Wireless Photographs Sent Across Ocean In Tests
Annapolis reports two successful facsimile tests sending a photograph and a written message to Malmaison France. French engineers plan further trials to prove the system’s reliability for rapid intercontinental transmission.
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Annapolis
Naval
Malmaison
Anapolis
Dempsey-Carpentier
Annapolis Station
France
le Matin
Paris
C. ¥. van Anda
Theew York Times
Freight Train Bandits Strike Kansas Harvest
Bandits dubbed highjackers target harvest wages on freight trains in Kansas and Oklahoma, growing bolder as officials probe. A clash between ex-soldiers and robbers on a Kechi to Farley train left one attacker dead and several wounded. Authorities link rising victim murders to the bandits amid ongoing investigations.
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Kansas City
Wheat Belt
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kechi
Farley
Kan
Dmid
Kanaas
Last of Prisoners to Leave Russia Monday
All American prisoners in Moscow and Petrograd will be sent across the frontier by Monday. Walter L Brog pean director of the Americas administration states from Leo aert that a telegram dated August 5 says Americans in prisons will be released by August 7 at latest due to pardons. M Litvinoff heads famine relief efforts and travels to Riga to arrange details and sign agreements.
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London
Associats
Moscow
Walter L. Bro
Pean
Americas
Leo’ Aert
M. Kanenetf
Petrograd
Auugwat
M. Litvinoff
All Russian Commission For Combatting
Rigg
Russel
Hepeo
Courageous act by Adams breaks opium ring near Chinese consulate
In Peking on July 8 the American Vice Consul Walter A. Adams led a move against opium dealers operating beside the Changsha consulate in Hunan. Threats to his life prompted a guard of U S Marines. opium seized and moved to the consulate after discussions with Peking and the foreign office.
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Peking
Walter A. Adams
Changsha
Hunan
Adame
Adams
Villa Lobos
For Aign
Otietoms
Postage Meter Is Put in Use By Uncle Sam
New York introduces a postage meter that prints a 2 cent stamp on letters and confirms payment via a built in register. The National City Bank showcased the first unit, approved by the post office department. The device stops when the user has printed the paid allotment and must be reset at the post office.
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Uncle Sam
The
National City Bank
Postoffice Department
U. S
Printers End Rochester Strike, Return to Work
ROCHESTER, N Y Aug 6 The printers strike ending with members of Pressmen’s Local No 38 voting to return to work dropping the 44 hour week. The Rochester Typothetae announced the resumption of work by the pressmen who will report back Monday.
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Rochester
WN. Y
Toy
A. J. Cromback
Pressmer
Ressmen
Inters
Four Escaped Inmates Back From Mexico Detained
Four prisoners who fled Santa Cruz county jail on June 4 were captured in Nogales Sonora by Mexican authorities. They were returned to face 60 day sentences for entering Mexico without proper passports. Delegated judge Rubilenda ordered the detention.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
Santa Cruz County
Rubilenda
Sonora
Perryner
Florence
Thad Mitch
State
William Corbin d Weo Taylor
Road Conditions Report From State Highway Office
Nebraska line to Shawnbe good then rough to Orin. Platte county line to Glenrock good then Casper fair. Casper to Shoshoni good. Shoshoni to Riverton good and fair through Hudson then good to Lander. Casper Sheridan Road Camper to Salt Creek fair. Balt Creek to Kayooe fair.
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Latrict
State Highway Department
Grant Highway
Nebraska
Shawnbe
Orin
Yellowstone Highway
Heroes to Be Buried Sunday in World War Tribute
Casper prepares a Sunday funeral for two World War I heroes, Guy Burson of Company M 28rd Infantry and Orin Snyder of Company C 167th Infantry. The American Legion posts lead the services at the Methodist church with escorts, pallbearers, and a processional to the cemetery. Burson is the Casper native son son of Albert and Mrs Burson of South Oak street. Snyder is from Salt Creek area.
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Guy
Burson
28Rd Infantry
Orin Snyder
167Th Infantry
Salt Creek
France
W. L. French
Gantz Memorial Methodial Church
Casper Man
Albert Burson
South Oak Street
Ball Creek
Ruth Cracks Homer No 39 for Yankees
Babe Ruth hit his 39th home run of the season in the sixth inning against Detroit in New York. The blast left him one behind his total from the previous year as the Yankees maintained their lead in the game.
