Naval Academy probe widens as Fullam testimony rises
Annapolis June reports reveal Rear Admiral Fullam’s warning to midshipmen amid a court of inquiry into examination irregularities. Presidents of classes including Richard R Adams testified he urged dismissal for cheating and warned against aligning with defendants. Four new defendants named as fourteen total join the probe.
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Submarine Prisoners Moved to Ordinary Detention Camps
June 12 report from Lansen notes British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey informs American Ambassador Walter H. Page that German submarine prisoners are being shifted to ordinary detention camps. He suggests Britain expects Germany to place captured British officers under barrack arrest in similar camps and awaits an early German reply.
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Walter Ho Page
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Circus Manager Offers Bryan 15000 for 12 Week Engagement
Latrobe Pa June 12 Special to The Washington Post John Ll Fehr manager of Welsh Brothers circus touring smaller towns telegraphed an offer to William J Bryan former secretary of state. Pay is 15000 for balance of season twelve weeks for ten minute speech in concert Alec furnish private car. The circus shows in Latrobe June 26.
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British Advance 10 Percent On Proven Cotton Claims
London officials announce that Britain will pay a 10 percent advance on all proven cotton ownership claims seized from ships, with recent payments totaling $295,000 and up to $500,000 more expected soon. The policy aims to settle with claimants promptly as the Berlin war office signals continued cotton stock under restrictions.
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German Prisoner Taken in Lusitania Docs Inquiry
Heinz Hardenberg a German aviation corps member was arrested in Cincinnati and to be turned over to Washington officials. He knew Gustav Stahl and claimed Stahl swore to a false Lusitania affidavit. Louisa Marksfeldt, a 19 year old Canadian spy, confessed to relaying troop information to Germany and said she had help from “good friends on American soil.”
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Submarine base found near Kalimno coast
Rome reports via Athens that Allied observers uncovered 1500 cases and 86 barrels of benzine along a lonely Asia Minor coast near Kalimno. The fuel was meant to replenish German submarines in the Dardanelles region, allegedly shipped from Saloniki to Piraeus and then to Kalimno for further delivery.
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Second Canadian Division Arrives in France
Ottawa reports the entire second Canadian division battalion has safely arrived in France. No details on movements or exact locations are available, and no further information has been received.
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Ontario
Fivery Batttalion
Aecond
France
Hughes
Burke Indicted Over Panama Railroad Commissary Scheme
Indianapolis June 12 A federal grand jury returned an indictment alleging John Burke led alleged illegal acts to defraud the United States through the commissary department of the Panama Railroad. The document charges multiple counts related to the scheme and seeks legal action.
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Ind
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John Burke
Sun and Tide Table and Weather Forecast
United States Weather Bureau forecast for District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia. Warm windy period with thunderstorms over upper lakes and Minnesota region. Storm warnings posted for upper lakes Lake Erie and Missouri valley. Temperatures range from mid 70s to upper 80s with highs around 88 and lows near 44. Tide table shows 4:36 am high and 7:24 am low.
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Take Woman Doctor as Spy in London
Chicago dispatches report Dr. Falth ER. Spangler, a well known woman physician, arrested as a German spy after losing her passport during travel from Dublin to London. She claims American citizenship and native birth. She had worked at Dunning State Hospital for the Insane under Dr. George Leininger and intended postgraduate study in Dublin prior to the London trip.
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Falth ER. Spangler
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Dunning State Hospital For the
George Leininger
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