Speed trials mark progress on Rodman Wanamaker flying boat
Hammondspor t New York July 1 speed tests and propeller benching mark the latest work on the Rodman Wanamaker transatlantic flying boat. Lieutenant Porte piloted the craft over water at speed and tested new propellers while Major Edgar Russell reviewed the project’s wartime implications. A separate note reports the christening of the balloon America III in Philadelphia with Allan Howley piloting and readings for international contest eligibility.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hammondsport
N. Y
Porte
New York
Newfoundland
Washington
Edgar Russell
Army Signal Corps
Balloon America III
St. Louis
Allan R. Howley
Aero Club of America
Statewide Prohibition Emerges as Ohio Political Focus
Special dispatch reports Wayne Wheeler and the Anti-Saloon League driving a dry amendment to Ohio’s constitution. Republicans Democrats and Progressives back statewide prohibition. Petitions circulate with 104000 names by August 4. If passed, saloons and liquor industries would be abolished by May 1916.
Marconi Aims Atlantic Telephone Link by Year End
London July 1 special cable report says Marconi plans a transatlantic telephone link from Carnarvon Wales to New York within this year. The company manager testified before the Dominion Royal Commission on Imperial Communications and projected wireless speeds up to 300 words per minute.
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London
Marconi
Carnarvon
Wales
New York
Din
Royal Commission On Imperial Commmunications
Giant Gain Made in Tax Valuation in Ohio District
District Assessor W. H. Anderson of Licking County files the first complete abstract with the State Tax Commission. The 1913 county grand duplicate, excluding public utilities, is $65,655,390. the 1914 duplicate is $70,593,900, up $4,943,210. Personal property increases by $3,229,790. Real estate additions noted.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
W. H. Anderson
Licking County
Ohio
State Tax Commission
T. R. to be witness in big coal strike suit
A jury completed in Binghamton New York in the case brought by A D Wales against the United Mine workers of America for 100 000 for services in settling the 1902 coal strike Theodore Roosevelt a prominent witness has been subpoenaed along with political and labor leaders from across the country to testify.
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Binghamton
N. Y
A. D. Wales
United Mineworkers of America
Coronel Theodore Roosevelt
Paving the Way to White House
Michael Schaap leads a Progressive delegation to urge Theodore Roosevelt to run for governor. He believes Roosevelt's election could pave the way to the White House. Roosevelt, back from Pittsburgh, says he feels fine but prefers rest and jokes about needing a six week break per doctor’s advice.
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White House
Robbed the Poor and Was Robbed in Philadelphia
Thomas Loury a former coachman and bank messenger testified in court about losing almost all of 65 000 dollars entrusted by servants in Philadelphia. He described initial small gains and helping others, then sinking funds in bucket shops. He was committed to jail for further investigation.
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the Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Thomas Loury
Laury
Loury
Experts Urge Proper Radium Use And Diet Cures
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune Atlantic City July 1. Dr William H Diffenbach New York warns cures fail when physicians misjudge radium activity in malignant conditions. Dr A B Horton urges eye conservation noting 97 blind per 100000 Americans. Dr Norton cites blindness costs. Dr Edward Beecher Hooker calls for a dietetics bureau as overeating shortens life.
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William H. Diffenbach
New York
A. B. Horton
United States
Norton
Department of Labor
Edward Beecher Hooker
Hartford
Wood Takes Command of Eastern Department
Major General Leonard Wood assumed command of the Eastern Department with headquarters at Governor's Island in New York harbor.
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The
Commercial Tribune
New York
Leonard Wood
Eastern Department of the Army
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Cox Indorses Wolfe for Reserve Bank Board
Governor Cox of Ohio backed Henry Wolfe of Columbus for a seat on the Cleveland regional reserve bank board of directors. He also endorsed Frank Davis Jr. for counsel to the Federal Reserve Board, with Ohio Justices Nichols and four others signing Davis endorsements. Senator Pomerene supported Davis as Cox meeting him noted Democrats gaining strength. Cox plans a July special session to cut the tax rate.
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Washington
Cox
Ohio
Treasury
McAdoo
Henry Wolfe
Columbus
Cleveland Regional Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Davis
Nichols
Ohio Supreme Court
Pomerene
FIGHT AMENDMENT TO ANTIDRUG BILL
The Columbus dispatch reports Senator Pomerene proposes an amendment to the Harrison antinarcotic bill exempting physicians and nurses from narcotic record keeping. The State Medical Board warns the change would cripple enforcement and increase illicit traffic traced to professionals.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Pomerene
Mh Trea Commission
Kaeeia
Commission
Ohio
Drug Bureau
Plucking Board Ousts Capable Naval Officers
Fifteen naval officers, including several Captains with distinguished records, were retired today by the plucking board under Secretary Daniels. The list includes Captain John H. Gibbons and Captain Frank K. Hill, among others, with home ports and assignments noted. Daniels aims to repeal the 1899 law governing annual compulsory retirement.
