Night Fire Kills 33 Negro Prisoners at Mississippi Convict Farm
United Press report from Jackson Miss July 22 describes a midnight blaze at a φυ convict farm ten years old near Jackson that trapped 33 sleeping inmates on the second floor. The wooden structure lacked fire apparatus and iron bars trapped victims as flames consumed the building. Authorities question incendiary cause while noting no escape routes.
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United Press Special
Jackson
Miss
Here
Ben
Sargeant Byrd
Sargeant
T. Byrd
Carnegie receives bomb like parcel to test for contents
New York July 22 Inspector Egan will open a metal box mailed to Andrew Carnegie to determine if it holds grape juice or an explosive. The bomb like box contains a liquid and arrived at the Carnegie corporation headquarters last night, kept in the inspector's magazine after being immersed in water.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Parcel Post
Egan
Carnegie Corporation Eadquarters
Girl Under the Bed Leads to Burglary Arrest
In New York on July 22 Anna Weinstein, 19, was found under a bed in Meyer Kersch’s apartment with a skeleton key. Kersch alarmed on sighting feet, two detectives pulled her out and she was charged with burglary. Fingerprints showed an earlier 1912 robbery arrest under the name Hattie Levine.
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New York
Anna Weinstein
Meyer Kersch
Kersch
Hattie Levine
Fifty Years Ago Today July 22 War Warning
A July 22 entry recalls Richard Cobden warning Parliament that arming Confederate privateers in England would provoke war with the North. Also notes a 25 year old bulletin from General Sheridan’s physicians at Nonguit Muass reporting his condition favorable.
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Richard Cobden
United States
House of Commons
England
Nouthborn
General Sheridan
Nonguit, Muass
Insurgency Rises in Banking Committee Over Glass Owen Bill
Washington July 22 A crisis has developed in the house committee on banking and currency as insurgent elements threaten the administration plan. President Wilson has been informed and may act to curb the revolt. Democratic members are plotting a substitute bill or votes against the administration measure.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Wilson
Cambridge must act by January 1915 water actions ordered
Columbus July 22 Governor and attorney general approve State Board of Health orders. Caldwell must install a new satisfactory water supply by November 1 1914 Cambridge must install a water purification plant by January 1 1915 Woodsfield Water Co must install a purification plant by January 1 1914 East Liverpool must install a purification plant by January 1 1915 Forest Morgan of Quaker City operated on at Keenan's hospital Reverend R B Milligan to lead Presbyterian meeting after pastor's absence
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Columbus
State Board of Health
Caldwell
Cambridge
Woodsfield Water Co
East Liverpool
Burton Says Tariff Bill Won't Lower Living Costs
Senator Burton of Ohio argues the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill will not reduce the cost of living despite Democratic claims. Senator Smoot of Utah calls it the most injurious tariff measure to be considered. Burton says sponsors admit it cannot fulfill its mission and criticizes Secretary Redfield cited by him. He says Democrats seek to tear apart the nation’s fiscal policy to justify their platform on high living costs.
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Burton
Washington
Senator Burton
Ohio
Smoot
Utah
Congress
Redfield
Dead Pitcher's Name is Used in Fraudulent Petition
In Toledo on July 22 officials say seven petitions backing the Compensation law referendum were to be completed soon after disclosures by Roy Western and Tennis Gallagher. Signers include deceased individuals such as Addie Joss, and one petition lists a tombstone as the address for a signer.
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Toledo, CO
Roy Western
Tennis Gallagher
Addie Joss
Cleveland
Still More Fraud Looming Up
United Press Special Cleveland Ohio July 22 Harry Slack local notary public today declared that he had used his seal on 15 or 20 referendum petitions while signatures were not witnessed in his presence. Slack says names of men who did not take oath were supplied by W L McCaslin whose arrest warrant is issued. Police are seeking Attorney Samuel Heimlick on a warrant issued at Columbus.
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Cleveland
Harry Slack
Locher
Slack
W. L. McCaslin
Samuel Heimlick
Columbus
Arraigns the Law and Order League in Ohio Scandal
Governor Cox dismisses charges against Mayor Harve W. Smith of Washington D. H. Ohio in a Columbus resort entrapment case. He condemns the League for using a female detective to lure the mayor to a house for immoral purposes and decries the method as indefensible.
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Columbus, O
Law and Order League of
Washington
D. H
Harve W. Smith
Columbus
Cox
Smith
KR. O. Young
Law and Order League
Washington D. H
Ohio
A J True Of Byesville Visits City On Tuesday
A J True of Byesville conducted a business call in the city on Tuesday, meeting with local merchants and discussing possible ventures.
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A. J. True of
Byesville
Fire Claims Forty Workers At Binghamton Factory
The Binghamton Overall Factory, employing 150, was destroyed by a blaze this afternoon. As flames trapping many workers spread, officials estimated about 40 girls may have perished, with only a small portion accounted for by 3:15 PM as the fire spread to adjacent buildings.
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United Press Special
Binghampton
N. Y
Binghampton Overall
STEP IS TAKEN TO REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING
Washington moves to lower prices as tariff act nears by sending Dr A D Melvin to South America and E C Joss to Australia to study slaughtering canning and packing. The goal is to train packers there to hasten fresh beef imports once duties are removed.
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Washington
Houston
Department of Agriculture
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
South America
E. (. Joss
Portland
Ore
Australia
Melvin
Ees
Department
Guernsey County Seeks Good Roads Appropriation
Five hundred supporters at the Zanesville Good Roads meeting heard speakers urge funding. Judge J. M. Lowe of Kansas City Jesse Taylor of Greene County Arch Huston of Columbus and former Zanesville resident ex-Senator W A Alsdorf advocated for a state appropriation. The discussion occurred in the high school auditorium with continued coverage promised on page four.
