Bryan Denounces War In Madison Square Garden Rally
William Jennings Bryan urged peace over war at Madison Square Garden addressing the Friends of Peace. He urged support for the President and an arms embargo, arguing national honor lies in peaceful dispute resolution and recalling the end of dueling as a moral guide. He contrasted peace with jingoistic calls for arms and warned against race and national hatreds fueling conflict.
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Madison Square | Garden
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Friends of Peace
United States
Bryan
Ryan
Marriages and Deaths Notice in Greenwich and Washington
A sequence of society notices lists marriages and funerals on June 23 24 1915 from Greenwich Conn to Washington DC. Entries include the Thinmetz Sorensen union in Greenwich and obituaries for Mary J Crane G R Flack Lucy B Frey Charles Lowell Matilda Coxe Stevenson with details on funerals interments and residence locations.
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Thinmetz—Sorensen
Greenwich, Conn
Benjamin HE. Sthinmetz
Genevieve ER. Sorensen
Thaw Trial Hears Witnesses On Sanity In Canada and New York
In a jury trial in New York, Harry K Thaw heard witnesses from Canada and New Hampshire testify that he appeared rational. A New Hampshire sheriff and others who knew him during camping trips described no delusions and no "yellow streak." The defense emphasized Thaws calm behavior, while prosecutors questioned whether he discussed women or the Stanford White murder.
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New Hampshire
Drew
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Canada
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Belike
Thaw
Stanford White
William L. Shurtleff
Coaticook
Holman A. Drew
Coos County
N. Y
B. B Pickford
Gorham
N. H
Pickford
Funeral of Capt. Lowell Held in Washington
Funeral services for Capt. Charles Lowell age 81 who died Wednesday morning at his apartment in Olympia Washington will be held this afternoon at 2 o clock in the chapel 1730 Pennsylvania avenue NW Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery Loyal Legion and Union Soldiers Alliance will attend in a body Lowell Civil War veteran served as a clerk in the War Department since 1844 He was born in Sanderville Maine in 1834 enlisted as a sergeant in Company C Seventh Maine Infantry and was mustered out at Petersburg in 1864 due to wounds from the Wilderness He is survived by a sister Miss Louise Lowell and two nephews Herbert B Ethelbert of Boston and Harold L Ethelbert of New York
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Charles Lowell
Olympia
Fourteenth
Euclid
Pennsylvania Avenue
A. G. B. Pierce
All Souls Church
Arlington Cemetery
Loyal Legion
Union Soldiers’ Alliance
Lowell
Auditor's Office
War Department
Sanderville
Seventh
Maine Infantry
Annapolia
Misa Louise Lowell
Herbert B. Ethelbert
Boston
Harold L. Ethelbert
New Yor
British extends time for importers to ship German goods
The British government granted further time for importers to extract contracts made before March 1 from Germany via neutral ports. No single new date is fixed as each case will be reviewed on its merits. Rotterdam consuls have been informed and the State Department notes no official involvement in the negotiations beyond advisory support.
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State Department
Germany
Rotterdam
Four indicted moonshiners tied to Tennessee Alabama district case
Knox Booth former chief of Tennessee Alabama district internal revenue leads a group including John L Casper and ten others in a conspiracy to defraud the U S government by illegal distilleries. The indictment cites use of revenue stamps on whisky barrels and alleged bribe of 1000 dollars. Authorities seized 400 barrels at a Kansas City distillery yielding about 22000 dollars in revenue.
