Austro Germans Capture Mosciska East of Przemysl
British dispatches report Austro German forces capturing Mosciska to the east of Przemysl in Galicia. Russians allegedly fall back south of the Przemysl Lemberg railway while Teutons gain on northern Przemysl near Bessarabia. England braces for prolonged Dardanelles operations amid trench warfare.
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London
Galicia
Berlin
Vienna
Lemberg
Mosciska
Przemysl
Bessarabia
England
France
Italy
Germany
Poland
Belgium
Arras
Dardanelles
Justis
Senate Wants Chicago Strikes Investigated Bills Passed
Senate debates public parks school trusts and eminent domain for school land. House passes election and city court salary provisions, mine safety exams, and two year extension for state mining commission. Representative Gregory’s anti pledge bill dies in committee. Home rule and merger bills linger as house utilities committee adjourns.
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State Mining Investigating ‘Commission
Gregory
House
Senate
Chicago
House Public Utilities Committee
Germany Shifts From Ancient Theory in Magna Charter Talk
Albany June 15 Germany returned to ancient theory that the state is above morality in attacking Belgium and the Lusitania as Elihu Root spoke at Magna Charta anniversary exercises. He contrasted this with the Charter’s view that states are bound by moral rules, a principle he called the hope of mankind. Speakers included Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and others at Columbia University.
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Albany
N. Y
Belgium
Lusitania
Germany
United States
Elihu Root
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
William D. Guthrie
New York
Alton B. Parker
Charles Andrews
Germans Plan Blow At Russian Forces
Telegraphing from Petrograd the Times says Germany shifts feverish activity to Baltic provinces and Dniester region to draw Russian attention for a central blow. In Galicia, movement aims to open a northern path toward Lemberg. Shavli bombardment signals tactic shift. Germans gather heavy artillery reinforcements in the Baltic and use liquid fire on the Bzura river in close combat.
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London
Petrograd
Times
Baltic
Dniester
Galicia
Lemberg
Shavl
San
Bzura
Big Bargains Week In Quincy Retail Trade
Merchants across the Quincy region prepare for a massive price event the week of June 19 to 26. A big Whig Special edition will publish Friday with merchant advertisements and special inducements. Out-of-town buyers may have railroad fares refunded via the Quincy Whig office. merchants not listed may contact The Whig to join and boost sales.
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Quincy
the Whig
Co- Operative
Quincy Whig
Austrians Start Forest Fires to Check the Enemy
Rome June 15 The Austrian attempt to push toward Trieste failed as forest fires north of Monfalcone and east of Sagrado were quickly extinguished by Italian troops. Italian war office reports repulsed assaults on Monfalcone and continued bombardment of Malborghetto. Heat hampers troops while Italian artillery destroyed Austrian camps near Monte Nero and Valiena.
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Rome
Trieste
Monfalcone
Sagrado
Italian War Office
Marborghetto
War Office
Monte, Piano
Monte Nero
Tolntin
Tolmino
Piezzo Ae
Piezzo
Isonzo
Praedil.Pass
Monte Plava
Malfacone
Europe War Devastates Homes Forests and Wealth
The article notes vast destruction from European warfare with about 600,000 homes and other buildings destroyed. Towns villages and hamlets obliterated. forests cut or swept by shellfire. Large territorial areas ruined for cultivation for generations. Also cites thousands of merchant ships sunk and compares wealth losses to San Francisco fire and 1907 panic.
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Belgium
France
Poland
East Prussia
Galicia
Grea
San Francisco
Girl motorcycle rider dies on South Side
Aliss Meyer, a beloved young woman from the South Side, was killed in a motorcycle incident. Doctors attempted to save her, but the body was later removed to an undertaking establishment. A memorial service was expected to be held today or soon after.
