Fifteen Lives Lost As German Airship Sinks in North Sea
Berlin reports the German airship Li was destroyed by a hurricane off Helgoland with fifteen dead including Captain Metzing Captain Hanne and Baron Von Maltzahn. The craft overloaded in cold high altitude gas loss and sank despite torpedo boat aid. Seven crewmen were saved.
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Berlin
Germany
North Sea
Metzing
Marine Airship Division
Hanne
Baron von Maltzahn
Iulea
Helgoland
Chicago Gown Planned To Outpace Fashion Absurdities
Chicago club women launch a movement to design the Chicago gown a sensible utilitarian garment opposing the season's immodest styles. Leaders include Mrs. Frederick A. Dow president of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs Mrs. George Bass of the Chicago Women's Club and Cook County W C T U president and Mrs. Edward Tyrrell of the Woodlawn Women's Club backing the crusade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Club
Frederick A. Dow
Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs
George Bass
Chicago Women’s Club
Cook County
Edward, Tyrrell
Woodlawn Women's Club
Crusade
Frank's Employee Held in Mary Phagan Case
James Conley, a Black factory sweeper who testified at Leon Frank's trial, was indicted as an accessory to the murder and charged with concealing knowledge of the crime. Frank awaits execution on October 10 for Phagan's murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
James Conley
Leon Frank
Mary Phagan
Frank
Secretary Lane Faints During Parade Review
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane fainted in Oakland while reviewing the Admission Day parade of the Native Sons. He was taken to his Berkeley home. Mrs Lane cited overwork and a weak heart for months. Doctors diagnosed a slight angina attack and ordered absolute rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin K. Lane
Oakland
Cal
Secretary of the Interior
Native Sons Organization
Bor Osster
Berkeley
Ten pounder born in bootblack chair in New York
James McGuire escorts wife Helen to Bellevue Hospital when labor begins at a bootblack chair on a street corner. Patrolmen Warner and Harper assist as an ambulance is summoned. the ten pound baby arrives before arrival of the vehicle. Mother and child are reported doing well at Bellevue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
James McGuire
King Street
Helen
Bellevue Hospital
Tenth ‘Street
Third Avenue
Warner
Harper
East Fifth Street
McGuire
Bellevue
Twenty Thousand Pencils Sold For New Future Home
Miss Grace Betty Taylor leads a corps of pencil venders in Chicago to raise funds for the Future Association aiding women and girls released from the House of Correction. They will distribute 20 000 pencils marked New Future Home in gold. The president, Mrs. Fred I Rossbach, notes the group has aided 300 women and girls in fourteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Little Army of
New Future Association
House of Correction
Grace Betty Taylor
East Sixty-sixth
Visiting Nurses Plan Three Week Pencil Sale Campaign
The Visiting Nurses Association of Cincinnati plans a three week pencil sale beginning in October. Twenty trustees met at 220 West Seventh Street to arrange the drive, with 100000 pencils priced at ten cents to benefit the association. Dr Elizabeth Campbell heads the effort as the group aims to raise funds and support local patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Visiting Nurses’ Association of Cincinnati
The
Visiting Nurses’ Association
West Seventh Street
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Campbell
Visiting’ Nurses’ Association
All Steel Cars Prove Saviors In Derailment
A Pennsylvania Railroad 24 hour train derailed near Wilie’s Station four miles west of New Madison Indiana after a raised rail. Eighteen injured with three believed fatally. All steel cars minimized casualties as wreck spreads across a corn field and creek bed. Relief trains and physicians rushed to aid passengers. Traffic to resume tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New Madison
Ind
New York- St. Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wiylie’s
Richmond
New Haven
Connecticut
Columbus & Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Wilie
Columbus
Cincinnati
New Paris
Railroads Seek Full Probe Before Wreck Prevention Laws
Eleven railroads telegrammed Congress and the ICC urging a thorough investigation into railroad wreck causes before any legislation to curb wrecks. They warn rapid wooden car elimination could cost $633 million and note 92 percent of yearly railroad fatalities are trespassers, not passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commerce Committees
Senate
House of Representatives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Widow Held for Murder in Chicago Case
White widow Mrs. Alice Davis Sing of Charles Sing a wealthy Chinese merchant is booked on a murder charge in Chicago. She is held without bail after hours of police questioning. Frank Sing Low, brother of the slain man, made the complaint. Sing Low alleges the crime occurred at the merchant’s home several days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alice Davis Sing
Charles Sing
Frank Sing Low
Tariff Bill Passes Amid Party Blame and Rivalries
Senators Lafollette and Poindexter allied with Democrats to back the tariff revision as Ransdell and Thornton of Louisiana opposed the measure over sugar remaining off the free list. Joseph E. Ransdell figures in the debate as a key Democratic voice in the tariff fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Lafollette
Wisconsin
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Joseph BE. Ransdell
Lewis Thornton
Louisiana
Wilson Applauds Tariff Bill Passage As People’s Victory
Special Dispatch reports President Wilson praising the Senate tariff bill as a long fought win for the people and free business. He credits leadership in both houses, lauds Underwood and Simmons, and commends Senators LaFollette and Poindexter for their independent votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Democratic Party
Underwood
Simmons
LaFollette
Poindexter
Nation-Wide Search For Timothy D Sullivan
New York notes Congressman Timothy D Sullivan has been missing from Westchester for ten days. Friends, relatives and 11,000 Police Department officers search nationwide, telegrams to 22 cities sent, hopes he remains safe. Sullivan's property, valued over 2.5 million dollars, is managed by a committee. weekly income around 6000 dollars from theater and real estate interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
Timothy D. Sullivan
Westchester County
Big Tim
Larry Mulligan
William B. Billison
Sullivan
Mulligan
Tammany
Seattle
John Considine
Sullivan & Considine
Mr. Considine
Chicago
Food at Ellis Island Described as Putrid and Unfit
Jacob Minsterman who cooked for immigrants testified to a congressional inquiry that meat fed to Ellis Island arrivals was often putrid and decayed and unfit for human consumption. He said much of the meat was coarse pieces slimy, with the rest shippd in small portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ellis Island
Jacob Minsterman
Minstermen
Minsterman
President's Daughter Eleanor Wilson Leaves Athens Wedding
Miss Eleanor Wilson yes, daughter of President Wilson, comes to Athens Pennsylvania for a friend's wedding but departs before the ceremony. Her departure follows public appearances and the anticipated family presence in the region around September ninth.
