Tragic Canal Accident Averted Collision Near Cabin Johns
Miss Clara Ward a bank clerk and Miss Ward's escort George Emmert canoe along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Cabin Johns. A collision with a loaded boat ended with Ward drowning near Lock No. 6. The inquest returned an accident verdict and mournful families awaited word as rescuers searched the dark canal.
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Canal Va
Clara Ward
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
George Emmert
Charlos
Dieauver Schafer
Auustier
Uridors
Bill to Force Sanitation and Trade Restrictions
A bill by Senator Overman would empower the Public Health Service to enforce sanitation on all common carriers. Senator Robinson proposes wiping out every produce exchange in the country and barring interstate messages involved in selling agricultural products not meant for delivery. Separate ministers for Paraguay and Uruguay were authorized after a bill for legations. The House action is pending. The Senate called for negotiations to improve boundary waterways with Canada.
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Overman
Robinson
Arkansas
Parasmiay
Uruguay
House
Senate
United States
Canada
Housing plan endorsed by Senate for five-member commission
The Senate yesterday afternoon passed a resolution by the President establishing a housing commission to be composed of three women and two men. The commission is to serve with the aim of developing a housing program.
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Senate
Iision
Life-Saving Service Probe Targets Treasury Complaints
Secretary McAdoo reviews anonymous communications circulating among Treasury officials and Congress members accusing Capt Sumner T Kimball administrator of the life saving service. Comptroller George B Downey to trace sources while Treasury declares the matter not serious.
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McAdoo
Treasury Department
Congress
Sumner T. Kimball
United States Life-Saving Service
George B. Downey
The
Treasury
Turkey Plans Reforms Invite Foreign Capital for Use in Development
Paris reports the Turkish sultan Mehmmed V, quoted by Temps, pledges fair teaching reforms with active foreign specialist collaboration. He says Turkey will offer large returns to foreign capital and will use investments to develop the country, not for conquest, devoting only indispensible sums to defense.
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Paris
Turkey
Mehnid V
Beacons for the King: Suffragette Confession in Court
Mrs Edith Rigby wife of a Preston physician confessed to planting a hazardous device at Sir William Lever’s Rivington home near Lancaster and to the Liverpool Cotton Exchange blast to show how easily such weapons can be placed. She claimed the actions aimed to highlight women’s grievances and denied government threats. Police remanded her for further hearing as Manchester raids target the Women’s Social and Political Union. A Dublin Post Office scare involving a toy detonator was later deemed simply a child’s toy and not reported to police.
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Manna
Florence
Ward
Nellie
Katherine
Hail
Great Falls
Mildred Emmert
Manchester
Liverpool
Jngland
Nelson
Dublin
Today
William M. Redmond
House of Commons
Giant ship contracts signed for new battleship 39
Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt signed the designs for battleship No 39 to be built at New York navy yard. Cost cap exclusive of armor and armament is 7425000. The vessel will be the largest battleship for the U S Navy with 71400 tons displacement, 21 kn speed, 60 ft length and 71 ft 1 in beam. It mounts twelve 14 inch guns and four submerged torpedo tubes with a 22 3 inch defense battery, turbine engines, and oil burning water tube boilers. Roosevelt also approved designs for the submarine tender Bushnell to cost about 1000000 and to serve as mother ship for five submarines.
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Roosevelt
New York Navy Yard
Hmit
Cogt
Pennsylvania
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Newport News
Navy Department
Mgr. Roosevelt
Bushnell
Seattle Construction and di Dock Company
Fire Bushnell
Ave Submarines
LABOR WARS TO BE PROBED BY CONGRESS ALL NIGHT
Senate lobby committee will investigate labor and capital conflicts over ten years. Key figures like Samuel Gompers and John Mitchel are subpoenaed, with George Pope and J. P. Bird also ordered to testify. Mulhall testimony and wool and sugar inquiries will continue, amid threats to witnesses and extensive correspondence.
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Congress
Senate
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchel
Federation
United Mine Workers
George Pope
J. P. Bird
National Association of Manufacturers
Martin M. Mulhall
Mulhall
Mulcall
Flouse
Chaiman Ciarrett
Overman
Washington
Wool
Integrity and trust cited in wool committee session
Nominal remarks on fidelity to duties were voiced as Winthrop Marvin presented the wool association books detailing disbursements since he became secretary. The subcommittee planned to review the records in the current session.
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Winthrop Marvin
Wool Association
Former Warden Kennedy Indicted in Sing Sing Probe
White Plains July 10 John F. Kennedy former warden of Sing Sing prison was indicted today by the grand jury. Charges not released pending arrest. Indictment stems from a governor appointed investigation into Sing Sing affairs that led to his removal.
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White Plains
John 8. Kennedy
Sing Sing Prison
Sing-Sing
Sulzer
Roosevelt and sons depart Deming for Silver City
Col Theodore Roosevelt and his two sons left Deming New Mexico today by automobile for Silver City. Capt C A Greenway formerly of Bisbee Arizona and a Rough Rider, who will be in Arizona with the colonel, met the party here.
