Morgan Shot By Armed Man At Banker's Home
War protester Frank Holt shot financier J P Morgan at the Long Island estate. Morgan and wife, mother, and guests were at breakfast when Holt fired twice and struggled with Morgan. Holt carried two guns and dynamite. he said he came to dissuade arms exports and stop war materiel shipments. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice was present and Holt was jailed after servants restrained him.
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Victim
Holt
Mr. Morgan
Mrs. Morgan
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice
Lady Spring-Rice
Long Island Sound
Glencove
Morgan Estate
Fire destroys spirits at Koenigsberg distillery
The Berlin Tageblatt reports a blaze at a Koenigsberg Prussia distillery destroying over 1,000,000 quarts of spirit. Amsterdam dispatch notes the incident occurred in July and lists the large loss in alcohol stock.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Morgan Assailant Leaps to Death at Jail Yard
Frank Holt, the Cornell professor who shot J. P. Morgan in his New York home last Saturday, died Tuesday by jumping from a jail window to the courtyard below. Police say he was shot through the head by an outside assailant. Holt had stored dynamite for bombs at a Long Island house and left a farewell letter to "Mr Dears" before the end.
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Holt
Mr. Morgan
Mrs. Morgan
Morgan
Frank E. McCahill
Glencove
Morgan Residence
Justice Layster
F. Holt
Dallas
Texas
Ithaca
United States
Germany
Glen Cove
N. Y
Frank Holt
Cornell
J. P. Morgan
Police
Wood
New York
Pullman
Washington
Jeremiah Ryan
Ryan
Doctor Muenter
Harvard
Central Park
L. I
Smith
Dears
German Battleships Reach Kiel Damaged After Baltic Action
Copenhagen reports Wittelsbach and a Kaiser class battleship, both damaged, returned to Kiel after a Baltic battle. Gottland battles reported east of the island with four cruisers engaged near shore. German torpedo boat with many wounded reached Katthammersink. Mine layer Albatross ran aground. 21 dead and 27 wounded.
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Kiel
Copenhagen
Wittelsbach
Baltic
Reuter’s Telegraph Company
Gottland
Katthammersink
Gottlang
Mayor Riddell Ends Life in Grand Rapids Home
Grand Rapids Minnesota mayor George Riddell shot and killed himself at his home. He was forty five and survived by his widow and one child. Coroner announced the death on Tuesday.
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Grand Rapids
Minn
George Riddell
Riddell
Quigley’s Condition Grave in Chicago Prelate’s Illness
Four physicians met at Rochester home of Police Chief Joseph M. Quigley. Rt Rev James E Quigley of Chicago lies critically ill. Reported Archbishop Quigley suffered a nervous breakdown and grave condition.
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Quigley
Rochester
N. Y
Joseph M. Quigley
James E. Quigley
Chicago
Archbishop Quigley
Bandits Steal $20,000 from Midway Gardens Vault
Four expert cracksmen blew open the vault and safe at Midway Gardens after overpowering two watchmen, escaping with $20,000 from three holidays festivities. Police are at a loss for clues to the identity of the criminals.
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Chicago
Midway Gardens
Tower Falls injures dozen at aviator Miles show
A 60 foot light tower at Exposition park in Rock Island Illinois collapsed during an aviator Miles exhibition causing serious injuries to twelve people. Rescue squads rushed to the scene as bystanders aided the injured.
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Tower
Rock Island
Miles
Exposition Park
German Submarine U-20 Raised After Sinking
Amsterdam reports the German submarine U-20, sunk near the mouth of the Ems by an accident, has been raised and only one crew member died. The Telegraaf cites the update.
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Amsterdam
Ems
Telegraaf
Former President Diaz Dies in Paris
Paris July 5 Gen Porfirio Diaz former president of Mexico died in Paris Friday at age. His wife Senora Carmen Romero Rubio Diaz and their son Porfirio Diaz Jr were at his bedside. Diaz ruled Mexico for 35 years except four, guiding economic growth and American investment activity during his long tenure.
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Paris
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
General Diaz
Senora Carmen Romero Rubio Diaz
Porfirio Diaz, Jr
Porfiio Diaz
Western Hemisphere
Francisco J. Madero
Merxico
Theodore Roosevelt
Diaz
British admiralty says Armenian carried admiralty business
Washington reports that the British admiralty told Ambassador Page in London that the steamship Armenian, sunk by a German submarine with 21 American lives lost, was engaged in admiralty business and carried the passenger. Page sent the info to the State Department, noting the lost Americans may have been crew. The case stirs officials as the first American fatalities since Lusitania, with no official stance yet on possible effects on Germany talks.
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Page
Washington
Admiralty
Ambassador Page
London
State Department
Germany
Vice-President Threatened With Death Letters
Marshall reports receiving more than a dozen anonymous threats over six weeks. He disclosed the warnings to newspaper men in St. Louis on Sunday.
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St. Louis
Thomas R Marshall
United States
Marshall
Eleven Coal Firms Lose Suit Against Miners in Fort Smith
In Fort Smith Arkansas on Tuesday the Bache Denman Coal syndicate of eleven companies failed to obtain 1 250 000 dollars in a damage suit against union miners over destruction of mine property during the Prairie Creek mine riots.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Cozurt
Bache-Denman Coal Syndicate
Prairie Creek
Fire engine collision kills two Bay City firemen
In mid July at a grade crossing in Bay City a Michigan Central passenger train collided with an automobile fire engine. Two firemen, Edward Jolly and Henry Fletcher, were killed and four others injured in the crash.
