Armistice Talks Under Way Amid Advancing Japanese Lines
June 17 dispatches report negotiations toward an armistice are under way as Gen. Linevitch’s army is encircled by Japanese forces near Manchuria. Russian retreat expands with rail lines and light railways. defensive works along the Sungari river appear planned while front lines shift eastward.
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Godzyadani
Manchuria
Guntzuling
Gunshu Pass
Tieling
Gen. Linovitch
Kuropatkin
Sungari
Lustava Strable Heads Sweden Norway Legation Mission
Stockholm reports Lustava Strable begins a mission for Washington in Sweden’s and Norway’s charged affairs of legations abroad. The envoy continues to represent the two countries as Sweden does not recognize the dissolution of the union.
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Stockholm
Washington
Sweden
Coal Valley to Celebrate Speaker for Fourth of July
Attorney R. R. Reynolds engaged as speaker of the day at Coal Valley Fourth of July celebration. Arrangements are under the Coal Valley brass band, recently organized, and this picnic is the only one to be held in the vicinity.
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R. R. Reynolds
BR. R. Reynolds
Coal Valley
Miller resigns as Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Washington June 17. Assistant Secretary Miller has submitted his resignation to the president and it has been accepted. Jesse Wilson of Indiana has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
Double Drowning At Ottumwa Iowa
Albia Iowa residents Don and Leigh Hollingsworth drowned in Ottumwa. The older boy died attempting to rescue his younger sibling.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Albia
Don
Leigh Hollingsworth
Was It Murder Labor Men War On Shea
Freeport Illinois June 17 police suspect murder and death by own action in the deaths of two women Media Pyle and Mrs Julie Young. Coroner's verdicts differ. Pyle believed murdered with head injury and thrown in Pecatonica river. Young verdict cites death by own action drowning. Labor tensions in Chicago also news with teamsters strike and a fatal shooting by an American Express wagon driver.
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Freeport
Ill
Julia Young
Media Pyle
Pecatonica
Young
Frank Davis
American Express Company
Illinois Town Is Nearly Wiped Out
Mt. Vernon Illinois June 17 A major portion of Johnson City’s business district was destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars. Fire began last night and, due to water shortages, was not controlled until today. Forty buildings including the entire business section burned.
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Mt. Vernon
Ill
Johnson City
Watertown Holds First Election For Village Trustees
Watertown conducted its initial village election to choose a board of trustees. Two tickets competed a citizens ticket believed to favor saloons and an anti license ticket. Citizens list J O Geisler J W Dawson John Raub Erick Bohman H S P Cosner F A Cartwright. Anti License lineup Harry Nicholson D Y Allsbro Henry Hillberg H C McNeal John Rauh F Lovey.
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Watertown
Citizens
J. O. Geisler
J. W. Dawson
John Raub
Erick Bohman
P. Cosner
F. A. Cartwright
Harry Nicholson
D. Y. Allsbro
Henry Hillberg
H. C. McNeal
John Rauh
F. Lovey
Collision Near Elgin Kills Passenger Engineer
A local passenger train eastbound from Freeport collided with a freight train today at Gilbert Station six miles from Elgin. The engineer of the passenger train was killed and no other persons were injured.
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Chicago
Freeport
Gilbert Station
Elgin
Susan Gillette Dies Original Daughter of the Revolution
Susan Atwater Gillette widow of Judge Gordin Gillette and an original Daughter of the Revolution dies at 95 in Kenosha Wisconsin. She was a daughter of John Atwater an aide to Gen Washington and carried dispatches between Washington and Lafayette. J W Parmelee Dies in Chicago after pneumonia at Auditorium Annex age 61.
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Kenosha
Wis
Susan Atwater Gillette
Gordin Gillette
Gillette
John Atwater
Gen. Washington
Washington
Lafayette
J. W. Parmelee
Chicago
Thought It Next World Negro Rejoices At Hangman's Slip
In Decatur Alabama on June 1 Harvey Smith John Collier and Will Jackson three Black men were hanged in the jail yard. The rope slipped on Smith first, he cried out I am free then the rope tightened drawing blood as he was reeled up again and died after a second attempt.
