Slaughter Criticism Sparks Press Debate On Dardanelles
London dispatch notes fear of a German offensive while reporting mixed fronts on the eastern and western theaters. Petrograd claims Austro Hungarian setbacks near Krasnik, as Italian artillery pummels Austro Hungarian positions along the Isonzo, with fierce, futile attacks between Gorizia and the sea.
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London
Petrograd
Krasnik
Poland
Vienna
Rumers
Calais
English Channel
Ian Hamilton
Dardaelles
Ord Northclffe
the Times
Phen
Tasman
Italy
Isonzo
Tienna
Isono
Gorizia
Becker Prepares to Die in Chair
New York July 7 Charles Becker former lieutenant of police has abandoned hope of escaping the electric chair for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. Father Hurry rector of St James Roman Catholic church says Becker is innocent and ready to die. Mrs Becker and lawyers plan an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. A new steel door was installed at city hall to improve access and ventilation for women prisoners.
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New York
Charles Beckr
Rosenthal
James B. Hurry
St. James
Beter
Summer Locust Bears Peace Prophecy Upon His Wings
Washington reports the summer locust has appeared bearing the letter P on its wings, signaling peace per tradition. Entomology students seek the first W labeled specimen from 1914 as a cautionary tale of fate tied to wing markings.
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Washington
Robbers Battle Citizens in Arkansas Town After Bank Raid Foiled
In England Lonoke county near Little Rock seven bank robbers opened fire on townspeople after a failed bank safekeeping attempt. More than 100 residents drove attackers into the town hotel, wounded town marshal N. W. Whitlock, and fled in an automobile after looting about $200 in silver from the cashier’s cage.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
England
Lonoke County
Bank of England
N. W. Whitlock
Wilgon Rejects German Offer On Submarine War
Washington July 7 The State Department rejected Germany’s proposal to discuss safeguards for passenger ships before Germany’s war reply. Ambassador Gerard in Berlin relayed a German reply akin to an invitation for informal talks but the United States seeks an immediate answer and will not concede to a pact limiting Americans’ right to travel on unarmed ships. The German offer centers on examining and certifying passenger vessels for the war zone.
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Washington, D.C
Germany
Ives
State Department
Gerard
Berlin
Foreign Office
Wilson
Cornish
Lansing
United States
U. S
Adeptahece
Seven plead guilty in Indianapolis 1914 election frauds
Indianapolis July 7 seven of 132 men facing charges of registration primary and election frauds in 1914 pleaded guilty at arreignment in Indianapolis. One hundred thirteen others including Thomas Taggart Democratic national committeeman Joseph E Bell mayor and Samuel Perrott chief of police sought a venue change.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Joseph E. Bell
Samuel Perrott
Six Americans Taken Prisoners Are Deported
Six Americans captured in a clash between Carranza and Villa troops at El Refugio Coahuila have been deported from Mexico. A separate dispatch notes 6 000 head of cattle driven by Villa forces to the American border for export were also captured.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza
Villa
el Refugio
Coahuila
Mexico
Carranza Agency
Bankers Not Wealthy, Says American Banker Expert
Chicago July 7 Former conference led by B F Harris of Champaign Illinois stated the American banker is not a symbol of wealth. He noted 55 percent of 14 300 bankers have capital of 25000 or less and 75 percent have 100060 or less. Across 28000 banks at least 75 percent have capital 24906 or less. The average banker is a man of the people with neighbors who may be bigger magnates.
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Chicago
Thea Agricultural Commission
American Bankers’ Association
B. F. Harris
Champaign
Ill
Harris
American Banker's Association
French Transport Torpedoed at Dardanelles Sinking
Constanti nople dispatch reports the French auxiliary cruiser Carthage sunk off Cape Gallipoli by a German submarine. The ship carried war matériel valued over $200,000. On July 6 the French minister of marine announced the loss, with 66 crew saved and six missing.
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Berlin
Bayville
Constantinople
Overseas News Agency
Carthage
Cape
Ytelles
Gallipalii Peninsula
French Cruiser Shoots Flag From German Consulate
The French armored cruiser Jeanne d Arc bombarded Alexandrette on the gulf of Iskanderun. Turkish authorities refused to haul down the German flag over the German consulate, which the French warship then shot down.
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Berlin
Sayville
Jeanne d'Arc
Alexandretta
Gulf of Iskanderun
Montenegrin Recruits Held at Portland
A train at Portland Oregon halted a party of 147 Montenegrin recruits traveling from Globe Arizona to Vancouver British Columbia. Agent A E Gurasevich was taken to the U S Attorney Clarence L Reanes office as authorities reviewed a mandamus and vider arrest in the case.
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Portland
Ore
Globe
Ariz
Vanecourver
B. C
A. E. Gurasevich
United States
Clarence L. Reanes
Offie
Mandare
Vider
Britain restricts exports of metals for war munitions
London July 7 British authorities move to halt further export of lead antimony nickel and other metals needed for munition manufacture. Announcement by Munitions Minister Lloyd George in the house of commons states steps have been taken to prohibit export of these critical materials from Great Britain.
