Tragic Air Accident Kills Warneford and Needham
Paris dispatch reports Royal Navy Flying Corps investigations into the crash that killed Lieut R A J Warneford and American writer Henry Beach Needham after a steeplechase height rise. Witnesses say Warneford took reckless risks before the biplane plunged. Needham was strapped in and died when a propeller blade struck him as the craft fell. Funeral arrangements began as both bodies lay in the Versailles hospital chapel with military honors to follow.
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Paris
British
Royal Navy Flying Corps
R. A. J. Warneford
Henry Beach Needham
Warneford
Royal, Flying Corps
Needham
Dunkirk
Trianon
Versailles
A. H. Thackergra
Fifteen Lose Lives In Terrific Storm At Goltry Oklahoma
Cyclone triggers graves of two farms as J R Johnson and Volney Kraft families seek shelter in cellars. Melvin Pipkin house is demolished with Pipkin and wife inside but escape with bruises. Mrs Clyde Carwood blown to a wheat field, slight injuries. B E Bowen suffers fractured skull as dwelling collapses.
German naval officer missing from ship Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Lieutenant Brauer, either first or executive officer aboard the interned German warship Prinz Eitel Friedrich at Norfolk, is missing for some time. Federal authorities believe Brauer left the country with other crew members before internment. Officials note the commander promised restraint and Admiral Beatty had allowed limited movement near Newport News. Brauer reportedly reappeared on the vessel and surgeon Nolte was arrested disguised as a cook on an Italian steamer at Algeciras.
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Brauer
Norfolk
Hamilton
Beatty
Newport News
Nolte
Eitel Friedrich
Algeciras
Fort Scott Floods Sweep Fort Scott Area Dozens Affected
Sixty five cars blew from the Frisco tracks in the Fort Scott yards Kansas. Three workers injured. J T Wood home blown over with occupants unhurt. Many small structures north of the city blown away. Weather observer warns serious flood across Blue Republican and Solomon valleys. Clay Center dikes strained as crews build sandbag barriers to avert new flood channels.
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Fort Scott
Kas
J. T. Wood
Kansas
Conner
Blue
Republican
Solomon
Clay Center
England Awakened Over Neutral Affairs June 19
London reports mounting public and press anger at German attacks on neutral ships. Reuters Stockholm correspondent notes protests against the capture of the Swedish steamer Torsten and the sinking of Verdani, both carrying certificates denying contraband cargo. Some papers ponder Swedish reprisals.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Torsten
Verdani
Twenty Four Hour War Review For The Busy Reader
A concise account of Europe’s great war is presented in an appended epitome compiled from Associated Press dispatches over the past twenty four hours, offering quick updates for the busy reader.
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Europe
Associated Press
Russians Retreat In Galicia As German Allies Advance
Russian forces fall back in Galicia with Austro-Hungarian press reports placing Tarnogrod under Teutonic ally control and Russian lines retreating near the Lower San and Vistula. French reports claim gains around Metzeral and Fecht river while Italian front dispatches note Austrian regiments replacing landsturm guards as fighting continues near Mori and Rovereto.
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Galicia
Przemysl
Carpathian
Hungary
Tarnogrod
Sieniawa
Krezow
San
Vistula
Lemberg
Alsace
Munster
Landsturm
Tyrol
Mori
Rovereto
Italians Claim Advancing In Buchenstein Valley
Geneva June 18 via Paris dispatch reports Italian forces gaining ground in the Buchenstein valley and around Laibach Austria. Italian batteries bombard St Cassai and threaten Monte Croce while preparing to block Austrian moves Southwest of Trent. In Val Sugana, defenses at Borgo are shelled after Italians destroy works. Folgaria sees Austrian pressure and Italian recapture of positions with continued bombardment of Rovereto.
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Via
Paris
Buchenstein
Laibach
Austria
the Tribune
Ane
St. - Cassaii
Montecroce
Trent
Val Sugana
Borgo
Folgaria
Rovereto
Peddlers Face Multi Permit Hurdles in St Cloud
In St Cloud Minnesota peddlers must obtain a state license costing three dollars and licenses in Stearn Benton and Sherburn counties due to the city’s location at their junction. The process carries a risk of city license denial and loss of the deposit.
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ST. Cloud
Minny
St.Cloud
Stearn
Benton
Sherburn
Liense
Shaughnessy Named to Visit U S for Ammunition Talks
London June 18 Sir Thomas Shaughnessy president of the Canadian Pacific railway is the prominent business man chosen by the government to travel to America to arrange ammunition deals according to the Globe.
