Bulgarians beaten as Servians gain battle momentum
Belgrade reports a deadly Balkan clash with Bulgarian forces routed and 5,000 captured. Greek and Servian lines stretch along Kotchana Istib Retkibukwe and Guevghel as heavy losses mount on both sides and Greece pledges support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Balkans
Gregce
Retkibukwe
Zletove
Kotchana
Istil
Ovtchepolye
Hue
Ystib
Strumitza
Guevghel
Gulf of Or
Fasi
Istib
Dermak
Vetrishino
Osigoyott
Guergheli
T Istib
Sofia Haus
Exchance Telegraph Company
Macedonia
Creece
Salonika
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Stabbing at Gettysburg Battle Celebration
Seven male attendees at the Gettysburg Battle Celebration were stabbed in the dining room of the Gettysburg Hotel after an old veteran defended Abraham Lincoln against abuse. Wounded include Edward J. Carroll and David Farber in serious condition. Henry of Philadelphia arrested. The melee prompted calls to close saloons during the remainder of the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Penn
Abraham Lincoln
Edward J.carroll
Sargeant
David Farbor
Butler
John D. Maugin
Harrisburg
Malcolm Griffin
Bedford City
Charles Susler
West Fairview
Hayder Reinsbecker
Harry A. Root, Jr
Farber
Maugin
Griffin
Pennsylvania State Hospital
Arbor
Carroll
Lincoln
W. B. Henry
Philadelphia
Henry
R. R. Henry
Tazewell
Thaw Gifts $1000 to Sickles for Debt Help
From Matteawan prison Harry K Thaw sends $1000 in cash to Gen Daniel Sickles via Col Schoonmaker of the Pennsylvania Battle Celebration Commission. He cites sympathy for Sickles and family military ties. The money is returned for safekeeping as the commission declines to custody a fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Daniel FE. Sickles
Schoonmaker
Pennsylvania Commission
Thaw
Gen
Sickles
Gen. Sickles
Col. Schoonmaker
Man in Ulster Exploits Heat To Beg Condensed Passengers
A beggar wearing a heavy storm ulster rode a Broadway express at Brooklyn Bridge station. He claimed to wear no clothing beneath it, eliciting sympathy and two separate passenger collections totaling dollars. He left at Grand Central and headed downtown, then north again pursuing more donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Bridge
Grand Central Station
Bridge Station
Preacher's Auto Kills Boy in Bloomfield
William Fredrick Misk aged about years of 224 Spruce Street Bloomfield was run over by an automobile driven by Rev. Dr. William T. Wilcox pastor of Westminster Church. The boy died within an hour at Mountainside Hospital from a rib driven through his lungs. Dr Wilcox surrendered to police and was held in 1000 bail supplied by William Richards of Bloomfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
N. J
Willam Fredrick Misk
Spruce Street
William T. Wilcox
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Mountainside Hospital
Wilcox
Belleville Avenue
Newark
William Richards
Plucked Captain Saves Battleship in Water-Driven Battle
A naval crew fights flooding engine room as water rushes in during a collision drill. The captain, though wounded, leads men in hand to hand defense and directs sailors to control the danger and avert disaster.
Louisiana Battleship Starboard Engine Room Saved by Crew
Captain Templin M Potts and his crew battled a six inch hole under water after an overboard valve blew, flooding the engine room. Lieut Sterling Ensign Smith and Wellbrock led the effort as tugs Sonoma and Ontario towed the ship to safe shallower water. Potts praised the team and prepared to depart for Bristol and Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Templin M. Potts
Louisiana
Naval Retiring Board
Washington
Potts
Frank W. Sterling
A. 2B Smith
J. H. Wellbroack
Charles J. Badger
Sonoma
Ontario
Taylor's Point
P. A. Lowell
J. G. Wilson
E. KE. Watkins
W. 8S. Holloway
D. B. Waller
P. Hloodgood
E. L. Hurt
F. Tosch
R. A. Sutton
McNeely
Clancy
Fire in Central Park Stable Claims Life of Girl
Firefighters escaped serious injury as roof collapsed during blaze behind McGown's Pass Tavern in Central Park. Helen Behm, 16, reported the fire and later died in the aftermath after discovering 200 squabs and kittens perished. Two thirds of the stable was destroyed with damage around 3 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Helen Behm
Max Behm
Explorer’s perilous Brazil trek on Sunday Times feature
The New York Times previews a daring account by a famed explorer of an unlikely journey in Brazil. The piece highlights the explorer’s achievement praised by the Brazilian government and promises thrills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savage-Landor
Brazil
New York Times
Duffy 15 Guilty On Second Trial
Ex Sergeant Peter J. Duffy found guilty on bribery charges after a lengthy trial. Jury requested rereading of key testimonies from Julius Roth and William Harris. Duffy admitted foreseeing trouble after Patrolman Fox confession. court noted graft trial difficulties. Mrs Duffy and son showed emotion as verdict reached.
