Circus Train Wreck Near Gary Kills and Injures Many
Reports say 100 to 150 people, mostly from the Black-Wallace show, died or were injured when an empty Pullman train struck a rear section stopped by a hot box near East Ivanhoe Indiana. The wreck and fire halted a Michigan Central route from Michigan City to Hammond. Hospital counts: 73 injured identified, with about the same number presumed dead.
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Chicago
Ivanhoe
Ary
Ind
Michigan Central
Michigan City
Hammond
East Ivanhoe
L. W. Landman
Rooney
Beyer Family
Cotterill
Equestriennes
Larry la Pearl
Mark Adams
Joe Coyle
Gary
Gellman
Wu Aged
Razorbacks
George Brown
Denver
Mercy Hospital
William F. Curtis
Curtis
Landman
Elks Meet Idaho Falls at Brady Park Tomorrow
The undefeated Pocatello Elks and Idaho Falls nine clash tomorrow afternoon at Brady Park. Both teams have won all games so far, with Captain Phelan confident but cautious. Game starts at 3 o clock, Sunnyland’s strength adds to the anticipation as boosters rally for the contest.
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Pocatello Elks
Idaho Falls
Brady Park
Phelan
Elks
Ile Tae
Falls
Sunnyland
D Company
Blackfoot
South Main
Allan
Grayson
Bistline Pettit
Evans
Rupp
Isham
Kane
Hulihan
E. Bistline
Two Crooks in Airplane Factory Arrested
Elmira June 22 Lew Longwell and Rector Bordea u foremen at the Curtiss aeroplane factory in Hammondport were arrested by government agents charged with violating the act against wilful injury to land destruction of war materials.
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Elmira
Lew Longwell
Rector Bordeau
Curtiss Aeroplane
Hammondsport
Attempt on Emperor Charles of Austria Reported
Unconfirmed reports from the Amsterdam Exchange claim an attempt was made on Emperor Charles of Austria’s life. The Central News dispatch notes the information as circulating in Amsterdam on June 22.
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London
Amsterdam
Charles of Austria
D Company Tries Krags at Local Drill Night
A company drill on Lander Street featured Recruiting Officer Sam Anderson guiding manual of arms. Mrs. Hannah Ash provided doughnuts as the crowd watched the two hour session near Main and Arthur. Afterward the unit visited William Platzoeder’s home to congratulate the newlyweds, with measurements for uniforms taken for delivery by July 10.
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D Company
Manual of Arms
Sam Anderson
Lander Street
Main
Arthur
Hannah Ash
Casualty List Shows Rising American Losses in France
Washington reports a casualty list of 153 names with fifty two killed in action the largest American death toll yet published. Marine casualties totaled thirty one with four killed in action fifteen died of wounds and twelve wounded.
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Washington
France
Americas
US Army in France pace exceeds plan says General Mareh
Washington reports General Mareh told reporters at the weekly conference that nine hundred thousand men have been shipped across the sea. He said the United States today is five months ahead of the program for placing an army in France and that ships have carried 100,000 men weekly since last week.
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Washington
Mareh
United States
France
Bishop Keane Dead In Dubuque
In Dubuque Iowa on June 22 Most Reverend John Joseph Keane former rector of the Catholic University of America and retired archbishop of Dubuque died today.
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Dubuque
Iowa
John Joseph Keane
Catholic University of America
New Questionnaires Begin Mailing to 1918 Registrants
Washington dispatch states draft executives nationwide are to start mailing questionnaires to registrants of the class of 1918 on Tuesday June 25 and continue for three days.
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Washington
Careful Record Kept of Horses
Fort Bliss Texas June 22. Accurate records are kept of all horses in the cavalry artillery and other mounted units. Each horse is branded on a fore foot with its army organization number burned on the other hoof to identify it for veterinary records.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
United States Army
Army
Army Veterinary Corps
Rome
Orlando
Tribuna
War Department plans heavy guns for western front
Washington reports the war department outlined a vast fortification program costing nearly five and a half billion dollars aimed at carrying warfare beyond trench fighting. The plan, supported by the inter allied war council and General Pershing, awaits house appropriations committee approval.
