Cook County Judges May Get $2000 Salary Increase
Chicago clerks report that Cook county circuit and superior court judges may receive a $2000 annual raise after their terms start. The state canvassing board verified elections and issued certificates as Governor Dunne approved. A misrouted returns telegram prompted questions but the canvass proceeded and salary change takes effect July 11 if Dunne signs.
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Springfield
Ill
Superior
Cook County
Dunne
Supreme Court
Dunite
Chicago
Stevenson
Brentano
Danne
Gardner
Good Now
Burres
University of Illinois
Scanlan
Peoria
Kessinger
Cit
British memorandum on neutral commerce amid war orders
Washington reports Great Britain has issued a marmae style memorandum outlining efforts to minimize disruptions to neutral trade from the order in council against Germany Austria and Turkey. It argues Americans have no grounds for complaint and notes a second note to be prepared. Ambassador Page calls the memorandum an explanation of cases and regulations. 27 detained ships include eight unloading cotton, seven to depart after prize-court actions, and twelve held, with three American.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
London
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Page
State Department
Britain
Foreign Office
United Kingdom
Oklahoma Tornado Kills Former Adams Resident
A tornado near Helena Oklahoma Sunday demolished the home of Mrs Ford, a former Adams county resident, carried her fifty yards, and caused her death within two hours. The storm swept two blocks or more, destroying six or seven homes, left a farmhouse wrecked, and uprooted trees. Wheat was flattened outside the storm path. Friends in Quincy and Camp Point mourn the death.
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Ellington
Helena
Oklahoma
Bombardment of Dunkirk by German Guns Reported
Fiftysix-ton bombardment of Dunkirk by German positions behind Dixmudeinjured several civilians and damaged property. The shelling began before dawn and continued into the evening, with 16 inch shells striking without warning. Residents sought shelter as red refuge notices appeared, while rescuers faced limited efforts due to near-total destruction near impact points.
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Dunkirk
France
Paris
Dixmude
Call For Harvest Workers Across United States
Washington June 24 War orders from Europe boost demand for harvest labor as wheat and other crops ripen. Oklahoma seeks 16 000 to 18 000 harvest hands and Kansas 35 000. Oregon berry pickers 1 000. Connecticut plant 300 for arms and ammunition. Missouri mine labor 1 000. Maryland steel firm 100. West Virginia coal 2 000. Department says city placements exceed rural, with Chicago receiving 1 500 of 3 495 placements last month. about 25 percent overall success.
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Washington
Europe
Government Employment Office
Department of Labor
Oklahoma
Kansas
Oregon
Connecticut
Minc
Missouri
Maryland Steel Company
West Virginia
Chicago
a_railroad company
German note may ease US demands on submarine warfare
From Berlin via London reports indicate the forthcoming German note to the United States could meet key American wishes on submarine warfare and passenger safety. It suggests exemptions for ships used in passenger traffic while preserving some action against hostile merchants. Officials hope Washington will view passenger ships as not transporting ammunition and guns or aiding attacks on submarines.
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Berlin
London
United States
Germany
Wilson
United Stated
Lemberg Welcomes Austrian General in Rejoicing Parade
Lemberg on June 24 witnessed a great patriotic demonstration as Gen Von Boehm Ermolli and staff entered the city. Citizens showered flowers on officers autos while cheering Emperor William and Emperor Francis Joseph. A formal welcome was held at the state house with addresses in German and Polish. The Jewish community joined the celebration though Russians damaged the railway station and set fires at depots and factories.
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Lemberg
London
van. Boehm
William
Francis Joseph
State House
von Boehm-Ermolli
Marcell. Chlamtacz
Lemberg University
Campaign to raise ten million in Methodist area deficit
Chicago area delegates convened to fund the churchs ten million dollar conference claimants program. Deficits average 116 per case for 319 retired ministers and 373 widows, plus orphans, totaling over 81000 and about forty percent of claims. Bishops paid in full. others receive 98, 89 and 0 cents on the dollar. A commission will be appointed by Bishop Mc Dowell to remedy the situation.
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Chicago
Methodist-Episcopal Church
William Frazer
J. McDowell
McDowell
Thaw Trial Evidence Faces Jury in Sanity Test
Harry K. Thaw, seated with his lawyers, hears sixteen witnesses from Canada and New Hampshire say he is rational. State cross examines about discussing women and Stanford White’s murder. Thaw praises Sheriff Holman and Deputy Attorney General seeks Harvard Dr. Eliot testimony. Thaw disputes the commission request as a fishing expedition.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Canada
New Hampshire
New, Hampshire
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Harvard
Thaw
Nen
Cook
Lusnat
Dr. Eliot
Mn Cook
Five killed and fourteen injured in Western Maryland wreck
At High Bridge near the Mason and Dixon line a headon collision between the Blue Mountain express and an eastbound accommodation train on the Western Maryland railway left five dead and 14 injured. The bridge wrecked cars slid into a ravine as trains telescoped. among the identified dead were Charles Cook engineer and Charles Fritz fireman along with Mrs Chipcase of Baltimore and her son. Injured were taken to Hagerstown and Thurmont as officials and a special car bearing Western Maryland leaders had been aboard.
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Gettysburg
Blue Mountain Express
Western ‘Maryland Railway
High Bridge
Mason and Dixon
Hagerstown
Baltimore
President Grey
Western Maryland
Charles Cook
Charles R. Fritz
Luther Hull
Chipcease
Gray
Western
Maryland
Wilsons envoy reports European views on peace prospects
Col. E M House, unofficial envoy to Europe, returns with insights from Germany Britain and France. He notes public opinion trends toward peace terms, U S willingness to aid mediation, and the central issue of freedom of the seas. Washington cites divergent allied views and incomplete consensus.
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New York
Wilson
Europe
Col. E. M. House
Col
House
United States
Washington
Col. House
Germany
Hague
London
Col. House Ig i
Col. Housa
Submarine Voyage From Germany to Dardanelles
The Hague telegraph bureau received Munich papers noting a German submarine voyage from Wilhelmshaven to the Dardanelles. The Neuste Nachrichten article says Bremen to New York is 3,600 miles and hopes the exploit will make the war party in the United States think twice.
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London
Hague
Exchange Telegraph Company
Munich
The
Jury Holds Negro in Joliet Prison Murder Case
Joliet June 24 The coroner s jury in the death of Mrs Edmund Allen wife of the prison warden decided to hold Joseph Campbell a Negro convict on the charge of murder A tacit doubt of Campbell s guilt appeared in the verdict and officials at the prison were told to continue the inquiry into circumstances of the fire that killed Mrs Allen Campbell's guilt or innocence remains unsettled after hours of cross examination and deliberation until shortly before 10 30 PM
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Allen
Campbell
Thay
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