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Ruth
Homer
New York
Babe” Ruth
Yankees
Detroit
Aumunt
Nine Arrested in Cheyenne Auto Theft Ring
Cheyenne Wyoming Aug 6 Sheriff Carroll said he captured nearly all members of a western auto theft ring. Nine men jailed here identified by owners. Frede rickson and Welsh admit knowledge of stolen cars. used for sale on commission or trades. Ring's base Cheyenne with operations in Omaha Deaver Kansas City Cooper Colorado Creeley.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
J. W. Frederickson
H. F. Welsh
Carroll
Grane Siecanen
Frederickson
Walsh
Omaha
Deaver
Kanata City
Cooper Wyo
Creeley
Colo
Dollar Mark Of Church Stirs New York Gossip
New York World reports a staged test by the St. Thomas Episcopal church architects, featuring a carved dollar sign on the granite capital above the bride’s door. KG Donald Robb, lead designer for the firm, admits crafting the mark and says it was done in fun despite public debate.
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New York
New York World Today
St.Thomas Episcopal Church
Donald Robb
Cram, Goodhue & Merguaor
New York Musicians Strike Reaches Vaudeville Houses
New York managers report the coming strike by the Musical Mutual Protective union has begun to affect 100 theaters including vaudeville and moving picture venues. About 1,000 musicians are employed. rehearsals are canceled and weekly programs may be disrupted. The union says the action aims to forestall wage reductions by managers.
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New York
Moate
Musical Mutual Protective Union
Government Revenue Shrinks in Year Estimates
The estimated federal income for the current year is set at 4.918 billion dollars, down from prior projections. Expenditures fall slightly while the deficit widens to about 396.361 million dollars, with 130 million blamed on weak internal revenue and 200 million from revised expectations in internal and foreign obligations.
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Washington
Stellan
Spanish Forces Pressured at Mount Arruit in Melilla
Graphic dispatches describe General Navarro and 2,000 remaining Spanish troops holding Mount Arruit after retreat from Melilla. Water scarcity, a 100 meter trek to wells, and nine days of attacks mark the siege as rebels press hard. The Madrid brief notes Spanish landings at Da Restinga facing stubborn resistance and naval bombardment near Metila and Gourougou as vessels block northeast Moroccan coast towns.
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Madrid
Associated Press
Navarro
Melilla
la Libertad
Mount Arrul
Metila
Mount Arrult
Navarro Lo Ath
da Restinga
Morocdan
Cataluna
Goco Arbas
Gourougou
Metilin
Orchard Thief Evades Capture in Ohio Town
In MAMILTON Ohio residents report a vandal who stole 60 young trees from an orchard. Police have little to go on besides footprints near the crime site and a few scattered clues.
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Mamilton
Ohio
Critaaron
Food prices to go higher warned by lawmakers
Washington officials urge farmers to hold goods for higher prices after the farm credit bill gains Senate approval. They predict a much higher general level in the market as Western farmers are told to ask for bigger prices and not to sell until they obtain them.
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Washington
Administration Farm Credit
Rail wage cut opposed by four Canadian brotherhoods
Four major Canadian railroad unions announced collective opposition to the 12 percent wage cut. They have asked the government for a board of conciliation and a ten day conference in Montreal. The unions will act jointly in what is described as unprecedented coordinated action.
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Toronto
Ont
Canadas
Montreal
Fast racing boat sinks during Chicago regatta
A racing boat sank during a Chicago three day event as crew members struggled in 24 feet of water. Reports indicate a rapid capsizing on the course, with no immediate details on injuries or rescue outcomes.
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Subchasre
Chicago
W. B. Wilde
Peoria
Pene Rar
New Standard For Measuring Gold Refined In U S Treasury Lab
Washington August 6 The bureau of standards reports a spectroscopic analysis method for gold that promises measurement accuracy better than one part in a million. Small electric sparks between gold sticks generate spectra captured by diffraction gratings revealing tiny impurities. Tests show the San Francisco mint 1000 Cine gold at 99.997 percent purity and samples tinted at 90.090 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
United States Treasury
Testa Fund
San Francisco
Train Loses In Race With Death
Denver August 6 A Colorado & Southern Railway train traveling 24 miles from South York to Denver carried Frank Bello a 46 year old Fort Logan foreman. He died after a loader crane fell crushing him on the car deck as the train moved toward Denver from Watertown yesterday. He lived at Sheridan Jonetson Gal0.
