Film men plan cautious release of Jeffries Johnson fight
Vitagraph will stage private showings for authorities to ease sentiment and permit wider release later. Pictures, costing about 250000, were rushed from Reno to Brooklyn, timed with a controlled public viewing in New York. Offers abroad and within the U S exceeded by bidders, while manufacturers warn they will shelf if public opposition grows.
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Vitagraph
Sportal
Washington Post
New York
Moving Picture
Fim
W. FE. Fok
Vitagraph Company of America
Reno
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Mr. Finck
Brooklyn
Gaynor rebukes reformers in fight picture dispute
Boston July 4. Messages from governors of Connecticut Colorado North Dakota Vermont and West Virginia expressing sympathy with the movement to prevent the exhibition of fight pictures were received by William Shaw general secretary of the United Society of Christian Pndowers. A letter from New York Mayor William J. Gaynor says it is impossible to prohibit without law and questions the fear of race riots noting the city is governed by Jews, not men.
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Boston
Mass
Connecticut
Colorado
North Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
William Shaw
United Society of Christian Pndowsorers
Wiliam J. Gaynor
New York
Shaw
City of
Mad dog in Union Station shot by police
Panic swept Union Station late yesterday as a ferocious mad dog chased people through the waiting room and into the baggage area before fleeing to the plaza. Policeman John C Costello shot the animal after it was cornered, using three bullets. the dog belonged to William J Briggs of Myrtle Street Northeast. Movements of ocean steamers and other notices follow in the afternoon edition.
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Union Station
Aamali Spaniel
Plaza
John C Costello
Sixth Precinct
William J. Briggs
Myrtle Street
DENTED MILK CANS TO CHEAT CONSUMERS IN NY
New York July reports say farmers and railroads cause dented milk cans to reduce contents and cheat the public. Chief Driscoll of the New York bureau of weights and measures leads a campaign against short measures. He cites railroad rough handling and warns dealers that potato barrels were found short.
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New York
Drigcoll
Driscol
Roosevelt Will Sail To Paris From Oyster Bay Today
Theodore Roosevelt plans a sudden trip abroad with no stated purpose, sailing tomorrow on the Hamburg American liner Amerika toward Paris. He will speak in Chicago at the Hamilton Club on September and has issued dates for appearances in Osawatomis Omaha Pittsburg Hot Springs and other cities, while maintaining secrecy about the trip’s objective.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Caiteria
Kermit Roosevelt
Amerika
Parlz
Col. Roosevelt
Osawatomis
Kans
Omaha
Nebr
Pittsburg
Hot Springs
Ark
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Batten
Hamilton Club
Hamilton Chuir
Interior
Ballinger
Taft
Severe thunderstorm rattles Laurel Maryland
Special to The Washington Post from Laurel Delaware reports a night storm that shattered an upper water tank on a tower but left a 19 000 gallon reservoir intact a bolt pierced a window at Charles Hitchens home knocked him and his wife from bed they escaped unharmed A bolt struck George Walker’s farm near town sending him and his wife to the floor from their iron bed but no injuries were reported
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Washington Post
Laurel
Del
Charles Hitchens
Thomas Philips
Col. B. Fooks
Boy Drowns After Stray Swim in Canal Near Glen Echo
Herbert Collins, 19, of 612 Pickford Place NE, disappeared while swimming with four companions in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between the Chain Bridge and the District line. His body was recovered by Harbor precinct officers after his friends searched the canal and the bank.
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Chesapeake and Onty Canal
Chain Bridge
District Line
Herbert Collins
Pickford Place
Harbor
Young Colins
Thomas Ricker
H E Street
Harold Hopps
H Street
Franklin McMullin
G Street
Bernard Busher
Ol I
Canal
Collins
Fellows
Callihs
Glen Ebb
Technicality May Free Him From Murder Charge
Vincent Stabile a College of the City of New York student may walk free tomorrow after the appellate division of the supreme court affirmed a writ of habeas corpus. The court ruled Justice Crain erred by discharging a five hour undecided jury, causing miscarriage of the trial and preventing retrial.
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New York
Vincent Stabile
College of the City of
Stabile
Court of
General Sessions
Crain
Brothers political foes dispute over Tennessee stump
Senator Boo Taylor plans to campaign in Tennessee for the regulars while his brother ALT Taylor will stump for the insurgent anti regulars ticket. The two brothers, once rivals for governor in 1886, are reportedly on good terms and may meet in a joint debate, reviving the old quarrel of the roses.
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Senator Taylor
Tennessee
Ali
Washington Post
Bristol
Tenn
Boo Taylor
Supreme Court
Patterson
Alt Saylor
Partes
Society Girl Sues Dentist For Damages In Chicago
Miss Nellie Anheuser of St Louis, a society figure, sues Dr Robert Good for 100 damages over gowns seized during the grand opera season last year. The dentist had charged 300 for dental work, or 25 an hour, and attached the gowns after a payment dispute.
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Chicago
Nellie Anheuser
St. Louis
Robert Good
Aeroplanes Race Chicago to New York Planned
The Times reports six entries for a Chicago to New York aeroplane race under Times and Chicago Evening Post auspices. Start is Chicago October 8 with a seven day completion target. Entrants include Glenn Curtiss Charles Hamilton C Mars Capt Thomas Baldwin J D McCurdy P Hastings and Hupert Latham.
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New York, Ily
New York Times
The
Times
Chicago Evening Post
Chicago
Glenn H. Curtiss
Charles K. Hamilton
C. Mars
Thomas Baldwin
J. D. McCurdy
P. Hestings
Newark
N. J
Hupert Latham
Recount Finds No Irregularity in Dalzell Race
Pittsburg officials conclude a recount in McKeesport Second precinct Third ward shows Dalzell 74 Black 0, confirming the original tally. They will proceed with recounts in four more districts amid ongoing election fraud allegations by Robert Black.
