Washington senator tensions and sugar tariff advances
Washington Lafayette Pence, former Colorado congressman, announced he would contest a New York suit by Mrs Catherine Sopar-Paenes and deny charges against his wife. The Senate backed an increase in Soldiers' Home managers to eleven, approving a $116,000,000 appropriation, while the finance committee favored free sugar and wool. The Supreme Court's Italy extradition decision prompted surveillance for Porter Chariton in Jersey City. A Cuban minister nomination for William D Gonzales was sent to the Senate, ending a long South Carolina feud with Tillman. Free trade items, a missing ore steamer on Lake Superior, and a deadly cave-in on Lexington Avenue subway construction in New York were noted along with various accidents and health notices. Distress signals from the Spalding ceased after collision with the Snyder.
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Lafayette Pence
Colorado
Washington
New York
Catherine Sopar-Paenes
Pance
Lillian N
Duke
United States Supreme Court
Porter Chariton
Italy
Lake Como
Jersey City
Jessa Spalding
Wilam P. Snyder, Jr
Lake Superior
Suffragette funeral crowds mark Davison interment at St Marys
A large suffragette delegation and thousands attend the interment of Emily Wilding Davison at St Mary's churchyard after her Derby Day death while a London funeral becomes a major suffrage demonstration. Earthquakes recur in Bulgaria. many killed and homeless. Arrests linked to the Constantinople Shefket Pasha assassination. Moros entrenches at Bagsig. American casualties silenced. Russia-arbitration sought by Servia and Bulgaria. Columbia yacht seized at Wakayama for entering a port without a customs house. Engagements: Alexis Karageorgevitch and Mrs. Huger Pratt wed in Paris. Other fatal accidents and crimes across the world.
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Hmily Wilding Davison
St. Mary's Churchyard
Miss Davison
London
J. Jarvey Ladow
New York Yacht Club
Wakayama
Japan
Alexis Georges Karageorgevitch
King of
Servia
Huger Pratt
Myra Pankhurst
Marie Rue d'Anjou
Paris
New Education Plan Uses Mock Schoolhouses by Parcel Post
The United States bureau of education approves a plan to dispatch two room schoolhouses as models for communities. Five people die and many are injured after a rear end collision on the New York New Haven Hartford line at Stamford Connecticut. A fast freight on the Chicago Indiana Southern Railway crashes into a handcar, killing three and injuring five. Illinois House passes woman suffrage 83 to 68. Ernest Lindoft of Abingdon is arrested in the murder of Prof Charles Lindoft in Galesburg. bloodhounds trace him to a room he had occupied.
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Creve Coeurine
United Railways
Overland Park
St. Louis County
Parcel Post
United States Bureau of Education
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Stamford
Conn
Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railway
Hammond
Ind
Illinois House of Representatives
Dunne
Ulinots
Mississippi River
Ernest Lindott
Abingdon
Charles A. Lindoft
Galesburg
Ernest Lindoft
Wilson to Push Currency Bill Through Congress
President Wilson will read his currency message to both houses urging immediate revision of banking laws. The 1,200 word proposal represents a joint effort by Treasury Secretary McAdoo and key banking committee chairs. Projections point to introduction by tomorrow or Thursday with a June 23 presidential address. Senator Owen backs a regional reserve system and central board, arguing bankers should exit governance.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
House
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Owen and
Glass
Senate
White House
Owen
Owei
Central Board of Control
National Press in Session Opens in Colorado Springs
National Press association of America opens its annual convention in Colorado Springs with President A D Moffett chairing. Women editors give talks on laws curbing press and women in journalism. Delegates plan tours of Garden of the Gods, South Cheyenne canyon, Cripple Creek mines, Union Printers' Home, Manitou, and convoys to Denver and northern Colorado for agricultural exploration.
