Washington Looms Large in Week’s Foreign Affairs
The week highlights Washington as a center of interest with vast legislative activity across states. Agriculture launches a plan to better organize farmers nationwide. Berry confirmed as collector of customs for Philadelphia port. Arkansas court martial finds Captain Roy C. Smith and Lt Smyth guilty of neglect of duty after February reef collision off Cuba. Postmasters issued instructions for C O D parcel post from July 1 with charges collected from recipients. a 10 cent stamp includes the fee and $50 insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Senate
William H. Berry
Philadelphia
Roy C. Smith
Arkansas
W. W. Smyth
Cuba
Personal Mut Ex President Gomez Sails to St Nazaire
The ex president Gomez and his fifteen companions sail from Havana to St Nazaire aboard a top ship suite costing 7000 dollars. Cuban press notes contrast this wealth with Palma’s reported penniless departure after his presidency. Wilson’s family plans California trip soon. J J Hill departs for Labrador fishing. Adolphus Busch III, 22, to marry in St Louis. Mrs Florence Lambert, 38, wealthy divorcee with three children.
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Gomez
Havana
St. Nazaire
Palma
Wilson
California
J. J. Hill
Labrador
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Florence P. Lambert
Marion Lambert
Sporting Wie America Defeats England for Westchester Cup
The Westchester Polo Association cup was retained by Wie America after a hard fought victory over England at Meadow Brook L. L. The final score stood 4 1 5 to 4 3 1 5 goals amid the match described as the sport's fiercest for the International trophy.
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America
England
Meadow Brook
L. L
Duke Kahanamoku
Honolulu
American Baseball League
John J. O'Connor
St. Louis
Arthur Chapple
New York
Brighton Beach
Washburn Bill Passes Despite Governor Foss Veto
Massachusetts House approved the Washburn railroad control bill over Governor Foss. Other items noted include Dream II winning a Philadelphia to Bermuda motor boat race and the summer White House at Cornish New Hampshire opening June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts House
Washburn
Foss
Philadelphia
Bermuda
White House
Cornish
N. H
Chicago
Jane Addams
United Commercial Travellers of America
Jamestown
N. Y
Martin Koboud
Camden County
N. J
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Ting-fu Wang
West Point Military Academy
Congress
Frank 8Ngola
San Francisco
Elizabeth Maugherman
Bryan
Ohio
Gladys Mason
New York
New York Adirondacks
Frederick C. Hild
The
Aero Club
Meadow Brook
E. H. Gary
United State Steel Corporation
General Pershing Wins Signal Victory in Moro Rebellion
Reports credit General Pershing with a clear victory over Moro insurgents. In other items aviator Andrew Drew died in a Lima Ohio biplane stunt, while Texas Panhandle records heavy rains and crop damage. Massachusetts Senate backs trolley expansion, and Panama-Pacific Exposition progress continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Pershing
Andrew Drew
Lima
Ohio
Texas Panhandle
Frank H. Mason
United States
Paris
North Carolina
Glasscock
West Virginia
National Woman Suffrage Association
Palmer
Michigan
Luther McCarthy
Calgary
Canada
Massachusetts Senate
Foss
New Haven Railroad
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Connellsville
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Stamford
Conn
Missouri
Sulzer
Col. Roosevelt
Rochester
Illinois
Alfred I. Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Maryland
Cambridge
San Francisco
New York Board of Estimate
Mitchell
S. D
Massachusetts
New Haven
Peter J. Duffy
New York
Goff
Willis Hickam
Spencer
Ind
Indiana University
Senate
Terra Nova Reaches Cardiff as Antarctic Captain Debris War Briefs
A telegraphic summary of world events includes Terra Nova arriving in Cardiff, a suffragette street car bombing with minor damage near Liverpool, Dowager Empress Morgan vase loss, a Switzerland suicide, Servian demobilization proposal to Bulgaria, Pope Pius praising New York cinema, Roosevelt to lecture Argentina, heat deaths at German maneuvers, Spain Morocco unrest, Huerta cabinet shake-up in Mexico, Mulholland fined in Ireland, Reina gunboat firing casualties, 200+ dead in Indian floods, Italian Chamber approves Tripoli war funds, and Steffanson's four year Arctic voyage aboard Karluk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Cardiff
Wales
Liverpool
Russia
J. P. Morgan
Eugene Mager
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Pope Pius
New York City
America
New Zealand
Huerta
Mexico
Manuel Mondargon
Aureliano Blanquet
Federal District
Order of Hilberniany
Felix Mulholland
Magherafelt
Ireland
Reina
Concha
Morocco
India
Arabian Sea
Chamber of Deputies
Tripolis
Steffanson
Victoria
B. C
Supreme Court affirms state rail rate rulings in 11 cases
The court followed Justice Hughes in upholding state rate controls in Missouri Arkansas Oregon and West Virginia. Fourteen other rate cases mostly favor states with only a few condemned as confiscatory. The decision clarifies valuation methods for railroad properties and confirms states may classify railroads for assessment. The ruling also declares federal civil rights law unconstitutional in applying Jim Crow in certain territories. The court adjourned pending October for remaining matters including the Intermountain case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hughes
