Taft Leads League to Enforce Peace American Branch
Former President Taft presided at Independence Hall as the League to Enforce Peace American branch formed in Philadelphia on June 17. Myron T. Herrick and Cleveland Mayor Baker named permanent vice presidents, with Taft elected permanent president and an executive committee appointed. The group seeks a world league by binding signatories to treaties, judicial review, and joint economic and military action to prevent war.
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Philladelphia
Independence Hall
Bunker Hill
League of Nations
League To
Taft
Myron T. Herrick
Baker
Cleveland
United States
Council of Conciliation
Hunt Jack the Ripper in Cincinnati Murder of 11 year old Elizabeth Nolte
Police hunt a killer named Jack the Ripper after the mutilated body of 11 year old Elizabeth Nolte is found near her home at 1411 Central. Patrolman James McShane discovers the sheet wrapped corpse in an areaway as detectives search four adjoining blocks for the killer and the missing girl who had testified against a man charged with improper conduct.
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Jack the Ripper
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James McShane
Nolte
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Martins Ferry
Whitaker-Glessner
Turn Amalgamated Association
John Feeterer
John Mulroy
Ollie Adams
Harry Davis
Louise Barto
Lorain
Eagles
E L. Hynemann
Columbus
R A Knepper
Tiffin
Dan R. S Sullivan
Henry J Berrdin
Akron
F H Appenzellar
Bridgeport
Bert Cliff
Cleveland
E S Stuhldreher
Barberton
Frank Bogart
Norwalk
Charles Seidenfeld
Murray City
George W McLeish
Milford
L. H. Healin
Pennsylvania
James Tressler
Harry McMillin
Morrow County National Bank
Mt Gilead
Federal District Court
Toledo
Joseph Simon
Dayton
Eliza R Cox
James M .Cox
Wayne Township
Butler County
Ohio
Bellefontaine
Louis Helminger
Cliff Zanschoyck
Waynesfield
Indianlake Park
Parade Illuminates Lima Streets With Military Pageant
More than 5000 men marched through Lima’s principal streets at night in a brilliantly illuminated parade. Bands and uniformed companies joined the procession, led by Lieut Col Albert F Gale of the Second Regiment MEKO National Guard as marshal. The event capped a busy day of the grand lodge meeting.
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Lima
L Limas
Silitant Odd Fellows
Albert F Gale
Meko National Guard
Arizona Launches as World’s Largest Battleship In Brooklyn
New York City The Arizona, largest battleship, slid into the East River after a bottle was broken on its bow. Esther Rose of Prescott AZ launched the vessel amid cheers from Gov Hunt and dignitaries. The ship displaces over 82,000 tons at full load, carries 14 inch rifles, and measures 608 feet long with a 29 foot draft.
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New York City
Arizona
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Esther Rose
Prescott
Aziz
Roosevelt
East River
Gov Hunt
Marshall
Daniels
Nathaniel R. Usher
Navy Yard
Pennsylvania
Drink-Grazed Mankills in Jamestown Quadruple Shooting
Fred W Shaver of Jamestown killed his stepmother Ruth Campbell Shaver with a pocket knife and then fatally shot his father Hudson Shaver when he tried to intervene. Officer George Kendall was shot dead by Shaver who barricaded himself in the Shaver apartments for over an hour before being shot dead. About three thousand people witnessed the gunfire and police standoff. Kendall died at a hospital an hour later.
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Fred W Shaver
Ruth Campbell Shaver
Hudson
Shaver
George Kendall
St Marnst
Kendall
Wind storm toll and damage sweep Missouri Kansas
A violent wind hail and electrical storm across Missouri and Kansas killed fifteen people and injured many, with about a quarter million dollars in property damage. Rainfall of two to five inches swelled creeks and rivers, triggering widespread harrowing escapes.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Teuton Armies Close In On Lemberg In War News
Reports from London and Petrograd describe Austro German advances near Lemberg with Russian withdrawal rumors and possible evacuation. Berlin claims Rawa Ruska captured as Russian defenses tighten west of Lemberg. French and Italian fronts report intense fighting and stronger Austro Italian resistance. Turkish forces strike Gallipoli, causing heavy Franco British losses.
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England
Lemberg
Petrograd
Grodek
Bourse Gazette
Galicia
Berlin War Office
Rawa Ruska
William
German War Department
Beskid
France
Arras
Lorraine
Vosges
French
War Office
Udine
Gallipoli
Constantinople
London War Loan Appeal Seeks 1 Billion Pounds
London calls on the public from laborer to millionaire to lend funds for a new war loan possibly totaling 1 000 000 000 pounds. The House of Commons adjourned after approving first reading of a bill empowering Reginald McKenna to fill a blank check up to 1 000 000 000 pounds for one year's expenditures.
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London
England
House of Commons
Reginald McKenna
High Court Rules Against 1909 Coal Contract
The Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co had sold 7 million tons of anthracite coal annually to its newly formed coal company. The Supreme Court voided the 1909 contract as violating the Ilephurn rate law and the Sherman antitrust law. The railroad was enjoined from transporting coal under the contract terms.
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Road
Washington
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co
Delaware Lackawanna & Western Coal Co
Supreme Court
Purts
Frank Began Life Term After Slaton Pardon
Governor Slaton commuted Leo Frank death to life imprisonment for the Mary Phagan murder. Frank began serving at the Milledgeville state prison farm as crowds gathered in Atlanta and a mass demonstration formed. An effigy of Slaton hung in Marietta as details of the commute were released.
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Mary Phagan
Leo Frank
Jim’ Conley
Frank
Supreme Court of Georgia
Conley
Georgia Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Lamar
Louis Marshall
State Prison Board
Atlanta
Leon Frank
Slaton
Milledgeville
State Prison
Marietta
John Slaton
Georgia
Lansing Named Secretary of State in Recess Appointment
Washington March 7 Robert Lansing has been appointed secretary of state to succeed William J Bryan. The president made the recess appointment to avoid a new July or earlier nomination. Lansing will need Senate confirmation when the new Congress meets, but this is expected to be a routine action.
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Washington, D C
Robert Lansing
William J Bryan
Mr Lansing
Senate
Congress
Spouse of Illing Is Pen Warden Slain
Joliet Illinois Mrs Edmund M Allen wife of the warden was murdered in her third floor bedroom within the state penitentiary. The crime involved pouring wood alcohol on the bed and setting it afire after an attempted assault. A trusted inmate named Joe Campbell is suspected though he proclaims innocence and an alibi claiming he was outside the prison when the fire began.
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Mrs Allen
Mrs. Allen
Joe Campbell
Campbell
Reveals Big Oleo Fraud in Federal Taxes
Secretary McAdoo cites a preliminary report showing oleomargarine tax frauds on the federal government reaching at least 27 million dollars in stamp and special taxes. Investigations by Commissioner Osborn have uncovered frauds dating back to 1902, with 851 thousand dollars recovered and 42 violators convicted.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Osborn
Internal Revenue Bureau
Eight Crown in Surf Drowns Eight Bathers in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City a massive wave swept eight bathers to deep water and under tow drowning several prominent Philadelphia summer colony members. Lifeguards and others struggled to save victims as scores were dragged ashore unconscious. Another man drowned when six fishing smacks capsized near shore.
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Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Abandoned at the altar and other Ohio notices
Reports from Coshocton Urbana Lorain Martins Ferry and Steubenville detail a rash of misfortune from a bride abandoned at the altar to a mayoral ousting and a worker missing in a vat. Other items note theft of transit tickets, suicides, strikes and a drowning at Indian Lake Park.
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Arthur J. Balfour
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