Holt Kills Self After Morgan Shooting In New York Cell
Cornell professor Frank Holt shot J P Morgan at his Glen Cove home then died in jail in New York City. Attendants and keeper dispute details of his death with coroner and jail doctor noting a fractured skull. A trunk with 124 sticks of dynamite found at 342 West Thirty-eighth Street, allegedly sent by Holt.
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Frank Holt
Cornell University
J. P. Morgan
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Holt
Cleghorn
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Walter R. Jones
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New York City
Russians Brace as Eastern Front Halts Momentum
London reports Austro German pressure slows after a long Russian retreat. Some gains claimed near Kranik and along the Wieprz near Tarnogora drift, but Russians brace and hold most lines. British papers grow more hopeful about the eastern situation.
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Vistula
Bug
Kranik
Wieprz
Tarnogora
Warsaw
Germany Delivers Draft Reply on High Seas Rights
Washington learns Germany informally sent a tentative reply to the June 9 note via Ambassador Gerard in Berlin. Officials say approval in current form would sacrifice key neutral rights, and Gerard was asked to seek Washington instructions on possible concessions.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
United States
Gerard
Berlin
Washington
Morgan Improves Says Doctors Withholding Further Bulletins
The condition of Mr. Morgan continues to improve and physicians are so encouraged they plan to issue no more bulletins. He felt well enough Tuesday to telephone several business associates in New York.
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Morgan
Glencove
Mr. Morgan
New York
Officers Nab Three in Chicago Conspiracy Arrests
Secret Service agents in Chicago arrested three Montenegrin officials on Tuesday. They were charged with conspiracy to violate U S neutrality laws based on information from about a score of reservists seized from a train a week earlier.
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Chicago
Secret Service
United States
Russia apologizes to Sweden over stray shell incident
A Russian government dispatch from Petrograd reported an apology to Sweden for violating Swedish neutrality when a stray shell fell into Swedish waters during fog and the pursuit of German vessels. The event was relayed by Reuters.
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Sweden
Russia
London
Petrograd
Undersea War Toll Large London June 98 British ships sunk
In June, British submarines sank ninety eight ships totaling just over 39 thousand tons. The loss of life was reported at 111.
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London
Mexico City Turmoil Spurs Talk of Intervention
Fighting in the Mexico City suburbs has raged for fifteen days as Zapata forces resist the Carranza government. Gen. Raphael Pacheco was killed and looting marked the capital while 40,000 poor queued for bread. Wilson shifts from watchful waiting to possible forcible action to protect foreigners and restore order.
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Mexico City
Zapata
Washington
Zapatan
Carranza
Raphael Pacheco
Wilson
Mexico
State Department
United States
Vera Cruz
Notable deaths and political vetoes across cities
Reports from Rochester, Springfield, Karlsruhe and New York describe grave illness of Archbishop Quigley, Governor Dunne veto messages totaling 2 276 096 dollars with 14 bills vetoed, Boehm death in Karlsruhe, and Black Diamond the bison to be slain though head preserved.
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Joseph M. Quigley
James BE. Quigley
Chicago
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Springfield
Dunne
General Assembly
Karlsruhe
Germany
Frans Boehm
New York
Central Park
Zoclogical Garden
Zoological Garden
British Sugar Order Shocks New York Trade
The Federal Sugar Refining company in Yonkers received a record foreign order for 66,000 tons of refined sugar worth $6,000,000 from an English firm, split with other companies. Two months earlier the plant had secured a 26,000 ton order worth $3,000,000 and has operated around the clock since.
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Yonkers
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Federal Refining Company
Truce Reported In Mexican Conflict Near Encarnacion
El Paso July 3 reports Villa and Car ranza weighing a peace agreement to avert a new revolution. Chihuahua says a temporary armistice is near Encarnacion south of Agua Calientes while travelers report fierce fighting Monday near Encarnacion.
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Villa
Carranza
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Montenegro Troops Invasion of Koenula Reported
Dispatches report Montenegrin forces invaded the Austrian province of Koenula occupying the mountain village of Vouchero and driving northwest in an ongoing offensive from Home July.
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Bosnia
Koenula
Vouchero
British cruiser sinks Turkish ships off Asia Minor coast
A British cruiser and a destroyer raided the Asia Minor coast on Tuesday sinking several Turkish sailing vessels and one steamer. They also destroyed the telegraph station and several houses at Alzanot.
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Athens
Asia Minor
Alzanot
Germany and United States misunderstand each other says envoy
Berlin reports Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard special envoy to the Kaiser argues in Der Tag that Germany and the United States misjudge one another. He praises German efficiency winning friends in America and notes many German Americans retain loyalty while large sections sympathize with Germany. He notes US press influence is overestimated but some German American papers stay neutral.