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Colorado Springs
National Press Association of America
A. D. Moffett
Elwood
Ind
the Press
L. R. Eastwood
Watertown
Herald
Juliet V. Strauss
Rockville
Ladies’ Home Journal
Country Weekly
Garden of the Gods
South Cheyenne Canyon
Cripple Creek
Union Printers' Home
Manitou
Pike's Peak
Denver
Colorado
Steamer Josse Spalding Docked After Fog Collision
RAMMED STEAMER IN PORT Sault Ste. Marie Mich June 17 Floating high and in peril the steamer Josse Spalding, given up for lost after collision off Keweenah Point in a fog, docked here. The Spalding's bow is badly stove, but Capt. L A Goru considered her entirely seaworthy and made no attempt to seek shelter at any ports or his way down.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Josse Spalding
Keweenah Point
Spalding
L. A. Goru
Congressional Doings in Washington June 17 1914 Currency Bill
Washington dispatch reports Bryan shaping the currency bill with Glass McAdoo and Underwood meeting with Wilson. A likely Wednesday release, with a possible message next Tuesday as Underwood plans a rest. Senate finance committee rejects progressive tobacco tax and imposes countervailing duties on wheat and flour. Tariff bill remains unfinished after six weeks. Senate territories committee backs a $40 million Alaska railroad under presidential control.
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Washington
Bryan
Glass
McAdoo
Underwood
Wilson
Senate Finance
Senate Territories
Alaska
Six Officers Plead Guilty In Italian Bunco Ring Case
Six of eight policemen indicted for conspiracy in the $200000 Italian bunco ring pleaded guilty in Superior Judge William P. Lawler's court and were sentenced to nine months in county jail. Pleas cover their testimony and suppress direct involvement. Hola already sentenced to five years in Folsom for grand larceny.
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San Francissco
Court of Superior
William P. Lawler
Joseph L. Areletti
John H. Sullivan
William McHugh
Charles Joseph
James McGowan
Frank W. Esola
Hola
Folsom
Bunco Ring
Woman Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny in Fifth Avenue Case
Mrs. Caroline Fitzhugh, a young southern woman, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree before Judge Swann after dismissing her counsel and denying guilt. The charges include thefts of two mesh bags from Miss Dorothy Fish and Miss Irene Munzy during services at Fifth Avenue churches. She was remanded to the Tombs to await sentence.
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New York
Caroline Fitzhugh
Swann
Dorothy Fish
Pliny Fish
Irene Munzy
Fifth Avenue
Fitzhugh
Bank hold up in Glendale Oregon by Ray Diamond
Ray Diamond entered the Glendale State Bank and held up assistant cashier B. H. Smith with a rifle, taking 3290 dollars before fleeing to the hills. A posse pursues him as Smith fired twice when Diamond ordered him to raise his hands. A second shooter fired five times but missed. Diamond, a Glendale resident for a year, was known as a Socialist agitator and had tied to train robbers who evaded officers years earlier.
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Glendale
Ore
Ray Diamond
Glendale State Bank
B. H. Smith
Diamond
Smith
Handa
Reenactment of Skylark Wreck Planned by Agencies
In Stamford Connecticut at noon the New Haven railroad will reenact the wreck of last Thursday with six dead and 20 injured. An airbrake experts commission from eastern trunk lines and officials from interstate commerce and Connecticut public utilities will ride the train along with New Haven officials and Fairfield county prosecutors. Newsmen will also be aboard for the event.
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Stamford
Conn
New Haven Railroad
Skylark
Eastern Trunk Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Utilities Commission of Connecticut
New Haven
Pairfield County
Della Fox Dies in New York Vaudeville Star
New York June 17. Della Fox a famed musical comedy actress died suddenly from acute indigestion in a New York sanitarium. The body will be taken to St. Louis for burial. Born October 18 1871 in St. Louis she first appeared in that city in 1879 as the midshipmite in Pinafore. Her last work was in vaudeville.
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New York
Della Fox
St. Louis
J. Levy
Thorpe Trophy Given to Sweden in Stockholm Event
The Decathlon trophy won by Jim Thorpe at last summer's Olympic games was presented to H. Wieslander of Sweden, who finished second in the event. Thorpe had contended he was truly professional during the games.
Supreme Court Upholds State Rail Rate Laws
The U S Supreme Court upheld Missouri Arkansas Oregon and West Virginia rail rate laws in a decision announced by Justice Hughes. Interstate commerce objections were rejected with Oregon West Virginia and Missouri Arkansas cases sustaining intrastate rates and revenue apportionment in several lines while several Missouri routes faced limited operative status and adjustments.
