Senate confirms three Federal Reserve Board members
Washington reports the Senate confirmed Charles Hamlin William Harding and A C Miller to the Federal Reserve Board joining the treasury and currency secretary as ex officio members. Nominees Warburg and Jones await Banking Committee action with Warburg likely to withdraw. Jones testified about ties to International Harvester and New Jersey Zinc, including past directorship and antitrust matters.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Charles 8. Hamlin
W. P. G. Harding
A. C. Miller
Senate
Paul M. Warburg
New York
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
Banking and Currency Committee
Warburg
Hitchcock
Banking Committee
White House
Hamlin
Miller
Harding
Secretary of the Treasury
Jones
International Harvester Company
New Jersey Zinc Company
Cadetships Open at West Point for 1915
Washington announces more than 200 cadetships at West Point for 1915. Entrance exams begin in March with appointments made by senators from 27 states and representatives from 31 states. Noted appointing senators include Overman of North Carolina, with districts designated in North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia for nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Point Military Academy
Congress
Mre
Overman
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
President Secures Release From Mercer County Jail
President Wilson intervenes to obtain the release of a woman once employed at his Princeton home who was jailed a decade ago on habitual drunkenness charges. Her name is withheld, per the President’s request, to offer her a fresh start. Katherine Welsh, a former Princeton School teacher, brought the case to his attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Princeton
Mercer County
Katherine Welsh
Wilson and Big Business Discuss Conditions at White House
President Wilson spent almost an hour in talks with J. P. Morgan in the first of a planned series at the White House. The meeting included leaders from American industry and finance. In Paris authorities hint treasury agents may be barred from France following a banker's appeal over disclosure of payments for seized dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
White House
Washington
Wilson
Treasury
Paris
United States Treasury
France
Henry Monroe
Dolan
Brookline
Mass
Boston
American minister in Greece defends Albania report
Athens ambassador Williams, the American minister to Greece, released a new statement supporting his earlier Albania findings. He denounces the international commission and warns Epirus faces danger from advancing Albanian rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
George Frea Williams
Greece
Albania
International Commission of Cent
Epirus
Senators Testify on North Carolina Gold Mining Probe
Senators Overman and Chilton testified before a committee probing the use of official letterheads to promote a North Carolina gold mining project. Overman said he bought 2300 dollars of stock after a treasury expert valued the property at 60 million dollars, while Chilton reported owning 2500 dollars in stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Overman
Chilton
North Carolina
Treasury
Clark Appointed Agent for Southern States
W A Graham Clark was appointed by Secretary Redfield as commercial agent of the department of commerce for the Southern states. An expert on cotton textile questions he will base his operations in Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Washington
W. A. Graham Clark
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Atlanta
Deputy Executes Solo Showdown With Train Robbers
Pendleton Oregon deputy sheriff George MacDuffy of Heppner fought a lone duel with train robbers in a chair car about fifty miles east of Pendleton. He killed one robber and wounded another, narrowly surviving when a bullet was slowed by his pocket comb in his vest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Ore
George MacDuffey
Heppner
Here
Appeal for Fire Sufferers in Salem Emergency
Boston governor Walsh telegraphed President Wilson urging national aid of 200000 for Salem fire victims. He also appealed to state governors and major city mayors, warning that up to 1000000 would be needed to meet the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Walsh
Wilson
Salem
Relics of Solomon's Lodge Returned to Savannah
Nearly 150 years after looting by British soldiers from the lodge room in Savannah the valuable artifacts of Solomon's Lodge No. 1 F and A M have been returned and presented to the lodge by G T Parker of Kissimmee Florida whose family held them for 89 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Solomon’s Lodge
No. 1
A.M
G. T. Parker
Kissimee
Fla
Silliman Heads U S Delegation to Saltillo Mexico
John R. Silliman sailed from Washington equipped to represent the United States at Saltillo the temporary capital under General Carranza. He carries full instructions on the Mexican situation and aims to mediate U S policy during the transition period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mexico
Washington
John R. Silliman
Saltillo
United States
Carranza
Gun Bomber Confesses in Archduke Assassination Case
Nedelja Gabrinovics admits throwing a bomb at Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife as they rode to Sarajevo last Sunday. The confession follows the recent assassination attempt in Bosnia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piot
Vienna
Nedelja Gabrinovics
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Breach Between Carranza and Villa Deepens in Mexico
Washington reports widen split between General Venustiano Carranza and General Pancho Villa. U S agents warn of possible intervention and a push toward a unified nation from Canada to Panama. Mediation talks paused as diplomats in Niagara Falls also mark an indefinite pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Carranza
General Villa
Washington,d. C
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Panama Canal
Washington
Villa
Joseph Chamberlain Dies in London Heart Failure Ends Prominent British Leader
Joseph Chamberlain a leading English statesman died at his London home after a period of illness described as paralysis but his health had not worsened recently. The official cause of death was heart failure, with the family keeping his condition private in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Doctor Rojas Dies Venezuela Minister Funeral Attended
Washington officials paid final honors to Dr. Pedro Ezekiel Rojas Venezuela minister with President Wilson and cabinet members present. Funeral at St Matthew's church followed by funeral cortege to Hampton Roads and transfer to the battleship Kansas for voyage to LaGuaira.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pedro Ezekiel Rojas
Venezuela
Wilson
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Congressional Foreign Relations Committees
St. Matthew's Church
Dolphin
Hampton Roads
Kansas
LaGuaira
Naval Stores Suit Dropped in Savannah
The government dissolving suit against American Naval Stores was dismissed after court officials received the order. Federal Judge Sheppard signed the dismissal on June 27, following acquittals of four company officers and the civil suit’s dismissal clearing the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Stores
Savannah
American Naval Stores Company
Sheppard
House Passes Lever Bill Regulating Cotton Exchanges
The House, by 84 to 21, approved the Lever bill substituting regulation via prohibitive taxes for the senate measure using mail and telegraph bans on gambling transfers. If the senate does not agree, a conference will resolve differences as Senator Smith campaigns in South Carolina. The aim is to curb alleged cotton exchange abuses keeping prices down, with post office and IC C oversight over telegraph quotations and standardized sales, and both bills would regulate futures rather than ban them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Georgia
Post Office Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Old Bill Is Wiped Out Opposing Confederate Officers
The House passed unanimously a bill to repeal section 3480 of the Revised Statutes, removing punitive penalties against officers who paid pre April 13 1861 claims for those who supported the late rebellion, following Rep George W Graham of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George 8. Graham
Rep
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
United States
Baptist Young People's Union Holds 21st Convention
In Kansas City Kansas City three thousand Baptist young men and women were called to order at the twenty first convention of the Baptist Young People's Union of America meeting jointly with the Baptist Young People's Union South.
