Bombing Deaths and Civilian Casualties Across Air Raids
Reports from London and Berlin recount a series of air raids causing heavy civilian losses. Official tallies indicate 58 deaths and numerous injuries from attacks on the northeast coast of England, Karlsruhe, and other targets. Officials condemn the raids as nefarious and call for retaliation, with Germany debating broad escalations, including attacks on London.
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Berlin
Germany
England
London
Condon
Karlsruhe
Paul Becker
Tages Zeitung
Becker
Attacks Renewed At Front In Flanders and France
Heavy fighting erupts along a broad British front in Belgium and France as the Berlin note links the action to Russian reverses in Galicia. British gains near Festubert and Ypres are met with strong German counterattacks. Rheims Cathedral is shelled and French gains around Arras and the Vosges are reported with hundreds captured.
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Belgium
France
Berlin
Galicia
Festubert
Frank
French
Ypres
Hooge
Rheims
German War Office
Arrag
Vosges
Fecht
Nancy
St Ole
Belfort
Karlsruhe Air Raid Annihilates City Core Palaces and Factories
A dispatch from Rotterdam reports a French air raid on Karlsruhe killed about 200 people and dropped fifty bombs. One bomb nearly destroyed a ducal palace serving as commandant HQ, while several shells factories suffered damage. A great panic followed and burials were arranged for secrecy at night.
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Exchange Telegraph Company
Karlsruhe
Japan protests to China over anti-Japanese movement
Tokyo objects to a boycott in the republic following a dispute after negotiations. The Japanese news agency said Japan sent a protest to China about anti-Japanese sentiment and related boycotts. The report mixes transport ads and stray phrases but centers on Tokyo's formal protest and cross-border tensions.
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Republic
Japan
China
2,800,000 Troops Attack Russians on Great Front
Reuters report from Petrograd cites Russian military critics estimating 45 German and 26 Austrian army corps facing Russia, totaling about 2.8 million men. It notes 14 or 15 German corps in Galicia’s Lubiaczowka Wisznis front plus Austrian forces, and about seven German corps in the Baltic provinces.
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Reuter
Petrograd
Lubiaczowka‘Wisznis
Galicia
Baltic
Gerard Raises Hopes Look for an Agreement
Ambassador Gerard reports Berlin officials view the latest American note as a basis for negotiation. German editorials quoted at length show less bitterness and a friendly tone. Officials feel the path to understanding is closer, aided by Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard and von Bernstorff materials expected to clarify the situation.
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Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Gerard
Germany
Berlin
Hts
United States
Norway
Count von Bernstorff
Admit Loss of Saltillo and Carranza Retreats Reported
Carranza officials in Nuevo Laredo admit Saltillo fell to Villa troops under Generals San Roman and Raoul Madero. Carranza forces evacuate Monterey and retreat toward Villaldama. A letter from Monterey notes levies of 500000 pesos and 100000 pesos gold from merchants and banks to pay troops.
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Nuevo Laredo
Saltillo
Villa
San Roman
Raoul Madero
Icamolo
Idlefonzo Vazquez
Villaldama
Officials Open To Smoothing Antitrust Conflicts
Washington reports officials favor less litigation with corporations under the Sherman act. A dissolution suit against International Harvester in the Supreme Court may be near its end, prompting some to seek milder remedies via the trades commission and negotiated agreements to meet regulatory requirements without prolonged costly court battles.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
International Harvester Company
United States Supreme Court
Trades Commission
Russia in decisive Galicia drive near collapse
Berlin dispatch reports a rolling offensive by German Austro Hungarian forces across eastern Galicia beginning May 3 at Tarnow, with 16,000 Russian prisoners and heavy casualties. Russians retreat toward Grodek as Germans push from Tarnow to Lemberg area. fighting along the Dniester continues as Karlsruhe air raid casualties are noted.
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Washington Post
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Galicia
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Hne
Grodek
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San
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Linsingen
Karlsruhe
Presa Publishing Company
New York
Rabbi testifies one of four executed gunmen was innocent
Albany hearing hears Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, chaplain at Sing Sing and the Tombs, claim a gunman among four NY murder defendants was innocent before execution. He cites possible DA admission and cites his own experience witnessing an innocent youth die, urging repeal of the death penalty. He names no suspect but references "Dago Frank" Citrofi.
