Wilson says did not help a candidate says illness not hindering
New York World quotes President Wilson in a Washington interview. The nine months of illness have not daunted him or impaired his intellect, the correspondent reports. Wilson has gained weight and expects full recovery, criticizing the Republican platform and calling the San Francisco convention dominated by Prussian-influenced interests. He says he did not aid any candidate for the nomination. The piece describes Wilson’s steady movements and continued activity at the White House.
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New York
Wilson
New York World
Washington
Indiacase
Legate of Nations
San Francisco
Savene
Esa
White House
President Demonstrates Recovery Aboard Car
The president showed improved strength by mounting three improvised steps and entering a motor car with minimal aid. He walked with a slight limp and used a cane, described by the correspondent as evidence of convalescence from serious illness.
Maine Women May Get Vote Referendum Called by Governor
Augusta June 18 Governor Milliken issued a proclamation ordering a referendum on the act granting women the right to vote for presidential electors. The act will go to a statewide vote at the September 14 election after petitions totaling more than 16 000 signatures.
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Augusta
Maine
Milliken
Persistent thief gets life term in St. Louis case
In St. Louis on June 18, Wengel A Krejcil a pictorial artist and University of Prague graduate was sentenced to life imprisonment for stealing motion picture instruments from the King's Hirwey Presbyterian church. The charge was second degree burglary but the habitual criminal act applied after Krejcil had prior convictions including robbing a local Catholic church poor box.
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St. Louis
Wengel A. Krejcil
University of Prague
Eclient Court
King's
Hirwey Presbyterian Church
Pehruany 2
Krejet
Krejet Previowsle
Bryan Against Wet Candidates in Perge Speech
William Jennings Bryan declared there will be no wet governor from New Jersey as Democratic candidate for president. He named Governor Cox of Ohio and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska as wets and urged Republicans to adopt strong prohibition and anti profiteering planks for the San Francisco convention to keep these issues out of politics.
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N. DD
New Jersey
William Jennings Ryan
Perge
Bryan
Cox
Ohio
Hitchcock
Nebraska
San Francisco
Heroic Work Saves Steamer Off Yokohama Harbor
The American steamer Westjester rescued the Japanese ship Kiyo Maru and seventy passengers from possible fire disaster after a storm near Yokohama. Westjester crew launched boats, aided escapees, and evacuated women and children as flames burned along the Kiyo Maru. The incident occurred while Kiyo Maru sailed from Valparaiso and San Francisco bound for Kobe and Yokohama.
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Yokohama Harbor
South America
Kobe
Valparaiso
San Francisco
Yokohama
Westjester
Wore
Childeen
Portland
Oregon
Mexican labor for beet fields voyage from Juarez
El Paso dispatch reports three railroad coaches carrying 150 Mexican laborers left for sugar beet fields in Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas. The workers are part of SOC and traveled from Juarez after arriving from interior Mexico for northern farm work.
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el Paso
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Juarez
Interior
Mexico
French slow on delivery delays millions of U S parcel post
More than 100000 American parcel post packages found in French ports after months in transit. Paris Y M C A postmaster Owen A Machi says 49990 were at Havec and nearly 166000 still in sacks in Brest, Bordeaux, St Nazaire and Cherbourg. French system treats American parcels as freight. About 1 percent addressed to service members, rest to civilians including gifts from returning soldiers.
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Paris
Jufhe “18
Y.mc. A&a
Otto Prager
United States
Owen A. Machi
America
Brest
Bordeaux
St. Nazaire
Cherbourg
MacGill
National Club House Proposed at Washington Headquarters
Des Moines June 18 AP A resolution to establish a national club house in Washington for general federations of womens clubs was submitted to the biennial convention. The plan follows a recommendation to keep the national headquarters in Washington and proposes a hall of fame tablet honoring Jennie June Cro as founder of the U S women's club movement. The federation kept the auditor's office, rejected removing state presidents from the advisory committee, and approved eliminating the state secretary position.
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Des Moines
Washington
General Federations of Womens Clubs
Josiah Evans Cowles
Jennie June Crol
Women's Club Movement
United States
Office of Auditor
Weather Update Forecast for Tonight and Saturday
Tonight and Saturday expect fair weather with warm temperatures. Saturday brings warmer conditions especially in the north and southwest portions of the area.
Mexican laborers flood into the United States report
Scarcity of sugar beet field labor drives wages to five dollars fifty cents daily. It costs fifty dollars per head to import workers, including tax, rail fare and food. Mexican laborers have been moving into the United States for three months as officials warn migration alarms businessmen. Gilberto Valenzuela says plans are underway to stop emigration in an Excelsior interview from Mexico City dated June 18.
