Chautauqua Schedule Highlights in Laurens Iowa
The Laurens Chautauqua opens July 7 with children's events and morning games at the grounds. Notable programs include Dr. Robertson on Mexico, Lillian Ringsdorf recital, Lucille Adams readings, Vinton travelogue India Up To Date, and Wills Company entertainment. Shows run through July 11 with concerts, lectures, and a Sunday oratorio by The Cavaliers. Admission ranges from 35 to 85 cents for key events.
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Chautauqua
Glenn Wills Company
Mexico
D. T. Robertson
Glenn Wells Company
Lillian Ringsdorf
Lord Fauntleroy
Lucille Adams
Sumner R. Vinton
Chidken
China
W. B. Whitmore
McCord
British Sailor in Mouth of One of the Queen
A British sailor faces peril as he is drawn into the danger surrounding a firearm incident aboard a vessel linked to the Royal Navy era. The report notes the weapon and the perilous situation amid royal service contexts.
Stahl Held for Perjury In Lusitania Guns Case
Gustav Stahl, a German reservist, was indicted for perjury by a federal grand jury in New York over an affidavit he gave to the German embassy claiming guns were aboard the Lusitania. The charge ties to testimony before the grand jury examining Paul Koenig and others for conspiracy. Stahl is detained in the Tombs after defaulting on a $10,000 bail.
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Gustav Stahl
Lusitania
New York
Paul Koenig
Secret Service Department
United States
Koenig
Stahl
Grand Jury
Movie Scene Explosion Severs Hudson River Shoot
Frederick de Belleville and Betty Marshall, stars for a film company, were nearly killed when 290 pounds of dynamite prematurely exploded under the set as they prepared to leap into the Hudson. They and three cameramen were tossed into the water unconscious. the launch capsized and the cameras and film sank.
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Frederick de Belleville
Betty Marshall
Secon
Hudson River
Mr. de Belleville
Niles Makes First Monoplane Upside-Down Flight
Rochester aviator Charles F. Niles with passenger Stevenson Magordon of Chicago achieved the first monoplane upside-down flight in the country. They looped five times, flew inverted twice, dipped about 800 feet, then leveled and landed after sixteen minutes aloft.
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Charles F. Niles
Rochester
New York
Stevenson Magordon
Chicago
Niles
Magordon
Washington Cabinet Convenes Two Hours on Global Tensions
The cabinet met for two hours to discuss several topics including the Mexican situation and charges of espionage on official mails between the United States and Europe. Germany’s diplomatic position is at a standstill awaiting a reply to the latest American note.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Germany
17 Hurt In Fight Between Rival Unions At Whitaker Plant
Seventeen persons were injured and five seriously in a clash at the Glessner Iron plant in Martins Ferry Ohio between members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and the United Iron and Steel Workers. Police dispersed the rioters.
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Whitaker. Glessner Iron Company
Martin’s Ferry
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
United Iron and Steel Workers
Storms Leave Dozens Dead Across Four States
Seventeen people are dead dozens injured as wind rain and electrical storms sweep Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska causing extensive property damage and widespread destruction.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Becker death sentence rehearing denied by New York court
The New York Court of Appeals refused to reopen the case of Charles Becker former New York Police lieutenant granting his request for reargument on the decision upholding his death sentence.
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New York Court of Appeals
Charles Becker
New York
Militia Guard Governor Slaton After Frank Commutation
Governor Slaton commuted Leo M. Frank's death sentence to life. Militia and mounted police guarded his home near Atlanta as hundreds protested, stones and bottles flying at troops. Slaton said the action ends his public life, but he felt it would be murder to hang Frank. Demonstrators urged a march to Five Points.
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Slaton
Georgia
Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Frank
Ffrank
Mary Phagan
Fulton County
Milledgeville
Caapitiol
Five Points
Weather and trade shifts temper Bradstreet market view
Bradstreet's Trade Review notes weather irregularities limit current distribution of seasonal goods and surplus grain moisture slows harvests while political matters keep some investors cautious. Industrial expansion continues and crop diversification in the south boosts optimism as money for movement rises and rates firm. War order stocks stay supported by large business and the iron and steel sector remains buoyant amid foreign exchange weakness.
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Bradstreet’s
Carranza May Face Elimination Over Obregon Rift
General Carranza, founder of the Constitutionalist movement, stands at risk of being eliminated as a political force unless he yields to orders from Obregon and other high officers. Reported official advices say four of Carranza's cabinet ministers have resigned and Obregon demands their retention.
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Carranza
Mexican Constitutionalist Movement
Alvaro Obregon
General Obregon
Missouri Honest Act Law In Effect
Missouri’s honest advertising law enacted by the last legislature is now in effect The measure applies to every form of business and prohibits misstatements of fact in any advertising form including posters circulars and letters
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Missouri
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