Georgian Gov Slaton Under Guard As Mob Clashes At Home
Governor Slaton called out the militia after hundreds gathered at Peachtree Road to protest clemency for Leo M. Frank. Martial law was proclaimed as riot police halted the crowd with bayonets, stones and bottles flying. no shots fired. Frank began life at Milledgeville prison after his death sentence was commuted.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Atlanta
Peachtree Road
Slaton
Arnold Parker
W. W. Foppe
Catron
Milledgeville
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Frank
Siegel to serve ten months in Monroe Penitentiary
Henry Siegel former New York banker and department store owner today waived further stay of execution and left for Rochester to begin ten months in Monroe County Penitentiary. He had been to decide on offering $150000 to 14000 depositors who lost $2224000 in his banks, and accepted the sentence after a conference with his counsel. A grand jury inquiry followed protests from depositors who objected to the partial payment.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Geneseq
Henry Siegel
New York
Gore
Rochester
Monroe County
Siegel
McKenna Seeks Blank Check for Wartime Loan in Commons
The House of Commons approves a first reading for a bill enabling Reginald McKenna to raise up to about one billion pounds for war needs. The loan will be issued at par, 4.5 percent interest, redeemable 1925 to 1945, with subscriptions via Bank of England, post office bonds, or other methods.
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the Commercial Tribune
London
House of Commons
Reginald McKenna
Stock Exchange
Midshipman Testimony at Naval Inquiry on Cheating
Testimony before the naval academy court of inquiry links Midshipman R M Nelson to the cribbing scandal. W R Nichols and four classmates testified they visited Nelson's room the night before a Spanish exam and he read from typewritten sheets. He allegedly warned them not to be discouraged if the “dope” proved bad.
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Annapolis
R. M. Nelson
Naval Academy
W. R. Nichols
Nelson
Teutons seize Rawa Ruska and press on Lemberg
Berlin reports Rawa Ruska falls to Austro German forces in Galicia and German General Von Mackensen seizes a railway to cut Russian retreat toward Lemberg. Austro German advance narrows toward the Galician capital, while Grand Duke Nicholas orders withdrawal south of the Dniester.
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London
Rawa Ruska
Berlin
Galicia
Teutons
Lemberg
von Mackenzen
Grodek
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Dniester River
Turkish forces gain ground on Gallipoli Peninsula
Turkish troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula launched an offensive and inflicted heavy losses on the Franco British left wing. Ottoman artillery fire forced the Allied forces to shift positions as the Turks bombarded new lines and silenced enemy guns.
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the Commercial Tribune
London
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Thaw and mother confident on eve of trial
Mary Copley Thaw arrives in New York from Pittsburg ready for the open hearing to decide if Harry K. Thaw is sane and entitled to freedom. She expects the jury to find him sane. Thaw greets his mother in Ludlow Street Jail and awaits witnesses including Sheriff Drew and Del Stevens.
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the Commercial Tribune
New York
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Pittsburg
Henrick
Ludlow Street
Drew
Coos County
N. Y
del Stevens
Colebrook
N. H
Federal Commission
New Hampshire
Villa Army Defeated by Indians in Yaqui Valley
Special Dispatch reports a Villa detach ment sent south to guard foreigners in the Yaqui Valley was routed by Yaqui Indians twenty-five miles south of Empalme Sonora. The action cost forty Villa dead and a machine gun lost with twenty five more killed in a prior skirmish. Yaqui raiders also sacked Mochis and killed John Jamiston a British subject.
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Nogales
Ariz
Villa
Yaqui
Empalme
Sonora
Mexico
Mochis
John Jamiston
Carranza denies break with Obregon amid reports
General Carranza telegrams here denying any rupture with Obregon and labels reports as intrigues of reactionaries. Villa ally Liorente claims Angeles's U S visit shows no break with Villa. State Dept cautious, Admiral Howard's Colorado arrives at Guaymas as Yaqui troubles unfold.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
General Carranza
Obregon
Enrique C. Liorente
Villa
General Angeles
United States
State Department
Howard
Guaymas
Roosevelt
Peace Talks Burgeon as Mexican Leaders Reach US
Washington reports the surprising arrival of General Felipe Angeles, Villa’s top military aide, amid persistent friction between Carranza and Obregon. Officials discuss possible moves by opposing factions to pursue peace urged by President Wilson.
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Washington
United States
Felipe Angeles
General Villa
Carranza
Obregon
Mexico
Wilson
Joliot Convicts Rise Against Negroes Held for Killing Mrs Allen
In Joliet Illinois on June 21 6000 convicts faced guards after threats to Joe Campbell and Walter Edwards the only suspects in the death of Mrs Allen wife of Warden Edmund Allen. Coroner's inquest into her charred bed room death continued with fingerprint evidence expected from Chicago experts.
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Joliet
Ill
Warden Allen
Chicago
Commercial Tribune
Joe Campbell
Walter Edwards
Edmund Allen
Campbell
Allen
P. D. Clarkson
Edwards
Allens
Michael Kane
Mrs. Allen
M. P. Evans
Chicago Police
German Plot Seen in Wrecking of Canada Plant
Windsor Ontario June 21 explosion partially wrecked the Peabody Company overall factory at Walkerville. Police and military investigate German sympathizers from Detroit as 26 sticks of dynamite were found under Windsor Armory, fuse burnt out.
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Windsor
Ont
Peabody Company, Limited
Walkerville
Horace B. Peabody
Overall
Detroit
Windsor Armory
Descartes Lands Sailors at Cape Haitien to Protect Civilians
The French cruiser Descartes has landed bluejackets at Cape Haitien to safeguard lives and property after government forces captured the city. State Department reports from Port au Prince say no American forces have been landed.
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Washington
Descartes
Cape Haitien
State Department
Port Au Prince
New Note Prepared Over Flag Misuse by English Steamers
State Department officials say a new note to Great Britain will address further interruptions to neutral commerce and misuse of neutral flags by English steamers. They report multiple complaints were submitted to London, with Britain denying the U-29 incident and Berlin linking it to submarine warfare talks.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Great Britain
State Department
London Foreign Office
Sweden
Berlin
United States
Germany
General de Wet Found Guilty of Treason in South Africa
General Christian de Wet, leader of the 1914 rebellion in the Orange Free State and Western Transvaal, is convicted of treason on eight counts in Bloemfontein. Sentencing deferred until tomorrow after capture on a Waterbury farm in British Bechuanaland.
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Bloemfontein
Union of South Africa
London
Christian de Wet
General de Wet
Orange Free State
Western Transvaal
Waterbury
British Buchuanaland
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