Panama Pacific Exposition Closes After Record Attendance
The Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco ends its run with a final attendance near 18.75 million and 298 610 visitors by 8 pm on closing day. President Wilson’s toast is read as President Moore shares a warm response and the event concludes at midnight.
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Moore
Mr. Wilson
San Francisco
Cal
Wilson
Panama-Pacific International
America
Whale Did Swallow Jonah Aver Students Quit School
Six students at the Baptist Missionary Training School for Women quit over teaching that Jonah was not swallowed by a whale and that several Old Testament accounts are nonhistorical. The vice president said objections focus on creation, Adam and Eve, Jonah, Samson, Lot’s wife, and Job. A teacher said she would resign if the Old Testament accounts are not treated as historic.
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Chicago
Baptist Missionary Training School For
Jonah
Lot
Sampson
Joseph Butchar
Adam
Eve
Job
Mary Anna Barnett
Bank Robbery Plot Leads to Clearup of Similar Thefts
Three men were arrested in New York on charges of attempting to rob a bank cashier by hooking bundles of bills on a cane. Police believe the scheme has led to several heists totaling about 125000 dollars in recent months. One man talked to the cashier while a partner pushed the cane to obtain a money package as police intervened.
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New York
New Nether Island
Wana
Riders Brave Burning Car On Fast Chicago Line
Express Messenger C H Brongon and helper F W Howe rode seven miles clinging to the iron steps of a burning Chicago Milwaukee St Paul train after a moving picture film explosion cut communication with the engineer. Both men were badly burned and taken to a hospital as damage neared 59 000 to 75 000 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
C. H. Brongon
F. W. Howe
Chicago
Aged British Diplomat Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane Dies
London reports the death of Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane at 91. He was an attache of the British embassy in Washington in 1846 and the sixth son of the Earl of Besaborough. Knighted in 1897, he previously served in the British foreign office before coming to America.
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London
Spencer Ponsonby-Fane
Washington
Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane
Earl of
Besaborough
Maria Fane
Emperor Yoshihito Reviews 125 Japanese Warships
Yokohama observers witness Emperor Yoshihito review 125 warships totaling about 605,885 tons with 60,000 aboard, Saratoga present as flagship of US Asiatic fleet. Winterhalter attended. shots roar, a luncheon on Fuso. hydroplane crash injures pilot fatally later in Pensacola.
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Yokohama
Dee
Yoshihito
United States
Saratoga
Fuso
Winterhalter
Teukuba
Japan
Winterhaiter
Standford E. Moses
Monterey
Jay H. Sypher
Exquisite art of Japanese shows high aesthetic sense
A Japanese art piece illustrates refined taste amid mutual misunderstanding between the United States and Japan. A journalist notes Americans know little of Japan and urges accurate exchange. The Japan Society, founded 1907 with about 1000 members, promotes friendly US Japan relations and knowledge about Japan.
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United States
Japan
America
Japan Society
Thease
Pacific Liner Crippled En Route to Allies
The Great Northern steamship Minnesota carrying 16 000 tons of cargo and food to England was crippled off the Pacific coast with two rescue vessels racing to assist. Mutineers onboard and rumors of an explosion plot loom as communications fail and the crew reports mutiny while engines are damaged.
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San Francisco
Great Northern
Minnesota
Seattle
England
Pacific Coast
Veebeel
Panama Canal Zone
Sant
Gome
Teuton Unity Urged by Economic Convention
London reports a Dresden meeting of German and Austro-Hungarian economic associations calling for a long durable union via a convention and a uniform tariff. The resolutions cite allied prospects with Turkey and Bulgaria and assume official talks have begun.
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London
Dresden
Arma
Turkey
Bulgaria
Penfield seeks Austrian reply on Ancona sinking tragedy
Vienna dispatch reports American Ambassador Frederick C. Penfield again requested Austria to answer the American note regarding the sinking of the steamship Ancona in the Mediterranean by an Austrian submarine. The note, delivered last week, asked for a formal Austrian reply and was followed by a request for more time to prepare.
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Japan
Haron Rempet
Ondo
Nippon Yusen Kaisha Company
America
Vienna
Frederick C. Penfield
Ancona
Mediterranean
Penfield
Miss Flynn Acquitted in 1918 Paterson Riot Case
Elizabeth Quilay Flynn, a labor leader, was found not guilty of inciting personal assault tied to a 1918 Paterson silt mill riot. She testified that she did not use the language attributed to her as charged in the indictment.
