False beard victim trails wire tappers in Toronto scheme
Wealthy Toronto builder Reilly confided in a priest and traveled to New York with funds to bet on horse racing with a wire tapping gang. He and a Canadian partner were lured to a Forty seventh Street brownstone, wired money, and were captured after police confrontation. Detectives Gordon Woods and Cooney arrested the gang at Broadway and Forty third Street.
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Ela al Jened
Prederic Trother
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Inlerman
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James Fitegerald
Lotel
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Desfy
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Muller
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James Wotty
Boer Satieth
George Marshall
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Bo Filmer
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O'Reilly
Telegraph Company
Oreiy
Fency
Harry
Downeast
Bisad
Priest
Joner Woods
Paurot Sho
Faorot
Gilder
Wu, Marts
Cooney
Fitzgerald
G-1 Fails In Test Of Torpedo Tubes
Newport June 4 tests of the submarine G-1 torpedo tubes were unsuccessful as the dummy torpedo could not be launched. The vessel will be returned to the yard for overhaul while Fulton proceeds to the New York Navy Yard for complete tender work.
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WHR
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Fulton
NW York Navy Yard
Coenieht
COUNTESS WINS PARDON FOR MURDER CASE
Countess Marie Tarnovsky, freed after pardon, had been imprisoned for complicity in the murder of Count Kamarowsky at Venice in 1907. Her trial lasted nearly a hundred days with aristocratic sympathy, and she faced allegations tied to a lover entangling life insurance.
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Milan
Marie Tarovsky
Mar
Count Kamarowsky
Venice
Fins
Vernetans
Naumoff
Jourtey
Vierine
Veniee
Albany official seeks special counsel for estate appraisal
State Center Travis announced that over one hundred lawyers applied to be special counsel to appraise the estate of Jacob Furpert, valued around 4,000. He also indicated the estate of Alfred te Vanderball would be appraised by Lafayette Cienson, seeking potential savings in the process.
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Albany
State Center
Travis
Jacob Furpert
Alfred Te Vanderball
Lafayette Cienson
Manhattan Loses Last Real Farmer
Nicholas Zerrenner, the last true Manhattan farmer who daily hauled produce to market from a four block farm at Port George and Audubon avenues, died that night aged 88. His sons carry on in the city’s west side as land is sold for streets and housing, leaving only garden plots for private use.
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Port George
Audubon Avenues
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Henry
Istat Street
Fort George
Washington Heights
Manhattanies
Mr. Zerrenner
Weet Thirts-seventh Street
Black Object Fanned Alarm Aboard Adriatic Near Queenstown
London June 4 Passengers aboard the Adriatic report a black object seen about a mile away sparked fear of a submarine. Rumors spread of pursuit but no threat materialized. Lifebelts were worn and most stayed on deck as lifeboats were lowered near the approaching war zone.
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London
Queenstown
War costs state millions as population set to fall
Secretary Hugo estimates the European war will reduce the state's population by about 1,000,000 as foreigners return home. He says the current census may show a population near 10,000,000 instead of the expected 14,000,600.
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Hugo
Albany
Baby cry reaches across continent at governor’s mansion
In Albany on June 4 baby Seymour Whitman Jr cried loudly as his father relayed news from San Francesco. The Governor heard the sound by telephone through a receiver near the child. About 150 people gathered at the mansion to speak with the governor’s party during hosting at a Panama Pacific exposition site. State officials and politicians attended, with the executive locked in, while Speaker Sweet and General Suterbury attended. An interview with the King of Italy appeared in D Annunzio’s circles.
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Seymour Whitman, Jr
San Francesco
Hem
New York State
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Gov
Crec
Sweet
Quipet
Suterbury
San Francis
United States
Wood
Govrenor
Feery
Eid
Yeaterday
Geolectric Company
Har
A.nonmunition Company
American Can Compiny
Seetordo
Campaniea
Ohers
Carranza Acknowledgment to Wilson Note on Armament
The note from Venustiano Carranza expressing world hunger for ammunition and hopeful cordial U.S. aid is delivered but no answer has yet been received. Carranza states the United States is its hope for support amid tensions.
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Carranza
Wilson
U.S
England
Karl Sitchenes
Kar
Thomas G. Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
London
Thomas
United States
Carais
New York
Russians Prepare to Give Giant Order to Carranza
In a June 4 dispatch Vera Crad reports General Carranza plans to hand a formal note to John R. Silliman, President Wilson’s envoy in Mexico, outlining terms with a conciliatory tone. The note aims to influence recognition by Washington and to press for a reoccupation of Mexico City to advance the Constitutionalists.
