Record of important events from everywhere condensed
Two men and a 10 year old boy were killed when a plane crashed at the Marina flying field in San Francisco after striking high voltage. Portland arrests on secret probes involved Rob ert B. LaSalle and William Brenner in a thrift stamps scheme. A Sacramento boy Howard Sanborn survived a fall from a hotel window with minor injuries. Three Bureau of War Risk Insurance employees were arrested for conspiracy to defraud veterans. Insurance syndicates formed by 15 companies seek $2.5 million single risk coverage for American vessels. Discharges announced for General Peyton C. March and Generals Liggett and Bullard from temporary war ranks back to permanent major generals. A Sherman anti-trust case targets several seed oil manufacturers in Chicago. Army recruiting limits will push to urban areas to ease farm labor shortages. Tennessee Governor Roberts to call a special session on federal suffrage August 9. Medal of honor awarded to Lieutenant Herman H. Hanneken and Corporal William R. Button for heroism in Haiti. Blackberry cordial and wild cherry wine added to intoxicating liquors list with sales limited by permits. DeKalb auction bid of $800,000 accepted. Leviathan bid of $3,000,000 still under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Robert B. LaSalle
William Brenner
Golden Eagle
Sacramento
Cal
Howard Sanborn
Marine Insurance
Benson
The
Shipping Board
Peyton C. March
Hunter Ligrett
Robert L. Bullard
War Department
Hst
Liggett
Bullard
France
Army Corps
Chicago
Department of Justice
Army
Navy
Baker
Governor Roberts
Tennessee
National Woman's Party
Capitol
Nashville
Herman H. Hanneken
William R. Button
Marine Corps
Hailien
Charlemagne Peralte
Grande Riviera
Haiti
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Ner DeKalb
American Ship and Commerce Corporation
Leviathan
United States
Batt Steamship Aamnany
Global debt totals and strikes dominate early 20th century updates
Mix of international debt figures from Mexico Germany and Canada plus labor unrest and strikes in Ireland Hawaii and the United States. Reports note Mexico's debt over 546 million pesos and 366 million abroad, Germany's 265 billion marks, sugar and wage disputes, a sea wide Marconi wage threat, and a US grand jury indicting oil promoters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Service
Robert Borden
Canada
Ottawa
Germany
Wirth
Reichstag
Stranorlar
Donegal
Marconi Company
London
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Labor Association
Japanese Federation of Labor
Shipping Board Chief Warns Foreign Interests Over Cargo Control
Admiral Benson told Pacific coast chambers and rail executives that the United States will press the Jones act to build a citizen owned merchant fleet. He cited cases where American vessels returned empty while foreign ships carried full loads and warned retaliation might include diverting traffic and minimum rate actions to protect U S interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Benson
The
Shipping Board
Admiral Benson
Pacific
Benson Sanelianet
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Commission
Pacific Coast
Orient
British Columbia
Atlantic
Girl, Fifteen, Weds Young Railway Clerk
Miss Ruth Abbott, 14, who had just graduated from Marquette grade school, reveals she married May 19 to Joe Clarence R. Allen, 19, a railroad clerk employed by Frisco railroad under her father. Abbott's parents are Mr and Mrs John S Abbott, Allen's parents are Mr and Mrs Walter Allen of 3812 Evans Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ruth Abbott
Marquette
Claryton
Joe Clarence R. Allen
Frisco Rairoad
Allen
John S’. Abbott
Walter Allen
Evans Avenue
President May Go to Lenox This Summer
Lenox Mass July 3 Society is stirred over a report that President Wilson may come to this resort this summer. White House agents were in Lenox within the last 10 days and inspected the estate of Mrs Ray T Baker offered as a potential residence. Baker villa may be prepared for a quick occupancy if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Mass
Lenox Society
Wilson
White House
Ray T. Baker
Baker Villa
Governor Cox’s Father Delighted by Nominee’s Prospects
In Camden Ontario on July 7 the home of Gilbert Cox father of Democratic candidate Governor James M. Cox became a center of pride as neighbors and visitors poured in to congratulate him. The 87 year old expressed happiness saying Jim will be a good president and he felt honored by the national attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Camden
Gilbert Cox
James M. Cox
Olla
Cox
Associated Press
An Hin
United States
Mr. Cox
Senator Reed Takes Fling at the League
Kansas City July 6 Senator Jones A Reed returned from San Francisco where he was refused a seat as a delegate to the Democratic national convention He denounced the league of nations as treason and a covenant of national death at a mass meeting He said grapevine messages claimed credentials would seat him if he kept silent on the league but he refused to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
League of Nations
League
Jones A. Reed
San Francisco
Reed
Touring Car Sinks in New York Channel
