Torn Weather Ravages Four States Kill 23 Injure 200
A series of tornadoes across Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas and Missouri killed 23 and injured more than 200 with property damage surpassing a million dollars. Coalgate Coffeyville Drake Morse and other towns reported multiple deaths and extensive destruction while crops suffered heavy losses and western Kansas saw four inches of snow and a sharp drop in temperature.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Coalgate
M. C. Tonini
J. L. Cook
Newton Burleson
Francis Grenham
Elks’ Club
Coffeyville
Kan
Dale McDonald
J. K. Love
Charles Peterson
Drake
Okla
Montana
Kans
McCune
Bartlesville
Oklo
Morse
Buffalo
Lebanon
Springfield
Mid-Continent
W. A. Williams
Lehigh
Colorado Line
Smith Center
Tornado toll rises across ten Oklahoma counties
Oklahoma City reports eighteen killed with one dying and over fifty injured after yesterday’s tornadoes ripping through southern and eastern Oklahoma. Early counts from Coalgate show eight dead, with sixty people hospitalized. The storm carved a 300 to 500 yard wide path, damaging property and crops.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Coalgate
New Revolt Breaks Out in Chinese Provinces
Peking reports Anhui Chi Li Hu Pe Che Kiang Fo Kien and Ho Nan have proclaimed independence and vow to dispatch a joint expedition to dissolve Parliament and restore Tuan Chi Jui as premier. Tang Hau Lung resigns as speaker and heads to Tien Tsin. Chang Hsun and Feng Kwo Chang show uncertain stances amid rising militia signals. The six provinces, a southeastern bloc, total about 120 million people.
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Peking
Anhui
Chi Li
Hu Pe
Che Kiang
Fo Kien
Ho Nan
Tuan Chi Jui
Tang Hau Lung
Tien Tsin
Chang Hsun
Nanking
Feng Kwo Chang
Germans Grumble Over U Boat Campaign Results
From Copenhagen June 2 reports reach London of growing German dissatisfaction with the submarine war. Promises of quick peace have faded as four months pass with England resisting, France not collapsing, and the United States entering the war altering the global stance. Public gloom rises as Germany’s risked gamble fails to yield expected outcomes.
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Copenhagen
London
Germany
England
France
United States
Europe
Governor Eyes Veto of Texas University Funding
Austin June 2 The governor appears ready to veto the University of Texas appropriation in the educational bill with no official word yet. Regents Mathis of Brenham and Kelley of El Paso met with the governor in the morning to discuss the University situation, but offered no comment on the outcome.
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Galveston
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Tonight fair and quiet. Sunday partly cloudy skies with mild to warm conditions expected across the San Antonio region. Winds light from the south. Forecast calls for minimal precipitation and lady seasonal temperatures.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Home Weather for Tourists Forecast by The Light
Weather summary for major cities includes St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with temperatures ranging from 52 to 70 cloudy and partly cloudy conditions. Winds from the southwest southeast northeast northwest and west vary, with Sunday expected to be probably cloudy or rainy in several locales and daytime highs in the 50s to 70s.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Indicted Egg Plotters and Revolt Suspects Held in Chicago
Indictments returned against 25 individuals and firms charging attempts to monopoly eggs in Chicago, including Baron von Reiswitz Gustave Jacobson and Albert Wehde. Fourteen plotted rebellion in India. sixteen individuals and nine firms named. Butter and egg board directs halted futures trading to curb paper eggs and paper butter amid patriotic moves.
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Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
India
Baron Kurt von Reiswitz
Gustave H. Jacobson
Albert Wehde
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Butter and Egg Board
von Reiswitz
von Bernstorff
Jacobson
Wehde
Chicago Butter and Eggs Board
Senate vote expands powers to curb food speculation
Washington June 2 Senate approves amendment to allow the President to prohibit futures trading in wheat and other food cereals. If warning not observed, exchange could be closed during the war. Other provisions include felony holding of foodstuffs unless no shortage is caused. Debate limited. final vote expected today.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Nelson
Minnesota
McCumber
Fletcher
Secretary of Commerce
Thomas
McKellar
Fall
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
South Dakota
Time Limit Extended for German Alien Enemies
President Wilson issued an executive order extending the deadline to June 9 at 7 p m for German alien enemies to move from forbidden areas or obtain permits to remain or enter these zones. Federal Marshal John H. Rogers said the order delays enforcement, with potential arrest after June 9 for those who still have not registered, as conveyed by Attorney General T W Gregory.
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Wilson
John H. Rogers
T. W. Gregory
Marshal Rogers
Wheat 10 Stay Up President Declares
Spring wheat growers in the North West were assured by President Wilson that the government will protect farmers in marketing crops and guarantee prices high enough to spur production. Officials foresee permanent marketing reforms from wartime measures and oppose fixing minimum prices. Farmers pressed for Federal operation of grain exchanges and storage facilities.
