Leaps From Tombs Man Breaks Liberty Run
Gaffney escapes after leaping from a wing of a jail during a break at the Tombs. Two children were shot in the ensuing chaos as detectives chase through yards and rooftops. Callahan, a fellow escapee, was later recaptured near Leonard Street. A confession to Warden Hantey follows the escape.
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Gaffney
Vincent Armes
O'M
Grace
John Callaharee
Leslie
Thomas Long Island
Hantey
Leonard Street
Charles Tucker
Tenth
Callahan
Woodworth Testifies in Brooklyn Trial of Russellites
Clayton J. Woodworth of Scranton testifies as principal witness in a Brooklyn federal trial of himself and fellow Russellites. He cites a sermon quotation supporting pacifist views and admits quoting it, while opposing military service and voicing belief that hypocrites surround gospel work. The judge presses on a question of wartime duty as the case continues.
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Clayton J. Woodworth
Scranton
Penn
United States District Court
Brooklyn
John Maynes Holmes
Woodworth
Dr Holmes
Bet
Isaac
Goodworth
Hlowe
Mayors pledge curb on city bond issues
Newburg New York June 12 Mayors from New York State cities at the ninth annual conference pledged to treat government requests for restraint on public improvements as a mandate and favor municipal ownership as a means to lower rates and improve services. Officers were elected with Walter R. Stone of Syracuse as president James D Smith Utica as vice president James R Watt Albany as treasurer William P Es Albany as secretary and others named. The next meeting will be in Schenectady.
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New York Times
Newburg
N. Y
New York State
Hylan
Walter R. Stone
Syracuse
James D Smith
Utica
James R. Watt
Albany
William P
Lureau
Jayton Midiam
Rome
Palmer Canfield, Jr
Kingston
R. M. Cox
Middletown
Foster Studholm
Olean
Willialm J. Wallin
Yonkers
Schenectady
President opposes prohibition riders in bills
President Wilson rejects attaching prohibition amendments to appropriation bills and opposes the Randall amendment on the Emergency Agricultural bill while advocating separate prohibition measures. He backs Senator Jones and Senator Smith efforts to remove all prohibition amendments but sees no objection to separate bills pursued on their merits.
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Washington
Wilson
Randall
Jones
Smith
South Carolina
Indiana University Graduates Hear Roosevelt Address
Special to The New York Times Bloomington Ind June 12 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt addressed Indiana University's graduation with over 5000 in attendance. He urged loyalty to America warning against Sinn Fein and anti American sentiment and even suggested adopting Germany's harsh treatment of spies. He planned to return to Indianapolis for rest before departing to New York at 5 45 this evening.
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New York Times
Bloomington
Ind
Theodore Roosevelt
Indiana University
America
Sinn
Germany
Troosevelt
Indianapolis
New York
Bulgarian Defeat Severe On Macedonian Front
Paris reports from the War Office detail renewed artillery clashes west of the Vardar. French troops and Albanian contingents conducted a June 10 operation against Kamia and Elnia, reducing the enemy salient and securing high ground near Ouravuza. Over 225 prisoners were taken along with ten cannons and significant war materiel.
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Paris
War Office
Vardar
Ubrudja
Lake Ochrida
Kamia
Elnia
Ouravuza
Mrs Page Names HMS Eagle at Tyne Launch
Mrs Walter H. Page wife of the American ambassador to Great Britain named H M S Eagle one of Britain's largest naval ships on the Tyne today Admiral Lionel Halsey and other leading naval officers attended as the Royal Naval Ensign and Stars and Stripes flew from the bow.
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London
Walter H. Page
Great Britain
H. M. S. Eagle
Tyne
Royal Naval
Lionel Halsey
Mexican Editors See Flying Field in New York Visit
Visiting Mexican journalists under the Committee on Public Information toured Mineola’s flying field and Double day Page printing plant in Hempstead. They will luncheon with Pan American Society at the Bankers' Club today at noon.
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Committee On Public Information
Pan American Society
Bankers’ Club
Broadway
Mineola
Doubleday, Page & Co
Hempstead
James T Grady Named Assistant Professor at Columbia
Dr Talcott Williams announced the appointment of James T Grady of The Tribune as Assistant Professor in Journalism at Columbia University. He succeeds the late Professor Franklin Matthews and has served as desk editor and city editor.