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Good Roads
Zanesville
J. M. Lowe
Kansas City
Jesse Taylor
Greene County
State Good Roads Federation
Arch Huston
Columbus
National Good Roads
W. A. Alsdorf
Lickingcoun
Secretary of Agriculture Prepares Free Meat Entry
David F. Houston plans procedures to permit free entry of meat products. The agricultural secretary outlined steps to streamline inspections and regulate imports to ensure open, policy driven access for businesses and consumers.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Trotol a new explosive more powerful than dynamite
Lieutenant Harold Chaste Woodward of the New York National Guard reports a new explosive named trotol. It equals 80 per cent dynamite in force and resists shock, requiring fulminate of mercury to detonate. Six ounces trotol equals twelve ounces dynamite and trotol remains stable in water for years. He plans to reveal the secret only to the U S government.
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New York
Leutenant
New York National Guard
United States
Harold Chase Woodward
Twenty-second Engineers
Woodward
Mrs Thos Timms Died After Short Illness
Mrs Timms of South Cambridge died at her Grant avenue home Tuesday morning at 11 30 after a throat disease. A life long Cambridge resident of strong character she leaves a husband and five children two daughters Libbie Bishard and Maud Brooks and three sons John Douglas Milner and Mack Timms.
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Timms
Cambridge
Grant Avenue
Libbie Bishard
Maud Brooks
John Douglass Milner
Mack Timms
Adrianople status remains disputed amid conflicting reports
United Press dispatches from Sophia state Bulgaria claims the Turks have not retaken Adrianople and the city has not surrendered. Constantinople reports Hadji Bey as Turkish governor suggesting occupation, but the Turkish capital provides little on the retaking.
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London
Sophia
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Constantinople
Hadji Bey
Verdict on Wednesday in street car victim case
Coroner Rowles has recorded the testimony of street car strike victim 8S. S. McNeal. Dr Rowles said he would announce the verdict on Wednesday after the examination.
Mulhall Charges Denied By Nelson And Clapp
Senate investigators hear Mulhall denial of friendly intercourse claims with Nelson and Clapp backing. Clapp denies Mulhall’s letter assertion of a conference. Nelson asserts the charges are false and recalls a four year old discussion about a Sherman act amendment.
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Washington
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Mulhall
Nelson
Senator Clapp
Clapp
Schwedtman
Seth Low
Judiciary Committee
Electrician Suffered Total Blindness After Crane Shock
Philadelphia July 22 An electrician at Baldwin locomotive works clung to an electric crane as hundreds of volts surged through him. Fellow workers shut off power and rescued A Tirkath. Doctors say both eyes were permanently destroyed.
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Philadelphia
A. Tirkath
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Peril to Foreigners in Mexico Rises After Madero Overthrow
Washington reports from July 22 indicate heightened danger to foreigners in Mexico following Madero's overthrow. Officials note ongoing attacks by revolutionaries, looting, and murders as robbers press demands for gold, while White House denies sensational claims about President Wilson and any protectorate plan.
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Mexico
Madero
London
Apple
Turkey
Wahington D. C
Wilson
Washington
Presid
White House
Interventions Demanded Over Mexican Disorder
Representative Murray of Oklahoma urged U S intervention in Mexico within 30 days if order is not restored and American lives and property protected He called for a Wilson proclamation to Mexican factions demanding order and authorized seizure of Mexican public property until Americans and foreigners claims are satisfied The measure brands the present Mexican administration as duplicitous treacherous and murderous.
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Ed Press Specieskinatonr
Mexico
House
Murray
Oklahoma
Wilson
United States
Rebels Menace Hidalgo State Amid Telegraph Resumption
Mexico City July 22 Telegraph lines have resumed after months and rebels menace the Hidalgo state adjoining Mexico. President Heorta orders troop withdrawal. General Diaz, after visiting Japan, is ordered to study military conditions and Senor De La Barra is sent to Italy en route to becoming minister to France.
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Mexico City
Hidalgo
Mexico
Heorta
Birth announced for Smupz child in Monroe Michigan
A son was born Sunday July 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Smupz of Monroe Michigan. The mother is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. N. M. Dewees of North Tenth Street.
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Lawrence J. Smupz
Monroe, Mich
Smupz
N. M. Dewees
North Tenth Street
Sister Dies in Columbus Miss Blanche Marrow
Miss Blanche Marrow, a Northfield resident, died Monday night at the State hospital in Columbus. She leaves her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Marrow and three brothers Ralph Colorado Alva Wyoming Wilmer Coshocton, plus two sisters Mrs 8 B McCulley Cambridge and Ella at home. The body will be moved to the Northfield home for funeral services.
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B. McCulley
East Gomber Avenue
Blanche Marrow
State Hospital
Columbus
Northfield
James Marrow
Ralph
Colorado
Alva
Wyoming
Wilmer
Coshocton
Cambridge
Della
Ohio Commission to Inspect Hocking Valley Mines
Ohio officials begin a survey of coal mines in the Hocking Valley to decide if miners should be paid for all mined coal or only that passing the screens. Inspection starts with Jobs No. 2 at Jobs and Pittsburg Coal Co. mine No. 9 at Circle Hill. Headquarters will be in Nelsonville.
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Ohio Commission
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Ohio
Pittsburg Coal Company
Circle Hill
Nelsonville
City Park Use Split on Recreation or Amusement Purpose
City Council debates whether the new park should serve as a free recreation space or be operated by a corporation as an amusement park to maximize profits. A committee is appointed to investigate, while a park improvement bond of 5000 dollars is authorized for a concrete dam and street connections with additional city improvements planned.
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Sheehan
Cunningham
Stewart
Arnold
Sherman Avenue
Thorla
Han
Doctor E
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Thos. Timms
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