Trial reveals peril warned by Laimbeer in rail crash case
In a courtroom drama over a Long Island Railroad wreck, Mrs Laimbeer and her husband seek $250,000 in damages for their deaths and injuries. Testimony from Nathalie Schenck Laimteer and others describes the moments before the collision near Hempstead Avenue, with details of the Vanderbilt Pell car, the Trouville dinner, and the sudden approach of the train. The case centers on whether proper warnings were issued and if negligence contributed to the tragedy.
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Nathalie Schenck Laimteer
Aspinall
Supreme Cort
Long
William Laimne
Long Island
Aveest
Laimbeer
Sughere
Lai
Vanderbilt
Shore Road
Vorner
Kie Wyck
Uinboer
W. Liteieton
Selang
Feather Withers
Mr. Vanderbilt
Vanderbelt
Trouville
Pell
Col House Lingers Here After European Trip
Colonel Edward M. House, President Wilson's confidant, did not go to Washington yesterday. He and Mrs. House were guests at a small family dinner hosted by his son in law, Gordon Auchincloss, in Roslyn Long Island. He may travel to Washington soon but has no definite plans. He will discuss his three months in Europe with the President before replying to any further inquiries.
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Wilson
Edward M. House
Washington
How
Gordon Auchincloss
Roslyn
Long Island
House
Europe
Constantine Past Crisis and King Constantine Recovery Hopes
A Reuters report notes a medical crisis involving King Constantine, describing a severe recent phase and immediate risks diminished as treatment continued. Conditions improve slowly with gradual convalescence anticipated, amid cautious optimism for a full recovery.
Rich Sea Cliff Couple Implicated in Summer Cottage Robberies
Miss Ruth Taylor of Sea Cliff Long Island and Donald Clapham are jailed on $1000 bail after confessing to stealing silverware and glassware from summer cottages. Detective work followed Taylor and her lover’s travels to New York and back, with her former husband John Conlin guiding the investigation. Alfred Clapham admitted his son’s burglaries and bail was posted by Miss Taylor’s mother.
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Ruth Taylor
Long Island
Donald Clapham
Taylor
John Conlin
Conlin
Sén Clif
Bea Clift
Clapham
New York
Mine Taylor
Flatbash Avenue
Miss Taylor
Mit
Sen Clit
Henry Ly Schaefer
Misa Taylor
Alfred Hi
Donald
Priest Drowns Saving Boy During Seminary Trip
In Crosawick Creek near Trenton on June 4, Father French of St. Francis Seminary led a group of young students on a hike. When 16-year-old Edward Kactnarek struggled, the priest swam to assist but both drowned. Other students rescued themselves as the chaplain from Buffalo aimed to study at the camp upstream.
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Trenton
French
Francisst
Edward Kactnarek
Crosawick Creek
St. Francis's Seminary
Kucsnarek
Father French
Kacharel
Buffalo
Lusitania speed cut to save coal as inquiry opens
In London the Lusitania inquiry began with Sir Edward Carson declaring the speed and coal-saving measures crucial to the loss investigation. Captain Turner testified the crew were competent though the ship was not fully manned. the court probed communications but planned limited public disclosure. The hearing emphasized that the liner was unarmed and torpedoed without warning, highlighting international law implications.
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Tribune
London
Cunard Steamship Company
Lusitania
Board of Trade
Edward Carson
Turner
Edward
Board of Inquiry
Central Hall
Westminster
High Temple
Lord Mersey
Sir Edward Carson
Admiralty
Cunard Line
Tosk
Butler Aspinall
Nena
Aspinall
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Anion
Canard Line
Tureneraid
Ngs
Great Britain
Germany
Lusi
U S Tricked by Gerhard on Bernstorff Mission Hoax
U S officials reveal that the Bernstorff mission and the supposed German gun agent Gerhard were a hoax. Bryan’s safe conduct has landed in Denmark and is en route to Berlin with contracts and valuable information for the War Office.
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U. S
Gerhard
Bernstorff
Denmark
Berlin
War Office
Meyer Gerhard nerve on arrival in Copenhagen shows hoax to U S
A Danish dispatch reports Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard arriving in Copenhagen from London with a large crowd watching. He disappeared in a motor car, missed the night train to Berlin, and planned to proceed to Berlin next morning. The piece alleges he is actually Alfred Meyer, a German War Office official, using Red Cross guise to obtain war supplies and strike clandestine deals with munitions brokers.
