R-34 Nearing London After Transatlantic Crossing
The airship R-34, under Major Scott, crossed Ireland at 4 10 p m New York time and aimed to land at Pulham around 6 a m Greenwich. Weather forced a Pulham landing and Scotland gale prevented R-33 from meeting to escort the Atlantic flier home.
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London
Associated Press
Clifden
Ireland
Greenwich
New York
Air Ministry
Pulham
England
Scott
Ministry
East Fortune
Tts
Irish
Scotland
Norfolk
Eastfortune
Fire kills five firemen in Philadelphia warehouse blaze
Five firemen died and thirty one were injured when a three story burlap bag plant warehouse collapsed in the northeast Philadelphia blaze. Rescuers battled debris for over two hours as roof and walls gave way trapping workers. Damage is estimated above one hundred thousand dollars.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Potash & Bros
Weather overview and temperature readings across states
The weather section reports fair conditions for Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia with cooler north and warmer trends. It lists current high and low temperatures at stations including Boston 174 82 Kansas City 96 98 0 New Orleans 86 92 Omaha 58 92 Denver 72 86 San Francisco 58 62 Memphis 92 94 Winnipeg 74 80 Cincinnati July 12 1919 record end 7 p.m. ninetieth meridian time with wind and precipitation readings.
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Kansas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galyeeton
Denver
Winnipeg
Cincinnati
S.W
Cray
Sian
Presidential ship to be nursery for war brides
The Presidential ship George Washington, returning from France next week, is fitted with a nursery for war babies. About 200 war brides sail on the next trip, with Red Cross provision of baby food milk clothing and infant comforts. Cap Finisterre arrival brings total to 378 war brides and sixteen war babies in a week. Upon arrival brides are examined by immigration officials and housed at the YWCA Hostess House until homes for their soldier husbands are found.
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New York
George Washington
France
G. A. Ricker
Cap Finisterre
Yy. W. Co. A
DeLamar Heiress Witnesses to Debts of Idaho Millionaire
Miss Alice De Lamar heiress to Captain Joseph R. De Lamar testified in New York before a referee that the estate’s beneficiaries who sued over investments claim he guaranteed against loss. She noted his assurances to investors including his housekeeper and the office manager’s wife. The will leaves 10 to 15 million dollars to Harvard Columbia and Johns Hopkins.
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New York
Alice de Lamar
Joseph R. de Lamar
Miss de Lamar
de Lamar
Harvard
Columbia
Johns Hopkins
Queen Marie of Romania Planned U.S. Visit
Queen Marie of Romania, aiding Red Cross relief in famine struck Romania, is reported to plan a visit to the United States. Dispatches indicate she will address the Women's Christian Citizenship Conference in Pittsburgh from November 9 to 16, and she is often seen in Red Cross work serving as a nurse.
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Red Cross
Pittsburg
New York
Marie
Rumania
United States
Atlantic
Balkan Kingdom
Ethan Allen
Marié
Paris
Women's Christian Citizenship
Seaplane Used To Chase Kaisma Maru
J J Mayer a Seattle Red Cross worker chartered a seaplane at $1 a minute to reach the steamer Kaisma Maru which sailed from Seattle for Oriental ports. He chased the ship for thirty five minutes and caught up with it near Port Townsend Washington.
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Seattle
Wash
Oriental Ports
J. J. Mayer
Seattle Red Cross
Vladivostok
Port Townsend
Clergyman Hangs Self After Jail Stay at Flemingsburg
Rev. Tobe Bryan aged 45 hanged himself in Flemingsburg Kentucky after spending a night in the jail for disorderly conduct. He had preached for five years and died today in Manchester Ohio.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Manchester
Tobe Bryan
Flemingsburg
Alleged swindling trio held under heavy bond
John McSherry described as a salesman and said by police to be part of a wire tapping gang accused of taking up to $1,000,000 from victims in Buffalo. He was arrested after the arrests of Charles Drucker and William Jarvis. One major victim was Michael Connely a Montreal contractor who says he lost $125,000 in a bogus Buffalo poolroom last December.
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Sherry
Buffalo
McSherry
Charles Drucker
William Jarvis
Michael Connely
Montreal
Beating at Hull & Deppisch Stationers Ends in Death
Police issued a general alarm for two Hull and Deppisch firm messengers after Gardner C. Hull died from a hammer attack in his office. The robbers allegedly took only 56 dollars. Investigators plan to question the two men picked up in a park a year earlier.
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New York
Hull & Deppisch
Gardner C. Hull
August Deppisch
Hull
Affidavits Challenge Beer Intoxication Definition
Samuel Untermyer testifies before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee challenging Congress power to fix a alcohol percentage as intoxicating. He argues the war time act and the dry amendment leave such determinations to juries and evidence, citing affidavits and prior beer cases. The hearing notes that enforcement must target intoxicating beverages and questions Congress authority over non alcoholic liquids.
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Washington
Congress
Samuel Untermyer
New York
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Untermyer
Sterling
Carson Blames Irish Troubles on US Catholic Campaign
In Belfast on the Twelfth of July, Sir Edward Carson accused a United States Catholic campaign backed by German funds of stirring anti British sentiment. He urged Americans to mind their own affairs and condemned Sinn Fein support and lawlessness fueling killings of policemen during Orange demonstrations. He also criticized Horace Plunkett as Irish convention chairman.
