Victory in Galicia and Isonzo clashes reported
News from June reports a Russian Dniester success capturing cannons and machine guns with officers and men, while Austrians claim Italian attacks at Goritz Gradisca and Monfalcone were checked. British observers say Lemberg remains safe as Austro German forces are repelled. Italian forces push through Predil Pass toward Tarvis as wounded are evacuated at Udine.
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Petrograd
Dniester
Cologne
Germany
London
Italy
Isonzo
Goritz
Gradisca
Monfalcone
Lemberg
Russia
Lemberg J
Zurawne
Russian War Office
Buckowina
Baltic
Trieste
Austria
Paso Udine
Vis Geneva
Predil Pass
Labach
Tarvis
Udine
Paper delivery notice with incorrect carrier timing
The notice asks readers to call 880 if the paper is not delivered by 6 o'clock and to call 2059 after 6:30 for a replacement. It reflects a service error and request for remedy. The draft emphasizes prompt reporting to ensure a copy is sent.
Riots and National Guard Patrol in Illinois Mining Town
Johnson City Illinois June 11 three companies of the Illinois national guard patrol the streets to quell a race disturbance between American and foreign miners after the lynching of Joseph Stranda who allegedly aided in the murder of W E Chapman and wounding his daughter Mrs Benjamin Schull Rioting spread to Whiteash five miles north of Johnson City with several houses burned and the city marshal shot He is hospitalized authorities say the situation is under control
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Johnson City
Lil
Illinois National Guard
Joseph Stranda
Stranda
W. E.chapman
Benjamin Schull
Mmob
John Stranda
W. E B. Chapman
Marion
Williamson County
Here
Whiteash
Marton
Villa clash with subordinate generals sparks hostile tensions
Reports from Galveston dated June 11 say General Villa and General Angeles accuse each other of cowardice and ordered the retreat at Leon. The quarrel risks open hostilities between the constitutionalist forces as tensions rise in the field.
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Galveston
Tex
General Villa
General Angeles
Tia Commandera
Leon
Quartel
Two fishing smacks destroyed by zeppelins
German submarine attacks continued with six ships sunk in 24 hours. Strathcarron was torpedoed off Glasgow with all crew saved. Welfare and Laurestina, two British fishing boats, were sunk by Zeppelin airships in the North Sea. crew rescued by a Dutch smack. Russian bark Thomasina also torpedoed and sunk off Ireland with all hands landed at Queenstown.
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London
Dania
Otago
Strathcarron
Thomasina
Welfare
Laurestina
Hull
Copenhagen
Sweden
Denmark
Glasgow
Yardin
Wales
Strathfarron
Barry
Maas Lule
Holland
North Sea
Ireland
Queenstown
Interned Prinz Eitel crewmen believed to have fled
Washington June 11 Lieut Brauer and certain men of the crew of the German ship Prinz Eitel Friedrich who left the vessel before formal internment and have not returned at Norfolk navy yard are believed to have fled the country Customs Collector Hamilton reported to the treasury department The disclosure followed rumors tied to an Italian steamer arrest and captain Thierschens aboard the Prinz Eitel Third Surgeon Nolte reportedly away from the ship
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Washington, D. C
Brauer
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Norfolk Navy Yard
Hamilton
Norfolk
Treasury Department
Altho
Thierschens
Thierschena A
Prinz Eltel
Nolte
U.S. Rejoinder to Germany on Lusitania Sinking Text
Washington June 11 The secretary of state transmits the American rejoinder to Berlin detailing the United States response to German notes on the Lusitania and Falaba incidents. The note asserts adherence to freedom of the seas for neutral ships and outlines Germany's liability in attacks on neutral vessels, clarifying U S positions and request for full information.
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Washington
Otlows
Berlin
Department of State
United States
Cushing
Steame Cushing
Altho’ i
Lusitania
Great Britain
Germany
London
Bryan praises calm tone in American press
Former Secretary Bryan commends a shift in U S press tone toward the note to Germany. He notes earlier forecasts of firmness gave way to recognition that the note need not mean war and supports peaceful, deliberate action by the people and Congress.
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Bryan
Washington, D. C
Bryan Today
Germany
Fingo
Rebumes Jingoes
Condition of Greek King Much Improved
London reports from Athens say King Constantine shows improved condition. A router dispatch notes temperature 98.8, pulse 102, and respiration 17, with the bulletin issued last evening.
