Blanks for Free Bureau Supplied to Charity Workers
A San Francisco connection plan knits state leaders across long distance phones with Iowa and West Coast officials enabling many to talk or listen across a thousand miles. The feature accompanies notes on free service for applicants, blanks from the Bureau of Immigration, road laws book, and updates on state politics and public notices.
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Iowa
Frisco
State House
Guv. Yarke
West
Thirty-sixth General Assembly
Thirty-fifth Assembly
State Highway Commission
Lansing in Cabinet Former Counselor to State Appointed
Washington June 25 President Wilson offered Robert Lansing the post of permanent secretary of state at a White House conference. Lansing accepted the appointment and the news spread quickly with congratulations from Secretaries Garrison Daniels and Tumulty. Lansing, Water Town New York, is over fifty and has long served as U S counsel in multiple international arbitrations and treaties.
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Washington
Wilson
Robert Lansing
White House
Lansing
New Hampshire
Department of State
Garrison
Daniels
Tumulty
John W. Foster
State Department
John Bassett Moore
Watertown
N. Y
Titanic Sinking Tales Stir Public Myths and Trials
London reports an Italian fleet moving toward the Dardanelles as Anglo French forces prepare operations. In Valparaiso Mrs Dru squatted on 143 acres east of Gary once valued near 1 million. Washington appeals for Red Cross aid as Titanic survivors recount delays. New York notes 1600 passengers aboard the doomed liner and testimony questions whether the ship could have stayed afloat longer.
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Taranto
Tenedos
Dardanelles
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Valparaiso
Silla Carr
Dru ,le
Gary
Washington
Guerrero
Red Cross
New York
John B
Pennsylvania
Thayer
Haverford
Five Die When Boat Capsizes in Republican River
Five men drown when a small boat capsized at night on the Republican river in Junction City Kansas. Four of the victims are reported as negro soldiers from Fort Riley. identities remain unknown.
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Junction City
Kan
Fort Riley
Republican River
Harvard Dedicates Widener Library in Cambridge
Harvard dedicated the Widener memorial library a 2 million dollar structure in Cambridge with President Lowell awarding 1,205 academic degrees and several honorary degrees during commencement exercises.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Lowell
Taggart Indicted in Indiana Election Corruption Probe
Indiana indictments name Taggart and Bell among more than a dozen officials and workers charged with felony election law violations. Grand jury reports allege conspiracy and blackmail tied to last election. many city officials and police tied to case released on bond as terror over scandal spreads.
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Barney
Iowa
Indianapolis
Gart
Indiana
M Perrott
Po- Bell
Samuel Vv
Marion County
Taggart and Bell Knowledge Service
Thomas Teconal
Criminal Court
Bell
Eport
James
Polig
U S WARNED BY MEXICO OVER RESCUE LANDING
El Paso reports June 23 that General Villa seized San Luis Potosi, a major northern Mexican city, as U S officials warn of consequences if Admiral Howard is directed to land troops. The dispute centers on a Mexican ultimatum and possible use of force on Mexican soil.
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Washington
Howard
Daniels
Sonora
el Paso
Tex
Villa
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Russians claim victory over Austro German forces in Galicia
The war office reports a six day battle on the Dniester front where Teuton troops were defeated and over five thousand prisoners captured. Allies also say about fourteen hundred Turkish deaths after a full day near the Gallipoli lines.
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Petrograd
Galicia
War Office
Teutonic
Dniester
Airship Sinks Submarine in Baltic Encounter
Berlin dispatch reports an airship submarine engagement near Gotland island in the Baltic, marking a rare sinking of a submarine. In Petrograd a river pier collapse at a Kazan pleasure garden floods with casualties, more than 100 dead.
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Berlin
Aeroplan
Petrograd
Kazan
Russia
Moscow
Britain and U S Clash Over Sea Rights In Memo
Washington reports Lord Crewe’s memorandum on British blockade and interference with American cargoes. US officials seek lawful rights of visit, search, capture, and blockade while noting Britain plans stricter controls. British offer of compensation rejected as inadequate. In Connellsville, Frick Coke company to restart 40 ovens, firing 15 idle plants.
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Washington
Lord Crowe
Ambesesdor Page
State Department
United States
Ambassador Page
Great Britain
Lord Crewe
Germany
Connellsville
H. ©. Frick Coke Company
WIFE KILLED, HUSBAN DIES IN TRAGEDY NEAR TRINITY
Near Trinity Alabama farmer John Terry shot and killed his wife after she objected to whipping a child. He then killed himself, ending a fatal domestic incident dated June 28. The tragedy shocked Decatur area residents and authorities investigated the scene.
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Decatur
Ala
Jane
John Terry
Trinity
Wilson reviews Mexican policy amid vacation at Summer White House
President Wilson, ordered by his physician to rest, travels to the summer White House in Charleton, Cornish, N H, for a brief vacation. He brings ten official documents and plans to consider Mexican policy and submarine issues with Great Britain, while Secretary Lansing handles the note to London. Crowds greet him. he declines speeches, exchanges warm handshakes, and plans golf and rest with Miss Margaret Wilson and Dr Cary Grayson present.
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N. H
Wilson
White House
Washington
C Hills
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Lansing
London
Berlin
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Vermont
Windsor
Francis B. Sayre
Francis ‘Woodrow Sayre
Germany to modify submarine warfare for U S assurances
Berlin reports Germany will modify its submarine warfare to meet U S demands if assurances are given that merchant ships will not attack German submarines. This is a key point in the preliminary note from Foreign Secretary von Jagow as he drafts the second American reply.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
von Jagow
Yale Crew Wins Regatta Against Harvard in Easy Victory
Yale defeated Harvard by seven lengths in the annual varsity crew race at Regatta Course New London Conn on Friday. Yale finished in 20 52 to Harvard 21 13 4. The Blue also won the first race the second varsity eight by about a quarter length.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Three Alabama Murderers Hung in County Jail
In Birmingham on Friday, Len Carter and Syd Jones were hanged for murder. Carter killed his wife and Jones killed a fellow convict at Banner mines. both are described as negroes. Tim Sharpe was hanged in Anniston for killing two policemen. Also noted, the Bergensfjord arrived at Bergen with Dr Bernhard Dernburg aboard after detainment in Kirkwall. News from Constantinople reports German von Sanders claiming Turkish gains at Gallipoli.
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Ala
Jane
Len Carter
Syd Jones
Banner Mines
Tim Sharpe
Anniston
Dernburg
Norway
Christiania
Bergensfjord
Bernhard Dernburg
United States
Germany
Bergen
Kirkwall
Scotland
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