Frog Put Him in Jail Relies Fund Reaches 22000
Peter Banks, a black man from Metuchen, is jailed in Middlesex County for bullfrogging with a gun without a license. Game warden warns of required license and a $20 fine escalated to a 30 day jail sentence.
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Jersey
Tribune Metuchen
S.J
Peter Banks
Silver Lake
Middlesex County
Peter
Charles Oursaid
New Jeld
Justice of the Trace Srdam
Anti Alien Talk Revived in Commons Over Germans
In London on June 17 a Commons debate rekindled anti German sentiment. Sir Edwin A. Cornwall, Liberal MP for Bethnal Green, said three current ministers had German-born secretaries. The claim drew no reply in the ensuing discussion.
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Member of Commons
London
House of Commons
Edwin A. Cornwall
Bethnal Green
Red Cross Director O Connor heads to Mexico City relief
The American Red Cross director O Connor sails from Galveston to Veracruz and then Mexico City to direct relief for the disease and refugees. U S Consul Arnold Shanklin will join to coordinate aid with General Carranza and Villa representatives amid ongoing talks of armistice and peace prospects in the region.
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Fed Cross
O'Connor
Mexico City
Carranza
Gers Carranza
Chihuahua
Carrance
Washington
Torreon
Agua Calvn
Cortre
el T. Boardman
Hed Croin
Mexico
Red Cross
Pacife
Anerycan Red Cross
Charles J Plaster
Tavern Cris
Red Fris
Cruz
Car- ME
Silliman
United , Consular Service
Vera Gat
Arnold Shanklin
Mioe City
American Red Cross
Agees
Galveston
Vera Cruz
Buford
Bluo
Tex
San Luis Potosi
Maytor- WR
Willists
California
Howard
Sanmerning
Americas
Gen
Rene
Cruiser expedition sails to curb the Yaquis threat
The cruiser force under Major Admiral Thomas B. Howard departs for the southern coast of Mexico to expel Yaqui raiders. The Colorado is to keep fourteen knots on the voyage, with expected noon Sunday arrival. Raleigh and Chattanooga ready for movement as Meade reports from Lower radio stations.
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Mexico
Thomas B. Howard
Colorado
Tal Howard Ward
Colorado Bee
Ie Cruier
Chattanooga
Fae
Meade
Raleigh
Milroad
Kaper 2
Kane
Leap to Death in Storm From Hotel Roof
An unidentified 20-year-old woman leapt to her death from the roof of the Junior League Hotel at 1 East Seventy-Eighth Street during a violent storm. Two residents saw her moments before, the body was found on the pavement below, and she died instantly.
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Junior League
East Seventy-eighth Street
Ates
Delia O'Malley
Anna Cotter
Coiness
Harry Schreiber
Renter
Frank Decision Expected Today in Atlanta
Governor Linton is studying Leo M. Frank's appeal for commutation, poring over trial evidence and defense and prosecution data. He spent the night at Peach Tree Hill and continued his review this morning, with a decision anticipated tomorrow.
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Teingram
Thunderstorm fears blamed on German wireless station
Sayville residents accuse German wireless station near the coast of attracting electrical disturbances. A local correspondent reports that fear of war messages, lightning from receiving towers, and heightened anxiety have unsettled the town and surrounding areas, prompting talk of protest to The Hague.
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Sayville
H. Noe
Suyville
Hague
Baby in Carriage Killed by Runaway Truck Horses
A ten month old boy Celestino Cottrone died after a horse drawn truck went off its path on Prospect Street Brooklyn. The pole struck the light carriage, hurling Celestino to the stone sidewalk where he died two hours later at Brooklyn Hospital.
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Francesco Cottrone
Celestino
Prospect Street
Wrooklyn
Antonio
Celestine
Li Celestine
Brooklyn Hospital
Father of four Teutons hurls murders woman in Brooklyn
Carman Cornelius a Brooklyn market trader hosts the double killing at 89 Hopkinson Avenue. He reports a man entered his room waking his wife, leading to four shots that left Mrs. Cornelius dead and intruder dead. The slain man, George F. McAghan, is identified as a Jersey City yard master and father of four. Police tie the motive to a prior acquaintance with Cornelius's wife. The case unfolds with witness accounts, a note bearing initials, and the investigation into the suspect’s identity.