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London
Athens
Conatanine
Austrians Sink British Warship Off Albanian Coast
Official Austrian statement from Vienna dated June 10 says submarine No 4 under Lt Bingale torpedoed and sank a small British Liverpool type cruiser on June 4 thirty miles west of St Jean Medua near the Albanian coast, with six torpedo boats providing protection.
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Berlin
Sayville
Vienna
No 4
Bingale
St. Jean Medua
Innsbruck
Geneva
Adriatic
Warn Mexicans Not To Execute Two Americang
Washington June 11 The American consul at Juarez reports Mexican officials have convicted George Marks and Franklin for alleged counterfeit money circulation. The consul was instructed to seek a stay of execution until the State Department reviews the evidence, noting the men are presumed American.
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Washington, D. C
Juarez
George Marks
Franklin
Ile
State Department
Carmen's Strike Looms Over Chicago Transit
Chicago June 11 W D Mahon president of the international street carmen unions arrived to take charge of the local situation and warned the strike could halt all street cars and elevated lines unless substantial wage advances are granted. Matthew Weatrate and Wilbur Clapp of Walnut Street Church will attend the Cedar Valley Baptist bound at Nashua today and this evening.
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Chicago
W. D. Mahon
International iStreet Carmen
Matthew Weatrate
Wilbur
Clapp
Walnut Street
Cedar Valley Baptist
Nashua
Cadet Testimony Details Advance Exam Information
Annapolis Md June 11 Midshipman George O D Price testified at the court of Inquiry into examinations irregularities saying he knew only one man from the first and second classes who did not have advance information on the last annual exams from the modern languages department. He said copies of sentences were circulated and that most spread the practice as general knowledge. He noted the combined first and second class membership was about 325 and that a midshipman would be mocked for reporting such advance information.
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Annapolis
George OD. Prica
Naval Academy
Court of Inquiry
Department of Modern Languages
Price
Britain Sets Army Total at 3,200,000 for War Service
London reports Parliament has authorized 3,200,009 naval and army personnel for current wars. Premier Asquith rebukes rumors of unpublicized mobilizations. Separately, 6,400 officers and men have died since the war began, excluding losses aboard Princess Irene and Bulwark.
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Britain
London
Asquith
T. J. McNamara
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Sheerness Harbor
Serbs Occupy Albanian Town Elbassaag Near Adriatic
A private message received in Merlin from Athens and telegraphed by the Exchange Telegraph reports Serbian troops have occupied the Albanian town of Elbassaag, about sixty four miles southeast of Scutari, and are said to march toward the Adriatic coast.
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London
Elbassaag
Scutari
Adriatic
Merlin
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Presidents Note Demands Safety at Sea in Firm Friendly Tone
The note urges safety at sea with a firm yet cordial tone and calls on nations to protect lives, insisting on good offices to resolve tensions between Germany and England over maritime commerce. It upholds that the Lusitania was an unarmed vessel and seeks assurances that American lives will be safeguarded.
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Germany
England
Lusitania
Ageka
Reasserts Rights of U S Citizens in War Zone
Washington notes indicate President Wilson's message to Germany pending in Berlin while officials expect it to be delivered to the German foreign office for translation. The note requests assurances that noncombatants and merchant ships will be safeguarded and that Germany will take precautions against contraband war risks. Berlin papers publish bold headlines but provide no commentary.
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Wilson
Germany
U. S
Washington, D. C
Berlin
Cerard
Foreign Office
State Department
Gerard
Pradanné Whanns
lLusitania
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Bryan
W. J. Bryan
Notheing
War horses go on wild stampede near East Alton
Five thousand horses intended for the British and French armies broke from a Hast Alton stockade during an electrical storm last night. They trampled gardens and fences, overran East Alton Benbow City and Woodriver, delayed a Chicago and Alton railroad passenger train, then scattered as dawn patrols hunted them.
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Atton
Hast Alton
Europe
East Alton
Benbow City
Woodriver
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Kiljing
Allies Lose 2000 Killed at Avi Burnu
Wireless dispatch from Constantinople reports heavy fighting at Avi Burnu on the Gallipoli front during the night of June 6 6. The French and British forces suffered more than 2000 killed and the Franco British expedition losses for the week were enormous.
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Berlin
Constantinople
Avi Burnu
Gallipoli
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Stry
Julakew
Slawki
Los Angeles
Estelle L. Lndsay
Lindsey
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Navana
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el Tovar
Groadleaf
Havana
Tadwartia
Amanti
Carmen
Albania
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