England Ready to Modify German Blockade
Berlin reports the German reply to the American note will be ready in about a fortnight as Kaiser Wilhelm may return to Berlin to review Meyer's report. Ambassador Gerard attended a luncheon with Jagow and Zimmerman where the facts were discussed. London officials deny knowledge of England signaling a blockade modification if Germany shifts submarine warfare.
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Berlin
Kaiser
Meyer Gerhard
Gerard
Jagow
Zimmerman
Germany
England
London
BM le
United States
United Press
Prite
Europe
BE. M. House
New York
Great Britain
France
Three Women Fined for Drunken Disorderly Driving
Minnie Barnes Hattie Mitchell and Mrs Keakle fined 8 dollars each by Justice Heck for being drunk and disorderly and for careless driving after testing a horse and buggy on Shantytown boulevard. In default they went to jail. a large Baltimore street crowd watched the incident unfold as officers Johnson and Clark transported the trio to the station.
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Minnie Barnes
Hattie Mitchell
Baltimore Street
Georgia Reynolds
James Davis
Mary Mitchell
Thomas Wilson
Johnson and Clark
Lusitania Inquiry Opens With Murderers Claim
Sir Edward Carson denounces the Lusitania crew as murderers at Westminster as Lord Mersey leads the formal inquiry. Carson contests claims Lusitania was armed and argues the ship may have been torpedoed by two to three hits while making 18 knots.
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London
Sir Edward Carson
Central Hall
Westminster
Lord Mersey
Board of Trade
Carson
Final Message Urges Compulsory Training for Beloved America
The famous English actor Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson spoke on American soil urging readiness. He called for compulsory military training in public schools and for all young men to be trained as soldiers.
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America
Johnston Forbes-Robertson
England
London pamphleteers blamed as police search many London presses
Hamburg reports police searched numerous London printing houses for pamphlets denouncing the government and admiralty. The leaflets claim wartime costs reach hundreds of millions, predicting further costly operations, and accuse Irish activists of involvement.
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Hamburg
England
London
Hamburger Nachrichten
Admiralty
Dardanelles
Suez Canal
German
Africa
Great Britain
Neuve Chapelle
West Side resident attends Wimler Ray bout last night
Frank Payne of Connellsville in the West Side witnessed the boxing match between Eddie Wimler and Johnny Ray last night. Payne observed the event and noted the confrontation area and crowd presence.
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Frank Payne
West Side
Connellsville
Eddie Wimler
Johnny Ray
Prominent Speakers for Frederick District Epworth League Meet
The Frederick district Epworth Leagues of Methodists plan a three day convention at Lonaconing Methodist Church starting June 22. Over two hundred delegates from Frederick to Barnum will attend with speakers from Foundry M E Church Washington Center Street M E Church and McKendree Church Baltimore delivering main addresses and an institute.
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Frederick
Epworth League
Ppworth
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lonaconing
Barnum
W. Va
W. R. Wedderspoon
Foundry
M. BE
Piedmonter Among West Virginia U Graduates
Henry Clyde Schramm of Piedmont was among 107 graduates at the University of West Virginia Morgantown. The class was the largest in the institution’s history. Schramm earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. Other graduates included Jeanne Martiller and Harris Mullennex with bachelor of arts, Xenna Bent and John Raese with bachelor of science in agriculture, Dana Roberta Ervin, and William Smith Downs who earned civil engineering degrees.
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Henry Clyde Schramm
Piedmont
University of West Virginia
Morgantown
Jeanne Martiller
Harris Pierson Mullennex
Elkine
Xenna Pearl Bent
Elkins
John Curtis Raese
Davis
Dana Roberta
Ervin
William Smith Downs
Martinsburg
Chicago Still Fights Strike Paralyzing Transit
Chicago on June 15 remains almost without transportation aside from the Jitney and Shank's Mare. A strike of 15,000 car men is still in effect, leaving the city in a frontier transportation state.
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Chicago
Mohammedan War Prisoners in Germany Visit Camp
Berlin reports visitors from the Islamic world toured the Wuensdorf prison camp near Zossen where Mohammedan war prisoners are held. Noted figures Abdur Rachid Ibrahim Halim Sabit Bey Muhammad Ferid Bey Dr Fahmi and Ali Shamsi met with inmates expressing satisfaction with treatment and the new mosque. Seven German officers in charge spoke Afrian with the prisoners.
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Berlin
Wuensdorf
Zossin
Abdur Rachid Ibrahim
Halim Sabit Bey
Isham Meshhmaasi
Muhammet Ferid Bey
Fahmi
Ali Shamsi
Egyptian National Party
Secretary of State Robert Lansing May Hold Post in Wilson Era
Washington reports President Wilson may retain Robert Lansing as secretary of state after John Basett Moore resigns. Lansing, a quiet, thoughtful lawyerly figure, moved into the post without fuss and is seen as a steady, firm administrator with a measured temper and German heritage.
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Lansing
Washington
Wilson
Robert Lansing
Bryan
John Basett Moore
State Department
California
Maine
Moore
Watertown
N. Y
Mr. Lansing
Eighteenth Street
Connecticut Avenue
Lansing Said Recently To An Inquirer
Everstine Appointed To Succeed Knierem
At a special City Council meeting George W. Everstine was named street superintendent to replace Gustave Knierem who resigned. Two other applicants, Walter Clay and George P. Hice, were considered. Everstine, a carpenter and Union veteran, replaces Knierem as council approves general and paying bonds payrolls.