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Carman Cornelius
Hopkinson Avenue
Brooklyn
George F. McAghan
Charles Wuest
Brooklyn Ho
Cornelius
Gentl
Ste Ashen
Penneylvanian
Jersey City
MacAghon
Mre Harbarn Wessie Caroline
McAghan
Kr. Wuest
G.I. M
Heasie
Bessie
Lincoln
Aghon
New Jersey
William J. Morris
Pennsylvania Railroad
Juners
Boly
Joseph Gust
Palmetto Street
Somone
Jane Robert Jones
Bob Dawson
Lester
Cornelius Downstirs
Lester Jones
McAghen
Senior
de Wuest
Phy Clan
Pennsylvania Yards
Erie Street
Jennie McAghon
Oliva McAghon
Min'McAghon
Aviator Warneford and Needham Killed in France
Paris confirms the deaths of Lieutenant Reginald A J Warneford and American writer Henry B Needham in a midair explosion over Buc France. Warneford famed for destroying a Zeppelin earned Victoria Cross and Legion of Honor. Needham, a longtime correspondent and author, had been in Europe four months researching material for a story.
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Paris
Reginald A. J. Warneford
Belsium
Henry
Needham
Warneford
Buc
France
A Vendine
Fent Needham
America
Rerinald
A. J. Warneford
Royal Navy
Heleiitn
Werneford
Plungei
Hendon
England
Tess
Submarine torpedoes French ship and battles near Arras
An official report from Rome via Paris notes the Medusa a 241 ton submarine built in 1911 was torpedoed by an enemy sub. An Austrian report says one officer and four crew were saved and captured. Other vessels including the Trafford and Desabla were sunk by German subs off Scotland and the north coast respectively. Paris reports heavy fighting near Arras with French gains north of the line and multiple trench successes amid fierce artillery.
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Marne
Dniester
Lem
Manoruyren
Berlin
Sienlawn
Tarnogrod
von Mackensen
Dachnow
Lubsczow
Wysthin
Niemcrow
Niemerow
Jawcrow
Werossucs
Rabeut
War Office
Galicia
Noth
Siontawa
Cieplice
Cowikow
Jubachow
Niemeren
Jaworow
Lemberg
Wologuchy
Wereczyea
Grodek
Wereszyea
Tiemenitz
Stry
Adva
Dictatehe
Bere- Thutin
Keoulevska
Rome
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Medusa
Trafford
Liverpool
St. George's Channel
San Francisco
Desabla
Chatter
Scotland
Robert Mitchell
General Petroleum Company
Andrew Weir
Pacific
Merlin
Sville
N. Y
Today
Admiralty
House of Commons
A. J. Balfour
Arena
Soucher
Aix Moulette
Joffre
Alsace
Altenhof
Metzeral
Steinbruck
France
Souchez
Souches
Weat
Chateau de Cheleul
Neuville
Fill 119
Artenaine
Alance
Althof
Fecht
Italian Consul Seized Report From Trieste
American Consul at Trieste reported Austrian authorities seized the Italian Viet Consul who was a guest at the American Consulate. State Department officials said the message was only a report with no wider announcement planned.
German War Munitions Agent Meyer Linked To Dr Wise Alias
The Providence Journal reports Dr Albert Meyer, traveling from Palermo, bought about 82 million dollars in war munitions for Germany, using the alias Dr Wise in hotels across Chicago St Louis Milwaukee and New York. He met with the German ambassador and coordinated through middlemen to ship supplies to Italian ports via New Orleans and Boston.
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Providence
Providence Journal
Albert Meyer
Palermo
Italy
Meyer
New York
McAlpin
Dr. Wise
la Salle Hotel
Chicago
Jefferson Hotel
St. Louia
Poster Hotel
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Boston
Howe
Sigen and
Albert
Dr. Meyer
Diplomats Say Spies May Be Reading Embassy Mail
Washington reports officials deny formal investigations into charges of embassy mail being opened in transit. Allies’ diplomats, including a diplomat claiming to quote “chapter and verse,” allege German spies or sympathizers accessed correspondence. Claims state that Russian Embassy intercepts show mail opened on U S rails. embassies note mail shows inspection marks but origin unclear.
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Yves
Tetoune Murean
Washington
Nho Postorice Department
Cansit
Army
Navy
Offiinis
Tribune
State Department
the Tribune
Burleson
United States
Europe
Swedish Envoy Charges Tampering With Mails
Swedish Minister A F Ekengren delivered a formal notice to the U S State Department detailing interference with Sweden bound mail in England. He cited opened letters, censored contents, and a retained registered unit on mail carried by the New York and Adriatic steamers. The envoy urged U S démarches to Britain to ensure protection of American mail passing through British territory.
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Washington
United States
Sweden
England
State Department
A. F. Ekengren
Department
New York
Gothenburg
Great Britain
Trail of Dr Meyer Gerhard Impersonation Sparks U S Debate
June 17 Lansing reports a rumor of an impersonation of Dr May Gerhard by Dr Alfred Meyer of the War Office. Secretary Lansing confirms a Dr A Meyer exists and notes New York sources, while German embassy counters. Count von Bernstorff set to meet Secretary Lansing as diplomatic tension grows over the Meyer-Gerhard affair.
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Dr. A. Meyer
Meyer-Gerhard
Count von Bernstorf
Lansing
Cedarhurst
State Department
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