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Washington
War Department
Western Front
House Appropriations Committee
Interallied War Council
General Pershing
Socialist Leader Plunkett Arraigned on Espionage Charge
Martin Plunkett a prominent Socialist leader and Connecticut party secretary for the Socialist party was arraigned in New Haven for a preliminary hearing on espionage act violations. Agents seized papers pamphlets and Socialist literature from his Hartford area office during the arrest. He is known in Socialist circles and widely named as the party gubernatorial candidate.
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New Haven
Conn
Martin Plunkett
United States
Department of Justice
United States District Attorney
Hartford
Plunkett
Socialist Party
Connecticut
Notable Washington Wedding Unites Davis and Percy
Washington June 22 society from several cities attended the wedding of Miss Hallie Elkins Davis and Lieut. George A. Percy U S N G The bride daughter of Mrs Armistead Davis and granddaughter of Senator Henry Gassaway Davis Lieut Percy son of Dr and Mrs D T Perey of Arlington Mass is stationed at Quantico The ceremony took place at the home of the bride's aunt Mrs Stephen B Elkins
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Washington
National Capital Society
Hallie Elkins Davis
George A. Percy
U.S. N.G
Armistead Davis
Henry Gassaway Davis
West Virginia
Percy
D. T. Perey
Arlington
Mass
Quantico, Va
Stephen B. Elkins
Joke depicts American army as minor to German readers
Amsterdam reports German authorities spreading propaganda about U S troop strength. A Munich Jugend cartoon titled Homeopathic Doses shows General Pershing joking with La Belle France about billets, depicting two rooms and three beds for American troops.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Munich Jugend
Pershing
la Belle
France
General Pershing
Prussian Faith in Violence Questioned by Vienna Paper
Zurich reports the Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung branding Prussian faith in violence as a vain superstition. It condemns the Junker class and German magnates for ruling by brutality, arguing such force fails to secure Western peace and that English sentiment opposing it has shifted.
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Zurich
Vienna Arbeiter Zetung
Junker
England
Wyoming's Share in Army Enrollment Noted
Cheyenne Wyoming June 22 Wyoming already has five per cent of its population in the army compared with a two per cent average for the country according to an announcement by Adjutant General Weaver of the Wyoming National Guard.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Weaver
Wyoming National Guard
Austrians Fail On Great Rush In Italy
Report from Rome notes continued Italian success on the Piave front with Allied air and ground forces aiding in preventing Austrian supplies. Italian cavalry and artillery push toward Montello while bridges are damaged and rivers rise to hinder Austrian movements.
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Italy
Associated Press
The
Piave
Montello
Lower
Trick of Fate on Bond Issue
In a London suburb during a war loan drive an airplane dropped 3000 leaflets urging subscriptions. Most littered a village cemetery covering graves and shrubbery like snow, with large letters urging readers to wake up and buy war bonds.
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London
Commissions Approve 10 Percent Express Rate Increase
Washington June 22 the interstate commerce commission approves a ten percent rise in express rates and disallows a fifteen percent proposal. New tariffs to be filed and take effect within about two weeks.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Corn and Oats Prices Reported in Chicago
Chicago on June 22 reports corn at 1.44 dollars per bushel and oats at 72 and one half cents per bushel. The figures reflect market trading activity and price levels for common grains.
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Chicago
Food Rations Spark Unrest and Strikes in Vienna
Vienna reports a serious street riot with police and military enforcing order. Parents were warned to curb their children’s actions as part of the crackdown. A large strike movement grows in the Austrian capital, with the Vienna Workers Council urging society to recognize the need for higher rations as Italians push back Austrians.
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London
Vienna Neue’ Freie Presse
Vienna
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna Workers Council
The Limit Club joins in War Savings Stamps drive
The Limit Club lists citizens firms and associations joined to purchase War Savings Stamps to the $1000 limit per person by December 31 1918. W S stamps already owned are counted and no one may exceed $1000. June purchases cost $831 with $1000 maturity returned January 1 1923 by the U S Government.
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Ban*nock County
W. S
United States
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