Millions for Crops Will Head Off Stringency
Treasury head McAdoo plans to place 25 to 50 million dollars in banks by accepting commercial paper as security for deposits. Only banks with at least 40 percent of authorized circulation may participate. pricing set at 65 percent of face value for commercial paper, 73 percent for non-government bonds, and par for government bonds. Deposits to be distributed in two to three principal cities per state, with staggered repayments from December to March. House probes McAdoo charge that bankers seek to depress government bonds to sway opinion on the administration currency bill.
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Washington
McAdoo
House of
Neeley
Kansas
WeAdeo
Women Demand Suffrage Action After Senate Petition Siege
Delegations of suffragists from across the United States delivered thousands of signatures urging a war on suffrage constitutional amendment. Hundreds marched from Ayattsville to Washington and to the Capitol, where petitions were presented to Senator Owen amid a rally and subsequent banquet attended by lawmakers.
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Washington
Aug
Senate
Ayattsville
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Senate Woman Suffrage Committee
Alice Paul
National American Woman Suffrage Associaion
Association
Senate Committee
Senate Wing
Senate Chamber
Owen
Kouae
Diggs and Caminetti Plead Not Guilty in Mann Act Case
July 41 in San Francisco Maury Diggs and Drew Caminetti prominent young men pleaded not guilty before Judge War Meet in US district court on charges of conspiring to violate the Mann Act by transporting Martha Warrington and Lola Norris from Sacramento to Reno for immoral purposes.
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San Francisco
Maury Diggs
Drew Caminetti
War Meet
United States District Court
Diggs
Cambetti
Martha Warrington
Lola Norris
Sacramento
Cal
Reno
Nev
Waiting game grips Calumet copper strike
In Calumet Michigan both sides pause in an armed truce awaiting the governors action on mining camp refusals to confer with the western miner faction. The federation adhesion to the conference is uncertain and a long stoppage is feared. Mother Jones has accepted a local federation invitation and will arrive in Calumet next Tuesday.
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Calumet
Mich
Michigan
Colorado
Mother Jones
Loral Federation
Soldier shoots Mexican at Rio Grande crossing
Aug 1 at Tornillo Ford Corporal Smith of Troop A Second Cavalry shot Montero a four soldier from Col Torito Ortega's command as he attempted to cross the boundary fully armed on a horse. The Mexican was treated by an army surgeon at Fabens and is held prisoner with five others and three wagon loads of provisions.
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Pago
Texas
Corporal Smith
Second Cavalry
Amac
Montero
Torito Ortega
Roryant
Tornillo Ford
Rio Grande
Monteroa
Monteros
Fabens
Ortega’s
Heat wave killings in Cleveland toll 25 in deaths
Cleveland July 30 heat wave deaths rise to 25 with two adults and two babies among the victims. Officials report about a half dozen elrations in the city as the scorcher continues.
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Haat
Cleveland
Hera
1 Dead 146 Hurt In Wreck At Tyrone Pennsylvania
One person was killed and 146 injured when the Pittsburgh express No 13 crashed into a passenger train at Tyrone Pennsylvania. The engine and four cars of the express and one car of the passenger train were wrecked. Engineer Hunt of No 18 was killed and ten year old Mary Pressler of Gary was lightly bruised. The exact cause remains unknown.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Express
Pennsylvania
Tyrone
Hunt
No. 18
Mary Pressler
Gary
Quinlan Industrial Workers Leader Arrested in Disorderly Conduct
Patrick Quinlan, I W W leader, jailed for seven years previously for inciting disorders, was arrested in Paterson on a charge of disorderly conduct. Police allege he used disorderly language at a Socialist meeting on Saturday.
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Paterson
N. J
Patrick [Quinlan
Industrial Workers of the World
Quinlan
Four Hurt in Auto Crash Near Akron
Akron Ohio August 1 The automobile owned and driven by Thamas Putterill turned aside for a farm wagon and plunged into a ditch Four persons sustained injuries with the extent not yet reported by local authorities.
