Bristol Fire Knocks Out Power at Gas Plant
A Bristol Gas and Electric plant fire on Broad Street caused darkness and cut gas pressure. The damage is estimated between 5 000 and 10 000 dollars with insurance covering losses. six workers faced heat and smoke while crews fought the blaze for more than an hour.
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Bristol
Tenn.Va
Bristol Gas and Electric Company
Broad Street
W. A. Hiddleson
Hiddleson
Tennessee
Wautauga
Thousand Protest State Prohibition Enforcement Parade
Several thousand protesters marched on Hudson Avenue in Jersey City in New Jersey’s first organized protest against the Van Ness state prohibition enforcement act. A camel carried a caricature of a prohibition fanatic while a placard read I like a drink every eight days. Congress man O'Brien urged that the people are justified in rising to defend their liberty.
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Jersey City
N. J
Hudson Avenue
New Jersey
Sahara
Westside Park
O’brien
Asbury Park Honors Founder James A. Bradley
Asbury Park New Jersey marked the founder James A Bradley's memory with a bronze statue unveiled at Atlantic Square near the ocean and Sunset Lake. A civic parade and pageant followed the ceremony honoring the 91 year old figure who died in New York three weeks earlier.
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Asbury Park
N. J
James A. Bradley
New York
Atlantic Square
Ocean Front
Sunset Lake
British Mediterranean Fleet Concentrated Near Constantinople
The British Mediterranean fleet is nearly all concentrated near Constantinople and viewed with anxiety by observers. Military reinforcements are reported leaving England as the situation develops.
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Constantinople
England
Associated Press
Malta
Koreans Suffer Heavy Losses on Siberian Border Battle
Seoul reports five hundred Koreans killed or wounded in a clash on the Siberian border with Japanese forces. Several thousand Koreans are said to have joined the Bolsheviks, per Japanese military headquarters dispatches.
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Siberian
Seoul
Korea
Rate Adjustments Burden Shippers in Mississippi Valley
The Mississippi railroad commission says proposed readjustments of freight rates by carriers serving the Mississippi valley would raise general tariffs and carrier revenues, burdening shippers with extra operating costs in the southwest. The brief notes water competition kept river and Gulf rates low and urges compliance with an Interstate Commerce Commission order to equalize rates with intermediate points.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Southwest
Mississippi Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Ohio
Gulf
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Anffort
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Movies Great Aid for Educational Purposes
Progress in using motion pictures for teaching the past year will be outlined at the National Academy of Visual Instruction meeting in Des Moines Iowa Films shown will cover landmarks of the American Revolution the gasoline engine magnetism cotton ginning and the metamorphosis of the moth illustrating history physics geography and zoology Professor William H Dudley of the University of Wisconsin bureau of visual instruction serves as academy president.
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Des Moines
National Academy of Visual Instruction
William H. Dudley
Bureau of Visual Instruction
University of Wisconsin
World Christian Endeavor Convention Opens in New York
About 8000 delegates from 100 denominations attend the sixth world Christian Endeavor convention in New York. The event features a Fifth Avenue parade, a Central Park mass meeting with William Jennings Bryan, and 200 speakers at the Seventy-First Regiment Armory. A 1000-strong choir conducts the opening program led by Homer Rodeheaver.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
United States
Canada
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
William Jennings Bryan
Seventy-first Regiment
Francis E. Clark
United Society of Christian Edweavor
Homer Rodeheaver
American Marines Landed at Ismid in Asia Minor
Paris dated July 5 reports a detachment of American marines landed at Ismid about fifty miles southeast of Constantinople to guard Americans there as Greek troops retire from the area.
