Miles Defends Bulgaria Amid Devastating War Crisis
Gen Nelson Miles claims Bulgaria endures eight hundred thousand invaders cutting communications and causing widespread famine. He notes 60,000 refugees nearby, heavy Bulgarian losses, scarce surgeons and food, halted telegraphs, and calls for immediate American aid through the Red Cross to Queen of Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria
New York State
Mberalald
Red Cross
Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Infantile paralysis cure announced by Dr Magee in California
Dr Irvin Magee of Venice California claims a glycerine emulsion subcutaneous injection cures infantile paralysis and may control locomotor ataxia. He reports sixteen cases treated successfully, stressing early administration before paralysis sets in. The notice ends with an unrelated advertisement for Angostura Bitters.
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Magee
New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Irvin Magee
Venice
C al
Sea Sinks During Warship Target Practice Off Salerno
In the Gulf of Salerno during target practice Count Gendo Biscaretti aboard Vettor Pisani and three torpedo boats saw the sea sink rapidly then rise after a quarter hour. Admiral Corsi and crews witnessed the anomaly, repeated along the Bay of Ples and at Mesina. Nearby Ganzirra salt lake heated, surface covered with cooked fish and molluscs.
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Marconi
New York Times
Milan
Italy
Gendo Biscaretti
Vettor Pisan
Gulf of Salerno
Corsi
Bay Ofples
Messina
Salt Lake
Ganzirra
Devery In Wreck At Sea As Mutinous Crew Sealed In
Big Billy Devery and Frank Farrell of the Yankees along with several companions set out from Far Rockaway in an auxiliary fishing boat. A sudden storm disabled the engine six hours ashore, Capt Craft locked Devery and others in the cabin during the squall, and the party returned to shore at night after a perilous voyage.
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Billy Devery
Frank Farrell
The
Yankees
Far Rockaway
Long Beach
Capt. Craft
Devery
Bryan Returns Irritated At Chicago Stop
William Jennings Bryan, in a hurried, irritated mood, waited at Union Station in Chicago for a Washington train. He teased reporters calling the State Department Secretive, dodged discussion of Mexican and Japanese issues, and refused to comment on Col. Watterson’s grape juice diplomacy or a $12,000 salary remark. He said he would meet Ambassador Wilson on arrival and would not discuss editorials about himself.
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New York
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Union Station
Washington
Secretary of State
State Department
Col
Henry Watterson
Mr. Bryan
Department
Mexico
Wilson
United States
California
Col. Watterson
Redfield Takes Subtle Dig At Bryan Speech Tour
In Pittsburgh W C Redfield Secretary of Commerce delivered remarks to the Chamber of Commerce implying Bryan’s summer speechmaking tour is winding down. He noted it would permit his own absence from Washington as a remark on departmental duties and staffing.
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New York Times
Pittsburgh
W. C. Redfield
Secretary of Commerce
Bryan
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Lily Px inft of conktery tiedioe
Fragmentary text mentions Lily Px in a conktery context with unclear details and no discernible events or outcomes.
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Ioe Ee Ier
Tos
FT Conktery
Lily Px i
Four Die in Battle at Cabin Creek Mine
Four men die in a violent clash at Wakeforest on Cabin Creek when striking miners attack two mine watchmen. Frank Ginn and Don Slater are named among the dead. Slater had been a deputy sheriff and guard. Authorities blame the strikers and authorities plan patrols as the United Mine Workers strike continues.
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New York Times
Charleston
West Va
Wakeforest
Cabin Creek
Frank Ginn
Don Slater
Wakeforest Mining Company
Ohley
Slater
Ginn
Trowbridge
Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers of America. Sheriff Bannerhill
Eskdale
President's Daughter Aids Fire Rescue At Eaglesmere Cottage
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the President helped move belongings and assisted in salvage as a cottage adjoining her hotel burned at Eaglesmere Pennsylvania. Firefighters arrived within five minutes and prevented spread while Mrs Dodge and others were evacuated. The scene drew attention from summer residents including Philadelphia Orchestra staff and local physicians.