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Federal
Alabama-Tennessee
U. S
Fort Smith
Ark
I Knox Booth
Internal Revenue District of
Tennessee
Alabama
Nashville
Tenn
John L. Casper
Kansas City
Casper
Booth
Newton C. Spradling
Aurora
J. B. Brown
Harrison
George Hartman
J. C. Brewbaker
J. B. Thomas
L. Willams
Winston-Salem
N. C
M. Hawkins
John Sarbase
Fred Bloes
John Coffee
Llegéil
United States
Sprathing
Thomas
Hartman
Browbaker
Brown
Brubaker
Adnspiracy
Mrs Coxe Stevenson Dies After Long Museum Career
Mrs Matilda Coxe Stevenson aged 60 a longtime ethnologist at the National Museum bureau of ethnology died yesterday at J B Powell's home in Oxon Hill Md after several weeks illness. Born in St Augustine Texas she moved to Washington as a child and studied in Philadelphia. She married Col James Stevenson in 1872 and became an authority on Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. Chief Harts praised her invaluable work with the bureau. Funeral plans to be announced today.
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National Museum
Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Bureau of Ethnology
J. B. Powell
Oxon Hill
Stevenson
St. Augustine
Tex
Washington
Philadelphia
Col
James Stevenson
Pueblo Indiana
New Mexico
Harts
Bureau of Ethonolgy
Navy abolishes aid system creates Secretary's advisory council
The Navy replaces the aid system with a Secretary's Advisory Council led by Rear Admiral William Benson. Capt Josiah McKean becomes assistant for materiel, Volney Chase for operations. The council includes Roosevelt, several rear admirals, Maj. Gen. Barnett, and Capt Ridley McLean. Education aid moves to an examining board under navigation. The council will meet the secretary each Thursday.
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Benson
Congress
Navy Department
William & Benson
Josiah & McKean
Volney Chase
Advisory Council
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Samuel McGowan
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
W. C. Bralsted
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
George Barnett
Marine Corps
Ridley McLean
Navy
Aid For Education
Daniels
Department
George R. Clark
John J. Knapp
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Bureau of Navigation
Wilson Drops Hope of an Early Peace
President Wilson played golf at Piping Rock Club as Col House praised his grasp of European issues and his likely role in securing peace. They walked to Harold Godwin’s home, near Bryants, then Wilson left Roslyn for Cornish New Hampshire, planning to stay until July 6.
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Piping Rock Club
Long Island
Col. House
Liiely
Harold Godwin
William Cullen Bryant
Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Roslyn
Federal Express
Cornish
N. H
Carranza Presses for Peace as Villa Must Leave Mexico
Washington officials report Carranza rejects any truce with Villa and will continue campaigns until rivals are crushed. Carranza promises amnesty for non-criminals but says Villa and allies must depart or face a military trial. Washington sends Douglas and Arrendondo to urge conciliatory conduct to gain U S support. El Paso dispatch notes Gonzales chapter near Mexico City as Zapata forces entrench nearby.
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Carranza
United States
Mexico
Charles A. Douglas
Eiliseo Arrendondo
Washington
Villa
el Paso
Tex
Pablo Gonzales
Mexico City
Carranza Agency
Vera Cruz
Zapste
President Wilson Weighs In At Trenton Station
The Washington Post reports President Wilson weighed himself at Trenton station on June 24 and learned he has not lost weight since Christmas. He shared pennies for a similar weighing for Surgeon Cary T. Grayson and his Secret Service operative Joseph Murphy.
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Washington Post
Trenton
N.gua
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Secret Service
Joseph Murphy
Fall of Lemberg Seen as Pan-Slavism Blow
Overseas News Agency reports that the fall of Lemberg is a moral and political setback for Pan-Slavism and may hinder Russian operations. Vienna crowds celebrate. Austrian troops reportedly entered Lemberg on Monday as Berlin and Vienna claim a Tuesday fall.
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Berlin
Sayville
Lemberg
Russia
Munich
Hty
Front
Golemnly
Vienna
July 4 Fund Assured With Broad Independence Support
Funds for Independence Day celebration near $3,000 with $1,476.50 raised so far. Commissioner Newman and John Poole report $240.50 received yesterday, including contributions from Capital Traction Company and Willard Hotel. Fort Myer participation led by Capt Haight. parade forms near Peace Monument. List of donors shows wide local support totaling 1,476.50.