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C. A. Greenway
New Mexico
Deming
N. Mex
Theodore Roosevelt
Silver City
Bisbee
Ariz
Arigona
Wilson Lost On Trip Stops Often To Inquire Way
President Wilson traversed New Hampshire by car avoiding stops and answered few questions about a looming railway strike. Official papers arrived from the White House bearing undisclosed contents. He played golf at Hanover Links in damp conditions before returning to Cornish for noon.
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White House
Hanover Links
Cornish
N. H
Wilson
New Hampshire Woods
Eleanor Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Cary T. Grayson
Connecticut River
Springfield
N.hs
Hnes
Frank Hall
Tumulty
Jie
Lockjaw Claims Life Of Cumberland Baseball Player
Carlisle Krause, 20, son of August Krause, died from lockjaw linked to injuries from July 4 when a wagon carrying the Bedford Road baseball team overturned on the return from Centerville, Pa. The wheel passed over his head and face.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Carl Krause
August Krause
Belford Road
Centerville
Inventor of X ray tube dies after nine operations
Hartford, July 10 Burton E. Baker inventor of X ray tube and related devices died at his home on Imlay Street after a long illness. Nine operations by surgeons in Philadelphia New York and Hartford failed to save him. Noted physicians involved include Dr W E Clark Prof Decosta Dr E W Caldwell Dr Edward Titus and Dr Rupert Abbe of New York with radium. Baker born August 19 1870 in New Britain Conn. He never pursued higher education but influenced many surgeons and educators.
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Hartford, Conn
Burton E. Baker
Imlay Street
Philadelphia
New York
Hartford
Baker
W. E. Clark
Decosta
University of Pennsylvania
E. W.caldwell
Edward Titus
Rupert Abbe
F. H. Humphreys
London
New Britain
Conn
X Rays Report Aid Tuberculosis Treatment
Denver July 10. Dr J D Gibson reports successful TB treatment with X rays in over 400 cases across twelve years, claiming 85 percent success. The paper was read to the National Society of Physical Therapeutics. The National Institute of Homeopathy convention history lists Atlantic City in 1914 Portland 1915 and Dresden 1916.
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Denver
J. D. Gibson
National Society of Physical Therapeutics
Gibson
National Institute of Homeopathy WH
Atlantic City
Portland
Oreg
Dresden
Germany
Bankers Call for Amendments to Currency Bill
Asheville N C July 14 following Charles Hall Davis Petersburg Va warning that the currency bill would be calamity the North Carolina Bankers Association at its seventeenth annual convention adopted a resolution urging an amendment to meet farmers needs officers elected at the final session include President George A Holderness Tarboro first VP Thomas E Cooper Wilmington second VP J L Amenfield Thomasville third VP W S Blakeney Monroe secretary treasurer W A Hunt Henderson reelected
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Asheville
N. C
Charles Hall Davis
Petersburg
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
George A. Holderness
Tarboro
Thomas EE. Cooper
Wilmington
3. L. Amenfield
Thomasville
W. S. Blakeney
Monroe
W. A. Hunt
Henderson
$100 000 Bequest To Old Friend In Will
Philadelphia probate reveals Francis Way Smith leaves $100,000 to Samuel W. W. Briggs. The will directs use of a motor car owned by the testator and an annual upkeep payment of $1,500. Briggs, a manager at a prominent Philadelphia hotel, was surprised by the bequest.
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Philadelphia
Francis Way Smith
Samuel W. W. Briggs
Briggs
Smith
Thaw Sues for 30 000 in Pittsburgh Orphan Court
Attorneys for Harry Thaw, confined in Mattea wan Hospital, petitioned the Pittsburgh orphan's court to compel Fidelity Title and Trust Company, trustee under William Thaw's will, to pay Thaw thirty thousand dollars. The petition claims Thaw has not received his share in five years and seeks delivery of funds as due.
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Pitttsburgh
Blarry K. Thaw
Matteawan Hospital
New York
Orphan’s Court
Fidelity Title and Trust Company
Thaw
William Thaw
Harry Thaw
Elva
Mae
Eight Hour Work Day Bill for District Women Passed
Senator La Follette’s eight hour work day bill for women in the District of Columbia passed the Senate with no opposition. It bans excessive hours in manufacturing, mercantile, hotels, restaurants, telegraph and telephone offices, and other employers, sets daily and weekly limits, and imposes escalating fines for violations along with required time books and inspections.
