Dardanelles Closure Prompts Allied War Market Jumps
News from Constantinople reports Italian torpedo boats attacking the Dardanelles with Turkish forts. Two Italian ships were sunk and another damaged as forts held for 46 minutes. Cabinet orders the Dardanelles closed, while wheat and corn markets in Chicago surged on the war news and supply disruptions.
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Archbal d Impeachment Court Sets Aug. 5 Deadline
Washington July 19 The Archbald impeachment court fixed Aug. 5 as the limit for all formal answers in the case and adjourned until July 29 without deciding if the trial will proceed this summer or be postponed to fall.
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Film room explosion causes two deaths at General Film
Albany N Y July 19 An explosion in the film room of the General Film company makers of moving picture films resulted early today in the death of two employees and probable loss of 200000 dollars.
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Nevada Flood Kills Dozens as Towns Washed Away
Reno reports late advices from yesterday describe floods washing out Mauma Wai and Seven Troughs in Humboldt County Nevada. More than forty bodies recovered. death toll expected to reach about thirty or more as floodwaters up to fifteen feet deep swept through canyons.
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Weather Forecast for Rock Island Area Tonight and Tomorrow
Till 7 P M Tomorrow unsettled weather with probable showers tonight or Saturday. Warmer tonight with yesterday's high and low at 55. Temperature at 7 am 59. Wind nine mph. Precipitation 0.1 inch in 24 hours. Relative humidity 40 at 7 pm and 78 at 7 pm. Stage of water 3.2 with a one inch rise in 24 hours. J M Sherier vocal forecaster. Astronomical events from noon today to noon tomorrow include sunset 7 27 and sunrise 4 44. Evening stars Mars Jupiter Mercury Venus. Morning star Saturn.
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Icebergs Sighted by Mauretania and Adriatic Near Titanic Site
Steamers Mauretania and Adriatic report large icebergs off the coast after arriving from Liverpool. The Adriatic sighted the biggest berg Wednesday near the Titanic wreck area, estimated 300 to 1000 feet long and 100 to 200 feet high. Mauretania also encountered a vast ice field forcing a southward course to escape.
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Andrew calls on Taft to make letter public
A Piatt Andrew, former assistant secretary of the treasury, repeats charges against Secretary MacVeagh and urges President Taft to publicly release a description of treasury department conditions written by a top official ten weeks before his resignation. He cites letters Taft made public and says the description should be published to complete the record.
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White House
Judge Hanford Accusations Stir Seattle Inquiry
Seattle July 19 New accusations against United States Judge C H Hanford surfaced before the congressional investigation panel during H L Klock's testimony. Klock described a man named Sutton claiming knowledge of a land sale tied to Hanford and associates with land valued at one dollar an acre and appraised at ten dollars, allegedly sold through a controlled bidding process.
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Massacre Reported Near Madera Mexico
Juarez dispatches report a massacre near Dolores mountain pass southwest of Madera where 200 to 300 rebels were killed by Aagul Indians. Passengers traveling through the region relayed the tale with sparse details and unclear timelines.
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Catlin to be unseated by Congress Gill seated instead
Washington July 19 House elections committee No 2 voted to unseat Catlin of St Louis a Republican and seat Gill a Democrat in a strict party line action. A multimillionaire tobacco man says his son did not know of expenditures as the case unfolds.
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GOTHAR MURDER CLOSE TO POLICE
New York reports the Rosenthal murder plot clearing toward police indicators. William Shapiro, owner of the murder car, says he was told lawmen knew the plan and no one was in danger. Jack Rose, gambler ally of Lt Becker, surrendered and named a fellow gambler.
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Horrors Ended in Putumayo Amid Rubber District Atrocities
London reports the Putumayo rubber district atrocities are described as surpassing in horror. A company whose employees are outraged is now reported to be in liquidation. The sensational dispatch notes perverse cruelty in Peru and the looming collapse of the implicated firm.
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Peru
Theron Catlin Unseated Over Campaign Spending Scandal
The House contest reveals Theron Catlin, son of multimillionaire Daniel Catlin, was unseated amid testimony his father spent over 10 000 to elect him. Catlin claims his son knew nothing of the expenditures while the father testified the son did not know of the money.
