International Jewish Emancipation Committee Formed in New York
Champ Clark, Speaker of the House, elected president of the International Jewish Emancipation Committee founded in New York. The group seeks U S guarantee of civil and political rights for Jews worldwide and to secure favorable peace terms ensuring equality before the law. Henry Green leads the executive staff, with letters of support from governors, university presidents, and lawmakers. Clark pledged to aid in obtaining an international agreement supporting Jewish rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
International Jewish Emancipation Committee
New York
Zion
House of Representatives
Promise Hebrews
Senate
Henry Green
United States
Washington
Cade
Clark
Death of Mrs Elizabeth A Reed in Chicago and navy yard reforms
Death announced of Mrs Elizabeth Armstrong Reed mother of novelist Myrtle Reed at Neerham aged 72. Navy secretary Daniels outlines new system to charge only construction-related costs to ships, aiming to boost private bidding and formalize production factors. Meanwhile Kansas City area endures destructive wind hail and flooding with fatalities and widespread property damage.
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Daniels
Navy Yard
Missouri
Kansas
Chicago
Milzabeth Armatrong Reed
Myrtle Reed
Neerham
Navy
Kosta
New York Navy Yard
Arizona
California
Daniela
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Enteen Hves
Kansas River
Missouri River
Jeff
Blemzen City
Conner
Blue
Republican
Solomon River
Clay Center
Bujlding
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices Dated June 1915
Died notices for Bancroft Cockrill Howard Kuerling Leetch Lowdermilk Murphy Purse Fleotan Margaret Theresa list multiple locations and times with relatives invited to attend funerals at residences and churches in Baltimore and nearby areas. Interments set at local cemeteries including Pohick and private arrangements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Fourteenth Street
Matilina
George Bancroft
Joseph Gawler & Sons
Penhsslvainia Avenue
Om Cockrill
Mra Wfe Brown
Kenmore
oMra Rennie Cockrill Fureral
Nzpella
Samuel Ashward
Artington National Cemetery
Baltimore and Frederick
Kuerling
Harry King
Calvert Street
Henry
Albertine Kuehring
King
St Mark’s Lutheran Church
Bouthwear
Pohick Church
Leetch
Council Bluffs
John Alexander Leetch
Jumioa
Virginia Dougal Uate
Nia
Strait Northwest
Lowdermilk
Anna E
Upton F Low Dermilk
Murphy
Kate Mire
Deving
Hugh Murphy
Purse
Savannaha
Laura Ashby
Capt D G Purse
Mra
Helen Ashby Gibbs
U Street Northwest
Sfleotan
Margaret Theresa
Patrick J
Susie Ahethan
Navy to develop submarine policy in series of conferences
Secretary Daniels and bureau chiefs along with Capt. A W Grant began a set of conferences to devise a general policy for expanding and improving the submarine arm of the navy. Daniels said the plan aims to boost efficiency of material and personnel across the submarine service.
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Navy
Daniels
A. W. Grant
Atlantic
Slaying of Elizabeth Nolte Rocks Cincinnati Neighborhood
In Cincinnati a manhunt is underway for the killer of 11 year old Elizabeth Nolte whose mutilated body was found behind her home. Police search rooms and question two suspects while parents keep children indoors or escorted, fearing further danger. Police have not charged the two suspects yet.
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Elizabeth Nolte
Cincinnati
Ohio
Nolte
Americans freed after currency case at Juarez
George C. Carothers, special representative, arrived in El Paso from Chihuahua with George Marx and Samuel Finkelstein, two Americans sentenced to death for counterfeiting at Juarez. After review by Carothers and Diaz Lombardo, the men were released.
