Passenger Attack Aboard Empress of Canada Leaves Two Dead
At Yokohama the liner Empress of Canada faced a knife rampage by Graciano Bilas, 42, a Filipino. He wounded 29, with 17 in critical condition, before being corralled by crew and police. Campbell and Caldwell of Vancouver were injured. two Chinese passengers died. Bilas will be taken to Hong Kong for trial.
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Yokohama
Graciano Bilas
Bilas
Charles Campbell
Campbell
Hongkong
Caldwell
Vancouver
B. C
All He Had Was Horse And Buggy
Chicago report says Jacob Doering was released after three days for failing to pay a 5000 dollar judgment after his buggy struck a woman. He valued his horse at 14 dollars and claimed the buggy was worth nothing.
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Chicago
Jacob Doering
Fall to be examined by two doctors in El Paso
Albert Fall, former interior secretary, is to be examined by two El Paso doctors chosen by a D C judge to see if he can travel to Washington to begin a year in prison. He was convicted of taking a $100,000 bribe related to government petroleum reserves.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wheat
el Paso
Texas
Felix Miller
R. B. Roman
Harding
Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Supreme Court
Freight train derailment blocks Pennsylvania routes in Baltimore incident
Seven cars of a long freight train derailed at the Greenmount Avenue exit of the Pennsylvania tunnel in Baltimore. For eight hours, all Pennsylvania trains were diverted over the Baltimore and Ohio tracks as crews cleared the wreckage.
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Baltimore
Greenmount Avenue
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Pennsylvania
RB & O
Father approves son marriage to Mrs Stillman in divorce case
New York June 6 The former Mrs Anne U Stillman and her new husband Fowler McCormick honeymooning in seclusion in East Hampton Long Island. McCormick says their son James Bud Stillman and daughter in law were present at the private Pocantico Hills ceremony. James Stillman left for Europe denying any remarriage. The affair has been front page since the Stillman troubles began.
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New York
Anne U. Stillman
Fowler McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Harvad F. McCormick
John FE. Mack
East Hampton
Long Island
James A. Stillman
Poughkee
Bible Classes to Start in New York Public Schools
The New York Times reports public schools will include Bible instruction this September with credits for passing the religious course. The plan follows a Greater New York Inter Faith committee campaign, awaiting state approval. Theodore Roosevelt High in the Bronx and Manuel Training High in Brooklyn are chosen to begin.
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New York
New York Times
Board of Education
Say
Theodore Roosevelt
Bronx
Manuel
Brooklyn
Baltimore Sunday Opening Ordinance Ready For Council
Baltimore moves a single ordinance to ease the Sunday restriction laws. The blue law committee approved a plan allowing afternoon baseball, theatre openings, limited retail sales, motion pictures after 2 pm, and dancing after 9 pm under specific limits. Council acting as a committee of the whole will hold hearings. Joshua W. Levering predicts the ordinance will be defeated at the polls.
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Baltimore
Baltimore City
Lester Muller
Joshua W. Levering
Lord’s Day Alliance
The
Methodist Church
Maryland Vets Receive Bonus Loans Across State
About 38,000 Maryland veterans have received an average of 500 dollars on bonus certificates in the last three months, says Arthur L. McGee of the Maryland American Legion. Most used funds for debts or essentials. roughly 500 certificates were lost. The Veterans Bureau is planning bonds to aid duplicate applications, requiring property ownership or two signatures of asset holders. Of the 5,000 Maryland veterans paid, about 20,000 are Baltimore residents.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Arthur L. McGee
American Legion Department of Maryland
McGee
Veterans Bureau
Washington
Dr Snavely Named Sports Director in Maryland
Dr Robert C Snavely elected director of the Maryland State Sportsman Association at Elkton Maryland meeting yesterday. He attended sessions and took part in the state wide shoot.
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Robert C. Snavely
Maryland State Sportsman Association
Elkton, Md
Snavely
Weekly Weather Outlook For North And Middle Atlantic
Weather outlook for week beginning Monday shows mostly fair conditions in the North and Middle Atlantic states. Temperatures near or above normal with local showers and thunderstorms and slightly cooler conditions expected around Thursday.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
He Must Have Been Imbibing
Chicago report says David Fleming 22, a coal porter, swung at a parked car after seeing a face leering from a window. He struck the window with a brick when the provocations continued, shattering the glass. The car was empty, and Fleming will explain to a judge later.
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Chicago
David Fleming
Mr. Fleming
Fleming
Democrats Plan August Potomac Picnic
Democrats discussed an outdoor picnic at their regular meeting. William Wingert was tasked with firming up plans and reporting at the July session. The event, likely the first of August, will be open to all club members. The meeting held this month produced little other business.
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Potomac
Democratic Organization Club
William Wingert
Entertaining Committee
Rival Ferry Wins Its Suit Against Railway Company
The Claiborne Annapolis ferry firm lost in the District of Columbia supreme court its attempt to block the Chesapeake Beach Railway from placing a rival ferry nearer to Washington across Chesapeake Bay.
