Yale Regatta Victory Over Harvard In Two Mile Race
Yale wins the second varsity eight by three-fourths length over Harvard in a windy Thames course race. Yale leads at half mile, Harvard narrows at finish. unofficial times Yale 10.4 Harvard 10.43. Thousands gather for regatta with colorful crowds and flags along the New London course.
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Associated Press
New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Thames
Crimson
Navy Yard
Weather Summary for Sburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Fair and warmer into tonight and Saturday with light variable winds. Temperatures range from 64 at 8 am to 70 yesterday's high and 53 low. River stage at 43.3 feet above low water mark. Moon is full with a 11:27 pm rise.
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Sburg
Pennsylvania
Sun River
Becker Witnesses Seek Supreme Court Appeal to Halt Execution
Charles Becker's lawyers weigh an appeal to the U S Supreme Court to delay his July 12 execution for Herman Rosenthal's murder. A writ of error or habeas corpus may be sought on newly discovered evidence. A Sing Sing prisoner claims overhearing a plot by Jack Rose Harry Vallon and Bridgie Webber to frame Becker.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles Becker
United States Supreme Court
Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Sing Sing
Jack Rose
Harry Vallon
Bridgie
Webber
Kaiser to exempt passenger ships from submarine attack
Berlin reports a German note to the United States may meet American demands on submarine warfare. The proposal would exempt ships wholly or mainly used for passenger traffic from attack while allowing stoppage for inspection and possible capture if contraband. Berlin seeks Washington guarantees no munitions carriage and adherence to prewar prize rules.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Washington
Mansion Renovation Plans Tied to Governor Brumbaugh
Alfred L. Ward, Philadelphia architect, was commissioned to study redecoration and furnishing of rooms in the Executive Mansion to suit Governor Brumbaugh. Work likely to begin during the governor’s summer vacation as studies continue.
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Alfred L. Ward
Philadelphia
Brumbaugh
Prominent Lemberg Families Begin Street
Berlin dispatch reports in Lemberg after nine months of Russian rule that former government officials lose salaries and suffer hunger. Prominent families are begging in streets while others sell wood and their wives bake and peddle bread around the city.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Berlin Tageblatt
Lemberg
Jitney Boom Cuts City Rail Revenue In Harrisburg
Analysts estimate jitney service in Harrisburg reduces trolley income by about 1000 dollars daily. With 276 licenses issued, 200 or more jitneys operate daily, each earning around six dollars, cutting into the Harrisburg Railways and affecting Valley Railways due to tolls.
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Harrisburg Railways Company
Valley Railways Company
Big Night in Dauphin County Courthouse Jury Room
The Dauphin County high sheriff hosts a gathering in No 1 jury room with five young guests aged 12 to 15. Refreshments including pie are promised. The piece notes a shift in Harrisburg street lighting from arc to a single standard system, with City Commissioner Bowman seeking an estimate from Harrisburg Light and Power.
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Dauphin County
Jack” Welsh
Harrisburg
Harry F. Bowman
Public Safety
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Thieves Batter Two Coal Offices as War Report Moves
Robbers broke into two G Frank Milleisen coal offices in a single night. At 1019 North Third street a rear window was found open while Mrs. Stevick watched. At Seventh and Fourth streets the desk was rifled but nothing missing. In Petrograd Russians report repulsals on the Dniester with heavy losses to Austro German forces.
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Coal Yard
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Petrograd
London
Dniester
Kozany
Lem
No Real Cause for Kick Thinks Britain
United States officials studied Britain’s latest memorandum on delays to neutral commerce in response to a new American note. The British document, published both here and in London, outlines measures to minimize inconveniences to neutral trade amid tensions over maritime constraints.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Great Britain
London
Five More Earthquake Shocks Hit Calexico
Five severe earthquake shocks shook Calexico last night beginning about 8 15 p m and continuing at intervals until 10 10 p m People fled into streets but no major damage occurred No irrigation system injury and no wire communication disruption though some walls weakened by earlier quakes collapsed
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Associated Press
Calexico
Cal
Woman With Broom Repels Officers in Steelton
Mrs Yava Cavie a steelton foreign woman repelled a police strike at a Main street boarding house by wielding a broom forcing Detective I N Durnbaugh and Deputy Stephen Erkovic to retreat while attempting to arrest her husband Stephen Cavic and Mehic South. The officers sought warrants on the two men but faced stiff resistance.
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Wilson Promises to Keep Country Out of War If I Can
President Wilson spoke briefly in Springfield on the way to his summer home in Cornish New Hampshire. He waved to railroad workers and gave the assurance he would keep the country out of war if he could, as crowds gathered at the station.
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Carlisle
J. M. J. Raunjick
W. H. Ridge
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William V. Hughes
Raunick
Wilson
Associated Press
Springfield
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Windsor
Desperate Battles Along the Dniester Continue
The article reports ongoing confrontations along the Dniester with Russian forces claiming the initiative despite Austrian crossings. In Galicia the front remains fluid as Austrians push across the river in two locations while Russian troops seek to hold and retire troops in good order.
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Galicia
Lemberg
Dniester
Kosmirsine
Grand Duke Nicholas
Laborees Safe After Persian Turmoil Near Urumiah
Russian foreign office says American missionaries and other foreigners in Urumiah Persia are no longer in danger after Russian troops seized Kurd bandit territory. Pet rograd reports troops supervising the missionaries. Mr and Mrs Robert M Labaree, local missionaries, are near Urumiah.
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Associated Press
Washington
Urumiah
Persia
Russian Foreign Office
Petrograd
Robert M. Labaree
Reed Released After Russia War Zone Arrest
Washington reports John Reed an American war correspondent has been released after being detained in Russia for entering the war zone without permission and has arrived in Petrograd.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Reed
Russia
Petrograd
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