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Athens
Eleanor Wilson
Wilson
Wedding party shifts featured maid and First Lady gift
A maid who served at a wedding and the former schoolmate Miss Nellie Kinther wed Charles B Kellogg. The couple will honeymoon in Cornish New Hampshire visiting Miss Wilson. Mrs Woodrow Wilson presented the bride with a silver tea set.
Tragedy in Salem: funerals for Ida Mae Lee and Oscar Gray
Salem hosts the double funeral of high school students Ida Mae Lee and Oscar Gray after a fatal shooting and suicide. Coroner Beane reports Lee was not attacked before death. Gray allegedly acted from jealousy as he pursued marriage she refused.
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Salem
Ida Mae Lee
Oscar Gray
W. A. Beane
Lisbon
Gray
Charles
Senate Passes Tariff Revision After Amendments Fail
The Senate approved the tariff revision by 44 to 87 after all amendments were defeated. Two Democrats joined the minority with La Follette and Poindexter voting for the measure, producing a substantial average rate cut of over 4 percent from the bill’s original and about 28 percent from existing law.
Senate Passes Democratic Tariff Revision Bill
The Senate approved the Democratic tariff reform bill amid applause. Louisiana Senators Ransden and Thornton were expected to oppose sugar on the free list, while La Follette and Poindexter sided with Democrats. President Wilson praised the move as a business stimulant. The bill lowers average rates by over 4 percent from the House version and about 238 percent from existing law, with a conference to resolve House Senate differences beginning midweek. Leaders anticipate a conference of less than two weeks. The Senate named conference committee members and Vice President announced Penroses and Johnson among others.
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Washington
Senate
Ransden and Thornton
Louisiana
la Follette
Poindexter
House
White House
Conference Committee
Penroliams
Johnson
Penrose
Lodge
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Westchester
Steward
Westchester State Normal School
Miss Wolfe
Mr. Johnson
Miss Speakman
Chester County Hospital
Naughty Silhouette
Lane
Babe
Grace Beth Taylor
Windy City
Penny Filer
Hoosier State
J. W. Tharp
Columbus, CO
George B. Wright
St. Louis
George Walker
Colored Porter
A. T. Mackeworth
Kansas City
Heewe “Ewing
Bilis ‘Gibson
Logansport
J. C. Rogers
M. M. Sheeler
St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jesse Porter
R. J. Rector
L. H. Reenberg
Johanne Casey
H. Cc. Zwaysic
Indianapolis
W. Somerville
A. W. Giester
Baltimore
W. B. Foriss
Alice Sing
Joseph E. Ransdell
Robert M. .Afollette
Yoo Ssoouv Hoo
Brother
Cook
Commission of Inquiry
Miss Wilson
Sept
Ransdell and
Thorn
Ton
Isting Law
Yeas
Achurst
Bacon
Chamber
Fletcher, Gore
Hitchcock, Hollis
Lewis
Martin
Martine
Myers
Newlands
O'Gorman
Over
Man
Owen
Pittman
Pomerone
Sheppard, Shields, Shively, Sim
Mons, Smith of
Arizon
Smith of
Georgia
Smith
Maryland
South Carolina
Stone, Swain
Son
Thompson, Tillman, Varda
Walsh
Williams
Democrats
Dexter
Borah
Bradley
Brady
Brandegee
Bristow
Catron
Clapp
Clark
Wyoming
Colt
Cummins
Dillingham
Fall
Gallinger
Jack
Jones
Kenyon
Lippitt
Ris
Oliver
Page
Perkins
Root, Sherman
Smooth
Stephen
Sterling
Sutherland
Warren
Weeks and Works
Ransdell and Thornton
Send
Burton
Crawford
Goss
Dupont
Michigan
Bankhead
Byron
Culberson, Lea
Thomas and Reed
Leigh and Gronna
Alabama
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