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Paris
Ismid
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Foreign Office
Denicola Asked by King to Form Italian Cabinet
Rome July 5 Enrico Denicola president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies has been asked by King Emmanuel I to form a cabinet after Premier Gio lit ti Giolitti resigned last Monday He asked for a short time to consider the offer and his acceptance is not yet certain
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Rome
Enrico Denicola
Chamber of Deputies
Emmanuel I
Giovianni Giolitti
Signor Denicola
Cuba to Buy Million Tons of Sugar to Aid Growers
Havana July 5 The government will purchase 1,000,000 tons of sugar and withdraw it from the market. The move was agreed at a conference with Cuban sugar magnates President Zayas and Jose M Cortina. The statement fixed Cuba's sugar on hand at 2,000,000 tons.
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Cuba
Havana
Zayas
Jose M. Cortina
Effective Aid To Return To Palestine From Shanghai
The Zionist association of the Far East aids the world wide return to Palestine movement. After a first group of 42 Hebrews left Shanghai for Palestine, preparations begin for additional sailings in coming months. The party mainly consisted of war refugees from Russia Poland Lithuania and Romania. They will disembark at Port Said, then travel by the British wartime railroad to Haifa Jaffa and Jerusalem where Zionist Migration committee representatives will provide care.
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Shanghai
Zionist Association of the
Far East
Palestine
China
Russia
Poland
Lithuania
Rumania
Port Said
Haifa
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Zionist Immigration Committee
Jury Fight Over Women in Mrs Raber Murder Trial
In Cleveland on July 6 the Raber murder trial for husband Daniel F. Raber continued with contention over female jurors. Defense counsel pressed to eliminate women from the panel while the jury box filled with a mix of men and women, leading to repeated rulings on peremptory challenges and venue.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Eva Katherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Eva Catherine Kaber
William J. Corrigan
Raber
Rose Oliver
Lesie B. Luthy
Mary Krause
Edward C. Stanton
Corrigan
Maurice Bernon
Bennon
Stinnes Seeks Control of Norwegian Industries
Christiania July 6 Hugo Stinnes the German industrial magnate aims to acquire a controlling stake in Norwegian industrial undertakings the Tidens Tegn reports. The paper warns that allowing German interests to dominate Norwegian business poses grave danger.
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Associated Press
Christiania
Norway
Hugo Stinnes
Tidens Tegn
British report testing New Mexican oilfield
San Francisco dispatch notes discovery of a vast high grade paraffin base oilfield on Mexico's west coast near Oaxaca on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. British concessionaires reportedly sought to keep the strike secret while test wells have been under way.
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San Francisco
Mexico
Fairhaven
Port Angeles
Oaxaca
Tehuantepec
Ambushes Terror of Day in Ireland Leaves Several Dead
In Dublin soldiers searched pedestrians for weapons as four constables were wounded at Camolin. Ambushes occurred in Thomas town and Corrofin with no casualties. In Newry district five men were shot. a teacher killed shielding her brother. A Belfast to Londonderry train wreck occurred near Pomeroy with sixteen cars destroyed.
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Ireland
Dublin
Camolin
Thomastown
Corrofin
Associated Press
Belfast
Newry
Londonderry
Pomeroy
Chinese Crew Urged for Decorations After Rescue at Sea
Shanghai July 6 M Wilden French consul-general forwards to the French government a request to decorate Chinese and foreign crew members of the Monteagle for heroic actions in rescuing 66 from the Hsientian after it wrecked near Hongkong. Four Chinese drowned attempting to launch a lifeboat.
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Shanghai
M. Wilden
Monteagle
Canadian Ocean Pacific Services
Hsientian
Hongkong
Saigon
Chefoo
Vancouver
B. C
Smuts Returns From Irish Conference Talks
South African premier Gen Jan Christian Smuts returned from Ireland after meeting with Lloyd George and Ulster premier Sir James Craig and Southern Unionist leader Earl Middleton. He reported on talks with Sinn Fein about the Irish situation. The conference remains shrouded in secrecy.
