Newport recruits blamed for moral lapse sparked by Navy claims
Secretary Daniels charged Newport naval recruits face open gambling, resort temptations, and illegal liquor sales. Rhode Island officials and Mayor Burdick dispute a rise in immorality, citing housing delays and discipline issues. Capt H. F. Bryan ordered saloon entry bans in the Second Naval District with city patrols enforcing the rule.
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Daniels
Navy Department
Newport
Guy Beeckman
Rhode Teland
Oy Beeckman
Clark Burdick
Naval Station
Death of Le Roy Walker Prominent Alderson Farmer Dies
Le Roy Walker aged 62, a noted farmer and fruit grower from Alderson Virginia, died last night at a local hospital. A native of Maine, he was a Mason and an Odd Fellow. He is survived by his wife.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
le Roy Walker
Alderson
Maine
Balfour Says Anglo American Bond Rises From Shared Ideals
London June 20 Arthur J Balfour declares that Britain and America are bound by deep common ideals, a lasting friendship not based on wartime gain. He notes American hospitality and enthus iasm from all regions, stressing the moral basis of the alliance and that the United States will stay to achieve collective ends in civilization’s future.
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Britain
America
Balfour
London
Arthur J Balfour
Grace
United States
House of Com
Empire
Gueata
Parliament
Cable
Inksars
Walter H Page
Herbert H. Asquith
Mr. Balfour
Ambassador Page
Lloyd George
Mr. Asquith
France
Dept
Restnol
Baltimore
Italians Resume Advance on Trent Front
Rome reports Italian troops renewed the offensive on the Trentino front southeast of Trent. The war office says Monte Ortigara defenses fell, 936 prisoners taken including 74 officers, with Hill 2105 key summit captured after fierce resistance. Air squadrons bombed enemy rear areas. all machines returned safely.
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Rome
The
War Office
Monte Ortigara
Assage
Monte Eultrand
Ortigara
Ines
Trentino
Trent
Agnello Pass
French U boat Bureau Established at Marine Ministry
Paris on June 20 reports a new special submarine department created at the ministry of marine by decree signed by President Poincare last night. Rear Admiral M. B. G. J. Merveilleux du Vignnaux was named head of the bureau.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
Poincare
M. B. G. J. Merveilleux du Vignnaux
Submarine attacks sink 32 British vessels
The report notes that Captain Fenton's wife received a cable confirming his safety and four Bay State crew members, while the fate of the remaining crew is in doubt. A vessel sailing from Boston on June 8 carried a $2.5 million cargo and $1 million ship value, with losses tied to wartime cargo. The torpedo strike likely occurred off the Irish coast, with 60 crewmen unaccounted. Also dilated is news of the liner Ausonia torpedoed but reaching port in damaged condition.
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Fenton
Bay State
Boston
Irish
Ausonia
Two American Destroyers Rescue 80 Survivors at Sea
Two American destroyers returned to base with 80 survivors from two torpedoed British ships sunk far west in the Atlantic. Survivors were found in lifeboats after hours of searching in darkness. Admiral Sims and naval officers commended the destroyer commanders.
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Atlantic
Amal
Admiral Sims
United States
Condon Denies Charge Kept Lime for Garden Use
Chattanooga June 20 Dr William J Condon a captain in the US medical officers reserve corps sat in an iron cage as the body of Rutgers student John Viscount Piper was traced. He denies killing Piper saying lime found on his property was for gardening and cellar use and that he kept no knowledge of the death. Prosecutors seek to trace Condon’s movements after he left New Brunswick Friday hours before Piper’s body was found.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
William J Condon
Uniited States Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps
John ¥. Piper
Rutgers College
Piper
Dr. Condon
New Brunswick
Pr. Condon
Fiper
Condon
Fort Oglethorpe
New Jersey
J. W. Condon
John Viscount Piper
Here
Army Medical Corps
United States Medical Reserve Corps
John Vincent Piper
N. J
Radicals Back Pan German Ideas At Dresden Convention
Copenhagen reports a Saxony radical party convention in Dresden. Reichstag deputy Wilemer calls for frontier extensions east and west to shield German soil from invasion. Deputy Wiemer urges consideration of colonies and suggests a war indemnity, condemning socialist peace without gains. The tone aligns with Pan Germanism, noting Bethmann Hollweg's muted presence and Baltic Society discussions on severing Baltic provinces from Russia for colonization.
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Copenhagen
Radical Party
Saxony
Dresden
Herr Wilemer
Reichstag
Wiemer
Germany
Berlin Tageblatt
League
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Reichatage
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Berlin
German Baltic Society
Johann Albrecht of Meckenberg
Baltic
Lithuania
Russia
Count von Pourtales
Petrograd
Foreign Office
British Land at Lindi in East Africa Operations
Official communication reports British forces began operations at Lindi on June 10 to clear the Lukelédi River estuary. A surprise landing near Mrweka, aided by warship fire, drove a German detachment from a naval gun toward Mtama. On June 12 patrols from Kilwa destroyed an enemy food depot at Utigeri.