Charles S. Mellen Indicted in Hampden Railroad Financing
Eighteen individuals including Charles S. Mellen former president of major railroads and brokers from Boston were indicted by Middlesex County grand jury on various charges tied to the Hampden railroad financing from bondsville to Springfield. Also named were Ralph D. Gilette of Westfield and the investment committee of two local savings banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Mellen
Cambridge
Mass
Charles“S. Mellen
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Boston and Maine
Frederick £. Moseley
F. S. Moseley & Caz
Boston
Ralph D. Gillette
Westfield
Middlesex County Grand Jury
Hampden
Bondsyville
Springfield
U. S. Treasury Reports Yearly Surplus After Tax Receipts
Washington Treasury figures show the federal government ended its first Wilson year with income exceeding ordinary expenses by 33.78 million dollars. Receipts totaled 734.34 million, aided by 26.16 million in taxes on the last day, turning a predicted deficit into a surplus and underscoring tariff promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington—Treasury
Wilson
Treasury
McAdoo
Remarkable Thyroid Graft Treats Cretinism Patient
Doctor Voronoff announced at the Academy of Medicine that grafting the thyroid gland from a baboon to a child with cretinism led to rapid improvement. The patient, aged around five, developed from apathic and dull to active and quick-witted after the operation performed before nineteen doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Academy of Medicine
Voronoff
Flood Warnings as Mississippi Rises in La Crosse
Heavy rains push the Mississippi River toward town, with levels up to ten feet above low water and two more feet risking entry into La Crosse. Weather observers warn of a continued rise as swollen upstream streams drain into the main river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaCross
Wis
Mississippi
Ancient Philadelphia Law to regulate Fourth of July fireworks
Philadelphia police will invoke a 1721 law to ban sale or use of squibs rockets and fireworks without a governor's license. City solicitor cites the ordinance remains in force to keep the holiday safe and sane.
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Philadelphia
Ulster Volunteers Ordered to Arm If Attacked
The Belfast Echo reports Ulster volunteers have been told by their officers they may carry arms openly when ordered. Any attempt to seize their arms will be resisted. A Russian aviator, Captain Bojarogio, died when his monoplane collapsed in Pskov during flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ulster Volunteers
Belfast Echo
Pskov
Russia
Bojarogio
Navy Enacts Dry Policy Across Ships and Shore Bases
Washington reports Secretary Daniels order banning intoxicants from the U S Navy has taken effect. The move abolishes the wine mess for officers and bars all alcoholic liquor from every ship and shore station, marking a strict prohibition era in naval life. In Vienna, Prof Francis Chvostek was summoned to Servia to attend King Peter on internal complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S .Navy
Washington
Daniels
Navy
Vienna
Austria
Francis Chvostek
University
Servia
Peter
Travis Confers With Railroads Over Grain Freight Rules
Chairman B H Travis of the North Carolina Corporation Commission meets Asheville railroad traffic managers to reconcile discrepancies between interstate rate details and published schedules effective June 20. He will also probe changes in grain and grain product freight rules by C and C and possibly N and W. hearings planned before Judge M H Justice to rule on intrastate rate reasonableness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
BH. L. Travis
Corporation Commission
Asheville
Travis
North Carolina
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Intrastate Freight Commission
M.H. Justice
Wilmington Customs Receipts Rim High in 1914
The Wilmington Customs House reports a strong year ending June 30 1914 with 231 entries up from 154 in 1913. Receipts rose to 29 214 from 24 934. imports climbed to 4 194 745 up from 2 460 419 while exports increased to 25 870 851 from 19 510 926, despite eight months of the Democratic tariff law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Customs House
Customs Service
Storm Lifts Roof of Big Building in Charlotte
The International Harvester Company building at South Cedar and West Fourth streets had its tin roof ripped off by a powerful wind. Four floors flooded, substantial damage to office equipment and soaked correspondence files, with limited machine damage due to stock nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
International Harvester Company
South Cedar
West Fourth Streets
Carolinas
Greensboro school buildings get county funds
The county board of education appropriated 1500 dollars a year for two years to Greensboro to aid erecting school buildings. Warsaw is set to gain a new union station after a conference among Atlantic Coast Line Atlantic and Carolina Railways and local business leaders. The station will include a large passenger area and a sizable baggage department.
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Greensoro
County Board of Education
Greensboro
Warsaw
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic & Carolina Railways
Board of ‘Trade
Union Station
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MR. Jones
Harvester Company
Cyrus H. McCormick
Harvester
Mineral Point
Naval Academy
Williams
He’s
Uncle Sam
Doctor Rojas
NEW York Exchange
U. S. Treasury
Philadelphia Plano
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