Blunder at Straits Lack of Ammunition Hinders Dardanelles Landing
London July 6 reports recount the Dardanelles landing where British and allied forces faced severe ammo shortages and heavy casualties. General Hamilton praises the navy and troops for their courage amid tangled wire, mines, and fortified shores, calling the action "stupendous" and marking the assault as one of history’s greatest feats.
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Royal Navy
Tnt
Fe Robeck
Struan Hamlton
Dardanelles
Gallpoli
War Office
Zenirh
Hamilton
Xerxes
Germans Raise U-Boat After 36 Hours on Sea Bottom
Amsterdam reports the German submarine U-30, sunk off Emu mouth, has been raised after 36 hours on the sea bottom. One crew member died during the recovery, having spent three hours underwater, while the vessel was towed to Emden for repairs.
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Amsterdam
Emden
Died notices of Burr and McKelvy families
Burr on Monday July 5 1915 at 7 pm at 701 C street southwest Mollie F Burr nee Crosson beloved wife of the late Samuel B Burr Funeral Wednesday July 7 at 2 pm Interment at Glenwood Cemetery Relatives and friends invited to attend. Joel McKelvy beloved husband of Emma Fo McKelvy nee Gorman Notice of funeral hereafter Baltimore papers please copy.
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Aly
Wit OH Braund
Myattsville
Tyaong & Harnette
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Wedraday
Tutu
Glenwood Camatnry
Burr
C_atreet
Mollie
Wilson seeks Germany's submarine plan amid anxious talks
President Wilson weighs informal German submarine proposals received via Secretary Lansing from Ambassador Gerard in Berlin. He aims for a solution to the dispute without abandoning his humanitarian principles, as negotiations continue between Washington and Berlin.
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Teutons
Wilson
Cornish
Lansing
Gerard
Berlin
Germany
United States
Europa
Washington
Platuria Held by German Warship in Baltic Seizures
The American steamship Platuria, carrying petroleum to Sweden, was detained by a German warship and brought to Swinemunde after earlier British interception at Kirkwall. Five Swedish ships were seized at Swinemunde, signaling broader Baltic actions affecting neutral commerce and U S Britain talks.
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Standard Oil
Sweden
Swinemunde
Kirkwall
New York
Platuria
Standard Oil Company
Karlshamn
Oscarhamn
London
Baltic Sea
Copenhagen
Morning Post
Sigurda
Waermeland
Henrik Wiearfder
Orvar
Hopper
Russia
United States
Baltic
Germany
Great Britain
Order In Council
King Victor Leads Italian Forces Near Selz Battle
Special dispatch from Lugano reports Italian troops advancing on the Carzo plateau beyond Isonzo with increasing success. Artillery wrecks Austrian trenches aiding infantry, left wing forces seize heights around Selz near Crosis, taking over 600 prisoners and a battery. the King was present at the battle.
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Washington Post
Lugano
Carzo
Isonzo
Selz
Crosis
U-Boat Ring Around England Costs Britain 1 Million Weekly
Berlin reports a tightening submarine blockade on the British Isles. Two armed U boats cross the Atlantic weekly, with losses estimated at about 1,000,000 dollars per week over the past two months. German authorities claim rising food prices prove blockade success while English owners fear the drain.
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England
Berlin
the Hague
Germany
British Isles
Admiralty
Atlantic
Great Britain
France
German Spy Trials Open in London and Venice
London July 6 court martial of Robert Rosenthal accused of naval espionage opened with secret hearing. Rosenthal allegedly confessed to being sent by the German admiralty to obtain British naval information while using a passport issued by the American embassy in Berlin. In Venice, a military tribunal began the trial of Captain Liebnacher and three Leamos crew members detained at Ancona on espionage charges, believed to have acted as German agents before Italy entered the war seeking data on batteries and submarines.
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London
Robert Regenthal
Berlin
Baron Cheylesmore
P. O. French
New York
Walter Frampton
Rosenthal
Robert Rosenthal
Scotia Yara
England
Ambassador Page
State Department
Washington
von Prieger
Venice
Italy
Liebaicher
Ancona
Germany
Muller, Convicted in London as Spy, Shot by Squad in the Tower Moat
German spy F R Moller condemned for invisible ink messages and executed at dawn in the Tower moat. After an appeal was denied on June 21, an eight-man firing squad carried out the death sentence at about 4 am. He was buried in unconsecrated ground near a cemetery in north Tendon.
