reports the French steamship Penfeld was torpedoed by a German submarine about noon fifty miles off Cassant. The Penfeld sank in three minutes after the torpedo struck as the crew took to boats. All aboard were landed after 30 hours.
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Paris
Havas
Brest
Penfeld
Cassant
Indictments for Election Fraud Across Corpus Christi
Federal grand jury in Corpus Christi charges 42 individuals including city and county officials with election corruption. Indictments name T. F Southgate United States commissioner W B Tropkins district judge Walter F Timon county judge and others. Bonds range from 10 000 to 500. Trial set for September 6 at a special term.
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Russell Savage
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