The Jews of Spain a Tragedy and Romance in Time
William R. Shepherd of New York writes to The Times praising the news of Jewish restoration in Spain after centuries of banishment. He argues the story deserves prominent treatment and links it to Spain’s historic empire, cultural heritage, and the potential future renewed national stature.
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Neutrals and Peace League in Taft Gray Vision
The piece argues for neutral rights as a basis for a League of Peace among powers, warning against universal brotherhood that would erase nations. It criticizes the Justice Department and praises Taft and Gray for steering clear of excessive anti trust measures while shaping a pro neutral diplomatic framework.
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Peace League Meeting Endorses Practicable World Court Plan
The Philadelphia gathering of the League of Peace favors a practical approach over pacifist fantasies. Ex President Taft and Judge Grover Gray weigh in against unpreparedness and idealism, arguing for a League enforcing peace through a justiciable court and a Commission of Conciliation to resolve disputes among nations.
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Taxicab Regulation on Fifth Avenue Sparks Debate
Police Commissioner Woods seeks an Aldermen backed ordinance to bar public hacks from Fifth Avenue from 6:00 AM to 6:30 PM and limit heavy trucks to loading only from nearby cross streets. Proponents argue it would ease congestion while opponents fear diverted traffic elsewhere on the island.
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Chicago's Firm Mayor In Arbitration Against Street Strike
Chicago faced a bitter street railway strike with 14 500 workers walkout at midnight. Mayor Thompson pressed for arbitration offering concessions to strikers while vowing to protect citizens, ending with a peaceful resumption of service and praise for the mayor's decisive leadership.
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Pursuit of the Dead Trust Case Proceeds
The government pledges to pursue all South American shipping trust cases to completion with full legal rigor. It condemns evasions and out of court settlements, insisting on law enforcement for offenders and protection for compliant parties, despite wartime disruptions and court rebukes.
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Waterloo and Napoleon Compare Imperialist Legacies
The article reflects on the hundredth anniversary of the defeat of imperialism and contrasts Napoleon's autocratic rule with German imperialism. It argues Napoleon tempered despotism by welfare and equality, while criticizes the German state for pursuing efficiency over freedom, imagining a world Napoleonized with some citizen liberties.
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Topics of the Times A Quarrel Poorly Conducted
The debate between AgNoL and FrRaNK Hak pis continues in vulgar terms provoking public propriety. A prior exchange criticized the Paris guillotine scene as inaccurate, prompting further pointed retorts from Haggis and Bennett.
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Literary quarrel and court notes in New York press
The piece discusses a public dispute between writers over honesty and imagination, and reviews the FRANK case notes on paper origin, arguing for a new hearing. It also considers subway ventilation plans, favoring better air but criticizing surface nuisances and kiosk advertising along Broadway.
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New York
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Harris a Citizen Forty Years Responds to Editor
George Boochever writes to The New York Times defending Harris in the Arnold Bennett Frank Harris dispute. He notes Harris was admitted to citizenship in June 1875 in Lawrence Kansas after filing intention and, immediately after becoming a citizen, admitted to the Kansas bar. He asserts Harris has been an American citizen for almost forty years.
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Frank Harris
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Plucky boy tows lumber with skates amid crowd
New York, June 10 1915 A small boy carries a three foot long by three inch thick block of lumber by tying a roller skate to each end of the plank. Skates untie at crossings causing delays yet the boy persists drawing cheers and aid from onlookers and the officer on beat.
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Fifteen Millions Vanish in Bond Debate Letters
Readers weigh serial bonds versus sinking fund plans in New York City finance debate. M Beckhard argues savings miscalculated and that 4 percent yield on bonds covers losses. other letter from A M Adams questions rural land use and immigration, defending limited growth and regional prosperity.
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War stripped of silly chivalry by George Clarke Cox
A Dartmouth philosophy professor argues Germany’s aims justify its methods if ends are accepted, questions Allied acts, and urges choosing war only if necessary. He favors persuading Germany first and cites international law’s ex post facto nature and the clash of civilization ideals. He ends calling for frank reasons if war occurs.
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Park Concerts May Resume With Local Choirs
Letter from H Sutra of Brooklyn dated June 11 1915 suggests using church choirs in Amalier Park to fill park concert shortfalls. He notes many choirs are capable of performing oratorios and could attract crowds in the parks amid limited funds.
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Quoting from Mazzini on Neutrality and Humanity
Garrett P. Serviss cites Mazzini from The Westminster Review urging active stance against oppression. He condemns neutrality as atheism, highlights the Belgian crisis, and asks leaders like Wilson to apply principles of liberty and humanity in confronting tyranny. Closter New Jersey, June 14, 1815.
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Guerrilla Warfare in Armenia and International Law
A 1915 report cites Hallicks Laws of War on private warfare and notes Armenian fighters at Hosrova exchanging fire with Kurds and Turkish forces. It includes Elizabeth Macara’s account of rifle fire and killings, referencing U.S. Army field instructions on treatment of nonconventional combatants as public enemies.
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Prohibition Debate and Charitable Appeal Letters
A letter from Edward A. Packer, Prohibition Party chair, questions compensation for saloon closures tied to enforcement and urges counties to close all breweries and saloons without compensation. The Brooklyn Bureau of Charities reports a distressed family case and appeals for a $45 weekly pension and nourishing diet, noting recent donations.
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Heine and Germany in The Times 1915
A brief letter discusses Heine and German politics, noting how the poet’s writings were cited to critique both sides. The writer compares Heine’s shifting ideals, republicanism and conservatism, and his treatment of religion and Judaism, with a wry tone on overinterpretation. The piece appears in a New York correspondence dated May 30, 1915.
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Heine
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Hele
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New York
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The Foreign Legion Poem Fragment
A literary fragment presents varied self descriptions of a unit called the Foreign Legion. It proclaims unity across nations and social stations as they march together for France, describing their bleak origins, shared toil, and collective fight under a borrowed flag.
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