Flood Devastates Mines and Mountain Camp Killing Dozens
Reno dispatch reports Maguma mining camp wiped out by a cloudburst flooding Seven Troughs canyon. Twelve bodies recovered with estimates of twenty to thirty dead overall. Miners asleep in frail cabins swept away. Mazuma hotel wrecked. several victims named including John and Mrs. Trenchant and Mrs. Kehoe’s children.
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Reno
Nev
Maguma
Steven Troughs
Mazuma
John Trenchant
Edna Rudell
Concanon
Gillespie
Kehoe
International Cash Plan Aimed at Traveler Gold Notes
Washington July 20 Representative Levy of New York introduces a bill to print international gold notes by the government for American travelers. The notes would show their value in foreign money and circulate in Austria Hungary Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Netherlands Italy Portugal Russia Spain Norway Sweden and Switzerland.
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Washington
Representative Levy
New York
Levy
Austria
Hungary
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Empire
Great Britain
Greece
Netherlands
Italy
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Senate panel backs bill to abolish circuit judgeship
Washington reports the judiciary committee approved a bill to abolish the circuit court post once held by Judge Peter S. Grosscup. The proposal also adds a third U S district judge in Chicago. Senator Cul lom disputed the panel room briefing as a misunderstanding. Body of Nathan Schwartz buried at Ocean View after a suicide in New York.
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Washington
Shelby M. Custom
Hlingis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Peter S. Grosscup
United States
Chicago
Cullom
Judiciary Committee
Nathan Schwartz
New York
City
Hitle
Julia Connors
Ocean View
Staten Island
Missouri Congressman Catlin Ousted for Election Fraud
Washington reports that Representative Theron E K Catlin of Missouri has had his seat declared vacant after the house elections committee found his campaign obtained by fraud. The panel voted 6 to 3 citing $13 000 spent by Catlin and his father Daniel Catlin retired tobacco magnate of St Louis.
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Catlin
Missouri
Washington
Theron EK. Catlin
Laura. Merriam
William R. Merriam
Minnesota
House Elections Committee No. 2
St. Louis
Theron K K. Catlin
Patrick Gill
Congress
Jury Frees Mrs. Rena Morrow in Murder Verdict
Chicago July 20 The jury found Mrs. Rena Bacon Morrow not guilty of murdering her husband on December 27, 1911. She cried out with joy in court as friends, society women, and church members rushed to congratulate her. She thanked her attorney Charles F. Erbstein and the jurors for the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rena Bacon
Morrow
Kersten
Rena Bacon Morrow
Forty-first Street Presbyterian Church
Burns On Rosenthal Case Drives New Lead
New York July 20. Police intensify hunt for Herman Rosenthal killer as William J Burns and investigators join the probe. Authorities seek Big Jack Selig and partner Schappe and gambler Whitey, noting Selig as a noted gang fighter and gunman.
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New York
Herman Rosenthal
Metropole Hotel
William J. Burns
Burns
Whitman
Big Jack" Selig
Schappe
Whitey
Selig
Kentucky prison plan to pay prisoners share of earnings
Louisville July 20 The Kentucky prison commission approves a plan allowing each prisoner to receive about twenty percent of his earnings. Part will be paid to the prisoner’s family while the remainder is held for him until release.
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Louisville
Kentucky Prison Commission
Pinchot Declines Pay More Taxes on DC Mansion
Former chief forester Gifford Pinchot sought to raise his District of Columbia taxes claiming his mansion was under assessed by about 44000 dollars. Assessors stood by their figures and declined the payment.
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Gifford Pinchot
Washington
District of Columbia
Pinchot
Mr. Pinchot
Icebergs Watch Near Titanic Wreck Site Seen by Mauretania and Adriatic
Still dodging icebergs the steamships Mauretania and Adriatic report encounter near the Titanic wreck zone. The largest berg measured 800 to 1,000 feet long and 100 to 200 feet high. They also sighted a vast ice field forcing the Mauretania southward to avoid it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mauretania
Liverre
Hundred Year Old Hams Found On Prudence Island
Discovery of several 100 year old hams in an underground passage near a colonial mansion on Prudence Island prompts Prof David Greenberg of Columbia University to probe the island’s old cepars. The hams, packed in wood ashes, fetch $12 a pound.
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Providence
R. L
Prudence Island
David Greenberg
Columbia University
Hessen Rams Torpedo Boat Off Kiel
The German battleship Hessen rammed a torpedo boat near Kiel on July 26. Three crew members of the torpedo boat were killed and the damaged vessel was towed to Kiel harbor for repairs.
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Kiel
Germany
Kiel Harbor
Cambridge Honors E. B. Frost Doctor of Science
London reports Prof Fidwing Frost of the University of Chicago received the Doctor of Science degree at Cambridge University during the Royal Society two hundred fiftieth anniversary events.
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Cambridge
E. B. Frost
London
England
Fidwing Frost
University of Chicago
Cambridge University
Royal Society
Edward Corrigan Starts Life Anew
Edward Corrigan, once a prominent figure in American racing, returns to Kansas City to restart life where he departed over thirty years ago, signaling a new chapter away from his former notoriety.
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Edward Corrigan
Kansas City
Italian Warships Sunk in Battle at Dardanelles
Italian torpedo boats attacked the Dardanelles entrance as Turkish forts sank two of them and damaged six others after a 45 minute bombardment. Cabinet in Constantinople voted to close the straits and a new grand vizier was appointed. Rome says it knows nothing of the engagement.
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Dardanelles
Constantinople
Hellespont
Turkey
Tevfik Pasha
London
Aegean Sea
Sea of
Marmara
Kilid-1l- Bahr
Sedd-Al-Bahr
Emer son Brantingham Increases Capital Stock In Illinois
Emer son Brantingham company of Rockford paid $47,000 to the secretary of state office as it certified a capital stock increase from $3,000,400 to $50,000,000 in Springfield on July 20.
