Lusitania inquiry hears deliberate murder claim at court
Sir Edward Carson opens Board of Trade inquiry denying Lusitania was armed or used as a naval transport. He says the sinking by a German submarine was a deliberate murder, with two torpedoes and a third possible shot, while Captain Taylor testifies the liner had no guns and could not stand after impact.
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Edward Carson
London
Stacy General
Board of Trade
Cunard
Irish
Jon Mersey
Frederick Englefield
Hearn
Davis
Speeding
Mercantile Marine
Carson
Frederick ©. Smith
Cunard Company
Lusitania
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Germany
United States
Sir Edward
Admiralty
Vanderbilt
Britain’s War Cost Soars with New Parliament Credit
London June 15. The house of commons approved a further credit of 250 million pounds totaling over four billion pounds of wartime spending. Prime Minister Asquith warned that next three months expenditures would not fall below 15 million dollars daily.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
House of Men
Open-Air Concert Program at Bienville Square
Official program for the fourth band concert by Pearson Concert Band under Mobile Chamber of Commerce at Bienville Square tonight. Items include Washington Greys Waltz You for Me in the Summertime One-Step La Carte Prox Trot Jack Rag Lassus Trombone Selection Gems from Overtures The Aviator Rag and Turkish Towel.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Bienville Square
Pearson
Washington Greys
Lassus
Bryan Offers War Lessons Series First Part Tomorrow
Washington reports Former Secretary Bryan will release a three part series titled The Causes and Lessons of War. He plans to discuss the war as it injures neutral nations origin of the war influences and means to restore peace. He says newspapers may publish the article without partiality.
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Washington
Bryan
Ang
Bryan Will
Miami
Fla
Wilson
Germany
Wilpeace
Tscuss
Shaffer Dies Sudden After Apoplectic Stroke
Shaffer marble worker and former justice of the peace died suddenly at 6:00 a.m. after an apoplexy attack on South Broad Street. A Peoria native, he had lived in the city for fifteen years and is survived by his wife and two sons, plus several relatives. He was a member of Carnation Camp, Woodmen of the World, and Alabama Lodge of the Odd Fellows.
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Albert Eye "Shaffer
Arif
Sud- Penk Stron
Peoria
A. E. Greg
Grove Hill
Ala
J . Mobile
Teishaw
Florence Shaffer
Shaffer
Carnation Camp
Woodmen of the World
Alabama Lodge of the Order of Odd Fellows
Highway associations plan joint move Birmingham July
Consolidation of the Jackson National Highway and the Lakes to Gulf National Highway Associations will be discussed at a joint meeting to be held in Birmingham or Nashville in July. State highway engineer W S Keller announced after conferring with Birmingham Chamber of Commerce members. They aim to build a modern Chicago to Mobile highway via Nashville Birmingham Montgomery and Selma.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jackson National Highway
The
Lakes
Gulf
National Highway
Birmingham
Nashville
Keller
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Mobile
Selma
Shortage Reported Over Five Thousand, Name Secret
A notice filed with Governor Henderson alleges a shortage in county accounts exceeding $5,000. The examiner of public accounts reported the amount but withheld the county and official names. The governor is investigating and may issue an update at any moment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dune
Henderson
Dorothy First to Arrive Under New Pilotage Rates
The steamship Dorothy arrives at the harbor Monday afternoon making coastwise calls with no port charge due to new pilotage rates. T.G.O McGonigal local agent. The caretakers report cargo for Harbor and Northern Railroad and Corona and Iron Alaska. Weather outlook shows fair conditions across Mobile Alabama and Mississippi with light west winds.
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Dorothy
Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Impeachment Proceedings Loom Against Judge Purifoy
Bradley Brown of Birmingham says he will initiate impeachment against Judge John Purifoy, secretary of state, charging buying influence and improper use of state funds. Brown testified to a committee that Purifoy offered commissions from motor vehicle license sales as a bribe.
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Purifoy
Bradley Brown
Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
State
John Purifoy
Ae Eesony
Brown
Ve.inves- Heating “Committee
R. Brown Hassemaner Birsh
The
Portsoy
Chicago Trains During Strike Carry More Riders Amid Violence
On June 15 Chicago street car strike day two, elevated lines attempted to expand service despite violence including a plank and a brick attack. About 1.5 million people faced transportation cuts as 1,005 miles of surface lines ran none. Mayor Thompson and a five member aldermanic committee sought quick settlement while police guarded car barns to prevent disorder.
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Chicago
South Side
Thompson
Illinois State Board of Arbitration
Ctty
Oo Pak
Wee Ca
Northwestern
Eulogy on Justice Lurton Leads Washington Briefs
Washington Chief Justice White eulogizes the late Justice Horace H. Lurton from the bench in response to bar resolutions presented by Attorney General Gregory. Other items note a German submarine sinking a French schooner, export prohibitions by Switzerland, and Minnesota dry county results.
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Washington
White
Supreme Court
Horace H. Lurton
Gregory
Bar
London
Diamant
Pendineales
Plymouth
Berne
Federal Council
Rome
Thomas F. Kennedy
American College In
St. Leucia
Isauria
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Albany
N. Y
Villa
Nacozari
Salandra
Peking
Paul 8. Reinsch
United States
China
America
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Evere
Brussels
Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
John A.lesner
Norfolk
Greek King's General Weakness Continues
JONDON June 15 Reuters Athens correspondent reports King Constantine shows ongoing general weakness. Bulletin notes his temperature at 99.14 degrees and a pulse of 190.
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Jondon
Reuter
Athens
Constantine
Publishers Talk Advertising Plan at Southern Newspaper Meeting
Delegates at Grove Park hotel in Asheville discuss advertising strategies for members. A special committee investigates circulars to advertisers versus trade journals, funding methods, and costs. Election of officers and next meeting location planned as the thirteenth annual convention continues.