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New York Times
Eaglesmere
Penn
Margaret Wilson
Wilson
W. C. Dodge
Washington
Murphy
Jennie Dodge
Elizabeth Johnson
Dodges
Raymond Kehoror
Dodge Cottage
Miss Wilson
Louis A. Mattson
Philadelphia Orchestra
Capt. E. Chase
W. C. Jackson
George Broty Shoemaker
Philadelphia
Dodge
Miss. Wilson
Two Men Injured in Catskill Aqueduct Blast Below Bowery
Two workers, Simon Wynn and Philip Scarzo, were severely injured by a final blast intended to connect Shafts 19 and 20 of the Catskill Aqueduct. Wynn, 34, lost a hand. Scarzo, 29, was peppered with debris and lost an eye. Both died at Bellevue Hospital. The blast occurred 750 feet underground with shafts 3,840 feet apart, prompting a hurried rescue and police response.
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Simon Wynn
Amsterdam Avenue
Philip Scarzo
Stanton Street
Bellevue
Cooper Square
Sixth Street
The
Bowery
Delancey Street
Shaft 19
Shaft 20
Hackman
Fifth Street
Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins
Jommen
Michigan Troops Deployed as Copper Strike Turmoil Peaks
Calumet Michigan July 24 15000 striking copper miners ignore orders against violence prompting Gov Ferris to dispatch 2400 soldiers including cavalry to the upper Peninsula. Deputies stripped of badges after clashes with rioters. plants and shops closed as strikers marched and urged unity for higher wages and union goals.
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Calumet
Mich
Western Federation of Miners
Ferris
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Crane
Alpena
Bay City
Vandercook
Calumet and Hecla Company
Ahmeek
Red Jacket
Engish
Park Bre Company
Girl Saves Drowning Man in Echo Bay Rescue
Miss Emma Voltz an 18 year old resident of 15 Hudson Street New Rochelle saved E A Jaffin of New York City from drowning in Echo Bay during a midday swim Jaffin a touring motorist was sinking after signaling distress A fellow swimmer mistook his cries as a joke but Voltz deployed a rescue and earned public praise while avoiding the crowd cheers
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New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Emma Voltz
Hudson Street
E. A. Jaffin
New York City
Echo Bay
Jaffin
Hudson Park
Awsa&y
Miss Voltz
Voltz
Cancen
Bathizen
Miss Oltz
Long Island Sound
Mediation favored in Mexico's case with Bryan as arbitrator
Washington July 24 mediation policy moves forward if Congress approves. Congress debates one or multi member commission led by Secretary Bryan to mediate between Huerta and Constitutionalistas while munitions policy awaits Henry Lane Wilson. Rebels push peace plan and election scheme.
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Austria
Europe
New York Times
Washington
Mexico
Wilson
Congress
Huerta
United States
Henry Lane Wilson
Bryan
Bacon
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Flood
House Committee On
Senate
House
House Committee
Conriette
Mediation Commission
Mea
Federals
Constitutionalistas
Mexican Congress
Stefansson Ship Alaska Reaches Port Clarence After Storm
The gasolene schooner Alaska the second Stefansson polar expedition ship reached Port Clarence safely after a severe Bering Sea storm. It drifted for hours after engine failure and underwent temporary repairs before anchoring at Port Clarence.
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Nome
Alaska
Stefansson
Port Clarence
Bering Sea
Sledge Island
Nahmans
Cape York
Wilson Opposes Gift Fund For President's Daughter
Baltimore July 24 President Wilson frowns on a movement to raise a fund for a wedding present for his daughter Jessie. His private secretary J P Tumulty has written to Mayor Preston that the President's son has not approved the plan and urges caution in soliciting funds.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Wilson
Jessie
J. P. Tumulty
Preston
Jolws
Daniels for Mail Voting in Long Beach Speech
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels urged allowing mail voting to expand the electorate. He argued educated, affluent citizens too often skip ballots and proposed laws enabling service members, public officers away from home, college students of age, and traveling workers to vote by mail.
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Long Beach
Cal
Josephus Daniels
Navy Department
Army
Navy
Suffragist Scorns Rescue at Waldorf Fire Scene
Guests at the Waldorf watched firefighters tackle a smoky fire under a sidewalk vault used to bale waste paper. Firemen had to force entry to the area and extinguish the blaze.
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The
Waldorf
Cars Collide in Bronx Injuring Six
A Bronx collision between two surface cars near 138th Street left six people injured and several others shaken. Motormen William Connolly and Thomas Mulhall escaped serious harm, but conductors on both cars sustained serious injuries requiring medical attention.
