Bryan lauds softer tone in press over German note
Former Secretary Bryan expresses gratification at a shift in press tone regarding the U S note to Germany over the submarine threat. He cites journalists dropping forecasts of immediate war and supporting a peaceful solution while backing President Wilson. He also recounts an anecdote urging voters to reveal true war sentiment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bryan Today
Germany
Mr. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Austrian Submarine Sinks British Cruiser Off Albanian Coast
Austrian announces a submarine sunk a Liverpool type light cruiser about 30 miles off St Jean Medua on the Albanian Adriatic coast. Details note ship length 430 feet and crew of 376 with two 6 inch guns ten 4 inch guns and two 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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Albanian
Innsbruck
Geneva
Paris
St. Jean Medua
Adriatic
Liverpool
Glasgow
Dresden
Juan Fernandez Island
Pacific
St Jean Motus
Durazzo
Dulcigno
Weather forecast for Harrisburg area and eastern Pennsylvania
Showers this afternoon or tonight with Saturday partly cloudy conditions. Temperature has risen across the eastern half of the country. Susquehanna River and tributaries remain nearly stationary with a stage near four feet above low water. Highest temp 75, lowest 55, mean 65, normal 69.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Temenos
Clinton County seeks killer of Lock Haven recluse
Clinton county officers hunt for a murderer after David Shearer aged 36 is found dead in his Lock Haven home. He lived alone. The coroner's jury considered suicide until an undertaker discovered the eyes had been gouged out. The body showed the victim had been dead several days.
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Associated Press
Williamsport
Clinton County
David Shearer
Lock Haven
Shearer
Berlin Papers Do Not Mention Rejoinder
Berlin reports from June 11 note no reference to the American note or its receipt. No comments appear on the general situation in morning papers, with London dispatches at 11 45 A M.
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Berlin
Associated Press
London
Villa and Angeles Face Potential Clash After Leon Battle
Reports from Galveston indicate a growing rift between General Villa and General Angeles. Each accuses the other of cowardice and of ordering retreats at Leon, raising fears of open hostilities between their forces.
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Galveston
Texas
General Villa
General Angeles
Leon
Jake's Future a Very Dark Indeed
Jake, a mutt from a South Second Street household, enjoyed life with John Stark's family and Aahta fellows until a few days ago. He was seen as having a status equal to pedigreed dogs, boasting his place among neighbors and the city’s listings.
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Jake
John Stark
South Second Street
Boston
Swallow backs Bryan on prohibition platform for president
Dr Silas C Swallow of Camp Hill, late Prohibition candidate for president, wires support for Bryan on a ticket prioritizing national prohibition. He says Bryan resigning from the cabinet shows only concern for peace of nations. He would back Bryan on any ticket with prohibition as a dominant issue.
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Public Ledger
Silas C. Swallow
Camp Hill
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Awaiting Berlin Reply on Lusitania Note
Berlin reporters note that the American note to Germany on the Lusitania sinking was printed with sympathy but no editorials. Officials in Washington expect a cautious German reply within ten days to two weeks, while Secretary Bryan’s signing absence prompts discussion of its purpose.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Department of State
Berlin
Lusitania
United States
Bryan
Gerard
Herr von Jagow
Meyer Gerhardt
Count von .Bernstorff
W. J. Bryan
Traction Engine Measure 16 Gets Governor Approval
Governor Brumbaugh signs Traction Engine Measure 16 to regulate engines into two classes. Class one covers agricultural road making and hauling machines, class two covers freight haulers. Licenses issued by the State Highway Department with fees of five dollars for class one and twenty dollars for class two. manufacturers and dealers get a special license class.
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Brumbaugh
State Highway Department
Italians Defeated in First Isonzo Battle
Cologne dispatch reports the first major World War I clash along the Isonzo River, with Austrian forces repelling Italian attacks on Gorizia, Gradisca, and Monfalcone. Italian advance halted by Austrian flanking fire and artillery.
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Isonzo
Dispatch
Associated Press
Cologne
Germany
London
Cologne Gazette
Italy
Gorizia
Gradisca
Monfalcone
Bulgaria protests Turkey over Danube railway traffic stance
A Bucharest dispatch to the Times reports Bulgaria has issued a strongly worded protest to Turkey over continued indifference to traffic on the Danedgatch railway and the detention of passengers and freight.