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Commissioner Newman
John Poole
Newman
Canital Traction Company
Willard Hotel
Joseph Leiter
Brightwood Reservoir
U. S.A
Fort Myer
C. §. Haight
Fifth Cavalry
Peace Monument
Capital ‘Traction Railway Company
New
Willard “‘Otel
Norment & Smith
David 3. Carl
George Amory Maddox
Annie UL. Edwards
A. G. Mc Slintock
R. B. Clements
A. W. Pelkar
Washington Topham
H. E. Bittinger
C. E. Brown
James A. Watson
W. W. Chiswell
Swartzell
Rheem & Hensey
George A. Woodward
Sarah B. Miller
Thomas Armstrong
George Wainwright
Alfred Harding
The
Kretol, Company
Maj
TC. Lyster
C. Carson
Lamb & Tilden
L. L. Harbin
T. EB. Sinclair
Martin A. Knapp
Lucy Madeira
Horace R. George
Gregor Kramm
Arthur D. Marks, Jr
Lulu Waters
C. H. Woodhull
D UN. Ries
Edwin H. Dante
Cs. Kimball
Seminole Land & Investment Company
John A. Stevenson
H. M.schooley
F. B. Pyle
Secretary Lansing Receives Congratulatory Messages
Robert Lansing, the new Secretary of State, received many congratulatory messages yesterday including a note from his predecessor Mr. Bryan expressing gratification at his election and wishing him success personally and officially. The day was diplomatic at the department as Lansing received salutations from many members of the corps.
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Robert Lansing
Bryan
Hia
Department
Lansing
Carpa
Controversy Over Licenses Near Western Fire Limits
Justice McCoy granted an injunction restraining the excise board from issuing or renewing licenses to P. F. Carr and Jamey Wardell near the railway station at Thirty-sixth and M Streets NW. The case, with Washington and Old Dominion Railway Co as plaintiff, argued licenses violated fire limit rules after a recent act. The hearing spanned four weeks with varied testimony from railway, saloon interests, and the excise board,.
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W. and
Justice McCoy
Excise Board
P. F. Carr
Jamey
Wardell
M Streets
Washington and Old Dominion Railway Company
Railway Company
Corporation Counsel’s Office
Messrs. Carr
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Wilton J. Lambert
Crandall Mackey
Corporation Counsel's Office
Francis H. Stephens
Attorfieys Leon
Tobriner
Levi, Cooke
Alexander HL. Bell
Rossa F. Downing
Six Die As Baggage Car Tumbles From High Bridge
A head on collision between the Blue Mountain Express westbound and the Baltimore Hagerstown local eastbound on the Western Maryland Railway near Thurmont left six dead and a dozen or more injured. Fireman Charles Fritz and engineman Coleman Cook were among the dead. Injured were sent to Frederick and Hagerstown as officials aboard the express and local trains were shaken. The baggage car fell 100 feet into the mountain stream while passengers were thrown from seats.
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High Bridge
Frederick Hospital
President Gray
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Blue Mountain Express
Western Maryland
Thurmont
Charles R. Fritz
Frederick J. Hays
Baltimore
Coleman Cook
Luther Hall
Express
W. Edwin Chipchase
Walter Chipchase
Iicirauen
Frank Snyder
Chipchase
Gray
Maryland
Frederick
EB. L. Seligman
M. C. Cook
J.,g. Eckard
Flint
District Court News Highlights Conflict Allegations and Corporate Filing
Elizabeth E Wright sues the District of Columbia for 10000 damages alleging snow and ice caused a fall injuring her left leg and additional injuries with 500 spent on treatment. Grace Allen administratrix sues Warren F Sprentzer for 10000 damages over a tunnel accident where dynamite explosions killed John F Allen. The Conrad Page Company is formed to operate a wholesale square business with 165000 capital. Justice McCoy dismisses Mrs Pratt’s petition for Hotel Gordon property due to vague allegations. Chief Justice Covington sentences Benjamin Maddox and Harry Shook to five years for robbing Milton Phillips on May 9 after pleading guilty to taking a car without consent.
