Courts Lag As War Fraud Cases Stall
Washington dispatch notes court rules crafted in a bygone era fail to handle wartime graft probes. With excess litigation and summer vacations slowing trials, prosecutors fear many defendants will escape justice even as the attorney general expands the war graft division. Chief Justice Taft backs reform to modernize rules for a larger, busier nation.
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W. H. Atkins
International News Service
Washington
Congress
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Department
New York
Middle West
Taft
Coquette's Explanation on Engagements
A young man asks why women engage several fellows at once. She replies humorously that with only one match, it often goes out, implying multiple suitors. The remark appears in the Boston Transcript.
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Coquette
Boston Transcript
Bees Learn Time Indication From Daily Meals
A French expert claimed bees can tell time by schedule. He observed breakfast at seven, lunch at four, and a missing midday sweets slot prompting indoor meals. After jam was placed at every hour for five minutes, bees visited hourly, allowing time-telling without a clock.
Housemaids Union Aims Higher Wages in Sydney
In Sydney 60,000 Cossacks in western Siberia number 60,000, 185,000 in Transbaikal, and 55,000 in the Priamus. They hold more land than peasants yet remain economically inferior to peasants outside Transbaikal.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Siberia
Transbaikal
Photos Sent by Radio Predicted to Aid Crime Detection
Paris June 30 Edouard Belin inventor of facsimile transmission by radio says towns and villages could receive a criminal’s photograph the day of the crime. He has already sent documents by wireless and will tour the United States to demonstrate the system to Justice and police. He envisions images transmitted from Paris to America and notes the method could replace coded telegraph drawings with true image transmission.
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Herbert M. Davidson
International News Service
Paris
Edouard Belin
M. Belin
France
America
Malmaison
United States
Department of Justice
San Diego
Cal
Pacific Coast
Evolution of Wheat Harvesting From Hand to Tractors
The article traces farming methods from hand scythe and manual binding to horse drawn reapers and McCormick binders, then to modern mechanical tractors each driving two binders. It notes the shift from flails and treadmills to tractor threshers, explaining progress from past to present on farms.
Letter Found by Mother Sparks Schoolyard Confession
A Chicago Journal memory recalls a girl in grammar school who kept a love letter from an older boy. On wash day her mother discovered it and told her father, ending with the familiar line about consequences.
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Chicago Journal
Italian nobleman at labor meeting in Cincinnati
Chevalier Dominic d Allesandro, president of the National Hod Carriers' and Building Laborers' Union, attended the American Federation of Labor Convention in Cincinnati. He was knighted by the King of Italy for aiding the breakup of the padrone system, which kept Italian laborers in peonage in America.
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American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Dominic d’Allesandro
Hod Carriers’ and Building Laborers’ Union
Italy
America
Reading To File Modified Plan For Dissolution
Reading company must file a modified dissolution plan for its allied firms in the U S District Court by October 30 as ordered by Judges Buffington Davis and J W Thompson following Supreme Court mandates.
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News Service
Philadelphia
Reading Company
U. S. District Court
Buffington, Davis
J. W. Thompson
Supreme Court
Book Ballots Enter New Castle Public Library
Ballots for selecting twenty five books for a one room country school are arriving at the New Castle Public Library. Ballot reception continues daily and more ballots arrive with each mail. Citizens are urged to submit selections before July 6 and the ballot results will be tabulated and printed after that date.
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New Castle Public Library
New Castle News
St Louis Street Cars Accept Tokens From All Cities
Travelers with tokens from distant towns find them usable in St Louis as the United Railways company accepts coins from all cities that use tokens for fare. The piece notes how travelers weigh keeping or discarding foreign tokens while en route.
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International News Service
St, Louis
St. Louis
United Railways Company
Candy seller near Parliament from titled English family
A woman bearing a courtesy title, daughter of an English peer who died recently, works by selling candy in a shop close to the Houses of Parliament.
The Development of Radio Broadcasting Emergence of four broadcasting forms
Radio broadcasting is set to expand with four distinct forms government public private and toll all operating between 310 and 750 meters. Government stations will carry official messages and lectures while public broadcasting will provide music speeches and news from stations like WJZ KD KA and WGY. Toll broadcasting is anticipated though not yet tested with amateurs gaining free access below the band.
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Washington
William H. Easton
Leslie’s
United States
WJZ
KDKA
WGY
Odd Facts On Wasps Oysters Cheese And Castles
Six pounds equals a wasp swarm weight. The finest oysters reach peak flavor at eighteen months. Only exported Dutch cheese is credited with a red crust. Windsor Castle stands as the oldest royal residence. London has had a lord mayor since Roman times. England relies on foreign sources for six sevenths of its bread supply.
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Windsor Castle
London
England
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