Name engineer to build tunnel
The New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission and the New Jersey Interstate Commission named Clifford M. Holland chief engineer to oversee the proposed interstate tunnel. His appointment starts June 15 with a salary of 10000 dollars annually. A consulting board includes J Vipnd Davies Henry W Hodge William J Wilgus Major John A Bensel and Prof William H Barr. General Goethals was offered but declined.
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New York
New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission
New Jersey Inter- State Bridge and Tunnel Commission
Clifford M. Holland
East River
Mr. Holland
J. Vipend Davies
Henry W. Hodge
William J. Wilgus
John A. Bensel
William H. Barr
George W. Goethals
Fireman makes perilous leap to save Brooklyn woman
Fireman Timothy Fitzgerald tied a rope to his waist and leaped from a tenth floor window at a fashionable Brooklyn hotel. He swung into the ninth floor, knocked down Mrs. M. M. Canda, and rescued her from threatening a death plunge. The woman, locked inside, had refused entry. Police and clerks kept her from leaping while Fitzgerald prepared his jump and the rope was held taut by three officers. He recently left the army as a second lieutenant. Mrs. Canda was taken to a hospital in a hysterical state. her family said illness prompted the act.
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New York
Timothy Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Mra. M. M. Canda
Fitzgerald
Quartermaster’s Corps
Canda
Natonex touted as relief for indigestion and rheumatism
Wilkes Barre carpenter G M Hettinger credits Natonex with ending years of stomach pain gas and heart pain and with renewed energy sleep and weight gain. He urges others to try the Nature medicine and notes druggists nationwide stock it at 16 North Third Street Harrisburg and Gorgas' Drug Store.
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G. M. Hettinger
Carpenter
Dana Street
Wilkes- Barre
Natonex
Mr. Hettinger
Hettinger
North Third Street
Gorgas
Harrisburg
Senate grants final passage on Susan B Anthony suffrage amendment
Washington June 6 Congress approved the Susan B Anthony constitutional amendment by a 56 to 25 Senate vote, with roll call listing two more than two thirds when counting paired members. The House had already passed it May 21. The measure awaits ratification by three fourths of state legislatures and will go to the White House for possible presidential signing.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Susan B. Anthony
House
Sargent
California
Gillett
Wilson
White House
Bill Proposes Early Wire Return to Private Owners
Washington Jones reports that Senator Kellogg of Minnesota introduced a bill proposing immediate return to private ownership of telephone, telegraph and cable lines. The measure was placed on the Senate calendar for early action.
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Bill
Washington
Jones
Kellogg
Minnesota
Senate
Labor Leader Denounces Bomb Throwing at Atlantic City Meet
James Dolin of Chicago, president of the International Building Trades Federation, condemned bomb throwers and Bolshevism at the group’s Atlantic City gathering. He spoke as preparatory actions for the AFL convention opening next Monday. Federation leaders signaled strong action on prohibition, citing violations of constitutional rights and labor resentment.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J. James
International Building Trades Federation
John Dolin
Chicago
Requa resigns from Fuel Administration to join Sinclair
New York June 5 announcement states M I Requa resigns as general director of the oil division of the United States Fuel Administration. He will become associated with the Sinclair Oil interests.
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Associated Press
New York
M. l. Requa
United States Fuel Administration
Requa
Sinclair Oil Interests
Minister Raps Modern Stage
The Rev William Burgess Chicago director of the Illinois Vigilance Association condemned the modern stage at the National Conference of Social Workers in Atlantic City calling most drama morally filthy and sensual with rare legitimate exceptions. Calvin Derrick of the State Department of Institutions and Agencies backed institutional schools as failing under the public school system and weak teachers.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Unc
William Burgess
Chicago
Illinois Vigilance Association
National Conference of Social Workers
Calvin Derrick
State Department of
Yaqui Indians Terrorize Mining District of Sonora
Yaqui Indians in the La Colorada mining district of Sonora Mexico are terrorizing the community. A new murder is reported, the slaying of Charles W. P. Tervote a mining engineer with the American Mining and Smelting Company.
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Sonora
Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
la Colorada
Mexico
Charles W. P. Tervote
American Mining and Smelting Company
French Ace Endures Motor Freeze At 30000 Feet
Captain Rene Fonck, celebrated French ace, tried to beat Casale’s altitude record yesterday in a 31000 foot flight. The engine froze at 30000 feet, forcing a forced landing at Toussus Le Noble airfield, with Fonck and crew landing safely.
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Issy Les Moulineaux
France
Rene Fonck
Adjutant Casale
Toussus le Noble
French Peasants Use U S Army Horses
American Army horses long used to haul artillery in France will be lent to French peasants to till devastated lands. Details for moving ten thousand horses and mules from the Rhineland area to France were completed at the American Army of Occupation headquarters. The first thousand horses sold to peasants fetched about 200 each.
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France
Curious French Play Without Woman in Cast
Paris reports Sacha Guitry’s Pasteur ran 107 performances, notable for no female roles. The piece was a sequence of scenes from Pasteur’s life, from wartime pupil interactions to vaccination against hydrophobia and his French Academy reception, drawing on M. Vallery-Radot’s biography. The cast included real connections to Pasteur’s family, including the author’s father as the title role and the boy portraying the mad dog bite victim being related to the real patient.
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Paris
Sacha Guitry
Pasteur
French Academy
M. Pasteur
M. Vallery-Radot
Lucien Gultry
Supreme Court affirms Snook manslaughter conviction
In Trenton New Jersey the Supreme Court upholds the two year manslaughter sentence of Harry W Snook a taxi driver convicted for killing Albert Dearden Jr and Nellie Boss while walking on a country road at night He had been free on ten thousand dollars bail and the ruling may go to the Court of Errors. Crown Playing Hookey In Scranton Pennsylvania two youths Dennis J Gallagher fourteen and Michael J Flax eleven drowned after swimming at the outlet of No 7 dam They had been playing hockey from school and were alone at the time
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
Harry W. Snook
Albert Dearden, Jr
Nellie Boss
Snook
Liberty
Court of Errors
France Mobilized Over Five Million Men In War
Paris reports that France with a population around forty five million mobilized about six and a quarter million soldiers during the war. Two weeks after hostilities began ninety eight thousand eight hundred thirty two officers and three million seven hundred eighty thousand Frenchmen were called to service. By February first nineteen fifteen total reached five million with only limited additions thereafter.
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France
Paris
Anniversary Sale Hat Prices Spotted in Ad
An advertisement lists trimmed hats at $3.19 to $6 and $7 and $8 values, sport and sailor hats at $2.49, and ladies untrimmed hats at $1.49 to $3.00, all marked Anniversary Sale prices. The itemized pricing emphasizes discounts on various hat styles with emphasis on the anniversary event.
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Marshall Foch
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de Chines
Nalinsook
Neves
Nainsook Ainiets
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