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Supreme Tribunal
Missouri
Arkansas
West Virginia
Oregon
Hughes
Washington
Minnesota
Supreme Court of the United States
Portland
Kentucky
McChord
State Railroad Commission
Justice Hughes
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Kansas City Southern
Missouri, Kansas
Chicago Great Western
Quincy
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Grand Island
McAdoo Denied City License for Baltimore Marriage
Francis N. McAdoo son of the secretary of the treasury and Miss Othel McCormick faced a city license refusal in Baltimore. They traveled to Towson ten miles away where a license was granted for a marriage set for Saturday. The clerk barred a Baltimore city license since the ceremony will occur in Baltimore county.
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Baltimore
Francis N. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Othel McCormick
Mia
Ignace
Emerson
Towson
Baltimore County
Preacher Sings at Plate Halts Denver Baseball Game
In Denver on June 17 a clergyman interrupted a game with two on and the star batter at bat by stepping to the plate and singing a hymn. The umpire called for the game to continue as a hit occurred and a runner slid into home between the minister’s legs.
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Denver
Colo
Three Passenger Altitude Record Set by Perray Crew
Vienna reports Edmond Perray and two companions broke the world altitude record for a craft carrying three passengers. The trio ascended to 15 480 feet, setting a new height milestone for such a machine.
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Vienna
W—Edmond Perrayon
Perreyon
Time Saving Telephone Magnifier Invention
A description of a device that amplifies the speech transmitter and lets users rest the receiver on a time saver while the ear piece stays in place. It frees both hands for other tasks like turning pages, noting measurements, or taking dictation, while preserving audible communication.
Fly catching earns Shreveport man profit
A Shreveport man identified as Bartsch profited by selling fly catching services to the city board of health. He earned 24.20 in two days, bought about 100 traps, and distributed them in fly ridden areas. As premiums were offered for flies dead or alive, he drove down the board’s costs by supplying trapped flies at lower prices and plans to continue while funding lasts.
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City Board of Health
Health Board
Bartsch
Earth Board
Fiy
London and Ita Lumber in the Crosshairs of History
The fragment reflects on London as a conservative city with fondness for its lumber and old lamp post notices. It notes riding relics like “Standing for Four Hackney Carriages” and how, despite no vehicles for decades, these postings endure as social history. The author muses about future omnio-aeros and notes, in Notes and Queries fashion, that each generation passes nuts to crack.
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London
Ita
Europe
New York's New Postoffice Opens as Landmark Building
New York unveils a massive $6,000,000 post office facing Pennsylvania Station. The five story granite pile stretches two blocks, rising 18101 feet from curb to top, housing 165000 cubic feet of granite, 18000 tons of steel, 7000000 bricks and 200000 square feet of glass. The main corridor mirrors buff marble and glass, two stories high and 280 feet long, with 400000 square feet of working space.
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New York
New Postoffice
Postoffice
Pennsylvania Station
Popular Mechanics
The Kind Gambler’s Son and a Whelbarrow Push
A quip suggests the gambler’s son resembles his father but lacks ambition. The dialogue compares a poker chip to a child’s drive, noting more push is needed to operate a whelbarrow.
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William D. Gonzales
Cuba
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Backat
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Margaret Martin
Canton
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Nome
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Unimak Pass
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Tirnovo
Shefket Pasha
Constantinople
Sallo Pasha
Sultan of
Jolo
Bagsig
Sil
Alfred Lanowe
Fowler, Ind
Isaac Leopold
Wolsott
George Lanowe
Angus Hamilton
Hagland
St. Louis Hotel
William C. Dalton
Boston
John Hyche
Wagoner
Hyche
Jimmy Clabby
Butte
Mont
Edldie McGoorty
Charles J. Dougherty
John Jacob Astor
William Vincent Agtor
Lafayette Pants
Catherine Super Pence
Lillian N. Duke
National Press
Editora
Jesse Spalding
Congressional
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Succumba
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M’adoo
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