Thaw Found Sane as Jury Clears Verdict on Libel Case
Harry Kendall Thaw won his nine year fight for liberty after a jury found him sane in the Stanford White murder case. Justice Hendrick released him on 46000 bail pending state appeal. Crowds cheered outside the New York courthouse as Thaw prepared to visit his mother and then the exposition in Pittsburgh and California.
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New York
Harry IX. Thaw
Hendrick
Gupreme Court
Stanford ‘White
Harry Kendall Thaw Ways
Supreme Court
Peter Hendrick
Justice Hendrick
Thia
Harry K
Thaw
John B. Stanchfield
Justice Dowling
White
Becker
Paul J. Marks
Marke
Pittsburgh
California
Germans Take Przasnysz in Northern Poland
Berlin reports German troops captured Przasnysz after months under Russian control. The offensive also seized the Olezanka heights northwest of Suwalki, occupied Kansze south of Kolino and near the Bobry river, and gained eastern positions near Kansza. 2,400 prisoners and eight machine guns were taken in the Przasnysz action.
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Berlin
Preasnysz
Poand
War Office
iThursday
Warsaw
East Prussia
Przaenysz
Olezanka Heights
Suwalki
Kansze
Kolino
Boby River
Kansza
Wrights to Join Naval Inventors Advisory Board
Orville Wright is slated to join Thomas A. Edison? Baison as members of the civilian advisory board of inventors for Secretary Daniels. Hollson will focus on submarine development while Wright handles air vessels. The arrangement aims to give the navy a strong combined expertise in undersea and aerial craft.
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Washington
Orville ‘Wright
Thomas A. Baison
Civilian Advisory Board of Inventors
Daniels
Navy
Hollson
Wright
Department
Villa's Army in Retreat to Torreon
General Francisco Villa announces retreat from Aguascalientes and Zacatecas toward Torreon. He plans a final stand at Torreon as federal forces threaten his positions in northern Mexico.
Rhode Island Trolley Strike Paralyzes System
Providence July 17. The Rhode Island company's trolley system is practically paralyzed as more than 2,200 of 2,400 employees quit work to demand a 20 percent wage increase. The stoppage disrupts service across the state.
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Providence
R. L
Rhode Island
Germany apologizes for Nebraskan attack under wartime policy
Berlin says the May 26 torpedo strike on the Nebraskan, an American flagged ship from Liverpool to Delaware Breakwater, was an unfortunate accident not aimed at the United States. It accepts responsibility, promises full compensation, and notes the submarine misread a neutral vessel as hostile before seeing the American flag.
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Washington
State Department
Delaware
Liverpool
Gerard
Department
Foreign Office
Ireland
United States of America
Rumors of Lynching Fizzle in Georgia
Atlanta reports no disorder after mob rumors over Leo M. Frank. Rome claims authorities hoaxed. Stockholm cites Swedish protest to London over commerce harassment, while Koenigsberg cruiser destroyed by British river monitors and air bombs per admiralty.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Macon
Milledgeville
Rome
Berlin
Stockholm
London
Norway
Denmark
Koenigsberg
Rufijt River
German East Africa
Admiralty
Black man fatally shot by Cobb County posse in Georgia
In Macon Georgia on Wednesday a posse of citizens and county officers fatally wounded Peter Jackson a Black man accused of a serious incident near Cochran Georgia The reports say he barricaded his home and the posse blew up the house with hazardous material Jackson was said to have attacked Lynn Sanders a farm supervisor and later W S Hogg marshal and Oscar Lawson were fatally hurt by the Black man.
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Macon
Peter Jackson
Cochran
Jackson
Lynn Sanders
Sanders
W. S. Hogg
Marshal
Oscar Lawson
Wilson to Reply Soon on German Question
Washington July 15 The White House released a telegram from President Wilson via Cornish New Hampshire stating he will return to Washington to present the German note to his Cabinet and has not yet decided on government policy He emphasizes close contact with Secretary of State Lansing and prompt announcement of government purposes.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
United States
Cornish
N. H
White House
Lawson Denied New Trial In Labor Leader Murder Case
Trinidad, Colo July 14 John B R Lawson labor leader convicted of murder tied to strike disorders was denied a new trial by Judge Granby Hillyer in district court. Lawson sentenced to amend the remainder of big foot hard labor in the state penitentiary. He claimed innocence and said he was victim of a corporation controlled prosecution and that the trial was travesty on justice. Austrian Attack Falls Nish Servia July 16 Violent artillery fire directed by the Austrians again at the Serviang on the Danube river front. The Austrians tried to take the Island of Mycheroka Ada but failed.
