Murder Mystery At Wendell Ends In Dragnet Search
Gloves and an empty pocketbook found near Wendell along with the disappearance of F. E Reardon a 55 year old N C C foreman spark murder suspicions. Greek laborer Pappas remains missing after riding out of Wendell Friday morning. Reno officers and local volunteers scour hills and track in hopes of locating Reardon or Pappas while a dragnet extends to Reno.
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London Bombardment Hits East End in Daylight Air Raid
June 13 London reports a daylight attack as fifteen German planes flew over Essex toward London. British aviators and anti aircraft guns fought back, marking the fourth raid in a series replacing Zeppelins. Fifty injured children are noted amid bomb scorched streets and a destroyed school.
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London
Essex
England
Cardinal Mercier Angers Munich Paper Over Belgian Letter
Neueste Nachrichten of Munich rails at Cardinal Mercier primate of Belgium for episcopal letter. Paper demands stringent measures to stop further circulation and halt all such activities. It cites phrases calling German actions crimes and in violation of rights, calling it the climax of abuse toward Germany.
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COPENHAGEN
Neuste Nachristen
Munich
Mercier
Belgium
Germany
Anarchist Sentenced to Prison in Atlanta Conspiracy Case
New York reports Louis Kramer a self confessed anarchist was sentenced to two years in Atlanta prison and fined 210000 for conspiracy to distribute anti conscription literature. He also draws one year for failing to register.
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NEW YORK
Louis Kramer
Atlanta
Wives Propose Conscription as Answer to War Duty
Letters to the provost marshal general from mothers and sweethearts circulate nationwide. Several wives recommend conscription of their husbands, noting reluctance to serve unless compelled and urging the war department to make a soldier of him.
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WASHINGTON
war department
Coast Guard Cutter McCulloch Sunk In Fog Collision
The coast guard cutter McCulloch was sunk after a collision with the passenger steamer Governor off Point Arguello at 7 21 a m amid dense fog. All crew of about sixty five were transferred to the Governor with no casualties reported. The McCulloch, a gunboat, had patrolled the coast since the war began and took part in the Manila Bay action. The Governor expected to reach a port late today.
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coast guard
McCulloch
Governor
Point Arguello
Manila Bay
Point <Arguello
Santa Barbara
French coal mines increase production in 1917
Paris May 28 The Associated Press reports French coal production has risen by 506000 tons per month compared with December 1916. Seven thousand more miners are being drawn from the front to aid in the increased output. The heating problem for the coming winter remains difficult but is gaining seriousness.
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PARIS
Associated Press
Pershing Arrives in Paris Amid Warm Welcome
Paris dispatch describes General John J. Pershing’s arrival in Paris with a gala welcome by French officials and crowds. He tours the city by motor and meets Marshal Joffre and minister of war Painleve before continuing to Paris. Separate reports note the submarine threat as the liner Anglian sinks with five missing crew members.
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Bologne
Gen. Pelletier
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Dary
Lille
Somme
Stars and Stripes
Banda
Felletier
Alli
Marshal Joffre
Ambassador Sharp
Paul Painleve
Collision Between Passenger Train and Freight Near Oklahoma City
A southbound Santa Fe passenger train collided head on with a freight train five miles south of Oklahoma City. Initial reports said six killed, later ambulances reported seven dead and about fifty injured. Fire crews were dispatched to the wreck.
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Two Bold U. S. Troopers Hold Ford Against Mexican Raid
In Ysleta Texas on June 13 two US cavalrymen from Troop C Highth cavalry held the ford against 25 armed Mexicans trying to raid the settlement. The attackers crossed from across the Rio Grande at the old Ysleta ford, were driven back after the troopers dismounted and fired, and a man was said to have fallen from a saddle though no body was found. Privates Blake and Dearing held the position with Corporal McDade reinforcing. Reinforcements from El Paso and Fort Bliss were sent but the raid did not recur. The raiders are believed to be outlaw gang members from San Lorenzo opposite Ysleta.
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Tex
Mexico
Rio Grande
Ysteta‘ford
El Paso
ford
Blake
Dearing
Highth
McDade
Fort
San Lorenzo
Kroonland Sinks U-Boat After Attack At Sea
The American steamship Kroonland reports sinking a German submarine after it was attacked by two U-boats. The encounter occurred in the Atlantic as the Kroonland maneuvered to ram and destroy the submarines. The ship suffered a propeller blade loss in the action.
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ATLANTIC
Kroonland
Inquest Finds Baby Lloyd Keet Died At Hands Of Unknown Party
Springfield coroner jury heard four men testify about recovering the body of Baby Lloyd Keet from an old well on the Crenshaw farm after kidnapping. The jury returned a verdict that the child died at the hands of party or parties to this jury unknown. Dick Carter faces no formal murder charge in connection with the infant's death.
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SPRINGFIELD
Lloyd Keet
Crenshaw
Dick Carter
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Constantine Remains at Athens Anxious to Depart
London and Washington dispatches report former King Constantine still in Athens though eager to leave. Reuters from Athens notes military actions in Thessaly and Gulf of Corinth completed satisfactorily. U S says it has not joined in European diplomacy, remaining mainly military and economic ally with the Allies.
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ATHENS
LONDON
Reuter
Thessaly
Gulf of Corinth
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WASHINGTON
United States
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state department
Repulsed German counter attack along Souchez river
London dispatch reports the repulse of a German counter attack on positions newly gained by British forces near Souchez river. The region around Moulin de Laffaux Mont Camillet Butte du Mesnil and Des Parocies saw artillery fighting as the enemy’s surprise assault near La Haute Chevauchee was repulsed. Elsewhere the night was quiet. Petrograd notes Russia’s provisional government pushing rapid constitutional reforms with a sixty-one member council preparing for elections to a constituent assembly to decide national ties land transfers to peasants.
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abrig
PARIS
Moulin-de-Laffaux
Mont Camillet
Butte- du-Mesnil
Hs 304
Des -Parocies
La Haute Chevauchee
PETROGRAD
F.F. Kokoshkine
Duma
Russia
War Budget Bill Ready to Pass as Senate Adopts
Washington report notes Senate acceptance of conference report on the war budget showing the $3,281,000,000 bill headed for the President after a row over the shipping board. Gen Goethals reputation rides on keeping him in office amid tensions with Lodge and Michigan Senator Smith amid congressional debate.
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naval
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Goethals
Lodge bill
Creeewetts
Smith
Michigan
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Prisoner Given Eleven Months For Draft Registration Evasion
United States Judge Chatfield in Brooklyn sentenced Herman P. Levine a Brooklyn school teacher and college graduate to eleven months and twenty nine days in prison for failing to register under the selective draft law. The case highlights enforcement actions against nonregistrants as part of the draft program.
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United States
Chatfield
Brooklyn
Herman P. Levine
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