Army of Helpers Aids Verdun Frontpanorama Tour
General Antoine hosts M Painleve at Verdun HQ. Airborne panoramic maps show trench networks and front layouts while aviators’ photos assemble a field zone. Poilus discuss rations, barracks, depots, and laundry as the army moves supplies via trains, wagons, and lorries.
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Tenth Army Corps
France
Associated Preas
Antoine
M. Painleve
de Castelnau
Western Front
Verdun
Associated Press
Heliouin
Humert
Ayeee Cee
Chevaux-De-Frise
Camut
Tunis
Morocco
Painleve
Generel
British advance in Africa tightens grip on Victoria Nyanza region
British forces in German East Africa report further advances near Handeni and Kilimanjaro, capturing Kili manjaro village and a nearby settlement. Korogwe post and wagon bridge secured, with large German forces entrenched near Handeni water supply. Ukerewe Island north of Manusa taken with two Krupp guns and stores.
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London
German East Africa
Kilimanjaro
Korogwe
Victoria Nyanza
Felows
Kwedizwa
Handeni
Pansgmni
Ukerewe
Manusa
Lake Victoria
Germans Make Surprise Attack in Portuguese East Africa
An official statement from Northern Portuguese East Africa reports German forces launched a surprise assault on Tuesday against the Portuguese post at Caxa. The engagement lasted about an hour with explosive bullets. Germans crossed the Rovuma River in dugouts but withdrew to the left bank bush. Portuguese casualties were five killed and two wounded. German losses are unknown.
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Lourenco Marques
French Senate probes war contracts and Morgan concerns
Paris reports the Senate Committee on Army Contracts meeting to review the J P Morgan and Co contract papers and hear from Finance Minister Ribot. The panel aims to curb unqualified intermediaries in war contracts and to decide further action after examining correspondence with Premier Briand.
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Paris
Senate Committee On
Briand
Ribot
J. P. Morgan & Co
Senate
Harvard Men Dine in Paris Dinner Highlights Franco American Ties
Harvard Alumni in Paris gathered for a dinner last night presided by James H. Hyde with Professor Paul Painleve delivering the keynote address on the close ties between French and American educational systems and the importance of American higher learning. Attendees included Harvard graduates who served in the French army and wore uniforms, with A. Piatt Andrew also speaking as a former Treasury official now with the American Ambulance Corps in France.
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Antoine
Mexico
Mesopotamia
Paris
Harvard
James H. Hyde
Paul Painleve
Painleve
A. Piatt Andrew
United States Treasury
American Ambulance Corps
France
Germany Plans Harvest Strategy For Coming Year
Berlin reports a comprehensive plan for the next harvest year has been prepared by the food strategy board led by Dr. von Batocki. The plan was submitted to the Bundesrath at a meeting attended by Dr. von Batocki the Interior Minister Dr. Helfferich and several state ministers.
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New York
Berlin
Germany
Board of Food Strategy
von Batocki
Bundesrath
Interior
Helfferich
Italian steamer Motila sunk in Atlantic
London reports that the Italian steamer Motila of 300 tons gross has been sunk. The loss was announced by Lloyds today.
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London
Motila
Lloyds
Armed ship captain repels boarders on Portland schooner
Thirty Italians boarded the Mary E. Palmer at Communipaw docks in Jersey City seeking to free engineer Francisco Cecovini, an Austrian posing as Italian. Captain Frank Hunter fired warning shots and detained Cecovini after learning his true identity. Police hauled Cecovini to Newark federal court as a warrant awaited.
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Mary E. Palmer
Portland
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Communipaw Docks
Jersey City
Frank Hunter
Hunter
Austria
Cecovini
Reqonsan
Thomas Collins
Plier
United States Court
Newark
Mary KE. Valmer
Buenos Aires
New York
Cecovint
Para
Brazil
Charles Andersen
Chancellor's War Speech Cited in Berlin Dispatches
Berlin reports quote German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg defending his prewar outreach to Great Britain as a political misstep. The Overseas News Agency telegraphed two versions, one calling the attempt his capital offense and the other urging calm judgment before God if deemed a crime.
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von Bethmann Hollweg
Reichstag
Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Sayville
Great Britain
Germany
Aviator Smith Injured In Japan Exhibition
American aviator Arthur Smith fell 600 feet during an exhibition in Sapporo Hokkaido. His right leg was broken and he was unconscious after the plane crashed following a loop. The crash is blamed on a defective motor. Smith had just completed a loop after a Japan tour climaxed with a Tokyo Palace exhibition on June 6. He received a medal from Premier Okuma and a diamond inlaid purse from the Crown Prince.
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Sapporo
Hokkaido
Japan
Arthur Smith
Smith
Tokio Palace
Yoshihito
Okuma
Economic Red Cross formed to shield private property
A Zurich based International Society for the Protection of Private Property pledges to press governments to ease requisition of enemy property and to aid colleagues. The group, praised by neutral jurists and supported by wealthy owners, vows to use strong measures if necessary. The interview notes sympathy among Socialists and likens the effort to an economic Red Cross.
