Russians claim major Dniester River victory front
Russian war office reports a successful Dniester operation with heavy losses to Austro German forces and the retreat of troops. British dispatches note Allied observers seeing a possible Austro German setback near Lemberg while Italian forces advance toward Predil pass.
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London
Russia
Lemberg
Dniester
Wwam
Russian War Office
Bukowina
Mikolaiow
Rohatyn
Galicia
Baltic
Trieste
Austria
Italians Take Ploeken Near Austrian Front
Italian forces have captured Ploeken in Austria near the Swiss frontier and Geneva route. The seizure endangers Austrian communications and places Ploeken about 15 miles south of the Laibach Innsbruck highway, signaling a strategic advance close to the main military corridor.
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Ploeken
Innsbruck
Geneva
Austria
Laibach
Attack on Gorizia Opens With Heavy Fighting
A Laibach dispatch reported June battles around Gorizia as Italian forces advanced near the city before Austrian artillery and forward infantry pressed them back. Austrian losses were listed at 8,000 to 10,000 with many wounded taken to private houses due to hospital shortages.
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Gorizia
Geneva
Laibach
Tribune
Battle on the Isonzo Front Reported by Austrian Office
Cologne Gazette correspondent at Austrian army HQ in the south reports the first major battle of the war with Italy near the Isonzo river. He says Austrian forces repelled Italian attacks on Gorizia and Monfalcone with flank artillery fire.
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Cologne
Ger
London
Italy
Isonzo
Gorizia
Gradisca
Monfalcone
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Mobile area forecast shows little temperature change tonight and Saturday. Alabama conditions are partly cloudy with light variable winds both tonight and Saturday. Mississippi mirrors the pattern with partly cloudy skies and light variable winds through tonight and Saturday.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
American Troops Stand Ready Along the Border
Arizona militia received orders to be prepared to field at moment’s notice amid fever and smallpox risk in Mexico. Meanwhile Monterey's bakeries reopened for the public, bread scarce amid famine, and Red Cross corn shipments reached 10,000 hungry people.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Mexico
Arizona
War Department
Washington
Monterey
Hanna
State Department
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Lapedo
Texas
Philippines
Wilson
Fifteenth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Galveston
Ninth Infantry
Douglas
Aziz
Manila
Juarez
George Marks
H. Franklin
British Cruiser Sunk by Austro Hungarian Submarine
An official Vienna statement dated June 10 says Austro Hungarian submarine No 4 under Lieutenant Singule torpedoed and sank a small Liver pool type British cruiser on June 9, thirty miles west of St Jean Medua Albanian coast. The British cruiser was protected by six torpedo boat destroyers.
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Berlin
Sayville
S. 1
Vienna
No. 4
Singule
St. Jean Medua
Liverpool light cruiser and sister ships built in 1909
Five vessels of the Liverpool type were built for the British navy in 1909. The class includes Bristol Gloucester New Castle and Glasgow. The last named sank the German cruiser Dresden off Juan Fernandez Island in March. Length 430 feet beam 47 feet draft 15.2 feet displacement 4 820 tons speed 25 knots crew 376. Armament consists of two 6 inch guns ten 4 inch guns and two 18 inch torpedo tubes. St Jean Medua is a seaport on the Albanian coast between Durazzo and Dulcigno.
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Liverpool
Bristol
Gloucester
New Castle
Glasgow
Dresden
Juan Fernandez Island
Pacific
St. Jean Medua
Durazzo
Dulcigno
Explosion wrecks weekly Butte plant in suspected plot
The Butte Socialist weekly newspaper plant was wrecked by an explosion early today. Patrolman Olson reported giant powder smell. interior ruined, front thrown into the street. Upper rooming house not badly damaged. No injuries reported. Investigation is in progress.
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Butte
Mont
Butte Socialist
Olson
Lynchings Stir Rage and Threat of War in Johnston City
Johnston City Illinois faced mob tension after the lynching of Joseph Strando and the shooting deaths of W. E. Chapman and injuries to his daughter Mrs. Benjamin Schull. National guards patrolled as hundreds of mob members expected foreign miner retaliation. Four similar killings in a year show a pattern of killings through home windows amid ethnic strife.
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Johnston City
Ilinois National Guard
Joseph Strando
W. E. Chapman
Benjamin Schull
Strando
Marion
Chapman
Schull
Canter Electrocuted for Murder in Virginia
Luther Canter aged 25 confessed to killing Mrs Maude Wilson at her Washington county home on April 24 after assaulting her in her husband James Wilsons absence He was executed this morning at the state penitentiary in Richmond Canter also exonerated his brother James Canter 19 who is under sentence of death but given a respite to August 13 for a new trial appeal
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Richmond
Luther Canter
Maude Wilson
James R. Wilson
Washington County
Canter
James Canter
Lusitania Affidavits Probe Against Hamburg American Line
A federal grand jury in New York investigates alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States over affidavits claiming the Lusitania was armed. Gustave Stahl is jailed on perjury charges. Paul Koenig of Hamburg American Line is named as a principal figure, with authorities seeking his backers and motives.