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Washington, D. C
Northwest
Wilson
Food Administration
British Airmen Repeat Raid on Belgian Coast Bases
British airmen again attacked German bases on and near the Belgian coast. Several tons of bombs were dropped last night on Zeebrugge Ostend and Bruges. The airdrome at St Denis Westrem was also struck.
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London
Zeebruggee
Ostend
Bruges
St. Denis Westrem
Threat letters demand 3000 from Dallas postmaster
Threat ening letters demanding 3000 were posted last night on the Federal building columns in Dallas. The letters, written in Spanish and English, were removed and turned over to Federal authorities who expect an arrest soon. Inspectors say the writer is a Mexican.
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Dallas
Tex
B. M. Burgher
Federal
Carranza Troops Reoccupy Ojinaga in Quiet Advance
A message to General Parker states Carranza forces reentered Ojinaga Friday evening and held undisputed possession with no further details. The earlier week saw bandit Ornelas briefly drive out the Carranza troops, incurring about twenty five casualties.
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Carranza
Ojinaga
Parker
Southern Department
Ornelas
Closing of New York Harbor Declared by Navy Yard
Official notice states the harbor was closed today by New York navy yard officials on their own authority and that the report of actions taken did not explain the reason for the port's closure.
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Washington, D. C
New York Harbor
New York Navy Yard
Demand 250 Rubles Minimum Wage in Petrograd Region
In Petrograd on June 2 representatives of workmen in the Onetz coal and metallurgical region demanded a minimum wage of 250 rubles a month. They presented the demand at a conference with the assistant minister of labor who sought a settlement. The workers said 250 rubles reflected the average cost of living for a family of four. Before the war the ruble equaled about 51 cents in American money.
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Petrograd
London
Onetz
French Minister of Munitions Arrives in Roumania
M. Thomas, French minister of munitions, arrived in Jassy Roumania on June 2 and was received with enthusiasm. The town was decorated with flags in honor of the visit.
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Jassay
Roumania
London
M. Thomas
Big loan to France boosts allied support total
The government advanced another 100 million dollars to France today, raising total loans to the French republic to 200 million and the combined loans to the Allies to 845 million.
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France
Washington, D. C
French Republic
San Antonio Pressures Clean-up to Preserve Military Role
Raymond Fosdick warns San Antonio must conduct a thorough vice clean-up to keep its status as a major military center. If not, Leon Springs and Fort Sam Houston face loss of military activity beyond mere property. Secretary Baker backs the call for immediate action, with El Paso similarly affected.
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Washington, D. C
San Antonio
Raymond Fosdick
War Department
Leon Springs
Fort Sam Houston
Baker
Fosdick
el Paso
City and County Pledge Cooperation With Army Regulations
A San Antonio committee led by County Judge James R. Davis and including Mayor Sam C. Bell and others met Brigadier General Parker to assure full cooperation with Southern Department orders. They outlined steps to curb evils and promised enforcement of any military regulations, with McAskill, Davis, and Bell pledging support and Army authorities praising past cooperation.
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San Antonio
Southern Department
Parker
James R. Davis
Sam C. Bell
D. A. McAskill
Franz C. Groos
J. H. Kirkpatrick
L. J
Davis
Bell
War Department
First San Antonio bartender charged under federal liquor law
Mark Jacobs and Paul Perry of the Q M C led a Friday night operation arresting two soldiers for buying liquor in uniform and two for possessing liquor, with one bartender charged for selling to a sailor in uniform. The bartender was jailed then sent to military police to face federal court. The case stems from an auto stop where two soldiers had two cases of beer and revealed the purchase point. A second bartender arrest is expected after the investigation.
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Mark Jacobs
Paul Perry
West Side
San Antonio
Texas suffrage leader calls for white zone around camps
Mrs Minnie Fisher Cunningham president of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association announces a meeting in San Antonio next Tuesday on registration day to plan a campaign for clean moral conditions around army concentration camps. She calls upon mothers of Texas to demand a white zone surrounding the camps.
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Dallas
Tex
Mothers of Texas
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Texas Equal Suffrage Association
San Antonio
Texas Suf
Royalists Riots at Tiflis Trigger Arrest of Grand Duke
London official dispatch cites Petrograd advices reporting royalist riots at Tiflis in Transcaucasia that led to the arrest of Grand Duke Nicholas, former commander in chief of the Russian armies.