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Bronx
Morris Avenue
William Connolly
West 116Th Street
Third Avenue
138Th Street
Fordham and Woodlawn
Thomas Mulhall
St. Ann’s Avenue
Walker Avenue
Washington Irving and Hendrick Fula in Albany Query
A fragmented item mentions Washington Irving and Hendrick Fula in Albany with unclear context and scattered punctuation.
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Budeok Mn Str
Washington Irving
Hendrick
Robert Fula
Aluany
Torreon S Fall Confirmed By Constitutionalist Headquarters
An official announcement from Constitutionalist headquarters in Piedras Negras confirms Torreon's fall. Texas dispatch notes the situation was decided today with decisive military action and a formal report issued.
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Eagle Pas
Texas
Inent
Constitutionalist
Pie
Two Die of Hydrophobia From Rabies Cases in Jersey City
John McInerney, 14, died at Jersey City Hospital after hydrophobia developed from a dog bite in June near 443 York Street. Autopsy by Dr. MacLeod in Jamaica, Queens, confirmed hydrophobia as the cause of death for Henry Holland Jr., a 57 Madison Avenue chauffeur, who died July 22 after eight days ill.
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John McInerney
Jersey City
York Street
MacLeod
Jamaica
Queens
Henry Holland, Jr
Madison Avenue
Winfield
Holland
Rivercrest
Astoria
Astor's Genteel Oversight Improves Ferncliff Estate Work
Vincent Astor, newly master of Ferncliff, meets employees every Saturday morning to discuss work and gather suggestions. He has earned trust, knows most workers by name, and aims to keep the Hudson estate a beauty spot through closer contact with his staff.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Ferncliff
Vincent Astor
Hudson
Astor
Police trap safe burglars at Sullivan Street butcher shop
Detectives Dowling and Loser of the Safe Squad, led by Deputy Commissioner Dougherty, trapped two burglars outside the 162 Sullivan Street butcher shop after a nighttime stake. The pair fired on the detectives, wounding one man named Peter John and causing a second assailant to surrender. The safe held three dollars.
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Dowling
Dougherty
Sullivan Street
Peter John
Twelfth Street
Joseph No
East Fourteenth Street
Hen ‘‘Jaffe
Degano
Nicole Perella
Wilson’s Own Antitrust Policy Previewed
Washington July 24 President Wilson has an anti trust policy of his own but will not act until the December session. He plans a legislative program that does not amend the Sherman act but would define monopolies through new statutes. He will not discuss big ideas until tariff and currency bills are settled.
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Washington
Wilson
Lords defeat bill to abolish plural voting in Britain
The House of Lords rejected the bill to abolish plural voting at elections in the British Isles. The final vote was 166 to 42 against the measure. Earlier, on July 14, the bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons after a motion failed by 283 to votes.
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London
House of Lords
British Isles
House of Commons
Bomb Explodes at Lima Senate President Residence
A bomb exploded at the entrance of the residence of Senator J. Villanueva in Lima Peru. No injuries were reported though the incident caused widespread excitement as Villanueva proceeded to the Senate with guards present.
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Lima
Villanueva
Peru
Senate
J. Villanueva
Senor Villanueva
Heir Demands Intermediate Accounting of Trust
Mrs. Fannie E. B. Francis, daughter of Jabez A. Bostwick, filed in the Surrogate Court to compel New York Life Insurance and Trust Co to render an intermediate accounting of 689000 placed in trust by her father’s will. The trust income was to go to the widow during life with the remainder to a daughter, Mrs. Nellie B. Morrell Cary, and the trust principal to an outright legacy to another sister who did not survive. The text is partially cut and unclear on further details of posthumous claims.
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Fannie E. B. Francis
Jabez A. Bostwick
New York Life Insurance and Trust Company
Nellie B. Morrell Carygue
Carty
Mutiny and fire threaten Sing Sing prison chaos
Mutiny at Sing Sing escalates with attacks on a so called traitor Texas Jack, fires thwarted by Warden James N. Clancy. Guards and militia mobilize as 100 convicts refused work and a sleep deprived inmate population awaits a possible break by morning.
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Sing Sing
Ossining
Auburn
James N. Clancy
Texas Jack
Connaughton
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Drowning Man
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Mexi
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