Currency bill moving toward rapid congressional action
President Wilson expected to unveil a 1,200 word currency message to Congress urging immediate revision of banking and currency laws. The administration insists the bill reflects joint Democratic guidance, aims for bipartisan support, and is not the administration’s final word on the issue.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
House
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Owen and Glass
Senate
Banking and
E8son
White House
Rates Upheld in Three States by US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed state railroad rate laws in Missouri Arkansas West Virginia and Oregon keeping passenger and freight rate provisions intact. A Missouri case involving weaker roads was the sole exception. Kentucky case undecided awaiting October decision on intrastate rate authority and McChord act validity.
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Washington
Minnesota
Supreme Court of the United States
Missouri
Oregon
West Virginia
Arkansas
Portland
Kentucky
McChord
State Railroad Commission
Private Dances Spark Calls for Censorship
Chicago report says public dance halls are less in need of censorship than private dancing parties and hops. W F Braun of Pittsburgh, adviser, contends animal dances are taught in private clubs and until these are censored the turkey trot and the bunny hug will cause trouble.
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Chicago
United Professional Teachers of Dancing
W. F. Braun
Pittsburgh
Farmer Sought After Alleged Child Mule Work Incident
In La Crosse Wisconsin John Freismutit a Campbell area farmer is being sought on a warrant issued by the state humane officer for hitching his 12 year old son Frank to a cultivator beside two mules and forcing him to work in the field under extreme heat reported at 110 degrees in the shade.
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la Crosse
Wis
Frank
John Freismutit
Explosion at Jefferson Coal mine injures several
In Dittonvale near Pine Fork a keg of powder exploded at No 2 mine of the Jefferson Coal company likely fatally injuring four workers. The blast occurred amid mining operations, prompting local authorities to investigate the accident and assess casualties.
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Dittonvale
Jefferson Coal Company
Pine Fork
Son of Vizier Arrested in Istanbul Connection to Assassination
A son of Kiamil Pasha an ex grand vizier was arrested in Constantinople charged with involvement in the assassination of Mahmoud Schefket Yasha.
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Constantinople
Kiamil Pasha
Mahmoud Schefket Yasha
Fire Causes $25,000 Damage in City District
A disastrous blaze hit a busy business area injuring several shops. A harness shop a restaurant a general store a furniture store a newspaper plant and a feather shop were destroyed. Loss estimated at $25,000. In London Harold A. Sanderson succeeds J Bruce Ismay as president of the International Mercantile Marine company.
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Reserve
Ken
Bruce Ismay
London
J. Bruce Ismay
Harold A. Sanderson
International Mercantile Mariné Company
Money Probe Urged After Wall Street Critique in Congress
Representative Henry of Texas, chairing the rules committee, criticized Wall Street interests and urged immediate investigation into the money trust and currency legislation. He argued the Pujo committee only scratched the surface and proposed an amendment to banking laws to subject banks to congressional visitorial powers while warning voters of a clash with the New York banking fraternity. The article also notes Senate finance committee action to extend the free list for print paper under a Canadian reciprocity framework, with caveats on export fees and pulp exports.
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Henry
Texas
Congress
Wall Street
House of Congress
House
New York
Money Trust
Baltimore Platform
Canada
Six U S Troopers Slain in Manila Battle at Bagsak
The American assault on the Bagsak trenches near Jolo in Mindanao ended with six U S troops killed and 12 wounded. Privates of company M Eighth Infantry, three scouts from the Fifty first, and one scout from the Twenty-ninth were among the dead. Lieutenant Edwin H. Barkley was wounded in the leg.
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Manila
Jolo
Bagsak
Eighth United States Infantry
Edwin H. Barkley
Death After Baseme nt Shuffing At Furniture Firm
George Laurs twenty five of Chicago met a terrible end when he was caught on a shuffling machine in the basement of a Rockford furniture firm Thursday. His body was torn into shreds in the accident.
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Rockford
George Laurs
Chicago
Train Hits Hand Car Killing Three in Hammond
A southbound fast freight of the Chicago Indiana and Southern struck a hand car carrying eight people around a curve near Hammond Indiana on Friday. Three were killed and five injured seriously in the impact. The accident occurred around noon as the crew attempted to pass along the track. Investigations begun to determine cause and contributing factors.
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Hammond
Ind
Chicago, Indiana & Southern
American painters elected to Beaux Arts society
Paris on June 16, American painters Miss Florence Byte of Cincinnati and Charles W Hewthorne of New York were elected to first membership in the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts.
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Paris
Florence Byte
Cincinnati
Charles W. Hewthorne
New York
Fii
Societe Nationale Des Beaux Arts
Five Dead In Wreck Defends His Actions All In Coach Killed Or Injured
Five persons dead and several injured after a rear end collision on the New York New Haven Hartford line in Stamford. The first Boston Express was halted in the station when the second section crashed into it. The engineer said air brakes failed. doctors, police, and volunteers aided the injured and rushed victims to hospitals. Names of the deceased include Hiverett Hakey Woodruff and Mrs C J Kelly among others.
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Stamford
Genn
Seores
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston Express
New York
Hiverett Hakey Woodruff
Flushing
Durand named head of agricultural economics bureau
United States census director F Dana Durand accepts the post as director of the bureau of research in agricultural economies at Minnesota Agricultural College Madrid. The Spanish cabinet resigns and both portes are suspended. Prime events include a Serbian royal engagement, a jail fire near Chattanooga, and Brazil ordering a Curtiss flying boat. The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the newspaper publicity law and orders Porter Charlton returned to Italy for trial.
