Wednesday, June 9, 1915

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The Headlines

NO MODIFICATION OF NOTE; President Reads It to Cabinet -- A Few Verbal Changes Suggested. FIRM FOR NEUTRAL RIGHTS And the Protection of the Lives of American Citizens on the High Seas. LUSITANIA WAS NOT ARMED Department of Justice So Decides After an Investigation -- New Affidavits Sent In. ACTIVITY AMONG DIPLOMATS Send News of Bryan Resignation and Note to Home Governments -- Von Bernstorff Sees Lansing.

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On This Day

• William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Peter the Great (1672)
• Bertha von Suttner (1843)
• George Stephenson (1781)
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640)
• Johann Gottfried Galle (1812)

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Tech Check

Pyrex Glass, Transcontinental Telephone Call & Sonar (Active).

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