Post Office Run Labor Bureau Aids Iowa Unemployed
Des Moines reports describe a government employment bureau operated through the post office. Horace Hollingsworth, secretary of Associated Charities, handles farm help blanks and job applications while the federal division of information of the Bureau of Immigration offers free service. Applicants provide trade details and travel costs. employers specify demands and conditions.
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Des Moines
Horace S. Hollingsworth
Associated Charities
Louis C. Kurtz
Government Employment Bureau
Hollingsworth
Division of Information
Bureau of Immigration
United States Department of Labor
Department
Department of Labor
Qwork
Lansing Named Permanent Secretary of State in Wilson Bequest
President Wilson offered Robert Lansing the post of secretary of state and Lansing accepted. The White House announced the appointment after a conference. Lansing, 50, is longtime counselor of the state department and is seen as Wilsons chief international law advisor. He lives in Watertown New York and has a long diplomatic career including Bering Sea arbitration and The Hague duties.
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Washington
Wilson
Robert Lansing
White House
Lansing
New Hampshire
Department of State
Garrison
Daniels
Tumutty
John W. Foster
State Department
John Bassett Moore
Watertown
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United States
Bering See
Bering Sea Claims Commission
The
Hague
Italian fleet sails to join Anglo-French in Dardanelles actions
June 25 dispatch reports an Italian fleet departing Taronto for Tenedos to unite with the Anglo-French squadron in Dardanelles operations. Also noted are land title details for Mrs Dru silla Carr near Gary and a humanitarian relief appeal for Guerrero’s starving Mexican population.
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London
Taronto
Tenedos
Dardanelles
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Valparaiso
Ind
Drusilla Carr
Gary
Washington
Guerrero
New York
Andrews
Hne
John 8. Thayer
Haverford
Pat
Pennsylvania, Railroad
Five Men Drown When Boat Capsizes at Republican River
Five men die when a small boat capsizes on the Republican river at Junction City Kap at night. Four of the drowned are identified as negro soldiers from Fort Riley. The victims' identities remain unknown. Harvard Dedicates Widener Library in Cambridge with a $2,000,000 memorial and honorary degree ceremony led by President Lowell.
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Kap
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Republican River
Harvard Dedicates
Cambridge
Maes
Widener Memorial
Harvard
Lowell
Indictment in Indiana Election Corruption Probe
Indianapolis June 24 Thomas Taggart Democratic national committeeman for Indiana Mayor Joseph B Dell Samuel V Perrott police chief and 126 others were indicted for conspiracy to commit felony election law violations bribery and blackmail First to acknowledge service Waggart and Reil released on $6000 bond Other indicted include Mayor Bell officials police precinct leaders workers at the polls and voters
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Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Indiana
Joseph B. Dell
Samuel V. Perrott
Polce
Marlon County
Grand Jury
Waggart
Reil
Alvah J. Rucker
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Bell
Election Allicias
Sword
Palls
Voters
US warned by Mexico over landing troops
Mexican authorities in Sonora warn Admiral Howard he must not land forces on Mexican soil as American anxieties rise. Secretary Daniels says no new instructions will be issued, leaving Howard to decide actions and bear consequences. Meantime General Villa reportedly seizes San Luis Potosi, a major northern Mexican city.
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Fritco
Iowa State House
Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
State
Gov. Clarke
St Just
West
State House
Iawa
Attorney General's
Thirty-sixth General Assembly
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Barney
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Lowa
K. L. Walling
Towa Rating Bureau
Washington
Sonora
Admiral Howard
Daniels
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Navy
Howard
Paso
Tex
Io Villa
San Luia Potosi
Mexico
Villa
Teutons Defeated by Russians on Dniester Front
Official war office report notes a six day battle on the Dniester river in Galicia with heavy-axis losses. Russia claims more than seven thousand prisoners taken as Teutonic forces surrender portions of the line. Across in the Dardanelles thirteen hundred Turkish casualties reported in an all day engagement. Allied troops push Turkish trenches and claim control of key positions.
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Petrograd
Cairo
Dardanelles
Airship Sinks Submarine in Baltic Battle Reach
Berlin reports a German airship has sunk a Russian submarine near Gotland Island during May battles. The claim notes aerial bombing and sinking as a historic milestone in air power over sea warfare.
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Berlin
Gotland Island
Pier Gives Way in Russia Killing Over a Hundred
A dispatch from Karen in European Russia reports the collapse of a river pier near Merat A and a pleasure garden 40 miles east of Moscow, resulting in more than 100 deaths and extensive damage.
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Petrograd
Karen
European
Russia
Moscow
9 River
Merat A
Pleasure Arden
Britain defends memorandum on American cargo rights
Washington notes Lord Crewe’s memorandum as an expla nation of cases and regulations rather than a direct answer to the United States note. Experts see little relief for American commerce and expect further strain in U S British diplomatic talks over impartial rights at sea. The memorandum denies certain rights claimed by the United States and signals Britain will tighten its blockade, with limited special concessions for neutral needs.
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Washington
Lord Crewe
Ambassador Page
Deterton
State Department
United States
Ambasaador Page
Great Britain
Germany
Tragic double death near Trinity farm in Alabama
A man and his wife from Decatur Alabama are involved in a deadly incident on a Trinity area farm. The wife reportedly objected to the beating of a child and then fired a weapon, resulting in fatalities. Authorities investigating motive and sequence of events.
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Ala
Wheppia
John Terry
Trinity
Wilson Plans New Policy Steps Amid Submarine Debate
President Wilson weighs diplomatic options as Secretary Lansing prepares the note to Britain on submarine warfare and neutral trade. He tours New England stations with cheers from Windsor and Vermont crowds, awaiting a quiet vacation centered on reading and rest.
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Germany
Great Britain
United Sills
Europe
Lansing
Britain
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Germany to resume submarine warfare if U S demands unmet
Berlin reports Germany will renew submarine warfare if the United States does not accept its terms. Foreign Secretary von Jagow is drafting a reply to the second note, with chief points found in the pre draft. The warning came Friday as tensions over maritime policy heighten between Berlin and Washington.
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Germany
United States
Haute
Polnta
Secon Fean
von Jagow
Yale Crew Defeats Harvard In Regatta At New London
Yale wins the annual varsity crew race at New London by seven lengths over Harvard. The official time shows Yale ahead as Harvard finishes second. Yale also takes the second varsity eight race by about four lengths.
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New London
Yale
Har
Hi Finiah
Harvard
Blue
Alabama prison hangings reported in Birmingham and Anniston
Fragmentary text notes the execution of two convicted murderers in Birmingham and a third in Anniston, with references to a Banner report and local police involvement. The garbled OCR obscures details about identities and dates, but the events are tied to county and state authorities.
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Als
Joe
FF Carter
Syd Jones
Folla
Anniston
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