Aged merchant slain in bold subway robbery
Jose Franklin McCann, a 64 year old linen merchant and owner of McCann & Co, was attacked in the lavatory on the downtown platform near 69th Street. He suffered multiple scalp wounds and a broken hand as the assailant abducted a linked watch and fled. Police suspect the crime was intentional harm rather than simple robbery.
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Jose Franklin McCaon
Linen Mercharty
Haselt
Haserstinc
McCann
Fee
William Sharpe
Fugeon
Teutons Advance to Serbia Reported by Budapest Journal
The Morning Correspondent from Budapest reports Austro German plans to force Serbia into conflict with Albania to delay peace talks. It notes Serbians seek independence and territorial guarantees while Central powers reportedly have no objection to Serbia achieving national aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Budapest
Maly
Whch
Serbia
Aivaria
Airy Tale Creates Pop Eye Fish Mystery
A New York State Conservation Experiment reports a fish story from Bemus Point where water lifting caused inflated eyes and spines. Dr H Bean removed air to restore the fish, which is not believed to be harmful. Public notices include Montaine Moore’s Lake Juie 26 booklet advertisements.
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Albury
Juse
New York
Eye
Xi'y
H. Bean
T Tate
Calexico Hit by Repeated Earthquakes at Night
Terrific shocks rattled Calexico and Imperial Valley between nine and nine thirty pm residents rushed from homes and shops after the first tremor. City buildings swayed as successive quakes intensified prompting early curfews and emergency checks by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Valley
Calexico
Cal
Winning Wife Can't Lose in Race Bets Case
August Siedel testified he left his wife because she played the races and won. Magistrate House found him in disorderly conduct for not supporting her and ordered the husband to pay her 4% weekly. Mrs. Siedel said separation followed his ungenial conduct and gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCann
Frank Lar
Mecane
Cooper
Phil Herdrire
Bos Nesailant
McNally
August Siedel
Magistrate House
Bronx
Eight Die In Crash On High Bridge
Gettysburg Penn June 24 eight persons known dead and twelve to fourteen injured in a head on collision between the Hue Mountain special and a local train on the Western Maryland Railroad. The wreck happened on a bridge spanning a deep ravine between Highfield and Thurstont with cars steel built. Three engine crew members a baggage master and three or four passengers were killed. The private car of President Gray was on the train but officials were not killed. The bridge stood 200 feet high and both trains avoided the ravine bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Penn
Hue Mountain
Western Maryland
Highfield
Thurmont
Charles Cook
Charles R, Fritz, Sreman
Luther Hull
Chipchase
Dimore
Bngesee
Woman Drowned in Auto Plunge at Laurel Park Bridge
A runabout carrying two women and a baby broke through a defective fence at Laurel Park Manchester, overturned into shallow water. Mrs John F. Gaffney of 63 Congress Street drowned while her infant daughter Doris and her sister Mrs Raymond Thompson were rescued with difficulty.
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Pond
Ry Telegraph
Thin Tribune
Hartford
Conn
Merry-Makers
Laurel Park
Manchester
John F. Gaffney
Congress Street
Doris
Raymond Thompson
Admiral Chance Warns U S on German Threat After Lusitania Survivors
Coroner Wagenance, recently from Senlis, France, arrived from Liverpool aboard the Adriatic. He fears a German victory would trigger a clash with the United States as England fights for survival. He notes Germany’s large reserve shells and predicts the European war could turn the continent into a charnel house within a year. Survivors Robinson Pirie and Charles T. Jeffrey were aboard the Adriatic as well.
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Wagenance
Sunund
Senlis
France
Liverpool
Adriatic
Germany
United States
Mr. Chance
England
Europe
Robinson Pirie
Charles T. Jeffrey
Lusitania
Armenians Seek U S Protest Over Armenian Massacres
A telegram from the Armenian colony of Sofa urges President Wilson to protest the reported killings of Armenians in Turkey. It cites the exiled leaders in danger and claims the American ambassador in Constantinople has no authority for strong actions. Also noted is news that the Turkish Sultan underwent calculus surgery in Constantinople per Reuters via Amsterdam.
