British Make New Advance South of Messines
British forces report an additional advance south of Messines with artillery activity east of Epehy and raiding success near La Bassee Vermelles and Armentieres. Nineteen enemy and allied artillery actions occurred as fronts shift from Ypres to the Belgian coast amid wider Balkan actions.
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London
Messines
War Office
Epehy
LaBassee
Vermelles
Armentieres
Ypres
Cotmarine
Oxtond
Zeebrugge
Sarrall
Macedonia
France
Farmer In Pajamas Reports Chicken Theft In Richmond
Six Richmond men tied to a chicken theft from an Ohio farmer pleaded guilty to intoxication in city court. Each fined five dollars plus costs after rushing from their joy ride to Richmond to report the crime, arriving before the farmer who chased them in a sliver. Separately, the Union Bible class of the First English Lutheran church meets Tuesday evening at Miss Edna Grottendick’s home on South Twelfth Street.
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Richmond
Fred Cordell
Albert Ashcraft
Frank Taggart
Roy Smith
Carl Vance
William Smith
Ohio
Carr
Union Bible Class
First English Lutheran Church
Edna Grottendick
S11
South Twelfth Street
Indiana Weather Outlook from the NWS
Fair tonight and warmer in the northeast portion. Tuesday overcast with probable thundershowers north portion. Noon temperature today 74 with no major wind. Partly cloudy tonight with thundershowers possible Tuesday. General conditions note clearing over central states while a storm in the Mississippi Valley leads to increasing cloudiness and possible rain.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Central States
Von Hindenburg backs firm German peace stance
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg telegraphs from Amsterdam via London to Potsdam Union asserting confident support for a peace Germany desires. He claims the army and people, unified under the Kaiser, will enforce a peace that makes the war worthwhile, ensuring not all efforts were in vain.
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Amsterdam
London
von Hindenburg
Potsdam Union
Kaiser
Germany
Hardy Ones Swimmin' Sunday at Hawkins Pond opens season
About fifty people braved rain and cold to swim in Hawkins bathing pool yesterday after noon. The pond, cleaned and scraped, opened for the season and will stay open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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Hawkins
Superintendent Giles Feels Slight Improvement After Diphtheria Threat
The condition of Superintendent Giles, who had been threatened with diphtheria, is somewhat improved today. He rested very well last night.
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Giles
Spy or traitor found in navy letters says Daniels
Secretary Daniels told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee that confidential ordnance bureau files appear exposed by letters tied to the Mongolia shell accident. He said traitor or spy provided the information and urged uncovering the author, noting a Detroit postmark and grave reflections on national defenses.
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Washington
Bureau of Ordnance
Daniels
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Mongolia
Frelinghuysen
Ordnance Bureau
Secret Service
Navy Department
Detroit
Mich
Pickell Explains Diploma Refusal For Two Boys
Principal F G Pickell explains why two students were denied diplomas citing required credits, board approved courses, and early diploma preparation. He lists that Bible study credit was incomplete for Bradford Meyers and notes broader patterns of graduation advisement and diploma issuance prior to commencement.
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F. G. Pickell
Bradford Meyers
Rescue of 25 Miners Revives Hope for Others
Butte Montana June 11 The rescue of 25 men from the Speculator shaft of the North Butte Mining Company renews hope that some of the 200 still believed to be inside may be saved. Coroner reports 63 known dead with 62 more presumed dead. hero Mengus Duggan a 20 year old stripper boy aided 26 men to freedom through handmade bulkheads and a timed breakout as toxic gases surged. Safety crews resume with renewed vigor to recover additional survivors.
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Mengus Duggan
Duggan
Tests for Typewriters at Quartermaster Post Office
An examination for typewriters will be held in the post office on June 27. The exam is open to men and women. Entry salary ranges from 900 to 1000 dollars yearly. Jeffersonville is the nearest Quartermaster headquarters.
