De Ford Chief Figure In New Becker Move
William A. De Ford assistant district attorney is eyed as the principal figure in efforts to save Charles Becker. He is said to have met with Governor Whitman and received letters requesting his presence at a future inquiry. The Becker case and related proceedings draw intense public attention as John Doe actions loom and court dates approach.
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DE Ford
NEW Becker Move
William A. de Ford
John F. Mclntyre
Efort
Becker
Hotel Griswold
New London
de. de Ford
Melay
John R. Cahill
Neweli
Heneata
Alenae
Te Ford
Whitman
Whitmon
McIntyre
Resenethal
Heart of Appeala
Melntyre
Batay
Dis
Wien
Mtorneys W
Waarl
Navy Board to Mobilize Brains for Preparedness
Secretary Daniels met with Thomas Edison at his West Orange home to discuss forming a Navy Board. He said the next war will be fought by machinery and minds, calling for scientific preparedness and mobilization of inventive genius across the country.
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Trina
West Orange
N. J
Fter
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Thomas A. Edison
Aentor
Ing
Secretary Daniels
Escapee Prefers Italian Service Over Prison Life
Tocen Scalso, an inmate at Sing Sing who escaped two weeks ago, writes from prison claiming he would rather serve as an Italian soldier. He apologizes to Warden Osborne for breaking trust and to a fellow Manual Welfare League member for the breach of confidence.
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Louis Pynlods
Sin Sing
Mutual Welfare League
Clutehay
Daniel O'Day
Pilloda
Peiviege
O'Day
Mllods
Pillods
Sing Sing Trusty
Italy
Tocen Scalso
Sine Sing
Munual Welfare Leagt
Osborne
Tonopah Pioneer Dead Linked To Wingfield Fortune
Tonopah pioneer and partner of Goldfield financier George Wingfield died at his home aged sixty, following a career in Montan mining interests. London reports detail German offensives around Warsaw, with confirmed prisoner captures and riverfront advances as Hindenburg drives eastward in an expanding campaign against Russia.
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Los Ane
Suffragists Win Clark at San Francisco Hotel Lobby
Speaker Champ Clark faced suffragists in a hotel lobby July 15 and pledged to aid their cause. He said Missouri may join the suffrage front soon and he would push the Susan B Anthony amendment for equal suffrage in the next Congress.
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San Francesco
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Missouri
Saide
Anthony
Piute Acquitted of Murder Charge in U S District Court
Tonver Quiy Te Net Gat, Piute Indian, was found not guilty of murdering Juan Chacon a Mexican sheep herder in southwestern Colorado. He remains hospitalized after the trial and is not free to go. General Scott stated Tae Net Cat and his band had contended innocence.
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Tonver
Quiy
Piute
Shington
Tie Nee Sentt
Ntos
TaeNetCat
Plute
Tiiian
Scott
Old Age Sickness and His Police Guards
Old age and sickness mark the case of David Essnenga sentenced to a year and a day in the Atlanta Federal penitentiary for swindling Savannah Hemmer, his keeper. He saved government fare and guards by feigning weak health, living luxuriously in Boston on proceeds from a scheme netting about $500,900.
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Atlanta
David Essnenga
Savannah Hemmer
Boston
China Man Lum Lin Seeks Annulment Amid Honeymoon
An annulment suit was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday by Lum Lin, a Chinatown resident, after a short honeymoon in which he learned his spouse was a Japanese woman rather than a Chinese partner. The case notes Lum Lin’s dissatisfaction with interethnic marriage and seeks legal dissolution. The proceedings reference an American lawyer and a recent marriage in doubt.
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Lum Lin
Mott Street
Chinatown
Lin
Japan
China
Lam
Lam Lin
Blake
Supreme Court
Runaway Horses Kill Boy in Tunnel Tragedy
A team of runaway horses charging from Second Avenue into the Forty-second Street tunnel crushed a mother and two children. The baby carriage was smashed but the infant escaped unharmed. Albert Kiernan, three, was killed. Mary Macklin, four, sustained only minor injuries. Mrs. Matilda Kiernan, 401 East Forty-sixth Street, and bystander Tether were injured.
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Second Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Matilda Kiernan
East Forty-sixth Street
Albert
Mary Macklin
Daniel Roche
East Forty-second Street
Firefly Lights Drive Mast Hope to Dimmed Streets
Port Jervin New York July 16 residents of Mast Hope Penn report fireflies in such numbers that village lights are turned off to preserve the courting ambiance. Summer boarders and locals, led by boarding house proprietors, favor the switch back to candlelit evenings as the outdoor glow of streets becomes a nightly spectacle.
