Uniform Standard for Grading Cotton
Washington July 18 Special In a bulletin the US Department of Agriculture urges adoption of a uniform cotton grading standard. It describes nine official grades with middling as the basis, notes impurity and color factors, explains long and short staple distinctions, and details the use of permanent official samples to ensure consistency across markets.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Congress
United States
Elades
Census Bureau
Liverpool
Probing Tragedy in Old Vice District Chicago
State attorney and Civil Service Commission begin inquiry into conditions in Chitaros old segregated district on Chicago’s south side after a detective was killed and two police and two civilians wounded. Gleason rejects police version, says facts were suppressed and no friction between police and investigators.
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Chicago
Chitaros
Civil Service Commission
MacLay Hoyne
Pollice
Gleason
Michael
Uinky Dink
Eins
Leo Friede Defends Sailing Canoe Title
Leo Friede representing the United States successfully defended the international sailing canoe title by defeating Ralph Britton of Canada by five minutes. The race, held under the Manhattan Canoe Club, started yesterday but was postponed to today due to gales.
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New York
Leo Friede
United States
Ralph Britton
Canada
Manhattan Canoe Club
Absented Four Days, Salary Refused By Witherspoon
Washington July 18 Believing he received unentitled pay Representative Witherspoon of Mississippi returned $5220 to the treasury. The four days’ salary was for private absence from Washington on private business. The act limiting pay for absence is strict but often ignored. Witherspoon’s action shows it is enforced in this case.
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Washington
Witherspoon
Mississippi
Treasury Department
Congress
Wither- Spoon
One More Chance Given New Haven Directors
Washington reports Attorney General McReynolds will meet July 20 with a committee of New Haven directors to discuss a plan to avert an antitrust suit. The dispute centers on selling Boston and Maine stock following Massachusetts conditions, with McReynolds demanding acceptance and a potential delay to allow state action. A separate equity suit in New York targets misused funds by New York New Haven and Hartford directors from 1904 to 1914, led by Bertha P. Lauber, alleging improper stock dealings and misappropriation affecting about 100 small stockholders.
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Washington
New Haven Railroad
McReynolds
Roads
Hustis
New Haven
Boston and Waine
Massachusetts
Renolds
Boston
Maine
Wr McReynolds
New York
State Supreme Court
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Corporaton
Boston and Westchester Road
Boston Salt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bertha P Lauber
Tan
Preparing to Submit Dispute to Mediation
Chicago July 183 The committee of the general managers of ninety eight Western railroads and the chiefs of the Brotherhoods of Railway Engineers and Firemen prepared to submit their wage dispute to the federal board of mediation hastening here from Washington to open sessions Monday Acceptance by the men leaders of the offer of mediation followed hours earlier by a decision to consider it amid claims the roads were never bound by arbitration decisions Hope rose that the long running quarrel dating to last October over higher pay shorter hours and altered conditions could be settled The railroad managers estimated the cost at 23 000 000 annually or about a tenth of current wages in the industry
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Chicago
Western
Brotherhoods of Railway Engineers
Federal Board of Mediation
Washington
Mena
Ao 000
Thursda
Decrease in Exports and Rise in Imports Reported
Washington reports the fiscal year ending June 30 shows total foreign commerce at 4.98 billion dollars, with imports at 3.04 billion and exports at 2.74 billion. The figures mark a drop in exports from prior records and a rise in imports, with foodstuffs and duties noted, and gold and silver movements detailed for the period.
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Washington
United States
Three Diamond Firms Agree to Curtail Output
Notices from New York report that three large diamond producers controlling about 9 percent of world supply signed an agreement to curb yearly output. Diamond brokers say the pact will end competition among the firms and likely raise prices materially.
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New York
Cholera Rages in Russia Near St Peterabu
Cholera sweeps Odolia in southwestern Russia with thirty cases and fourteen deaths reported. The outbreak centers near St Peterabu as of July 18, prompting public health concerns.
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Russia
St Peterabu
Odolia
Adamson Dam Measure Favored By Underwood
Washington dispatch reports Representative Oscar Underwood leading a forceful defense of the Adamson dam bill introduced by Representative Adamson of Georgia. The measure aims to promote private capital for water power, with government regulation and possible takings after a fifty year term, while safeguarding public rights and aiming to lower freight costs and boost navigation. The piece notes limited dam construction over the last decade and discusses power taxes and riparian rights.
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John Corrixen
Washington
Adamson
Georgia
Oscar Underwood
Secretary of War
United States
Ten Thousand Dollars Sent to John Redmond for Nationalist Cause
The United Ipfah League of America forwarded ten thousand dollars of a promised hundred thousand to John E Redmond in New York on July 18 to aid the Nationalist effort in Ireland.
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Redmond
New York
United Ipfah League of America
John E Redmond
Ireland
General Leonard Wood Heads Eastern Department
Major General Leonard Wood, formerly chief of staff, now heads the Eastern Department with headquarters at Governors Island. Wood, who led Army officers through the Mexican crisis, is praised for his military judgment and recently retired from chief of staff after service in that post.