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Asheville
N.C
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Grove Park Hotel
Rick Woodward and Party Arrive From Magic City in Yacht
The Rickwood a small steam yacht owned by Birmingham Alabama’s Rick Woodward arrived Tuesday morning from Bankhead Pool on the Warrior. Woodward and friends from the Alabama iron and coal region plan to sail to Perdido Bay for a few days and had earlier left Mobile for the upper river. Prominent Mobile residents Dr H T and T K Jackson joined as guests aboard en route to Fort Morgan.
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Rickwood
Rick Woodward
Birmingham
Ala
Gulf
City
Bankhead Pool
Woodward
Alabarma Iron and Coal District
Perdido Bay
Mobile
Upper River
Mr. Woodward
T. K. Jackson
Fort Morran
Militia Inspection Tour Planned for Southeast Alabama
Col Hubbard and Capt Screws will lead a militia inspection trip starting June 21 visiting Troy Ozark Enterprise Dothan Abbeville Slocomb Sampson Brewton Andalusia and Castleberry before concluding in Mobile June 29 20. A separate report notes immunity granted to John L Billard and colleagues in a New York railroad anti trust case.
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Montgomery
Ala
G.J. Hubbard
Wm. P. Screws
Alabama
Mobile
Troy
Hubbard
Screws
Ozark
Enterprise
Dothan
Abbeville
Slocomb
Sampson
Brewton
Andalusia
Castleberry
New York
Federal District Court
John L. Billard
New York, Newhaven and Hartford Railroad Company
Allied Aviators Visit Karlsruhe Aim to Arm Nation
A June dispatch reports Allied aviators visiting Karlsruhe and threatening that a city bombardment would mobilize every man in the states to arms. The Peace and Preparation Conference in New York convened to consider defense steps and urge a special congressional session if needed. Former Navy secretaries Bonaparte and Meyer spoke as Hudson Maxim chaired and Theodore Roosevelt sent a letter urging national readiness and a duty to prepare for self defense.
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New York
Sean
United States
Congress
Militia Committee
Thetonal Security League
Thetonal Security League, Under Wh
United
Joe Spi
Navy
Navy Department
Charles J. Bonaparte
George von L. Meyer
Maxim Reade Roosevelt
Hudson Maxim
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Mexico
Zane
China
Pontius Pilate
Daniels Says He Welcomes Suggestions From All Sources
Secretary Daniels refused to endorse groups like the Security League and the Navy League, saying navy estimates come from official advisers. He denied ordering withdrawal of a 14 inch shell and a navy torpedo shown at a New York peace conference. Marines accompanied the exhibit and later returned to the yard.
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Washington
Daniels
The
Security League
Navy League
New York
New York Navy Yard
William F. McCombs
Navy Yard
McCombs
Straues
New York Yard
Mr. Daniels
Arkansas Mob Hangs Black Man After Abduction
A mob of about 200 men abducted Loy Haley from Hempstead county Sheriff Boyett and reportedly hanged him in a woods between Hope and Lewisville. Haley had fatally injured Roy Lester, a Lafayette county planter, days earlier. Sheriff was assaulted as he tried to move Haley to safety. The body was found hanging from a tree near Lewisville.
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Lattle
Haley
Lewisville
Venizelos Victory Narrowly Topped In Greek Polls
Early results show former Prime Minister Venizelos winning in most regions of Greece except Macedonia where government candidates prevailed. Venizelos carries 15 of 16 seats in Patras, with two Gounaris cabinet ministers among the defeated. The outcome may signal a shift in Greece toward entering or delaying entry into the war.
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Venizelos
Greece
Athens
Paris
Macedonia
Venizelos Nomir
Attica
Boeotia
Crete
Epirus
Sae
Elias
Mytilene
Chios
Samos
Des
Otter
M. Venizelos
Patras
M. Gounaris
Gounaris
M. Stratos
Protopapadakis
Greeks Regarded as Having Spoken for Entry in War
Karlsruhe report notes five hostile air raids this morning with casualties and damage but no military significance. The dispatch covers German and Austrian fronts, Greek politics, Lusitania inquiry, and naval actions in the Dardanelles.
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Karlsruhe
Baden
London
Rhine
Dardanelles
Ocean Springs Farmer Makes Second Suicide Attempt
Ocean Springs Miss June 15 A farmer near here L F Wade was stopped by his son in law from shooting himself with a shotgun and was arrested to face trial Wade had allegedly made a prior crisis attempt within a year He had moved to Ocean Springs eighteen months ago bought the Brady property and drew all his money from the bank telling his wife it would be hers The Monday attempt was the culmination of his crises
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Ocean Springs
Miss
L. F. Wade
Wade
Brady
Gimon Died June 14 1915 Beloved Wife of Dominick Gimon
Funeral notices for Mary Jan Gimon who died Monday at 3 20 pm request friends attend from Mrs A J Berbeze residence on Fulton Road four south of Govern t street tomorrow morning at 9 15 and from Joseph's Church at 10 o'clock requiem mass interment Magnolia Cemetery Also notice for Henry S De Grange who died Tuesday morning June 15 1915 at 6 20 aged 1 year invites family to funeral at home tomorrow morning June 16 1915 at 9 o'clock then St Church for mass interment in cemetery
Lost and found notices crowd town columns
Lost enamelled gold breast with three daisies on Sunday evening in town section. Reward offered. return to 205 South Claiborne Street. Found nickeled automobile cap on Spring Hill Ave. Lost umbrella with gold handle engraved MG H. reward $5 at 402 St Joseph. Bite el Es Lait appears garbled.
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South Claiborne Street
Spring Hill Ave
Krese
Indy
MG H
St. Joseph Bite el Es Lait
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