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Akron
Thamas Putterill
Mulhall Loses Memory Under Senate Lobby Probe
Col. Martin M. Mulhall testified before the senate lobby committee that some statements in his letters about access to information and committee makeups were imagined. He characterized a letter from Emory as diplomatic or imaginary. The hearing adjourned with the senate panel finished and the house committee set to begin examination.
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Washington
Martin M. Mulhall
Senate
Mitthell
James 4. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
House
Mutual
Muthall
Nelson
Mulhall
Emory
Senate Lobby Committee
House Committee
Wedding donor in big crash near Aurora
John Stewart, owner of six Fox River banks, was fatally injured returning from his granddaughter Esther Stewart’s wedding to Archibald Richards in Aurora. He had just presented a wedding gift of 190000 dollars when the automobile crash occurred.
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Chicago
John Stewart
Fox River
Esther Stewart
Archibald Richards
Aurora
U S Denies Foreign Pressure Over Mexican Action
Secretary of State Bryan and President Wilson reject claims that European powers are pressuring the United States to take aggressive action in Mexico. The administration continues to monitor conditions, pursue American citizen protection, and pursue a possible binding election in Mexico while seeking funds to aid destitute Americans abroad.
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Washington
Mexico
Reryan
Wilson
White House
Bryan
United States
Chihuatina
Ynessenger
Letcher
Nim
Roosevelt
Morocco
Salsali
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Flood
House
Thirty Hurt In Mine Blast At Jackson Hill No 2
Aug 2 in Sullivan Indiana a gas and dust explosion at Jackson Hill Mine No 2 injured thirty miners as they prepared to leave the shaft. One man died, ten seriously hurt, many rendered unconscious by flying debris and blast force.
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Sullivan
Ind
Jackson Hill
Here
Armistice Ends Five-Day War Pause in Balkans
In Bucharest July 31 a five day armistice was agreed at a peace conference among Servia Greece Montenegro and Helgarte representatives. In Paris Angla and US Republicans noted possible name change before the next presidential election as vacationing members of the party in Europe speculate on future branding. In Anoka Minnesota one man died five were injured and twenty narrowly escaped when an excavation cave‑in for a boiler room at the insane asylum plate scylum collapsed.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Helgarte
Neme
Paris
France
Republcan
United States
Europe
Anoka
Minn
Dye
Gale Hits Capital Storm Grips Washington Endangering President
A cyclonic storm pounds the capital causing paralysis for half an hour. White House wind blasts windows as Secretary Tumulty rushes President to safety. Three dead, dozens injured and extensive property damage reported. Government operations halted and trees toppled.
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White House
Capitol
Washington
Bulding
Saul Company
Steen
W. B. Hilton
Thomas J Wesley
Lailding
Waite House
Wilson
Tumulty
Korhly
Tadiana
Seven Dead From Blast At Ludlow Motordrome
The death toll from the Ludlow Lagoon motor race explosion rose to seven. Odin Johnson of Salt Lake City is named among the dead along with riders William Davis of Ludlow, Henry Andrews of Cincinnati, Mrs. William Michaels of Ludlow, Miss Ethel Buchman of Covington, James Carter of Cincinnati, and William Paterson of Cincinnati. The incident occurred when Johnson's gasoline tank exploded, showering spectators with flames.