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Clothes Prices To Be Advanced In 1913
New York July 19 The price of clothes will rise next year as leading cloth producers lift the spring 1913 price from 70 cents a pound to 20 cents a yard above last year. Manufacturers cite a 30 million pound smaller domestic wool clip and higher wages and wool costs as the main causes of the increase.
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New York
Five Laundrymen Indicted in Washington Conspiracy Case
Five laundrymen in Washington were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to defraud the government by shutting off competition in laundered towels used by the government department. Bids on advertised work allegedly doubled from last year.
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Ioral
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Taylor System Is Knocked Out Reporter Draft
Washington July 15 Senate labor committee reports against introducing the Taylor epatem to arsenals and navy yards. The move halts plans to expand Taylor System control in federal facilities.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Labor
Congress chiefs to defend Taft nomination on floor
Republican leaders in the Senate and House plan speeches to defend Taft's nomination. Kovitt is tipped for the Senate lead, while Mondell and Bartholdi ready House remarks. A Taft-approved statement defending seating of delegates at Chicago may be introduced by leaders in both chambers.
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Senate Committee Probed For Forest Service Expenditures
Washington July 19 An investigation of expenditures in the forest service by a special senate committee during congress recess is asked in a resolution introduced by Overman The resolution was referred to the committee on expenses It was inspired by reports of abuses
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Premier Asquith Dodges Hatchet During Dublin Visit
In Dublin on July 19 suffragists arrested after outrages planned against Premier Asquith. Women charged with plotting to burn a Dublin theatre and to injure him by hatchet. Mrs Mary Leigh identified as the thrower. Police say gunpowder kerosene and inflammables found in their rooms. officials cite evidence of serious planned acts.
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Steffens Details McNamara Plea Ties in Darrow Case
Los Angeles July 19 Lincoln J. Steffens magazine writer testified for the defense in the bribery trial of Clarence S. Darrow and detailed the history of the McNamara pleas of guilty He said Darrow and the McNamara brothers agreed to the plan before the arrest of Franklin and that negotiations aimed to save John J. McNamara if possible.
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Grand Opera House at Freeport Destroyed by Fire
The Grand opera house in Freeport was burned today causing an estimated loss of 40,000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze as the historic venue suffered major damage.
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Taft Jokes About Bomb as Secret Service Finds No Ground
Washington reports that after hours of inquiry officials deny a bomb targeting President Taft and say Assistant Secretary Sherman Allen was not injured. Taft joked at breakfast and played golf unafraid. Other items note Dr. H W Hurt named Lombard College president and a Hong Kong governor shooting case with a guilty verdict.
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Deneen to Meet Roosevelt Party In Illinois Monday
Springfield July 19 Governor Deneen set 10 o clock Monday to meet Roosevelt party committee to determine if state officials running for election back Taft or Roosevelt. Chicago July 19 Whether Deneen supports Taft or Roosevelt looms large for Illinois third party movement with possible full state ticket. Hancock Mich July 19 State Game Warden William R Gates announces progressive bid for Republican nomination for Congress in the 12th district opposing H Olin Young who seeks reelection.
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Increased Rates for Fuel Wood Suspended
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission halted proposed rate increases on fuel wood for Chicago and Illinois, mainly sourced from Wisconsin and Michigan, until November 16. The commission also ordered a broad investigation of cement, iron ore, iron and steel transportation rules and rates across all points east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
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Big Produce Dealers After Little Fellows
Chicago July 19. T F Gallagher of the Chicago butter and egg board said there is stiff competition among dealers and a danger that large merchants squeeze out small operators. He warned it is a mighty struggle to stand up to it. London strikers seek aid. Leaders of the London strike sent a telegram to Semel Genipher, president of the American Federation of Labour, asking immediate financial help.
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Affinity Is Shot By A Married Man
Denver July 19 Eugene Miller 23 and married shot Miss Georgia Liehhtenwalter 19 after his wife claimed she had hypnotized him into infatuation. Miller shot the stenographer at the YMCA twice then left. He returned when she rose and fired again. Miller is sought by police.
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