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Carothers
el Paso
Tex
George C. Carothers
Chihuahua
George Marx
Samuel Finkelstein
Juarez
Diaz Lombardo
Thaw Granted Jury Trial in Sanity Case
Albany reports the court of appeals upholds Justice Hendrick’s order denying a jury trial to test Harry K. Thaw’s sanity. New York says state officials will not seek rehearing and will proceed to try Thaw before a jury in the New York Supreme Court early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Peter A. Hendrick
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Frank K. Cook
Alfred L. Becker
Thaw
Veterans Camp Opens District of Columbia Encampment
The sixteenth annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans for the District of Columbia meets at Pythian Temple starting 2:30 PM with a second session at 8:00 PM. Department Commander H C Wilson presides. committees on credentials and resolutions are named, with numerous officers and delegates listed from Generals Miles Lawton Astor Dewey Urell and others across Camp numbers 1 through 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Miles
Harden, Pettit
Lawton
Astor
Dewey
Ureil
Department of the District of Columbia
United Spanish War Veterans
Pythian Temple
H.C. Wilson
Wilson
Joseph J Harvey
John Murphy
Urell Camp
C. W. McCaffrey
Nelson A. Miles Camp
John Lewis Smith
Tere A. Costello
J. Walter Mitchell
G. B. Rausch
Samuel L. Hanna
Charles J. P.weber
M. J. Gill
P J. Brennan
China Hintenach
Daniel J. Leahy
Charlies W. McCaffrey
George W. Nairn
Howard M. Peter
William F Ulrich
Ledoux
Thomas A. Hoile
Harles A . Bally
F. W. Parrish
L-D. Snyder
Edwin T. Davis
Adolph Graef
James F. Harbin
Robert E. Culin
Richard L. Trice
Richard J. Harden
Benjamin L. Tubman
A. C. McKelvey
John A. Gallagher
William A Dowling
Charles Ammann
J. Bo Frtson
Shaw
W. C. Johns
H. ©. Leslie
William J. Sammonds
William L. Mattocks
J. W. Wilson
J. W. Eubank
Cornish
Thomas Hudson
W E. Thorne
John Casey
M. M. Cronin
E. B. Doran
H J. Sherwood
Prosperity Rises Pay as War Boosts Industry
Reports show wage gains and longer hours as plants run three shifts, with 1500 workers to be employed in a new Elizabeth New Jersey munition plant backed by American Locomotive and Westinghouse. Buffalo Lackawanna operates at high capacity. Goodrich, Firestone order steel. Gene Electric raises payroll. Copper use climbs for locomotives. Baldwin Locomotive Works secures Belgian railway orders.
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Wilson
Willianpe
Reddela
R. W. Blin
Bay Ridge
Vand
Fecr
Bush Terminal Company
Elizabeth
N. J
American Locomotive and
West Inghouse
Lackawanna Steel Company
Buffalo
Goodrich Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
American Bridge Company
Firestone Rubber Company
Gene Electric Company
Lynn
Mass
Youngstown
Philadelphia
lRuseten
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Plane Crash Near Quincy Claims Two Lives In June
In an aero plane accident here today two men were killed and a third died later from injuries. George H. Frerney Jr of this city, a mechanician, was killed instantly. William P Ely of Providence R I was receiving flight instructions from Harry M Jones, operator, and died on the way to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mays
George H. Frerney, Jr
William P
Ely
Providence
R. L
Harry M. Jones
Henry Needham Life Larceny Case Drops Larceny
The report details a complex crossfire of aviation and legal cases. Witnesses discuss Warneford’s fatal crash near Paris and Henry Beach Needham, with claims about a broken safety strap and aircraft condition. Separately, Justice Siddons hears motions in a banking embezzlement case against J William Henry, debating agency and liability among Lewis Johnson & Co. and Barklie claims as the trial proceeds in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Klie
Lewis Johnson & Co
Laskey
Archer
Wright
Ustice Siddona
Justice Siddons
Chegzen
Barklee
Henry
Sididons
Barklie
Agaain
Edward Waller
Wayne Pa
Arrangements for Returning Henry Beach Needham Body
The body of Henry Beach Needham magazine writer killed in a France front aeroplane fall is to be brought to Washington. The State Department handled the matter following a request from his father Charles W. Needham former George Washington University president and ICC counsel. Needham, seen with Canadian flyer A J Warneford for local color on a Zeppelin raid, was active in Washington clubs.
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Washington
Henry Beach Needham
France
State Department
Charles W. Needham
George Washington University
Interstate Commerce Commission
Phelps Place
Needham
A. J. Warneford
Belgium
Tragic Triple Murder Ends in Police Slaying Jamestown
Fred Shaver of Jamestown New York shot and killed his father Hudson Shaver 67 and his stepmother and wounded a policeman before being killed by officers. The incident followed a quarrel at the father’s apartment and a late note blaming drink and plans to confront police. Mrs Hudson Shaver’s death confirmed after entry.
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Self
Offcara
Jamestown
N. Y
Fred Shaver
Shaver
Hudson Shaver
Ruth Campbell
Kendall
Young Shaver
Stolen Old Masters From Marlborough Gallery London
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports valuable oil paintings were cut from frames and stolen from the Marlborough Gallery last night in London. The thieves face a tough market for disposal. Stolen works include minor pieces by Lawrence Reynolds Watteau Gainsborough and Hoppner.