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Jr. T. Grady
Prof
Matthews
Talcott Williams
Columbia University
James T. Grady
the Tribune
Franklin Matthews
Grady
Eech
Raight City
Germany protests Prager lynching in Illinois
Germany lodges a Washington complaint demanding safeguards after the Robert P. Prager lynching in Collinsville Illinois on April 4. Privy Councilor Simons accuses the U S government of tolerating anti German hatred while Illinois laws are blamed as inadequate. The Swiss minister notes progress should be accelerated and the U S must prevent such incidents in the future. No formal complaint reached the State Department.
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Germany
Amsterdam
Washington
Robert P. Prager
Collinsville
Ill
Wolff Bureau
Privy
United States
Illinois
America
Herr Miller
Prager
State Department
German Propaganda Seeks to Undermine Soldiers
Chicago June 12. German agents allegedly spread insidious letters claiming soldiers’ wives were unfaithful to sap morale. A dramatic, well written note supposedly from a soldier led to court scrutiny, but investigators found no evidence of the soldier or his hospital. Federal agents warn similar tricks may occur elsewhere.
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Chicago
Babies Need Food Campaign Finds Malnutrition in City Babies
At the New York Diet Kitchen Association milk station Dr. Vincent W. Haight reports over half of sixty six babies examined show malnutrition and enlarged adenoids and tonsils. The Federal Babies Year Campaign aims to save 100000 young lives. Five extra nurses begin outreach to ensure after care and clinic treatment.
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New York Diet Kitchen Association
West Forty-first Street
Vincent W. Haight
United States
New York
Rouse Doctors War Zeal At AMA Convention
At the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago, leaders from the United States France Britain and Canada delivered war speeches in English and French praising the Allied cause. Notable speakers included Surgeon General W C Gorgas and Surgeon General Braisted as well as Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur and Dr Alexander Lambert. A French doctor rejected reports that tuberculosis was ravaging France as German propaganda.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
W. C. Gorgas
Army
Ww. Co. Braisted
Navy
James Mackenzie
Arbuthnot Lane
Great Britain
Herbert Bruch
Canada
M. Justin Godart
Edouard Rist
France
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford University
Alexander Lambert
New York
American Red Cross
de Lille
Record Flight Sets Fast Philadelphia Belmont Park Mail Mark
Lieutenant Culver set a new air mail record from Philadelphia to Belmont Park with seven sacks of mail in 42 minutes and reached altitudes above 20 000 feet. He started at 2 30 pm from Philadelphia and arrived at 3 12 pm, aided by a strong tailwind and two Philadelphia sacks with three for Washington.
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Philadelphia
Belmont Park
Culver
Air Mall
Cuver
Washington
Millar
Staten Island
Yesterda
Stephen Bonsal
Torrey Hi. Webb
Creditors to be paid by 26 percent or Liberty bonds
Creditors of the Aetna Explosives Company with undisputed claims totaling $827,196.56 will receive a 26 percent cash payment or repayment in full via a second issue of Liberty bonds. Receivers have invested $3 million in Liberty bonds. those needing cash get half of the remaining due once funds permit. The Oakdale plant burning loss was insured but limited. a new TNT plant at the same site is authorized for about $500,000 to fulfill a government order of 2,500,000 pounds monthly.
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Aetna Explosives Company
Mayer
Cas
Oakdale
German War Loan Reaches 15 001 425 000 Marks
Amsterdam June 12 subscriptions from the army to the eighth German war loan bring the total to 15 001 425 000 marks according to dispatches from Berlin today.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
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H.M.S. Eagle
Ambassador Page
Simons
Reichstag
Diet Kitchen
NEW Mail Flight Record
AETNA
Saks & Company
34Th Street
Athena
Union
Saks & Co
Marshall Field & Co
Lord & Taylor
Fifth Avenue
99Th Street
Greeley
Stern Brothers
West 42Nd Street
West 43Rd Street
Nutra
Hudson Seal
Nutria
Georgette Crepe
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