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Pittsburg
Robert Black
John Dalzell
Third Ward
McKeesport
Dalzell
Ferrer Declared Innocent Speech Stirs Madrid Riot Fallout
Madrid on July 8 heard Pablo Iglesias condemn Ferrer as innocent after a fiery debate in the Cortes. He accused Barcelona socialists tied to the International of fomenting disorders to halt the war in Mesas and warned that if Senor Maura returned to power he would be assassinated.
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Madrid
Pablo Iglesias
Cortes
Barcelona
Ferrer
Mesa
Iglesiag
Senor Maura
Many Aviators Die In Early Aerial Navigation Efforts
A historical record-like roundup notes numerous fatal and serious incidents in early aviation from 1908 to 1910. It names aviators such as Wachter, Lilienthal, Morrell, Jones, Possi, Lefebvre, Ferber, Delagrange, Le Blon, and others, detailing crashes, explosions, and drownings across France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the United States, with spectators present at many events.
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Wachter
Bethany Plain
Rheims
France
Waceliter
Herr Lilienthal
Wright Brothers
Germany
Hillside Park
L. F. Wood
Passaic
Morrell
John Morrell
Berkeley
Cal
Capt
Charles Oliver Jones
Hammondsport
N. Y
Jones
T. T. Lovelace
London
Fort Myer
Wilbur Wright
Thomas D. Selfridge
United States Signal Corps
Lieut. Selfridge
Mr. Wright
Wannowski
St. Petersburg
Russia
M. Palitzin
Imperial Court
Count Rostoftseff
Korbee
Milan
Italy
Signor Possi
M. Lefebvre
Paris
la Palisse
Moulins
Marchal
Phcaure
Vincenot
Reux
Louis F. Ferber
Antonio Fernandez
Ferber
M. Leon Delagrange
Europe
Bordeaux
Hubert le Blon
San Sebastian
Spain
Royal Palace of
Miramar
le Blon
Stettin
Herr Werrer Hugo Delbrueck
Reichstag
Herr Sommelhardt
Herr Benduhn
Hein
Baltic
Delbrueck
Benduhn
Sommelhardt
Delitsch
Bitterfeld Aero Club
Berlin
Luft, Graupner
Hoecker
Bitterfeld
Filot
Lusschenring
Geor ge Washington University Faces Resignations and Debt Debate
Two medicine department faculty resignations add to mounting troubles at George Washington University as trustees state total indebtedness near 656000 while Wickersham report cites liabilities around 852208 with potential 414000 add ons. Assets listed at 703625 plus real estate values could cover liabilities, leaving a possible balance of 137512 after debt discharge.
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Wickersham Report
Georges Washington University
Department of Medicine
Thone
D. K. Shute
Thomas A. Claytor
Post
Wickersham
George Washington
Needham
House Committee On the
District of Columbia
Spring Wheat Shortage Reported by Agriculture Board
The crop reporting board of the Department of Agriculture issued initial July 1 condition reports for spring wheat. The average condition across North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Washington, which account for most of the U S spring wheat, stood at 62 5 percent, down from 92 3 percent last year and the ten year average of 87 8. The United States as a whole averaged 81 6 percent at the start of the month, below last year’s 92 7 and the ten year average of 87 1.
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Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Washington
United States
Wen
Cars Again Tied Up At Potomac Power Plant
Trouble at Potomac Electric Power Company on Benning Road halted a large generator due to bearing failure. The stoppage lasted about 45 minutes, stopping all Washington Railway and Electric Company lines and forcing many residents to walk to work as cars lay idle during the outage.
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Potomac Electric Power Company
Benning Road
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Brewery Workers Accept Empties Pay Deal Endorsement
Brewery workers from Washington agencies settled disputes with Western breweries at a mass meeting accepting a compromise of 6.12 cents for returned empties, pending managerial signing. Separate talks included a $2 weekly raise for stationary engineers, and a push to maintain eight hour days. Sheet metal workers deny influx of strikebreakers as Carpenters consider action. Charleston fire destroys five wholesale establishments on Meeting Street causing $250,000 damage.
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Carpenters
A. F. of L.-—-Sheet Metal
Washington
Western Breweries
Western Brewery
Brewery Workfars Union
John Sullivan
Trnternational Brewery Workers' Union
Brewery Workers’ Union
Focal
William Schaffer
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Amalgamated Carpenters
Building Trades Section
Janciean Federation of Labor For
Action
Quinn
International Sheet Metal Workers
New York
Building League
Baltimore
Charleston
Charleston, D. C
Meeting Street
Board Accepts Ground Lease for Flint School Lot
The Flint school board approved a ground lease with Nell J. Berston for a long term on school land in Flint. The lease ends if land is used for non school purposes. Payment of annual rent will be marked with a ceremonial clover blossom pick by a board member each spring for Berston or his heirs.
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Michigan School
Flint
Mich
Flint School Board
Ate
Flint Union School
Nell J. Berston
Berston
Admiral's Son Found After Alaska Trek
Alexander C. Rodgers, 71, son of Admiral J A Rodgers, disappeared from the Valdez trail last summer while seeking adventure in Alaska. A telegram confirms he is alive and prospecting in Alaska. He is a great grandson of Admiral Perry. Frank H. Davis of Dover, Del., was named deputy auditor of the Treasury.
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Alexander C. Rodgers
Alaska
Washington Post
Seattle
Wash
J. A. Rodgers
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Valdez Trail
Rodgera
Admiral Perry
Japan
Frank H. Davis
Dover
Del
The
Treasury
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