Battle off Jutland recounts a costly German British clash
Vice-Admiral Beatty presses a coast hugging tactic as light favors the British. Rainy seas and a western sun expose British gunners while Germans conceal strength behind a mine field. Hood’s Invincible and Indomitable arrive to reinforce, sinking the Invincible and shifting momentum as German Kaiser's ships press an aggressive assault aided by mine fields submarines and zeppelins.
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Invincible
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Ainking
Peerage Mourns Losses From North Sea Battle
British aristocracy suffers multiple deaths from the Invincible disaster. Rear Admiral the Hon Horace Lambert Alex Hood son and heir to Viscount Hood went down with the battle cruiser Invincible. Lieutenant Commander Hugh Fielding son of the Earl of Denbigh and Midshipman Bernard Bailey son of Lord Glanusk among the deceased. Commander Edward Bingham of the torpedo boat son of Lord Morris and Midshipman Cecil Molyneux son of the Earl of Sefton. King George received Commander Hubert E Dannreuther, survivor, in audiences yesterday.
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London
June
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Invincible
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Hugh Feilding
Earl of Denbigh
Bernard Bailey
Lord Glanusk
Algernon Percy
Duke of Northumberland
Edward Bingham
Lord Morris
Cecil Molyneux
Earl of Sefton
George
Hubert E. Dannreuther
Frauenlob Crew Adrift Seven Hours Survive Torpedo Sinking
Survivors from the German cruiser Frauenlob report the fleet departed Wilhelmhaven, fought through the day, and was torpedoed amidships at dawn. The Thames towed survivors after finding three rafts near Dogger Bank. eight died from cold and exhaustion. Elbing survivors left Ymuiden by Dutch permit after a collision disabled the ship and crew abandoned their vessel.
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Germany
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Wilson Honors the Gray at Confederate Arlington Memorial
President Wilson attended memorial exercises in the Confederate section of Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D C, on June 4. He did not speak, surprising a large crowd. Senator Vardaman defended Southern secession, while Secretary Daniels sat on the platform, as an event marked by ceremonial remarks and the preserved memory of the Confederacy.
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Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Wilson
Arlington National Cemetery
Vardaman
Daniels
Women fill factory roles as men go to sea
James Carnegie, inspecting engineer of the International Mercantile Marine, cited two women shovelling oat in an English factory boiler room as examples of women taking men’s places. He returned from England on the New York liner and noted 100 Kirkcaldy workers were women. The American liner’s voyage was uneventful but wireless reports of a North Sea naval battle caused unease among British and Canadian passengers.
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International Mercantile Marine
England
New York
Carnegie
Kirkcaldy
North Sea
Lorlys Rogers Up Today in Bronx Court for Vindication
Lorlys Elton Rogers, husband of acquitted Mrs. Rogers, is to be arraigned this morning in the criminal branch of the Supreme Court of The Bronx before Justice John M. Tierney on an indictment charging him with white slavery. He insisted on the jury trial despite the district attorney’s offer to dismiss the indictment after Mrs. Rogers’ acquittal on murder charges.
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Supreme Court of the Bronx
John M. Tierney
Rogers
Francis Martin
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
German Losses Acknowledged In North Sea Naval Clash
Naval writer Park Benjamin of New York argues in a 1916 account that Germany admitted losses in the Skagerak battle while British reports obscured facts. He contends German actions were prudent, English delays and misstatements cloud the true status of the engagement.
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New York
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the Scientific American
Germany
Skagerak
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Fox
Westfalen
Jetlicon
Admiral Beatty
Calls North Sea fight dawn of free Ireland
Dennis A. Spelliney, national treasurer of the Irish Volunteers, told Friends of Irish Freedom in Astoria that Germany could not lose the war and Ireland would be free with the Kaiser as a friend. A thousand applauded as he predicted British defeat in the North Sea would begin their end. Sheriff Thomas M. Quinn presided. a Celtic cross with Irish leaders’ names stood on stage beside flags.
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Astoria
Long Island
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Queens
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Hatters demand price tags as Belleville workers strike
A 200 worker union walkthrough at Napier Manufacturing in Belleville New Jersey seeks a meeting with firm heads after balking at a contract clause requiring hat prices to be tagged before sale. Similar actions occur in Newark Orange and nearby areas as talks resume with plans to oppose demands.
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New York
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Roosevelt Urges Four Battleships for Peace Policy
Colonel Roosevelt, citing his 1908 naval message, warns that belated Democratic action on naval preparedness risks national weakness. He argues four modern battleships are essential for balance and peace, and that a stronger navy deters insults while ensuring security across two oceans. He remains dubious about attending the Chicago convention.
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Roosevelt
Congress
United States
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Chicago
Auto Stopped Runaway Horses In Brooklyn Chase
A team of runaway horses pulling a coach bolted along Nostrand Avenue toward Quincy Street in Brooklyn last night. Patrolman William Friel seized a passing car and, clinging to the running board, pursued the fleeing rig. He held on until the horses halted, then was taken to a hospital with internal injuries.
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Brooklyn
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Nostrand Avenue
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Man Struck By Train In Brooklyn Hospitalized
Thomas Flynn aged fifty of 8% Douglas Street Brooklyn is in Greenpoint Hospital after being struck by a Long Island train while walking on the tracks near Dead Man's Curve by Laurel Will Boulevard yesterday afternoon. Doctors fear skull fracture.
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Greenpoint
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Long Island
Wife Whips Him at Hotel Lobby in Public
In the Ansonia Hotel lobby a wife slapped her husband with a rawhide whip after luring him to a telephone parlor to surprise him. Hart, claiming nine years apart, seeks court relief as onlookers assisted. bail set at 500 dollars, with Hart offering his watch as partial bail amid a chaotic scene that drew police and colleagues.
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Albert J. Hart
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Paxtrolman
Porter
West Sixty Eighth Street
Berkeley
S. P. C. A. Asked to Stop Police Killing Dog
A mad dog in the yard of Thomas Quinn at 381 West Fifty-fifth Street prompted Patrolman Graham of West Forty-seventh Street station to shoot from a shed roof. Five shots wounded the dog then he shot it dead after the P C A arrived. Quinn's three children mourn the pet.
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West Forty-seventh Street
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Hurt in Dance Hall Fight in Williamsburg
Police found 24 year old Joseph Zinker with head and face wounds lying on a Williamsburg sidewalk after a saloon melee at 253 Wythe Avenue. Bartender Jacob Jinser was arrested on charges of beating Zinker with a club as foreigners clashed with escorts during a dance disruption. Zinker was taken to Eastern District Hospital.
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Wythe Avenue
Joseph Carroll
Joseph Zinker
Driggs Avenue
Bedford Av Nue
Jacob Jinser
Zinker
Eastern District Hospital
New Name for Infimary on Staten Island Hospital Renamed
Trustees of the 5 R Smith Infirmary Staten Island announced yesterday the institution would be renamed Staten Island Hospital The infirmary founded forty years ago by the late Dr Samuel R Smith Trustees said the word infirmary is misinterpreted as a home for the aged and infirm rather than a hospital
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Staten Usland
Staten Island Hospital
Samuel R. Smith
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