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Muller
London
Tower
Tower of London
F. R. Moller
Brixton
North Tendon
Hospital Ship With 700 Men Sunk by English
The Washington Post reports Turkish claims that British submarines and torpedo boats sank unarmed passenger ships in Turkish waters with no warning. An official admiralty statement lists a hospital ship with 700 wounded aboard among those torpedoed. England condemns submarine warfare yet accuses Britain of similar methods elsewhere.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Sayville
Long Island
Admiralty
England
Gold Exchange Drives Public to Bank of France
Paris crowds flooded the Bank of France to redeem private gold hoards for notes to bolster the national reserve. Long queues formed all day. exchanges ranged from 10 to 35,000 francs with certificates labeled for national defense.
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Paris
Bank of France
Geld So Ag
Russians Arming Men Former Statesman Jailed Japanese Drill
Chicago July 6. U S officers arrest three Montenegrin officials for conspiracy to violate neutrality and recruiting for the Montenegrin army. Bonds set at 10 000 each. New York and Portland reports note Russians arming for an early offensive and hundreds of Japanese officers drilling troops near Petrograd with munitions flowing into Archangel and rail transport mobilized.
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United States
Secret Service
Anton Vseferovich
American Red Cross
Montenegrin Red Cross
New York
B. Martinovich
Savo Grouraskovich
Montenegrin Foreign Office
Bisbee
Arizona
Joyo Matanovitch
Portland
Ore
Jovo Matanonitch
Peter M. Luburieh
Montenergrina
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Butte
Munt
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B. R. Ward
New Haven
Conn
Copenhagen
Russia
Galicia
Archangel
Dr. Ward
England
Canada
Petrograd
Japan
Port Arthur
Huge British debt looming after war ends in 1918
In the House of Lords Lord Middelton warned of civil expenditure rising with the war. He urged immediate steps to cut civil costs. He projected national debt by March 31 1918 at 6.466 billion dollars and a potential annual interest deficit of 70 million dollars if taxation stayed unchanged.
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Washington
London
House of Lords
Lord Middleton
Tyrol War Devastates Silk and Vineyards
Special to The Washington Post reports Tyrol is crippled by war with millions of silkworms discarded due to neglect and vine diseases spreading for lack of caretakers. Military restrictions have led to widespread vineyard pruning, and the German frontier remains sealed with Swiss railway staff barred from trains.
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Washington Post
Zurich
Tyrol
U S Washington Officials Meet Haitian Rebels at Petite Anse
Officers of the American cruiser Washington and the American consul L W Livingston held talks near Petite Anse with revolutionary leaders seeking to topple President Guillaume and install Dr Rosalvo Bobo. Washington officials warned insurgents they would not enter Cape Haitien. Government troops reinforce and move toward Great River to join another army as rebels resist the advance.
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Guillaume
Rosalvo Bobo
Great River
Roumania War Party Reassesses Central Powers Outlook
Berlin dispatch from Rudolf Robert of Vossische Zeitung notes Roumanian war party concedes miscalculations on central powers defeat by Entente allies. He reports Romania remains hopeful but seeks clearer victory certainty before declaring outcome.
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Berlin
Rudolph Robhert
Vossisché Zeitung
Balkans
Bucharest
Roumania
Roumanian War Party
Ententes
Becker Ready to Die Big Tim Death Probed
New York July 6 Former police lieutenant Charles Becker, condemned for complicity in Herman Rosenthal’s murder, is prepared for the electric chair the week of July 26 in Sing Sing. Father Curry says Becker is ready to die and innocent, while efforts for a John Doe inquiry into Big Tim Sullivan’s death falter.
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New York
Ieut
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Sing Sing
James F. Curry
Becker
Slog Sing
John Doe
Big Tim
Sullivan
Timothy D. Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Rosenthal
Lieut
Bes
Waldo
Rogenthal
Perkins
Groehl
Seattle
Sullivan-Considine
Safes Opened as Four Robbers Rob Midway Gardens
Four thieves overpowered two watchmen at Midway Gardens amusement park in Chicago and escaped with poker-like sum after blowing the safe. They forced the guards into a room then used wet rags to muffled the blast. Police report notes $36,000 seized.
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Chicago
Midway Gardens
Villa Flora Club Raid Exposes Unlicensed Bar
Authorities raided the Villa Flora Club on Georgia Avenue near Piney Branch road, arresting owner Wilbur C. Jones for operating an unlicensed bar. About a thousand dollars in cash collateral was demanded but not posted. Several crates of beer and bottles of whisky and gin were seized. patrons were not molested. Officers conducted the raid at 10 30 p.m. and included Capt. Judge Lieut. Lord and a precinct squad in plain clothes.