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Peter J. Duffy
Julius Roth
Duffy
William D. Harris
Roth
Justice Seabury
Patrolman
Fox
Harris
Gambler
Seabury
Wilkins
Quackenbush
Nott
Wilsons announce engagement of Jessie Wilson to Francis Sayre
President and Mrs Wilson reveal their daughter Jessie Woodrow Wilson will marry Francis Bowes Sayre of New York in November. Sayre, born 1885, son of the late Robert H Sayre, has Harvard Law 1911 credentials and works in the District Attorney's office. The announcement garners social excitement as a major White House wedding event expected to begin the Winter season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Wilson
White House
Jessie Woodrow
Francis Bowes Sayre
New York
Mr. Sayre
Robert H. Sayre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Bethlemen Iron Works
Bethlehem Steel Works
John Nevin
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Penn
South Bethlehem
The
Hill School
Pottstown
Lawrenceville School
Montana
Williams College
Sigma Phi
Gargoyle
Phi Beta Kappa
Sayre
Dr. Grenfell
Labrador
Strathcona
Harvard Law School
Alaska
Siberia
Charles S. Whitman
Miss Wilson
Goucher College
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Y. W. Co
Fire Afloat Amid Strenuous Shipboard Relay
Anxiety rose in shipping circles as the steamship Comus relayed news that the Standard Oil tanker Sioux was on fire and heading back to port. Relief came after the Sioux reported the blaze under control, with tugs dispatched and later confirmation from Captain Davison of the Santa Marta that aid was no longer needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific Railroad
Comus
New Orleans
Barnegat
Parnegat
Scotland
John Kenton
Atlantic Highlands
Bayonne
Tuxpan
Mexico
New York
United Fruit
Santa Marta
Colon
Mohawk
Toile
Davison
Varantine
Sage
Senator Hitchcock bolts Democratic caucus over tobacco tax plan
Washington July 2 Senator Gilbert Hitchcock Nebraska quit the Democratic caucus after his call for a tobacco tax amendment to curb Big Tobacco output was rejected. He said he would try to offer the amendment on the Senate floor. The amendment aimed at a progressive excise on tobacco manufacturers to limit production in line with Attorney General McReynolds. The proposal was voted down 66 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Gilbert Hitchcock
Nebraska
Hitchcock
Senate
McReynolds
Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Company
Simmons
Finance
Gard
Wilson nominates Jeremiah Noter as Western District judge
President Wilson nominates Jeremiah Noter to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The nomination was announced on July 2 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Jeremiah Noterer
Stevens Sands killed in auto accident at Westhampton
Samuel Stevens Sands son of Mrs. William K Vanderbilt by her first marriage died when his racing car overturned near Westhampton after a tire burst. He was en route from Manhattan to his Southampton summer home. his wife Gertrude Sheldon Sands was en route to meet him. His brother Winthrop Sands had died in a similar accident in France years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
West Hampton
L. L
Samuel Stevens Sands
William K. Vanderbilt
Manhattan
Southampton
George Wiathrop Sands
Paris
Sands
Mr. Sands
M.S. Wadhams
Gertrude Sheldon
Meeting House Lane
H. E. Bishop
Wadhams
Cornwall
Riverhead
Mr. Rumsey
St. Louis
Howell House
West Hampton Beach
Winthrop Sands
France
G. Winthrop Sands
W. K. Vanderbilt
Chateau St Louis de Py
Chateau
George Winthrop Sands
Stevens Sands
W. Kk. Vandergilt
Ann Harriman
Oliver H. Harriman
Samuel S. Sands
Lewis Maurice Rutherfurd
Barbara
Rutherfurd
Oliver P
Samuel Stevens Ee
Gertrude Dater
George KR
Sheldon
Don
Stevens
New York
East Fifty-second Street
Carnegie visits Poincare in Paris
Andrew Carnegie attended the Carnegie Hero Fund committee sitting at the Ministry of the Interior with ex-President Loubet. He then visited the Elysée Palace and was received by President Poincaré. A dinner with the Hero Fund Committee and other societies followed for Mr and Mrs Carnegie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Hero Fund