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Minneapolis
Minn
F. Dana Durand
Bureau of Research In Agricultural Economies
Minnesota Agricultural College
Madrid
Portes
Paris
Alexis Georges Karageorgevitch
Servia
Hugo Pratt
Myra Pankhurst
Marie Rue d'Anjou
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lves
Hammondsport
Brazil
Glenn Curtiss
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Porter Charlton
Italy
Supreme Court
Tiger Tall Land and Mill files bankruptcy in Memphis
A June filing in federal court by Tiger Tall Land and Mill Company of Dyersburg Tennessee lists liabilities of 295449 dollars and assets of 225000 dollars. The petition was submitted on a Friday in Memphis Tennessee.
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Memphis, Tenn
Tiger Tall Land and Mill Company
Dyersburg
Tenn
Fire Sweeps Illinois Town In Bridgeport
Fire began Friday in a West Second Street blacksmith shop destroying two blocks and causing damage estimated at 1050.
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Illinois
Bridgeport
West Second Street
Colorado jail guard slain in daylight duel
Laveta Colorado June 23 John NH Russell fifty five night captain at the state penitentiary in Canon City was shot through the heart and killed in a daylight duel at Laveta by Conley Baldwin an escaped convict and box car robber After receiving his wounds Russell fired two shots at Baldwin which entered his abdomen causing wounds that will prove fatal
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Laveta, Cola
John Nh. Russell
Flarty
State Penitentiary
Canon City
Laveta
Conley Baldwin
Russell
Baldwin
Premier of Turkey Stain slain in Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha the grand vizier and minister of war was shot and killed in the streets of Constantinople. His aide de camp Lieut braham Bey was killed. Prince Said Haim is named grand vizier ad interim while other ministers keep their portfolios.
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Turkey
Stain
Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Turkiys
Lieutbraham Bey
Prince Said Haim
Council of State
Twenty Five Troops Die in Battle Near Tadia Paris
A Tangier dispatch reports that 24 French soldiers were killed and 3 injured in a battle near Tadia with tribesmen, during the ongoing French military action in the region.
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Paris
Tangier
Morocco
Tadia
Astor Estate Report Filed in New York
The estate of John Jacob Astor shows a total appraised value of $86,966,611.42. Vincent Astor inherits $68,864,499 from the estate, with the report dated Friday in New York.
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Astor
New York
John Tacob Astor
Vincent Astor
Martyrs Buried as Suffragette Leader Davison Laid to Rest
Funeral services for Miss Hally Wilding Davison militant suffragist killed during the Derby incident were held at St George's church Bloomsbury. A mile long procession with about 50,000 women marched, guards and police faced disturbances, and Emmeline Pankhurst was arrested amid hunger strike illness.
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London
Hally Wilding ‘Davison
St. George's Church
Women’s Social ‘and
Miss Davison
Bloomsbury
Emmeline Pankhurst
Liberty
St. George's
King’s Cross
Northumberland
King'a Cross
Storbeth
Lake boat Jessie Spaulding sinks with 16 found dead
The steamer Jessie Spaulding of Chicago carrying 16 crew sank after a collision with the Schneider Jr. off Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior. Distress signals ceased, the Schneider Jr. sought the scene, and the Spaulding vanished as fog lifted. The ship might have sunk quickly after a likely collision or heavy damage.
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Houghton
Mich
Jessie Spaulding
Chicago
Charles FP. Spaulding
Ewes
Point
Lake Superior
Schneider, Jr
Tessie Spaulding
Schneider
Duluth
Spaulding
Sehneider
Emiliston
U. S. Men Defend Meadowbrook Polo Cup in Thriller
New York June 17 America defended the Meadowbrook cup by defeating England 4 to 4% goals in the hardest fought match in the history of the international trophy competition. Forty thousand spectators cheered as the teams battled through eight periods, an exhibition of polo skill with little to choose between them.
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New York
America
England
300 Killed In Floods at Palatana Kathiawar
Floods around Palatana in Kathiawar drown three hundred Teraons including religious pilgrims, according to legy from the stricken district.
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Bombay
Palatana
Kathiawar
War Correspondent Angus Hamilton Suicide Reported
New York June 17 Angus Hamilton a veteran war correspondent who endured extreme hardship in gathering news killed himself by slashing his throat with a razor. His death follows a career marked by perilous assignments and extensive field reporting.
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Sei
New York
Angus Hamilton
Jealous Duel Ends Fatally in Capper Home
Jealousy over a woman sparked a pistol duel at W. G. Capper's Kansas City residence. Capper, 44, and Martin Donaldson were wounded fatally in the shootout. The incident occurred on June 17, highlighting a lethal outcome from a domestic dispute.
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Kansas City
W. G. Capper
Martin Donaldson
Capper
London and its Lumber Notices From a Bygone Era
London remains the most conservative city in Europe and still sports lamp post notices for hackney carriages though no vehicles stand for years. The piece muses on relics of social history likely to persist as society changes, imagining future readers denying familiar terms like hackney carriage.
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London
Europe
Omni Neras
England's Oldest Bowling Green Evidence From Southampton
England's oldest recreation may be bowls with records showing a local green in Southampton existing in 1299. The historic green hosts summer customs including a "fire jack" competition and an order of knighthood for the winner, who kneels as the master touches him with a sword and dubs him "sir."
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England
Areheoligiata
Southampton
Eng
How to Pad an Ironing Board for Clean Use
Instructions describe padding an ironing board with a thick quilt or blanket, placing the board on a table, cutting a heavy muslin cover, sewing slips at ends, and making two covers to change regularly. The method keeps the board clean and reduces the need for frequent replacement.
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Mother's Magazine
Its Species Petition Sparks Bird Round Robin Debate
A brisk exchange centers on a petition described as a bird. The discussion pivots to whether the matter resembles a round robin, reflecting a chorus of opinions on the proposal and its procedural shape.
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