Losses in Jutland Sea Battle Reported by Admiralty
British officers totaled 333 killed in the Jutland action with many from the cruisers Queen Mary Invincible Indefatigable Defense and Black Prince and destroyers Tipperary Turbulent Fortune Arden Nomad Nestor and Sparrowhawk. German losses include two battleships two dreadnought battle cruisers four light cruisers nine torpedo boat destroyers and a submarine.
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London
Jutland
Admiralty
Queen Mary
Invincible
Indefatigable
Defense
Black Prince
Tipperary
Turbulent
Fortune
Arden
Nomad
Nestor
Shark
Warrior
Sparrowhawk
Devonport
Defence
Lion
David Beatty
Copenhagen
Wiesbaden
Great Britain
Hamburg
Westfalen
Lutgow
Berlin
Ardent
Beatty
Lord Beresford
Brandeis Takes Seat as Associate Justice on Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandeis of Boston was seated as an associate justice, becoming the sixty second citizen to rise to that distinction. Chief Justice White administered the oath, the ceremony mirrored by predecessors, as the court convened and many spectators stood in the aisles.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Supreme Court
White
Brandeis
Heavy Rains Hit North Texas and Surrounding Plains
Heavy rains spread across North Texas, western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and southern Kansas with rainfall between one and two inches. The center of the storm was over Oklahoma City with continued downpours and high winds reported in several locations including Amarillo and Oklahoma.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Tex
Weather Bureau
Marine Captain Hershinger Shot in Puerto Plata Landing
Marine Captain Dan Herbert J. Hershinger, 42, of the United States Marine Corps, was shot in the head by a stray round during the landing at Puerto Plata Santo Domingo. He died three hours after the incident. A Georgia native, appointed in 1910 from North Carolina, he leaves a widow and a young daughter in Boston.
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Washington, D. C
Dan Herbert J. Hershinger
United States Marine Corps
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Caperton
Republic
Hershinger
Georgia
North Carolina
Boston
More Marines to Santo Domingo Transport Hancock Orders
The Hancock at Vera Cruz was ordered to sail to New Orleans to embark five to six hundred additional marines for Santo Domingo. Most of the troops will come from Pacific coast navy yards.
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Santo Domingo
Washington, D. C
Hancock
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Pacific Coast Navy Yards
Mexico imposes 3 percent tax on goods to Mexico
Galveston June 5 A 3 percent value tax on all invoices for merchandise to destinations in Mexico will take effect June 15 at Mexican consuls in the United States. The charge applies to all U S and Cuban points with Europe to follow. Values are in American money and collections will be in American money.
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Mexico
Galveston
Tex
United States
Juan A. Mateos
Cuba
Europe
San Antonio Area Weather Outlook
For San Antonio and vicinity expect a night with unsettled skies, Tuesday will be fair with lighter winds and mild temperatures as skies partly clear across the region.
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San Antonio
Weather roundup for midwest and eastern cities
Temperatures range from 58 to 66 across St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Winds vary from north to southwest with cloud cover and a chance of rain on Tuesday.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Germans Press Verdun Front At Fort Vaux
Paris reports heavy German assaults along the Verdun front east of the Meuse with fighting around Fort Vaux and Damloup. French garrison holds, though attackers suffer severe losses as infantry charges are repulsed and trenches near Carspach alter the endgame.
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Paris
Verdun
Meuse
War Office
Thiaumont
Douaumont
Vaux 2Nd Damloup
Fort Vaux
Fumin Wood
Damloup
Vaux Fort
Vosges
Carspach
Verdun Front
Verdun Front Battles Ravage German Lines
Berlin reports heavy French assaults east of the Meuse against German positions on the Verdun front. British attacks near Ypres failed under artillery fire while French efforts near Prunay and in Champagne also faltered. German artillery supported by success against French batteries near Haucourt Esnes and fighting east of Cassette wood and Damloup continued with high intensity.
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Berlin
Sayville
Verdun
Meuse
War Office
Ypres
Prunay
Champagne
Faifure
Haucourt-Esnes
Damloup
French Counter Attacks Fail on Fumin Ridge
On Fumin ridge southwest of Vaux and southeastward, French counter attacks failed with heavy losses. German scouting units pushed into enemy positions along the Yser north of Arras east of Albert and near Altkirch, capturing unwounded French Belgian and British soldiers and a mine thrower. Aviation saw strong May combat with 86 enemy planes downed, nine shot down from the ground, and two limits within our lines. 11 of our planes were lost in air combat and five failed to return.
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Fumin
Vaux
Yser
Arras
Albert
Altkirch
Russians Win Great Victory Across Front
Petrograd reports major Russian successes from the Pripet marshes to the Romanian frontier with 13,000 prisoners taken in the official announcement issued today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Pripet Marshes
Roumanian
President Wilson signs 1918 San Antonio centennial exposition resolution
President Wilson signed a congressional resolution authorizing inviting Spain and Latin American nations to take part in a 1918 exposition marking the two hundredth anniversary of San Antonio, Texas. Senators Culberson Sheppard and Representatives Garner Slayden and Davis witnessed the ceremony in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Spain
San Antonio
Texas
Culberson
Sheppard
Garner
Slayden
Davis
Chihuahua Mines Resume Operation
Americans return from Chihuahua report improving industrial and economic conditions. Alvarado Mining and Milling and other properties have resumed work with about 1000 workers. General Lua Herrera leads a campaign against bandits, giving rifles and ammo to guards. Railways repaired and irrigation expanded with corn and wheat growing.