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Cincinnati
Dean
Ludlow Lagoon
Odin Johnson
Odin Johnoson
Salt Lake City
Utah
William Davis
Ludlow
Henry Andrews
Cincinnahi
William Michaels
Ethel Buchtman
Covington
James Carter
William Paterson
Venezuela grants Gomez dictatorial powers to end revolt
Caracas reports that amid a Caracas revolution and Colombian incursions, the federal council authorized President Juan Vicente Gomez to assume dictatorial powers until the rebellion is crushed. Dispatches say Colombian forces under Gen Rosario Gonzalez were repelled near Tachira as Colonel Romero’s troops push rebels back.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Arahty
Ciprilancastro
Counecil
Juan ¥ Bents Gomez
Colombia
Rosario Gonzalez
Tha ‘Ronder
Tachira
Romero
Marriag e of Homer B. Marcum and Roth Hardwick
After a courtship of two hours Homer B. Marcum a prominent attorney of Cerede W Va and Miss Roth Hardwick of Fort Gay a member of one of the county s oldest and best known families were married
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Cerede
W. Va
Homer
Marcum
Atttorney
Roth Hardwick
Fort Gay
Shortage Found In California Pacific Title Insurance Employee
San Francisco Aug 1 H P Platt longtime church worker in San Francisco and Oakland has been found $30 000 short in his account as an employee of the California Pacific Title Insurance Company.
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San Francisco
Cal
H. P
Platt
Sana Francisco
Oakland
California Pacifc Title Insurance Company
Saw Mill Plant Burns in Monongahela Fire
A saw and planing mill in Monongahela Pennsylvania was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 75000 dollars. Local firefighters and investigators are assessing the scene.
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Monongahela, Fa
Monongahela
Governor Signs Water Powers Bill and Other Actions
Madison reports Governor McGovern signed the water powers bill and the blue sky enactment while vetoing the Manning bill authorizing Milwaukee to issue fifty year bonds for land purchase. He vetoed twenty two bills overall, sustaining all but a few actions, with the university board reorganization measure narrowly overruled. The Vietnam county board of education act was among the signed measures.
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Madison
McGovern
Assembly
Normal School and University
Senate
McCovern
Milwaukee
Gen. Owen
Avery
Bowe
Board of University Visitors
Board of Education
Milwaukee auxiliary named bishop of Superior
Joseph M. Koudelka auxiliary bishop of Milwaukee was appointed bishop of the diocese of Superior Wisconsin, succeeding Bishop Selater who resigned months ago due to climate and desire to pursue missionary work. Born in Bohemia in 1853 he came to the U S as a youth, studied at St Francis seminary, and was ordained at 24 by papal dispensation. He had been auxiliary bishop of Milwaukee since September 1911.
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Milwaukee
Joseph M. Koudelka
Rome
Diocese
Superior
Wis
Selater
Lake Superior
Kondolka
Chilistowa
Bohemia
Dee
Reedsburg
St. Francis Seminary
Cleveland
Inquiry on Sterilization in Wisconsin State Institutions
The Wisconsin state board of control, overseeing state charitable and reform institutions, receives many inquiries from relatives of criminally insane and feeble minded patients about a new sterilization law. The board acts as final judge on sterilization advisability with no appeal. It plans to start with female degenerates this year, sterilizing several hundred.
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Madison
State Board of Control of
Wisconsin
Board of Control
Bord
Fugitive for Twenty Years Surrenders in Wisconsin
Josep Ayrnes of Manitowoc, jailed for bigamy in 1840 and released on parole a year later, violated parole and fled for twenty years. He surrendered to the Wangpun prison authorities and has now been released after serving nine additional months of a five year term.
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Manitowoc
Waupun
Josep Ayrnes
Water Works Break Down in Waukesha
Waukesha faced a water crisis as the air compressing machine failed, cutting off most water. An emergency well was used but over half the city remains without water.
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Waukesha
Saloon Owner Shoots Self After Family Dispute
Mitchel Nejedio, owner of a hotel and amusement park near here, shot himself following a quarrel with his wife and daughter. Police report the incident occurred as he used a public safety item to end his life, the scene described as near the saloon in Gree Bay.
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Gree Bay
Mitchel Nejedio
Mad Bog Invasion At St Marys Church Invasion
A mad dog rushed into St Marys Catholic Church during worship at ab sorbed time. The dog caused panic until a policeman killed the der. The incident disrupted services and drew police attention.
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da Crosse
St. Mary's Catholic Church
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Mary
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Gale Hits Capital
U.S
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Bureau of Printing and Engraving
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