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Georgia Avenue
Piney Branch Road
Judge
Lieut
Lord
Tenth Precinct
Wilbur C. Jones
Jones
Capt. Judge
Lieut. Lord
Sergis
Lawton
Indian Unrest Reports Worldwide As Europeans Arm
Reports aboard the Spanish mail steamer Alicante describe serious unrest across India with martial law in effect and Europeans armed. Outbreaks near Colombo, punitive actions by British forces, and preparations to move white women and children to Australia or home. Casualties include Englishmen killed, with tensions extending to Singapore and Ceylon.
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India
Alicante
Aden
Arabia
Colombo
Ceylon
Singapore
Mmilitary
Australia
British North Borneo
Borneo
Hired Tugs to Chase Wife in Divorce Suit
Peter Ray a 42 year old Westchester Hotel owner filed for absolute divorce from Salina Bay 39 alleging abandonment and current life on a private yacht. Attorney Bennett Siegelstein used tugs cruising Long Island Sound to locate and serve the papers after five months of pursuit. service occurred June 15 with the complaint filed today and the defendant given until tomorrow to answer.
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Peter Ray
Washington Post
New York
Westchester Hotel
Salina Bay
Mra. Bay
Bennett E. Siegelstein
Long Island Sound
Bryan for press reform in international congress address
William Jennings Bryan urged a law requiring editors to disclose financial interests in policy advocacy at the International Press Congress. He urged signed stories and editorials and praised single person edited weeklies over corporation owned dailies while criticizing independent publications.
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San Francisco
William Jennings Bryan
International Press Congress
Bryan
Police Arrest Two in Raid on Disorderly Premises
Police from the First precinct arrested Peter Prophet aged 21 and Joseph Dangelo aged 32 at 24 Eighth Street Northwest in a raid on a place alleged to be disorderly. Officers Lisut Duvall Seret Lee and policemen Hillett Clay Broderick and Nolan conducted the raid. About fifty men and women were inside dancing and drinking, the police allege. The men were held on $25 collateral each.
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Peter Prophet
Joseph Dangelo
Eighth Street
Lisut
Duvall
Seret
Lee
Hillett
Clay Broderick
Nolan
U S Boys Recruited Without Parental Consent
Investigations by the State Department probe complaints from American parents about youths 18 to 18 being recruited into the British army from Boston. The New York dispatch says cattle steamers sail weekly to England with promises of free return passage for surrendering underage recruits. Secretary Lansing notes Britain releases sailors on request. steamship firms resist returning youths.
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Boston
England
State Department
Washington Post
New York
Washington
Laning
The
Steamship Company
Secreary
Lansing
Spring-Rice Sees Lansing In First State Department Call
British Ambassador Cecil Spring-Rice held a long conference with Secretary Lansing in Washington. Topics included the wartime shipping situation and British recruiting reports in the United States. Spring-Rice said the embassy has no role in recruiting, and Lansing confirmed that American minors tied to such efforts were released promptly by Britain.
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Cecil Spring-Rice
Lansing
Washington
State Department
United States
Langing
Flying boat America not lost in North Sea
Special to The Washington 1st Philadelphia dated July 6 reports that neither the flying boat America nor its aviator Squadron Commander John Cyril Ports was lost in the North Sea. A London dispatch June 30 suggested otherwise, but Ports cables Rodman Wanamaker July 3 denying the claim and stating aviation is improving.
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Waanington
Philadelphia
America
John Cyril Ports
R. N
North Sea
London
Rodman Wanamaker
ELOPES WITH STEPFATHER IN GEORGIA
Special to The Washington Fest from Savannah Georgia July 6 L R Smith is under arrest in Swainsboro Emanuel county charged with eloping with Berta May 14 year old daughter of his wife by a former husband Mrs Smith formerly Mrs Anna Reed chased by her mother in night clothes The couple fled toward Midville then bought train tickets for Savannah and were arrested on the train The girl was returned to her mother and Smith remains jailed.
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Savannah
L. R. Smith
Swainsboro
Emanuel County
Berta May
Smith
Miek Reed
Robber Steals Earrings From Mrs Downer Home
Mrs Frances Downer of 1821 N Street NW reported a theft last night. A pair of diamond earrings valued at $8000 were taken during the evening from her house. Police are investigating the ransacked residence.
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Frances Downer
N Street Northwest
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