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Carrarea
Wilson
Cerra
John R. Silliman
Mexico
Washington
Carranza
I H
Mexico City
Carranca
Carrara
Wil
Washington Awaits Replies from Mexico
Washington reports the administration awaits Mexico’s response to President Wilson’s new policy note. Secretary Bryan hopes foreigners in Mexico City will move to the coast as rail service resumes amid food shortages. Reports from Aguascalientes and Vera Cruz describe famine, confiscation of corn, and looming hunger unless relief arrives, with Red Cross plans to aid and monitor the situation.
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General Electric Co
Mexico
Washington
Antmal Iinetration
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Car Farce
Garen
Villa
Constitutionalist Agency
Wilson
Bryan
Mexico City
State Department
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Agusacalientes
Aguascalientes
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Aument
P. Morris
NERVE TEST FOR AUTOISTS
Commissioner Goldwater urged the Legislature to require medical or mental fitness tests for auto operator permits. He warned that handling a motor car on New York streets is not for the untrained or emotionally unstable, calling current law insufficient to assess driving ability.
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Goldwater
Department of Health
Boch
Cabinet Backs Up Wilson in Short Emphatic Note
The cabinet reiterates support for President Wilson in a brief, forceful statement. The note warns the Kaiser that U S patience is nearly exhausted while denying charges about the Lusitania carrying cannon. The message will be sent Monday.
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Wilson
Will
Kaiser
U. S
New Zeppelin Type Carries Poison Gas
Washington June 4 President Wilson's note demanding that Germany observe international law in its submarine warfare was approved by the Cabinet and will be sent to Berlin for presentation. The note emphasizes the sanctity of human life, denies Lusitania armed claims, and warns Germany to act within international law or face protective steps for neutrals and noncombatants at sea.
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Wilson
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Berlin
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Sweden
Denmark
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Reail
Robert Lansing
State Department
Lansing
Bryan
Russians Driven from Villages Near Libau
War Office bulletin reports Russian forces driven from villages near Libau in Courland and Rawellany area. U S notes and Berlin diplomacy dominate daily briefings as officials dispute wording and possible responses to German notes on humanity and relations with the Kaiser government.
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Berlin
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Germany
Count von Bernatori
Lenen
Schrunden
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Miles
Libau
Courland
Lansing
Rawellany
Katschany
Sredniki
Johnson
Bether
Chief Lusitania Gun Witness In Kaiser’s Pay
The wartime document reveals a Lusitania witness alleging payment by the Kaiser and notes all four signers of affidavits are missing. An interlude describes Boy-Ed avoiding visitors while Dr. Gerhard relays Bernstorf’s message to Berlin. The message targets the British government and the Cunard Line generally, outlining a German embassy stance.
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Lusitania
Kaiser
Gerhard
Bernstorf
Berlin
Cunard Steamship Company
German Witness Linked to German Government Stirs Lusitania Probe
Federal agents found documentary evidence tying Gustav Stahl to the German government as a longtime employee, as they searched Hoboken and New York City in the Lusitania arming inquiry. Stahl and Otto Schubert, both linked to German interests, remained missing as investigators press the neutrality and espionage angles.
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Gustav Hs
Stahl
Hoboken
Malone
Neutrality Squad
Leroy Street
John J. Mears
United States Secret Service
Thin City
Luntania
Port Stewart
New York
Law Department
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Customs Service
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George Washington
Lisyd
Sant
Lloyd Liter
Stehl
Tas
Captain Ho
Bowling Green
von Pappen
Josephine
Stegler
Boy Fd
Nvestigur
Germany promises payment for Gulflight sinking
Washington notes that German Foreign Minister von Jagow informed Ambassador Gerard the Gulflight was mistaken for a British ship and that compensation for damages would be settled with American approval. The note also discusses the America Cushing attack and requests joint assessment by German and American experts if needed.
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Eam Ton Teme Warens
Washington
United Stes
James W Gerard
State Department
Merr von Jagow
Foreign Office
Selly
Berlin Alert on Possible U S Break Stirs Headlines
A dispatch from Amsterdam claims Berlin warned that German U S relations may break in forty eight hours and Americans should prepare to leave. Robert Lansing in Washington denied the tale as false and improbable, noting a German emissary recently traveled from New York to gauge U S sentiment.
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Aimparen
Fachange
Amsterdam
Berlin
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United States
Washington
Robert Lansing
State Cement
Herlin
New York
General assault begins on Gallipoli Turkish lines
The Times London report from Mitylene says a combined general assault on Turkish positions along the Gallipoli peninsula began yesterday morning. The dispatch notes Allied forces launched the operation on the KPoli front as part of ongoing attacks.
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the Times
Kpoli
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