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Associated Press
London
Jan Christian Smuts
Ireland
Lloyd George
James Craig
Ulster
Earl Middleton
Sinn Fein
Johnson Wills Fight Date Not Yet Fixed
Leavenworth Kan July 6 The date and place for the proposed bout between Jack Johnson and Harry Wills have not been fixed Johnson has not signed the contract and will not until he goes to New York after his release from federal prison tomorrow
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kan
Jack Johnson
Harry Wills
Johnson
New York
Fedral Prison
Covington Spreads Tar Barrier for Crickets
Covington Kentucky, a city of 60 000, faces millions of crickets overrunning the town. Commissioner Benjamin Vastine and colleagues approve a tar barrier around homes to trap the insects as residents gather to watch their daily meal and song be blocked.
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Associated Press
Lexington
Covington
Benjamin Vastine
Parades Rally Support Against Prohibition Reform
New York on July 6 the Anti-Saloon League counted 14 922 in the wet Fifth Avenue parade including 922 bandsmen and 24 policemen. Organizers telegraphed Senators Wadsworth and Calder that the anti prohibition march totals show broad backing for repeal of the Volstead act. Pledges from men and women reached 202 670.
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New York
Anti-Saloon League
Fifth Avenue
United States
Wadsworth and Calder
Pajamas Worn As Street Clothes By Refugees
In Constantinople on July 6 American Red Cross and army pajamas are being converted into streetwear by Russian refugees. Hugh S. Bird, Red Cross treasurer, witnessed a monocled Russian officer using pajama garments with braid, a belt, and rolled cuffs to resemble smart hotel attire. Impressed, he ordered thousands more pajamas to be distributed to spare refugees from winter clothing.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Red Cross
Army
Hugh S. Bird
Mr. Bird
Commodore Maitland Jumps Off To Attend Meeting
Bedford England July 6 a night watchman at Cardington Royal airship hangar was startled when a parachutist landed near him. Commodore E N Maitland on the dirigible B 33 said he jumped from the airship to reach an important Cardington meeting in time.
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Associated Press
Bedford
Eng
Royal Airship
Cardington
Here
Aair
E. N. Maitland
Howen Air Station
Epsom
Commodore Maitland
Boys Cause 12 Block Fire in Marysville
Fire in Marysville California destroyed 12 city blocks east of the center. Fire set by boys shooting firecrackers burned four spans of Southern Pacific trestle and halted rail traffic on the east side of the Sacramento valley for several days.
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Associated Press
Marysville
Cal
Southern Pacific
Sacramento Valley
Tariff Bill Filed With House To Shape Universal Prosperity
Washington reports say the Fordney bill would be the Magna Charta for living standards and universal prosperity. Republican Ways and Means members draft the permanent tariff measure while Democrats plan a minority report. Fordney expects signatures from most Republicans except Frear. The bill debuted in the same form as last week.
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Washington
House
Ways On Means
Fordney
Representative Frear
Divorce suits free courts in London amid postwar strain
London officials report divorce courts cleared a wartime backlog with help from retired judges and Lord Birkenhead acting as a judge. He says war-induced unrest will affect domestic life for years. most arrears stem from war effects, with prewar levels unlikely to return soon. Mrs Seaton-Tiedeman cites higher wrecked marriages in the UK than the United States.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Birkenhead
Seaton-Tiedeman
The
Divorce Law Reform Union
United Kingdom
United States
Infected Town Battles Millions of Insect Pests
Pana Illinois residents halt work to combat millions of oat lice invading homes and streets. Dense swarms pass through screens, with recent heavy rains fueling the outbreak and dark clouds of insects reported across sections.
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Pana
Detectives Seize Radium Gift From Mme Curie in France
In Cherbourg on July 6 Marie Curie arrived aboard the steamer Olympic after a U S visit. Government officials and schoolchildren welcomed her. Detectives seized the gramme of radium given to Curie by American women and will transport it to Paris.
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Associated Press
Cherbourg
France
Mme
Marie Curie
Radium
United States
Olympic
Mme. Curie
Paris
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