Wanted Money Turned Bandit Clashes With Citizens
Don Barnes a 25 year old railroad section hand attempted to rob the Cumberland City Bank in Cumberland Tennessee. He shot cashier Nixon Picard and after being pursued by villagers with rocks surrendered after dropping his rifle and pistol. Picard was wounded but may survive. Barnes confessed he wanted money and surrendered in Dover jail.
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Associated Press
Cumberland
Tenn
Don” Barnés
Cumberland City
Nixon Picard
Barnes
Picard
Pathas
Dover
Postmaster Refuses Immediate Resignation Fight for Job
San Francisco, July 1. Arthur G. Fisk, post master of the city, refuses to resign at once to Postmaster General Baylleson. Fisk notes a four year Senate confirmed term ending June 14, 1916, and says his office served three presidents and earned six postmaster generals’ commendations. He declines to tender resignation.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Arthur G. Fisk
Bayrleson
United States Senate
Nicholson pleads guilty in double murder case in Missouri
Johnny Nicholson of Vandalia admits killing his wife Bertie Nicholson and their nine year old son Horace by pouring oil and setting a fire. He received a life sentence and was taken to the penitentiary ten days after the tragedy. Witnesses testified Nicholson was infatuated with his adopted daughter Bessie and wanted the life insurance of $1,000.
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Associated Press
Mexico
Johnny Nicholson
Vandalia
Bertie Nicholson
Horace
Nicholson
Bessie
Officers Save Miner From Lynching in Beadling
Pittsburg July 1 county detectives arrived at Beadling to stop a lynching of Adolph Philcoin a 40 year old miner accused of assaulting a seven year old. The mob bound a rope around his neck but the officers rushed in fired warning shots and freed him before fleeing toward the city.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Adolph Philcoin
Beadling
Philcoin
Austin Texas Man Becomes Gotham Banker
New York July 1 It was announced that B. L. Gill formerly commissioner of banking of Texas has been elected vice president of the Seaboard National Bank of New York. Gill had recently been a resident of Austin and previously worked with a Terrill Texas bank as a Seaboard correspondent.
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Associated Press
New York
B. L. Gill
Margaret Wilson Ends Madison Visit
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the president concluded a two weeks stay in Madison as guest of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Davies. She will return to Washington.
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Associated Press
Madison, Wis
Margaret Wilson
Madison
Joseph E. Davies
Washington
Seven Entries for Balloon Race Nears Start From Kansas City
The Aero Club of America lists seven approved entrants for the fifth annual national balloon race to start July 4 from Kansas City under the Kansas City Aero Club. Pilots include H. Honeywell, William Assmanha, Captain John Berry, John Watts, Albert Holtz, Ralph H. Upson, Ray F. Donaldson, with one more expected. Three galloonists will be chosen after the race for the international contest in France in October. the current national record is 1,172 miles set by Alan R. Hawley in 1910.
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Associated Press
New York
Aero Club of American
Alan R. Hawley
Kansas City
Kansas City Aero Club
H. ©. Honeywell
William Bk. Assmanha
John Berry
St. Louis Aero Club
John Watts
Albert Holtz
Cincinnati Aero Club
Ralph H. Upson
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Aero Club
Ray F. Donaldson
Springfield
Ills
The
Aero Club of America
France
Carpen ter ple ads guilty in bribery probe for Santa Barbara postmaster job
Charles Branbrack, a Santa Barbara carpenter, pleaded guilty to offering United States Senator Works $1000 to secure the Santa Barbara postmaster appointment. He claimed the money was a retaining fee to hire the senator as his legal agent and create a surprise dark horse bid.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Charles Brcanbrack
Santa Barbara
United States
Works
Breanbrack
Senator Works
Senator Work
Minnesota law bars cigarette sales on trains
Minnesota's attorney general's office states that cigarettes may only be sold by licensed dealers at a single location in a municipality, making sales on trains unlawful. The ruling cites the new law passed last session and emphasizes restricted sale conditions.
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Associated Press
St.paul
Minn
Minnesota
Attorney-General
Note from Japan on California alien land law negotiations
Viscount Chinda the Japanese ambassador informed Secretary Bryan that Tokyo has dispatched another note to deliver to the United States as an addition to the prior Japanese rejoinder. The cable arrival is expected within a day or so.
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Associated Press
Washington
Viscount Chinda
Bryan
Japanese Foreign Office
United States
California
Constantinople Blaze Destroys Large Section
A July 1 fire in Constantinople destroyed a large section of the Stamboul area. Prompt action prevented spread to the Porte. Archives from the foreign office had to be removed for safety.
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Associated’ Press
Constantinople
Porte
Foreign Office
Mo bile City Election Seeks Voter Support
Commissioner asks for broad support ahead of the September 1 1913 city election. The message emphasizes civic duty and urges constituents to back the administration at the polls.
