Russia and United States plan unity to aid allies
Special Ambassador Boris A. Bakhmetieff declares Russia vows to fight Germany to the end, rebuilds under new government, and seeks close cooperation with the United States. He emphasizes mobilizing resources, aiding the Allies, and forging durable friendship between nations. The message urges American understanding of Russia’s aims and the path to broader democracy.
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Russia
Boris A. Bakhmetieff
Penopic
United States
Germans Suppress Paper for Opposing Killing of Children
Amsterdam reports that the Breslau socialist newspaper Volkswacht has been suppressed for protesting air raids on London that killed women and children. The Volkswacht quotes British comrades facing danger and marvels they avoid lynching while seeking talks in Stockholm.
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Amsterdam
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Breslau
Volkswacht
London
Stockholm
Mexico Ousts Americans Over Labor Clash at Cananea
Cananea copper mill and smelters in Sonora were closed by management after a dispute with the Mexican government over American workers. All Americans were told to return to the United States. No disorder occurred, but idleness of about ten thousand Mexican laborers may cause distress. The shutdown followed a government order to replace American workers with Mexicans.
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Nace
Ariz
Milla
Cananea Consolidated Copper Company
Cananea
Sonora
Mexico
Here
United States
James F. Powers
Naugatuck
Conn
France and Italy Lose Twelve Ships
Paris reports five French merchantmen of over 1 600 tons each sunk by submarines or mines in the week to June 1. Rome says two Italian steamers and five sailing ships were torpedoed, with two more steamers attacked but escaped. In the same period 698 ships entered Italian ports and 531 ships sailed out.
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Paris
Rome
Tjallap
Coal Shippers Form Pool For War Time Distribution
Coal shippers reach wartime pooling agreement to send bituminous coal to New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Hampton Roads reducing cars used and speeding shipments. Chairman Harrison of the railroad war board estimated the pool could haul about 4,640,000 tons to the ports, roughly 20 percent more than last year.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Harrison
Railroad War Board
Morgenthau to Egypt to direct relief funds
Henry Morgenthau former ambassador to Turkey sails for Egypt to oversee the Joint Distribution Committee relief funds for Jewish war sufferers. He is accompanied by Prof. Frankfurter of Harvard Law School, serving as assistant to Secretary of War Baker.
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New York
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Egrpt
Joint Distribution Committee
Prof
Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Ansistant
Baker
Infatuation ends in murder suicide in Wisconsin
Miss Grace Lusk, a young school teacher, shot and killed Mrs. Roberts, the wife of Dr. David Roberts, former state veterinarian, then fired on herself at the staircase altar in Waukesha. She held Dr. Roberts and Police Chief Don McKay at bay, crying I love him as she aimed the revolver. Her self inflicted wounds left her alive but gravely injured.
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Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
David Roberts
Roberts
Miss Lusk
Mrs. Roberts
Dr. Roberts
Don McKay
Bianca Mii
Germán Drive Teutons Suffer Severe Defeats and Advances
German offensives east of Vauxaillon and in Champagne are repulsed as French counter attacks retake most lines. British and French artillery duels intensify near Dixmure Pypegaale and Maubeuge area. German reports claim heavy losses with limited gains at Moisy farm and Mont Carnillet sectors.
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Mont Carillet
Vauxaill
Moisy Farm
Champagne
Mont Carmiilet
Mont Blond
France
Field Marshal
Haig
Belgium
Dixmure
Pypegaale
Paris
War Office
Vauxallion
Harteblee
Craonne
Mont Carnillet
Mont Fiond
London
Bapaume-Cambrai
Laventie
Lombaertzyde
Lombaertzyfe
S Earpe River
Bertin
Soissons
Aisne
Hooge
Ypres
Vermeles
Loos
Rhineland
Japanese Diet Convenes in Tokyo Amid Navy Credit Talks
Tokyo reports the Japanese diet convened to discuss a $50,000,000 credit for a larger navy and the Chinese problem. The Terauchi government appears to have nationwide support as sessions begin.
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Tokyo
Terauchi
U S Destroyer Rescues 19 at Sea in Brave Action
The Associated Press report from base of the American Flotilla in British waters describes an American destroyer rescuing nineteen men from a British merchant crew after a torpedo strike. A second boat with eighteen is missing. six engine room crew killed. Survivors praise the destroyers and the American sailors as lifesaving.
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Associated Press
Safety Gates Up Train Kills Four in Elkton
A Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington train struck an automobile in Elkton, killing Samuel Simmons his wife Hannah Simmons their seven year old son Ward Simmons and farmhand George Foster. The gates at the crossing were reported up and the car was hurled into the air. The locomotive pilot carried the latest fatalities for about a half mile. Coroner H D Litzenberg ordered a jury for an inquest the next day.
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Washington Post
Elkton
Samuel Simmons
Hannah Simmons
Ward Simmons
George Foster
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Fasteva
H. D. Litzenberg
Train Kills Three in Busy New Jersey Worksite
A Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed into a work crew heading to the DuPont site at Parlin, South River. Two men died instantly and a third died later at a hospital. Ten were injured, with the most serious taken to New Brunswick hospital. Victims include William T. Moran of Stamford and Frank Bailey of Flatbush. Thomas Carroll of New York died at the hospital.
