Happenings of the World Tersely Told
Washington reports an Interstate Commerce Commission probe into coal freight rates at the coal commission’s request. Harding and Obregon likely to meet near the Mexican border to pledge friendship. Gouraud visits Wilson before leaving for Buffalo. Jusserand accompanies him. Mark Twain memorial park proposal gains backing in Florida Mo. Five miners die after a train de-couples and falls in an Alabama ore mine. 35 injured. Two American women sentenced to death for murder. Anna Buzzle and Sabella Nitti Croddelle face electric chair. Temporary injunction against railway shopmen made permanent in Chicago. Roland R. Pothier freed by federal appeals court after nine months for Camp Lewis murder. J. P. Morgan buys 14-acre Locust Valley estate for son and bride. National Bank of Hopewell, Va., fails to open due to cashier’s $110,000 shortage. Five hurt when a Sykes plant explodes at Winthrop Harbor, Illinois. Lightning kills three in Iowa and Michigan. National encampment set for Chattanooga in September. Fire destroys a Selma block, with Fresno fire units aiding. T. W. W. members in Los Angeles strike not called. nature of charges noted. Erickson family injury from lightning near Roberts, Montana. Levin brothers fined $33,000 and sent to prison for 1917 income tax offenses. James G. McFarland elected grand exalted ruler of Elks. Boston to host 102nd convention. Minnesota senatorial campaign enters final week with full turnout appeal. A town strikes Granite, Oklahoma. casualties and damages reported.
Notable Dignitaries and Veterans Pass Away in New Death Notices
Personal Dr Burton Lee Thorpe former President of the National Dentists Association died in a hospital in St Joseph MO. Congressman Luther W Mott who had represented the Thirty second New York district since 1910 died at Oswego NY. Helen King Robinson famed suffrage leader died in Denver CO and was Colorado's first woman state senator. William R Day seventy four former US Supreme Court associate justice died at his Mackinac Island cottage with his wife and son present. Captain John C Parker retired distiller Civil War veteran died at his St Louis home aged eighty three. he commanded the Ironclad Essex late in the war.
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New York
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Helen King Robinson
Denver
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William R. Day
United States Supreme Court
Mackinac Island
Mich
William L. Day
John C. Parker
Squar Distiller
St. Louis
Essex
Fitpo Knocks Out Willard In Jersey City Fight
Large crowd witnesses a decisive knockout as Fitpo defeats Willard in the eighth round at Jersey City. Report notes historic attendance and boxing spectacle amid broader war and political turmoil reports.
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Willard
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War relief appeals and German crisis dominate here
Edward W. Pickard reports on British and French positions as Europe seeks pacification and Germany pays, noting Britain may act alone, Ruhr occupation debates, and preparations for an international resources panel. Wheat prices fall as overproduction and Capper-Tincher limits ease, while Leviathan arrives and changes stir in Southampton.
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French seize two German towns in the Rhine region
Dusseldorf reports French troops occupied Hiberflald and Barmen in Limburg, seizing public buildings and a railway station. Hostages were taken from the Reichsbank and police, a fund of 6,000,000,000 marks captured, while Germany accused of violence by German security police. Italians align with Britain on reparations notes from the Allies.
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Atlantic City Robber Poses as Doctor Wins City Notice
Russell George, 28, of Toronto, arrested in Atlantic City N J for robbery, hoodwinked physicians at the local hospital and served as resident physician and surgeon from March 1 to May 21. He admitted he never studied medicine or held a diploma. The report notes the ease of his deception.
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N. J
Russell George
Toronto
Atlantic City Hospital
Calendar Stone of Mongol Period Found in Mexico City
July 14 reports Prof. Willian Niven unearthed a calendar stone older than the Aztec calendar, at San Miguel Amantha near Mexico City. The artifact is linked to a Mongoloid civilization that antedates Aztec culture by thousands of years, suggesting ancient Mongol presence in Mexico eight to ten thousand years ago.
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Willian Niven
San Miguel Amantha
Mexico
Human Ladder Hauls Tardy Woman on Moving Liner
A moving liner was halted as three seamen formed a human ladder to haul a tardy woman aboard. Mrs. Helen Antoinette was carried by two crew members amid a tense, improvised rescue on the deck.
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Helen Antoinette
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