Mexico City Looms in Carbanzi War as Zapata Faction Fights On
General Pablo González moves to seize Mexico City after Texcoco fall as Obregon’s troops invest Aguas Calientes. Chazaro, Vila‑Zapata ally, challenges Wilson policy, claiming U.S. interference aims to aid a hostile regime. Food shortages in Vera Cruz prompt Navy relief plan.
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Calveston
Tex
Rome
Pablo Gonzales
Alexico
Texcoco
Vera Cruz
Obrejggon
Lagos
Aguas Calientes
Zapata
Berlin Thinks Greece May Not Join the Allies
Cologne via London reports a Berlin dispatch on Greece’s general election outcome and Venizelos. It says doubt remains whether he would back armed intervention with the Allies if King Constantine again entrusts him with affairs. The dispatch notes changes after the Dardanelles, with Britain’s sacrifices, Bulgaria and Romania's stalled cooperation, and shifting regional conditions.
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Cologne
London
Berlin
Greece
M. Venizelos
Constantine
Dardanelles
England
Bulgaria
Roumania
British Lose Ground at Gallipoli Positions Near Avi Burnu
A report from Avi Burnu on Gallipoli indicates British forces have surrendered most of their former positions along the west coast. They now occupy a narrow crescent north of Gaba Tepe, about 2,800 yards long and eleven yards wide at the broadest, with three small hill crests and a beach, while suffering limited water and no shelter from the sun.
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Constantinople
Jug
Berlin
Sayville
Avi Burnu
Gallipoli
Associated Press
Gaba Tepe
Canadian Hero Falls In Aeroplane Deaths Rise
Paris reports Canadian aviator Reginald A J Warneford killed testing a new aeroplane near Paris. American writer Henry B. Needham also died as a passenger. Warneford earlier shot down a Zeppelin over Belgium, earning the Victoria Cross and Legion of Honor. Needham's wife Mme Needham accompanied him earlier in Europe.
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Paris
Reginald
A. J. Warneford
Belgium
Lieut. Warneford
Henry B. Needham
Lieut Warneford
Warneford
Zepsielin
Needham
Europe
New York
Mgre
America
Work to Rescue Entombed Miners in Joplin
Five hundred miners worked in five hour shifts night and day for hours digging into seventy feet of earth and stone to reach entombed miners Daniel Tardenorf and Reed Taylor in Joplin Missouri.
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Joplin
Dantel Trardenorf
Reed Taylor Pris
Dreadnought Arizona Christened With Wine And Water
Washington June 18 the dreadnought Arizona will be christened with both wine and water tomorrow as she slides from the Ways at the New York navy yard. Governor Bunt and the Arizona launching party met President Wilson and Secretary Daniels to clear up all doubts about the ceremony. A carboy of water and a traditional bottle of wine will be used in the christening amid festivity and naval ritual.
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Washington, D. C
Arizona
New York Hazy Yard
Governor Bunt
Wilsen
Daniels
Roosevelt Dam
Haunt
Berlin Officials Meet as German Envoy Reports to Solf
Berlin reports on Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard’s communications from Washington as Count von Bernstorff’s emissary holds talks with Dr Solf and Jagow. Diplomats weigh Germany’s second note on the Lusitania and tensions between advocates of settlement and hardliners continue the newspaper war.
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Berlin
London
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Washington
Germany
Count von Bernistorff
Foreign Office
W. S. Soli
Gottlieb von Jagow
Ammerman
Meyer-Gerhard
United States
Solf
Self
Lusitania
Dr. Self
Count von Hernstorff
Lansing
Alfred Meyer
Meyer
Prisoners Rescued After Seven-Day Air Drift Trapping
Seven men were trapped by an air line drift at Neck City for seven days until tanpings revealed they were alive. Four others, including Hardenorf and Taylor, were rescued earlier, with E l Tovar of Broadleaf Havana among the reported survivors.