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Quartermaster Corps
Jeffersonville
Tonnage Decrease Shown for U S Steel
New York June 11 The unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation on May 21 was 11 886 591 tons, a drop of 296 492 tons from April 30 figures, which were the highest in the history of the corporation.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Twelve Trainloads Of Material For New Main Street Bridge
Contractor Isaac Smith states that twelve trainloads of material will be needed to construct the new Main street bridge. Five carloads of steel, 85 carloads of cement, and about 500 carloads of gravel and sand will be used, plus around 200000 feet of lumber. Some material has arrived. none of the old bridge steel is usable for the new project.
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Main Street
Isaac Smith
Smith
Suspect Saved From Lynching By His Nerve
Springfield news recounts 36 hours of turmoil after the kidnapping death of 14 month old Lloyd Keet. A mob sought six prisoners including a woman, with four held in Stockton and two others missing. Springfield men disrupted a sheriff’s convoy near Humansville, sparing Piersol and Adams by using iron nerve to retrieve their lives.
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Adams
Keets
Allie T. Adams
Taylor B. Adams
Maxie Adams
Cletus Adams
Elizabeth Osburn
Ozark County
Mabel Piersol Zanniper
Aline Piersol
Claude Piersol
Springfield
Lloyd Keet
Keet
J. H. Keet
Taylor Adams
Sam McGinnis
Stockton
Humansville
Webb
Piersol
Yankee Flyers Archery Amid Clouds As They Hunt German Birds
FRENCH FRONT June 11 Mediaeval archery with bows and arrows is a favorite sport of the American aviators of the Lafayette squadron when not over the German lines. They set up a target on their ground and practice, then return to their “Hide Behind Clouds” sewing machine gun sorties. German airmen often pounce from behind clouds at great height during these pursuits.
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LaFayette
Street Cars Start Seven Minutes Earlier In City
All city street cars except Eighth street now run seven minutes earlier due to a new schedule in effect this morning. Morning departures from the terminal shift from 5 16 to 5 07 as the first ride of the day.
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Eighth Street
American sailing ship Magnus Manson sunk by submarine
The American vessel Magnus Manson, a five masted schooner of 1751 tons, was torpedoed off the French coast. The master and crew were saved after the attack. Sailed from Pensacola in March bound for Genoa with lumber and was owned in Mobile. Executive secretary E M Haas of the Red Cross War Fund has two weeks leave to assist in the war effort.
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London
Magnus Manson
Mobile
Mangus Manson
Pensacola
Fla
Genoa
M. Haas
Red Crosse War Fund Campaign
R. L. Collings Co
Store Front Egged Again in Hagerstown Shop
In Hagerstown Indiana Rep Jogle and Harlan reported their dry goods store egged during the early hours of Sunday. Eggs were thrown between midnight and daybreak, marking a second incident after a week’s prior egging. Propriety owners suspect a wet and dry fight sparked the attack.
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Hagerstown
Ind
Rep Jogle & Harlan
Slayer Sentenced After Killing Wife in Twisted Triangle
James Adkins, 38, a factory worker, confessed to fatally shooting his estranged wife Josephine Adkins at her mother's home. He pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received life imprisonment in Michigan City penitentiary. The incident, blamed on an enduring love triangle, occurred about ten minutes before he surrendered to police.
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James Adkins
Staubach
Adkins
Josephine Adkins
Ellen Reser
North Thirteenth Street
Fox
Michigan City
Kelly
TO TEACH KNITTING FOR NAVY AID
Instructors will be at the Red Cross headquarters Tuesday afternoon Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon to teach persons how to knit articles for the navy Mufflers sleeveless jackets and wristlets are specified for making Those desiring to cooperate in the work are asked to heed this notice
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Red Cross
Navy
Lord Northcliffe Lands in America
Lord Northcliffe arrived in the United States aboard an American steamer to coordinate British industrial and economic efforts here as head of a war mission. He will work with Captain Andre Tardieu and other British organizations, presenting credentials in Washington before speaking further.
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Atlantic
Lord Northcliffe
Coen
America
United States
Lord Nethcliffe
London Times
Andre Tar- Meu
War Cabinet
Washington
American Officers Arrive in Frange Paris
June 11 reports the first contingent of American officers under Major General Pershing arriving in Paris. The group includes Colonels Mac Carthy Taylor Ireland Drum and Captains Moore Parges, met by Major James A. Logan Jr. and Captain Carl Boyd at the station.
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Paris
Pershing
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