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Hosten
Sofa
Hulgari
United States
London
Turkey
Constantinople
Reuter
Amsterdam
Israel
Bryan in Role No Peace Prospect as German Aid Is Feted
A large Marivon Square Garden crowd heard William Jennings Bryan urge peace while German American groups framed their stance as pro-German. The rally featured officials like Dumba and Rey and violated press criticism as Bryan attacked New York newspapers. Weismann projected Bryan as the next president, while Representative Vollmer cited Middle West German sentiment opposing U.S. war to defend international law.
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Bryan
Europe
Wilson
Col. House
Marivon Square Garden
William Jornings Bryan
Henry Weismann
Weismann
Friends of Peace
Rey-Ed
Germany
von Papen
Konstantin Dumba
Ambax
Louis Haupt
Freist
Red Cross
Djelal’ Rey
Henry Schoenfeld
Tiryan
Houses of Congress
Wemann
Ge D
Tonger
New York
Artii
Ople
Iast
Weisman
Rin
Mrryan
Middle West
Henry Watterson
House
England mobilizes munitions army amid war effort
London reports a surge in war munitions volunteers surpassing army enlistments as munitions work bureaus open in nearly 200 towns including 63 in London to place skilled workers in shell and materiel production. Lloyd George mobilizes labor with ads and promises swift reemployment and high loyalty from British workers.
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London
David Loyd George
Halle
Tyne
IL. E. Morgan
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Reginald McKeane
Treasury
Trades Unione
Berlin Note Expected to Ease German US Tension
Berlin observers say Germany aims to respond to President Wilson by proposing to exempt ships mainly engaged in passenger trade from unrestricted submarine warfare while preserving action against hostile merchantmen. The plan would still allow stoppage and examination and capture of contraband ships, with prize rules protecting passengers and crew. Officials hope the proposal satisfies U.S. demands.
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Berlin
United States
Amern
Germany
Wilson
Vistula
Russia
von Linesingen
Dniester
Jalicz
Zurawno
U S Reply on Frye Case Sent to Germany
The United States dispatched its reply to Berlin regarding the sinking of the American ship William P Frye by the Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Washington pressed that the Frye was sunk in violation of international law and the 1828 Prussian treaty, seeking reparations without prize court actions. Germany agreed to reparations under the Isis treaty but defended the destruction and referred the case to a prize court.
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U.S
Frye
Germany
Washington
United States
William P. Frye
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Berlin
Dernburg Spends Night in Scotland on Detained Steamer
Unknown to the British public Dr Bernhard Dernburg once backed German propaganda during his U S visit spent last night aboard the Norwegian vessel Borgensfjord in Kirkwall Orkney Islands He then moved toward Sweden and Germany aboard the same ship detained yesterday and released this afternoon The incident was described as amusing not dangerous as he remained aboard during the officials’ inspection and did not disembark.
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Bernhard Dernburg
Germany
United States
Mer Borgensfjord
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Dernburg
Sweden
Dr. Dernburz
Beotch
German Submarine Voyage Cited by Munich Paper
Munich newspaper Neweste Nachrichten comments on a submarine voyage from Wilhelmshaven to the Darda. It notes the Bremen to New York distance of about 3600 miles and hopes the feat will make the war party in the United States pause.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
the Hague
Munich
Neweste Nachrichten
Wilhelmshaven
Darda
Bremen
New York
United States
Britain Denies U S Has Cause For Complaint
The British Foreign Office memo published in Washington states American citizens have no substantial grievance against Britain’s treatment of neutral shipping. It notes efforts to speed detentions, promises to publish shipments, and that most ships cleared the U S. It says Britain will consider American inquiries but maintains near absence of grievances, and outlines shipments from Germany after June 15 with permissions via Rotterdam. Secretary Lansing to meet importers on ~50 million dollars in German goods blocked.
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Washington
Great Britain
British Foreign Office
Lansing
United States
Germany
Rotterdam
London
Lord Crewe
Foreign Office
Edward Grey
Hig
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