Train Collision Kills 75 Circus Cast In Indiana Wreck
A troop train collided with a circus train at a Gary Hammond crossing, killing about 75 and injuring around 150. The blaze trapped victims in four Pullman cars as rescuers, including doctors and police, fought flames. Engineers reportedly fled. cause disputed with claims the engineer may have died at the throttle.
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Carl Hagenback
Wallace
Gary
Hammond
Ind
Michigan Central
Hetgin-Joliet Road
Pope Benedict XV to Pray Two Hours at St Peters Basilica
Rome June 22 The pope Benedict XV will descend to St Peter's Basilica at 10 p.m. on June 28 for two hours of worship kneeling before the holy sacraments. Immediately after midnight he will celebrate a special mass for the Catholic clergy worldwide.
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Rome
Pope Benedict
St. Peter's
Draft Questionnaires Sent to Registrants for 1915 Class
Washington June 23 draft executives were ordered by Provost Marshal General Crowder to start mailing questionnaires to registrants of the class of 1915 on June 25 for three days. Twenty five percent of registrants per board will receive forms daily. Serial numbers to be left blank until July classification.
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Weather snapshot across cities with varied readings
San Antonio foresees fair tonight and Sunday with a 34 to 98 degree range and light southerly winds. Chicago shows 66 with cloudy skies and a north wind. Kansas City at 58 with clear skies and northeast gusts. New York 62 cloudy with light south wind. Washington 66 partly cloudy with west winds and possible rain.
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Unified Command Praised as Allies' Key Weapon
Washington reports General March states nine hundred thousand American troops have sailed, five months ahead of plan to place an army in France. He notes Cantigny battle by Major General Bullard’s division, emphasizes unified command under Wilson and Foch, and downplays details of potential Italian front movements.
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Piave
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Wire men organize in Chicago for union election
Workers at Western Union Telegraph Company in Chicago begin steps to form an organization to represent them in bargaining. A primary to nominate candidates for division electors will be held on June 28, with similar actions planned nationwide. Electors will pick delegates for a July 10 convention here.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
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Allies Need Food in Belgium and Northern France
Reuters correspondent reports the food shortage in Belgium and Northern France threatens serious consequences and that those most affected will meet in The Hague soon to arrange relief through the respective governments.
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Reuters
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Dallas Doctor Fatally Shot in Local Hotel Accident
Dr. Isadore Freshman of Dallas dies after a pistol discharged by Dr. Charles W. McCullum of Comanche in the Lanier Hotel. The weapon, an old style double action pistol, was reportedly cocked and snapped several times before firing in the bathroom. Detectives and a justice of the peace investigated. no charges were filed.
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Comanche
Texas
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Waco
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Louis Coleman
Minneola
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Lee Surgical Hospital
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We Have Had Enough For A Country War Article Suppressed
The So fia Bulgaria based Journal Mir, cited by Liberte, was suppressed May 27 by military authorities in Paris reports Geneva. An article claimed the American army’s strength would force radical changes in international affairs and alter the balance for small nations, especially in the Balkans.
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UN Liberte
Geneva
Sofia
Bulgaria
Mir
Express rate rise approved by Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington June 22. The Interstate Commerce Commission granted a ten percent increase in express rates and rejected a fifteen percent request. The higher rate takes effect once express companies file new tariffs, likely within about two weeks.
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Interstate Commerce Comission
Commission
Barons Rhondda III Illness Reports from Wales
Grave reports on Baron Rhondda David Thomas British food minister confined at home in Wales with a serious illness for weeks. It is likely he will be unable to resume his duties at the food ministry if he recovers.
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London
Baron Rhondda
David Thomas
Wales
Food Ministry
Editors Indicted Over Libel in New York Papers
Ogden Mills Reid publisher of the New York Tribune Adolph Ochs publisher of the New York Times Errol Hart Tribune assistant night editor and John H Paine Times night city editor were indicted by a county grand jury for publishing criminal libel against Mrs William Randolph Hearst wife of the New York American and the New York Journal The alleged libel touched her Americanism.