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Tiflis
Transcaucasia
London
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Petrograd
Anarchists Parade Through Nevsky Prospect in London Coverage
A Reuters Petrograd correspondent reports a few score anarchists with soldiers and sailors marching along Nevsky prospect in Saint Petersburg at noon Friday. They carried banners such as Down With Autocrats and Long Live the Social Evolution and the Commons. Armed with rifles daggers and grenades they urged bank robberies and proclaimed the social revolution would be declared at municipal elections. The authorities did not interfere.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Nevsky Prospect
Nevsky
Embargo Stance Tension in US Mexico Policy
El Universal urges Ambassador Fletcher to declare US attitude toward Mexico accusing Washington of treating Mexico as an enemy despite neutrality. It cites arms embargo as proof. Villista leader Jose Inez Salazar reportedly offers surrender and heads to Sonora to meet General Calles.
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Mexico City
el Universal
United States
Fletcher
Mexico
Washington
Jose Inez Salazar
Villista
Sonora
Calles
No Loan to Mexico Says Secretary Lansing
Secretary Lansing responds to Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts stating the United States does not plan a loan to the Mexican government or to urge American capitalists to provide one. He adds the matter has not been discussed with Mexico or bankers' representatives by the State Department.
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Mexico
Washington, D. C
Lansing
Tinkham
Massachusetts
United States
State Department
Zeppelin over Sweden sighted near Ystad and Malmö
Danish newspapers report a Zeppelin over Swedish territory near Ystad on Friday, fired on and hit by torpedo boats Pollux and Vega. A second airship near Malmo was driven off by Swedish torpedo boats, then moved toward the Danish frontier south of Copenhagen before disappearing south thereafter.
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Copenhagen
London
Ystad
Pollux
Vega
Malmo
Railroad Buys War Bonds in Fort Worth Bank Drive
Fort Worth Texas June 2 through local banks the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad bought five hundred thousand dollars worth of liberty bonds Friday.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Fort Worth & Denver
French Submarine Circe Sinks Large Enemy U-Boat
Rome reports that the French submarine Circe torpedoed and sunk a large enemy submarine emerging from Cattaro, escorted by a torpedo boat. Circe reportedly suffered air attacks but remained undamaged and returned. A separate note from Amsterdam via London describes an underwater collision in the channel on April 19 between a British and a German U-boat, both later submerging.
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Rome
Paris
Circe
Cattaro
Cireg
Ig Bage
Amsterdam
London
Rheinischen Westfaiische Zeitung
Essen
Channel
Kronstadt Taken by Revolutionists
Kronstadt is seized by the Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates who vote 210 to 40 with eight abstentions. Kronstadt Council assumes effective power, removes government representatives, and seeks mediation through Petrograd. The minister of justice informs colleagues and contacts Kronstadt via the Petrograd Council to urge revocation of orders.
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Petrograd
London
Workmen's
Kronstadt
Russia
Italians Press Trieste Front as Duino Encirclement Grows
Italian General Cadorna renews thrust toward Trieste with gains near Castagnavizza and ongoing efforts to hem in Duino on the Carso plateau. Germans report capture of a French trench northeast of Soissons as Belgian coast bombardment and heavy artillery drive continue near Ostend Bruges and Zeebrugge with no major infantry moves on the Belgian front.
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Associated Press
Cadorna
Trieste
Castagnavizza
Duino
Aisne
Soissons
Paris
Ostend
Bruges
Zeebrugge
Entente
Belgium
Ypres
Belgian
British hold Vimy and Bullecourt under heavy fire
London reports in the Arras battle two key British positions at Vimy and Bullecourt faced intense German bombardment last night. The War Office confirms the engagement as the Allied push continues in northern France.
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London
Vimy
Bullecourt
Battle of
Arras
War Office
Italians Gain 400 Yards on Castagnavizza Front
Rome June 2 Italian forces on the gation front advanced about 400 yards along a quarter mile front south of Castagnavizza on the road to Trieste according to today’s official statement.
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Rome
London
Castagnavizza
Triest
German Forces Seize French Positions West of Soissons
Berlin reports a surprise German breakthrough northeast of Soissons capturing French positions along a 1000 yard front. The war office notes Portuguese troops were taken prisoner on the western front. May figures show 12,500 rank and file and 237 officers captured, plus heavy guns, machine guns, quickloaders and mine throwers.
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Berlin
London
Soissons
War Office
Western Front
Wytschaete
End of Western Front Offensive Reported by Von Hindenburg
Berlin June 2. The French and British spring offensive on the western front has ended, per Field Marshal von Hindenburg to Emperor William. The telegram notes the attack, aided by artillery and resources, failed after seven weeks of hard fighting and praises German troops. The emperor also telegraphed Emperor Charles congratulating him on holding against the Italian Isonzo front.
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Berlin
London
Marshal von Hindenburg
William
Homburg Castle
Peror Charles
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China
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A&m
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Zeppelin
Sweden
Kronstad
Kaiser
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