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Trinidad
Colo
John BR. Lawson
Granby Hillyeram District Court
Lawson
Nish
Servia
Serviang
Danube River
Mycheroka Ada
Senator Thompson Undergoes Hernia Operation
Sabetha Kan July 17 United States Senator William M Thompson of Kansas had a serious hernia operation at Sabetha hospital on Thursday His condition was pronounced good
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Senator Thompson
Sabetha
Kan
United States
William M. Thompson
Kansas
Sabetha Hospital
Secretary Lansing denies Marye resignation report
Washington July 17 Secretary of State Lansing flatly denied a published report that Ambassador Marye accredited from the United States to the imperial court at Petrograd had resigned. The denial underscored the continued U S confidence in the ambassador and the diplomatic mission during wartime.
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Marye
Swedish Schooner Daisy Blown Up By Mine
The Swedish schooner Daisy, carrying coal from England to Sweden, struck a mine off Aland island in the Baltic and exploded. The captain and four crew members were drowned.
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Copenhagen
Daisy
England
Sweden
Aland Island
Baltic
Edison to Aide the U S Naval Board in War Tactics
Edison has accepted Secretary Daniels invitation to head an advisory board of civilian inventors for a new bureau of invention in the Navy Department. The plan calls for experts to tackle submarine warfare and other sea and land threats with innovative devices, aiming to strengthen national defense without pay.
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Naval Board
West Orange
N.J
Thomas A. Edison
Daniels
Bureau of Invention and Development
Department
Washington
Mr. Daniels
Europe
Edison
Hollson
Navy
Great Britain Defies Coal Miners in Wales Strike
In South Wales nearly all coal mines were idle except two small Rhondda collieries, as 834,950 miners voted 180 to 11% to reject continued work while awaiting arrangements. The navy coal supply hinges on this disruption amid government WWI acts. Kiel declares state of siege as British airship and submarine threat looms.
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London
Rhondda
South Wales
German Forces Surrender in Southwest Africa Admitted
The war office admitted surrender of German forces in Southwest Africa on July 17. It paid no tribute to the force of men who fought a prolonged campaign against 20,000 British troops.
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Africa
Berlin
War Office
German Envoy Presses Argued Peace With Britain Visit Not Required
Secretary Lansing rejects Count von Bernstorffs bid to reopen talks on a modus vivendi. The German envoy suggested suspending England's blockade and German submarine warfare, but Lansing notes the proposal lacks a direct German mandate and reiterates the law requiring visit and search before sinking merchant ships.
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Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
United States
Great Britain
England
Germany
Berlin
Bank Robbery Sparks Nationwide Hunt in Owa, Iowa
Two men robbed Farmers' Savings bank in North Liberty of about 2000 dollars before closing, escaping by car as townsfolk joined a large search. Cashier James D. Cippera was bound and gagged during the hold up. In Mason City, three men named Jack Noel Scotty McDonald and Roy Hoffman surrendered after raiding an Italian settlement at Dougherty taking clothing jewelry and money.
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North Liberty
Farmers’ Savings Bank
James D. Cippera
Cippera
Mason City
Jack Noel
Scotty McDonald
Roy Hoffman
Dougherty
Four Perish in Ohio Floods Across Central Regions
Floods sweeping central Ohio after Thursday night rains killed four people and caused more than 2 million dollars in damage. Lima suffered the worst losses with over 1,500 homeless and wide spread land inundation. Names given include James Logue, a claim agent for Ohio Electric Railway, an unidentified Black man, an electrician, and Mrs. Laura Bercaw. relief work continued as levees weakened.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lima
Jamee Logue
Ohio Electric Railway Company
Laura Bercaw
Cholera Toll Rising in Hungary as Army Sees Cases
A Vienna dispatch reports 643 cholera cases in Hungary this week with 281 deaths. The military force has 81 cases among its ranks. The report notes the spread across the country and the strain on army units.
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Hungary
Geneva
Vienna
American Seized in Berlin Police Hold
George G. Bpeeta, an American representing copper interests, was arrested in Berlin on Tuesday and is held at police headquarters on charges not divulged.
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Berlin
George G. Bpeeta
Weakness and Backache Helped by Pinkham Remedy
Mrs. Alonzo E Baker of Adrian Michigan describes severe fatigue and backache from female weakness. After trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for three months she regained strength and could work again. The ad promotes the remedy for women and notes the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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Adrian
Mick
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alonzo E. Baker
Mich
Waited Long For Probate of Mullers Estate in Baltimore
Jo hann Michael Muller died March 13 1893 testator of a May 31 1889 will left all to wife Elizabeth Barbara Muller who died April 30 1915. Their son John A Muller administrator says the estate will be divided among his two brothers and himself as the mother died intestate. Value mostly real estate not yet determined.
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Johann Michael Muller
Baltimore
John
A. Muller
Mr. Muller
Elizabeth Barbara Muller
Limitations
A dialogue about quitting writing and despair follows a quip on sins returning to haunt a man who falters. The exchange references a literary career tied to publishers and the Life magazine persona, with a wry moral implicit about accountability reappearing after retreat.
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Jack
Jill
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