Asquith Praises Allies Deeds and War Leadership
Premier Asquith, marking thirty years since East Fife election, visits Co m mons district. He laments Kitchener’s death, lauds the navy victory and Allied cooperation, notes Russian and Italian resistance, and urges a provisional settlement for Ireland as the war nears its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladybank
Scotland
House of Commons
Asquith
Verdun
Joffre
Ireland
Great Britain
Dominions
Battleship Oregon Sails to Aid Stranded Steamship
The passenger steamer Hear of the San Francisco and Portland line went ashore in fog off Sugar Loaf 70 miles south of Eureka. The battleship Oregon stands by as Eureka lifesavers head to assist. A number of small boats leave the Bear as passengers transfer to the Oregon. The Bear, 4507 GCF, 357 feet, built at Newport News in 190? with heavy fog and calm seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company
Sugar Loaf
Eureka
Oregon
United States Naval Trainin Station
Bear
Progressives' plea to Roosevelt over party split
Nashville report quotes former Rep. John Do Houk urging Theodore Roosevelt to defend Progressive principles. He claims Progressives faced exclusion at Chicago and warns against aligning with opponents who he says robbed Roosevelt supporters. He stresses Armageddon stakes and regional loyalty to Progressive ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
John Do. Houk
State Progressive Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chicago
East Tennessee
Soldier on Trial in Dublin Murder Case
Private Henry J. Watt of the Irish Lancers faces a court martial charged with murder and attempted murder in Dublin. Grey testified Watt fired at Robert Glaister and again as he entered the hotel, killing Glaister, while the defense contends Glaister ignored sentry orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Henry J. Watt
The
Irish Lancers
Robert Glaister
William F. Grey
Grey
Glaister
Watt
Figure British Navy Losses in German Reports
Berlin reports from June 14 state German newspapers tally British wartime losses at over 600000 tons. The tally includes eleven battleships, fifteen armored cruisers, eleven other cruisers, plus thirty torpedo boats, twenty gunboats, twenty submarines and more, with totals rising after the Skagerrak battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sayville
North Sea
Overseas News Agency
Skagerrak
Lusitania Suits Filed for Deaths of Lund and Mounsey
Two $50,000 damages suits were begun in the Admiralty Branch of the Federal District Court against the Cunard Steamship Company by Sarah Lund widow of Charles H. Lund and by William E. Mounsey and heirs of William Mounsey. The complaints allege the Lusitania carried war vessels and soldiers, had dangerous explosives aboard, and was torpedoed in the war zone while sailing off the Liverpool to New York course. The vessel’s seaworthiness and Cunard’s handling are charged as negligent. There are forty four damage suits pending against Cunard.
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Admiralty Branch
Federal District Court
Cunard Steamship Company
Sarah Lund
Charles H. Lund
William E. Mounsey
William Mounsey
John M. Nolan
Rector Street
Lund
Mounsey
Lusitania
New York
Assenger
Iverpool
Orrman
Argan
Wilson credited for curbing U boat threat says subs unseaworthy
London Naval and Military Record May 31 notes credit to President Wilson for reduced merchant ship losses after the Sussex note. It argues the note influenced German restraint, while faint praise or doubt remains about long term impact and discusses rumored German supersubmarines and their poor sea-worthiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval and Military Record of
London
Great Britain
New York
Wilson
Germany
Admiralty
Berlin
Weathmantee Oe
British Hold Hansemann in London
The Daily News reports Liverpool police detain German silk importer Richard Hansemann who traveled from New York on the St Paul with a German Consulate passport. He planned visits to London Holland and Germany claiming a commercial mission and has resided in New York for ten years without naturalization papers.
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NEW York Times
London
The
Daily News
Liverpool
Richard Hansemann
New York
St. Paul
Germany
Iier
Holland
Italians Repel Austrian Attacks on Southern Tyrol Front
The War Office reports Austrian assaults along the Posina line in Southern Tyrol were repulsed after heavy artillery preparations on June 12. Attacks targeted Forni Alta Campagna Monte Glove and Monte Brazone but failed. Bombardment along the Novegno area continued with no infantry breakthrough. Small encounters occurred in upper Fella and Seebach valleys, with no major front changes on the Isonzo. Austrian seaplanes raided Venice. one woman killed and four civilians injured, with minor property damage.
