First Clear Description of Great Sea Fight Off Julian
Glasgow Herald summarizes the Battle of May 31 1916 between British and German fleets. Beatty’s battle cruisers and Queen Elizabeths engage Hindenburg and others as Jellicoe’s Grand Fleet moves to envelop. Indefatigable Queen Mary and Invincible are sunk. Warspite and Barham Myers and Malaya maneuver to cover and pursue.
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Julian
Beatty
Lion
Princess Royal
Queen Mary
Tiger
Indomitable
Invincible
Indefatigable
New Zealand
Hindenburg
Servcntz
Derffenger
Lutzow
Moltke
Salamis
Jellicoe
Beths
Canon
Barham
Valiant
Malaya
Warspite
Berlin recounts how the battle was fought
Berlin reports an official account of the North Sea engagement between the German High Seas Fleet and Britain. It notes German superiority in fleet size and range, praises Scheer and Hipper, and details British losses while omitting graphic combat details. The piece also covers the German chancellor's peace remarks and war-map updates.
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Berlin
Sayville
Admiral Jellicoe
Scheer
Hipper
Dogger Bank
Armstrong & Whitworth
Germany
Morgan Firm Sets Trap for Sultzer
Magistrate McAdoo closed a hearing into whether detective Burns illegally entered Seymour and Seymour at 120 Broadway. Testimony showed Mortimer B. Sulzer, with a desk in the Seymour office, committed fraud by posing as connected to a Morgan firm guardian angels to win munition contracts, while denying ties to the Morgan office thief who leaked secrets.
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McAdoo
William J Burns
Seymour & Seymour
Broadway
Mortimer B. Sulzer
Seymour
Sultzer
Swann
Guardian Angels
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Hughes Urges America First For National Unity
Justice Charles E. Hughes spoke to the National Cathedral School’s honor graduates in Washington. He presented the American flag and said the Stars and Stripes signify America first and an undivided allegiance, equal to a united, strong nation ready for duty.
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America
Hughes
Cortelyou
National Cathedral School
Union
Isabel Ringelhaupt
Marguerite Wiese
Justice Hughes
Washington
Colonel Is Ready Put Hughes Boom to Fight Foes in Concrete Form
District Attorney Swann argues the Burns case hinges on Sultzer's admissions and a double fraud scheme at Morgan and Seymour offices. Witnesses include James Lynch and Sherburne Prescott detailing intrusions, contracts, and a guardian angel within Morgan who could influence a $25,000 payoff.
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Hughes Boom
Swann
McAdoo
Sultzer
Morgan
James M. Beck
Burns
Seymour
Beck
Grand Jury
James Lynch
Moran
Sherburne Prescott
Angloo-American Cotton Products Company
Wotten Products Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Sultger
Cotton Products Company
Prescott
Harry B. Prindle
Howard
Mr. Prindle
Prindle
Suitzer
Owever
Von Tirpitz Congratulated and Thanked by the Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm sent congratulatory messages to Grand Admiral von Tirpitz and Grand Admiral von Koester. The notes praise Tirpitz for naval service and the fleet’s victory in the North Sea, and honor Koester for laying foundations in weapon use and fleet training.
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von Tirpitz
Kaiser
Amsterdam
London
William Jas
von Koester
North Sea
Emperor Promotes Scheer And Honors Given At Sea
The Emperor promoted Vice Admiral Scheer to Admiral and awarded decorations to officers and men for the North Sea battle. Hipper received the Pour le Mérite. The Emperor and Empress laid a wreath at Wilhelmshaven and visited wounded in local hospitals.
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Amsterdam
London
Scheer
Hipper
Wilhelmshaven
Acosta Returns Under Tow After Claimed Sinking
The destroyer Acosta, said by Germans to be sunk, arrived at a northeast coast port under tow after an explosion in the engine room killed five. A crewman recalled the moment of the blast and the ensuing chaos as shells rained around the ship.
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London
Acosta
Buckwood Inn Opens in Shawnee on Delaware
The Buckwood Inn in Shawnee on Delaware resumes operations with new management Murphy and Murphy advertising ideal family apartments and world links for residents seeking improved living arrangements and community access.
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Buckwood Inn
Shawnee-on-Delaware
Murphy
Peace rejected and fight on vows by the chancellor
The chancellor tells the Reichstag that peace is rejected and Germany will continue the war. He enumerates victories and says if enemies refuse the map as it is, further peace offers are futile. He accuses Allies of mistaken views on German unity.
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England
America
Germans Demand Tirpitz Return as Navy Head
Leaders of the German Conservative and National Liberal Parties and other factions urge Admiral von Tirpitz to be recalled as head of the navy due to dissatisfaction with the North Sea battle outcome.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Hague
von Tirpitz
No More German Goods to Be Passed by England
London reports that no further permits will be issued by Britain for importing German goods into the United States. Only a few dye consignments for the U S Government Printing Office to manufacture banknotes have passed recently. Washington says the dyes are for government use only and further exceptions may occur.
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England
London
United States
Germany
America
Washington
Roosevelt rebuffs Old Guard talks as Hughes stance waits
In Oyster Bay June 5 Colonel Roosevelt says he has not talked with Chicago Old Guard leaders by long distance and knows nothing of an emissary. He denies Borah’s letter demands and says he will not discuss Justice Hughes until Hughes speaks. He warns the Old Guard risks a third ticket if they push Burton or Harding against him.
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Martin
Virginia
Justice Hughes
Chicago
Mr. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Burton
Hughes
Cortelyous
Hughesnes
Charles . Whitman
New York
Frank Jf. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Hughes Forces
Legin
Huighea
Hitchcock
USS
Juation Murches
Thia
Myr Thitchcock
Democratic Party
Hiela
Oyster Bay
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
Frank H. Hitchcock
Whittman
Whitman
Jumes Hughes
Hitcchcock
Mtialogle
M Hithenek
N. Y
Old Guard
Borah
Harding
Near Deadlock in Chicago Anti-Hyphen Talks
In Chicago talks on the German alliance issue a near deadlock emerged as factions debate repudiation. White demands nothing less than full repudiation of the alliance, signaling a hardline stance.
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