U. S. Posts 17 Billion Trade Surplus in 1914 17 Billion Trade Balance
Trade data from the Department of Commerce shows the United States built a roughly 17 billion dollar trade surplus for the year ending 1914 just before World War I. Exports set new highs while imports also rose, with the eleven month period ending June showing strong totals and the overall balance largely against Allied nations.
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Ashington
Asted Press
Lince
United Tes Ha
United States
America
Europe
Far East
Final Hearing Opens on Frank J Gould Divorce
In Paris on June 22 the divorce case of Frank Jay Gould against Edith Gould opened in the first branch of the French courts. Gould’s representative sought an absolute divorce on multiple grounds while Edith Gould’s attorney argued French courts lacked jurisdiction. The prosecutor will sum up next Tuesday as prior New York actions inform the case. Gould previously obtained a 1919 Paris decree and later sought further relief.
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Edith Kelly
Paris
Frank Jay Gould
Edith Gould
Viviani
Gould
Zurfluts
Mra. Gould
M. Wattine
Republic
Frank J. Gould
Edith Kelly Gould
Man Who 'Squealed' Beaten Assailant Sentenced Five Years
Joseph Marinelli of Brooklyn attacked his former accomplice Nicholas Placnica in the Brooklyn County Court cell room after Placnica, who had turned state's witness, was sentenced to five years in prison for petit larceny. Police separated the pair as attendants retrieved the injured man. The two men, linked to robberies in South Brooklyn, allegedly stole $1,500 worth of women's dresses from Elizabeth Werner, with the loot later found in their furnished room.
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Wust
Haa
Joseph Marincelli
Nayard Street
Brooklyn
Brooklyn County
Nicholas Placunica
Marinelli
Placanica
Elizabeth Werner
Thirteenth Avenue
Census Cart Setup in Manhattan Districts
About 400 to 500 workers from the Board of Education Police and Health departments began a census check in 112 Manhattan districts under Mayor's census committee chair Dr. Frank J. Monaghan. Enums tally results for Health Department tabulation with possible district expansion if needed.
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Manhattan
Board of Education
Police and Health Departments
Mayor's Census Committee
Frank J. Monaghan
Monaghan
Health Department
Justice Dept Opposes Sugar Ration at Hotels and Restaurants
The Department of Justice disapproves of rationing sugar at hotels and restaurants rather than serving from open bowls. The telegram was sent to Chairman Sherburne of the State Commission on Necessaries of Life in Boston on June 22.
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Boston
Department of Justice
Sherburne
State Commission On Necessaries of Life
Department
Loss of Fruit Crops Seen Unless Sugar Speculation Stops
Hudson River Valley growers and exporters warn that speculation drives high sugar prices not shortage and threaten fruit and berry preservation. They call for a sugar embargo and fair distribution to housewives and canners, urging action by the Justice Department and a national rationing plan.
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Hudson River Valley
Hudson River Fruit Exchange, Inc
F. W. Vail
Armin W. Riley
Hudson River
New York State
Maglc
Riley
Washington
Department of Justice
Taxis and Hold-Up Men Affinities Court Remarks in Sentencing
Judge Malqueen declared the link between taxis and highway robbery as strong as corned beef and cabbage. In General Sessions he sentenced three young men for grand larceny in the first degree after they drove to Edwards haberdashery at West 170th Street on April 14 and stole 1400 dollars worth of merchandise. William Keyes 21 laborer 862 Last 14th ree Fres Murphy 19 chauffeur 319 West Sixteenth Street John Collins 24 chauffeur GR West 108th Street received ten years Sing Sing four to ten years and Elmira Reform School respectively.
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Malqueen
William Keyes
James Murphy
West Sixteenth Street
John Collins
GR West 108Th Street
Haberdashery
Abraham Edwards
West 170Th Street
Keyes
Sing Sing
Murphy
Collins
Elmira Reformatory
Florida Legion Opposes Cash Bonus Legislation
The Florida Department of the American Legion adopted a resolution opposing cash bonus legislation in any form. The vote totals were reported as 84 to, with the remainder not clarified.
