Underwood predicts surplus and big income tax intake
Democratic Leader Underwood announced official treasury figures showing total government receipts of 733 million for the year ending Tuesday, with an 80 million surplus and more than 100 million expected from the income tax next year. He cited Panama costs and canal revenues as factors shaping the balance.
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Treasury Department
Underwood
House
Panama
Senate
Treasury Fund
Final 1913 cotton crop figures from census bureau
The census bureau reports the 1913 cotton crop as the largest in U S history except 1911, valued at about 1 044 billion dollars. For 1918 ginning totaled 13 982 811 running bales, seed output 6 560 000 tons, seed value 156 million, and cotton value 957 million. Imperial valley and Arizona production noted with large acreage advances.
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Census Bureau
United States
Imperial Valley
California
Arizona
Egypt
Sailors Prove Heroes in Gothland Rescue at Crun Rocks
Passengers of the Belgian steamer Gothland wrecked on Crun Rocks Sicily Telands were saved by near superhuman efforts of the Gothland crew and life-saving teams. A small boat with women and children fell from the davit. the bottom was crushed and occupants thrown into the sea. A Gothland quartermaster saved three women and life-savers pulled others from the water, braving dangerous surf to rescue all aboard.
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Gothland
Crun Rocks
Sicily
Telands
St. Mary's
Davite
Gold shipments to Europe wind down after grain trade rise
Treasury officials predict a sharp drop in gold exports as exchange rates fall and demand from Europe shifts to wheat. George F. Roberts, director of the mint, notes Europe has begun buying large quantities of American wheat and grain shipments will boost foreign trade. Fifteen ships are chartered for wheat to Europe with more vessels sought for July and August sailings.
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Treasury Department
Europe
United States
George FE. Roberts
Mint
Roberts
Salem Conflagration Ravages City and Industrial District
About half of Salem Massachusetts escaped the great fire that swept industrial and living areas. The blaze destroyed many historic structures and left thousands homeless. Refugees watched from vantage points as homes burned, including Hawthorne's birthplace nearby but the house of seven gables was saved.
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Belem
Uawthorne
Coven
Pilot Porte Seeks London Prize On Transatlantic Flight
Lieutenant John C. Porte, pilot of the America, plans a 2084 mile rout from St John s Newfoundland to Plymouth England via the Azores Vigo, aiming to win the London Daily Mail 50 000 prize within 72 hours. Porte, former British submarine officer turned aviation pioneer, trained in sea service and built early gliders and monoplanes before entering aviation full time.
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America
St. John's
N. F
Azores
Plymouth
England
Vigo
Spain
St. Johns
Fayal
John C. Porte
Porte
British Submarine Corps
Paralyzing Poisoning and Other News Notes
Walter March of Diver Pennsylvania became suddenly paralyzed and blind after eating a poisonous weed near his yard. Jack London, recovering in Vera Cruz Mexico, hopes to return soon. A moving picture shown at the White House drew President Wilson and cabinet. Mrs. John Bissek died from burns at her Passaic wedding reception. Merrill Moores of Indianapolis seeks Congress, a classmate of Taft. Paymaster General Samuel McGrowan named with rear admiral rank. A fatal plane crash near Buseh killed Major Bureliner. Confederate pensioners in Madison County to receive $15 July 1 from the liquor dispensary fund. A steamship ran aground at Bria ndiy with crew rescued. John Ulrich Milwaukee principal alleged removed for smallpox vaccination dispute. Secretary Daniels may settle the pole dispute between Cook and Peary. Plans of Charles A. Smith of Buffalo under consideration by COMETH SS. Lightning struck Richard Jennings cottage at Sapphire North Carolina destroying it. Lage Sanford and kin killed at Madison Alabama by Ed Jones. Greek naval reserves called to colors amid tensions with Turkey. Two Rembrandt works reportedly discovered in Stockholm. Several boxing bouts to be legalized in Kentucky under Gabagan bill. Governor Malloy considers veto. John W. Lambie reargued mint post in Philadelphia. Civil War veterans allowed to take qualifying exams regardless of age. Fire in Akron, Illinois injures Newry Luettervelt and John Mertz. Marton Ohio man dreaming of shooter incident. Mrs Posten finds steel jacketed bullet in son’s skin.
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Walter March
Jacob March
Diver
Jack London
Vera Crag
Mexico
Glen Ellen
White House
Wilson
John Bissek
Burns
Passaic
N. J
Merrill Moores
Indianapolis
Congress
Indiana
Moores
Taft
Samuel McGrowan
Navy
Bureau of Supplies
Arf
Bureliner
Buseh
Madison County
Briandiy
John Ulrich
Milwaukee
Richard Jennings
Sapphire
N.C
Lage Sanford
Nestes
Madinon
Ala
Ed Jones
Huntsville
Jones
Sanford
Trout
Tursey
Theere
Harry
National Museum Gallery
Stockholm
Abraham
Senate
Tad
House
Mallhaw Net
John AW. Lambie
Mandelphia
Felere
Newry Luettervelt
Sx Wicks
Freman
John Mertz
Akron
John Posted
Marton
Ohio
Pet
Poateti
Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Duchess of Hohenberg
Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir to Austria Hungary and his morganatic wife the Duchess of Hohenberg were killed in Sarajevo after a bomb attack and a second shot while driving through the city. Several aides were wounded and the governor escaped injury as crowds mourn and streets display black flags.