Williams Appointed U S Attorney for Panama Zone
Washington June 15 Charles B Williams of Georgia was appointed United States attorney for the Panama Canal Zone The president also named Herbert Adams of New York to the national finance commission succeeding Daniel C French who resigned
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Williams
Washington
Charles B. Williams
Georgia
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Herbert’ Adams
New York
National Finance Commission
Daniel C. French
World War Front Reports Galician and Italian Theater Actions
Vienna and Paris official reports detail heavy fighting along the Galician front with Archduke Joseph Ferdinand’s forces advancing after capturing Sieniawa. Mackensen and Boehm-Ermolli forces push at Krakowiec Oleszice and Mosciska. Russian troops retreat from Desarabia toward Chotin. Italian fronts near Tolmino and Plava see renewed activity with truce refusals and a German bombardment of Baden towns. Karlsruhe ships report fires and evacuations as bombers attack regional targets.
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Vienna
London
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
Sieniawa
San
Piskorvice
Mackensen
Krakowiec
Jaroslau
Oleszice
Galicia
Tolmino
Plava
Isonzo
Pal
Ploeken -Pass
Sunday School Convention Opens in Pueblo Led by New Secretary
Pueblo Colorado hosts a three day Sunday School convention with EB T Albertson of Indiana as state secretary. About six hundred out of town delegates attend the opening day.
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Pueblo
Col
Colorado Sunday School Association
EB. T. Albertson
Indiana
Anti-Trust Law Under Review by Justice Department
Washington officials review twenty five years of trust prosecutions and Supreme Court interpretations of the Sherman act. They note civil wins and recent defeats, with the International Harvester case seen as crucial. The criminal case against New Haven Hartford officers and directors looms, possibly shaping future action if Harvester loses.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
International’ Harvester Company
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Harvester
National Cash Register’ Company
Chicago Streetcar Strike Forces Court Mediation Efforts
Readers see a tense city in flux as a court directed receiver to resume rail operations with available workers while city officials push for fair treatment of strikers. Labor leaders and transit executives meet with Mayor Thompson, a potential arbitration board forms, and an immediate utilities inquiry is urged to hasten settlement.
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Apideek
Thompson
Chicago
Conferace
Traction
Steat
State Board of Mediation
Illinois Senate
Springfield
State Public Utilities Commission
Denvir
Council
Willis O. Nance
Leonard A. Busby
Surface Lines
William’ Quinlain
Surface Men’s Union
Iderman Nance
Boston June Disappointed Strike Replacement Train Fails
Hundreds of men and boys hired to fill Chicago streetcar strikes faced a canceled trip as a special train bound for the city did not depart. The agent who hired them cited orders from New York employers directing the shutdown of the departure.
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Boston
Chicago
New York
Depar
Train to Chicago Delayed. Recruiting HQ Targeted
Announcement that the special train would not depart tonight followed a hotel demonstration where recruiting headquarters were located. Police were summoned to quell disturbance as men gathered for Chicago-bound regular trains tonight.
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Ture
Chicago
Strikebreakers Raid Cream Train Near Binghamton
Seven hundred strikebreakers traveling to Chicago raided a cream train at night, seizing 40 gallon cans valued at about 700 dollars. Police were unable to stop the mob as leaders directed preparations for serving the stolen product. Susquehanna restaurant raided, Elmira warned to deploy police against a possible raid.
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Binghamton
Chicago
Hornell
Susquehanna
Elmira
Rivers Defeats Harvey in California Lightweight Bout
New York June 15 Joe Rivers of California defeated Johnny Harvey of New York in seven of ten rounds in a hard fought bout. Both finished strong with attempts at knockouts. Harvey won rounds one six and ten. Rivers displayed flashes of his time form in other rounds. Rivers weighed 137 1 3 pounds. Harvey 134 3 4 pounds.
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Rivers
Harvey
New York
Joe
Johnny Harvey
Tlarvey
Man Killed When Tractor Engine Plunges From Bridge
Decatur Illinois June officer reports a man named Cannon was killed this afternoon near Bethany when a traction engine he drove crashed through the Moffitt bridge south of the city and dropped about 20 feet into the Sangamon River. He was struck by machinery fragments and injured internally.
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Decatur
O. A. Cannon
Bethany
Moffitt Bridge
Sangamon River
Italy bans all exports to Switzerland angering Swiss
Berlin reports the Italian government prohibits all export to Switzerland. The move provokes Swiss indignation among the Swiss people as carried by Chasso dispatches dated June 1.
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Berlin
Wireless of
Salville
Chasso
Switzerland
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