Education costs rise says Carnegie report
New York July 26 The Carnegie Foundation reports tuition fees at major colleges and universities have climbed about one fifth over ten years. It notes Princeton increased from 160 to 175, Harvard from 150 and Yale and Columbia precedents. Median tuition rose from 80 to 100 yearly. The foundation spent 674000 this year on pensions and allowances, with 327 active, 118 widows’ pensions, totaling 4,225,000 since inception. The report also details a broad study of legal education, listing 164 law schools and outlining standards and admissions factors, with ongoing data gathering and efforts to clarify the field.
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New York
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of
Columbia
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
American Bar Association
United States
Secre
Josef Redlich
University of
Vienna
Sample Each Free by Mail Ad Request
An old ad card promotes a free sample by mail, noting a 32-page skin book available on request and referencing Department T in Boston, with distribution described as sold throughout the world.
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Dept. T. Boston
Agent to Decide Scouts Identity in Whiskey Fraud Case
Columbus New Mexico July 26 J S Barkman an internal revenue agent from Fort Smith Arkansas travels to identify Guy Johnson a government scout held in Columbus on whiskey fraud suspicions Johnson says he is wanted in the United States for lawbreaking but credits his three months military record and denies being Guy Hartman Rewards totaling fifteen thousand dollars are said to be offered for Hartman s arrest.
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Columbus
N. M
J. S. Barkman
Internal Revenue
Fort Smith
Ark
Guy Johnson
Arkansas
Louis van Schack
Army Intelligence Office
Johnson
United States
Guy Hartman
Hartman
Shoes to drop in height not cost next season
Chicago reports that shoe styles will favor common stock, not high tops, with dull gray and champagne colors due to dye shortages. Manufacturers at the Illinois Shoe Dealers Association convention predict a 20 to 40 percent price increase this winter because European war disrupts dyestuff and leather supplies.
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Chicago
Illinois Shoe Dealers’ Association
Europe
Engineering Education Proposals Advance Across States
A report notes cooperation among engineering societies and schools. It cites thousands of engineers consulted, school records compared with apprentices, and tests under development to judge engineering ability at entry and completion. It also reports rapid pension progress for public school teachers, with twelve states considering state systems and eight establishing them while four failed.
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Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Washington
Confederate Captain Sally Tompkins Dies at 83
Capt. Sally Louisa Tompkins, 83, the only woman commissioned as a Confederate officer, died in Richmond at the Home for Confederate Women. She led a private hospital after other facilities closed around the time of the First Battle of Manassas. She leaves a nephew Dr. Christopher Tompkins and nieces Mrs. Ellen Tompkins Wise and Miss Clementine Tompkins.
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Richmond
Sally Louisa Tompkins
Cavalry
Manassas
Christopher Tompkins
Ellen Tompkins Wise
Clementine Tompkins
New York
Mobile and Ohio official in Mobile on business visit
General Passenger Agent Charles Rudolph of the Mobile and Ohio road based in St. Louis is in Mobile on business and to visit old friends. County Farm Demonstration Agent George A. Maloney is ill at his Louisell street home, but his illness is not serious.
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Charles Rudolph
Mobile and Ohio Road
St. Louis
Mobile
County Farm
George A. Maloney
Louisell Street
Alabama
Boston Doctor Dies After Pistol Shot Wound
Dr. Wilfred E. Harris died after being shot last Tuesday by Dr. Eldridge Atwood. The charge against Atwood may be upgraded to first degree murder. Police note no clear motive for the death of Dr. Cecilia P. Adams beyond Atwood’s account that Harris interfered with his marriage plans and Adams’s death by suicide.
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Boston
Wilfred E. Harris
Eldridge Atwood
Atwood
Cecilia P. Adams
Dr. Atwood
Harris
Miss Adams
Dr. Harris
Five Provinces in Spain Ravaged by Hurricane
A hurricane of unprecedented violence damaged Saragossa Soria Valladolid Leon and Pontevedra July 26. Torreon village lies in ruins and Ateca lost three churches to floods. All victims' bodies have been recovered and damage is vast. The interior minister will seek special aid for stranded farmers.