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International Society For the Protection
Zurich
Switzerland
Ziricher Volksrecht
Eas
Volksrecht
New International
The
Society For the Protection of
Sovcialista
France
Italy
Red Cross
Destroyer McDougal Damaged Off Cape Ann
The destroyer McDougal was damaged during manoeuvres off Cape Ann and headed to the Boston Navy Yard for drydocking. It was leaking with one engine working and the starboard propeller out of commission. Tugs towed the vessel to the dock after wireless reports of trouble. The cause of the damage was not stated.
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Boston
McDougal
Cape Ann
Boston Navy Yard
Secret Session Debates War Conduct in Paris Chamber
Paris dispatch reports the Chamber of Deputies held its first secret session since the war began after a vote approving secrecy. Interpellations on war conduct and Verdun defenses were discussed, with the session expected to run for several days.
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Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Verdun
Earthquake rattles central Italy towns Rimini and Fort
A heavy earthshock struck at 3:25 am in Fort and Rimini in central Italy, each town housing about 50,000 people. No casualties were reported. The report comes via Paris from Rome dated June 16.
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Rome
Paris
Fort
Italy
Rimini
Plans Suit to Recover Insurance Policy Assignment
Supreme Court Justice Donnelly yesterday named Abraham E. Fehnman guardian ad litem for Sophie Kobre 15, daughter of late banker Jax Kobre, to sue Eugene Lamb Richards state superintendent of banks. The suit seeks to nullify a 51000 life insurance policy assignment from the banker to Richards, the policy once held by Kobre and assigned to him as bankruptcy receiver.
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Supreme Court
Donnelly
Abraham E. Ehenman
Nife
Sophie Kobre
Jax Kobre
Eugene Lamb Richards
Miss Kobre
Mr. Richards
Abe
Central R R grants more on West Side
Mayor Mitchel heard two letters from Ira A Place of the New York Central denying that west side improvements grant the railroad Hudson waterfront control from Fifty-ninth Street to Spuyten Duyvil. Place proposes contract specificity and a pledge the railroad won’t use double condemnation to block future terminal use.
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Mitchel
Board of Estimate
Ira A. Place
New York Central
West Side
Hudson
Fifty-ninth Street
Spuyten Duyvil
Mr. Place
Place
Cork
Smith
Manhattanville
Sixtieth Street Yard
Hiudson
Sixtieth Street
Park beauty saved opposed plan by Eleventh District Club
At a meeting of the Eleventh District Republican Club 2 228 Broadway Alderman William F Quinn proposed a resolution declaring unalterably opposed to New York Central Railroad plans for Riverside Park The plan would move tracks low feet east roof them and cover with soil risking destruction of 5400 bushes and 2000 trees, according to Charles L Craig chairman of the West End Association Law Committee.
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Eleventh Assembly District
Republican Club
Broadway
William F. Quinn
New York Central Railroad
Riverside Park
Charles L. Craig
West End Association
Jury to View Wreck Site at Bronx Elevated Inquest
Coroner Flynn leads an inquest into the June 8 Third Avenue Elevated collision near 149th Street that killed motorman Frank Kerrigan. Public Service Commissioner Whitney testifies the commission never set a fixed train distance and cites court rulings limiting supervision. Inspector reports note a proposed automatic signal system would not have prevented the crash. The transit chief says the new system could cut rush hour trains. Jurors will tour the wreck scene with Interborough officials to see train movements at the time.
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Flynn
Bronx
Third Avenue
149Th Street
Frank Kerrigan
Public Service
Travis HH. Whitney
Interborough
Whitney
Mark
Clifton W. Wilder
Traffic Department
Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Joseph J. Johnson
Transit Bureau
Russian Loan to China Details Rail Plan and Cities
A June dispatch from Vladivostok describes a Russian Asiatic Bank loan of 24,333,000 dollars to China for Manchuria railway construction. The plan links Harbin to Aigun via Merguen, Tsitsihar, Bodune, Duitszishan, Imampo and Kirin and may be increased.
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New York Times
Washington
Caldwell
Vladivostok
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Russich-Asiatische Bank
China
Russia
Tssue
Manchuria
Harbin
Aigun
Merguen
Tsitsihar
Bodune
Duitszishan
Imampo
Kirin
Russich- Asiatische Bank
Yarbin-Aigun
Sungari
Rodi
Talsihar
Gladdened by high prices Swiss farmers reap profits
Emmenthaler Nach richten notes war driven price boom in Switzerland. Fodder costs soar yet farmers report record profits as potatoes, eggs, beef, milk, grain and hogs fetch high prices. Traders and market women praise the bumper market while urging prudent planning.
