Treaty clash over Frye restitution in German dispute
Washington reports a note from Secretary of State Lansing asserting Germany violated treaty obligations by sinking the American vessel Frye and demanding indemnity. The note rejects prize court jurisdiction, urges direct diplomacy, and notes Germany’s prior admissions of liability while seeking a quid pro quo from Britain.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
William P. Frye
Prince Eitel Friedrich
United States
State Lansing
Lansing
Frye
Foreign Office
High
Gerard
America
Monument Plans for Mrs Eddy Memorial in Cambridge
Plans are completed for a memorial to Mary Baker G. Eddy founder of the Christian Science church. The circular open colonnade of eight white granite columns will grace Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge with a three step base and circular platform leading to a lakeside edge. Inscriptions will be in white bronze and floral detailing featured.
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Christian Science
Boston
Mary Baker G. Eddy
The
Christian Science Church
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge
Wisconsin Days Win Victory Over Saloon Law
Madison June 28. Governor Philipps refused to sanction the Stemper act amending the Baker liquor law, which would legalize so called illegal saloons. The act passed both houses but the governor did not sign it, upholding the existing saloon limit in Wisconsin cities.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
E. L. Philipp
Stemper
Safe Blowers Take $3000 From Chicago Store
Robt H Barwig at 3008 Lincoln Ave reports a safe cracking in his furniture shop. Thieves piled rugs around the safe and escaped with money and jewelry valued over $3,000. Police investigating.
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Chicago
Robert H. Barwig
Lincoln Avenue
Albanians Lose 2,000 Men in Montenegro Front Attack
Cetinje Montenegro June 30 Two thousand Albanian troops were killed or wounded in an unsuccessful attack on the Montenegrin frontier Saturday per official dispatches received here.
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Cetinje
Montenegro
Great Britain Defends Seizure of Ships
Washington reports Lord Crewes memorandum to Ambassador Page on American cargo detentions bound for neutral ports. State department offered no comment. International law experts doubt it will bring relief, as it explains concrete cases and regulations rather than answering the March 30 US note.
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Washington
Lord Crewe
Ambassador Page
State Department
United States
Thaw Still Insane Evelyn Refuses Testimony
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw remains unreconciled to Harry Thaw and declines to testify in sanity proceedings in New York City. Subpoena servers seek her testimony as he fights for liberty, but she says the state will be wrong to free him, arguing he is as mad as on the night of the murder.
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Malone
N. Y
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Thaw
New York City
New York
Harry K
Yale Crew Wins Easy Victory Over Harvard in Regatta
Yale defeated Harvard in the annual varsity crew race at New London Conn on June 28 leading from start to finish by seven lengths. Official times show Yale 20 55.2 Harvard 21 13. The first race in the second varsity eight was won by Yale by about a quarter of a length.
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Harvard
Regatta Course
New London
Conn
Yale
Three Alabama Murderers Hanged in State Deaths
Birmingham report states Len Carter convicted of murdering his wife and Syd Jones who killed a fellow convict in Banner mines were hanged in the county jail on Friday. Tim Sharpe was hanged in Anniston for killing two policemen. All cited as African American individuals.
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Birmingham
Ala
Len Carter
Syd Jones
Banner Mines
Tim Sharpe
Anniston
Swedish Queen Victoria Cheered by Potsdam Crowds
Great crowds of students and citizens gathered in Potsdam to honor Queen Victoria of Sweden as she traveled to Stockholm after visiting her mother. The ovation occurred the other night, during her transit through Berlin.
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Berlin
Potsdam
Queen Victoria
Sweden
Stockholm
Lynch Negro Lynched Near Cedar Bluff Mississippi
In West Point Mississippi a unidentified Black man was lynched near Cedar Bluff ten miles from the town after reportedly confessing to entering a young white woman’s room. Authorities reported no further details.
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Mississippi
West Point
Miss
Cedar Bluff
Resta Smashes World Record In 500 Mile Chicago Derby
Dario Resta, driving a Peugeot, wins Chicago's first auto derby covering 500 miles in 2h7m27s at an average 97.6 mph. Porporato finishes second in a Sunbeam, Rickenbacher third in a Maxwell, Grant fourth in a Sunbeam. No injuries reported as 85,000 spectators witness a landmark speed event at Speedway Park.
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Av’ge
Peugeot
Resta
Sunbeam
Corporate
Maxwell
Rickenbacher
Grant
Stutz
E. Cooper
Anderson
Duesenberg
Alley
Delage
Chevrolet
Burman
Sebring
J. Cooper
Speedway Park
Chicago
Dario Resta
Chicago Speedway
Indianapolis Speedway
Ralph de Palma
Porporato
Rickenbacker
Earl Cooper
Gil Anderson
Livestock quarantine lifted for Indiana
Washington reports that a Friday order from Secretary Houston ends the foot and mouth quarantine in Indiana. The belt railroad stockyards at Indianapolis are declared a free area and the state is now free from the quarantine.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Indiana
Indianapolis
Militia Guards Slaton Home After Governor Harris Succeeds
At Slaton home in Atlanta on June 29 militia units including artillery cavalry and infantry kept watch all day as twenty six men were arrested nearby. John M Slaton who just retired as Georgia governor handed over power to Nat E Harris and affirmed the great seal of state was not dishonored during his term.
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Slaton
Atlanta
John M Slaton
Nat E. Harris
Harris
Jap Prisoners KIN Selves In Lemberg Hot Retreat
Tokyo reports that Major Nakajima and Captain Nashimoto, Japanese officers with the Russian army at Lemberg, chose to kill themselves rather than endure the dishonor of capture, a claim indicating high-level despair among allied troops in the chaotic forward moves.