Alaska coal to be tested by navy expedition
Dr Joseph Holmes head of the Bureau of Mines sails from Seattle July 6 with a party to collect a thousand tons of Tanituska coal for Navy testing. The coal will be shipped via ice to the Maryland for evaluation. If it meets navy standards Alaska's coal field could open and spur territorial development.
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Washington
Joseph 4. Holmes
Federal Bureau of Mines
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Matanuska
Knik
Chickaloon
Maryland
Bering River
Navy
Standard Guano & Chemical Firm Placed Under Receiver
The Standard Guano & Chemical Manufacturing Co., capitalized at five hundred thousand dollars, was placed in the hands of a receiver in New Orleans civil court at the urging of Bemis Bros. Bag Co. The officers say the company is solvent and the receivership will aid a reorganization. Receiver William W. Bouden said the plant will remain operating. The firm, organized in 1887, has undergone several reorganizations.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Standard Guano & Chemical Manufacturing Company
Bemis Bros.’ Bag. Co
William W. Bouden
Bemis « Bros.’ Bag Co
Fraudulent Navy Paymasters Vouchers Case Breaks
Secret Service agents arrest Arthur Stephens alias Walter Kent Hinds in Stuttgart Arkansas as officers move him to Little Rock for a hearing. He is charged with passing forged paymasters checks in Galva Illinois while posing as a US recruiting officer and distributing posters seeking Navy enlistments. The counterfeit instruments were detected at the Treasury.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secret Service
Navy
Arthur Stephens
Walter Kent Hinds
Stuttgart
Ark
Little Rock
Galva
Ill
United States
Treasury
Governor Blease rejects federal militia aid in South Carolina
South Carolina officials, led by Governor Blease, face withdrawal of federal support for state militia after his defiant stance and requests for reconsideration. Representatives met with Secretary Garrison to discuss renewal but the governor indicated he does not want federal aid.
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Associated Press
Washington
South Carolina
Congress
Jones
War Department
Garrison
Blease
Department
Aha
Smith's Blood Syrup Attracts Mobile Drug Store Ad
Blood Drives out blood poison with pure vegetable ingredient not mercury or iodide. Heals pimples swellings vid sores and other skin complaints. Symptoms leave quickly. Cure yourself at home. Blood made pure and rich. Sells $1 per bottle or six for $5. Van Antwerp Drug Store Mobile Alabama. Mail orders filled.
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Smith
van Antwerp Drug Store
Mobile
Ala
Cuban Congress Adjourns Without Budget Passage
Havana July 1 Cuban Congress adjourned after the senate failed to pass the budget already approved by the house. The referent committee said it lacked time for full study, so President Menocal will implement last year’s budget. He asked for a ten day session extension. both houses refused. Congress accomplished little.
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Havana
Jules Blanc Sentenced Under Mann White Slavery Law
Jules Raoul Blanc, convicted in the U S district court on June 24 of violation of the Mann white slave law, was sentenced by District Judge Foster to three and a half years in the Atlanta penitentiary. Attorneys for Blanc stated that no appeal would be filed.
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Jules Blanc
New Orleans
Jules Raoul Blanc
United States District Court
Foster
Atlanta
Blanc
Receiver Named For Large Corporation In Monongahela Case
Alexander Dempster former president files bill in Pittsburg seeking a receiver for Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company a $30 million firm The suit names the Pittsburg Coal Company of New Jersey Pittsburg Coal Company of Pennsylvania and Union Trust Company of Pittsburg Also requests setting aside a directors election and an injunction restraining the New Jersey firm Dempster claims New Jersey company gained control of Monongahela in 1911.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
Alexander Dempster
Monongahela River Company
Pittsburg Coal Company of
New Jersey
Pittsburg Coal Company of Pennsylvania
Union Trust Company of
Monongahela Company
Pittsburg Coal Company
Dempster
Suffragettes Target Cat and Mouse Bill Campaign
London reports suffragettes plan a campaign to repeal the cat and mouse bill. Local suffrage societies are instructed to win public sympathy and press for repeal of the act.
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Associated Press
London
The
Daily Mail
Savings Bonds In Big Demand
A check for 1 116 880 was sent to the U S treasurer by Postmaster General Burleson for postal savings bonds. This fifth issue shows a 41 900 rise from the January 1 issue, with nearly nine tenths in registered form, signaling a desire for permanent investment.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Burleson
Postal Savings
Postal Savings Depositories
Two Boys Drown As Runway Collapses at Lawrence Bathhouse
Twenty-five boys were on a wooden runway to a city bathhouse when the structure gave way into the Merrimac river. Two boys died and five were unconscious when removed from the water, police said.
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Associated Press
Lawrence
Mass
Merrimac River
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