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Emmenthaler Nachrichten
Switzerland
Berne
Aarberger
Austrian War Income Taxes Hit Citizens With Heavy Levy
Austrian citizens with income gains over 101,500 face a 45 percent tax on the excess, under an April 16 imperial decree for 1914 1915 and 1916. Domestic corporations face tiered rates up to 35 percent of increased income relative to invested capital, while foreign firms pay up to 40 percent. no tax if the annual increase is under 2,400.
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Albert Halstead
Vienna
Department of Commerce
Washington
Brazil's Lauro Muller Named Lead Arbitrator in U S Portugal Rift
Rio de Janeiro June 16 report states American and Portuguese ambassadors invite Dr Lauro Muller Brazilian Foreign Minister to act as principal arbitrator in any differences between the United States and Portugal. Muller accepts invitation.
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Rio Janeiro
Lauro Muller
United States
Muller
Restriction Battle Over 16 Story Heckscher Building
The Court of Appeals ruled August Heckscher may build a sixteen story steel business structure at Thirty-eighth Street and Madison Avenue near the Morgan home. The Murray family 1847 restriction aimed to bar business erections in the Murray Hill block, but Heckscher’s site and neighborhood changes were cited as moot or against action. The case humorously centers on a dispute over property, restrictions, and evolving urban landscape.
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J. P. Morgan
Charles A Peabody
William Church Osborn
Sylvanus L. Schoonmaker
J. Allen Townsend
Elia Fuller Guthrie
John J Riker
Murray Hill
County Court House
Court of Appeals
August Heckscher
Thirty-eighth Street
Madison Avenue
Heckscher
Madison and Park Avenues
Murray
Dean, Track
Blanchard
Morgan
Honest Weights and Measures Crusade Planned
Commissioner Hartigan announced a week of preaching by SOC ministers and leaders on honest weights and measures. The program, titled Weights and Measures Week at the National Conference, assigns days to School Day Tradesmen Day Homemakers Day Brooklyn and Queens Commercial Day Manhattan Bronx and Richmond Civic Day with Sunday not listed.
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Hartigan
Washington
Brooklyn
Queens
Manhattan
the Bronx
Richmond
Boxers Sail for Argentina for July Carnival
A new American boxing contingent departs aboard the Vasarit to Buenos Aires, joining six who sailed earlier, to compete in the July and August boxing carnival. Missing are promoter William Gibson and heavyweight Joe Jeanette. The group includes Alfred Badoud Ted Lewis Charles Johnston Henry Murphy Ian McKetrick Jim Bucklevy Joe Woodman George Lawrence and trainers Lewiss Mike Mazie Alex Goodman.
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Buenos Aires
William Gibson
Waa
Joe Jeanette
Alfred Badoud
Ted Lewis
Charles Johnston
James Johnston
Lewis
Henry Murphy
Badoud
Ian McKetrick
Jim Bucklevy
Joe Woodman
George Lawrence
Harry Wills
Sam Langford
Sam McVey
Mike Mazie
Alex Goodman
Lewiss
Scandinavian Games Tomorrow at Ulmer Park Brooklyn
The Scandinavian track and field championship will be held tomorrow afternoon at Ulmer Park in Brooklyn. A record entry is expected with local stars including Hannes Kolehmainen Willie Kronen FE Erickson and Eric Almief. Twenty athletes from Brport tronn and hope to challenge the Swedish American Norwegian turners for the Poly trophy.
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Ulmer Park
Brooklyn
Hannes Kolehmainen
Willie K
FE. Erickson
Eric Almief
Br Port
Tronn
Forecast for states shows scattered showers and fair periods
Washington and many states expect showers or unsettled skies Saturday and Sunday with some fair periods. Strong to light winds, warmer in spots. Ohio and Michigan forecast clouds with showers, Indiana and Iowa variable. Texas to North Dakota varied but mostly unsettled or cloudy with showers possible.
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New York Times
Washington
Cer
Fla
Tenn
Ohio
Wis
Minn
Iowa
N. Dak
Neti
Kan
Afaht
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Gen
Joffre
Castelnau
Annie
Allentown Preparatory
Beys’ School of
Mmt. Sigman, A. B
Alientown
Africa
J.p.morgan & Co
Motia
Motor & Sports
England
Economic Red Cross
the McDougal
Central
R.r.grants
A. B
John D. Dunn
P. A. Vaile
Arnold Haultain
Bernard Darwin
A. H. Revell
Maurice E. McLoughlin
James Burns
Anthony JF. Wilding
Raymond D. Little
Capt
Davis Dalton
H. P. Brown
George H. Corson
F. E. Dalton
Macy's
35Th St
Heckscher Property
the Hospital and House of Rest For Consumptives
Inwood-On-Hudson
New York City
William Mo Cruskshank
Trens
9Th Street
Wreepdrory Langdon
Andrew C. Zamriskie
Benjamin Welles
Sec'y
Argentina
B. Altman & Co
Fifth Avenue
Ieadhway
Welbred
Oxfords
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