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Longacre Chapman
Neck City
Aa Hardenorf
Taylor
May land troops to fight Yaqui Indians
San Diego dispatch reports orders to dispatch three cruisers to the west coast of Mexico and authorize Admiral Howard to land an expedition if needed. The Colorado leads three Fourth Regiment Marines toward Guaymas area near Tovaribay, while Chatamoga and Raleigh sail after. Esperanza, an American colony near Guaymas, is said to be in danger amid Yaqui attacks.
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San Diego
Cal
Yaqui
Sonora
Mexico
Thomas B. Howard
Colorado
Washington
United States Marine Corps
W. N. McKelvy
Lower California
Chattemooga
Raleleh
Tovaribay
Guaymas
Runi
Esperanza
British Fleet Traced Refuge From Submarines Near Imbros
A June report from Constantinople cites a correspondent who says the British fleet is sheltering in Kefali Bay near Imbros to escape German submarines. Observers on shore reported ships at anchor in the bay as Turkish forces reportedly planted mines under British vessels.
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Constantinople
Rns
Berlin
Sayville
Associated Press
Gallipoli Peninsula
Germes
Kefali Bay
Omat
Imbros Island
Gallipoli
Quas
Bryan Proposes Mediation to Prevent War Outline
Washington June 18 Former Secretary of State William J Bryan ends his series on The Causeless War by urging mediation as the Way Out He calls for universal extension of his peace treaty plan with a permanent international commission to investigate disputes and a worldwide educational movement to foster brotherhood among nations He argues that great nations cannot be exterminated and that the United States as a leading neutral should repeatedly offer mediation to end the war and avert further bloodshed.
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Washington, D. C
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Investigation Commission
Uge OL Poalg
Mr. Bryan
Germany
Paris
Berlin
Ennte
United States
Order Probe of Poison Bullet Sale by U S Factory
Washington cabinet session covers Mexican situation and postage charges. discusses German diplomacy and response timing. A Cleveland firm advertised cartridges said to release poisonous gases causing pain and death within four hours. Commerce Dept to conduct an investigation into such contributory violations under The Hague Convention.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Europe
Germany
United
Department of Commerce
Delivery Service Notice From Carriers
If the paper is not delivered by six o clock due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 8390 and no copy will be sent after six thirty, call 2069.
Railroads swept away and towns razed in flood warnings issued
Six inches of rain fell at Beloit Kansas with two inches at Numorona in Iowa Missouri and Nebraska. The district eight hundred miles wide bore the gale tornado destroyed a farmer's home near Lamonte Missouri and caused heavy potato losses across Kansas.
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Beloit
Kas
Numorona
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Farmer
Lamonte
Kansas
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Southern
Northern
Kansas River Valley
Missouri River
Jefferson City
Weather Bureau
Kansan
Kan
Jamonte
Jra C. Rinel
Joplin
Salina
Oscar Olaon
Ernest Brandt
Beatrice
Ned
Will
Winds, floods kill six in Kansas and injure twenty
Severe storms swept Kansas and Missouri with winds and heavy rain. Six people were killed and more than twenty injured in Kansas, as unroofed houses and destroyed buildings were reported across Paris and Lamonte. Flood warnings were issued along the Kansas and Missouri rivers with rail lines delayed and several tornado reports referenced in multiple counties.
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Kansas
Kanaae City
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Paris
Lamonte
Dee Moines
Estern
Allied Force Annihilated at La Base2
Official announcement from Bertin via London states Allied Force annihilated at La Base2 on June 18. Report notes rapid action and small casualty figure, with confirmation of base loss and ongoing security operations in the region.
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Bertin
London
Teuton advance upon Lemberg unchecked amid war news
London reports Austro German forces in Galicia advance on schedule toward Lemberg. Vienna claims Grodek district partly under Teutonic control. Petrograd disputes loss but says Russians gather to defend Lemberg. French offensive continues with small gains as Dardanelles news is scarce. News of wreck and flood casualties appears alongside railway leader drownings in Kansas.
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Galicia
von Maeckensen
Vienna
Grodek
Teutonia
Petrograd
Lemberg
Vosgenjagern
Dardanelles
Atralts Secon
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the Treasury
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Misa McAdoo
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John Atwood
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Inha Burges
Onaga
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Topaka
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Arthur Covey
Amall Child
Harry Bell
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