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London
Great Britain
Troyd George
House of Commons
Miss Page to Wed in London
Portrait of Katherine Page daughter of Walter Hines Page American ambassador to the court of St James to wed Charles Loring August 4 in London Loring a staff member at the Page embassy is a Boston native Massachusetts.
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Katherine Page
Walter Hines Page
Court of St. James
Jon
Charles 5
Loring
Mr. Page
London
Mr. Loring
Boston
Masa
Court attaches Evelyn Thaw in sanity trial case
New York July 7 a body attachment was issued by Supreme Court Justice Hendrick for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw who failed to appear to testify in the sanity proceedings against her husband Harry K Thaw Mrs Thaw left for the Adirondacks last night Her physician Bernard Livingston testified she was run down and nervous and unfit to testify If the attorney general desired she could be compelled to appear a body attachment would be issued Amy Thaw left the city and was believed to be at Chateaugay Lake Deputy Attorney General Cook said she had no new testimony to offer
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New York
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Cook
Adirondacks
Bernard Livingston
Wee
Harry K. Thew
Three Ships Carry Unexploded Bombs Aboard Vessels
Three ships sailing from this port to Havre last May were found to carry unexploded bombs aboard. The Bankdale and Lon Erie, British steamships, sailed for Havre in May and April respectively. The U S secret service and the French government joined the inquiry. In one case the device used two large missiles with charges designed to explode when acid breached the cylinder.
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New York
Havre
Bankdale
Lon Erie
United States Secret Service
Police Week Holds Suppy of Dynamite on Steamer
Authorities in Nassau and New York search for more than twenty five pounds of dynamite linked to Frank Holt in the Morgan bombing case. Wireless warnings to ships leaving New York region and a trunk found in Manhattan reveal sixty seven pounds recovered. thirty pounds remain unaccounted for aboard two steamers Saxonia and Philadelphia are warned of possible explosions by naval dispatches.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
Nassau
New York City
Frank Volt
J. P. Morgan
United States
Atlantic
West Thirty-eighth Jetreet
Holt
C. Hendricks
Syonset
S. 1
Washington
Capitol
Altho Holt
Hs Yented
Central Park
Saxonia
Philadelphia
Syosset
Washington, D.C
Navy Department
Hners
Saxtonia
Paradelphia
Frank
Trott
Navy
Hall
New York
Liverpool
Saxony
Leaps to Death and Dynamite Plot Aboard Liners
Coroner's verdict reports a man who leaped to his death after placing dynamite on big liners. He allegedly confessed before dying that he planned to destroy the Saxonia and Philadelphia. A warning was sent and ships are now at sea. death caused by skull fracture from jumping the cell door.
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Morgan
Saxonia
Philadelphia
Holt Identified by Chicago Man as Prof Muenter
Chicago on July 7 reports that Prof. Chester N Gould of the University of Chicago publicly identified Frank Holt as Prof. Drick Muenter, the Harvard professor missing and accused in a wife murder case. Gould said Holt’s carriage and speech matched Muenter, and cited observations from Cornell last November and meetings with University of Chicago professors Cutting and Allan.
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Chicago
Frank Holt
P. Morgan
Drick Muenter
Harvard
Chester N. Gould
University of Chicago
Gould
Muenter
Cornell
McEnter
Cornell University
Cutting
Allan
Universlty of
Holt
Ime
Muentor
Hrilo Gould
Rims
Brich Muenter
Delivery delay notice from the carrier boy
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Identified as Muenter by three Massachusetts men
New York July 7 The dead hand of Frank Holt assassin bomb maker and alleged wife murderer reached across the Atlantic menacing two transatlantic liners with nearly 1000 aboard. Holt wrote to his wife that Saxonia or the Philadelphia would be destroyed today. A 30 pound dynamite bomb tied to his plan to destroy a ship remains unaccounted for as police identify Holt as Erich Muenter, Harvard defected student.
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New York
Frank Holt
Atlantic
Ocean
Holt
Saxonia
Philadelphia
Mineola
L. I
J. P. Morgan
Erich Muenter
Harvard University
Thost
Frank Holtis
Tus
Mr. Morgan
Cambridge
A. T. Brown
Boston
Muenter
Dr. Muenter
Harvard
Central Park
S. 1
Guy Cleghorn
Pri Clan
Lewi Smith
Cleghorn
Smith
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Bat
Owerful
Kaiser
Dardanelles
London Press
Pardanelles
Becker
Wilgon
Bell
Metais
Miss Page
Evelyn Thaw
Massachusetts
Frank Tell
J. P. Moran
Hempstead
L. T
Walter R. Jones
Hoe
Hiok
Dallas
Tex
Wood
Wre. Holt
Texas
Major Pullman
Pullman
United States Navy Department
Cunard Line
Havana
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