Columbia Heights Body Is 21
Celebration marks the Columbia Heights Citizens Association twenty first anniversary in the Arcade hall with talks by Commissioner Louis Brownlow and Henry P Blair. Judge Bundy and Col Myron Parker share reminiscences and educational topics as a public gathering with dancing follows.
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Columbia Heights
Charles S Bundy
Myron M Parker
Fred G Berger
Blair
Brownlow
Hiatt
William B. Hart
Daniel W Edelin
William B Todd
Arthur B. Shreve
Arthur C Houghton
Lewis B. Thompson
Thomas Edwarts
Dwight Gordon Smith
Frederick J. Rice
Seneca B. Bath
Benjamin F Gibbs
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Max Kohner
Charles 8. Bundy
William H. Saunders
W W Bowle
Louis H. Stabler
Commodore H. Peters
Randolph D Hopkins
Wiliam Andrews
Wagers Favor Frank in Clemency Bid
Special to The Washington Post reports betting heavily that Leon Frank will receive clemency from death to life imprisonment. Town rumors claimed a commutation had occurred, though the governor denied any decision before late Monday or Tuesday. Frank remains confident of a favorable outcome as his execution date looms. The article lists association officers and board members including Rice Kohner Gibbs Evans Bain Harr Edelin Todd Hiatt and Houghton.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Beis
Leon Frank
Frank
Milledgeville
Frederick J. Rice
Max Kohner
Benjamin F. Gibbs
Henry Evans
Arthur C. Houghton
Seneca B. Bain
William R Harr
Daniel W. Edelin
William B Todd
Arthur B. Shreve
J Clinton Hiatt
Arthur Houghton
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U. 5
U. S
Elzabeth A. Reed
Galtry
Okla
J. R. Johnson
Volnsy Kraft
Marvin Pipkin
Pipkin
Clyde Carwood
B. E. Bowen
Fort Scott
Kans
J. T. Wood
Joseph Gregg
la Tour
Altman
Gregg
John Burges
Onaga
Pottawatomie County
Joseph Gawler’s Sons
Pennsylvania Avenue Borthwear
Chapat Phones
Matn
Automobile Service
WM. IL Sardo & CG Co
Slsepal
Lincoln
Modrunceapel Automobile Funerals
C “Thos
Lbard St
Frank Geier's Sons CO
Beventh ST
North
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
J. WM. Lee
Chavel
Erices
Feanarionala
M. Hindle
Finbiimer Firth
Htatson
Zurhorst
UAP ST Charifs
JHO Small & Sons
Corner 15Th
Harresta
Waldorf Autor
Broadway
Joe
Becker
Child
Father Cashin
Sing Sing Prison
Death House
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Sing Sing
Little Hope
Whitman
United States Supreme Court
Backer
Priest
Ossining
New York Paliis
Martin T. Manton
Gov. Whitman
R. Harris & CO
Welch
Toq-Kalon Co., Inc
Veterans Camp Today
J M. Heller
C. O. Senra
Richard L Lamb
C .G. Andergon
Edwin M. Lawton
Thomas A. Green
Les H. Harris
Edward Keegin
John Farner
John Jacob Astor
No. 6
Frank Weiloch
David C. Williams
Edwin F Manchester
J. E. Byrne
Dewey and Urell Camps
Dewey Camp
Joseph W. Harriman
A. J. Kimmel
Joseph B. Mudd
Eugene Coleman
Albert W. DuBois
William J. Hannighan
Joseph P McCrink
John F. Mahoney
Charles N.B Nicholson
John A. Mahoney
J . Langley
J W. Kimmerling
William K. Patterson
M. Emmett Urell
T. C. Baughman
Martin Pennalialand
Richard Hook
Redfield
Warneford
Paris
British
Royal Flying Corps
R. A. J. Warneford
Eauther
Warnneford
van Mrae
Argnen
Johnson & Co
Teller
Siddons
J. Wiliam Henry
District Supreme Court
Lewis “Stchnson & Co
Dan Thew Wright
T. Morris Wampler
J. William Henry
Waller
Norway
London
Morning Post
Christiania
Svein Jarl
Rob Mareborough
Reyn
West York
Gearle
Capany
Blue Ridge Mountains
Bluemont
P. Ma
Great Falls
H Sts. N. W
Aqueduct Bridge
Freuent Intervall
Emento
Washington and Old Dominion Railway
Citizens’ Association
The
Parcel Post
SPAP
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