Two Killed as Warehouse Fire Burns City Blocks
A warehouse fire at the Tranzit Company building on 10 to 14 June Street and 245 to 251 West Twelfth Street killed two firefighters and injured many others. Explosions from magnesium and other chemicals fed the blaze, which started around 8:30 AM and raged through the seven story structure. Firefighters battled the flames overnight aided by Manhattan and Brooklyn engine companies. at least one lieutenant and several firemen suffered severe injuries.
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Tranzit Company
Ines
West Twelfth Street
Banten
Banton
Grand Jury
John J. Schoppmeyer
Engine 13
Times H. Malone
Enging Company 1N8
Brooklyn
Tate
Manhattan
Johnson Street
Flatbush Avenue
Brook
Carroll James
Brooklyn Hospital
Chapman
Edward
Red Cross
Doherty
Thomas F
St. Vincent's Hospital
McCafery
Michael F
St. Vincent'ss Hospital
Varlen
Janes J
Mole
Gue
St. Vincent’s Hospital
O'Neill
John M
St. Vincent's
Reynolds
Peter
Bellevue Hospital
Borough Cal
Rocklyn
Mary O'Toole
Greenwich Avenue
Dronnan
Joseph Martin
Dren- Tan
Hylan
Morgan Jones
Drennan
German Defense Measure Made Law by Reichstag
Berlin July 18 The Reichstag passed the defense bill amid a parliamentary ceremony honoring Walter Rathenau. The measure, deemed vital to the republic's survival, received broad backing though turnout was low. The government asserted the law will shield Germany from upheaval and secure the republic's future beyond immediate crises.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Firss
Reichafe
Walter Rathenau
Rathenow
Pitieare
Forty Raiders Strive to Make Atlantic City Dry as Sands
The July 18 raids led by Federal agent Sam H Cone at Atlantic City yielded over $50,000 in liquor and exposed hidden passages in many establishments. About twenty agents worked today with more slated for tomorrow and the day after as Prohibition enforcement intensified during a statewide push. Authorities from Washington and state officials eyed the resort as raids continued to target liquor sellers and related venues along the boardwalk.
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Atlantic City
Sam H. Cone
Union National Bank
Tiwan
Washington
Roy A. Haynes
Haynes
Con‘e
Charles C. Brown
William H. Brinton
Cornelius Scott
North Jersey
Gene
Tribune
Senate
Lenroot
Finance Committee
Borah
Capper
Jones
Kellogg
Nelson
Norbeck
Rawson
Sterling
Willis
Townsend
Carsing
Senater Finones Cormittes
Gapper
Kayes
Smoot
House
Payne- Aldrich
Harding calls on governors to aid coal protection
Harding appeals to twenty eight coal states to help safeguard mines to ensure fuel supply. Gompers and Lewis denounce troop use and say such measures won’t produce coal.Tariff bill fight continues as insurgent lead threatens resignations and charges retaliation against dissenting senators.
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Harding
Gompers
Lewis
Lenror
Finance Committee
de la Huerta
Hughes
United States
New York
Brooklyn
State Committee Indorses Miller For 2d Term
The Republican State Committee praised Governor Nathan L. Miller as the leading statesman of the day at a National Republican Club meeting. It urged renomination, set a September 27 Albany convention, and endorsed the Harding administration while honoring late Port Collector George W. Sidridge. Miller’s supporters praised his thrift and reform, with Machold urging a full endorsement though rules blocked a direct nomination.
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Republican State Committee
National Republican Club
Nathan L. Miller
Moet
Albany
Elim Root
Harding
George W. Sidridge
Rochester
Calder
Brooklyn
Charles H. Deuell
State Committee
George A. Glynn
Miller
H. Edmund Machold
Jefferson County
Nathan I. Miller
Machold
Ogden L. Mills
U S Favors Trade Balance Down From Prior Year
The Commerce Department reports America's fiscal year 1922 ended June 30 with a 1.162 billion dollar favorable trade balance, down about 2 billion from the prior year. Exports totaled 3.77 billion, imports 2.61 billion, with June exports 884 million and imports 260 million.
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America
Commerce Department
Brooklyn Storm Paralyses Subway and City Streets
A heavy rainstorm flooded the West Side tunnels, halting the Fourth Avenue line briefly and delaying commuters between Chambers Street and Times Square. Streets, basements, and sewers flooded across Brooklyn and Staten Island, with two hours of disruptions and 75,000 dollars in damage.