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Rome
Posina
Tyrol
War Office
Pasina
Forni
Alta
Campagna
Monte Glove
Monte Brazone
Novegno
Bolte
Podestagno
Fella
Seebach
Isonzo
Venice
Italian Cabinet Near Reformation as Salandra Resigns
Rome reports the new cabinet is virtually formed to replace Salandra. Paulo Boselli appears as premier with no other portfolio, while Vittorio Orlando may take the Foreign Ministry. Ministers Leonida Bissolati and Luigi Luzzatti are named along with possible reappointment of Morrone and Corsi. Marconi is likely to join.
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Rome
Antonio Salandra
Paulo Boselli
Baron Sonnino
Vittorio B. Orlando
Justice
Salandra
Leonida Bissolati- Bergamaschi
Reform Socialists
Luigi Luzzatti
William Marconi
Paolo Morrone
Camillo Corsi
Marine
Safety First Federation Urges Saner July Fourth
The Safety First Federation asks Governors and city officials across the country to promote safe Fourth of July celebrations. More than twenty governors and 500 city officials are joining the safe and sane program, with Fire Commissioner Robert Adamson outlining plans at the federation meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Safety First Federa Icn
Amermpaign
Robert Adamson
Meets T
Snfety
Eorrow
Federation
East Street
Nationwide Flag Day Observances Rally in City and Nation
President Wilson urged loyalty as America honors flag day with mass pledges. In New York City 2000 Harlem pupils, 70000 Brooklyn students, and thousands more witnessed parades, reviews, and speeches by officials and veterans at sites from Fifth Avenue to Elks Lodge and Sub Treasury Building.
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Wilson
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Church of the Puritans
150Th Street
Wall Street
Brooklyn
Stars and Stripes
Sub- Treasury
Nathaniel Usher
U. 3
S. N
Edwin F. Glenn
Henry H. Royce
New York Cotton Exchange
M. E de Aguero
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Hamilton R. Fairfax
Colonial Dames
State of
New York
Joseph S. Wood
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Simon Baruch
Everett Menzies Raynor
Sons of the Revolution
Fraunces Tavern
Lower Broad Street
Sub-Treasury
Mitchel
James Mortimer Montgomery
John Canfield Tomlinson
George F. Nelson
Cathedral of
St John the Divine
David H. Greer
Mr. Tomlinson
America
Flagspeech at Betsy Ross House on Flag Day
Dr J Hexamer president of the National German American Alliance urged true Americanism to be neutral in foreign policy and defend the United States against aggression. He praised German birth citizens for loyalty shown in battles and civic contests. Mayor Smith presided at Independence Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross House
J. Hexamer
National German- American Alliance
United States
Mayor Smith
Independence Hall
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Wm. A. White & Sons
Cedar Street
John
Border Legion
Zane Grey
E Grey
Philadelphia Telegraph
Detroit Free Press
Harper & Brothers
Niagara Falls
Broadway
Flatbush Ave
Market St
Newark
Kitchener
Newport News
Lui
Urbana
Hillquit
Hague
International Socialist Bureau
Morris Hillquit
Socialist Party of the United States
Del—T
C. H. Lund
Wm. Mounsey
Greeley
Lord & Taylor
39Th Street
38Th Street
Ree Tee
Palm Beach
Sussex
Hold Hansemann
Marconi
Sonnino
Urges Sane
Safety First Federation
Yorktown
Robert Olyhant
Sons of Revouution
New York State
Tomlinson
Mary Floyd Tallmadge Seymour
Frederick Samuel Tallmadge
Tallmadge Dragoons
Stotesbuy
Elk’s Clubhouse
Mr. Stotesbay
Harlem
Stotesbury
Elks
Henry de Witt Hamilton
Thomas F Lynch
John FE
Burk
Nicholas Engel
William Newman
H. Warren Hubbard
Henry Lemkuh
John Dempsey
Jean J. Chowan
Owen J Brady
Memorial Committee
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Memorial
Confederate Veteran Camp of
Society of Colonial Wars
New York Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Society of the Mayflower Descendants
American Flag Association
New York State Society of the Cincinnati
Veteran Corps of Artillery
Pennsylvania Station
Grand Central Terminal
League
Sigsbee
Washington Post
GAR
Forty-sixth Street
High School of Commerce
West Sixty-fifth Street
Forest Grant
Fifty-second Street
John D. Minnick
Jere
35Th Street
HH. Macy & Co
Herald Square
Macy Men’s
Macy
Macy’s
Andrew Alexander
Djersette
Serge
Faille
Callot, Jenny, Cheruit
Drecoll, Bernard and
Beer
le Jerz
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