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Senator la Follette
District of Columbia
Senate
House
Express
Two Scalded On Navy Launch In Norfolk Scene
Edward Murphy of Portsmouth and Charles Rudd of Norfolk were badly scalded when a burner on Navy launch No 1159 blew out after leaving the navy yard en route to the receiving ship Franklin. Julian Moore shut off the steam, saving H. C. Lovett and Jack Stickle from scalding. Both men were taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Washington
Norfolk
Edward Murphy
Portsmouth
Charles Rudd
Nuender
Navy Yard
Theavy Yard
Franklin
Murphy
Rudd
Julian Moore
Moore
H. C. Lovett
Jack Stickle
Freeing Suitor Near Harvey's Lake Case Sparks Theories
Wilkes-Barre July 10 jury exonerates Herbert Johns in the death of 18 year old Alice Crispell at Harvey's Lake. Jury believes murder occurred July 4 but killer at large. Father Willem Crispell admitted beating daughter and threatening her with a revolver. Letters between Crispell and Alice reveal deep affection and talk of dying in the lake. Funeral draws hundreds of farmers. sister Helen Cann faints at viewing.
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Lake
Wilkes-Barre
Herbert Johns
Alice Crispell
Harvey's Lake
Johns
Willem Crispell
Luzerne
Sophanus Reese
Plymouth
BE. G. Kunkie
Slapher
Mount Airy
Helen Cann
Lawrence Cann
Banking changes proposed by chambers of commerce
The currency committee of the United States Chamber studies the Owen Glass Federal Reserve Act and plans to telegraph a report to directors on the Pacific coast. It urges stockholders in Federal reserve banks to have a larger voice and likely recommends enlarging the Federal Reserve Board and creating a body representing stockholders.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Pacific Coast
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Committee aims to strengthen act under pending bill report
The committee told Senator Owen and Representative Glaas that the pending sets to bill was drawn under their supervision and that its purpose is to strengthen the act. The committee announced the report will be made public today.
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Owen
Glaas
Appeal Granted in Gould Castellane Marriage Case
In Rome on July 10 the Segnatura Tribunal admitted the appeal on behalf of Anna Gould now Duchess de Talleyrand and her defender Parillo against the Rota Tribunal decision annulling the marriage to Count Boni de Castellane. No decision announced yet. no new trial ordered. The Rota had issued two decisions, one against Castellane and a second reversing it to grant annulment.
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Anna Gould
Segnatura Tribunal
Rome
Supreme Tribunal of the
Curia Romana
Duchess de Talleyrand
Mger
Parillo
Rota
Count Boni de Castellane
Miss Gould
Rota Tribunal
Rota Court
Count Bonifé Castellane
Arbitration Reform Moves In Rail Labor Crisis
New York July 1 The A lines committee meets tomorrow as union leaders push for Erdman act changes. Garretson and Lee say no walkout while talks with railroads stall. Civic Federation hopes to hasten amended Erdman act to avert a 160000 rail worker strike. President Wilson to host Monday talks with Eastern railroad reps on arbitration scope.
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New York
Washington
National Civic Federation
Congress
Arbitration Board
Owaia
Thie Yiugai
Civic Federation
Wilson
Western Railways
Eastern Railroads
White Housa
War by Roumania Bulgars Now Seek Peace
The Balkans war report details Roumanian crossborder moves into Bulgaria, Greek and Servian advances, and Bulgarian retreat. Paris and Vienna seek peace talks with Bulgaria under Russian influence while the Red Cross appeals for nurses and funds to treat thousands wounded in Belgrade and Saloniki.
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London
Balkans
Bulgaria
Gueveheli
Athens
American
Red Cross
Saloniki
Red Cross Society
Sa Joniki
Belgrade
Convict Labor Commission Aims Family Support Plan
Senator O Gorman unveiled a bill to create a convict labor commission. It would study relief for prisoners to aid their families, seek state reimbursement for maintenance costs, and ensure products from convict labor do not undercut free labor.
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O'Gorman
McCombs Progress After Appendectomy in 1920s Report
William F. McCombs, Democratic national committee chairman, shows marked improvement following an appendectomy performed Tuesday. Details mention travel plans and assistance, with references to Luray and related figures, reflecting a period newspaper brief.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Schafer
Miss Ward
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Golock
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Foo
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Supt. S. I. Kimball
King
England
Women’s Social and Political Union
Militant Society
George
Redmond
William Whitman
National Association of Wool
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Thomas ©. Marvin
Home Market Club
Boston
Thomas Marvin
Marvin
Ways and Means and Finance
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Whitman
S. N. D. North
Senate Finance Committee
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Royal Limited
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Trip
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Martisspurge
Berkeley Springs
Union Station
Carolina
Matteawan
Trust Company
MR. LA Follette
NAVY
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Tery
Charlie
Miss Crispell
Hke
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
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Say Garrettson
W. G. Lee
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A. B. Garrettson
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of
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Lee
Garrison
Easley
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Erdman
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Islip
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Hulgaria
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Russia
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Rom Dorlan
Strzypitza
Istip
Strumitza
Istiy
Radovitch
Berlin
Dradly Telegraph
al Athens
Tranoff
Demirhissar
Struma
Telegraph
Athena
Convict Labor Commission
Luray
Reiter
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Ayaa Bington
Stan Stunt
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