Jones Withdrawn as Wilson Withdraws Fed Reserve Nominee
President Wilson withdraws Thomas D. Jones of Chicago from the Federal Reserve Board after Senate opposition, marking the first defeat for his administration. The move follows bitter attacks by Dems and a group of supposed allies, including Reed and Hitchcock, who pledged to oppose confirmation.
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Washington
Wilson
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Jones
Owen
Banking and Currency Committee
Fnally
White House
Kengtora
Clarke
Arkansas
Johnson
Maine
Shively
Indiana
Reed
Missouri
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Harvester Trust
Damocrat
Trade Commission
Rend
Federal Reserve
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Canal Opening Set For August 15 Commerce Start
Washington announces the Panama canal will open to vessels needing no more than thirty feet of water on and after August 16, 1914. Secretary Garrison made the formal statement, with the official broader opening planned for March 1916. Colonel Goethals will launch commercial service by sending a government boat on August 15, without public ceremonies.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Garrison
Goethals
Haiti War News Signals U.S. Marines Ready
Washington reports the transport Prairie with officers and Marines has departed Guantanamo for Cape Haitien as fighting continues at Puerto Plata. Naval officials indicate peace conferences failed in Haiti and San Domingo, with a possible U.S. Marine landing imminent.
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Washington
Navy Department
State Department
Prairie
Guantanamo
Hatt
Cape Haitien
Eberle
Puerto Plata
Haiti
San Domingo
United States
McReynolds Engagement Reported by Washington Society
Washington society expects an announcement of the engagement of Attorney General McReynolds and Miss Lucy Burleson with the wedding date set for this autumn in Washington. The report notes the forthcoming nuptials as a prominent social item in the capital.
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McReynolds Tao
Washington
Washington Society
McReynolds
Lucy Burleson
Children Killed, 40 Injured in Westport Trolley Wreck
Four children died and 40 were injured when a trolley carrying a Bridgeport to Westport Sunday school picnic collided head on with a freight car. The crash occurred near Westport on July 24, dispatches said.
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Westport
Conn
Bridgeport
Armistice Signed With General Amnesty Hinted in Mexico City
Armistice announced by Gen Iturbide for both sides, promising full guarantees and general amnesty as negotiations move forward in Mexico City. In Washington, evidence against Consular Agent Carothers prompts recall or dismissal, while Lind may be sent to assess Carranza Villa tensions. White House cites mediation success as Veracruz reports a jail break and renewed clashes in the capital.
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Mexico City
Eduardoturbide
Constitutionalista
Iturbide
Carbajal
Federal
Carranza
Washington
Bryan
George H. Carothers
Villa
Carothers
State Department
John Lind
White House
Lind
Huerta
A.B.C
Senora da Gama
Noon
Suarez
Wilson
Vera Cruz
Gar
Folk News on Rock Island Inquiry Beginnings Next Week
New York July 24. The Interstate Commerce Commission will open an investigation of the Rock Island next week with Joseph W. Folk expected to lead a preliminary examination at 14 Wall Street. A Rock Island director welcomed the probe, saying it would reveal mistakes in investments in other properties including St. Louis & San Francisco and Chicago & Alton. New Haven directors oppose Massachusetts stock stamp demands and vow to fight the dissolution suit while President Hustis defends the board’s stance and the agreement with the government.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Joseph W. Folk
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Wall Street
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago & Alton
New Haven
United States
Boston
James H. Hustis
Attorneys of the Road
Massachusetts
Policemen Aid Fake Beggar in City Outreach
A New York special agent disguised as a beggar found forty seven of fifty policemen listened to his story and offered aid. They suggested food sources, jobs, and directed him to the municipal free employment bureau, revealing limited use of the bureau among the force.
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New York
Department of Charities
Commissioner
Kingsbury
Municipal Free Employment Bureau
SUE SAYS PRESIDENT Dismissal bid for New Haven rail line
Washington July 23 The Justice Department with President Wilson sanction will file a civil suit to dissolve the New York New Haven Hartford railroad monopoly and bring grand jury criminal proceedings against directors. Letters from the attorney general to New Haven president Hustis and to President Wilson reveal the plan and timing. Also reports the death of Mme Cayat de Castella a noted woman aviator who fell 1000 feet when her parachute failed in Brussels
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Washington
New Haven
Railroad
Department of Justice
Wilson
McReynolds
J. H. Hustis
New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mellen
Brussels
Mme. Cayat de Castella
Champel
Castella
International Eucharistic congress opens in Lourdes with world clerics
In Lourdes France Cardinal Farley of New York leads ten cardinals and 200 archbishops and bishops from around the globe at an international eucharistic congress running through July 26. Cardinal Granito Di Belmonte-Gennara presides on behalf of the pope.
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Lourdes
France
Cardinal Farley
New York City
Granito di Belmonte-Gennara
London
King George
Wilson
Mistaken drink poisons woman in Tower Hill
Mrs Pred Me Cullough of Tower Hill swallowed a bottle of carbenic acid mistaken for peroxide throat gargle and died within an hour. The incident occurred at Pana on July 25.
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Polson
Pana
Pred Me Cullough
Tower Hill
Huerta Arrives in Kingston Aboard Dresden
General Huerta and his party reach Jamaica from Puerto Mexico aboard the German cruiser Dresden. Refugees are reported in good health and happy to have escaped Mexico.