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Bay City
Mid
Michigan Central
Edward Jolly
Henry Fletcher
Pitched Ball Kills Player In Missouri
A. J. Walker, 23, of Kansas City died after a pitched ball struck his head while playing with an amateur baseball team in Dearborn Missouri on July 8.
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Kansas City
A. J. Walker
Dearborn
Anglo Calfornian Survives Submarine Attack With Cargo of Horses
The Anglo-Californian limped into Queenstown after a four hour chase by a German submarine. The ship carried horses from Montreal for the British army and suffered heavy damage with 12 dead and eight wounded. Captain Parslow died on the bridge amid shellfire as the crew fought to outrun the submarine.
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London
Queenstown Harbor
Montreal
Parslow
Nitrate Producers
Steamship Company, Ltd
United Kingdom
Seven Missing In Cordite Plant Blast At Beloeil
Seven men are missing and feared dead after a cordite explosion at the Canadian Explosives company plant in Beloeil Quebec on Tuesday. Ten were badly injured, including Capt Murray Wilson manager of the cordite department and J Sammons a British government inspector. Several women workers were hurt as sparks from a chipping machine allegedly ignited cordite. The DuPont affiliated firm was handling explosive orders for Canada and Britain. The plant caught fire after the blast.
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Montreal
Que
Canadian Explosives Company
Beloeil
Murray Wilson
Cordite
Aylmer Brown
DePont Powder Works
Wilmington
Del
J. Sammons
DuPont Powder Works
Huerta Jailed as Orozco Flees Toward Juarez
El Paso reports Gen Victoria no Huerta held on new federal warrant after arrest in San Antonio. He is jailed in Juarez county facility with military guard. Orozco, who forfeited bond, reportedly fled toward Valente Texas to cross into Mexico and lead forces against Juarez.
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Juarez
el Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
San Antonio
Huerta
Pascual Orozco
General Orozco
Valentine
Mexico
British destroyer Lightning damaged by mine or torpedo
The British destroyer Lightning was attacked off England's east coast on Wednesday night, with one crewman killed and 14 missing. The old 290 ton vessel reached harbor later. The ship carries a 12 pounder, five six pounders and two 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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Admiralty
London
England
Harbor
British Airship Raid on Berlin Fails at Sea
A British airship squadron with cruisers tried to raid the German North Sea base Sunday morning but was defeated by a detachment of German warships, according to wireless dispatches from Berlin dated July 8.
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Berlin
North Sea
U S Holds Red Cross Member on Neutrality Charge
New York July 8 U S agents arrest Capt Antoni Seferovich a Red Cross official on a charge of conspiring to violate U S neutrality by recruiting for the Montenegrin army The case ties U S neutrality enforcement to wartime recruitment allegations in the Red Cross organization.
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U. S
Red Cross
New York
Antoni. Seferovich
American Red Cross
Mexican Capital at Mercy of Looters
Washington reports fighting around Mexico City for fifteen days as Zapata forces and civilians resist the Carranza army. Pacheco is dead amid looting. 40,000 poor occupy bread lines. food scarce. Wilson shifts from watchful waiting to possible forcible intervention to protect diplomats and foreigners. reoccupying Vera Cruz or marching on the capital possible.
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Washington
Mexico City
Zapata
Carranza
Raphael Pacheco
Wilson
Mexico
State Department
United States
Vera Cruz
Trains Hit Autos in West Detroit Fatalities
West Detroit Michigan July 7 three killed when a westbound Wabash train struck an eight passenger auto near Greene avenue. Victims Joseph Fabyszak 54 Nettie Fabyszak 42 Olga Ewinesky 20. Also farmingdale New Jersey July 7 four killed in auto train crash on Asbury Park Farmingdale road. Robert Mayer his wife and daughter Ethel 21 killed outright Herbert Mayer 13 dies en route.
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West Detroit
Mich
Detroit
Greene Avenue
Joseph Fabyszak
Nettie
Olga Ewinesky
Farmingdale
N. J
Trenton
Asbury Park
Farmingdale Road
New Jersey Southern
Robert Mayer
Ethel
Herbert Mayer
Statewide Prohibition Goes Into Effect in Alabama
Montgomery reports statewide prohibition began Thursday with all saloons and dispensaries closed by Wednesday night. The Merritt Denson bill, enacted in January, governs the shutdown and there were no disturbances during the transition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Merritt-Denson
Turk Town Taken by Allies in Gallipoli
An Athens dispatch reports that Anglo French forces have occupied Krithia on the Gallipoli peninsula. The Mitylene dispatch dated July 3 notes the capture as part of Allied operations in the region.
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Turk Town
Krithia
Athens
Mitylene
Gallipoli
Italian Third Army Repulsed on Isonzo Front
Austrian official report released Tuesday says the Italian Third Army advancing in four corps on the lower Isonzo suffered terrible losses. The report notes the Italian stand was halted with heavy casualties as Austrian forces held the line.
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Vienna
Lower
Isonzo
Tuege
Italians Bombard Stelvio Pass Hotels
Lausanne reports Italian forces continue shelling the Stelvio pass area. Artillery fire is destroying many fashionable tourist hotels in the Alpine region as a result of the ongoing bombardment.
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Lausanne
Stelvio Pass
Alps
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Miss McCabe
J. Pierpont Morgan
Muenter
Gottland Island
Mayor Riddell
Grand Rapids, Minn
Clarice Margoles
Baright
Clarice Margoles-Baright
New York City
Mitchel
Court of Special Sessions
Admiralty Mission
Queenstown
Orozco
John D. Long
United States Public Health Service
The
Philippine Islands
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