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Florida
Tampa
Flay
Florida Department of the American Legion
Two Arrested in Chase After Clerk Is Stabbed
Two men sought in an attempted robbery stabbed clerk Ralph Cherry at 5 West Eighteenth Street. Cherry, who fled with $100 in stamps from T J Wilson at 480 Fifth Avenue, identified Joseph Gardella and Frank Salino after a chase through the East Side. Gardella was caught at Broadway and Seventeenth Street. a large knife found. Salino was nabbed in the subway at Eighteenth Street and Fourth Avenue.
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Ava
Upper East Side
Ralph Cherry
T. J. Wilson
Fifth Avenue
Cherry
5 West
Eighteenth Street
Haviland
East Eighteenth Street
Joseph Gardella
Broadway
Seventeenth Street
Aarge
Frank Salino
Wilkingon
Twenty-second Street
Fourth Avenue
Bequests of De Lamar Protested In New York Will Case
Surrogate vuuuan heard arguments on the validity of 17 million dollars in public bequests by Captain Joseph R. De Lamar to Columbia Harvard Johns Hopkins the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor and others The estate valued near 29 million rising to 32 million after death includes a 10 million trust for daughter Alice Antoinette If public gifts exceed legal limits they must be reduced saving about 2.5 million for Miss De Lamar and taxes to the state Miss De Lamar waives the extra 2.5 million if the gifts are cut back
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Vuuuan
Lafayette B. Gleason
Travis
Joseph R. de Lamar
Columbia University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Association For Improving the Condition
Captain de Lamar
Alice Antoinette
Gleason
Miss de Lamar
Bank Teller Freed by Wilson in Hartford
Mer rick W Chapin, a former teller at the Pheniy National Bank, was freed after a presidential commutation of his February 1819 five year sentence for stealing $44000. He had pleaded guilty to the theft and served time in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. A Kansas report notes over four hundred private stills seized in the last year by Federal agents.
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Wilson Hartford
Conn
Merrick W. Chapin
Pheniy National Bank
Federal
Atlanta
Wilson
Chain
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Dudley Doolittle
Prohibition Enforement
Quake Causes Major Damage Around Los Angeles Area
A June tremor near Huntington Lake caused $150 000 in damage, mainly in Inglewood and surrounding towns. Twenty one business buildings were demolished in Inglewood, many homes damaged, and a fatal heart death occurred in Venice. Power at Huntington Lake disrupted tramways in Los Angeles for 25 minutes as shocks rattled southern California.
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Los Angeles
Huntington Lake
Fresno
Here
Inglewood
William Shippy
Venice
Hyde Park
Pasadena
Edison
Laughlin
San Pedro
Long Resch
Santa Monica
Delegates Named for Chicago Convention and Calderon Appointment
A call to name delegates for the Chicago convention on July 10 reports over thirty delegates selected. Calderon has been named a Third Party ambassador with La Follette and Bryan supporting the move. Nebraska Senator Hiram Johnson and others discuss sending new Mexican envoy to gain US recognition.
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Tee
Chicago
Johnson
Calderon
Mexico
la Follette
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
United States
Hiram Johnson
Robert M. LaCal
Follette
W.J. Bryan
Nebraska
Washington
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Yoledo
Toledo
Ohio
Suporiors
Theoledo Railways and Light Company
Henry I. Doherty
New York
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Minn
Monroe Clothes
Monroe
Monroe Clothes Shops
New
York
42Nd Street
SOE
42Nd
Nassau 5 Cortlandt
14Th ” St
34Th ”St
59Th
Chrystie
B’way
Madison Frankfort
Col. Circle Cor
7Th Ave
Canal
Bronxbergen Ave
149Th Stree
Fulton Street Court
Montague Streets
Fulton
Flatbush Ave
Newark
Market St
Jersey City
Newark Ave
Ray Paterson
Main St
Yonkers
Getty Square
Chase
de Lamar
G. van Eaton
Fisherman's Club
Bible Institute
South Hope Street
Riker Trucks
Locomobile Company
West 61St Street
New York City
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