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Huerta
Jamaica
Kingston
Jealous Husband Kills Wife and Wounds Relatives
In Springfield Iowa on July 21 Charles Jerdes a 24 year old farmer from Helmburg shot and killed his wife Mrs Hela Jerdes 18 then shot his mother in law Mrs Frank Gardner and wounded himself with mortal wounds suspected jealousy after his wife left him months after marriage
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Springfeld
Charles Jerdes
Helmburg
Springfield
Hela Jerdes
Frank Gardner
Aged Man Hangs Himeer in Petoskey Orchard
In Petoskey Michigan on July 25 Andrew Lehbenz aged ninety a prominent central Michigan resident for forty years hanged himself in his son Dorus orchard where he had lived the last years. Australagiangs Win at Tennie Davis Cup match July 26 Norman E Brooks and Anthony I Wilding defeated their Canadian rivals in singles representing Australia in the elimination series.
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Himeer
Petoskey
Mich
Andrew Lehbenz
Michigan
Dorus
Australagiangs
Tennie
Chicago
Norman E. Brooks
Anthony I. Wilding
Australagia
Strikers Killed in Street Fighting in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on July 25, at least five striking workmen were killed and eight seriously wounded as clashes with Cossacks continued through the night. The fighting broke out amid worker protests across the city.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Well Known Nun Bernardina Krampha Dies in Wyomington
Sister Bernardina Krampha mother superior of St Josephs hospital Wyomington and a prominent Franciscan figure has died. She previously led hospitals in Peoria Illinois and Burlington Iowa.
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Wyomington
Bernardina Krampha
St. Joseph's Hospital
Peoria
Burlington
Slain by Bandits in New Orleans Train Robbery
Two bandits stopped the New York flyer near New Orleans on the Louisville and Nashville line. They killed Brakeman Thomas Elgin, shot at a porter, robbed Conductor Potter of 19.50 and a transfer man of 3.50, then fled into surrounding swamps. Police and railroad deputies pursued, but the culprits vanished after firing into cars and escaping into darkness.
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New Orleans
Louisville & Nashville Road
Thomas Elgin
Limited
Potter
Helin
Canadian Duo Out Of Davis Cup By Australians
Australia’s Brookes and Anthony Wilding defeat Canadian pair B F Schwen ger and R B Powell in straight sets 6 4 6 3 6 4 at Lake Forest. Their Thursday singles wins seal three points and advance to the Davis Cup semifinals against Germany at Allegheny Country Club near Pittsburgh.
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Chicago
Norman
Brookes
Anthony W. Wilding
B. F. Schwengers
R. B. Powell
Canuck
Lake Forest
Wilding
Germany
Allegheny Country Club
Pittsburgh
New Nominations By Wilson to Senate for Commerce Posts
President Wilson sent to the Senate nominations for Edward Brand of Virginia and Frank Rotter of Maryland as first and second assistant chiefs of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The slate also lists postmasters for Illinois Lovington Robert Selby and Charles Kuykendall Rayville. Indiana Levi Pennington Spiceland and John Huter Jagper. Iowa Isaac West Mount Vernon Sterling Moore Villisca. Missouri A R Alexander Plattsburgh. Wisconsin H Meisser Wittenberg.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Edward Brand
Virginia
Frank Rotter
Maryland
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Illinois
Robert Selby
Lovington
Charles D. Kuykendall
Rayville
Indiana
Levi T. Pennington
Spiceland
John P. Huter
Jagper
Towa
Isaac N. West
Mount Vernon
Sterling P. Moore
Villisca
J. Grady Platt
Tipton
Missouri
AR. Alexander
Plattsburgh
Wisconsin
H. Meisser
Wittenbure
Belfast mobilization looms as tensions rise
Belfast reports extreme tension with a provisional government expected soon. Ulster forces are to mobilize immediately, and 30,000 tons of supplies are stored locally to sustain the population within a 50 mile radius for six months.
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Belfast
Ulster
One Hundred Years Ago Fashion Recalled A Then And Now View
A retrospective on late 18th and early 19th century women’s dress tracing styles from 1798 with a tango like dance and loose bodices to gauze fabrics and short front skirts. It notes sandals bare feet narrow corset belts two inch belts and gowns caught at the knee with cameos before crinolines and extreme waists, ending with a question about a return to those fashions.
Russian Railways Plans Major Rolling Stock Purchases
The Russian government railway system outlines large procurements including 17,000 freight cars 1,400 passenger cars and 700 refrigerator cars. The plan signals a sweeping upgrade of the fleet aimed at expanding capacity and modernizing services across major routes and regional lines.
Big New York Firm Falls in Voluntary Assignment
Hoessneck, Broesel & Co., prominent New York importers and dealers in dry goods, filed a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. Attorneys for the firm stated total liabilities were about 1,250,000 dollars.
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New York
Falls
Hoessneck, Broesel & Co
Train Robbers Get $2000 Near Chatsworth Park
Deputy sheriffs hunt hills north of Los Angeles after a robbery on Southern Pacific train No 2% near Chatsworth Park. The bandits escaped with more than $2,000. The July 27 dispatch notes the local pursuit and ongoing investigation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Traix
Southern Pacific Company
Chatsworth Park
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