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EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Parral
Alvarado Mining and Milling Company
Lua Herrera
Chihuahua City
G. H. Mackenzie
Agricola Electric Power Company
Mexico
McGoun Returns to Dallas in Extradition Custody
Clarence K. McGoun formerly a tax office clerk arrives in Dallas in custody of City Detective Will Moffitt from Montevideo Uruguay where he was arrested and held for extradition. No trial date set.
Women Demand Suffrage Plank Drives Union Convention
In Chicago the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage opened a three day convention to form a Woman's party. The National American Woman Suffrage Association begins a two day session and plans an equal suffrage plank for the Republican convention. Suffragists say women will hold the balance of power with equal suffrage states casting one fifth of electoral votes and a third to elect a president.
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Chicago, Ills
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Woman's Party
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Association
Pershing Heads for Border on First Inspection Trip
Gen. John J. Pershing, expeditionary commander, travels from Colonia Dublan toward the border for his initial border inspection since the frontier advance twelve weeks ago. He will study water supply, motor supply trail conditions, and camp-site locations between Colonia Dublan and Columbus, New Mexico, and plans to reach the border Monday before returning in a few days.
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Colonia Dublan
Columbus
N. M
John J. Pershing
Congress Marks Time As House Considers Routine Bills
During the national convention lull the House opened debate on miscellaneous measures while party leaders set a two week limit on routine business to allow members to attend the conventions. The Senate will not meet until Thursday.
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Washington
D. C
House
Congress
Senate
Fort Worth Parade Planned With 25000 Marchers
Fort Worth promises cool weather for the preparedness parade at night with 25,000 expected to march. Businessmen run arrangements and the packing houses and stock yards district are expected to supply the largest quota. Each marcher receives a flag and streets will be closed to traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Fourteenth Venire Panel Called in Orpet Murder Trial
Waukegan June 5 The fourteenth venire panel for examination in Will H. Orpet the University of Wisconsin student charged with Marian Lambert's murder appeared today More than 1 100 men have been summoned and two spots remain in the jury box Eight men have been sworn and two passed temporarily for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Veniremen
Will H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marian Lambert
Governor Philipp Undergoes Apppendicitis Operation
Milwaukee June 5 Governor E L Philipp of Wisconsin underwent an appendectomy today and his physician reports he is out of danger.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
E. L. Philipp
Militia desertion trials to begin in Texas case
Deserters from Texas militiamen face court martial as a War Department stance signals a strict example. Major Blanton Winship to prosecute while 116 names were pared to a smaller list. trials to decide on bringing absentees to the court. Pershing to visit Columbus for base and communication line checks as border activity remains routine.
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Texas
Wilson
United States Service
Funston
Blanton Winship
War Department
Baker
Washington
Major Winship
Pershing
Columbus
Mexico
Training Camp Opens at Fort Oglethorpe
The Southern training camp for professionals and business men reports about 180 students enrolled for June, with a total expected to reach around 200 as belated entrants join today.
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Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Southern Training Camp
Texas and Florida Delegates Seated Amid Contests at RNC
The Republican National Committee resumed delegate contests in Chicago with A B Wood’s seat in Oklahoma passing to alternate Amos A. Ewing. In Texas and Florida disputes, regular delegations were seated or alternates added, including Terrell and Bierschwald for the Fourteenth Texas district by a 19 to 18 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican National Committee
A. B. Wood
Oklahoma
Amos A. Ewing
Guthrie
Florida
P. H. Broiles
Texas
H. F. MacGregor
Phil E. Baer
Eugene Marshall
C. M. Johnson
B. A. Harvin
William McDonald
C.L. McDonald
R. S. Legate
W. H. Clifford
R. W. Humphrey
Roy B. Nichols
William Watson
Frederick Terrell
San Antonio
William Bierschwab
Fredericksburg
F. E. Scobey
Marshall Smith
Bexar County
H. F. McGregor
Terrell and Dierschwale
Charles H. Burke
South Dakota
Fourteenth District
McGregor
Terrell and Bierscwalde
Lose Fight on Levees Ends in Supreme Court Ruling
Land owners along the Mississippi lost another bid to halt government levee work as the Supreme Court ruled the Mississippi levee commission could not be enjoined from repairing levees.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Mississippi Commission
Injunction Granted Against Galveston Greek Club
Temporary injunction issued in the Twenty sixth District Court restrains the Greek American Association of Galveston from liquor sales to members and from permitting gambling on its premises.
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Galveston Club
Austin
Tex
Twenty-sixth
Proposed San Antonio Country Club clubhouse to rise
Plans for a fire proof two story Spanish styled clubhouse costing about 60000 dollars include a ballroom dining rooms women’s lounge and men’s smoking room. A 30 by 75 foot outdoor pool and a balcony view over the golf course are featured with no sleeping quarters. George Willis as architect and W J Deniger will supervise construction.
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San Antonio Country Club
Country Club
George Willis
W. J. Deniger
Progressives hold off nominating until GOP line-up seen
Chicago dispatch reports the Progressive national committee delaying a candidate decision at the convention until the Republican lineup is clear. Georgia shows split sentiment with Hughes favored as a unifier. Roosevelt’s strength is seen as limited.
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Chicago
Progress Live National Committee
Trimmins
Penneyylvania
Brumbaugh
Penrose
Georgia
Pickett
State Central Committee
Roosevelt
Hughes
Justice Hughes
Old Guard
Ree Publican Party
Rooge
Justs
Repu
Poe
Hughey
Advan
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Herbert J. Hershinger
Ccaseee
Sete
Morcesten
PO. Mises Robahess
Eeenes
ST. Louis
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Pripet
Latin-America
Orpet Venire
General Funston
Bierschwale and
Terrell
Scobey
Smith
Mississippi River
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