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Madrid
Saragossa
Soria
Valladolid
Leon
Pontevedra
Torreon
Ateca
Aragon
Detain Two With Relief For Irish
Irish relief fund officers await explanation from Britain after Eugene H. Kelly treasurer and assistant Joseph Smith were refused landing in England. They sought to go to Dublin to distribute 50000 dollars raised in the United States for Irish revolt victims. Dispatches say two Irish sympathizers already in Ireland sufficed. funds were sent ashore and sent to Ireland.
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New York
Irish Relief Fund
Eugene H. Kelly
Joseph Smith
England
State Department
Messrs. Kelly
Smith
Dublin
United States
London
Philadelphia
Liverpool
America
Ireland
Kelly
Dental Association Holds National Convention Demonstrations
Louisville July 26 Dental surgeons present clinical demonstrations of the newest developments in dental surgery at the twentieth annual convention. Emphasis upon oral hygiene and repair of dental flaws as safeguards to public health noted by speakers at multiple sectional meetings.
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Louisville
National Dental Association
Puss in Boots Jr Meets Family After Breakfast
Puss Jr. awakens in a house with memories of the night’s sleep and hunger. The maid serves liver on a floor saucer before a dollhouse table as he follows into the nursery where a mother and child greet the traveling cat.
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Puss
Willie Winkie
Puss In Boots
New Road Delivers Lumber Train to Pascagoula Port
A full trainload of lumber arrived at Pascagoula Mississippi on the new Alabama Mississippi railroad. Trainmaster E A Turner reported the Vinegar Bend Alabama to Pascagoula line in good condition. The cargo will be loaded onto the three masted schooner M A Achorn for export.
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Alabama and
Mississippi Line
Pascagoula
Miss
E. A. Turner
Vinegar Bend
Ala
M. A. Achorn
Mobile and Ohio
Louisville and Nashville
N, O., M, & Cyreairomid
Parcs Cou'a
Jackson Citizens Plan to Form Commercial Body
Mr 8S L Hahn receives a letter from Mr W F Barnes of Jackson Ala stating residents plan a commercial body. He seeks cooperation from Mobilians and the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. Secretary W M Clemens of the local association replies offering suggestions and services to aid the movement's success.
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8S. L. Hahn
8. F. Barnes
Jackson
Ala
Hahn
Mobilians
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
W. M. Clemens
Barnes
Abe Martin Story About Mrs Tipton Budd Afall Rugs
Abe Martin notes Mrs. Tipton Budd will not visit her aged mother in Iliney this fall preferring to spend money on rugs. The column jokes about a man leaving a store after nearly buying something and feeling good about it.
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Tipton Budd
Iliney
Anti-Skyscraper Law Restricts Building Heights in New York
New York officials enforce a new building regulation effective today that limits skyscraper height to no more than two and a half times street width in lower Manhattan office districts and to the street width in residential zones. Tenement and apartment houses face height limits of one and a quarter to one and a half times street width.
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New York
New York City
Lower Manhattan
Senate leaders optimistic on naval program fate
Washington July 26 Senate leaders hopeful that President Wilson can push the senate naval program through with a smooth conference committee. It is uncertain if the president’s influence will carry the full program. The House will likely name conferees when it meets Thursday. Representative Buchanan of Illinois blocked a conference push but the rules committee plans to force a conference.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
House
Buchanan
Illinois
Rescue workers in tube continue their efforts
Cleveland Ohio July 26. Rescue teams today continued efforts to recover bodies from the wrecked water works tunnel under Lake Erie near Cleveland. Officials say 21 workers have died in the gas explosion, lowering the initial 22 fatality count after rechecking those in the tunnel and rescue parties.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Water Works
Lake Erie
Carvajal Proclaimed Dominican President
Santo Domingo July 26 Federico Henriquez Carvajal was proclaimed provisional president by congress today. He succeeds Juan Isidoro Jiminez in a high level political move shaping the island's leadership during a period of transition.
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Santo Domingo
Federico Henriquez Carvajal
Congress
Juan Isidoro Jiminez
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