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South River
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Amboy
Jamesboro
Aley
E. Tt. du Pont de Nemoure
Parlin
New Brunswick
William T. Moran
Stamford
Stamford, Conn., and Frank Bailey, of Flatbush
Brooklyn
Thomas ‘Carroll
New York
Five Die as Train Strikes Auto Near Terre Haute
In Terre Haute, Indiana, Timothy Wrenn a local labor leader, and four children were killed when their car collided with a Ble Four passenger train three miles north of the city. Two of the children were Wrenn’s daughters, others were relatives.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Timothy Wrenn
Wrenn
Orders of Chivalry Open to Women Are Founded in England
London announces two new royal orders recognizing wartime service. The Order of the British Empire grants five classes with knighthood for men and dame titles for women. The second, Order of Companions of Honor, has one class and accepts women, carrying no title.
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England
London
Order of Companions of Honor
Steel price row grips Congress probe in steel talks
Congressional investigators pressed United States Steel Corporation chief William Farrell as shipping board chair William Denman demanded a fixed price of 35072 per ton for steel plates for warships. Denman warned only a full congressional airing could alter the stance, and the meeting ended with both sides unmoved.
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William Denman
Shipping Board
Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
America
Denman
Steel Company
Congress
Italian Attack Widens On Tyrolean Front
Amsterdam reports the Tyrolean battle has grown vast with drumfire through the night. The front extends from Sugana valley to Asiago. Vienna says after a day of artillery prep Italian infantry attacked Sette Communi plateau, but enemy assaults were repelled by strong Italian defense with a small local gain erased by counterattack.
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Amsterdam
Cologne
Sette Communi
Tyrol
Sugana Valley
Asiago
Vienna
Monte Ferno
Submarine Attacks Lifeboats Killing Eight Persons
Paris reports a German submarine torpedoed a British steamer and then fired on lifeboats, killing eight occupants. A patrol boat rescued 50 men from a submerged British steamer and later repelled two nearby submarines with its guns. Another patrol boat saved 40 men from another British steamer.
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Paris
Admiralty
Brittany
Killire
Revolt Fears Over Canadian Conscription Sparks Commons Debate
Ottawa June 1 threats of rebellion and civil war were voiced in the Canadian Commons by L. P. Gauthier a prominent French Canadian Liberal. He warned revolt would come if conscription were forced on Canada. Sir Wilfrid Laurier listened in silence.
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Ottawa
Canadian Commons
L. P. Gauthier
Canada
Wilfrid Laurier
Sayre Named YMCA Secretary With American Troops in France
Francis B. Sayre, son-in-law of President Wilson, is appointed to serve as a Young Men's Christian Association secretary with American troops in France. Announcement made today.
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New York
Francis B. Sayre
Wilson
Youngs Men's Christian Association
France
Red Cross Drive Surpasses 62 Million In Four Days
News from headquarters shows about 18 million raised yesterday bringing the four day total to over 62 million. New York contributed more than 27 million while the rest of the country added about 35.1 million. West reports show rising activity placing it third, with the north central division leading at over 15.6 million and the middle Atlantic near 10 million. Wilmington Delaware reports 646 thousand, Newark adds small gifts, and Cincinnati pledges over its 1 million quota. President Wilson calls Red Cross week a rare privilege to prove sacrifice and unselfishness, urging New Yorkers to match need with generosity.
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Mgmy
West
North Central
Middle Atlantic
New England
South
Rockefeller Foundation
Wilmington
Del
Newark
N. J
Cleveland
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Indianapolis
Columbus
Toledo
Minneapolis
Puchta
Reading
Wyomissing
Englewood
Far West
Wilson
New York
Red Cross Committee
America
Physiscians Wife by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Post magazine previews a forthcoming installment featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's romance A Phy siologist's Wife written in Doyle's distinctive Holmes era voice. The piece promises a complete story in one installment by a famed living writer.
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America
England
Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Doyle
News Index Fragment From The Era
Fragmented OCR lists assorted items and headings including society notes, sports, finance, and city briefs. The readable segments mention topics like Germans, socialism, Greece, food waste, and public notices amid scattered phrases and broken terms.
Cocchi Held in Italy in Cruger Murder Inquiry
New York reports a public inquiry into police handling of the Miss Cruger disappearance. Acting Captain Alonzo Cooper and three detectives were suspended as the inquiry, directed by Commissioner Wallstein, opens. witnesses include Cooper and others connected to the case. Alfredo Cocchi, linked to the crime, was reportedly arrested in Italy though confirmation was pending. A blood stained knife found at Cocchi’s shop yard is cited as a key clue.
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New York
Alonzo Cooper
Miss Cruger
Frank McGee
John la Garenne
Billon
Faurot
Wood
Cruger
Leonard Wallstein
Accounts
Mitchel
Cooper
Sergio, Meee
la Garenne
Wallstein
Swann
Woods
Marie Cocchi
Alfredo Cocchi
Wallgtein
Cocchi
Whitman
Department of State
Italy
Clocchi
Misa Cruger
Rome
Uth Cruger
F Omna
Suohwesad
Lee Wobe
Keep Pickets Moving at White House Sparks Riots
A New York official urges clearing sidewalks to end the White House picketing nuisance. suffrage banners reappear after two riots as police strip canvases to prevent a third. 2000 protesters watch as banners are torn and new messages reference Wilson and Congress, while some men demolish a Russian‑commission banner.
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White House
New York City
Washington
New York
National Woman's Party
Wilson
Congress
Laskey
Lucy Burks
Catherine Morey
Cameron
Lafayette Square
Friends of Suffrage
Anna Howard Shaw
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Brave third day in Bly delivers suffrage protest momentum
Led by Mrs. Dee Richardson the Bly rally drew crowds as Free Gates of Flaunting Yellow suffrage devices were used for the first time since picketing began. The event caused excitement with few injuries. Mrs. Richardson was arrested then released amid jubilant suffragists.
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Dee Richardson
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