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Gambler
District Attorney's Office
Albany
Jacob Goldstein
Singsing
the Tombs
New York City
Bill of Rights Committee
The
Constitutional Convention
New York
Herman Rosen
Gov Whitman
Goldstein
Dago Frank
Ctrofici
Strathnairn Sunk by Torpedo Off Scilly Islands
London dispatch reports the British steamer Strathnairn torpedoed and sunk off the Scilly Islands. Twenty-two crew members, including the captain, are drowned. only one Englishman and ten Chinese survive. Survivors landed at Milford Haven. a submarine was sighted but did not rescue the drowning. The Strathnairn weighed 4,386 tons and was bound from Carall to Archangel with coal.
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Verge
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Cunard Steamship Company
Sir Edward Carson
Lusitania
Booth
Carson
Turner
Marines to Yaqui Valley Rescue Mission Prepares
San Diego June 16 The Pacific fleet flagship Colorado sails for Mexican waters with three marine companies while 800 bluejackets and 30 marines are to join an expedition to the Yaqui valley. Yaqui tribesmen have declared war on Germany Mexico and the United States citing recent raids. The move follows a State Department advisory and a conference with Navy officials authorizing action to rescue Americans in peril.
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United States
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Navy
Fifty-Eight Killed in Air Raids and War News Summary
Today's issue highlights the British offensive with fifty-eight killed across three air raids, alongside reports of optimistic Gerard findings, Russians facing defeat, and Carranza ignoring a peace offer. Also noted are society items, sports briefs, and financial notes.
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A & Lusitania
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Taft
Berlin
Catholic University
Martin
Pell Liberal
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R T
Redfield
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World of Sports
German envoy predicts peaceful US Germany settlement
Dr Anton Meyer-Gerhard, departing from the German embassy in Washington, predicts a peaceful settlement between the United States and Germany. He says the Wilson Bryan clash stems from domestic missteps and that German Americans favor the motherland amid wartime successes.
Zorn Attacks Wilson Administration Over Neutrality
Prof Philip Zorn of Bonn University, former Hague Convention member, writes in the Cologne Gazette that the Wilson government lacks a clear conscience in international law. He says the German people blame the Wilson administration for prolonging the war through American supplies, while maintaining friendly views toward the American people.
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Amsterdam
Philip Zorn
Bonn University
Wilson
Cologne
Zorn
America
Convicts In Panama Mountain Fight Surfaces
Special Cable reports fugitives who escaped last week in Veraguas are entrenched in the mountains near Santiago. Police and citizens attacked them today. several on both sides are reported killed. The pursuit continues as authorities seek to end the siege.
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Washington
Panama
Veraguas
Santiago
Rare chick hatched with dog like tail in New Jersey
New York reports one of thirteen chicks hatched in a setting at Elizabeth New Jersey shows a tail resembling a French poodle and appears to have four legs, two of which seem to be dog like.
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Washington
Mary L Duke
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American Tobacco Kings
Anthony J Drexel Biddie, Jr
Biddle
Duke Farm
James E Duke
America
James H Darlington
Harrisburg
Angier Buchanan Duke
Misa Cordelia Biddle
Duke
Ellen Yuille
Florence Gilbert
Caroline Fuller
Lucie Stokes
Yvonne Townsend
Anna Branson
North Carolina
Elizabeth
Lusitania Inquiry Hints At End Of Sinking Probe
London June 16 Baron Mersey signaled the inquiry into the Lusitania disaster would soon close focusing on ship speed during the attack and absence of destroyers as key issues. Naval witnesses argued speed could not have saved the vessel, while discussions noted coal saved and crew inefficiencies amid wartime constraints.
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London
Baron Mersey
Anderson
Booth
Quinn
French torpedo boat sunk after collision near Cherbourg
The French torpedo boat No 331 sank yesterday following a collision with the British steamer Ameya off Cherbourg. Six crew were lost and the remainder were rescued by torpedo boat No 337. No 331, launched in 1907, displaced 97 tons and could reach 26 knots.
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