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Decatur
Ala
Harvey Smith
John Collier
Will Jackson
Smith
Mrs Charles Stout Wins Metropolitan Golf Title
Short Hills New Jersey June 17 Mrs Charles T Stout formerly Genevieve Hecker and two time metropolitan and national golf champion won the metropolitan championship at Baltusrol defeating Miss Gertrude Travers of Glen Cove Long Island by 3 up and 1 to play Fairbanks at Mansfield Bloomington June 17 a reception was given to Vice President and Mrs Fairbanks last night at the home of his brother W D Fairbanks at Mansfield Illinois hundreds from central Illinois attended
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Short Hills
N. J
Charles T. Stout
Genevieve Hecker
Baltusrol Links
Gertrude Travers
Glen Cove
L. I
Moonlight river excursion ends in fog bound boats
In Detroit on June 17 eleven hundred travelers on the Columbia were forced to spend the night on the stranded steamer after it ran aground in dense fog. They danced and sang before transfer to the Promise, arriving at 7:30. About twelve hundred similar riders from Wyandotte and Ford faced a like night, as the Pleasure tied to the dock rather than run aground.
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Detroit
Columbia
Wyandotte
Ford
Ship Comes to Port With Fire Raging in Hold
New York June 17 Hundreds of bales of cotton smouldered in the forward hold of the Savannah line steamship to Kansas City as it neared the pier. Escorts and tugs stood by to evacuate passengers if needed. The fire was extinguished at the dock but re-ignited later, with resin and turpentine posing a blast risk. Sixty passengers were panic-stricken en route but landed safely.
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New York
Savannah Line
Kansas City
Dawn naval attack on Fort Monroe by Dickins fleet
At Fort Monroe on June 17 the last day of the war game opened with a dawn assault by destroyers and gunboats under Admiral Dickens. The fleet crept to the fort walls during the dark to daylight window, launching a brief but lively fusillade before discovery.
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Fort Monroe
Admiral Dickins
Dickins
Davenport Boy Drowns in Duck Creek During Bathing Party
Roy Gabriel, inmate at the Ben enport Soldiers' Orphans' home, drowned in Duck Creek after a supervised bath by a group of boys led by George Bethel the assistant engineer. Two companions narrowly escaped. Coroner's jury ruled death by drowning due to neglect. Body recovered.
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Roy Gabriel
Ben]enport Soldiers
Duck Creek
George Bethel
Dan Hornbeek
Charles McGovern
Clyde McKnight
Gabriel
Hornbeck
McGovern
Mr. Bethel
St Louis Keeps Prize in Central Sharpshooters Meet
St Louis wins the team shoot at Davenport the key event of the Central Sharpshooters tournament at Schuetzen Park. The banner trophy goes to the victors and final scores include St Louis No 1 126 Highland No 1 216 Davenport No 1 196 New Glarus Wis 168 Milwaukee 143 St Louis No 2 129 Dubuque 100. A big picnic and crowning of the shoot king follow tomorrow.
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St. Louis
Davenport
Schuetzen Park
Highland
New Glarus
Wis
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Weaver dismisses then rescinds 30 health bureau employees
Philadelphia June 17 The only development in Mayor Weaver's good government crusade was the dismissal of 30 employees in the bureau of health. Later the mayor rescinded the order and will investigate the bureau before enforcing it.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Bureau of Health
Health Bureau
Washouts Shut Milwaukee Road Across Wisconsin
Heavy rains caused floods and washouts halting rail service from La Crosse to WaBasha, Minnesota City, leaving fifty miles of Milwaukee Road stations without trains. Rivers rise again as damage disrupts transportation.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee Road
la Crosse
Wabasha
Minn
Minnesota City
Editor is adjudged guilty in mail matter case
Moses Harman editor of the Lucifer was found guilty by a jury before Judge Kenesaw M. Landis of sending unmailable material through the mails. Harman, a promoter of eugenics, has served three prison terms for articles deemed improper for circulation.