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Washington
Daniels
Cincinnati
Frank K. Hill
John H. Gibbons
Utah
Washington, D. C
Frank W. Kellogg
North Carolina
Waterbury
Navy
Ph Iphia
Adrian, Mich
Carlton R. Kear
Eleano
D. C
John W. Schoenfeld
Minnesota
Westfield
N. Y
Franklin W. Osburn, Jr
Castine
Eugene
Ore
Wilma J. Moses
Raleigh
Seattle
Wash
Harrson A. Bispham
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Emmett R. Pollock
Vermont
Bloomington
Ill
Irvin V. G. Gillis
Michigan
Raymond Stone
New Jersey
Mobile
Ala
Simon P. Fullinwider
Connecticut
Raton
N. M
Edwin H. de Laney
Cleveland
Tenn
Lst
Gibbons
Naval Academy
London
Hill
Radical Reform Majority Defeats Ministerial Handbook Plan
In Detroit on July 1 the Central Conference of American Rabbis voted down Rabbi William Rosenau’s proposed ministerial handbook. Leaders Rabbi Kaufman Kohler and Rabbi Stephen Wise charged the plan conformed too closely to Orthodox worship and opposed the reform direction. The decision leaves the handbook project to an editorial board.
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Detroit
Mich
Central Conference of American Rabbis
William Rosenau
Baltimore
Kaufman Kohler
Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati
Stephen S. Wise
New York
Rosenau
Wise
War Halted by Villa to Settle Rebel Row
Philadelphia July 1 Special Worth Jenkins a Camden deaf and dumb newspaper carrier was seized bound gagged and locked in a closet by three burglars who demanded $39. They threatened to kill him if he did not hand over the money and fled when they heard neighbors. He surrendered all he had and minutes later retrieved the cash from his pocket and a wallet.
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Villa
Philadelphia
Jenkins
Cam
Bodies Found After Fourteen Hour Mine Rescue
Rescue workers completed a fourteen hour emergency tunnel into the Sycamore Coal Company mine in Williamson West Virginia and recovered five miners George Seybold James Collins Benjamin James Henry Lyons and Matton Lyons believed asphyxiated by gases. The fire rages on with about one hundred men unable to quell it, and efforts to extinguish use sand and water while hoping flames die out.
Heat Wave Grips France Press Reports Prostrations
A severe heat wave blankets much of France with Rochefort hitting 98 Fahrenheit and Paris at 93. The extreme temperatures have caused numerous prostrations as residents seek relief.
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Commercial Tribunen
France
Rochefort
Paris
Frauds Charged Against Dayton Business Peddlers
Federal charges accuse Howard Broenstrup A K Patchin Charles Snyder Carl F Geyer and Elden Gray of a vast mail fraud conspiracy. They allegedly led Mercantile Publicity Company and related firms selling tires hosiery neckwear and other goods to customers nationwide. A federal grand jury and deputies pursue warrants across multiple states.
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Charles F. Geyer
Elden Gray
Howard Broenstrup
A. K K. Patchin
Charles Snyder
Carl F. Geyer
Elden E. Gray
United States
Marshal Sanderson
Cincinnati
Allegogy
Mercantile Publicity Company
Broenstrup
Patchin
Geyer
Post Office
Vote to Continue Strike in Turtle Creek
Seven thousand Westinghouse employees rejected settlement offers read at a mass meeting in Turtle Creek and voted by viva voce to continue the strike, keeping hope for an early settlement in check.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Turtle Creek
Cure for pyorrhea found by expert
Philadelphia July 1 The germ causing pyorrhea and a cure have been discovered by Dr. Michael F Barrett. He said the germ is an animal organism like the one causing dysentery Emitine from ipecac was used successfully in treating forty six pyorrhea cases in Philadelphia hospitals. Dr Barrett was assisted by Dr Allen J Smith professor of tropical diseases at the University of Pennsylvania.
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the Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Michael F. Barrett
Pennsylvania State Dental Society
Barrett
Ipecac
Edward Vedders
Pasig River
Philippine Islands
Allen J Smith
University of Pennsylvania
Colonel James W. Pender Dies at 83 in El Paso
Colonel James W. Pender 83 former artillery chief under General Longstreet who fired the first gun at Gettysburg has died in El Paso Texas. He also built the first railroad across the Andes.
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The
Commercial Tribune
EL Paso
Tex
James W. Pender
Longstreet
Gettysburg
Pender
Andes
Murder of Gotham Beauty Traced To Jealous Woman
Freeport New York July 1 evidence points to Mrs Louis Bailey the New York Deputy being killed by a shot from outside through the window of Dr Edward Carmans office Investigators and detectives found powder burns and a possible bullet groove near the window A jealous woman is named as a principal suspect after a telephonic device found in Carmans home and a revolver recovered in the physician’s residence.
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Freeport
N. Y
Edward Canman
Louis Bailey
New York
Bailey
Freeport Rail
Mediation Declares Partial Mexico US Accord Settled
Ambassador Da Gama of Brazil announced a practical settlement on the international side of the Mexico US conflict. Mediation will recess awaiting internal Mexican faction talks, but the essential mediation work is done and war has been averted. The statement outlined the policy of handling national problems without foreign interference.
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Commercial Tribune
Niagara Falls
Ont
Ambassador da Gama
Brazil
United States
Mexico
Huerta Ccelegatio
da Gama
America
Wilson
Washington
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