King George to Receive Oranges from Coast Horticulturist
From Claremont, Robert J. Burdette, enroute to London, will present King George of England with a crate of locally grown oranges named Umpire Navels. The fruit is produced by Frank Wheller. Venice ordinance on seaside dress draws no action as proposed clinging skirts and knee-length robes are discarded.
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Claremont
King George of
England
Robert J. Burdette
Ocean
London
Frank Wheller
Venice
Sugar Output in California Beets Rises Noted by Plant Rep
C von Goeben, of a Birmingham Alabama manufacturing plant, reports an astonishing rise in California sugar production from beets. He says the increase is measured by the purchase of machine supplies from eastern factories and that sugar beets thrive where water is applied to arid land.
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Los Angeles
California
C. von Goeben
Birmingham
Ala
Throat Cut by Barbed Wire Fence in California Accident
Ernest Laurent, a prominent local winemaker, was thrown against a barbed wire fence when his auto left a fifty foot grade to avoid a collision. He sustained internal injuries and his throat was cut by the fence. doctors fear he cannot survive. Other family members were badly injured but not seriously.
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Santa Rosa
Ernest Laurent
Laurent
Auto Registrations Rise In California For June
Secretary Jordan reports a surge in California motor vehicle receipts and vehicle registrations. For January through June this year receipts total 37373 dollars, up 12753 from 1911, while June alone saw 2759 cars registered, averaging 110 per business day.
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Sacramento
California
Jordan
Motor Vehicle Department
Tunnel Under Colorado Improves Deserts Near Yuma
The tunnel under the Colorado River near Yuma channels water from the Laguna dam to irrigate about 150000 acres of arid land. Civil engineer E C Hayden of Boston led the project, praised as a major engineering feat amid loose sand and gravel soils.
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Colorado
Los Angeles
Colorado River
Yuma
Laguna Dam
E. C. Hayden
Boston
Hydro aircraft proves a success in naval test
In Weymouth naval hydro airplane trials led by French aviator Fischer and Commander Samson, with the king aboard as passenger, culminating in a landing near Cheerness harbor after starting at Eastchurch. The machine, fitted with floats, alighted and departed in a 30 mile wind, then Samson piloted a long flight around the ships and landed with precision despite the craft being new to him.
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London
Admiralty
Fischer
Samson
Weymouth
King
Eastchurch
Cheerness Harbor
Two British Officers Die In Mono Plane Crash Near Stonehenge
London July 9 Sergeant Major Wilson was instantly killed and Captain Lorraine died hours later after a monoplane in which they rode capsized in a gust near Stonehenge on the Salisbury plains. The two men plunged about 100 feet to the ground with Wilson crushed beneath the engine. Lorraine died about an hour after the accident.
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London
Wilson
Lorraine
Stonehenge
Salisbury Plains
Coal Mine Death Rate Is Lowered
The United States Bureau of Mines reports 1911 coal mine deaths fell to 2517 from 2834 in 1910, a rate of 3.74 per thousand employed, with 1907 being the worst year. Officials urge further legislative changes and continued cooperation to improve safety and economic conditions in the industry.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines
Congress
Joseph A. Mines
United States
Aviator Koenig Dies In Hamburg Air Crash
A German aviator named Koenig was fatally injured when his motor failed over Landenfeld aerodome causing a forced landing. The plane wrecked and Koenig died in hospital hours later. Separate reports from Rome note early earthquake shocks in Trani Foggia and Cerignola causing panic but no material damage.
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Hamburg
Germany
Koenig
Landenfeld Aerodome
Italy
Rome
Trani Foggia
Cerignol
Apulis
Tax on Marriage Sets Bridegroom Fees in Circassian Tribes
At a Circassian tribesmen conference in St. Petersburg the main cause of robberies and crimes was blamed on buying wives. It was resolved to fix a marriage tax not to exceed 55 dollars for a groom marrying a girl and 27 dollars for a widow.
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ST. Petersburg
U S in Role of Strikebreaker
U S government threatens to supply substitutes from navy ships for striking Panama Canal workers including firemen and coal passers on Panama railroad vessels. Officials justify action as necessary to avoid delaying canal construction and to protect canal employment.
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Washington
Sam
Panama
Panama Canal
New Wireless Law Demands Auxiliary Set On Passenger Ships
New federal wireless rule effective July 1 requires passenger vessels to install an independent auxiliary wireless telegraph set on the upper deck near the wireless rooms, separate from the engine and storage powers. The measure applies to steamships plying to U.S. ports.
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New York
United States
Death Toll Rises After Regina Cyclone Debris Search
Regina reports 32 bodies recovered from debris, 12 in the Methodist church ruins, 6 in Wascana lake, totaling 50 dead with more yet inside. Three pillagers shot. coroner cites 100 dead. Fever feared if removals delay.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Wascana Lake
His Chickens Musical
James A. Glennon of Sunbury Pennsylvania raised Rhode Island Red chicks that reportedly sing. Eggs from a friend’s hen were placed on a piano and hatched under a Plymouth Rock hen. Eight chicks now make each unique peep forming a complete octave when together.
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Sunbury
James A. Glennon
Rhode Island
Glennon
Americans Pay Bill for Jewels in New York Imports
New York on July 10 reports 39,445,298 dollars worth of diamonds pearls and other gems imported through the port in the fiscal year ended June 30. Based on 95 percent of national total this implies over 41 million dollars in gems purchased by Americans. The figure ranks with only two earlier years.
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New York
Bones break every time farmer turns over
LaPorte Indiana July 9 Physicians report a farmer Jacob Hapner near Donaldson has a brittle bone disease. Three weeks ago he broke his left arm while turning in bed. On Sunday the large bone near his thigh snapped with no cause. Doctors fear nearly all his bones may soon break with simple movements.
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Laporte
Ind
Jacob Hapner
Donaldson
Hapner
Heat Wave Claims Total of 18 Lives in Chicago
Chicago reports eighteen deaths from the heat wave eight people died and many suffer prostrations with numerous others bitten by dogs including three children. The city endured scorching temperatures with 88 degrees at 2 pm and widespread discomfort as horses collapsed in the streets and crowds sought shade and relief.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Federal Building
California Troops May Not Hold Manuevers
Los Angeles dispatch reports that joint maneuvers between federal troops and California National Guard in San Francisco, planned for August, may be canceled if Congress does not approve a special 1 375 000 army appropriation. The bill faces a difficult path amid delayed general appropriations.
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Los Angeles
Congress
National Guard of California
San Francisco
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