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Paterson
N. J
Elizabeth Quilay Flynn
Miss Flynn
Indictments in Labor War Probe Hit 54 Defendants
Chicago dispatch reports forty six indictments naming fifty four defendants in a grand jury probe into labor graft. Charges include extortion conspiracy and malicious mischief with union heads and plate glass firms cited among those implicated. Testimony describes intimidation and harassment of nonparticipants by union agents and associates. Three attorneys promised to surrender clients in open court tomorrow.
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Chicago
Carpentier Awarded War Cross for Aviation Heroics
Serge Georges Carpentier, European heavyweight champion now with the French aviation corps, received the military cross for brilliant reconnaissance flights. He joined at war start, endured shell blasts, served in signal, auto courier, and aviation roles, and last fought Gunboat Smith in London on July 26, 1914.
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Paris
Georges Carpentier
Pugila
Europe
Carpentier
Aviation Sorps
Gunboat Smith
London
Gets-It Corn Remedy Promises Quick Corn Removal
An early 20th century advertisement touts Gets-It as the swift solution for corns and bunions. It claims the product dries instantly, does not injure flesh, and removes corns in 48 hours with minimal discomfort. Sold by EB Lawrence & Co in Chicago and distributed through local druggists and stores.
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Xen
Ealiuses
EB Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Washington
People’s Drug Stores
P. G. Afec
Villa forces flee toward Yaqui country amid border siege
Reports from El Paso and Nogales say Francisco Villa and Gen Jose Rodriguez are pressed by Gen Alvaro Obregon and Gen Dieguez as Carranza troops seal off retreat to Chihuahua. Villa reportedly heads to Yaqui lands to organize Indians while other columns move toward Agua Prieta and Juarez. Santa Rosalia in Chihuahua reportedly evacuated as Villa forces evacuate the capital area.
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Arizt
Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
Francisco Villa
Jose Rodriguez
Chihuahua
Agua Prista
Dieguez
Hermosiilo
Villa
Nogales
Bacatete
Yaqui
Carranza Cordon
el Paso
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Luis Herrera
Santa Rosalia
Paris police order halt to peace pamphlets by women group
The French section of the Women's International League for Permanent Peace was ordered to stop circulating peace pamphlets. They were summoned before the commissary of police to explain activities and defended by citing their philosophy. Police inquiries continue.
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Paris
Women’s International League For Permanent Peace
Rnice
Tigne
Seven Austrian diplomats to be recalled from America
The Providence Journal reports Austria to recall seven diplomats in America. Acting Ambassador Zwiedinek Consul General von Nuber two New York vice consuls and consuls in Pittsburgh Cleveland and Philadelphia will be included. German attaches Boy-Ed and von Papen to depart. plans for others cited.
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Washington Post
Providence
R. I
Secoss
von Papen
America
Providence Journal
Baron Zwiedinek
von Nuber
New York
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Journal
Dreinrich Albert
Mexico
Boy-Hol
Germany
German Governor General orders 2,000,000 photos in Poland
The German governor general of Poland mandates passport photographs for all residents over 15. Two million people are targeted, with one million already photographed and 30,000 more daily. Sixty photographers and 250 assistants carry out the work, reported by Overseas News Agency via Bertin.
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Bertin
Sayville
Poland
Kensington Society Notes Share Local Guests and Changes
Miss Eleanor Elder and Charlies Elder of Frederick visit Mrs J Hartshorn. Mrs Harriett Scudder of Middletown Ohio stays with Mrs Constantin Freeman. Mrs B F Brocket breaks hip, hospitalized. Christ Church Guild and Woman's Auxiliary plan December 7 supper at town hall. Simpson family moves to 1213 NW Street. Jameson couple at Clarion on Newton. Woman's Club meets with program led by Mrs Fishd house and assistants. Mrs Walter Brooks returns from surgery. Mary Bradley and Gerald Warthen wed at Thomas Bradley's Washington home in quiet family ceremony. Philip Herrmann and family occupy Washington apartment for the winter. Presbyterian Missionary and Aid Society to meet next week in Sunday School Building.
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Eleanor Elder
Charlies Elder
Frederick
J. Hartshorn
Harriett Scudder
Middletown
Ohio
Constantin Freeman
B. F. Brocket
Christ Church Guild and
Woman's Auxiliary
Town Hall
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Jean
Esther
Dorothy
Lincoln Place
NW Street
Jameson
Clarion
Newton Street
William Lewis
Fishdhouse
Missionary and Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
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