A 1918 five passenger touring car upside down in five feet of water at the foot of Munroe boulevard Long Island is to be dragged for bodies. Pedestrians spotted waves breaking through the wheels and police are investigating. Magistrate Coleman noted the car's five occupants. A similar car description was seen speeding down the boulevard a week ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Munroe Boulevard
Long Island
Coleman
Floods Drench 10 000 Acres of Sumas Valley Farmland
Reports reaching Vancouver indicate nearly 10 000 acres of farmland in the Sumas valley British Columbia are inundated by floods with expected serious losses to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumas Valley
British Columbia
Vancouver
Race with Death Ends in Victoria as Judge Brown Dies
Victoria British Columbia July 7 Judge F W Brown western counsel for the Great Northern road and Seattle attorney died suddenly after his wife and daughter flew from Seattle to Victoria to be at his bedside He had been ill for months following an operation He formerly lived in Minneapolis where he served as a state judge He was 58 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
F. W. Brown
Great Northern Road
Seattle
Lloyd George Delivers Ultimatum to Germany at Spa
Premier Lloyd George presented what was called an ultimatum demanding Germany disarmament, reducing its army to 100,000 men and surrendering rifles, amid tense talks at Spa. German ministers, meeting near a villa, prepared a response as officials warned over execution of Versailles clauses and the need for a 200,000-man force to maintain order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spa
Belgium
Lloyd George
Simmons
Associated Press
Dr. Simmons
Fehrenbach
Ten Million Taxes Collected From Outgoing Aliens
New York July 3. Between 0 and 10 million dollars has been gathered from outgoing aliens who did not declare full earnings for income tax payments and thousands more from delinquent aliens boasting of ample incomes. Colonel Daniel T L Porter reports that 45 agents worked at piers and around the city to enforce the tax, with over 300 000 collected from alien tax dodgers at Mis Island in February through April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Canada
United States
Plum, Reynolds and Co
New York
Henderson Farm Oil Company
Delaware
Southern Practffic
East St. Louis
Henry Alexander
George Hughes
Beattyville
Robert Sr
Harry P. Wolfe
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio State Journal
Christmay the
Evening Sun
Evening Telegram
Daniel L. Porter
Sunervistage Internal Revenue Agent
Federal Income Tax Collecting Service
War Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Soldiers’ Monument Associations
Marsh
Ordnance
Eastern Department
Washington
John Benson
Crescent
Town
Omaha
Fremont
Neb
William Goodenborn
Waterloo
Towa
H. Marx
Willam A Wilson
American Express
Bertha
Minn
American Woolen Company
William W. Wood
Andover
Mass
Daniel TL. Porter
Internal Revenue
cHy
Courts of Special Inquiry
Fills Island
Mis Island
Twenty four prisoners file way out of jail
Four of the twenty four inmates who escaped from Marion county jail were recaptured. The escape began about 10 o clock when a jailer was knocked unconscious with an iron bar. The prisoners unlocked cell doors and walked out the main entrance across from police headquarters. The breakout was not found for an hour, until two fugitives were accidentally arrested by officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapols
Marion County
Central American States May Unify Conference Planned
Delegates from El Salvador Honduras Costa Rica Guatemala and Nicaragua will meet in San Salvador on September 15 to discuss central American unification. Invitations issued by the Salvadoran government met with a unanimous response and support for replacing the Central American court of justice with the proposed union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Salvador
Honduras
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Central America
Central American Court of Justice
Stoge Returns to Home Ranges in Montana
Montana plains see large cattle and sheep influx as 40 000 sheep from Washington and Oregon arrive for 90 day forest grazing. Cattle inspections total 18 087 with most destined for the Crow and Blackfeet reservations and Matador outfit. Montana highway commission distributes 600 000 pounds TNT for road work, cites saving via government pricing, plus leased transport trucks from the war department. Federal aid funds remain intact as agreements cover highway projects costing more than the federal allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Rudolp Snyder
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
W. J. Butler
Washington
Oregon
Crow Reservation
Snyder
Wibaux
Harlem
Matador Outfit
Blackfeet Reservation
Blate
State Highway Commission
War Department
R. F B. Zantiser
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Marina
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston
Ameri
U. S
Henry D. Flood
Virginia
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Governor Cox
Senator Reed
Ocean
Stoge
Sults
Federal
Eastern and Southern
Montana Railroad Commission
Clyde B. Ritchinson
Interstate. Commerce. Commission
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