Wallstein accuses 3 former Chevy Chase woman in murder probe
New York July 3 Leonard Meattwein commissioner of accounts urged action over police conduct in Ruth Cruger case. He alleged detectives Cooper Miller and Dillon neglected search and records, and Cocchi’s premises and his escape to Italy were not properly investigated. A grand jury inquiry and new ambassadorial inquiries are noted as part of the broader investigation.
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Witness Slashes Wrists in Cruger Murder Case
Stephan Smith, a key State witness in the Ruth Cruger murder inquiry, attempted suicide by slashing his wrists in a Tombs cell. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in temporary care. police say he was serving time at Blackwell's Island for a minor offense and had admitted hauling dirt from a cellar connected to the Coedit shop where Cruger's body was found.
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DROWNED MAN IDENTIFIED IN POTOMAC AT ALEXANDRIA
Authorities on the Potomac at Alexandria identified the drowned man found in the river. The body is about 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs around 190 pounds, and wore a dark shirt and trousers with no shoes or corks. Police say head damage appeared from contact with submerged objects rather than decapitation.
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Thief steals clothes from sleeping Marylander in Washington
A Baltimorean described as cautious enough to sleep in his clothes was robbed near Third and B streets SW. A thief took his coat vest hat shoes and trousers containing 775 in cash and a silver watch while he slept, and the victim woke to a passerby police call.
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Bulldog blamed for $10,000 dog bite suit in D C
Charles L Wilpan, a district boy, files a $10,000 damage suit in District Supreme Court through his father Wendel Wilpan. The boy alleges he was bitten on the leg and foot by a bulldog owned by Isa bel Sargent and Helen Lewis Sargent in Farragut Square last May, with claims the dog was not properly muzzled. Attorneys H B Moulton and M J Colbert filed the declaration.
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Farragut Square
Terminal Strikers Paid Off Amid Quiet Washington Sit-Downs
More than 300 Washington Terminal Company strikers received pay yesterday with no disturbance. A brief meeting concluded quickly and another is planned for this morning. F McCreer, speaking for the strikers, is satisfied with the strike thus far, while T Wilson, the company superintendent, says there is no strike on.
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War Speeding Up Airman Drops Bomb on Train
British lines advance 600 yards southwest of Hollebeke near Ypres Canal. Raids near Wieltje and Nieuport yield several prisoners. Berlin reports renewed French attacks on Chemin des Dames repulsed with heavy losses. Western front sees generally slight artillery activity with local engagements. Russian and Austro-Hungarian fronts report varying artillery duels and few successful advances.
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Reichstag Committee Warned of British Blow
Berlin dispatches report General von Stein the Prussian war minister warned the Reichstag main committee that Britain plans a new offensive on the Arras front to turn the German line in Belgium. He said the German high command is aware of elaborate British preparations for such a blow.
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Red Cross helps Russia with rapid relief mission
Red Cross officials announced a mission to Russia organized with several carloads of serums hospital supplies and first aid materials. The group departed within five days of designation amid telegraphic orders for urgently needed materials to accompany the mission to a Pacific port. Dr Frank Billings of Chicago and William B Thompson of New York hold lieutenant colonel ranks as mission officials.
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Terrified by Italian raids on Asiago and Gorizia front
Rome July 5 The Italian war office announces artillery activity across the Asiago plateau southeast of Trent targeting enemy columns in Val Galmarara. North and east of Gorizia patrols raided enemy lines causing damage and alarm. South of Castagnaviassza the enemy attempted an attack but was checked by artillery prep and defense.
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British Admiralty
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Italian War Office
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Val Galmarara
Gorizia
Castagnaviassza
Armed Women In Food Riots Reach Amsterdam Districts
The Jordaan district and Kattenburg district bands of about 200 women armed with bayonets revolvers and stones invaded Amsterdam yesterday. Police clashed at Keizersgracht and in the Jewish quarter a shot was fired but missed. A boy was wounded and died in hospital.
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Colors of Amazons Parade in Petrograd
In Petrograd on July 5 the first detachment of the women’s regiment had its colors blessed in St Isaac’s Cathedral square. About 200 women with cropped hair in full uniform held rifles as Don Cossacks and sailors formed a guard of honor. The parade continued along Nevsky Prospect and surrounding streets with banners reading Death is better than shame and Women, do not give your hands to traitors.
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Balkan Front Clash Repulsed as Columns Attack Italian Lines
Paris reports on the Macedonian front that July 4 the enemy launched two strong columns against the Italian right wing. They were repulsed after a vaillant bombardment. Moderate artillery activity occurred along the front on both sides.
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Spy Censorship Changes After Conference On War News
Secretaries Lanning Baker Daniels and George Creel held a long conference on censorship of incoming and outgoing cables. Baker revoked a prior order diverting press censorship to the War Department and allowed direct cable transmission to press associations. The note warns of spy hysteria and potential riots against Germans, while Frederick Falmer is named chief censor with Pershing’s HQ in France.
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Cree
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Maryland
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Pershing
France
Minister Egan Hospitalized in Copenhagen for Treatment
Maurice F Egan American Minister to Denmark has been moved to a private hospital for better care after several days of illness. A Danish specialist, Prof Sclou, who served the late King Christian IX, was consulted, but officials say the move does not signal a change in his condition.
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England and America Reunited as London Press Proclaims
London July 5 British papers devote unprecedented space to America’s Independence Day with editorials cartoons and news stories. The tone is cordial as Westminister Gazette notes America becomes English and England American while shedding some phlegm in tribute. Uncle Sam and John Bull cartoon depicts shared freedom.
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Their Whole Country Is Behind the Sammies
Paris papers praise American Independence celebrations with sweeping front-page praise. Observers note the nation’s fervor, amid overflowing detail on the event and the spirit permeating La Matin editor Hugues le Roux. France marks what is described as its happiest day in many months.
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France
Americans Receive French War Crosses for Courage
Paris announces four American ambulance corps members B F Butler of New York B B Gauld of Toledo J M Grierson Jr of New York and H W Bubinkam of Chicago were formally invested with the French war crosses on June 25. Citations praise their courageous activity and devotion to duty.
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J M Grierson Jr
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Turkish retreated to heights west of Panjwin town
Petrograd reports Turkish troops driven from Panjwin on the Mesopotamian front have fallen back to positions on heights west and south of the town. Russian forces continue to attack the retreating units as of today.
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