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Anton Meyer- Gerhard
Count Bernstorff
der Tag
United States
Lusitania
Germany
Gerhard
Meyer-Gerhard
Wilson May Meet Angeles After Cornish Visit
Colonel Jesus Aguilar and Major I A Garcia arrived in Cornish New Hampshire to arrange a conference between President Wilson and General Angeles. The Mexicans left a message proposing Vacquez Tagle as provisional president with Villa and Angeles favoring his selection. Wilson has not indicated plans to meet Angeles yet.
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N. H
Jesus Aguilar
Maj
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Wilson
General Angeles
Carey T. Grayson
Vacquez Tagle
Mexico
General Villa
Washington
Thaw Still Insane Evelyn Malone Testimony Refusal
Hivelyn Nesbit Thaw remains unreconciled to Harry Thaw and will not testify in sanity proceedings in New York City. Subpena servers seek her to talk amid reports he may be freed, she says the state persecutes him and would betray decency if freed.
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Malone
N. Y
New York
Harry K
Tornado Claims Six in Ottawa County Oklahoma
Six persons were killed when a tornado swept through Ottawa County in the northeast part of Oklahoma. Reports from Muskogee confirm the toll and outline the disaster's extent and impact on the region.
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Muskogee
Okla
Ottawa County
Eagle Ordered to Haiti by Navy Secretary Daniele
The survey ship Eagle is directed to Port au Prince by Secretary of the Navy Daniele to inquire into conditions in Haiti. The vessel has been in Haitian waters for some time.
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Haiti
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniele
Port Au Prince
Malta
Haitien
Slayer of Brides Hanged After Guilty Verdict in London
George Joseph Smith convicted of murdering three brides to collect life insurance. He was sentenced to death as police report confirms in London on July 3.
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London
George Joseph Smith
Note on Frye Case Denies Berlin Contentions in Pay Demand
Washington declares Germany violated treaty obligations by destroying the William P. Frye and demands payment. Secretary Lansing says reparation rests with direct diplomatic talks, not prize court judgment, and the note is a strong assertion of American commerce rights.
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Germany
State Department
William P. Frye
Prince Estel Friedrich
United States
Lansing
Armenian Sinking Raises Questions In Admiralty Case
Washington reports the British admiralty told Ambassador Page in London that the British steamer Armenian was engaged in admiralty business and carried 1 passenger, with 21 American lives lost. Page cabled the State Department. the ambassador noted the lost Americans may have been crew. The incident, first since Lusitania, stirs officials though no official stance is given pending facts and Germany talks.
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Admiralty
Ambassador Page
London
State Department
Germany
Prohibition Takes Effect Across Alabama
Montgomery reports statewide prohibition went into effect on Thursday with all saloons and dispensaries closed Wednesday night. No disorder noted as Merritt Denson bill provisions from January are enforced statewide.
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Montgomery
Ala
Merritt- Denson
Allies Take Krithla on Gallipoli Peninsula
A brief dispatch from Mitylone reports that allied forces have occupied Krithla on the Gallipoli peninsula, indicating a successful advance in the region. The item notes the location and the advancing status of allied troops.
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Athens
Mitylone
Krithla
Gallipoli
Airmen Attack German Towns and Paris Bombardment
Airmen shelled a German town, Paris, and eleven French aircraft attacked seven German towns in Alsace on Wednesday. They also bombarded three railway stations causing heavy damage across the region.
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Black Forest
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Snes
Turks Take Big Toll at Dardanelles War Update
Premier Arquith announced to the House of Commons that British losses at the Dardanelles through May rose to 38 6 percent across land and sea forces. The briefing covered casualties and overall toll from the campaign, reflecting heavy engagement.
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Dardanelles
Arquith
House of Commons
Armenian Torpedoed Off Cornwall Amid Warship Doubts
Washington July 2. The British steamship Armenian of the Dominion line was sunk by German submarine U 38 twenty miles west of Trevose head Cornwall. Official count lists 29 dead and ten injured among American passengers and horse attendants. Survivors were taken by Belgian trawler Professor Stevens and two destroyers to Bristol. The Armenian, built 1895 at Belfast, carried horses to Avonmouth for the English army. The state department awaits full details before judging whether she was a troop or merchant ship.