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Moses Harman
Lucifer
Chicago
United States
Kenesaw M. Landis
Harman
United States Mail
Vesper Boat Club Aims at Henley Grand Challenge Cup
The Philadelphia crew arrived in Plymouth aboard the New York and, in good health and spirits, express strong confidence in winning the Henley regatta grand challenge cup.
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Philadelphia Boat Club
England
Plymouth
Eng
Vesper Boat Club of
Philadelphia
New York
Cloudburst Devastates Szathmar Province Eleven Die
A cloudburst devastates Szathmar in eastern Hungary. Eleven people are reported dead as houses are swept away and crops destroyed. Rail traffic is interrupted, cutting links in the region.
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Hungary
Budapest
Szathmar
Car Hits a Mail Wagon Fatal Crash in City Street
New York reported a collision at Thirty-sixth Street early today between an electric car and a mail wagon. The mail wagon driver was fatally injured and more than a dozen passengers, many women, were severely hurt.
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New York
Thirty-sixth Street
Clerks in Session Choose Nordling for Woodmen Presidency
Milwaukee June 17 The Local Camp Clerks association of the Modern Woodmen met as the opening session of a city convention with about 1,000 delegates from 38 states and territories. F H Norling of Kansas City will succeed H B Hoyt who declines to run. C T Copeland and C H Triepen to be reelected. Major C W Hawes head clerk addressed the session.
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Milwaukee
Wis
F. H. Norling
Kansas City
H. B. Hoyt
Seattle
Wash
Hoyt
C. T. Copeland
Lima
Ohio
C. H. T Riepen
Omaha
C. W. Hawes
The
Modern Woodmen Society
Growing Serious Over The Hague Conference Move
Berlin and Paris exchange signals as Germany presses for Moroccan conference while France resists. Britain and Russia weigh roles as tension in Morocco persists, with Washington calm and The Hague emerging as potential meeting site for Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries amid broader European pressure.
New Orleans editor held for alleged murder conspiracy
Dominick C. O Malley owner manager of a New Orleans item was arrested on a charge of conspiring against Inspector E S Whitaker. An employee H G Slocum, jailed for blackmail, supplied the confession linking O Malley to the case. Hoch writing his life in Chicago cell aims to fund appeals and promises a lively tell all. Three chapters completed. Boston marks Bunker Hill anniversary with widespread business closures.
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Dominick Co
Hoch
Chicago
Johann Hoch
State Supreme Court
Boston
Bunker Hill
Battle of
Bad Start in Race for Williams' Cup
Dover England June 17 Thirteen yachts started from here today in the annual race from Dover to Heligoland for Emperor Williams cup in a heavy rainstorm and with a light wind blowing The American yachts Atlantic and Apache and the British yacht Valhalla started over the same course for a special cup offered by Emperor William for auxiliary yachts which participated in the recent trans Atlantic race.
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Dover
England
Heligoland
Atlantic
Heat Claims First Victim Of Summer In Davenport
The city reports its first heat fatality as William Kloe, about 20, an employee of McCarthy Improvement Co., died after collapsing at Fourth and Green streets while working in extreme heat. Efforts to revive him failed overnight.
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Davenport
William Kloe
McCarthy Improvement Company
Fourth
Green Streets
Davenport Jeweler Fatally Struck by Train
An elderly jeweler William Suiter of Davenport was struck by a Rock Island train at Buffalo on Thursday evening. He suffered a skull fracture and broken shoulder and leg, was taken to St Luke's hospital Davenport, and died yesterday afternoon.
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William Suiter
Davenport
Buffalo
Rock Island
St. Luke's Hospital
Judge rules for Americans in alien labor case
Toronto June 17 Judge Anglin decides two American Pere Marquette railway workers arrested at St Thomas for alleged alien labor act violation cannot be deported.
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Toronto
Ont
Champers Today
Anglin
Pere Marquette Railway
St Thomas
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