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Port Jervin
N.Y
Mast Hope
Pike County
Penn
Germany mobilizes last reserves as fighters aged forty and over
Zurich dispatch notes Germany has called up its final reserves and uses men as old as forty two and even cripples. A Basel resident of forty two, trained briefly, was sent to the front after a short mobilization. Doctors declare most fit, including a lineman with a severed foot used for guard duties. Germany aims a last desperate push before month’s end.
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Gordon Gordon-Smith
Zurich
Germany
Switzerland
Basel
Welsh Miners Defy Cabinet Begin Strike
London reports South Wales miners voted 160 to 115 to strike rather than continue work under the munitions act. About 160,000 men affected. most mines idle as government pressure and labor leaders fail to avert action. Cardiff notes 120,000 idle and a looming executive meeting as protests widen.
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London
Rhondda
South Wales
Board of Trade
Walter Runciman
Cardio Coal Exchange
Ea Ba Inna Ee
Ali
Cr Ata
Mes
Aberdare Valles
Independent Labor Party
Labor Party
Keir Marcie
Aberdare
House of Commons
Hany
Asquith
Lloyd Gieorge
Minvitions
Cardiff
Wales
South Wales Miners’ Union
Trater
French Arm Troops With Short Knives For Trench Fighting
London July 16 The Daily Man s correspondent reports French troops are being armed with a short knife to replace the bayonet in trench warfare, enabling easier handling in narrow trenches. The note appears amid other items including a listing for Great Bear Spring Water.
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London
The
Daily Man's
France
Norse Ship Rym Sunk by Torpedoing
The Norwegian steamship Rym was torpedoed and sunk. The second engineer was killed, while the remaining crew members were able to land at Great Yarmouth.
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London
Rym
Great Yarmouth
Nickalls Resigns From Penn Crews To Join British Army
Vivian Nickalls, coach of the University of Pennsylvania rowing team, resigns to join the British army. He accepts a commission in the Fourth Fusiliers and will sail August 18. The crew committee urged him to stay another year, but he refused, stating the country needs its sons. His three year Penn contract still had one year remaining.
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Philadelpnia
Vivian Nickalls
University of Pennsylvania
Yennerlessis
Nickalls
Nickails
Tam
Pennsylvania
Fort Totten Guards Harden Waterfront Against Bomb Threats
In recent days guard posts at Fort Totten near Whitestone Landing have been doubled and extra precautions taken to defend the waterfront and short range battery along the Sound. Rumors of spies and cranks plotting bombs near the fort circulate as authorities tighten security.
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Fort Totten
Whitestone Landing
Cranks
Morgan on Corsair Sees Resolute Win
J P Morgan recovering from wounds watched from the Corsair as Resolute finished a yacht race off Am brose Lightship. Resolute beat Vanitie by 19 seconds near Viking and the lightship, then the Corsair escorted Resolute to Sandy Hook where Morgan praised Emmons and Adams for three straight wins.
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J.P. Morgan
Resolute
Vanitie
Ambrose
George F. Baker, Jr
Viking
New York Yacht Club
Corsair
Mede
Sandy Hook
Mr. Morkan
Robert W. Emmons
Yecht
Charles Branca Adams
First battleships cross Panama today in ceremony
The battleship Missouri flagship of the Naval Academy practice squadron and the battleship Ohio arrived at Gatun Lake Colon and will pass through the canal tomorrow led by Major General Goethals and canal officials. A salute at noon marks the first seago passage of American battleships. The squadron aims for tidewater on the Pacific side by tomorrow evening.
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Missouri
Colon
Naval Academy
Ohio
Gatun Lake
Goothale
Canal
Hugh Rodman
Tidewater
Pacific
Beekeeper’s swarm kills five hounds in Peekskill yard
A group of six thousand bees attacked five dogs and wounded four people in a Peekskill yard yesterday when the hives were disturbed. Eyewitnesses report neighbors used brooms to fend off the swarm as four victims were treated at a local doctor’s clinic.
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Ie Low
Ledooryard
Peekskill
Doctor's
Germany vows to keep torpedoing belligerent ships despite American lives
Washington July 15 German government notified United States it would continue to sink belligerent merchant ships regardless of American citizens aboard. The memorandum on the Nebraskan attack exonerates the submarine commander but signals a harsher stand, complicating Lusitania talks and reviving visit and search disputes. Officials express alarm over Germany's stance and the note’s impact on diplomacy.
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Washington
Notioe
United States
Bng
State Department
Germany
William P. Frye
Cube Marine
Newa
Austria
Turkey
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