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Tokyo
Nakajima
Nashimoto
Lemberg
Bulgarian Reserve Summoned as War Looms
Athens reports Bulgarian reservists in Greek territory have been summoned by the government. The entrance of Bulgaria into the war at large date is confidently expected.
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Athens
Bulgaria
Wilson Begins Restful Preparations For World Tensions
President Wilson, ordered to take complete rest by his physician, arrives at the summer White House in Cornish New Hampshire for a brief vacation. He plans to focus on European and Mexican policy, submarine issues with Germany, and trade talks with Britain, while Secretary Lansing handles most official work. The president showed interest in Berlin’s forecasts of possible changes in submarine warfare but declined to comment.
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Cornish
N. H
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Lansing
London
Berlin
Teutons Win Duel in Air As Zeppelin Hangar Bombing Report
London reports a French aeroplane dropped eight bombs on the Zeppelin hangar at Friedrichshafen but was forced to land at Abeisfelden due to engine trouble while attempting escape. Two enemy machines were shot down in the engagement, as Sertin asserts.
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Sertin
London
Zeppelin
Frierichshafen
Abeisfelden
Germany to modify submarine warfare under US demands
Berlin June 23 Germany will modify her submarine warfare to meet US demands if merchant ships refrain from attacking submarines. This is a key point in the preliminary draft of the reply to the second American note being prepared by Foreign Secretary von Jagow.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
von Jagow
Archbishop Quigley in grave condition amid illness
The home of Chief of Police Joseph M. Quigley reports his brother Rt Rev James E Quigier of Chicago lies critically ill. The prelate's condition is gravely serious as he suffers a nervous breakdown.
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Joseph M. Quigley
James E Quigier
Chicago
Archbishop Quigley
Governor Dunne Orders Devine Held Until Inquiry Clears
Governor Dunne orders John P. Devine to remain in Joliet until he clears up all reported irregularities tied to the investigation of the murder of Mrs. Odette Allen. The action follows dissatisfaction with progress and details of the inquiry.
Parama Canal Tolls Collected So Far
Washington reports toll revenue from the Params canal reached four million dollars for the period from the waterway opening last May through June last year, reflecting steady traffic and throughput since operations began.
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Parama Canal
Washington
Params Canal
Trafic
Hastings death declared for heir to $500 estate
State Happenings notes Hastings James M. Travis declared legally dead by Probate Judge Mack, nine years after his disappearance, following the death of his father who left him the inheritance. The report ties the case to the family and probate action amid regional notices.
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Hastings
James M. Travis
Mack
Copper Country
Michigan
Watson Post
Woman's Relief Corps of
Grand Rapids
Fitzgerald Post
Womans’ Relief Corps of
C. R. Stuart
George Barden
John Alcott
F. F. Taylor
Lansing
State Railroad Commission
Fellows
Merrill Partners’ Elevator Company of Merrill
Pere Marquette Railroad
Holland
Clara F. Hopkins
Michigan State Normal College
Ypsilanti
M. Jefferson
Hopkins
Schhool
Jefferson
Ferris
Dickinson
Adrian Commercial Club
State Grange
Mich
International Circulation Managers’ Association
Quebec
J. N. Chevrier
le Devour
Montreal
J. M. Schmid
News
Indianapolis
A._ Sears
the Times
Davenport
Joseph R. Taylor
the Press
Cadillac
Chamberlain
Uvalde
Texas
Robert Harvey
Harvey
Wisconsin
Pease
Frederick H. Pease
Conservatory
Seth Deed
Normal College
H. J. M. Grylls
Detroit
William McComne
State Board of Education
Lee N. Brown
H. L. Jones
Mt. Pleasant
Central State Normal College
Albion W. Small
Chicago University
Mt Pleasant
Ernest B. Allen
Toledo
Sacred Heart Academy
Father Ryan
Normal
Keeler
Benton Harbor
Coloma
Fred Schaer
Port Heros
W. J. Atkinson
Allegan
Forgotten gasoline sinks Staten Island fishing trip
A man and his friend fish off Staten Island in a small 20 footer. After cranking the engine failed repeatedly as he misdiagnosed carburetion and spark plug issues. The culprit proved to be the forgotten gasoline, causing a drifting near Sandy Hook with no anchor and mounting frustration before finally realizing the error.
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Staten Island
Sandy Hook
Phil
New York Sun
Gold Hunt Amid Dust on Wall Street Assay Site
Reporters note the old government assay office on Wall Street was demolished and its last bricks removed. Bank and brokerage runners linger near the site hoping for 18-karat dust, while all planking has burned and ashes become part of the office records. Some believe furnace smoke left gold deposits on nearby roofs.
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Wall Street
Disingenuous Claim Ties Canneries Bill to Labor Plea
Hamilton Fish Jr. accused backers of the canneries bill of disingenuous motives by arguing women and children would work long hours for the public good. He recalled a village tailor scene to illustrate the fallacy, likening it to patterns for clothing and peas.
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Hamilton Fish, Jr
Albany
Snip
Pyrenees Tunnels Move Toward Electric Rail Link
Five tunnels through the Pyrenees are planned to ease cross border communication between France and Spain. Work proceeds rapidly despite the war with Spanish labor replacing French men in military service. Trains will be electric and service could begin by June 1916.
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Pyrenees
France
Spain
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