Provincial governments doomed by adversity in Philippines
Iowa Congressman Hull criticizes new provincial governments as fragile under dual civil and military rule. He warns of high salaries, too many officers, and tax collection difficulties, while supporting military control until pacified. Engagement near Zamboanga another sign of unrest as MacArthur prepares to pass command to Chaffee.
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Hull
Iowa
General Chaffee
Associated Press
United States
Sumner
Tayabas
Lecrorer
Sop Tree
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Datto Tiim
Datto Sohyman
MacArthur
Philippines
Chaffee
Japan
Islands
Washington
Remarkable Filipino Cruelty Case Heard by War Dept
A general order from the war department details seven natives tried by a military commission at Nueva Caceres for abduction assault with intent to kill murder and guerrilla warfare. Zamudio led a band targeting Americans and Filipino rivals, abducting eleven people including a girl who vanished after capture. Death sentences and hard labor were imposed.
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Washington
War Department
Nueva Caceres
Zamudio
Caburao
General Santos
Manila
Hves
Guards Keep Public From Millionaire Party Guests
New York on July 3 reports that J Pierpont Morgan Lieutenant Governor Woodrunt Frank W Vanderblit and other notables are due aboard the steamer Deutschland from Europe. Officials arrange extra guards to restrict crowds and protect the travelers as they proceed to carriages with passes.
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Morgan
New York
J.pierpont Morgan
Woodrunt
Frank W. Vanderblit
Europe
Bank Failure Triggers Self Destruction in Leipzig
Leipzig July 3 Herr Schvedler merchant drowned himself after the failure of the banks, a distressing suicide attributed to financial ruin. The incident occurred at Bevickau with authorities reporting the death by own action following the bank collapse.
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Leipzig
Herr Schvedler
Bevickau
Aaigziger Bank
Bibs Hills Order Shifts Twine Supply to Bibb Manufacturing
Washington reports a new one year contract for 80 000 pounds of cotton twine with Bibb Manufacturing Company of Macon valued at about 315 000 dollars. Shipment starts immediately with 6 000 pounds and rest in installments as needed. The post office seeks county rural delivery in Newton, while political moves favor Parler over Williams in Elloree postmaster race.
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Washington
South
Bibb Manufacturing Company
Macon
Post Office Department
New York
Philadelphia
Bibb Company
Newton
Livingston
Newton County
Maryland
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Negfro
McLaurin
McKinley
James A. Parler
Elloree
8. C
Robert L. Williams
Williams
Senator McLaurin
Parker
Washington Memorial Aid Seeks Building to Honor First President
Washington July 3 The George Washington Memorial Association plans a general appeal to erect a memorial building dedicated to Washington. The 1500 member society collaborates with the National Academy of Sciences and the Washington Academy of Sciences to create a center of research and learning potentially becoming a national university. Dr D C Gilman will direct. the board includes Walcott Alderman Bell Butler Dabney Hadley Harper Hearst Hopkins Merriam Northrop Pritchett Sternberg Wright Hopkins and others.
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E Aid
Washington
George Washington Memorial Association
National Academy of Sciences
Washington Academy of Sciences
D. C. Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Charles D. Walcott
Edwin A. Alderman
Tulane University
A Graham Bell
Regent Smithsonian Institute
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
C W. Dabney
University of Tennessee
A. T Hadley
Yale University
Wiliam R. Harper
University of Chicago
Phoebe A. Hearst
Regent University of California
Archibald Nopkins
C. Hart Merriam
Department of Agriculture
Cyrus Northrop
University of Minnesota
H. 8. Pritchett
Boston Institute of Technology
Geo. M. Sternberg
United States Army
Carroll D. Wright
Labor
Archibald Hopking
The
Memorial Association
Mint Books in a Tangle Over $41,000 Shortage
San Francisco July 3 A discrepancy of about $41,000 exists between the mint’s department books and another set, prompting Director George E. Roberts and three assistants to review accounts. The issue arose as visiting officers examined the mint ledgers at fiscal year end June 30, seeking whether a shortage or bookkeeping error occurred.
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San Francisco
United States Mint
George E. Roberts
Mint
Washington
Admiral Rodgers Reports on Conditions in the Philippines
Admiral Rodgers reports mass insurgent activity in the north while natives of Samar cause steady trouble for both the army and small craft in the locality. General Wood is reported to be suffering typhoid fever, with fever high then moderating over days.
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Admiral Rodgers
Philippines
Washington
Navy Department
Samar
Heat Persists Across East as Warmth Lingers in Nations Weather
Hot weather continued in most eastern regions with only brief relief from afternoon thunderstorms in the upper Ohio valley and middle Atlantic. A slow moving low in Lake Superior offers little relief while forecasts expect similar conditions tomorrow with local storms bringing temperature drops. Max readings included 106 in Phoenix and 102 in Kansas City. Washington peaked at 96 then fell to 80 by evening.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau Tonight
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
West Indies
Lake Superior
Atlanta
Boston
Cincinnati
Davenport
Denver
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Little Rock
Memphis
New Orleans
New York
North Platte
Omaha
Pittsburg
Salt Lake City
St. Louis
St. Paul
Springfield
Vicksburg
Miss
Kansas City
Phoenix
Arizona
Kansas
Missouri
Heat Death Toll Surges in New York City Heat Wave
Amid a brutal heat spell in New York City, hospitals overflow, tents line grounds, and morgues fill as dozens die and hundreds suffer heat prostration. Authorities requisition teams to rush patients to hospitals while storms briefly cool temperatures. Hospitals, ambulances, and horses struggle under extreme demand.
