Admiral Sims Reprimanded for London Speech
Secretary Denby publicly reprimanded Rear Admiral William S. Sims for remarks made in London on June 7. The rebuke cites disregard of explicit instructions and notes a prior 1911 reprimand. Sims left for Newport to resume duties as president of the Naval War College after a recent abroad trip.
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Union News Rerview
Washington
Denby
William
Sima
London
Sinn Fein
America
Navy Department
Admiral Sims
Navy
Department
Sims
Newport
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Naval War College
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Yale Crew Beats Harvard In Close Thames Race
Yale defeated Harvard by three quarters length in a four mile race on the Thames River New London Conn open water remained constant and the final times were Yale 20 minutes 41 seconds Harvard 20 minutes 44 seconds marking one of the closest college rowing duels on record with strong showings from both crews.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Thames
Woodcutter Killings Leave Three Dead in California
Officers report a wage dispute over chopped wood led to George Reynolida shooting and fatally wounding his cousin Mia B Milla before killing Banta Rosa, California resident B Millay, then taking his own life.
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Banta Rosa
Calif
George Reynolida
B. Millay
Mia
Milla
Iriah Wreck Troop Train Near Dundalk Kills Four
A troop train returning from Bel fast was mined near Aberroyle Dundalk, killing four and wounding twenty as bombs struck the carriages. The blast toppled cars from a desolate site one mile north of the village as other trains had passed safely.
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Belfast
Aberroyle
Dundalk
Branting Attacks Aland Commission Over Island Status
Western Newspaper Union report notes former Swedish premier Branting condemns the Aland Islands inquiry for downplaying its decision. He opposes plebiscite on self determination and calls for Sweden to neutralize the isles for security. Finnish minister Enckell affirms Swedish ties but recalls promises to not claim rights. Council signals leaning to Finland while permitting French money and troops with limits.
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Union News Service
Gmiewa
Mjilinar Brouting
Sweden
Come Mission
Finland
Aland Islands
A. J. Kikus
M. Branting
J. A. Enckell
Paris
Aland
M. Enckell
Hhe
M. Rault
Sarre Valley
Communasion
Sarre
Bombs Sink U Boat Off Cape Charles
U 117 was sunk fifty miles from Cape Charles Virginia within sixteen minutes after the first division of naval seaplanes attacked. Henderson reported a direct 163 pound bomb hit that ended the test of naval vessels’ air damage tolerance. Only three naval planes participated in the attack.
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Henderson
Cape Charles
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Army
Navy
Leper In Court Shocks Spectators in San Francisco
In a crowded San Francisco court three minutes after Lin Fook’s counsel claimed his client, nearby, was a leper, the room emptied as chairs toppled and the exit crowded. The judge assured leprosy was not contagious, but spectators fled.
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San Francisco
Lin Fook
Dream Vision Leads Son to Father’s Drowned Body
Raymond Everetts, 21, followed a dream to the spot where his father Tom Everetts and two others drowned near Medora, North Dakota. Relatives said the dream foretold the death and a telegram later confirmed the prophecy.
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Dickinson
N. D
Raymond Everetts
Tom Everetts
Medora
Weede Manager Sues for 745,433 in Chicago Case
W C Proctor of Cincinnati former chairman of the Leonard Wood national campaign committee files in Superior Court here for an accounting and money decree to force eight other organizers to reimburse 745,488 as their share of 814,200 in expenses of the committee promoting General Wood for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Weede
Chicago
W. C. Proctor
Cincinnati
Leonard Wood National Campaign Committee
General Wood
Detectives Shot in Chicago Gas Station Hold Up
Two Chicago detectives Hogan and Dennis were shot by three highwaymen at a gasoline station. The pair returned fire from the ground, killing one of the bandits, as the other suspects fled. The wounded detectives were considered probably fatally hurt.
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Tho Sleuthe
Chicago
John Hogan
Thomas Dennis
Hogan
Dennis
King Opens Northern Parliament in Belfast Plea for Peace
In Belfast on June 23 the northern parliament opened with King George V and Queen Mary present. The king, in admiral uniform, urged peace and conciliation between Ireland’s two branches, calling on Irish people to forgive and unite for a new era of peace. Premier Craig and other leaders attended, with prayers by church leaders and a guarded, orderly royal progress through Dublin streets.
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Belfast
Mary
Order of the Garter
Ireland
Ulster
James Craig
Craig
Lloyd George
Northern Ireland
Sinn Fenners
Indians to Seek Damages from U S in Washington
Indian delegates representing Cheyenne Arapahoe and Sioux nations met with Charles Evans Hughes and New York lawyers in Omaha to pursue damages claiming lands including the Black Hills were never lawfully ceded. Attorneys plan to bring the case before the Court of Claims in Washington with a monetary claim.
