German Elite Lead Galician Campaign Toward Lemberg
London June 21 German Emperor William has assumed supreme command in Galicia with headquarters near Pluss, as German forces push toward Lemberg after weeks of fighting. Austro German advances threaten the Russian positions along a twenty two mile front from Rawa Ruska to Lemberg with several towns stormed and Russians retreating. Paris reports a French advance north of Arras and gains near Le Fond de Buval as German trenches fall on the Meuse heights and action continues into Lorraine.
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London
William
Pluss
Galiea
Tetitunte
Galicia
Lemberg
Marne
France
Russia
Dniester
Saya
Berlin
Rawa Ruska
Zolkiew
Vienna
Weressyca
Hagland
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Joffre
England
Gina
Arras
Paris
le Fond-de-Buval
Meuse
Lorraine
Italians Capture Plava Before Austrian Defenses
Details released by the war office describe Italy’s assault on Plava on the Isonzo. Italian forces reportedly shattered wire entanglements and hidden batteries, driving Austrians from position to position. Emperor Franz Joseph is said to have dismissed generals on the Tyrolean front as the Italian advance continues. In New Haven, Yale announces that 34 seniors will not graduate due to no three exams, including football star H A Pumperly.
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Plava
Rome
Isonzo
War Office
France Joseph
Dankl
Rohr
Archduke Eugene
Gorits
New Haven
Conn
Yale College
H. A. Pumperly
Minister Uses Gun On Daughter's Despoiler
Rev W W Putnam a prominent Baptist minister in Calhoun Gs confesses avenging his daughter's dishonor and shoots Homer Taylor a well to do young planter. Taylor dies after being shot while riding in a bogey with cousin Thomas Harbin. Harbin confirms Putnam cried that Taylor and the girl had ruined his daughter. Miss Putnam admits they were once engaged. The killing occurred as Taylor arrived at the bogey and the minister fired multiple shots into Taylor's body. A separate item notes a Big Four brakeman fell from a boxcar at Bellefontaine terminal, his body cut in two.
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Calhoun, Gs
Rev
W. W. Putnam
Homer Taylor
Taylor
Thomas Harbin
Harbin
Putnam
Kewan Gring
Bellefontaine
Pear Case
Big
Becker's Clemency Plea Prep Report This Week
Mrs. Charles Becker, from Sing Sing death house, says Becker has no new revelations for Governor Whitman and expects an clemency appeal. Counsel will file the plea in Albany when ready. Also, Dupont Powder plant at Point, Virginia, reports 500 armed guards after a federal warning.
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New York
Charles Becker
Sing Bing
Becker
Whitman
Powder
Norfolk
United States
Dupont Powder Company
Ity Point
Rural mail service by auto to start August 2
Washington June 21 rural mail service by automobile will begin on Aug 2 on a large scale. Nineteen states are forming surveys and orders place 105 machines to carry mail along 6 500 miles of rural post roads daily except Sunday. First dispatch from Quarryville Pennsylvania radiating to 100 routes. Chicago aviator Stevenson Mc Gordon set an American record by flying to 6496 feet with two passengers at Hempstead L I.
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Washington
United States
United Sates
Quarryville
Chicago
New York
Jjune
Stevenson
Mic Gordon
Hempstead
L. 1
Cleveland Chamber Moves Against Labor Gunsmen Crusade
Cleveland reporters describe a new drive by the local chamber of commerce to curb violence against labor workers following a committee study that says Cleveland risks a reputation as an unsafe place for unions and workers. A $1000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of the assailant who struck plumber Charles Hibbs on January 28, 1916. Also noted is the death of David Jewett, a sixty two year old cripple, run down while nearing the prison infirmary.
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Cleveland
Charles Hibbs
Plumber
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Special Chamber
Columbus
David Jewett
Prinths County Infirmary
Suspect Held in Nolte Murder In Cincinnati Stable
Cincinnati June 21 William Hoon fifty two was taken to police headquarters and questioned about the death of Elizabeth Nolte whose mutilated body was found at the rear of her home He was arrested in a stable distant from the Nolte residence and was with two young girls he had invited inside the stable he denies knowledge of the murder Burroughs Improving West Park June 2 Naturlist John Burroughs condition improves Dr Clara Harrud believes he has passed the stage of illness and will soon resume study at the estate
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Cincinnati
William Hoon
Elizabeth Nolte
Hoon
Nollie
Nolte
Burroughs
West Park
John Burroughs
Fila
Clara Harrud
Woman cremated in Illinois penitentiary case
Joliet June 21 Mrs Rimand M Allen wife of the Iroquois penitentiary warden was found dead in her blazing bed A committee investigates whether the blaze was accidental or a murder by George Campbell a negro prisoner who served the warden family Allen was away on a trip to West Baden Indiana.