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Missouri
Arkansas
Oregon
West Virginia
Congress
District of Columbia
Mary F. Butts
Merchants’ & Miners
Boston
Norfolk
Mississippi
Justice VanDevanter
Kansas
Inter-mountain
Gompers-Morrison-Mitchell
Ball Raid in Philadelphia Sees 38 Spectators Arrested
Thirty eight spectators were arrested for betting on the Philadelphia Cleveland game at Shibe Park. They were taken to City Hall in patrol wagons for a Night Court hearing as detectives had positioned themselves in the stands to deter gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Shibe Park
Senate panel rejects tobacco tax plan in tariff bill
Washington. The Senate Finance Committee, in a unanimous vote, killed Attorney General McReynolds' graduated tobacco tax plan by rejecting Senator Hitchcock's amendment to the tariff bill. The action was believed approved by President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
McReynolds
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Wilson
Woman Kills Doctor Then Succumbs in Savannah Office
In Savannah Georgia Miss Katie Kittles shot Dr Guy O Brinkley killing him and then killed herself with the revolver hidden in her handbag. Seven shots were fired. three misfired three hit the doctor and one struck the woman fatally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Guy O. Brinkley
Katie Kittles
News of New Jersey Week’s Ebb and Flow
A collage of state notes from Gloucester to Paterson reports a mad dog shot on Burlington Street, dust control in Paulsboro streets, farming around Mantua, poison death in Atlantic City, civil service career moves in Jersey City, major county tax overcharge refund in Atlantic City, Paterson divorce milestone, a Post office safe robbery near Palisades Park, Bordentown commissioners select three, Ocean City census findings, a Paterson divorce proof, Newark damages suit against Public Service Railway, and jail contracts in Belvidere with Millville city admin changes and Pitman park work, plus a Milltown disappearance located in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Frayne
Jamies Frayne
Newark
Public Service Railway Company
Crop conditions show national drop from last year
General crop conditions on June 1 averaged 0.5 percent lower than a year ago and 1.2 percent below the long term June 1 average. Conditions are generally below average east of the Mississippi and above average west of the river except in North Dakota Kansas Oklahoma Utah and Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Washington
United States
Mississippi River
North Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Utah
Idaho
Wholesale Livestock and Beef Prices Report
The market offers class B butter at $1 and class at $1.41 per 40 quart can. Live stock prices show native cattle from $7.25 to $8.90 per 100 pounds, oxen $5.25 to $3.36, bulls $6 to $7.75, dressed beef at 1.44 to 1.44 cents per pound. Calves range from $6 to $11.25 per 100 pounds, veals $8.50 to $11.25, dressed mutton 9.1 cents, dressed lambs around 11.0 cents, and hogs 9 to 9.10 per 100 pounds.
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Virginia
L & Pa
Dirk
Sean See
Long Island
Peter
Baltimore
Southern
Texas
Bermuda
Ofwn Sweets
Jersey
Reee Peng
H. P
Albemarle P
Davis
Pepesteteeras
Delaware
Marysae
Blackberks
Lesson for June 22 Amos 6 Seek good not evil
A brief religious lesson on Amos prophesying to Israel during Uzziah’s reign about 790 B.C. It links Israel’s outward prosperity with moral decay and warns readers to avoid ease and corruption, urging active pursuit of righteousness and warning of coming judgment. It highlights intemperance, luxury, and social indifference as signs of decline and calls for vigilance in church life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos
Israel
Uzziah
Judah
France
Zion
Christ
America
Hell
England
China
Africa
Joseph
God
Peter
Tim
Babylon
Rome
Jerusalem
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Foreign Affairs
Principles of
Supreme Tribunal
Doctor
Self
New Jersey
Cuillage
Burlington Street
Gloucester
Paulsboro
George F. Paul
Mantua
Frederick Barnholdt
Atlantic City Hospital
Richard McAghon
Blair
Second District Court
Jersey City
Atlantic City
Enoch L. Johnson
Board of Prisoners
Prospect Park
City of
Paterson
Yeggs
Grantwood
Palisades Park
Bordentown
James §. Gilbert
William M. Kester
Samuel F. Garrison
Gilbert
Ocean City
L. R. Thomas
Board of Census of Children
City
George A. MacIntyre
Frederica L. MacIntyre
MacIntyre
William C. A. Corner
Riverton
Louis Star
Court of Chancery
Trenton
Belvidere
Warren County
S. W. Gardner & Co
Pauley Jail Building Company
City Conmissioners of
Millville
L. H. Hogate
Louis H. Miller
George B. Worstall
Newton B. Wade
Furman “E. Wallen
Ballard Park
Pitman
New Brunswick
George S. Silzer
Frank M. Ervin
Joseph Warnsdorfer
Milltown
E. 0. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
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