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Leonard Wood
United States
Governors Island
Fork
Gladys Fuller Wins Prize For Hardy Beets In Garden
Gladys Fuller of Ousland City and the Tenth Ward Home Garden league earned a top honor for a tender hardy beet display. She thinned plants, used no fertilizer, and watered during a dry spell, attributing success to transplanting early plants and giving space. She showcased six prize beets weighing nine pounds at The Constitution office and continues work on beans, peppers, squash, okra, and tomatoes while excelling in school. Her father is W R Fuller, state agent of Standard Women Insurance.
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Gladys Fuller
Tenth Ward
Gladys
Constitution Office
The
League
W R Fuller
Standard Women Insurance Company
Final Action at Hand About Cotton Futures
Washington July 1 final action by senate and house conferees on the bill regulating chewing in cotton futures will be taken on the return of Representative Lever from South Carolina next week. Several conferences this week aimed at a practical agreement but some differences remain between sides. Committee members hope differences will be smoothed over and an agreement reached in the coming days.
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Washington
Senate
House
Representative Lever
South Carolina
Soma
Shu Committee
Record 2 026 000 000 Birds East of Plains States
A national bird census reports 2.026 billion birds east of the plains with Mississippi River as a rough divider. Flocks average two pairs per square mile among waterfowl and finches, while arid zones in Arizona and New Mexico hold about one pair per seven acres. Chevy Chase, Maryland notes a site with seven birds per acre on the census map.
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Washinegton
Great Plains
Mississippi River
Chevy Chase
Maryland
Wighington
Arizona
New Mexico
Good Roads Meet Held at Cedartown
Cedartown July 18 Special A good roads meeting with delegates from Seventh district stations was held Friday at the initiative of Polk County Commission Chairman T H Adams a known good roads enthusiast. The program included a feature barbecue at Tiddells Fish Pond drawing many visitors and locals.
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Cedartown
Seventh Congressional District
T H Adams
Board of Commissioners
Polk County
Georgia
Tiddells Fish Pond
Postal Savings Increase in Chicago Branch
The Chicago branch of the postal savings bank reports a 27 percent rise in savings deposits and a 20 percent jump in depositors for the fiscal year ended. Postmaster Campbell announced the branch holds 2,500,600 dollars across 18,600 depositors, ranking second to New York.
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Chicago
Postal Savings Bank
Campbell
Chicago 5
New York
Poison squads to fight grasshoppers in Albany area
Albany July 18 The Department of Agriculture announced that more than a hundred men will be sent to combat grasshoppers and army worm incursions in various parts of the state. Reports indicate the pest has spread to Harrisburg with notices from at least thirty counties in the last forty eight hours seeking guidance on control measures.
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Albany
Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg
Big Cargo of Rifles Seized by a Cruiser
A Belfast Daily report from Donegal Ireland states a British cruiser seized a cargo described as several thousand rifles hidden in an American yacht bound for nationalist volunteers. The seizure occurred Friday night and the vessels involved are under investigation.
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Donegal
Ireland
Nationalist Volunteers
Mrs Carman fears she may be framed in murder case
Freeport July 1 Mrs Florence Carman released on $2000 bail from Nassau county jail after an indictment for manslaughter in the first degree in the death of Mrs Louise Bailey. She plans an immediate automobile tour to Philadelphia Atlantic City and the Delaware Water Gap and says she will testify to her story to a future grand jury while denouncing detectives and denying insanity or jealousy. District Attorney Lewis J Smith says he still hopes for a first degree murder indictment from a future grand jury.
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Florence Carman
Mineola
Louise Bailey
Edwin Carman
Elizabeth
Carman
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Delaware Water Gap
Nassau County
Bailey
Lewis J Smith
Mr Smith
General A L Myer Dead Retired Brigadier General passes away
New York July 18 Brigadier General Albert Lee Myer of Los Angeles retired died yesterday at his home from paralysis. He entered the army in 1865 and rose from private to brigadier general, retiring in 1910 while commanding the Department of Texas. During his long service he fought Indians on the plains and rendered notable service in the Spanish American War in the Philippines.
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New York
Albert Lee Myer
Los A
Myer
Department of Texas
Spain
Mrs Pankhurst Released From Jail In London
Mrs limmeline Pankhurst the militant suffragette leader was released from Holloway jail today in London on July 18. She had been detained after protests and will likely continue her campaign for women's suffrage.
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Pankhurst
London
Limmeline Pankhurst
Hotlo Pay
Intervention Likely In Dominican Crisis At Puerto Plata
Washington reports indicate President Bordas faces rebel pressure as southern insurgents gain leverage. American aid moves include warships, marines, and a possible armistice while Vidal advances toward San Domingo City. Sullivan arrives to press for stabilizing measures and potential protectorate actions.
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Bordas
Dominican Republic
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
Tedaya
State Department
Insurgenta
White
Sullivan
la Romana
Vidal
San Cristobal
Ban
Charge White
Vidals
Borda
Puerta Plata
Fherle
Stora
United States
Ineoch
Guantanamo
Dominion Republic
Inon
Prvan
Hancock Marsh
Cra Crus
Domonan Republic
Badger
Hawaii Plans Bond Issue Amid Federal Approval Sought
Hawaii lawmakers authorize a 1500009 4 per cent bond issue needing approval by Secretary Lane and President Wilson. The plan aims to fund harbor improvements as soon as possible. Also, 30 000 textile workers in the Forest District are locked out following a strike by employers.
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Tle
Forst Prous
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