Richmond Palls: Germans Celebrate Lemberg Capture
In Indianapolis the utilities commission eyed Richmond Light Heat and Power rate cases as the city seeks to condemn and buy the rival plant. City attorney Bond and engineer Watts push lower valuations, while the Light Heat and Power firm fights the plan. A state engineer surveyed the private plant. testimony continues.
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Indianapolis
State Utilities Commission
Richmond Light, Heat and Power Company
State Commission
Richmond
Light, Heat and Power Company
E. E. Watts
Mapal
Bond
Ight, Heat and Power Company
Olney
S. S. Wyer
Light, Heat, and Power Company
Austro Hungarian Naval Raid Along Italian Adriatic Coast
On June 17 and 18 Austro Hungarian cruisers and destroyers conducted a raid along the Italian Adriatic coast from the frontier to Sano. They damaged semaphore stations at Pagli mento and Pesaro, shelled railroad bridges near Rimini, and sank an Italian steamer with all crew saved. News from Vienna dated June 25 confirms the operation and safe return of our units. A separate report from El Paso dated June 23 notes a Chihuahua rumor that a hospital fire killed many wounded soldiers. no confirmation.
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Vienna
Adriatic
Italy
Sano
EL Pas
Chihuahua
Richmond Receives Largest Share of Spring Tax Installment
Richmond gains about 94 178 dollars in theory but actual cash around 25 000 dollars as county advances roughly 65 000 dollars to the city. The 14 township and corporate shares total 294 2 dollars with Richmond school receiving 78 208.31 dollars and Whitewater village getting 52.39 for fall waiting.
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Richmond
Chamness
Whitewater
Abington Township
Boston Township
Center Township
Clay Township
Dalton Township
Franklin Township
Greene Township
Harrison Township
Jackson Township
Jefferson Township
New Garden Township
Perry Township
Washington Township
Wayne Township
Webster Township
Boston Corporation
Cambridge City Corporation
Centerville Corporation
Dublin Corporation
East Germantown Cor
Fountain City Corporation
Greensfork Corporat
Hagerstown Corporation
Milton Corporation
Mount Auburn Corporation
Richmond City
Seca Spring Grove Corporation
Whitewater Corporation
Cambridge City School
Centerville School
Dublin School
Hagerstown
Richmond School
Spring Grove
Indicted Men at Indianapolis Arrange Bail
One hundred and three of 127 defendants named with Thomas Taggart in a conspiracy to commit felonies in elections arranged bonds by noon. Three remained in custody and twenty two capiuses were to be served. Lawyers Miller Ryan Spann asked for copies of the indictment from Judge Collins, with promises of copies next Saturday. Officials indicated most defendants would not face jail, except those tied to other indictments. The amount alleged in the case totaled $29,421.63.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
National Democratic
Kaiser closes anti American paper signaling conciliatory stance
Washington June 23 The German government suspends the Deutsche Tages Zeitung publisher Count Reventlow has urged aggressive submarine warfare since the Lusitania sinking. The move is seen as a sign Germany seeks a peaceful adjustment with the United States and to curb jingoistic utterances while the American note on Lusitania is reviewed. Official circles in Washington view the suspension as a favorable sign and anticipate a conciliatory tone in the German reply.
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Washington
Count Reventlow
Berlin
Lusitania
Kaiser
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Germany
United States
Foreign Office
Eugene Zimmerman
Lokal Anzeiger
America
Germans Lose Engagement at the Dneister River
Petrograd reports a six day battle on the Dneister river front where Russian forces defeated the Austro German right wing in Galicia. Over 5,000 prisoners were taken and the retreat of German troops pursued by Cossacks began as bridges remained intact after the crossing.
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Petrograd
Galicia
War Office
Teutonic
Dneister
Lemberg
Bond buyers shy at issue of city bonds
City fixed June 30 for bids on a $50 000 bond issue authorized by council. Bidders fear the 4 percent rate and the vague advertisement language. Local and out of town banks doubt legal authority under the ad. Some suggest a temporary loan and refunding bonds instead.
Lemberg Falls to German Austrian Forces in Galicia
Emperor William leads General von Mackensen’s army into Lemberg after a violent battle to recapture Galicia’s capital. Official confirmation soon followed with Berlin reporting 60,000 Russians captured and nine guns seized while the city celebrates.
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Berlin
Amsterday
William
von Mackensen
Lemberg
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Russia
Vienna
Galicia
Przemysl
Teuton
Germany
Empire
Koelniche Zeitung
Earth tremors kill twenty in Imperial Valley
Reported from the Imperial valley areas Calexico El Centro and Mexicali describe heavy damage and fires. The Bar bara Worth Hotel and Masonic temple in El Centro collapsed or caved in. Imperial water system remained intact despite widespread destruction.
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Los Angeles
Imperial Valley
Ufe
Calexico
el Cajaon
Imperial
el Centro
Imperial County
Barbara Worth
Mexicali
Heber
el Sentro
Im Imperial
Holton Power Company
Kgas
Delta Mercantile Company
W. H. Holt and Associates
Mercantile
Masonic Temple
Princess Hotel
Valley Press
The
Progress
Holtville
McHenry
Weather Outlook For Richmond And West
Fair tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures. Tonight low cool, Thursday warmer and probably fair. North of the fortieth parallel unseasonably cool, very warm in the southwest with El Paso reaching around one hundred degrees. A developing western storm will reach the area soon.
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Richmond
el Paso
Texas
Russell to Leave Early in Autumn
Elbert Russell former head of the Biblical department at Earlham College plans to depart Richmond for Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore around the first of September. His family will follow later, one son traveling to Beach Haven New Jersey for treatment of catarrh.
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Elbert Russell
Earlham College
Richmond
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Beach Haven
New Jersey
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Richmond Palladium
California
Watts
Grills Kleinknecht
Tages Zeitung
Dneister River
Lemburg
Teutons
Imperial Valley of California
Thurster
Russell
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