Dying Feat at Philadelphia Sees Large Candidate Departure
In Philadelphia on July 3, a high heat wave caused industrial plants to close and many workers to depart. Temperatures did not reach yesterday's peak but the heat and its effects produced substantial safering and disruptions across the city.
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Philadelphia
Many Deaths at Baltimore Heat Wave Claim 27 More
Baltimore reports twenty seven additional deaths from heat and thirty five prostrations in the past twenty four hours, raising total deaths to eighty eight and prostrations to over 300. High humidity and oppressive conditions lingered despite a cooler 4 pm breeze and a brief thunderstorm. Farther north Cumberland and other mountains also saw heavy storms and a 25 degree temperature drop.
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Baltimore
Cumberland
Kansas City Sizzles Amid Record Heat Across Region
July 3 marked a brutal heat wave with Kansas City and surrounding areas hitting 96 to 108 degrees. Government thermometers showed Leavenworth at 108, while Hutchinson 105, Fort Scott 104, Lawrence 102, and Atchison 109. Missouri readings included Sedalia 104 and Joplin 100 as the city reported five non fatal prostrations.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Leavenworth
Hutchinson
Fort
Thresh Deaths at Chicago Heat Wave
Chicago records three deaths and sixteen prostrations from intense humidity and heat. One case of insanity involved Mrs. Mary Brown whose dementia led her into neighbors’ rooms to smash furniture and wares. she was taken to the detention hospital and expected to recover as heat relief predicted for tomorrow.
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Chicago
Mary Brown
Dying in New Jersey Towns Death Toll Near Hundred in Heat
One hundred heat deaths reported across New Jersey with Newark bearing 61 fatalities, Hoboken 19, Jersey City 2, New Brunswick 4, Elizabeth 6, and many towns contributing single deaths. Cincinnati records 30 heat deaths for nineteen with 14 percent prostrations, including Covington and Newport.
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New Jersey
New York
Newark
Hoboken
Paterson
Jersey City
New Brunswick
Elizabeth
Cincinnati
Covington
Newport
Southern Points Report Heat Prostrations and Calm Atlanta
Reports from Southern Points show wa prostrations and deaths yesterday and describe Atlanta weather as unusually hot yet tolerable due to steady breezes. The city enjoyed a cooler upper floor breeze and continued commerce, while observers note some regions hotter than Atlanta and a sense of a summer resort atmosphere amid persistent heat.
Heat wave details across Georgia towns July 3
Georgia weather roundup notes high temperatures and calm impacts. Americus reports 95 at noon and 86 by six in a heat wave with no heat deaths. Athens records 87 with a pleasant breeze, LaGrange 90 average, Albany 92 high, Newnan 54/175 with no prostrations, Floyd County records a rare cool day amid the heat.
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Americus
Athens
LaGrange
Albany
Newnan
Floyd County
Rome
Train Hold‑Up at Wagner Station Fought by Robbers
Three masked men dynamited the express car of Great Northern Train No 3 at Wagner Station, 188 miles east of Great Falls, stealing 83000. A rail crew and passengers came under fire as the robbers escaped on horses toward the Bad Lands. a posse is in pursuit with three brief passenger injuries.
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Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Wagner Station
Lok
Two Men Killed in the Smuggler Union Mine Riot
Telluride Colorado July 3 Riot at the Smuggler Union mine ended with two miners dead and four wounded. Will Jordan and J Lujan among the killed. Charles Becker and W Jordan plus John Nicholson injured. Sheriff reports strike tensions and militia pending.
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Col
Marshall and
Savage
Will Jordan
Charles Becker
Nicholson
J. Lujan
Jordan
Sheridan
Shelden
Bullion Tunnel
Becker
Eghing
Liberty Bell
Tom Boy
Ouray
Silverton
Camp Bird
Revenue
John Harthell
Barthell
Tohn Barthell
JI L. Lujan
Charles M. Becker
W. Jordan
John Nicholson
Benjamin J Lawrence
New York
Arthur F. Collins
Denver
William Jordan
Bartheil
Marshall
Savage Basin
Sheldon
Orman
Dowtatn
Ocean Breeze Eases Charleston Heat on July 3
South Carolina reports high temperatures with 87f 90f readings in Charleston aided by sea breezes. No deaths or prostrations noted as crowds seek island resorts while Columbia records 51f day and 74f night with low humidity and dry, productive weather across the state.
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Charleston
Weather Bureau
Columbia
D. C
Weather Update Across Tennessee Cities
Nashville reports oppressive heat with no deaths orprostrations so far as temperature hits 96 at 1 pm after 76 at 6 am. Chattanooga notes lower temps and increasing humidity with no sunstrokes. Memphis records a noon high of 94 amid a thunderstorm.
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Tenn
Chattanooga
Memphis
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