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Elizabeth E. Wright
A. A. Birney
J. A.purcell
District of Columbia
Grace R. Allen
John F. Allen
John F. Murray
Warren F. Sprentzer
8. D. Truitt
Edmund Carrington
A. C. Turnage
Allen
Justice McCoy
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Elizabeth C. Pratt
Emma C. Knorr
Sixteenth Street North
Hotel Gordon
Pratt
Covington
Benjamin Maddox
Harry Shook
Harry Nolan
Milton Phillips
Phillips
Boy Injured by Auto in Northwest Street Collision
Ralph Lee aged 32 of 48 Thirteenth Street NW operated his automobile yesterday on E Street between 14th and 15th Streets NW. He struck Roy Billman 16 of 509 Seventh Street NW, throwing him from the wheel and injuring knees hands and arms. Billman taken to Emergency Hospital. Police say accident unavoidable as auto also collided with a wagon and broke down a lamp post.
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Ralph Lee
Thirteenth Street
E Street
Fourteenth
Fifteenth -Streets
Roy Billman
Seventh - Street
Billman
Funeral of Mrs Siebert Widow of Civil War Officer
Funeral for Mrs Eliza Oothout Siebert widow of Col Louis P Siebert was held from 1825 Eighteenth Street Northwest at 10 am officiated by Rev Dr Charles Wood. Burial was at Arlington National Cemetery. She was Washington resident for years and daughter of John Oothout former Bank of New York president. Survived by son John Cothout Siebert and daughter Miss Sophie Siebert.
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Arlington
Eliza Oothout Siebert
Louis P. Siebert
Eighteenth Street
Charles Wood
Church of the Covenant
Arlington National Cemetery
Stebert
Washington
John Oothout
The
Bank of New York
Col. Siebert
John Cothout G Siebert
Sophie Siebert
Becker Not For Death Sought To Queer Gambler
Former Danbury police official Edward C Ginty says Jack Rose told him Becker wished to silence Rosenthal not kill him, to discredit him rather than murder. Rose and Ginty knew each other since Rose ran a Connecticut League baseball team years ago. Ginty kept details private unless aiding Becker's Whitman appeal. Becker plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court citing a Tombs period overheard frame up talk by convicts including an affidavit from No 62 730.
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Danbury
Comn
Rose
Rosenthal
Whitman
Washington Post
Conn
Edward C. Ginty
Jack Rose
Charles Becker
Renethal
Becker
Ginty
New York
Gambler
Bourke Cochran
Martin T. Manton
Joseph Murphy
Sing Sing
Murphy
Webber
Vallen
Cockran
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Empire
Geneva
Crane
Mary J
Jahna Fl. Crane
Maud M. Crane
Wilber J. Carr
Winersl
Ontario
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Kinesville Cemetery
Olympia Apartments
Capt
Ganter'a Chapel
J. K. Powell
Rosecroft
Oxon Hild
Bureau of American Ethnology
Uol James Stevenson
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
J. WM. Lee
Fonnayivanta Avg
WM. H.sardo&co
Lincoln
Automobile Funerals
Sergeon
George F. Zurhorst
Lincoto
Frank Geier’s Sons CO
T. NW
North
JH. SM & Sons
Waldorf-Aurora
Broadway
Tell
Matteawan
Concord
Gaoanandp
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Britain
Knox Booth
Internal Revenue Official
Tail Glaga
To-Kalon
Manhattan
Bronx
Council For the Navy
Luis Cabrera
Gonzales
Trenton Scales
Vienne
SRYAN
Georgetown
Board
Ead Fords Dsphington
Ay Goliog
District Court News
Conrad Page
Thirteenth Northwest
Recorder of Deeds
Charles C. Conrad
William M. Drury
James N. Page
Boy
Affleck
Board & McGuire
U Ste
Grier & Grier
In. Ave
Goldsmith's
Kerfoot
O'Donnell
Ogram's
Fern and
Pa. Ave
Pearson, Bath
Southern Pharmacy
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