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West Side
Chambers Street
Times Square
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Trafic
Interborough
Staten
William H. Mirshfield
Babyton
L. 1
Nelson E. Peck
Mirshfields
South Side Hospital
Jos
William Evans
Thomas Dickingon
William Albin
Russell Taylor
Charles Ward
John Grait
Albin
Cara
Houston Street
Fourteenth Street
Chambers
Grand Central
East Side
Riggeway
The
Transit Commission
Flatbush
East Seventeenth Street
Newkirk
Foster Avenue
Staten Island
Stapleton
Mariner's Harbor
New Brighton
Attorney Ships in Fo'e's'le For Sea Law Insight
William Mahler an admiralty lawyer aged 69 of Wall Street will sail today aboard the United States Shipping Board steamer Alabama to study conditions on ships. He seeks firsthand experience of sailors work and life to better serve clients, planning to report findings to Shipping Board Chairman Lasker after his voyage aboard as ordinary seaman.
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E’s’le
William Mahler
Wall Street
United States Shipping Board
Alabama
Mahler
United States
Yesterda
Eine Fahrer
Chairman Lasker
Shipping Board
Harding Urges States to Guard Mines and U.S. Will Act
President Harding sent telegrams to coal state governors urging cooperation to reopen mines. He described failed arbitration offers by the federal government and miners, while most operators accepted. He called for restored production under prior scales and a national commission to study the industry, with federal aid to maintain order and secure fuel supply.
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United Mine Workers
National Coal Commission
Fed
Fairs to Alter Trade Methods Of Merchants
Merchants Association of New York and allied national groups announce a planned National Merchandise Fair in New York. The event from August 7 to 25 at Grand Central Palace and the Tist Regiment Armory will unite buyers, sellers, and goods in a permanent fair system modeled on Europe. It targets department store and dry goods buyers, stresses a business focus, and seeks supplier cooperation rather than replacing traveling salesmen.
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Yankees
White Sox
Giants
Cardinals
St. Louis
Yale
Ten-Lee
Empire City
New York Boxing Commission
Greb
Harry Ertle
Benny Leonard
Lew Tendler
Reils
United States
Merchants Association of New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
National Garment Retailers’ Association
New York
Lewis E. Pierson
The
Merchants Association
Grand Central Palace
Tist Regiment
Europe
Pierson
Jesse J. Straus
R, H, Macy Paper
Bill's Groundhogs Go To Death From Pepper Peppered Holes Prove Story
Special dispatch reports on July 18 from Haverhill describing farmer Bill Evans using pepper to deter eight woodchucks on his Whittier Road farm. The critters allegedly sneezed to death after pepper near their den entrances, with woodchucks found outside their homes the next morning showing neck injuries.
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Bill
Rail Peace by Saturday Hope Of Negotiators
Chicago July 18 plan for peace by Saturday in railroad shopmen strike gains momentum as United States Railroad Labor Board prepares quick settlement. E F Grable of 400000 maintenance of way workers presses for separate road settlements. Hooper urges early hearing likely by July 25. Cummins hints hearings to base decisions on living wage. Grable and Jewell discuss potential message from President Harding while some railroads resist restoring seniority rights amid public welfare pressure.
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Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Chicago
Taquest
Wellsburg
W. Va
Clifton
Dty
The
Tribune
United States Railroad Labor Board
E. F. Grable
Labor Board
Lee
Milwaukee & St. Pau
G. Cummins
Sle
Raiload
B. M. Jewell
Cummins
Jewell
Grable
Mr. Jewell
Harding
Mr. Grable
Union Head Calls Warning a Gesture
President Harding urged 28 coal state governors to protect mines and secure fuel supply. He promised federal aid while John L. Lewis dismissed the move as a gesture not solving the strike. War Department said New York Guard could be used if states fail to act, with regulars only if needed.
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Harding
U.S
Carter Field
Washington
White House
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Tim
New York Guard
New York National Guard
Pennsylvania
War Department
New York
War Weeks
National Guard
Weeks
Colorado
Colorado State Guard
United ‘States
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West Side Subway
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Admiralty
Pantryman
Adam Recklein
Charles R. Miller
New York Times
Jersey
Grace Btrachan Forsythe
Hague
Russia
Lord Mountbatten
Edwina Ashley
England
Indorses Miller
Aldridge
Root
U. S
Learoot
West Side Tubes
Brooklyn Line
Babylon
Warren G. Harding
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