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Copenhagen
London
Anton Meyer- Gerhard
Count von Bernstorff
William
United States
Meyer-Gerhard
Berlin
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Red Cross
Denmark
State Department
Tribune
Alfred Meyer
Department of Army Supplies
German Ministry of War
Germany
East Front
Meyer
War Office
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Mosciska Falls As German Rush Near Lemberg
London reports a renewed Austro German advance along the Galician front pushing to Lemberg. Mosciska, key on the Preemyst Lemberg railway, remains contested as Russian forces fall back along rail lines toward Grodek.
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Mosciska
Lemsberg
London
Galicia
Mos‘isk
Lemberg
Herlin
Vienna
Teutonic Alli Save
Batte
Sieniawa
Iver San
Dniester
Bessarabia
Juworow
Cosy
Grodek
Proemyal-Lemberg
von Mackennen
Wysania
Preemyst
Ity
Greece May Enter War Within Month Sees Versailles Era
Rome reports from Paris that Greece’s election results for Venizelos’ party show 198 seats in a 516 seat parliament, signaling a Greek entry into World War I on the Allied side by July 20. Reports say a coalition government with Venizelos as premier could be formed, while protests in Athens demand action against the government. Prince George’s Paris-to-Athens movements are noted as significant omens amid Balkan moves toward Dardanelles and Constantinople. The government vows to stay in power until July 20 while ministerial changes loom.
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Rome
Paris
Intest
Greece
Venizelos
Chamber of Deputies
Athens
Tribune
Diaffaira
Gounaris
Vesizelos
Venekilos
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Venezuel
King i
Gomaria
Inde Bereta
Remiers Khalil
Theotokis
George
Bari
Romania
Bulgaria
Balkans
Constantinople
Dardaneli
Ambassador Gerard to Confer with German Emperor in Berlin
Berlin report says American Ambassador Gerard expects a conversation with the German Emperor soon. He spoke with von Jagow and Zimmermann. no reply to the American note is expected for several weeks.
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Terhanes
Amsterdam
London Morning Post
Nieuwe Courant
Berlin
Gerard
von Jagow
Herr Zimmermann
Von Reventlow scorns peace talk with the U S
Berlin June 15 Count Ernst von Reventlow naval expert writes in Tages Zeitung about Eugen Zimmermanns Lok al Anzeiger proposal for amicable understanding with the United States. He cites similar Monday articles as evidence of an electrical ignition across the German press and warns such language harms Germany and complicates the Chancellor’s task amid the U boat campaign. He notes American leaders will question internal motives behind rumors and urges restraint to avoid foreign distrust.
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Berlin
Ernst von Reventlow
Tages Zeitung
Eugen Zimmermann
Lokal Anzeiger
United States
Germany
United
Sta
von Reventlow
Rman
Wilson
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Chicago
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Jim" Waddell
Farley
South Dearborn Street
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Benton
Philadelphia
Enc
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Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Detroit
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Seventy-seventh Street
Vincennes Road
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Waddell and Berger Agency
United States Court
Oak Park
Elevated
C. C. Koblanat
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Samuel Insull
Kohinant
Briton I. Budd
Oak Park Elevated
Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Railroad Company
West Side
United States District Court
Inaull
Central Trust Company of New York
Thompson
State Board of Mediation 1
State Commission
Senate
Dunne
Commission
Don
Cont
Red Cross Post
Bryan
Ernst Acsn
HSA
Meyer Gerhard
von Bernstorf Hin Ald
von Bernstorff
Dr. Meyer
Dr. Meyer- Gerhard
Howev
Dernburg
Hut
Red Crows
Bysix Neosa
Rite
Pei
Connecticut
Italy
Coll
Count von Bernstein
Picion
Mr. Bryan
Kreg
Dr. Meyer-Gerhard
Viermans
Nto Clear Galieia
England
France
West Ten
von Mackensen
Perme
Proemysl-Lemberg
von der Marwits
Moteiaka
von Linsingen
Zekel
Mariam
Lower San
Avatrian War Office
Archduke Joseph Ferdi
Vunee
Chamber
One Tribune
London Daily News
Kaiser
U.S
Zimmermann
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