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George W. Everstine
North
Mechanic Street
Gustave Knierem
Submarine sinks English vessel in Atlantic clash
London June 15 The steam trawler Argyle was sunk by a German submarine. Seven of the crew were drowned with the loss confirmed by naval reports.
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London
Argyle Wa
Uncle Joe Cannon at 79 Addresses Hawaiians in Birthday Speech
In Hawaii for his 79th birthday, veteran congressman Uncle Joe Cannon delivered a vigorous speech to native Hawaiians. The long-time public figure, still full of energy, recalled his former addresses from decades past.
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Uncle Joe
Hale
Hearty
Joe” Cannon
Hawaii
Aged Sisters Die in Lightning Tree Collapse at Home
In Chester West Virginia on June 15 Miss Nancy Logan 71 and her sister Mrs Margaret Wychoff 74 were killed when a lightning struck tree fell onto their rural farmhouse. The girls were found by a boy sent to the farm and Mrs Wychoff died after being pinned beneath the trunk.
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Chester
W. Va
Nancy Logan
Margaret Wychoff
Centenarian Seeks Third Marriage In Odd License Ask
Joplin Missouri June 15 William Miller 101 asks a local minister for a marriage license to wed a widow who keeps house for him. The minister begins the form and questions the groom about the bride's name. Miller goes home to learn her name.
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Joplin
William Miller
Miller
Maryland Laundrymen to Meet in Hagerstown Convention
The annual convention of laundrymen of Maryland and the District of Columbia will be held in Hagerstown this week at the Hotel Hamilton. Association members will give talks on various topics during the sessions.
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Hagerstown
Laundrymen of
Maryland
District of Columbia
Hamilton
President Optimism on German-US Talks Grows in Washington
President Wilson hears optimism from officials and Berlin reports that German reception to the American note favors peaceful settlement. Senator Simmons cites a general feeling of optimism while noting BritainFrance blockade talks and possible new U.S. ship legislation in the coming session. Colonel House arrives to advise on German sentiment and potential changes to blockade policy.
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Berlin
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Count von Bernstorff
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Congress
Amick Family Plans Arizona Desert Crossing by Auto
Commissioner Arthur H. Amick and family will depart Thursday or Friday for the Pan American Exposition in San Francisco. They expect a three month journey, crossing the Arizona desert by stage routes and using canvas water bottles fastened to the car for the crossing. Route includes Cumberland to Pittsburgh Cleveland Toledo Chicago Keokuk Omaha Platt Valley Wyoming Ogden and finally San Francisco in a Franklin car.
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Amick
Arizona Desert
Exposition
Arthur H. Amick
San Francisco
Cumberland
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Keokuk
Iowa
Omaha
Platt Valley
Wyoming
Ogden
Utah
San Fran
Virginia West Virginia debt split upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled West Virginia must pay 8 178 000 in interest plus 2 966 000 as its share of the Virginia debt, totaling 12 393 929. The decision follows partition of the states in 1861 1891 and 1891 to date. Virginia debt certificates rose on stock exchanges after the ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Virginia
Charles E. Littlefield
New York
The
Stock Exchange
Zeppelin Destroyed by British Airmen Report
Amsterdam dispatch says Telegraaf reports British airmen attacked the Zeppelin shed north of Brussels last week setting fire to the building and destroying the airship.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Telegraaf
Brussels
Sons of Veterans Encampment Opens in Hagerstown
The twenty-ninth annual encampment of Sons of Veterans of Maryland Delaware Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia began in Odd Fellows Hall with seventy five delegates. The Ladies Auxiliary also met and a flag was presented to the new municipal park by Division Commander George Duffy of Wilmington. Mayor J McPherson Scott accepted the flag for Hagerstown.
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Sons of Veterans
Hagerstown
Sons of Veterans of
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Frick Coke Co to Fire 1,000 More Ovens in Connellsville Area
The H. C. Frick Coke Co issued orders to fire 1,000 additional ovens in Connellsville district, creating work for more than 1,000 men. The company now operates 12,895 ovens out of 19,224 in total.
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Connellsville
H. C. ‘Frick Coke Co
Government Loses Cash Register Case
The Supreme Court declined to review the Sixth Circuit reversal of the National Cash Register Company officials’ conviction under the Sherman antitrust law. The decision ends what was seen as the government’s most significant criminal Sherman case to date and a major trusts prosecution.
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Supreme Court
Sixth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
National Cash Register Company
Wickersham
Gregory
Masked man plants corn in Fairmont street scene
In Fairmont West Virginia on June 15 a masked man carrying a hoe and sack planted corn along a main city street. Hundreds witnessed the unusual act while discussion continues on street repairs near Monongahela Traction Company lines and city backlog.
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Masked Man
Fairmont
W. Va
Princeton Abolishes Compulsory Chapel
Princeton New Jersey trustees voted to end compulsory attendance at morning chapel. A committee urged turning to voluntary service led by undergraduates and faculty who pledged cooperation to make it work. No action was taken on the Sunday Law. students remain as before.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
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