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England
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Trevosehead
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F. Williamson
J. M. Monroe
New Orleans
B. M. Granberry
Washington Street
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Ala
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Carteraville
Harry Stone
New York City
Carpenter Brown
Harrisburg
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Bristol
Newport News
Avonmouth
Armstrong
Cornieh
N. H
Germany
New York
W. W. Jeffries
International Mercantile Marine Company
Belfast
Harland & Wolff
John Trickey
Nebraska Items Show Local Growth and War Time Changes
A wide range of Nebraska notes report local union formation in Murdock, school and park plans in North Platte and Lincoln, postmaster appointments, and road and bridge work. Beatrice churches plan summer services at Athletic Park, Hastings votes on a large bond, and a wave of weather and crop updates signal ongoing rural development amid wartime restrictions.
British Destroyer Lightning Damaged Off England
The admiralty announced that the destroyer Lightning struck a mine or was torpedoed off the east coast of England Wednesday night. One crewman was killed and 14 are missing, but the vessel reached harbor safely. The Lightning, an older 1890s era destroyer, displaces 290 tons and carries a 12 pounder, a six pounder, and two 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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London
Admiralty
England
Harbor
Prolific Rains Boost Germany Crops Reports
Weather from London on July 2 notes prolific rains after a long dry spell have advanced crop conditions across Germany. Prospects for a good yield are described as bright, with Berlin reporting improved prospects and widespread favorable conditions for harvest.
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Berlin
London
Trawler Horatio Reported Lost With 14 Crew
The Horatio trawler, missing since Marek M near Kimaby England, is believed sunk by a German submarine in the wartime zone with 14 crew members presumed dead.
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England
Horatio
Marek M
State Board Grants Bank Charter Amid Education And Infrastructure Moves
The Security State Bank of Johns Town gains a state charter. The Board of Educational Lands and Funds buys $10,000 in electrol Heht bonds and $6,000 in water bonds for Broken Bow. Auditor notices levy to cover $2,200 owed for insane patients. The dairy building contract at the state farm goes to Gould & Son of Omaha at $113,657.20. Lancaster County pays $59,153.35 to State Treasurer Hall. Rural districts 34 and 538 vote to consolidate grade and high schools by 23 to 7, with plans for a three room school. Chief Games Warden Rutenbeck reports basa in Cherry county lakes. Thomas aims for 100 new consolidated schools this year. State Land Commissioner Beckmann and Dexter Barrett inspect state land appraisals in Howard county, with county board seeking reduced values.
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Broken Bow
State Farm
Gould & Son of
Omaha
Thomas Haa
Ada M. Halderman
Scotia Bluff County
State Wins Writ For Monthly Tax Reports
Supreme court grants writ of mandamus to State Treasurer Hall directing monthly tax remittances from county treasurers. Test case favors state as Ure of Douglas County collected 170000 in taxes and must turn funds over to the state.
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W. G. Ure
Douglas County
Hall
Supreme Court
Summer field geology course at state university
Night camps in the open and cross country horseback trips make up a six weeks course in field geology this summer. Prof Schramm leads five students through the Nebraska Bad Lands and the Black Hills in South Dakota with Hot Springs Custer and Deadwood as visiting stops.
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State University
Schramm
Nebraska Bad Lands
Black Hills
South Dakota
Hot Springs
Custer
Deadwood
Maggs Reappointed to State Prison Board and Pardons
Edward G. Maggs of Lincoln is reappointed by Governor Morehead to the state prison board and the board of pardons for three years starting July 1, at a $1,000 yearly salary. He has served on both boards since their 1911 creation. initially appointed by Governor Aldrich, then reappointed. He is a Republican.
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Lincoln
Morehead
State Prison Board
Board of Pardons
Mr. Mages
Aldrich
Nebraska Vital Statistics Report Declines in Births
During December 1 1814 to May 41 1916 Nebraska saw 119 fewer births and 46 more deaths compared with the prior year. The half year total recorded 18 662 births and 6 779 deaths per the office of Health Inspector W H Wilson.
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Nebraska
State Health
W. H. Wilson
Murphy Citizens Seek Rail Station From State Commission
Citizens of Murphy six miles west of Aurora petition the state railway commission to compel the railroad to build a station place an agent and provide shipping facilities for local use.
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Burlington Railroad
Aurora
State Railway Commission
Teachers receive monthly pay raises under board recommendation
On the committee on teachers recommendation the normal board approved raises of five to ten dollars per month for teachers not yet at the maximum salary. In a few cases no increase was ordered.
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Committee On Teachers
Pullman Car Company Pays $900 Occupation Tax Receipt
The Pullman car company paid $900 for an annual occupation tax receipt to the Secretary of State Pool, $50 more than last year. The tax is assessed on capital stock invested in Nebraska.
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Pullman Car Company
Secretary of State
Nebraska
Film on California irrigation to open at state exposition
About 4000 feet of moving picture film illustrating agricultural education and irrigation will be shipped to California in a few days. The film, prepared under the United States reclamation service, will be shown at the exposition.
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California
United States Reclamation Service
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