Ministry of the Interior
Loubet
M. Loubet
Carnegie
Elysée Palace
Poincaré
Hero Fund
Burglars Alarm Basement Home on Fifth Avenue
The alarm at 2 West Fifty-seventh Street alerted Oliver T. Davia and Police to a Fourth Floor window opening in the Pearson residence next to Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. No loot was disturbed though silver and tapestries were stored inside. Police believe the alarm scared away the intruders while the family is abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Pearson
West Fifty-seventh Street
Oliver T. Davia
Pearson
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Europe
Massive blaze devastates Standard Oil plant in Bayonne
Fire at Standard Oil Company's Con stable Hook plant in Bayonne. Explosions touched a wax and chemical unit, igniting seven crude petroleum tanks. Bayonne and nearby fire crews battled flames past midnight, with 15 000 spectators watching as the danger eased. Superintendent Hennessy stated destruction was averted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Constable Hook
Bayonne
Staten Island
Tidewater Oil Company
The
Standard
George B. Hennessy
Smithsonian displays original Star Spangled Banner
The Smithsonian announced the original Star Spangled Banner is on exhibition at the National Museum. The flag, 27 feet 6 inches by 82 feet 10 inches with fifteen stripes and stars, flew over Fort McHenry during the 1814 assault by Admiral Cockburn. Col. George Armistead kept it. Eben Appleton of New York loaned and donated it to the Smithsonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
National Museum
Fort McHenry
Admiral Cockburn
Baltimore
George Armistead
Eben Appleton
New York
Institution
Banker Weds Typist in Philadelphia Case
Winthrop Smith former head of Winthrop Smith & Co now with Butcher Sherrerd Hansell wed Miss Margaret McMenamin 33 of 46 Baltimore Ave. After the ceremony they sailed for New York en route to a six month European tour. Smith, widower since 1911, is 67 and well known in local financial and social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Winthrop Smith
Winthrop Smith & Co
Butcher, Sherrerd & Hansell
Margaret McMenamin
Baltimore Avenue
Lamar Lays Bare His U. P. Tricks and Forgery Claims
Senate hearing exposed David Lamar the Wolf recounting efforts to rehabilitate Edward Lauterbach with Morgan group and Union Pacific officials by impersonating public figures in calls to Ledyard Evarts Archbold and others. He alleged a forged $82 million U P asset entry used to build Harriman fortune, while Cravath disputed the bear article plan and questioned Lamar’s motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
David Lamar
New York
Wall Street
the Wolf
Senate Lobby Committee
Edward Lauterbach
Morgan Group
Union Pacific
Daniel J. Riordan
Robert S. Lovett
Maxtrel Evarts
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
John Archbold
Standard of
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Clark
Underwood
Senator Stone
Missouri
Strooks
United Cigar Stores
McReynolds
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
W. F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Hilles
Lamar
Stanley
Steel Trust
Henry D. Martin
Anti-Trust League
Martin
Mr. Stanley
Kentucky
Ledyard
Lauterbach
Stone
Egne
F E. H. Harriman
Mr. Lamar
Thomas Gibson
Paul D. Cravath
Ledard
Evarts
Mar
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London
Daily Telegraph
Retkibukne
Zletovo
Inta
At &U
Cologne
Bucharest
Brindisi
Essad Pasha
Scutari
Essad
Preacher
Dr. Wilcox
Bloomfield Street
Big Plug
TIMES
Miss Jessie Wilson
F. B. Sayre
Whitman
District Attorney's Office
Greal Deal
Old Point Comfort
Chesapeake Bay
Fort Monroe
Standard Oiler Sioux
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt
George R. Sheldon
Poincare
French Hero Fund Committee
Cincinnati
Hunt
Board of Health
Health Board
Wood
Ice Delivery Company
Landis
Municipal Co
Academy of Medicine
Hal Starry Banner
U. P
Lobby Committee
Jugglery
Oregon
Cravath
Steel
Palmer
Cummins
Investigation Committee
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