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London
East Africa
Lindi
German East Africa
Lukelédi River
Mrweka
Mtama
Mtua
Kilwa
Utigeri
Orders issued to dismiss enemy aliens from British orders
London June 20 Chancellor Bonar Law announced in the house that orders had been issued requiring all enemy aliens to cease membership in any British order of rivalry to which they belonged before the outbreak of the war.
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London
Bonar Law
House of Commons
House Today
Mrs Pankhurst visits Petrograd aids Root mission
British suffragist leader Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst arrived in Petrograd and immediately met with the Root commission. She conferred with Elihu Root and Charles Edward Russell to discuss aiding Russia and rallying democratic forces in the war effort. She planned to appeal to the people and expected to address street audiences.
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Petrograd
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
Russian delegates sail under Russian passport mystery
Boris Bernstein one of three New York delegates to the Stockholm International socialist peace conference sailed May 26 on the Danish steamer as a Russian. Dr Max Goldfarb identified as Petrograd correspondent for the Jewish Daily Forward sailed under the name Leonitz though no such name appears in line records. Abraham Cahan says Goldfarb has no party credentials and is not an American citizen but a Russian.
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New York
Boris Bernstein
Stockholm
Cable
Pasage
Max Goldfarb
Leonitz
Abraham Cahan
Forward
Goldfarb
Petrograd
Zeppelins May Visit Within Four Days Flight Time
Copenhagen reports a German technical weekly suggesting future Zeppelin trips to America could occur in the not distant future. A modest size increase over current airships would provide enough lifting capacity for a roughly four day voyage. The piece appears to contemplate peaceful travel rather than war use.
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Copenhagen
America
Western mountain ranch vacation for the family
The ad promotes affordable ranch stays in Wyoming offering wholesome meals and outdoor activities. It promises health benefits from open-air life, horseback riding, trout fishing, picnicking, and camping. The Realtor contact is Dr. William U, general agent, with Philadelphia office details.
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Wm. Usin
Gen’l
Pass'r Depot
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Adv
Accidental Shooting Trial Testimony Charles Grinder
Edward Grinder 19 testifies in district court that a gun went off in a park fray with Elsie Lacrey as a hand contact caused the shot. He recalls buying the revolver for 15 cents and claims an accidental trigger mishap as the cause while prosecutors press for motives and weapon condition. Manila White recalled. court expected to charge jury this afternoon.
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Edward
Elsie Lacrey
Justice Gould
District Supreme Court
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Seventh
D Streets
Blale
Hissle
United States
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Grinder
Harry G. Wilbur
Morris Cohen
YERIEN SPURNS CONVENTION MEETING IN LONDON
Irish unionists and nationalists held a Westmin ster meeting to choose delegates for the Irish convention but will not publish names until vetted by Premier Lloyd George. William O Brien declines to send delegates, calling the convention inflammatory and urging a small, thoughtful Irish table and a referendum as the only way to end the controversy.
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London
Westminster
Lloyd George
William O'Brien
All For Ireland
O’brien
Ireland
Irish sending war mission to United States
Boston cablegram from John Redmond says T P O Connor and Mr Hazleton, British MPs, are en route as Irish nationalist party representatives. They expect to arrive around June 24. Purpose unspecified but tied to Dublin convention planning Ireland's form of government. Michael J Jordan of United Irish League relays the news.
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Boston
T. P. O'Connor
Mr. Hazleton
John Redmond
Michael J Jordan
United Irish League
Jordan
Dublin
Ireland
Drink-Crazed Man Slays Three In Natchitoches Farm
In Natchitoches Louisiana on June 20 Leo Rusca former chief of police and two men George Pikes and Ernest Prudhomme are dead. LFE Hudson superintendent of education a colored woman and two colored boys are wounded as a posse captures George Pikes who started trouble on his farm. Pikes, under intoxication, drove away his wife and mother, shot his mother, shot two others, set his brother’s house afire, then was found in a cornfield. In a later road pursuit Pikes is killed in a sheriff’s confrontation.
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Leo Rusca
George Pikes
Ernest Prudhomme
Lfe Hudson
Pikes
Here
Officara
Sheriffs S
W Payne
Mrs Ray Hyman Indicted For Grand Larceny
New York June 20 Mrs Ray Hyman known as the 50 per cent a month banker was indicted today by the grand jury. The charges allege she appropriated more than 500000 in funds trusted to her for investment.
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New York
Ray Hyman
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