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Lusitania
New York
Gustav Stahl
Paul Koenig
Stahl
Koenig
Gustave Stahl
State Department
Fan Paul Koenig
Stemler
Secret Service
Albany
Department of Justice
Josephine Weir
A Avits
Leased wire briefs from New York and Washington
Gold shipments totaling six million dollars arrived at the sub treasury from Ottawa for J. P. Morgan Co. Wilson plans a Fourth of July stay at the summer White House in Cornish New Hampshire. General Mouneaux 82 died after minor operation. Aviator Brown bombed Villa troops without damage. Governor Henderson returned from Mobile for a few weeks in office. Six miners buried in the Longacre Chapman mine near Joplin after a drift was cut.
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New York
Sub-Treasury
Ottawa
J. P. Morgan. Co. l
Washington
Wilson
White House
Cornish
N. H
Kisato
Edward L. Mouneaux
Dovalae
Nus
Brown
Carranza
Agia Prieta
Villa
Caballona
Montgomery
Henderson
Mobile
Mobile Medical College
Joplin
Longacre-Chapman
Here
Swedish nobleman shoots fiancée in Central Park then kills himself
Frederick J. Hassenius, allegedly of a Swedish noble family, shot and killed his fiancée Anna Malmquist, a music teacher, in Central Park and then shot himself. A park officer found them in an embrace. Hassenius, a Stockholm University graduate, had reportedly quarrelled with his family and moved to the United States to work as a bookkeeper. A handwritten note in his pocket referenced a covenant and faith.
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New York
Frederick J. Hassenius
Anna Malmquist
Central Park
Park
Sesenius
University of Stockholm
Russenius
Charles W Tompkins Injured in Cedar Point Road Crash
Attorney Charles W Tompkins was seriously injured when his car went into a ditch on Cedar Point Road below Arlington. Chauffeur Dudley McFadden was unconscious briefly. another passenger named Peter was uninjured. The trio was returning to Mobile. authorities said steering hung and caused the ditching. Tompkins was taken to Mobile Infirmary for surgery.
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Charles W. Tompkins
Dudley McFadden
Cedar Point
Arlington
Peter
Mr. Tompkins
McFadden
New and Harris
Communion Postponed for Cathedral Holy Name Society
The cathedral branch of the Holy Name Society postpones a communion from Sunday June 12 to Sunday June 20 at 7 o clock mass in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The general communion of the Ca
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Holy Name Society
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Bryan Praises War Tone Change In Press
Former Secretary Bryan lauds a shift in press tone on the American note to Germany. He notes papers moved from forecasting immediate firm action to recognizing a potential peaceful solution and calls for public sentiment to guide any decision on war.
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Washington
Bryan Today
Germany
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Bradley Brown vows impeachment of Judge Purifoy
Alabama investigation hear Bradley Brown of Birmingham accuse Secretary of State Judge John Purifoy of buying office misusing state funds and denying due process. Brown claims papers prove the charges while Purifoy says he will pay owed commissions and denies the allegations.
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Motor Vehicle Department
Secretary of State
Montgomery
Ala
John Purifoy
Bradley Brown Ofirmingham
State Motor Vehicle Department
Mittee
Mayb
Jud Purifoy
Rdrt Brown
Judge Purifoy
Mr. Brown
Brown
Ensley
James Purifoy
Mr. Purifoy
Birmingham
Purifoy
Departing Grads of Spring Hill to Be Given Advice
Spring Hill will hold a graduation ceremony next Sunday June 138 with a Solemn High Mass at 6 20 pm attended by faculty and students. Rev E J Hackett rector of the Mobile Cathedral will give the last sermon followed by general communion and thanksgiving. Relatives and friends are invited.
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Spring Hill
Alma Mater
E. J. Hackett
Mobile
Boy 15 Is Injured In Auto Crank Accident
Walter Pate, 15, assistant to city solicitor G. L. Donaghue, was injured Thursday on a city route when a crank slipped and struck his right wrist. He was found in pain and taken to Dr. W. T. Henderson for surgical care.
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Walter Pate
G. L. Donaghue
Pate
Donaghue
W. T. Henderson
Americanization Day Urged by Commissioner Claxton
Washington June 11. Federal Commissioner of Education P P Claxton urges July 4 as Americanization Day to strengthen national unity across classes creeds and races. The campaign targets mayors officials and schools to raise patriotic effort and civic lessons in patriotism and independence.
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Claxton
U.S
Washington
P. P. Claxton
York
St.Louis
Syno Citer
Tor Csohecinen
Grave Warning Headlines in Berlin Papers Over Lusitania Note
Berlin papers publish bold headlines calling a grave warning as the American note to Germany is released. Officials in Washington say the note aims for a dignified, mutually acceptable solution and hints at possible US measures if Germany blocks assurances.
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Berlin
London
Gerard
America
Germany
Funeral Notice for Henry Klaas T Morrow
Entered into rest June 11 1915 at 6 00 am Henry Klaas The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral from No 107 Madison Street on Saturday afternoon at 5 00 oclock Interment Magnolia Cemetery
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Klaas
Madison Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Lost items scattered in city with multiple rewards
A jumble of lost and found notices lists items including a gold enamelled brooch with daisies, a gold band comb, a leather purse with ten dollar bills, bunch of keys, a cameo brooch and a breastpin. Each note offers a reward for return to various addresses such as 205 South Claiborne street, 800 Dauphin Street and 11 Government Street with contact details.
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Claiborne Street
Cedar Point
Delchamps
J. Ni Lynch
Elmira Street
Lady Heads
Gan Avenue
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