Man swallows radium tabs during cancer treatment
Rochester news: James Cullen ingested seven thousand dollars worth of radium after excitement during a cancer treatment for lower jaw. Doctors attempted removal but Cullen swallowed the radio-dense tabs. he carried them inside for two days until laxatives recovered the material.
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Rochester
N. Y
James Cullen
Kogoltal
Poe
Cullen
Wipes Out Family in Hardin County Tragedy
Upper Sandusky O June 2 Har vey O Dysinger a farmer living across the line in Hardin county shot and killed his wife and daughter seriously wounded by a young son and committed death by own action motive not known
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Upper Sandusky, O
Harvey O. Dysinger
Hardin County
Woman Fatally Struck By Fire Chief’s Car in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 2 a 43 year old woman, Mrs Lilian Walker, was killed after being struck by Assistant Fire Chief Granger’s automobile as she stepped from behind a streetcar. She was dragged over fifty feet and died within minutes.
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Cleveland
Lilian Walker
Granger
Villa Plans Peace Submission Amid Mexican Faction Rift
Washington dispatch says Villa government representatives will submit a pacification plan to the U S government probably late this week with General Villa's approval. General Angeles travels to Washington to represent military interests as Diaz Lombardo arrives to back conventionalist civil government amid Carranza Villa split and fears of a new alignment.
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Washington
el Paso
Cigil
Liorente
Villa Zapata
Angeles
Carranza Agency
Villa
Constitutionallet
General Angeles
Juarez
United States
Wii
Thiey
Leon
Villista
Celaya
Carranza
Obregon
Live Stock and Grain Prices Across Cities
Prices for cattle hogs sheep and lambs listed by city include East Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh Boston and Toledo on June 21. Cattle and hog values show wide ranges with prime steers calves and heifers noted alongside rush and rough categories.
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East Buffalo
Chicago
Gogo Howe
Blimey
Heen
Hi Goapg
Rg Lamhe
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Burglary Girl Reported as Real-True Burglar in Tacoma
A 14 year old girl in Tacoma Washington reportedly played burglars on a staged break in, leaving valuables at poorer residents' homes and valuables at wealthier homes while taking nothing herself, police say.
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Girle
Real
Tacoma
Wash
Sthoulgirie
DROWN IN THE SURF Saved by Life Guards After the Moat
A Philadelphia community mourns as seven residents drown off Sovereign avenue in Atlantic City amid strong storm currents. Miss Marlaty R. Creamer, John Lysle, Philip Arnold, Willem Crow, James McCay, Charles J. Muttlock, and Frank Brigham are named among the dead. Lifesaving crews, including Life Guard Walter Margerum, risked their lives to rescue over 100 swimmers. Dr. John Coulter also performed a dangerous rescue attempt. The tragedy highlights heroic efforts and a harrowing sea emergency offshore CHs Atlantic City coast.
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Atlantic City
Marlaty R. Creamer
James Creamer
Jenkintown
John Lysle
Philadelphia
Philip Arnold
Willem Crow
James McCay
Florist
Charles J. Muttlock
Frank Brigham
Commodore Martin E. Brigham
Charlies Green
Flowerman
Sovereign Avenue
Chelsea Miss Creamer
Beechwood College
W. Roger Creamer
Mr. Creamer
Lysle
Mr. Lyssa
Walter Margerum
Thix Point
John Zelt
Trwin Craig
Fnally
Palmatora
John Coulter
Dr. Coulter
Two Men Drowned In River Accident Near Cincinnati
Cincinnati June 21 Edward Stevens nineteen of Dayton Kentucky slipped while trying to board a barge from a small boat and drowned. Walter Ladeke nineteen of Cincinnati went up the river with a party to spend the day and drowned while attempting to rescue another.
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Cincinnati
Edward Stevens
Dayton
Walter Ladeke
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