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Denver
South York
Colo
Colorado & Southern Railway
Frank Bello
Fort Logan
Watertown
Blewhull
Hallo
Sheridan Jonetson
Galo
Mondell Irrigation Pact Passes Senate
The Senate approved a bill backed by Congressman Frank W. Mondell to form a compact among Colorado Arizona California Nevada New Mexico Utah and Wyoming for Colorado River riverbed funds distribution. It also provides for a U S commissioner to represent the United States at meetings of the state commission ers to implement the act, and awaits presidential signature to become law.
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Tribune
Washington
Aug
Senate
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
California
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
United States
Woman Hangs Self in Newcastle Wyoming
A 12 year old woman named Mea Harry Ly Thompoon of East Lake City Utah reportedly hanged herself in Newcastle Wyoming. The body was found by her husband and children and a rope was tied around her neck. She was head nurse at a hospital in Omaha Nebraska and the body was sent to Denver for burial.
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Newcastle
Wyo
Harry Ly Thompoon
East Lake City
Utah
Euter Dey
Davie Jones
Aistey
Methodint Hospital
Omaha
Neb
Denver
Baseball results from National League games listed
At Chicago New York 0 800 100 499 Chicago 000 500 20 7 6 Batterios Ryan Douglas Sue der Cheeves O Farrell At Cincinnati Philadelphia 1 010 000 2 Cincinnati 100 001 0 5 It Batterie Smith Jefers Luque Wingo At St Louis Boston 6 445 ele ass o 11- AL Pittsburgh i H H KE Brooklyn 2 201 000 HOF 7 8 Pittsburgh 200 600 002 5 8 Batteries Milius Cadore Krueger Taylor Gluzner Brot tem
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Chicago
RK. H. E
New York
Batterios
Ryan
Douglas and
Sueder
Cheeves
O'Farrell
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Smith
Jefers
Luque
Wingo
Pittsburgh
I. HH. KE
Brooklyn
Milius, Cadore and Krueger
Taylor, Gluzner and Brottem
Unclear baseball results with multiple games listed
A collection of incomplete box scores from American League games across several venues. Scores, lines, and batter details are partially garbled, but references include teams such as Washington Boston Philadelphia St Louis New York Detroit and pitchers Wilkinson Davenport Schisik Pennock Russell Doyle Davis Harwell Bayne Bevereld Naylor Keefe Vee Oldham Middleton Hold ing Bassler Hoyt Quinn Shaw Key Schiang.
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Philadelphia
St. Doyle
Davis
Bayne
Harwell
Bevereld
Naylor
Keefe
Vee
New York
Kk. H. A
Detroit
Oldham, Middleton, Holding and
Bassler
Hoyt, Quinn
Shaw Key
Schiang
Eggs Eaten By Snake Hatched Eggs Eaten By Snake Hatched
New York report describes salvaged eggs from a python interior. Details include a story told by African observers and publicizing by a church mission board.
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New York
Board of Missions
Mplecopal Church
Nurse admits shooting Kinead in Brooklyn murder case
Olivia M P Slone, a former Cincinnati attorney, confessed to police that she shot Hille Guy Kinhead, a Brooklyn lawyer and former Cincinnati corporate counsel, near his home. She said Kinhead was her common law husband and that she had planned revenge amid a troubled marriage.
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Los Angeles
John B. Kennedy
Beverly Hills
Madelyn Oberchain
Evanston
Ill
Kennedy
Conner
Oberchain
New York
Olivia M. P. Slone
Nars
Chiwinnati
Hille Guy Kinhead
Corporatlan
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
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Boston
Sebinston
Cleveland
K. IL Bs
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Wilkinson
Davenport
Fd Schsik
Pennock, Russell and el
St. Louia
Batterlee—Van Gilder
Severeld
Moore
Rommel
Verkina
Mer, Kinkead
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