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New York Tribune
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New York Times
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William Randolph Dearst
New York American
New York Journal
Attempt on Emperor Charles sparks Vienna unrest
Reports from Amsterdam and Vienna indicate an assassination attempt on Emperor Charles. Premier Von Seydlers plans to resign. Vienna faces street riots, bread shortages, and large scale strikes as troops patrol and police guard public buildings amid arrests and looting.
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London
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Amsterdam
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Arbeiter Zeitung
Austrian bread ration cuts spark Vienna strikes
A Geneva dispatch reports Vienna and other large Austrian cities to receive half the bread ration to ease Galicia and Bohemia shortages. Rail strikes may be averted, but interior Austria Hungary faces critical conditions with 50,000 workers at Arsenal Vulcan and Worschalowsky works on strike. Vienna mayor warns potatoes cannot be distributed after the weekend amid expected cabinet resignations.
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Will outdo the Huns Washington speech June 22
America readies new hor line upon Germany after poison gas reports. Lieut. Col. Mond Bacon of the Ordnance Department warned at a dinner last night that new gas forms promise a horror surpassing past German weapons, prompting intensified wartime preparations in Washington.
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Ordnance Bartment
Heaviest American casualty list reported with 62 killed in action
Washington reports the largest casualty roll yet, with 153 names including 62 killed in action. The deaths span multiple front sectors and patrols around Chateau-Thierry, reflecting heavy fighting as American troops push against German forces. Marine deaths and wounds are also listed, with Privates Sellers of Mineral City and Trow of Trinity among the Texas casualties.
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Collision sinks ship off North Carolina coast
The American steamer Schurz sank following a collision with the Florida about ten miles southwest of Cape Lookout at 4 40 a m. One seaman died while the rest of Schurz’s crew were rescued and later taken to an Atlantic port. The Schurz, formerly the German Ceier of 1000 tons, 225 feet, had been afloat for two hours after the collision before sinking.
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DIES SAVING NURSE AT PORT MCVILKERSON
Lieutenant William L Nichols of the Medical Reserve Corps died after his horse fell while trying to stop a nurse’s runaway horse near Atlanta. Nichols, formerly of Cleveland, was thrown against a tree and neck broken. The nurse survived. Nichols’s father is a minister in Guthrie Oklahoma. In Texas, Mrs. Graham Campbell shot and killed a prowler identified as James Grminghan near Wharton.
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Grminghan
Battle Won Says Italian Premier Orlando
Premier Orlando said the battle situation is unchanged and the fight has ended in victory. He noted Austrian forces are concentrating along the mountain front while Italian troops have not resumed offensive actions. Floods across the Piave threaten Austrian detachments as bridges fail and supplies dwindle, with estimates of Austrian casualties around 120,000.
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Musile
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New Attack Awaited on Italian Front in Italy
Allied and American air forces target Austrian bread shipments while Italian cavalry and artillery press near Montello and the Piave. Austrian attempts wane as rising Piave waters hinder supply lines and damaged bridges, with armored cars and machine guns aiding the Italian defense.
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Piave
Monte
Austrians to Resume Drive on Piave Front
News from the Piave area reports fighting waning as Austrian forces enter a second week of efforts in the mountains. Italians hold key positions from Montello to the Piave mouth. Austrian plans to push toward the Venetian plains appear stalled with heavy losses, while German divisions may be redeployed to France.
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Italian Czecho Slovaks Help In Piave Sector
Italian Treadquarters report Czecho Slovak units aiding the Italian army in the San Dona di Piave salient northeast of Venice. During five days of fighting they took part in attacks driving Austrian troops toward the lower Piave and into the river area as prisoners and casualties rise. A wounded Austrian officer is noted.
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