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Washington
Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Company
Chesapeake Bay
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Chesapeake Beach Railway Company
Bay
Farmers Aid Officers to Foil Chickens Theft Gangs
Wholesale thefts of pullets in Maugansville prompt farmers to form a vigilance committee and aid officers in tracking two alleged gangs. Samuel K. Martin report shows 100 pullets taken in two days, Amos Horst 35, Farris Martin 20, all farms adjoining. Gangs are said to be colored, with one using a Chevrolet. Neighbors saw two men load sacks from a field after a car presence. Thieves raid coops at night and stash birds in wheat fields then return by day.
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Maugansville
Samuel K. Martin
Amos Horst
Farris Martin
Boy Burns Feet After Stepping Into Hot Ashes
Young Scott Pryor son of Mr and Mrs Mark Pryor of 613 North Prospect street was badly burned on feet and legs yesterday afternoon when he stepped into freshly dumped hot ashes at a nearby plant. He was barefoot and unaware the ashes were hot and is under a doctor's care.
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Scott
Mark Pryor
Prospect Street
Rich Youth Weds Wampus Baby Star
Sally Phipps a 19 year old known as the Wampus baby actress and Benedict Gimbel Jr a department store heir wed yesterday at Mrs Benedict Gimbels home in Philadelphia on their honeymoon today The bride is the daughter of Edith Phipps of Los Angeles.
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Philadelphia
Sally Phipps
Wampus_ baby
Benedict Gimbel
New York
Edith Phipps
Los Angeles
Four Motorists Burned To Death In Ore Car Crash
Four people two women and two children died when a passenger car caught fire after a collision with a heavy freight truck in Oregon City. The doors jammed as fire engulfed the vehicle, trapping the occupants. The tragedy occurred yesterday in Oregon City, authorities said.
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Oregon City
Ore
Baltimore paving probe widens to city projects
Baltimore officials announce a widening probe into graft allegations linking Broening era street paving to other city works. Mayor Jackson orders inspection of Nurses Home construction at the Baltimore City Hospital, and scrutiny of the viaduct and airport project, amid evidence of skimmed paving depths and quality.
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Baltimore
William F. Broening
Broening
Baltimore City
Jackson
Walter G. Hammond
Casey
Deed Chronicle Unearthed From 1781 Beav er Creek Find
Frederick Albert, 77, Beav er Creek, found an ancient deed in his late father’s papers. The document records land sold by his grandfather Jacob Brosius and wife Catherine in Heidelberg Township Lancaster County Pennsylvania in 1781. The deed shows a sale to Philip Brown for 40 shillings and is preserved with seals, partly in English and partly in German.
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Frederick Albert
Beaver Creek
Jacob Brosius
Catherine
Heidelberg Township
Lancaster County
Brosius
Philip Brown
This Canary Gets A Mate
Mrs F A Linebaugh of 553 Frederick Road owns Hartz mountain canary which won him a mate. While moving she placed the cage before a mirror, and the bird pulled out tail feathers to build a nest in the seed cup, prompting the owner to seek a mate.
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F. A. Linebaugh
Hartz Mountain
Frederick Road
Five Workmen Die In Cavein In Philadelphia
Five negro workmen entombed seventy feet below street level when caisson hole walls collapsed at a two story office building site in Philadelphia. A patrolman died from a fractured skull after a patrol wagon crashed into a truck en route to the scene. Twenty others injured as tons of rock and debris plummeted into the pit.
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Philadelphia
Elmer Patterson
NAMES BROWN NAMED AS MURDERER OF SHILLING
Morris Bowman surrendered at Smithsburg and named Edward Ted Brown as the Shilling murder suspect. warrants issued for Lester Stanley and Keller Burtis as aiding Brown. Bowmen says Brown talked of going to Mexico after last Saturday night killing. Searches planned in Baltimore and Ellicott City as authorities pursue Brown.
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Morris Bowman
Smithsburg
J. Lloyd Harshman
Lester
Shilling
Bowman
Edward
Ted” Brown
Brown
Stanley Brown
Keller
Germany
Burtis
Harshman
Baltimore
Mexico
Ellicott City
Baltimore County
Claude B. Ferguson
Ferguson
Mar
Germany Says It Cannot Pay Reparations
Berlin reports Germany will announce that liberation from unbearable reparations burdens is imperative. The government issues an appeal to the people alongside emergency tax decrees expected to yield nearly 400.9 million dollars in new revenue. It says sacrifices are needed to keep solvency as expectations of economic relief have not materialized.
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Berlin
Germany
Washington County Second Most Intelligent County In Maryland
Census Bureau figures show Washington County ranks second in Maryland for literacy with low illiteracy among combined white and colored populations, behind Allegany. Montgomery County has the most literate white population, with only 1 percent of whites over 10 illiterate. Statewide illiteracy averages 3.2 percent, with higher rates among negroes than whites. Calvert shows higher illiteracy among whites, Anne Arundel remains steady, Carroll declines.
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Washington County
Allegany County
Census Bureau
Baltimore County
Montgomery County
Maryland
Calvert
Anne Arundel
Carroll
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