United States replies to Germany on Lusitania sinking
The note from Secretary of State ad interim Lansing to the German government outlines U S expectations on maritime neutrality. It affirms the principle of freedom on the open sea, cites the Lusitania disaster with American casualties, and calls for adherence to humanity and international law in sinking actions. The document stresses U S readiness to aid negotiation and seeks assurances that civilians and neutral ships will be protected.
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Washington, D. C
Berlin
Department of State
Washington
Bertin
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Imperial
Germany
Robert Lansing
Ways of Acquiring Grace
A guide on posture and carriage for grace, stressing chest forward alignment and balanced head placement. It compares graceful crossing of the arms to theater technique and notes common missteps in hand position. The Delineator recommended holding the chest up to influence overall body alignment.
Explosive Substitutes Could Replace Picric Acid
Military engineers report discovery of an explosive substitute for picric acid as prices soar. Picric acid is made by nitrating phenol in sulfuric acid, with melinite lyddite shimose Brugere’s powder Designolle’s powder and emmensite named among live explosive formulas.
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Brugere
Designolle
American Bride Marries in Shanghai Cathedral
A bride from New Rochelle New York Miss Ida Miller Taylor wed Rev Francis J M Cotter in the Pro Cathedral Shanghai China. The couple sail the Yangtse to Kuling for language study then plan to return to Wuchang where Cotter leads St Michael's church this autumn.
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Ida Miller Taylor
G. M. Taylor
New Rochelle
N. Y
China
Shanghai
Francis J. M. Cotter
New York
Yangtse
Kuling
Wuchang
An Easy Choice. Chaplain Answers Prisoner With Coin
Bishop Sanford Olmsted recalls a dinner remark about mercenary church motives. A prison chaplain faced a skeptic inmate who accused him of preaching for money. The chaplain replied that both preach and steal for money, and let God judge who is right.
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Sanford Olmsted
Parson
Bud Benwick Defends Banana Etiquette Incident
A woman chastises Bud Benwick for eating a banana without sharing with a little girl. He responds that he said excuse me and tries to justify the act as excusable. The exchange unfolds with grandma’s reproach and Bud’s uneasy reaction.
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Bud Benwick
Bud
U S Opposes Sale of War Plant to German Interests
President Wilson and the cabinet discuss German attempts to buy major U S gun and munitions plants. Schwab Bethlehem Remington Hartford Cramp Philadelphia Remington and other works tied to Fore River Shipbuilding and Union Ironworks. Attorney General Gregory and justice officials seek legal blocks citing public welfare risks.
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Washington
Wilson
McAdoo
Treasury
Secret Service
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem
Remington Small Arms
Hartford
Conn
Cramp Works
Philadelphia
Schwab
Metallic Cartridge Company
Remington Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Massachusetts
Union Ironworks
San Francisco
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Gregory
Department of Justice
Germany
Bryan
Teutons Take Stanislau Again in Bukowina Move
Berlin reports the capture of Stanislau a key railway town from Bukowina to Lemberg and the isolation of the Russian army in Bukowina. Heavy Russian reinforcements are said to have arrived, with Austro German forces hoping to surround and capture the force. General von Linsingen moved east of Lemberg toward its capture. 4500 Russians taken at Stanislau.
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Berlin
Stanislau
Bukowina
Lemberg
von Linsingen
Teutons Evacuate Neuville St Vaast Amid French Advance
Berlin reports Neuville St. Vaast north of Arras has been evacuated by German troops after a fortnight of fierce fighting. The last German houses were abandoned, allowing French forces to press the attack on the labyrinth defenses southeast of the town.
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Berlin
Neuville St. Vaast
Arras
War Office
Neuville
Furnaces Resume Operation at McKeesport Plant
In McKeesport four fur naces of a group serving National Tube works are now in operation for the first time in eight years. Many employees have returned to work in Pittsburgh on June 10.
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Pittsburgh
National Tube Works
McKeesport
Auto In Plunge One Dead Beloit Wisconsin Incident
Beloit Wisconsin June 10 Frank Thompson of Carpenter Wyoming was killed instantly and Theodore Peelman a lawyer was badly injured when an automobile driven by Thompson skidded over an embankment into a creek.
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Auto
Beloit
Wis
Frank Thompson
Carpenter, Wyo
Theodore Peelman
Thompson
Blockade Planned for Asia Minor Jointly by France and Britain
Ambassador Sharpe in Paris reports France will maintain a blockade of the Asia Minor coast in collaboration with Britain, as notified to the U S state department.
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Asia Minor
Washington
Sharpe
Paris
State Department
Russian Schooner Adolf Sunk Off Scotland
The Russian schooner Adolf was sunk by a German submarine off Rattrayhead near Aberdeen on June 10. Two crew members died, four survivors were landed at Leith.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Adolf
Rattrayhead
Leith
Bryan resigns from Wilson cabinet after farewell at White House
William Jennings Bryan becomes a private citizen at two o clock Wednesday after an emotional farewell with President Wilson. He explains in a personal statement that Germany US tensions should be studied by an international commission and warns Americans to stay off belligerent ships in the danger zone. Wilson and Bryan exchange a cordial goodbye as they recall their shared crisis moments and wish each other well.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
White House
State Department
Germany
Bryan
United States
International Commission
Mr. Bryan
Death penalty urged for Leo M. Frank in Mary Phagan case
Atlanta reports Leo M. Frank must die for the Mary Phagan murder unless clemency is granted by June 22. Georgia prison commission rejects commuting the sentence to life. Also dated June 9 German submarines captured in the Firth of Tay after a raid near the Tay bridge. The crews surrendered after being entangled 62 hours. In Dalmatia Italian forces bombard and capture bands of Austrian troops at Lissa with 300 prisoners taken to Ancona.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Georgia Prison Commission
New York
Firth of Tay
Scotland
Cameronia
Glasgow
Firth
Tay Bridge
Paris
Lissa
Dalmatian
Ancona
Britons Shot by Mexicans in Tuxpam Ambush
Vice-Consul Bevan reports a Villista force captured Tuxpam Sunday night and a British citizen S P Jones was killed. An Englishman, Mrs Mallard and her infant were wounded. they were seeking cover when fired upon.
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Washington
S. P. Jones
Tuxpam
Bevan
Tampico
State Department
Jones
Tom Mallard
Count Benckendorff Shot Dead in London
The Russian embassy announced the death of Count Peter Benckendorff, youngest son of Count Alexander Benckendorff, the Russian ambassador in London. He was shot through the neck at Front in June.
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Front
London
Peter Benckendorff
Alexander Benckendorff
British Airmen Raid Turks on Akbash Base
Athens reports a successful British air raid against the Turkish position at Akbash on the Gallipoli Strait. Nine hydroplanes participated and many Turkish soldiers were killed.
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Athens
Akbash
Strait of
Gallipoli
Tirpitz Estate Seized in Italy
Paris reports the Italian government has seized the estate of Admiral von Tirpitz, former head of the German admiralty, located in Cagliari in southern Sardinia.
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von Tirpitz
Paris
Admiral von Tirpitz
Cagliarin
Sardinia
Nine Roosevelt strike deputies sentenced in New Jersey
In New Brunswick on June 9 nine deputies convicted of manslaughter for the killings of two striking workers at Roosevelt New Jersey were sentenced to two years in state prison.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Roosevelt
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