Riots and Looting Shock Milan as Consul Saves Boston Shoe Plant
Rioting and arson raged in Milan for 36 hours with mobs looting German and Austrian firms, while Italian troops largely failed to stop the violence. American Consul Grout and Vice Consul Robb intervened to defend the Vera Shoe Company of Boston and other German American properties, amid government fear of revolution and widespread destruction.
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EF Alfxander Powell
Special Star
Lugano
Milan
Latin America
Italy
Congar Grout
Robb Amerian
Milin
Vera Shoe Company
Rice & Hutchinson
Boston
Pape
State Department
Red Cross hoaxer posing as German envoy fooled US State Dept
New York June 15 The Tribune reports Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard a German Red Cross lecturer and Count von Bernstorffs envoy landed in Norway and posed as a Red Cross official to obtain US war data. He used a toupee and glasses to disguise himself and traded with munitions brokers while seeking discarded rifles and military information.
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New York
the Tribune
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Red Cross
Count von Bernstorffs
Christiania
Norway
State Department
United States
Alfred Meyer
Department of Army Supplies
Imperial
Ministry of War
Germany
East Front
Meyer
German War Office
Dr Jekyll and
Mr Hyde
Ambitious Berlin note hints at change in London stance
A Berlin dispatch reports Ambassador Gerard may meet the Kaiser before Germany replies to the second American note. Berlin expects a fortnight to finish the reply while studying Wilson proposals on food relief and Lusitania data. London’s attitude shift is linked to hints from England through informal channels.
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Berlin
London
New York
Carl W Ackerman
United Press
Gerard
Germany
Washington
Foreign Office
Anton Meyer Gerhard
von Bernstorff
von Jagow
Zimmerman
Wilson
Lusitania
England
Fingland
United States
America
Russians Defeats Imperil Lemberg As Teutons Hit Hard
A Dublin era of war updates reports the Russian defeats jeopardizing Lemberg as Austro German forces press deep pushes on the Galician front. News notes Villa Zapata talks, Carranza possibilities, and U.S. cautious stance as Mexico chaos continues.
Typhus Surges Reported in Austria Week Ended June 5
A Swiss dispatch says Austria reported three hundred and fifty two typhus cases in the week ended June 5. The figure came in a temperate report from Bern to the Associated Press, detailing a spike after earlier months.
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Austria
Tempa
Berna
Switzerland
Motor Loot at Milan Hoaxed by Dr Meyer Is Claim
A summary item notes a hoax claim about motor loot at Milan attributed to Dr Meyer. It reports Miss McAdoo returning from Europe and references antitrust law, a British war loan, and various political and social items. The index lists editorial, society, events in the sporting world, and financial notes among entries.
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Milan
Meyer
McAdoo
Europe
Villa
Tagle
Lusitants
Perlo
United States
Turkey
Navy
Junius Morgan
Food costs rise to new high under tariff debate
A Washington dispatch notes the cost of living in the United States has climbed to levels unseen before, with a 3 percent rise in 1914 over 1913 for fifteen staple articles. Prices have trended upward since 1907, peaking in September 1914, while April 1914 marked the low point. The figures come from the Department of Labor.
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Department of Justice
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
New York
Washington
The
Sun
United States
Department of Labor
Agis
Aerial Attack Hits Karlsruhe in Retaliation War News
A fleet of French aircraft bombs Karlsruhe Baden on June 15 causing fires and panic at the railway station. Eleven killed and six wounded among residents as planes target the castle arms factory and station. Twenty three aviators return, two missing, while fires spread and trains flee eastward.
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Alles
Karlsruhe
Baden
Paris
Grand Duchy of Baden
Saverne
Zabern
Strassburg
Rastatt
Karlerohe
Blamont
Phalsbourg
Pfalzburg
Italian Diplomat Arrested at Trieste Consulate
Signor Canovarro, in charge of the Italian consulate at Triest at wartime start, was arrested after seeking refuge in the American consulate. Despite assurances from Austrian authorities he was not to be molested, he was taken into custody outside the consulate steps in Triest.
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Taylors Home
Clapham
Mrs Conlin
Justice of the Peace
Henry L Schaefer
New York City
Ruth
Triest
Soine
Jaly
Signor Canovarro
Italy
Austria Hungary
Rome
Signor Canova
Von Mackensen Aims to Capture Lemberg by July
Gen Von Mackensen telegraphs the Kaiser promising to take Lemberg the capital of Galicia. The message, relayed from Amsterdam via the Reuters dispatch, asserts the German forces plan a July assault on the Galician city, with the European press monitoring progress.
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Lemberg
von Mackensen
Galician
London
Galicia
Cange Telegraph Company
Ifrom
Amsterdam
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EY Alexander Powell
Washington Post Star
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Tejas
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France
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Came
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Aoway
Hopea
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William G. McAdoo
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Misa Katherine Britton
Washington, DC
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Coast Guard
Calumet
Miss McAdoo
American
Miss McAdo
McAdals
Tracy le Mont
New Haven
International Harvester Company
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Harvester
Ollay
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Exchequst
Asquith
Great Britain
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Godfrey Collins
EWA Esk
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Mosciska
Teutons
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Mexico
Huerta
Villa-Zapata
Cagle
Vera Drug
Charles A Douglas
Vera Druz
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Gonzales
Zapata
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Vanderbilt
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Court of Inquiry
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Seth Page
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Mandero
Sinaloo
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Enrique C Lilorente
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Tuxpam
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Przemysla
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Belgium
Arrom
Moseiska
Wysznla
Przemysz
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HIVE
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Seachif
Washington Post
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North Shore
Ruth Taylor
Lucinda B Taylor
Donald Clapham
Alfred § Clapham
Young Clapham
Mra Conlin
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