War News Roundup Reports Aliied Advances and Ocean Losses
Reports from Rome say Austrians repulsed southeast Arsiero and Monte Cengio remains contested. Saloniki shows allied control of telegraph offices, port, and customs, while North Sea sailors reach London. German losses in Jutland disputed. British claim 18 German warships. Rauma sunk by mine. Wes terdyk and Rydam held. US mails seized. Austro-Hungarians advance at Asiago and Arsiero. Italian captives reach 30,388.
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Tyrol
Posina
War Office
Rome
Monte Cengio
Hague
Overseas News Agency
Berlin
Westerdyk
Rydam
United States
Asiago-Ariero
Vienna
Asiago
Multiple political and criminal items span national events
A Yonkers wood carver, Saebes R Fowrdbes, hurled stones at a New York home he mistook for Rockefeller, arrested after admitting plans to kill Rockefeller. President Wilson spoke at Annapolis on naval duties. Women march for Votes for Women in Chicago as the Woman's Party holds its first convention. The Republican committee opens talks in Chicago ahead of the national convention. Alabama’s contested delegation seats are resolved with six members declared winners. Dr Arthur Warren Waite faces execution at Sing Sing the week of July 10. Wilson and Marshall to be nominated at St Louis convention. Ollie James named permanent Democratic chairman. Bouck White convicted for desecrating the American flag, jailed 30 days and fined 1000 dollars.
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Saebes R. Fowrdbes
Yonkers
N. Y
William K Vanderbilt
New York
Fowrdbes
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Alabama
Wilson
Marshall
St. Louis
Ollie James
Kentucky
Carranza Troops Hold Mexican Frontier As U S Stays
Dispatches report several thousand Carranza troops occupying territory vacated by the American expedition. Washington says U S forces will remain until Carranza demonstrates border protection. Talks on joint action with Gen Gavira and Gen Pershing outline northern Chihuahua cooperation.
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Carranza
Columbus
N. M
Generala Pershing
Gavira
Washington
Mexico
Chihuahua
Gabriel Gavira
J. J. Pershing
Washington recruits total during Hay emergency period
The adjutant general reports 8,752 enlistments in 79 days since the Hay emergency resolution added 20,000 to the regular army. The naval appropriation bill carrying 269.9 million dollars passed the house 358 to 4, triggering a wild, bipartisan burst of enthusiasm.
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Adjutant General’s Office
the War Department
Washington
Lord Kitchener Sinking Aboard Hampshire
The British cruiser Hampshire carrying Lord Kitchener and his staff was sunk off the Orkney islands by a mine or torpedo. Four boats were seen leaving the ship, heavy seas hampered rescue, and no survivors were found. The loss, announced by the Admiralty, marked a major wartime blow to England.
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London
Hampshire
Lord Kitchener
Russia
Admiralty
Orkney Islands
Petrograd
East Front
Teutons
Verdun
England
David Lloyd- George
John Jellicoe
Grand Fleet
Brandeis Sworn as Associate Justice of Supreme Court
June 6 reports Louis D. Brandeis of Boston sworn in as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court. James D. Maher administers the oath. Brandeis read it from a typewritten paper and then sat at the bench’s far left as spectators filled the chamber.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
James D. Maher
Justice Brandeis
Supreme Court
Hughes urges America first at graduation address
Justice Charles E. Hughes spoke to the National Cathedral School honor graduates on the lawn saying the flag stands for America first with undivided allegiance and a united nation ready to meet its tasks.
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Washington
National Cathedral
Charles E. Hughes
America
Black Snake in Jam Closet Ends in Finis Carving
Mrs. Ella Norton of Oliver Pennsylvania spotted what looked like rope around a jam crock in her cupboard. Closer inspection revealed a five foot blue racer snake. She used a double bit ax to carve Finis on the reptile and was not frightened, though objecting to snakes in her jam closet.
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Ella Norton
Oliver
Telescopic Imagination Roils Neighborly Talk
A passerby questions John Braggs about his neighbor and is told John is all right but exaggerated in truth. The native notes his neighbor cannot tell the truth without making it two or three sizes larger.
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John Braggs
John
Too Much of It Reforms Mentioned in Banter
A brief exchange turns on sweeping reforms and domestic chores in a light hearted moment. A speaker proposes reforms while another interrupts citing his wife cleaning house and a busy home as the reason he cannot listen.
Candor Reveals Some Men Claim They Are Above Average
The line suggests a humorous take on vanity as individuals acknowledge a belief they surpass the majority. It frames self-perception against common scrutiny and societal norms.
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Detroit
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HO Templest
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Colville Indian Reservation
Colville
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Republic of Omak
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