Senators Clash Over Free Sugar Fight in Senate
Democratic senators opened a showdown on a provision to make sugar free in 1916 as part of tariff debates. Colorado’s Shafroth and Montana’s Walsh led the drives against the free sugar clause, citing briefings and statistics from beet sugar interests. Louisiana’s Ransdell and Thornton faced potential release from party loyalty as the caucus pressed for discipline ahead of final votes.
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Washington
Senate
Western
Louisiana
Wilson
Shafroth
Colorado
Walsh
Montana
Thornton
Ransdell
Stansdell
Newlands
Nevada
Shafrath
Monhlana
Captain John Roe dies as Gettysburg comrades depart
Salt Lake City Utah Captain John H Roe 72 led a union infantry company at Gettysburg formed by Hamilton College students died at home as comrades prepared for Gettysburg reunion He was captured nursed at Libby Prison exchanged later In Nebraska he practiced law with Union Pacific and helped regional projects He moved to Utah seven years ago and joined the Christian Science Church
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Salt Lak City
Utah
John H. Roe
Gettysburg
Hamilton Callege
Roe
Libby
Kearney
Neb
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Christian Cience Church
Suffragette Beatrice Saunders Released on Health Grounds
London reports Beatrice H. Saunders, financial secretary of the Woman's Social and Political Union, and five other militants sentenced to fifteen months for conspiring to commit malicious damage, were released on license this evening due to ill health from hunger strike. Four peers also released.
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London
Beatrice H. Saunders
Woman's Social and Political Union
Propery
Iron Workers on Strike in Pittsburgh Minneapolis and Milwaukee
The Architectural Iron Workers union president Edward Ryan reports their locals in Pittsburgh Minneapolis and Milwaukee have walked out. Also noted are: Twenty Men Sentenced To Die for alleged involvement in the assassination of Grand Vizier Mahmoud Shefket Pasha. bootblacks in New York strike for shorter Sunday work hours and a rattlesnake incident ends with a family finding their wagons dead in bed.
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Iron Workers
Chicago
Architectural Iron Workeras
Pittspurg
Minneapolis
Miltwackee
Edward Ryan
The
Architectural Iron Workers
Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
New York
Wilson Will Sign Bill As Senate Caucus Debates Currency
Washington June 23 Wilson informed his cabinet he will sign the sundry civil appropriation bill carrying 116000000 and issue his reasons. The Underwood tariff bill amended by the senate finance committee was submitted to a caucus of the senate Democrats. Opposition to the Owen Glass currency measure was voiced by minority members of the senate banking and currency committee.
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Banking and Currency Committee
Congress
Nelson
Bristow
Vreeland
Weeks
Two Men Found Guilty in Dorothy Halt Kidnapping Case
Salem Illinois June 23 Frank Sullens and Ernest Harrison were found guilty of kidnapping Dorothy Halt daughter of the assistant state's attorney. Each received a twenty five year sentence in the penitentiary after a week long trial and extensive ballot voting. The case provoked a citywide uproar and martial law was declared to shield the accused from mob violence.
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Salem
Ill
Frank Sullens
Ernest Harrison
Dorothy Halt
Thease
Coast Defense Practice Planned for August Drills
Plans are under way for joint army and navy coast defense exercises to be held on Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay during the week beginning August 4.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Long Island Sound
Narragansett Bay
Bolt Strikes Woolworth Building in New York Storm
A terrific electrical storm with heavy rain and gale-force winds swept New York and surrounding areas. A lightning bolt struck the Woolworth Building, causing alarm and reports of damage and disruption across the city.
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New York
Woolworth
Two Negroes Executed in Kentucky Murder Case
Louisville reporters say Tom Martin and Jim Lawson, both Negroes, were electrocuted at the state penitentiary for the stabbing murder of Kardin Ingram, a white man, at Waddy Kentucky.
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Louisville
Tom Martin
Jom Lawson
Kardin Ingram
Waddy
Trains Collide Killing Fourteen Near Vallejo
Two interurban trains on the San Francisco Napa Calistoga line telescoped one mile north of Vallejo California on Thursday. Fourteen were killed and twenty injured with several fatally. The wreck left a high heap of splintered wood and twisted steel as rescuers worked amid the debris. Names of the dead include H G Hust George A Holzworth and others from San Francisco Vallejo Napa and Napa. The inbound crew was William Laurez motorman and B E Catton conductor. outbound led by James Hough motor with C Richards as conductor. Recovery efforts impeded by extensive telescoping of the cars.
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San Francisco
Naps & Calistoga
Here
H. G. Hust
George A. Holzworth
San Francis
S. BE. Janowski
Chris Koch
Miss Gatl
J. F. Grabel
B. C. Judd
P. Herbert
Napa
O. McQuaide
San Diego
S. H. Dayton
William Laurez
B. E. Catton
James, Hough
Wilson and McAdoo Wedding Party Travel to Baltimore
President Wilson and cabinet members including Lane Redfield Tumulty and Dr Grayson left Washington by car at 1 PM en route to Baltimore for the wedding of Francis Huger McAdoo, son of Secretary McAdoo, to Miss Ethel Preston McCornick, at Brookland Wood in Green Spring Valley. Secretary McAdoo had traveled to Baltimore the prior afternoon to join his son.