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Associated Press
London
Bucharest
The
Times
Turkey
Dadengatch
House Mentioned For Premiership Amid Cabinet Shakeup
Colonel E. M. House, a close ally of President Wilson, is named as a likely premiership contender as W. J. Bryan resigns. Ambassador James W. Gerard delivers America’s note on submarine inhumanity to the Kaiser, a move linked to the ongoing crisis with Germany and a pivotal war or peace moment.
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Colonel House
Gerard
Kaiser
E. M. House
Wilson
W. J. Bryan
James W. Gerard
Germany
America
Mayor Succession Bill Is Vetoed
Governor Brumbaugh vetoes the Senate measure allowing mayors of third class cities to succeed themselves. He argues the constitution forbids self succession and notes burgesses may also lack this authority while emphasizing mayoral roles and cited precedent.
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Brumbaugh
Senate
Fannie L. Johnson to retire after 52 years in city schools
Miss Fannie L. Johnson, principal of Willard school, will retire after serving 52 consecutive years in public education. She spent 51 years in grammar schools and began teaching in January 1863 in the DeWitt building, now the site of the Technical high school.
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Fannie L. Johnson
Willard
Miss Johnson
DeWitt
Technical High School
Boas
Green Street
Major city building permits rise as bakery and homes approved
June building operations total 138 750 with 45 000 added for Standard Baking Company at Tenth and Market opposite Graupner's brewery. Mary Graupner is largest stockholder. Nye builds two houses at 314 16 South Fourteenth Street. June permits last year were 131 350. Lugano reports Italy pledges to force Austria and Germany to deploy a 1 000 000 man offensive force.
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Standard Baking Company
Tenth and
Market Streets
Graupner
Mary Graupner
W. W. Nye
South Fourteenth Street
July 4 15 urged to Americanization Day
Washington dispatch reports Federal Commissioner of Education P. P. Claxton urging July 4 1915 as Americanization day. He 하calls for strengthening the American spirit of nationality and uniting all classes creeds and races into one intelligent democracy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Commissioner of Education
P. P. Claxton
Lad Burned While Playing Indian Near Camp Fire
A six year old boy, William Conrad, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Conrad of 264 Peffer street, was badly burned when his Indian costume caught fire from a small camp set by him and friends on a vacant lot near Third and Maclay streets. Neighbors put out the flames with rugs. Dr. C. C. Stauffer was called to treat him at home.
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Third
Maclay Streets
William
William Conrad
Peffer Street
C. C. Stauffer
Green Street
Butte Socialist Plant Destroyed by Dynamite
The plant of the Butte Socialist, a weekly newspaper, was wrecked by a blast early today in Butte Montana. Patrolman Olson on the scene said he smelled powder smoke as the interior and front of the building were torn apart. A rear gallery fell onto machinery and police think the blast occurred at the building’s rear.
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Associated Press
Butte
Mont
Butte Socialist
Olson
Knife suffrage foes warn at polls in York Pennsylvania
York Pennsylvania June 11. City vice interests warn of knife vote against a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. Rose Livingston the Angel of Chinatown lectured here six weeks ago claiming open vice and police inaction. Mayor John Lafean sought sources to verify her charges for a thorough investigation. The suffrage investigation was on but sources remained unclear.
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York
Pennsylvania
Rose Livingston
Chinatown
History Society Outing at Cold Springs
Harrisburg Natural History Society members will travel from the Philadelphia and Reading depot at 6.50 to Cold Springs twenty eight miles away for a day trip returning to Harrisburg at 3.30. Led by W A E Daecke of the State Department of Agriculture, the group will bring lunch as there is no meal stop.
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Harrisburg Natural History Society
Cold Springs
Philadelphia
Reading
Harrisburg
W. A. E. Daecke
State Department of Agriculture
Italians Push Into Austrian Territory Amid War News
Dispatches report heavy fighting as Italians press toward Gorizia and Monfalcone near Trieste. Austrian losses in the Gorizia area are quoted at 8,000 to 10,000 with Italian advances near Ploeken and Predil Pass. Submarine attacks and air action are noted with no confirmed loss of life.
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Baltic
Galicia
Lemberg
Russian War Office
Dniester
Zurawna
Stry
Geneva
Infenzo
Gulf of Triest
Cologne
Gorizia
Triest
Gradisca
Monfalcone
Rome
North Sea
Strathcarren
Germany
Gerard
Ofice
Vienna
Adriatic
Austria
Innsbruck
Ploeken
Udine
Italy
Predil Pass
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Lugano
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Harry C. Wright
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Anna Malmquist
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