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Springfield
Emerson Brantingham Company
Rockford
Secretary of State
French Train Derailment Near Paris Kills Several
Paris dispatch reports the Paris to Beziers express derailed near Les Tras with multiple fatalities and numerous injuries as per Journal des Debats. The incident prompts emergency responses and ongoing investigations into the wreck.
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Paris
Indians Massacre in Dolores Pass Reported by Travelers
Travelers from Madera bring word of a massacre of rebels in Dolores mountain pass southwest of Madera near Sonora. Commanded by Gen Antonio Rojas, a vanguard was trapped by about 1,000 Yaqui Indians. fewer than 200 of 500 rebels escaped to Madera. Federal volunteers were active behind Dolores, with official comment pending.
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Juarez
Mexico
Madera
Dolores Mountain Pass
Sonora
Antonio Rojas
Dolores
Sanjines
Colonia Oaxaval
el Paso
Housewives Open Market Aimed at Lower Veggie Costs
In New York the Housewives' League opened a fresh vegetable market under the Queens Borough bridge on the east side to aid the poor. Dr. Buxbaum of Spring Valley supplied produce from his scientific farm and sold all items below current market prices.
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New York
Housewives’ League of
Queens Borough Bridge
Buxbaum
Spring Valley
S. 1
GOP Body Unseats Lorimer From Cook County Seat
The Cook County Republican committee voted unanimously to unseat William Lorimer as a member, placing control with Gov. Deneen after adopting a subcommittee report on the contest brought by Charles Vavick of 1452 South Fortieth Court.
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Chicago
William Lorimer
Cook County Republican Managing Committee
Deneen
Lorimer
Charles Vavick
South Fortieth Court
Cabinet nominees vetoed by national assembly
The national assembly rejected all President Yuan Shikai nominees for cabinet ports leaving premier Lu Cheng Hsiang in office who threatens to resign. Blast in General Film company film room kills two and causes about $260000 in damage in Albany.
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Peking
National Assembly
Yuan Shi- Kal
Lu Cheng Hsiang
Albany
N. Y
General Film Company
Judge Archbald Impeachment Trial Date Set As Answers Due
Washington July 20 The impeachment court fixed August 3 as the limit for formal answers in the case of Judge Robert W Archbald and adjourned to July 29. Archbald appeared with attorney A B Worthington. Debate over whether trial proceeds this summer or fall continued among senators and representatives.
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Washington
Robert
Archbald
Commerce Wurt
Worthington
Representative Clayton
Lodge
Clayton
Mutiny on oldest ship reaches Boston harbor
The old British convict ship Success, 122 years old, lies at anchor near East Boston after a 90 day voyage from Liverpool ended in mutiny and hunger. The crew once refused to sail further and drew knives until the mate forced them to sharpen their blades.
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Boston
Success
Boston Flats
Tiverpool
King's Friend Arrested in Fashionable Gambling House Probe
Mrs Alma Duncan, arrested in Oakland and arraigned before Judge Samuels, was identified as sister of Sir Redman P Roblin premier of Manitoba and a friend of King George. The case centers on her alleged proprietorship of a fashionable gambling house in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Alma Duncan
Oakland
Samuels
Redman
P. Roblin
Manitoba
King George
Rail rate suspensions hedge fuel wood shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed railroad rate increases on most fuel wood supplies for Chicago and Wisconsin and Michigan drawn timber until November 16 while an investigation proceeds.
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Washington
Chicago
Hindls
Wisconsin
Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
House Approves Ban on Prize Fight Pictures
Washington dispatch reports the house passed a senate bill prohibiting the shipment of prize fight pictures in interstate commerce by a 107 to 5 vote. The measure targets boxing related photography and aims to curb distribution across state lines.
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House
Washington
Senate
Suffragette Plot Against Premier Asquith In Dublin
Police in Ireland arrest eight suffragettes after raids in rooms housing leaders and shown to stock gunpowder kerosene and other inflammables. They face charges of conspiring to burn a theater and to brain or otherwise harm Premier Asquith.
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Ireland
Asquith
England
Comelcity
London
Leigh
Birmingham
Jall
Last Word in Warships Nevada Project Sets New Standard
Washington reports the battle ship Nevada under construction as the peak of naval design. Admiral Rowles states the Nevada will surpass the Argentine Monter in size and displacement while mounting twelve 14 inch guns versus the Monter s twelve 2 inch guns, signaling a power and tacticability lead.
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Washington
Nevada
United States
Rowles
Navy Department
Monter
BombAttack on Infanta Isabella Fails in Barcelona
A bomb attempt aimed at Infanta Isabella exploded in a Catalan square near Barcelona. Several nearby buildings shook and a few people were lightly injured as Isabella, aunt of King Alfonso, passed through the area and escaped unharmed.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Infanta
Isabella
Catamin Egtare
Barcelona
Fonso
Miner found dead in dredging pond near Oroville
A body found near Oroville is described as having a crushed head and a cut throat. Gold nuggets weighed on the body, and a drowned pack burro with a complete outfit was found in a nearby pit. Police report the miner may have been murdered by someone with advance knowledge of the clean-up.
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Oroville
Cal
Unkissed Since Wedding Day Court Grants Relief
Minneapolis July 20 a court accepted the wife’s claim she had not been kissed by her husband since their Joliet Illinois wedding ten years ago. Eva Hahn was granted relief after testimony.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Joliet
Eva Hahn
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East Side
Cook County Managing Committee
YUAN
Chinese Assembly
Dublin
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Alexander Melklejohn
Amherst College
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Princeton
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Brown University
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U. S
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