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Omaha
Arapahoe
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Court of Claims
Washington
Four Pay Penalty for Murder at Rockview Prison
Four men were electrocuted in the Western penitentiary at Rockview for the murder of Selma Fiorlan at Erie last September. The condemned were Milton Hudson Robert Trammell William Stragin and Steve Schlop a foreigner.
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Bellefonte
Western Penitentiary
Rockview
Selma Fiorlan
Erie
Milton Hudson
Robert Trammell
William Stragin
Steve Schlop
Flood Death Toll in Japan Reaches High Mark
Terrific floods sweep large areas of Japan with 200 or more deaths reported. Kotie villages submerged under fifteen feet of water in Hita district. In Kyuaha over 100 houses washed away. Kusha district inundated with thousands on narrow escapes and at least 180 drowned. Near Fukuoka, a city of about 100,000, great damage observed.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kotie
Hita
Kyuaha
Kusha
Fukuoka
Harding seeks broad powers to refund allies debts
President Harding asks Congress to grant unrestricted authority to the secretary of the treasury for refunding about 10 billion dollars owed by allied nations. The plan, drafted by the Treasury, would empower Secretary Mellon to settle with debtors, accept securities, defer payments, and determine disposition of securities with White House approval.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Harding
Congress
Treasury Department
Senate
House
Penrose
Mellon
United States
White House
Fordney
Hougeways and Means Committee
Bandits Cross Rio Grande Rob Mayor of Nuevo Laredo
A party of fifty five alleged bandits on Texas purchased horses crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico between Hidalgo and Columbia Nuevo Leon. They robbed Cambonaciono Echavarria mayor of clothing shoes watch and money. Two American soldiers in uniform were captured then released with hands tied.
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Laredo
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
Hidalgo
Columbia
Nuevo Leon
Cambonaciono Echavarria
Nuevo Laredo
Army Planes Crash Off Tangier Island Fatal Air Collision
Two leading army fliers Captain H. T. Douglas and Lieutenant M. J. Plumb were drowned when their planes collided during a bombing raid off Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay. Langley field reports call the accident highly peculiar. Plumb dropped a bomb and was climbing when his plane struck Douglas's, tearing off the tail.
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Washington
H. T. Douglas
M. J. Plumb
Chesapeake Bay
Tangier Island
War Department
Langley Field
Plumb
Douglas
Boats Sink In Storm At Port Aransas Texas
Six boats including a large shipping board tanker sank at Port Aransas during the recent storm. Hundreds of people fled homes in Aransas Pass and Rockport for higher ground, some with only bathing suits and a few belongings as they sought safety.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Shipping Board
Port Aransas
Aransas Pass
Rockport
Seven Die As Grand Theater Wall Collapses in Barnesboro
Seven killed and seven injured, three seriously, when the Grand theater in Barnesboro near Johnstown collapses during excavation on the adjoining lot. Rain-softened ground failed to support the theater wall, and workers had just left the area before the collapse.
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Johnstown
Grand Theater
Moving Picture House
Barnesboro
Wyoming Brief News Notes Highlight Frontier Days Events
Coming events include Cheyenne Frontier Days July 26 to 29 and a Big Piney rodeo on June 28, 24, and 26 with a full Wild West program. State highway work advances between 1 and widening under District Engineer Gayne Drummond, aiming to finish this year. Albany County votes for $26,000 road bonds on July 8 to fund permanent roads. bonds up to $100,000 issued as needed, expected to cut this fall’s road taxes. A coroner’s jury indicts Horace Adams in the fatal shooting of Frank Brown on a ranch near Cheyenne, with Adams claiming self defense. Large turnout anticipated for the 14th annual Spanish-American War Veterans encampment in Casper. John W. Delury dies after being shot at a Casper street carnival. Ida Durham linked to the crime. Cheyenne bans nonconforming bathing attire at Mercury Beach after public complaints. Wyoming National Guard Captain E S Jackson shot near Glendo. suspect Doug Roberts held. Midwest Refining oil fire near Casper leaves melted steel piles as evidence. salvaged oil estimated at about sixty thousand barrels. A 15-year-old, Paul Hammontree, seriously injured by a large state highway department truck near Sheridan. Pitchfork post office robbed of $179. postmistress bound and gagged. Edward McCrouther files $25,000 suit against Union Pacific for back injuries from a steel incident. Michael Foraker dies after being run over by a switch engine in Casper. Horace Adams shoots and kills Frank Brown during a fence dispute near Cheyenne.
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Gayne Drummond
Board of County Commissioners
Albany County
Frank Charles Brown
Horace HH
Adams
Bugle Mining Company
Hecla
Wyoming
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Colorado
Casper
Wyo
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Ida Durham
Delury
Cheyenne
Mercury Beach
Jackson
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Glenda
Doug Roberts
Roberts
Glendo
Homer Payne
Wheatland
Harry H. Pepper
Midwest Refining Company
Edward McCrouther
Union Pacific Railroad Company
McCreather
Union Pacific
Michael Foraker
Horace K. Adams
Frank Brown
Pergugon
Adama
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