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Belfast
Ireland
Associated Press
Ulster
Edward Carson
Holywood
America
United States of America
Sinn Fein
Horace Plunkett
Paris Peace Talks Endorse Pact Yet Hurdled by Memories
Secretary Lansing reflects on six months at the peace conference noting the treaty with Germany stands as a landmark toward a new world order. He cautions the document is imperfect yet essential as a stepping stone, urging public vigilance and continued international cooperation to implement reforms and disarmament.
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Associated Io
Paris
Befo
United States
Lansing
Germany
Europe
Vetoes Block Daylight Saving and Civil Vets Aid
President Wilson vetoed the agricultural appropriation bill ending June 30 1920 and the sundry civil bill to curb funds for rehabilitation of disabled soldiers and sailors. Congress back to committee on the latter. daylight saving repeal remains contested with a House test likely Monday.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Althou
House
Mondell
Haugen
Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Italy Seeks Chinese Grant at Peace Table
Paris July 12 The Italian delegation has sent a note to the peace conference asking for a concession at Tien-Tsin China. The request was placed on the afternoon program of the council of five. Other items include trade reports with Bolshevik Russia.
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Paris
Italy
Tien-Tsin
China
Council of Five
Russia
Italy Seeks Tien Tsin Concession Expansion
Washington reports no official word on Italy seeking a further concession at Tien Tsin. Some suggest Italy aims to gain the former German possession there to widen facilities and offset the peace conference decision not to award it time. Germany must cede German property in Chinese concessions under the treaty, while China administers the former German concession at Tien Tsin as part of China.
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Italy
Tien- Tsin
Paris
Tien-Tsin
Germany
China
Hankow
Wilson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
League of Nations
Tumulty
White House
Committee On Foreign Relations
Swanson
Swampscott
Mass
League
Martin
Italian peace delegation departs Rome for Paris talks
Foreign Minister Tomasso Tittoni and Senators Maggiorino Ferraris and Middio Scialoia depart Rome for Paris to resume negotiations at the peace conference. The Popolo Romano reports Tittoni informed the King of a moral blow to Italy if Fiume and Dalmatia are denied.
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Rome
Associated Press
Tomasso Tittoni
Maggiorino Ferraris
Middio Scialoia
Paris
Populo Romano
Signor Tittoni
Italy
Fiume
Dalmatia
Cabinet Shake-Up Forecast Targets Burleson First
Washington July 12 reports say a cabinet shake-up is planned with Postmaster General Burleson named for early removal followed by Redfield. The article notes Wilson seeks unity, confirms Burleson may resign voluntarily, and discusses potential reassignments and political timing amid treaty and league debates.
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Burleson
Redfield
Lawrence
the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Europe
Albert Sidney Burleson
Woodrow Wilson
Townley Guilty of Disloyalty in Minnesota Trial
The jury convicted A C Townley and Joseph Gilbert of conspiracy to teach disloyalty under Minnesota law after a two hour deliberation. Townley defended that 1918 mass meetings and war program materials were not disloyal, while supporters claimed the case aimed to injure the Nonpartisan League.
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Townley
Gilbert
Minnesota
Nonpartisan League
James M. Baer
North Dakota
League
Dean
Friends of Dr Wilkins Fight To Prove Innocence
In Long Beach New York the friends of Dr Walter Keene Wilkins declare efforts to clear the aged physician, recently convicted of murdering his wife, who hanged himself in Nassau County jail while awaiting death. Attorney S S Whitehouse says proof of innocence may take weeks or months as circumstantial evidence is reconsidered.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Walter Keene Wilkins
Long Branch
Nassau County
Mineola
Wilkins
S. S. Whitehouse
Resolution seeks report on American Peace Commission spending
Washington July 12 Chairman Elliott of the House Committee on State Department Expenditures introduced a resolution calling for a report on the American Peace Commission expenses at Paris. The measure requests a list of commission employees and Commissioners servants and their salaries.
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Washington
Elliott
House Committee On State Department
Paris
Revenue agents raid stock brokers then arrest theater ticket speculators
In New York on July 12 internal revenue agents expanded a tax strike. About thirty theater ticket speculators were arrested on charges of defrauding the government by failing to pay war taxes collected on resold tickets.
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New York
Internal Revenue
Inquiry into alleged cruelty by American military police in Paris
A House subcommittee will probe charges of cruelty toward American soldiers jailed near Paris, sparked by Dallinger who claimed men were beaten and starved in the name of democracy. Beckman's letter cites cases from an Inspector General report and calls for officer punishment and War Department reform.
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Washington
France
Paris
Special
House Committee
House
Representative Dallinger
Massachusetts
Dallinger
Andersonville
Committee
War Department
James W. Beckman
New York
Army
Beckman
Second Army Corps
American Expeditionary Forces
Grand Jury Indicts New on Murder Charge in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles County Grand Jury indicted Harry S. New Jr. for the murder of Miss Freda Lesser. The DA said the indictment bypasses a preliminary hearing and shields prosecution facts before trial. New, who says he is the son of a U S senator, confessed he shot her after she refused marriage. his mother plans an insanity defense with alienist examination today.
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Los Angeles
Harry S. New, Jr
Freda Lesser
New
United States
Indiana
Miss Lesser
Teenager Hangs Self After Ice Cream Run in Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio sixteen year old George Koenig hanged himself from a bedpost in his room last night after sending his sister for ice cream. Parents were away and offered no cause for the death by his own action.
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Youngstown
George Koenig
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