R-34 Airship Draws Closer to London Amid Engine Trouble
The British dirigible R-34, about 850 miles west of London at 11 A M Greenwich time, reports a disabled engine and slowing speed. Earlier positions put her near 52 55 N 19 30 W, with a course north east and speeds around 35 to 60 knots. Storms over Scotland prompt a landing at Pulham Norfolk, with arrival expected about 9 A M London time the next day.
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London
Greenwich
New York
Air Ministry
Scotland
Pulham
Norfolk
East Fortune
America
Ma Scott
Mineola
L. I
Akron Street Car Strike Shocks Public
Akron witnesses a sudden street car walkout as 75 000 workers join, demanding higher wages after Cleveland workers received boosts. About 600 local and 250 interurban car men are affected, with interurban service cut to city limits while managers seek a peaceful settlement.
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Akron
Ohio
G. L. Trahearn
Cleveland
A. C. Blinn
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company
Clinton Cowan Lets Bids for Road Work Totals
Clinton Cowan state highway commissioner let bids for 115 miles of new road and 140 miles of repaired road totaling 595881.69 dollars. Work will start at once Cowan said.
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Columbus
Clinton Cowan
Cowan
Credit Over Subscribed for Ford Minority Stock Purchase
New York July 12 The credit of 75 000 000 to finance the purchase of Ford Motor Company minority stock was largely oversubscribed by five o clock last night brokers Bond and Goodwin announced from their offices where the credit was arranged.
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New York
Ford Motor Car Company
Bond and Goodwin
Troop 2 Scouts Call Meeting and Game Plan
The Boy Scouts of Troop 2 are asked to attend a Monday 7 PM meeting in the Presbyterian Scout room for important business. Troop 1 will play Troop 2 at the Play Grounds on Tuesday afternoon with Roy L. Dupier as Scoutmaster.
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N. Scouts
Presbyterian Sgh
Chauncey Troop
Athen
Roy L. Dupler
Hart Named Washington Governor Descendant of Penn Colony
Louis F. Hart becomes Washington governor after Ernest Lister dies on June 14. Hart previously served as lieutenant governor and has genealogical roots back to Joseph and Mary Hart who came to America with William Penn in 1651 and settled in Buck's County Pennsylvania.
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Louis F. Hart
Washington
Ernest Lister
Lister
Hart
Joseph and
Mary Hart
America
William Penn
Buck’s’ County
Pennsylvania
Italian leaders defend Wilson amid peace talks clash
In Rome the chamber of deputies heard Prof Enrico Ferri accuse ex Premier Orlando and Baron Sonnino of stirring anti Wilson sentiment. Senator Muraldi warned renewed agreements with allies are needed by July end to avert a bread shortage by September. A cabinet session moved to quell disturbances.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Enrico Ferri
Orlando
Baron Sonnino
Wilson
Ferri
Federal Trade Commission urges resale price fixing law
A Washington report states the Federal Trade Commission urges Congress to pass legislation allowing manufacturers to fix and maintain resale prices. The proposal would require filing articles and price schedules with a designated agency to review contracts and adjust prices on complaint.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Trade Commission Today
Commission
Indian officials study pearl dive submarines for shell gathering
Government officials in India are considering submarine boats that would enable men to be released to collect pearl shells from the ocean floor. The plan envisions controlled dives to depths where pearl oysters reside using underwater craft and crewed submersibles.
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India
Weather forecast for Ohio Valley to Great Lakes week
The forecast for the week starting July 14 calls for mostly fair weather in the Ohio Valley Tennessee Region and Great Lakes with occasional local showers and thunderstorms and normal temperatures.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Great Lakes
Wilson vetoes daylight saving repeal and sundry civil bill
President Wilson vetoed the daylight saving repeal clause in the agricultural bill and returned the sundry civil appropriation bill without signature. He warned repeal would cause grave inconvenience and economic loss, and said funding for vocational rehabilitation of disabled veterans would be crippled by restrictive pay scales.
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Washington
United Press
Wilson
United States
House
Congress
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Move To Keep WisDun In Washington Debate
A congressional panel weighs whether WisDun should stay in Washington. The president argues clearer explanations of policy would better serve the nation as the committee considers his plan.
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Wisdun
Washington
Swanson Explains Shantung Settlement Policy
Senator Swanson said President Wilson explained the Shantung settlement as rewarding Japan for ousting a German burglar from China. He quoted Japan as entitled to recoup at least its expenditures through temporary possession of Shantung.
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Washington
Japan
Swanson
Virginia
Wilson
China
Lawmakers weigh pulling Wilson into League of Nations talks
Senator Moses plans to ask the committee to invite President Wilson to attend daily sessions as the peace treaty is debated. Rumors say Wilson may replace Hitchcock with Senator Swanson as the league’s Senate spokesman, and Swanson will speak Monday when the Senate reconvenes.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Foreign Relations Committee
League
Congress
Moses
New Hampshire
Swanson
Virginia
Senate
Hitchcock
Capitol
Copper Soars to Year High on New York Markets
New York copper rose to 21 cents a pound the year’s peak with analysts predicting renewed trade with Germany could lift prices to 26 cents.
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New York
Germany
Divorce action filed by Mrs Armitage against taxi proprietor
Mrs Harry Armitage seeks divorce from her husband proprietor of the Armitage Taxi Co accusing misconduct with two local young women Mabel Kelly and Florence Brawley names co respondents married June 1914 and no children she asks alimony and restore her maiden name Winifred Lightfritz. Addison J Bodkins attendant at Athens State Hospital also files for divorce against wife for willful absence spanning three years Mrs Bodkins reportedly in Fort Worth Texas.
