Tangled Court Delays Hit War Graft Prosecutions
Washington June 30 War graft cases face long delays as federal courts lag behind expanded prosecutions. Courts were built for older business and now backlog slows indictments and trials in cement, antitrust, and war fraud cases. Attorney General expands war graft division while awaiting court reform and summer vacation terms.
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Blatz
Washington
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al- Assate
New York
Taft
Coquettes Explain Why Women Engage With Several Men
A young man asked why women often become engaged to multiple suitors. She replied with a witty observation about a match that goes out when there is only one. The exchange is recorded in the Boston Transcript.
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Coquette
Boaton
Beehive Clock: Bees Learn Time Through Regular Foraging
A French expert claims bees can tell time. He staged meals at set hours and fed jam in the first five minutes of each hour. Bees learned the schedule, visiting predictably and judging the time of day without a clock.
Around The World Housemaids Form No Union
Sydney housemaids form no union as their stated aim is higher wages from 12 to 20 a month. The text notes large numbers of Cossacks in western Siberia and other regions, and contrasts land ownership with peasants, asserting housemaids remain economically inferior except in Transbaikal.
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New South Wales
Siberia
Tranapatkal
Priamus
Transbaikal
Photos To Be Sent By Radio Declared By Belin
Paris June 10 Edouard Belin inventor of fax by radio says crime could be deterred if every town could receive a photograph of criminals the day of the crime He demonstrates transmitting portraits from Malmaison to San Diego and plans a U S tour for judiciary and police to study the method He notes current telegraphy pictures are still a makeshift and promises direct image transmission to public telegraph services Also remarks on farm mechanization and tractors.
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Herbert M. Davidson
International
Paris
Edouard Belin
M. Belin
Gant
France
America
Malmaison
United States
Department of Justice
San Diego
Cal
Pacific Coast
Parin
M. Bolin
Cleveland
Hio Janetto
Hverpool
Letter Love From A Schooldays Memory
A Chicago Journal note recalls a girl who kept a letter from an older suitor she loved at school. On wash day her mother discovered the letter and told her father, leading to an implied parental intervention and resolutions.
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Grant Mar
Chicago Journal
Italian Nobleman At Labor Meeting
Chevalier Dominic d Allesandro the only titled union man at the American Federation of Labor Convention in Cincinnati is president of the National Hod Carriers and Building Laborers Union. He was knighted by the King of Italy for crusading against the padrona system that held Italian laborers in peonage in America.
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American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Dominic d'Allesandro
National
Hod Carriers’ and Building Laborers’ Union
Hing
Italy
America
Reading To File Modified Plan For Dissolution
Philadelphia June 30 Judges Buffington Davis and Jwl Thompson order the Reading Company to file a modified plan for dissolution from its allied firms in U S District Court by October 30. Mandates from the Supreme Court prompted the action.
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Perptermanent News Service
Philadelphia
Reading Company
U. S. District Court
Buffington, Davia
J Wl Thompson
Supreme Court
Ballots for Public Library Book Selection Arrive
Ballots for a twenty five book selection at New Castle Public Library are arriving by mail for a one room country school. Ballots printed in the New Castle News on June 29 are due by July 6 with results to be tabulated and printed after the deadline.
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New Castle Public Library
New Castle News
St Louis Street Cars Accept Outside Tokens
Travelers with tokens from other towns find they have value in St Louis as United Railways accepts coins from all token systems. The piece notes how travelers grapple with foreign fare tokens and mentions a British peer’s daughter selling candy near Parliament.
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St. Louis
International News Service
United Railways Company
The Development of Radio Broadcasting Era
A discussion of the future expansion of radio broadcasting from a Washington conference. Four broadcasting types are outlined government public private and toll with amateur bands and anticipated widespread access once wavelength assignments are settled. The piece anticipates educational lectures presidential speeches and diverse content expanding accessibility.
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Washington
Willam H. Raston
Leslie
WIZ
WGY
Publc
Odd Facts Unearthed From A Book Of Curiosities
A collection of brief curiosities notes six pounds as a swarm weight for wisps and claims the oldest royal residence is Windsor castle. It asserts Dutch cheese export is red on the crust, London had a lord mayor since Roman times, and England relies on foreign sources for six sevenths of its bread.
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Windsor Castle
London
England
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