President Wilson Deliberates on Foreign Policy Day
June 28. President Wilson spends hours coordinating Mexican, European, and Haitian issues with Secretary Lansing and others in Washington. He declines comment on Berlin’s reply to submarine warfare. After business, he travels with relatives to Rutland Vermont, rests after mountain travel, and plans July 4 activities without deciding his plans.
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Helen Woodrow Bones
Open Door policy warning to China and Japan
The United States warns China and Japan that it will not recognize any agreement that infringes American rights in China or the Open Door policy. A formal note, delivered around May 18, states Washington cannot recognize treaties or concessions that threaten U S treaty rights, territorial integrity of the Republic of China, or Open Door policy.
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Pope repudiates Latapie interview in Rome June 28
Cardinal Gasparri denounces Paris journalist Latapie for misquoting Pope Benedict XV. Vatican notes were not touched, disputes hostages remarks and neutrality stance. Pope says Latapie invented grave assertions and insists Italy sought to avoid war harms while the Holy See stayed neutral and supported soldiers' spiritual welfare.
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Poiti
Sayville May Talk To U Boats Under Censorship
Bears Washington reports officials justify wireless censorship from Sayville L I to submarines in the war zone to protect neutrality. With German raiders gone, some circles argue the censorship may end since messages could be picked up by subs near the British Isles and relayed via European stations.
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Sayville
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Pope approves victory prayer for Italian arms
Pope Benedict formally approved a prayer asking Jesus to bless and sustain Italy and its armed forces in the national crisis. The text was read at a Rome service in Gesu Church with Cardinals present, as Ignor Salandra sent congratulations to the Archbishop of Ancona.
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Rome
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Ancon
British Exports Grow Like America's Trade
British export data from early 1914 shows a surge in shipments to neutral countries, mirroring American trade patterns. Coffee exports to Sweden and to other neutrals rise significantly, with cocoa and other raw exports also up, signaling broader shifts in wartime commerce and official inquiries into neutral trading channels.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Edward Grey
Sweden
Text Book Co in New Hands Scranton Bank Loan Plans Change
A Scranton stockholders meeting reveals drastic bank loan conditions to rescue the Textbook Company amid sprawling, unprofitable expansion led by founder T. J. Foster. Directors face criticism for affiliations with coal and lumber firms. Management plans call for major cost cuts including halving Foster’s $20,000 salary, eliminating the stock sales force, and tightening spending to restore solvency.
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Ckawanna Coal and Lumber Comny
Paint Creek Collieries Company
Coal Land Securities Copany
Rufus J. Boater
Reform School Hazing Inquiry and Island Controversy
Seven midshipmen were added to the Court of Inquiry at the Naval Academy bringing the total to twenty three. Testimony indicated ongoing hazing and access to confidential exam content. Separate friction between Dr. Katharine B. Davis and District Attorney Francis Martin centered on Hart’s Island reformatory affairs and possible moves to relocate the facility.
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Martin Forrow
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William H. Hopkins
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Katharine B. Davis
Correction
Francis Martin
Bronx County
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Moore
Department of Correction
Hart's Island Reformatory
Tam
Tragic Mystery At Mrs Fox Home In North Dakota
Police probe a stabbing at Mrs. Fox's North Dakota apartment with the possibility of murder or self harm. Inspector Faurot notes the suspect trail and homicide indicators, while Mr Fox recalls his wife’s words about money in the bottom drawer. Mrs Fox, 45, formerly Mrs Ira Allen of New York, divorced in 1902, later married Mr Fox.
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Mrs. Fox
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Graci Darling Woodcock
Fordham professor wounded by Turks
London dateline reports J. Mae Jonesy, former Fordham University professor now with the Dardanelles expeditionary force, wounded in the right wrist and paralyzed in the right leg, hospitalized in Alexandria Egypt, with plans to return to America. Wireless dispatches from Sayville NY note Montenegrines have occupied Giovanni Medus harbor and march toward Alessio.
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Fordham University
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Egypt
America
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Alexander Tt Mekim
Alessio
Herlin
Sayville
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Scutari
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Essio
Waiter Confesses in Forney Attack Case in Pittsburgh
George McHenry a waiter from Washington testified in Pittsburgh that he aided Thomas G Forney the Washington attorney at the time of the attack on Franklin Schneider a wealthy candy manufacturer. McHenry initially denied involvement but later confessed to accompanying Forney to the office where a promissory note for 900 was drawn. He claimed the hammer was not in his possession.
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Thomas G. Forney
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Mehenry
Woman stabbed twenty times in a city flat murder
Mrs. Fox died after a brutal attack that left her neck severed and wounds across the upper body. Doctors at Knickerbocker Hospital said self inflicted injury was impossible, while police investigated a book agent or canvasser as a possible motive. Detectives and fingerprint experts combed the Fox residence for the weapon but found nothing.
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Morris Koenig Made Magistrate in New York City
Mayor Mitchel appointed Morris Koenig to a ten year term as a city magistrate, succeeding Justice Freschi. Other appointments included Edgar V Frothingham and Grant Esterbrook to ten year terms, with Koenig drawing notable indorsements from officials and bar members despite political connections. The Brooklyn choices followed, with Koenig as a Republican.
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Otto Kempner
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Republican County Committee
William Bleu
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Organ Playing At Bath Deaths In Mrs Lloyd Case
At the Old Bailey a court heard the death of Margaret Lofty and the third alleged victim in the George Joseph Smith case. Landlady Miss Blatch testified to baths, an organ in the front room, a sigh from the tub, and Smith returning with the body. Doctor Bates noted Smith spoke of a verdict not being by own action. Lofty was buried in Potter’s Field and a life insurance policy worth 8500 dollars was shown.
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Old Bailey
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Potter's Field
Indictment Hint in Recruiting Case in San Francisco
San Francisco June 28 United States District Attorney John W Preston says after the federal grand jury probing alleged Allied recruiting in San Francisco and nine British subjects brought from New York today there is sufficient evidence for several indictments He also telegraphed New York officials not to send any more witnesses.
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Car kills ex broker in Brooklyn near Somers Hall
Alfred H. Vann a retired broker living at 179 Linwood Street Brooklyn was struck by a surface car in front of Somers Hall at Somers and Rockaway Avenues. He died on the operating table at Bushwick Hospital. Dunn was with friends visiting Somers Hall in a Highland Casino car. Robert Eberhardt owned the casino and drove the party. He left Somers Hall with them, Dunn lagged entering the auto and was hit as the car moved. Friends said he was unmarried and had inherited a fortune about two months earlier.
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