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Harry Armitage
Armitage Taxi Co
Mabel Kelly
Florence Brawley
Ohio
Armitage
Winifred Lightfritz
Addison J. Bodkins
Athens State Hospital
Dr Holmes Named Acting Superintendent at Athens State Hospital
Dr A F Holmes former Albany physician and longtime Athens State Hospital medical staff has been made acting superintendent until a successor is named to Dr O O Fordyce who leaves today to take a Toledo State Hospital post on July 15th. Holmes also serves as president of the Athens County Home Telephone Company.
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A. F. Holmes
Albany
Athens State Hospital
O. O. Fordyce
Toledo
Toledo State Hospital
Holmes
Athens County Home Telephone Company
U S Agent Dowsey Murdered Before Expose
Seattle reports that Fred A. Dowsey a government secret service agent was killed before filing papers that could indict prominent men. Officials say valuable papers vanished with the body and the case remains one of the service’s most mysterious. Dowsey investigated a shiping board swindle involving millions.
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Seattle
Fred A. Dowsey
Secret Service
Dowsey
Shiping Board
Zahner Metal Sash Deer Company Sued for Over Fifty Thousand
Arkayem Company of New York sues Zahner Metal Sash Deer Company Canton in federal court for 55 292 75 in commission alleging as Washington agent they secured an ordinance department order in April 1918 for powder cans totaling 1 500 855. Canton firm denies the charges.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Zahner Metal Sash Deer Company
Canton
Arkayem Company
New York
Washington
Canton Company
Ordinance Department
Seafarers Block Departure of Munitions Steamer in Naples
On July 11 a seamen's federation blocked the steamer Cablons from leaving Naples port. The ship was loaded with eighty cases of munitions bound for allied contingents fighting Bolshevik forces in Vladivostok and London origin.
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Naples
Seamen's Federation
Cablons
London
Vladivstok
Untermyer urges abolition of saloon as wartime price tag
Samuel Untermyer representing British investors and brewers urged abolition of the saloon as a wartime prohibition step before the Senate judiciary subcommittee. He proposed banning any drink with alcohol from being sold or consumed on the same premises to wipe out saloons. He cited medical tests claiming 2.75 percent beer is not intoxicating and noted limits of beer consumption. Republican leaders vowed to push prohibition enforcement bill by next Wednesday as debate winds down and amendments begin Monday.
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Washington
Samuel Untermyer
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Owen Jordan Injured in Fall Down Stairs
Owen Jordan of Franklin Avenue sustained a broken leg after a fall at his home last evening. The injury is very painful but recovery is expected. Jordan previously worked for the Stedman company and recently was employed by a Columbus meat house.
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Owen Jordan
Franklin Avenue
Jordan
Stedman Company
Columbus
Six Soldiers Dead In Auto Accident Near Alexandria
An auto truck struck the rail of a bridge over Greater Hunting creek south of Alexandria Virginia and plunged into the water. Two officers and four enlisted men were killed and 11 soldiers injured. identified dead are Capt. Charles L Jabureeh Capt C A Merl mann Corporal Albert H Ehnie Private Voorhies Battiste. Two others remain unidentified.
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Alexandria
Greater Hunting Creek
Here
Charles L. Jabureeh
C. A. Merlmann
Albert H. Ehnie
Voorhies Battiste
Athens Faces Tough Battle With Murray City Sunday
Athens aims to top Murray City as Russell and Whitlatch form the battery for Athens while Simpson and Taylor handle Murray pitching. The matchup is expected to be fast and hot given Murray’s past play.
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Athens
Murray City
Russell and Whitlatch
Simpson
Taylor
Murray
Ohio guardsmen paid, no legislative delay
Adjutant General Layton declared in Columbus that Ohio already has the required militia laws and Washington reports of unpaid guardsmen are unfounded. He asserted Ohio will provide pay as needed.
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Columbus
Layton
Washington
Ohio
Allies Move to Lift Blockade and Quiz Italy
Paris dispatches report the Big Five issuing instructions on halting the German blockade and considering lifting the Russia blockade. Italy seeks the Austrian concession in Tientsin China while warships head to Fiume to stabilize the Italian situation, with American and British ships dispatched to monitor developments.
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Paris
Council of Five
Germany
Russia
Grmany
Italy
Trientsin
China
Hungary
Eee
Foch
Sete Peckote
Fiume
Premeceau
America
Freeerak & House Unclear Note From New York Dispatch
A garbled July 12 dispatch from New York discusses a police beat and new crutch ferrules with a coiled tube spring. The text is damaged and many details are unreadable, but references to mobility aids and law enforcement appear.
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New York
Freeerak & House
D & Mater
Wi Heights
Strike Hits Cleveland Telephone Workers On Daybreak
Union and company officials clash over counts of operators linemen and cable splicers on strike in Cleveland as 80 percent of workers walk out after an all night meeting. Bell says 400 of 2400 are out while Ohio State Telephone reports serious service disruption. Carmen officials vote to accept new wage offer ending threatened strike. Coffee plant in Madagascar reportedly yields caffeine free beans.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Misa Rose Sullivan
Boston
An and Sa Telephone
Ohio State Telephone Company
Bell
Carmen
Cleveland, Southwestern and
Columbus Ilway
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