Lusitania Inquiry Opens in London About Disaster
Fifty survivors and relatives attend the Board of Trade inquiry into the Lusitania sinking on May 7. Testimony on Admiralty wireless instructions is largely in camera, with Baron Mersey personally ruling on outside questions. Captain Turner testifies about passengers’ actions after the explosion. witnesses number about thirty with a gallery of spectators amid echoing hall.
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Board of ‘Trade
Admiralty
Baron Mersey
Court’ of Inquiry
Turner
Lusitania
Butler ‘Aspinall
Cunard Line
The Stranger at the Orpheum in Quincy
C T Dazey's The Stranger starred Wilton Lackaye in Washington Chicago New York tours with long runs. The Oliver Stock Company will present an elaborate Orpheum production June 20 through Thursday with new scenery for Quincy audiences.
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C. T. Dazey
Ola
Kentucky
Columbia Theatre
Washington
D. C
Hooley
Powers
Studebaker
Chicago
Bijou
Warfield
New York
Quincy
Oliver Stock Company
Orpheum Theatre
Mother's Friend Promises Comfort for Expectant Mothers
A maternal health advertisement touts Mother's Friend as a remedy to ease pregnancy pains and morning sickness. It claims improved comfort for the mother, calmer nights, and healthier outcomes for the baby, urging readers to contact a druggist or Bradfield Regulator Co. for a booklet.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Bldg
Atlanta
Turner praises old sailing ship crew over modern stewards
Capt Turner defends the old school of seamen and stewards, saying he preferred their efficiency to that of modern crews in a reply to ship's stewards union representatives. A Cunard Line attorney questioned him, highlighting the contrast between eras.
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Turner
Cunard
Dress waistwork pattern with surplice front and back
The sewing guide describes waist No. 6282 with peach pink taffeta and silk gauze detail. Instructions cover lining, collar, darts, perforations, gathers, and sleeve shaping. Pattern sizes 32 to 44 inches across multiple bust measurements.
Peace Preparedness Conference Adopts Action Urges Defense
A national Peace Preparedness conference in New York adopted a resolution urged by Boston mayor James Curley calling on President Wilson to press Congress for prompt and efficient national defense action. The executive session followed a luncheon attended by more than a thousand as speakers urged a regular army and self reliance over treaties.
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Curley
Boston
Wilson
Congress
National Security League
Massachusetts
George von L. Meyer
Navy
Luke FE. Wright
George ‘Haven Putnam
Frederick R. Coudert
Wright
Constipation Causes Most Ills in Old Ads Style
Accumulated waste in the bowels poisons the body causing fevers upset digestion and gas. Take Dr King s New Life Pills tonight for a full bowel movement in the morning. Original bottle 36 pills from your druggist for 25c.
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Dr. King
Cornell Chooses Dr Charles Flint President
Mount Vernon June 15 Dr Charles Wesley Flint of Brooklyn New York was today chosen president of Cornell college by the board of trustees. Flint a native of Ontario Canada and Victoria College Toronto is noted for his work in New York and Connecticut educational circles. The Cornell presidency had been vacant since the death of Dr W F King about a year ago.
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New. Cornell
Mount . Vernon
Ija
Body Found in Willamette River In Portland
Two boys found a body in the Willamette River in Portland on June 15. The remains are believed to be Mrs Emma Herrin Dickey aged 43 sister of William F Herrin vice president of the Southern Pacific company and D C Herrin another brother said he believed the body was his sister who disappeared from a sanitarium on January 7.
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Portland
Ore
Willamette River
Emma Herrin Dickey
William F. Herrin
Southern Pacific Company
D. C
Pimples on Face Itched and Burned
Orin L. Brown of Dayton Ohio reports long lasting pimples on his wife’s face and neck caused itching burning and sleeplessness. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment she recovered but the sample promotion claimed instant relief and offered a skin book by mail.
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Hughes
Dayton
Ohio
Orin L. Brown
Curtcura
T. Bowtom
Filipinos and Porto Rico Students Set for Army Officership
Philippine and Porto Rico students at West Point near graduation are poised to join the U S Army as officers Esteves is Porto Rico’s first graduate and Quevedo the second Filipino graduate The remaining students will complete their course and then serve as ardent American soldiers proud of their future roles in the army.
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Porto Rico
West Point
United States
Esteves
Quevedo
United States Army
Withdrawal of Villa Troops at Leon Stragegic Move
Special American representative to investigate cases of Americans sentenced to death reports Villa orders to punish those responsible for killings of a British subject and injuries. Villa withdraws troops north of Leon for strategic reasons. George C. Carothers plans to join Miguel Diaz Lombardo in Juarez to review wills and related cases. Unofficial advices say Americans may be released to avoid international complications.
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Texas
Jattico
Guanajuato
Villa
Leon
Silaa
Obregon
Carranza
George C. Carothers
Chihuahua
Miguel
Diaz Lombardo
George, Marx
Samuel Finkelstein
Juarez
WB Cox
Torreon
Consulate Official Arrested Across War Portents
In Trieste during the Italy Austria conflict, Signor Canova, long in charge of the Italian consulate, sought refuge in the American consulate after distrust of Austrian promises. He was arrested and sent to a concentration camp as gunfire and wartime measures intensified. The arrest occurred as he stood on the steps of the American consulate, after living there with the American consul.
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Signor Canova
Udine
Italy
Canova
Trieste
Austria- ‘Hungary
Rome
Paris
Rain forecast extends across western lakes region to central valleys
Chicago reports more rain expected tomorrow with heavier activity Thursday as a weather disturbance moves from the British northwest toward the Red River of the North valley. The system has spread northeast along the St. Lawrence valley, bringing general rains to the eastern area.
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Chicago
Western Lakes Region
United States Weather Bureau
British
Ward
Red River
North
St. Lawrence Valley
German naval expert warns war talk strains Germany
Count Ernst von Reventlow in Tages Zeitung argues that recent German press pieces suggesting a hard line toward the United States could mislead abroad and harden Wilson's stance. He says no one in Germany wants war, but such coverage risks provoking unnecessary conflict and complicates efforts to reach understanding with the United States.
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London
Count Ernst von Revertlow
Tages Zeitung
Herr Zimmermann
Lokal Anzeiger
Germany
United States
Count von Reventlow
Wilson
English and French Exchange Rates Slide in New York
New York on June 15 reported renewed weakness in English and French exchange rates as international banking activity grows. Demand sterling fell to 4.7624 and Paris bills traded at 44.4, marking the lowest buying power for pound and franc in more than fifty years amid heavy wartime credit and orders.
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New
York
New York
Paris
Dr James Headache Powders promise fast relief
An old advertisement claims Dr James Headache Powders stop headaches and neuralgia in moments for 10 cents a package. It urges readers not to suffer, promising quick relief and a vast number of users who found the misery needless.
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James
Funeral for Baby Virgil Kauffman Held at Home
The funeral for Virgil, infant son of Mr and Mrs Walter Kauffman, was held Monday afternoon at their home 835 South Sixth Street. Rev Schweitzert of Christ Church officiated. The services were largely attended and interment followed at Greenmount cemetery.
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Walter Kauffman
Sixth ‘Street
Rev. Schweitzert
Christ ¢Hurch
Greenmount Cemetery
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