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Wilson
Interior
Lane
Commerce Redfield
Tumultus
Grayson
Baltimore
Francis Huger McAdoo
Severe electrical storm devastates Osio region
Reports from Sandusky Ohio describe a violent storm on Tuesday causing one death, many injured and stunned, widespread fire destroying numerous buildings including two churches and a library, and heavy livestock losses in north central Osio amid the hottest June day in state history. Nearby dispatches note fires at S Lagerquist Carriage plant in Des Moines with $50,000 loss, and John Knowles arrested in Philadelphia post office on theft charges. Willie Ritchie ends manager relationship, and polar expedition anchored at Victoria aims for commercial goals. Erie Railroad telegraphers reach agreement after talks with company officers.
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Chris- Han
Zable
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S. Lagerquist Carriage Company
Mason Gley
John Knowles
George W. Knowles
Philadelphia
Fort Dodge
San Francisco
Willie Ritchie
Billy Nolan
Victoria
B. C
New York
Erie Railroad Company
Man Suffragist Fatally Injured at Royal Ascot Race
In Ascot England on June 21 a male suffragist, before King George and Queen Mary and a crowded track, ran onto the course during the $17,500 Gold Cup race. He dashed into the path of August Belmont's horse Tracery at the stretch, was knocked down, and died from mortal injuries.
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Ascot Henoth
England
King George
Queen Mary
Navy Officer Killed in Hydroplane Accident Near Annapolis
Washington June 22. Ensign Easing W. D. Billingsley U S N was killed and Lieutenant J H Towers U S N was probably fatally injured in a navy hydroaeroplane accident near Annapolis on Friday.
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Navy
Washington
Easing W. D. Billingsley
Liew
J. H. Towers
Annapolis
John Mitchell Loses NY Labor Commissioner Appointment
John Mitchell’s appointment as state labor commissioner of New York was declared illegal by the state court of appeals on Friday while Governor Sulzer faced a legal challenge.
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John Mitchell
Albany
N. Y
John Mitchel
New York
Sulzer
State Court of Appeals
Bursting Drum Kills Man at Rice Stix Factory
John Forgey died and three women and one man were injured when a revolving drum on the second floor of the Rice Stix Dry Goods factory burst in St. Louis on Friday.
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St. Louis
John Forgey
Rice Stix Dry Goods Company
Governor Sulzer denounces Murphy in bitter Albany clash
In Albany on June 24 Governor Sulzer charged Tammany chief Charles F Murphy with leading a scheme to blacken his character for resisting Murphy's demands on patronage and primaries. He said he refused orders to aid Stilwell and a direct primary bill, claiming he faced spies and ruin threats.
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N. Y
Sulzer
Charles F. Murphy
Lammang
Murphy
Stilwell
William Sulzer
Craig Murder Case Opens In Indianapolis Trial
Indianapolis, June 24. The William B. Craig murder case opened as the defense faced a charge tied to the October 24, 1911, death of Dr. Helen Knabe whose bed was found with her head nearly severed. Rumor linked Craig and Knabe’s engagement and a quarrel before the tragedy. Housekeeper Mrs Tennant, 40, widow, longtime Indianapolis resident, testified detectives said Dr Knabe called on Craig two minutes before the death and a quarrel followed.
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Ind
William.b. Craig
Helen Knabe
Ramora
Doctor Craig
Misa Knabbe
40 Hurt As Excursion Train Derailed Near Cuyllerville
A Western New York and Pennsylvania excursion train from Rochester to Bradford derailed after a bolt on the tender broke and the air brakes failed. About 40 passengers were injured, with one feared dead and four in dangerous condition. The crash occurred near Cuyllerville station, 33 miles west of Rochester, as the train traveled about 30 mph, with several hundred aboard. most severely hurt were from Rochester.
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N. Y
New York
Pennsylvania Road
Bradford
Cuylerville Station
Gve
Hochester
Perkins case is delayed as to criminal proceedings
Washington reports no immediate decision on whether to indict George W. Perkins or any International Harvester board member. Attorney General McReynolds will not consider the question until the pending civil suit advances enough to justify DOJ action based on the evidence collected.
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Washington
George W. Perkins
Theetore
International Harvester Company
McReynolds
Department of Justice
Two In Auto Are Killed In Chicago Crash
Two people were crushed and burned to death when an automobile was ground to bits, and a Metropolitan Elevated train was set on fire causing severe damage in Chicago. The bodies burned in the wreckage.
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Chicago
Gompers Leaves Hospital After Surgery Recovery
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor departed the Episcopal Eye Ear and Throat hospital in Washington where he had been for several weeks recovering from an operation.
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Gompers
Hospital
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Lynched for Shooting Chief in Americus, Georgia
In Americus Georgia on June 24 William Redding a black man who shot and perhaps fatally wounded Chief of Police William C. Bartow as he was being taken to prison was recaptured and lynched by a mob.
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Gettysburg
Les
Chambersburg
Americus
William Redding
William CG. Bar- Tow
Is It Right To Advertise Coca Cola
A columnist argues that attacks on Coca-Cola advertising reveal political tactics to distract the public. The piece notes a court ruling favoring Coca Cola, clarifying caffeine content versus coffee and tea, and treats the broader question as whether advertising caffeine beverages is acceptable.
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Coca-Cola Company
Poor Man, Church Doesnt Her Husband Fall Through His Nose
Gotham No his wife doesnt give him a chance. A dialogue fragment features sharp lines contrasting class and relationships in a street corner exchange. The exchange hints at social tension and gender dynamics within a gritty urban setting.
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Church
Gotham
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