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Bosnian
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Hohenberg
Sarajevo
Francis Joseph
Ven Boos
Waldeck
Merizzo
Archduke
Garrie Prinzip
Hapsburg
Vienna
Sanest Driver of Flying Era Remains Respected Aviator
The article recalls the famed pilot known as the sanest and soberest in flying, highlighting his triumphs in major English races and noting his only major accident in 1911 when a gust wrecked his machine and he was dragged sixty feet, denting the gas tank yet keeping his nerve. His 1910s Hendon fame remains a highlight in British aviation history.
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Hendon
Harvest Exodus Shrinks Hoxie and Kents Town
Harvest drives workers to wheat fields as the entire town faces labor shortages. Farmers protest east imported help quitting due to heat. Barbers post signs offering limited services while officials abandon offices, warning that harvest loss could paralyze local business.
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Hoxie
Kents
Woman Named to Act as Judge in Vigo Court
Mins Nell Crace of Vigo county will preside as judge in a divorce hearing in Terre Haute Indiana. The case of Mrs Perdita rihih vs Vorhees N Griffith city comptroller is scheduled. Nell Crace is Vigo superior court stenographer and a member of the bar and was appointed special judge.
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Mins Crace IL O'Neill
Terre Toute
Ind
Mra. Perdita
Fatal dynamite explosion on government dredge fleet
Seven people died and more than twenty injured in a dynamite blast on the government dredge fleet on the Tennessee river, 18 miles below Smitheonla. Named dead include John Ro der Sam Cooper Gorman King Tom Purcell Tad Douglass Robert Long and Jim Long. Two of the dead were white and the others Black. The blast likely occurred on a dredge barge carrying dynamite on the river.
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Smitheonla
Tennessee River
Bhefeid
John Roder
Sam Cooper
Gorman King
Tom Purcell
Tad Douglass
Robert Long
Jim Long
X. Ploston
Tentivanee River
Fire Devastates Salem Massive Citywide Blaze In 1900s Style
A fire in Salem Massachusetts tore through its leather and wood districts causing an estimated 20 million dollars in damage. About 1 000 buildings were destroyed leaving 10 000 residents homeless of a city population around 45 000. The Korn leather factory sparked the blaze and the flames routed through a two mile long and half mile wide swath destroying much of the historic district.
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Old Witch City
Salem
Mass
Korn
Brooklyn Subway Cave-In Buries Twenty Workmen
A section of sidewalk and superstructure over a Brooklyn subway collapsed trapping more than twenty workers. One man died and six were seriously injured as debris filled the excavation. A wagon and team were also engulfed and a horse killed. Firemen and police evacuated the injured.
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Brooklyn
Insane population in U.S. tripled in forty years
Dr. A. J. Rasanoff of King's Park Hospital for the Insane told Columbia University at the Eugenics Research association meeting that the number of insane people in U.S. institutions has nearly trebled over the last four decades.
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United States
A. J. Rasanoff
King’s Park Hospital
Eugenics Research Association
Columbia University
Payroll Thieves Strike At Fordney Lumber Near Stevens
Hundreds search the countryside near Stevens Mississippi for masked highwaymen who stole the weekly payroll of 2200 from the Fordney Lumber Co. Two clerks J. W Simmons and Reese Fitzpatrick were killed and Wyatt Robinson wounded.
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Stevens
Miss
1St- Fordney Lumber Company
Asty
J. W Simmons
Reese Fitzpatrick
Wyatt Robinson
Train attack on route to camp leaves two dead
Six miles from camp a wagon train halted by an obstruction placed on the track. The assailants fired as the men stepped from the car, killing Fitzigatric and wounding Simmons, with additional injuries reported shortly after.
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Welch
Hicey
Fitzigatric
Matantis Simmons
First Haircut After 32 Years For Pana Miner
John McPherson of Pana the Christian County coal miner nicknamed the General Custer of Nitneis receives his first haircut in 32 years. His hair reaches to his shoulders, marking a notable personal grooming milestone.
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John McPherson
Pana
Christian County
General Custer
Iiis Bair
Bly Snoulders
Bartlett Reaches Nome From Arctic Voyage Rescue
Captain Robert Bartlett arrives in Nome Alaska after surviving the Arctic crash of the Kariuk off Herald Inland last February. He was brought from Siberia via St Michael and the whaler Kermon after the Arctic exploration ship Kariuk sank north of Herald Inland.
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Bartlett
Nome
Arctic
Robert Bartlett
Vihjaiaur Stefansen
Arcticece
Herald
Alaska
St. Michael
Siberia
Kermon
Millionaire Couple Adopts Street Child in New York
Herron I. Moore and Grace Louise Moore of New York City adopt a five year old girl by order of Surrogate Cohalan. The child was found abandoned in the street when eight months old.
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Herron I. Moore
New York City
Grace Louise Moore
Pertselon
Cohalan
Death Toll Rises in Multiple American Tragedies
A string of violent incidents unfolds across states. Eli Jones, accused of murdering his in laws near Hunteville Alabama, escapes after cornering in a sewer near Chattanooga. Marley Orr, 20, fatally injured at Howman North Carolina sawmill when machinery ruptures. Henry Collnm, traveling salesman from Philadelphia, killed by suffocation in Goldeboro fire. Four men electrocuted at a Denton cold storage plant when exposed elevator rope sparks deadly shocks. Passengers and hotel guests flee as fire rescues are mounted with injuries reported.
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Eli Jones
Hunteville
Ala
Chattanooga
Henry T. Collnm
Philadelphia
Uilford
Goldeboro
Pitty
Denton
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