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Shaughnessy
London
Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
America
Globe
Youth in Jamestown kills father stepmother and officer
In Jamestown New York Fred Shaver shot and killed his father Hudson Shaver 67 and his stepmother Ruth Campbell 37. After a dispute the elder man died from a rifle shot in the hall. Officer Kendall was wounded by Shaver who then barricaded himself and was killed by other officers. The incident is linked to drink and family quarrel.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Fred Shaver
Shaver
Hudson Shaver
Ruth Campbell
Kendall
Young Shaver
Aeroplane Falls Killing Two Men in Quincy Mass
An aeroplane accident in Quincy Mass kills two men. George W. Herzy Jr. of this city, a mechanician, is killed instantly. William D. Ely of Providence R I dies en route to hospital from injuries while being instructed in flight by operator Harry M. Jones. The biplane rose to about 100 feet from Squantum field before crashing. Observers think a passenger may have interfered with lever operation.
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Quincy
Mass
George W. Herzy, Jr
William D. Ely
Providence
R. I
Harry M. Jones
Jones
Squantum Aviation Field
German Victories Extensively Reported Across Fronts
The dispatch details Alpine and Hungarian clash outcomes with heavy losses, noting Austrian and German gains in Galicia, Lemberg, and Tarnogrod. It summarizes cross-front fighting near Arras and the British front, plus Russian retreats and Austro-German advances in Galicia and Bessarabia.
Ackley and Sunday urged to meet over rift in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on June II strong influence is being applied to force Billy Sunday and Ackley to reconcile. Outsiders are attempting to bring the evangelist’s former associate together with Sunday in the home to patch up their differences and keep quiet about the internal workings of the organization.
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Ackley
Philadelphia
Billy Sunday
Hfe
Sunday
Duveneck Wins Grand Prize at Panama-Pacific Exposition
SAN FRANCISCO June 18 Frank Duyven eck of Gloucester Mass was crowned grand prize winner in art by an international jury of forty five at the Panama-Pacific exposition amid competition with many of the world's greatest artists.
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Duveneck
San Francisco
Cal
Frank Duyveneck
Gloucester
Mass
Enero
Legislature Ended With Tax Amendment Move And Censor Bill
The legislature closed with the Moore bill boosting pay from 2000 to 3500 per term and a tax amendment sent to the constitution. A state moving picture censor board was created, and bills on labor, Chicago utilities, boxing, and pari mutuel betting faced defeats. Appropriations neared 44 million. 1548 bills were introduced. The senate passed tax lists, first aid car supplies, and ballot reforms while awarding watches to Lt Gov O Hara and President pro tem Canaday. The session paused with a one day rest bill and a railroad mileage exchange measure headed to the governor.
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General Assembly
Chicago
House
Olson
State Board of Moving
Secretary of State
Commission
Illinois National Guard
Piercy
Barratt
O’hara
Dailey
Peoria
Stephen.d. Canaday
Canaday
Conference Committee
Chazaro defies Wilson in Mexican revolutionary clash
San Antonio dispatch reports Carranza authorities confiscated ten million dollars in bullion from the San Gertrudis Mining Company at mines north of Mexico City. Military officials say bullion is to be converted into money for military purposes to pacify Mexico under the constitutionalist government.
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San Antonio
Tex
San Gertrudis Mining ¢ Company
Carranza
Mexico ‘City
Pachuca
Mexico
Embassy Smuggling Report Denied By Bernstorff
Washington June 18 Acting Secretary Lansing said Ambassador Bernstorff sought an apology from the newspaper that alleged German envoy Bernstorff helped smuggle Alfred Meyer a Berlin war office agent out of the United States under the alias Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard. Bernstorff stated the report was false from beginning to end.
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Washington, D.C
Bernstorff
Alfred Meyer
War Office
United States
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
State Department
Lansing
Are Two Society Husbands Worth Half a Million
New York City juries will decide if the estates of Mrs. William S. Laimbeer and Mrs. S. Good Pell, linked to the 400 social circle, are worth $500000 after their husbands died in a Long Island Railroad crossing wreck. Mrs. Laimbeer, injured, seeks $50000. Mrs Pell witnessed the crash with Vanderbilt Jr. Friends in the case include stockholders in the railroad, raising questions about who pays damages.
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William S. Laimbeer
S. Qsgood Pell
New York
Newport
New
York
Pell
Laimbeer
Vanderbilt
Long Island
Long ‘Island
Liambeer
William KK
Vanderbilt, Jr
Long Island Railroad Company
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