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United States
Mexico City
Gilberto Valenzuela
Interior
Excelsior Today
Baseball results from New York and Chicago doubleheader
Box scores show Shawkey and Hannah vs Kerr and Schalk in a Chicago win. Boston blanked Detroit 1-0 with Jones Waiters Ayres and Ainsmith delivering. National League highlights include Pittsburgh 4 New York 0 and a 9 to 0 line for another game with Cooper Carlson Schmidt Barnes and Snyder.
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Chicago
BO Shawkey
Hannah
Kerr
Schalk
Kk. H. E
Boston
Ccc
Detroit
Jones and Waiters
Ayres
Ainsmith
Pittsburgh
Cooper
Carlson and Schmidt
Barnes and Snyder
Shamrock Trip Delayed by Weather Tests
Sandy Hook reports unfavorable conditions for Sir Thomas Lipton's cup challenger Shamrock TV in a trial race. The 23 meter yacht's first test was postponed until tomorrow at 32 p.m., with the yachts only going out under tow for a spin before returning to anchorage.
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Sandy Hook
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock TV
Cox Delegation Heads to San Francisco for Demo Convention
Democrats from all Ohio sections gather in Dayton to board sixteen train carloads for the Democratic national convention in San Francisco. Governor Cox will not accompany the delegation.
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Dayton
Ohio
San Francisco
Cox
Officials fight rat plague scare in Galveston death case
Galveston officials from federal state county and city moved to contain a rat plague scare after the death of a 11 year old boy deemed probable bubonic plague by doctors M F Boyd M D Levy and Ilenny Sartman.
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Galveston
Tex
M .F. Boyd
M. D. Levy
Ilenny Sartman
Confusion Over Silver Quotations Shifts Contracts
A major silver house clarifies the market on the Pittman act pricing. Domestic silver must be mined and refined in the United States and delivered to the mint at one dollar per ounce. all other silver is classed as foreign and priced by world markets.
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New York
United States
Transports Needed to Relieve Grain Carrier Shortage
Clifford Thorne of the National Farmers Grain Dealers association told the Interstate Commerce Commission that government owned transports on the Great Lakes could move grain to New York via Buffalo. He urged careful rate increases to limit the burden on consumers while easing the current car shortage.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clifford Thorne
Chicago
National Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Thorne
New York
Buffalo
Brady Returns from Chicago Visit After Republican Convention
J Robb Brady returned today from the Republican national convention in Chicago and stopped in Caney Kansas to visit his children during the trip home.
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Chicago
J. Robb Brady
Mr. Brady
Caney
Kansas
Alien Permits Not Required
Washington June 18 AP reports changes in alien departure rules by the state department. The offices of foreign permits are to close and work centralized in passport control. Enemy aliens may depart to most countries without permits, and leaving via Mexico or Canada will not require permits. Travel between the United States and insular possessions without foreign port calls will be unrestricted. Passports from citizens’ countries remain necessary. permits remain an added precaution.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Insular
Tilden, Johnson Triumph in London Lawn Tennis
William T. Tilden of Philadelphia defeated Zenzo Shimidzu of Japan 6-1 6-1, and William M. Johnson of San Francisco beat Major Dudley 6-2 6-3 in the London championship semifinals. America clinches the singles title.
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London
William T. Tilden
Philadelphia
Zenzo Shimidzu
Japan
Wm. M. Johnson
San Francisco
United States
Major Dudley
America
Rowing Classic of the Colleges Nears Second Day
Ithaca June 18 The inter collegiate regatta known as the great American rowing classic features crews from Cornell Columbia Pennsylvania and Syracuse and is scheduled to row late tomorrow afternoon.
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Ithaca
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Syracuse
Five of Eight Clubs Refuse Play in Southern Association
Memphis June 18 AP The Southern Association president John J. Martin called a special league directors meeting in Memphis next Monday to address the decision of five of eight clubs to refuse to play the Little Rock club with Casey Smith in the lineup.
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Memphis
John J. Martin
Southern Association
Little Rock
Casey” Smith
May and June Poem Preface by Thomas of Idaho
Readable fragments present a poem praising May and June as spring to summer transition. The author mentions May's end and June's coming, noting floral fragrance, songbirds, and nature's sunshine. The piece attributes the verses to Thomas from Pocatello Idaho.
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Queen
Thomas
Pocatello
Tdaho
Wedding Cake Aboard Flight Heads to Omaha Wedding
John M. Larsen and C. F. Redden flown to attend a wedding in Omaha arriving June 23. They will stop in Dayton and Chicago where Captain Eddie Rickene backer will board. The cake aboard is three feet in diameter and about TM inches high.
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New York
John M. Larsen
C. F. Redden
Omaha
Nedding
Neb
Dayton
Chiscago
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