Seward Road Law Suit Over 1.15 Million Purchase Price
Washington June 16 Associate Justice Wendell P Stafford orders government officials to show cause why a restraining order should not bar paying 1 150 000 for the Alaska Northern Railroad The suit filed by BE A Shedd & Company and John R Thompson of Chicago seeks a receiver to collect and distribute the purchase price and alleges secret payments to promoters and bondholders The case highlights complex Seward railroad dealings and potential title issues with the government buyers and Canadian bondholders
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Seward Road
Washington, D. C
Wendell P. Stafford
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Alaska Northern Railroad
John R. Thompson
Chicago
Alaska Central
Seward
Alaska Northern
Estate of Sir Hugh Lane Bequeaths to Dublin and London Galleries
The bulk of Sir Hugh Lane's estate, the art expert who perished on the Lusitania, is left to public galleries in Dublin and London. The principal items are his paintings collections and related art holdings.
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Dublin
Hugh Lane
London
Japan protests as Chinese boycott harms trade
A news agency reports Japan formally protests Chinese anti Japanese boycott efforts across Shanghai and Hankow. The movement seeks to cripple Japanese trade as Chinese anger over recent war related demands grows, with circulating slips and arrests of distributors.
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Torio
China
Japan
Shanghai
Hankow
Kingdom of the Mikado
Was Meyer Gerhard a German agent in U S safety passage
The State Department investigates charges against Meyer Gerhard, a German believed to be Dr Alfred Meyer chief of the German army supply department. He was given safe conduct through U S lines amid Lusitania talks, accused of secretly buying war munitions in the United States while posing as an accredited messenger.
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United States
Meyer Gerhard
Washington
State Department
All 1
von Bernstorff
Lusitania
Gerhard
Anton Meyer Gerhard
Alfred Meyer
German Red Cross Organization
Russians Retire Slowly in Galicia as Brunt Shifts
London reports the Russian left stalls its advance in Galicia while blood runs heavy on both sides. Advices from Petrograd say Russians pulled back into Bessarabia from Czernowitz as German reinforcements push near Jaroslaw. Russian claims cite gains on the Tismenitza and Stry rivers offsetting reverses elsewhere.
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London
Galicia
Petrograd
Bessarabia
Czernowitz
Jaroslaw
San
Russian War Office
Tismenitza
Stry
Zeppelin Raids England Coast Killing Civilians
British war office reports a Zeppelin raided the northeast coast of England last night. Explosive and incendiary bombs killed 15 non combatants and wounded 15. fires started were extinguished with little structural damage.
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London
British War Office
England
Russian Grand Duke Constantine Dies in Petrograd
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovitch, a member of the Russian ruling family and noted for war service, died in Petrograd last night of heart disease. His death removes a prominent figure in the wartime leadership and court.
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Petrograd
Constantine Constantinovitch
Death of Grand Duke in Imperial Academy Office
The grand duke, active in government councils during the war, served as president of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. He influenced army efficiency and his counsel was highly valued by the war office. He died at his desk in the Academy building.
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Russian Empire
Ile
Imperial Academy of Sciences
War Office
Academy
Bryan projects US aid for peage move after war
Washington June 16 William J Bryan outlines the first section of his forthcoming statement on the European disturbance titled Causeless War He predicts a great peace making opportunity for the United States before the war ends and urges an international conference to define neutral rights and international law to prevent further wars.
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Washington
D.C
William J Bryan
Bryan
United States
British Troops Take German Trenches West of La Bassee
Paris reports British forces captured a line of German trenches west of La Bassee after a heavy shelling. The assault was described as successful with comparatively light British losses.
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Paris
la Bassee
French Torpedo Boat No 331 Sunk After Collision With Arleya
In dense fog off Cherbourg on June 16, French torpedo boat No 331 sank after a collision with the British steamer Arleya. Six crewmen are missing, all others were saved. The Arleya sustained minor damage and ferried injured sailors to the marine hospital.
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Cherbourg
Marine Hospital
French Aeroplane Raid Kills and Wounds Dozens at Karlsruhe
Authorities report 19 killed and 14 seriously wounded after a flotilla of five French aeroplanes bombarded Karlsruhe yesterday. Many others were slightly wounded. property damage figures are not released.
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Karlsruhe
Count Zeppelin Illness Delays Imperial Airship Plans
Count Zeppelin, inventor of the famous German dirigible, lies seriously ill at his home with bronchitis and has been unable to attend a planned visit to the Imperial headquarters where key airship fleet decisions were to be discussed.
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Amsterdam
Count Zeppelin
Englishman in Army Receives German Title
London June 16 The new badge in The Kitchen army is a private who holds a title because Queen Victoria’s grandfather granted the right though conferred in Germany.
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London
Bade Reuter
Kitchen Army
Germany
Chicago Tree Car Strike Ends Today
Chicago June 16. Municipal officials report street cars began at midnight last Sunday and resumed by 5 this morning after arbitration talks. The strike, brief and impactful, halted all lines and drew public sympathy as workers claim grievances to be remedied. Jack Dalton P W Lee and Secretary Carpenter are named in the report. Passengers surveyed the situation at Abercrombie.
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Chicago
Jack Dalton
P. W. Lee
Canoe Pass
Northwestern Sails For Seattle From Cordova
The steamship Northwestern sailed for Seattle after loading copper ore for the Tacoma smelter and carrying 5,000 cases of salmon from the Copr River Packing Company. The ship departed Cordova with passengers Mrs. Lewis Husdal M Q Klepack L Mickkelsen B Claus and two steerage and Hattie Emmerich W L Smith for Juneau. The vessel carried 300 tons of Hamlar ore and an estimated value of 275000 for 1 200 tons of Bonanza ore.
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Northwestern
Cordova
Tacoma
Copy River Packing Company
Seattle
Lewis Husdal
M. Q. Klepack
C Steel
L. Mickkelsen
B. ©. Claus
Por Juneau
M Hattie Emmerich
W. L. Smith
Bonanza
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San Francisco
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