Maine Hulk Bared Signs of Tremendous Exterior Explosion
The Maine wreck saga continues as cofferdam pumping nears completion with mud removal revealing fracture patterns and possible exterior explosion. Engineers note bow frames and double bottom, Keel area, and portions of starboard quarters exposed. Salvage plans focus on crane foundations to lift heavy wreckage while months of excavation may be needed. Beans and galley provisions hint at crew life amid the damaged hull.
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Havana
Secsjom
Powelson
Sampesa Court
Tibalry
Ferguson
Doubtleas
Mrs Payne Whitney Necklace Robbery Arrest In New York
Mrs Payne Whitney of New York reported a diamond necklace valued at 31800 stolen after a July 8 loss on a Fall River boat train. Israel Davis, a negro porter, was arrested on larceny charges after police found the necklace in his possession and a pawned cigarette case in Providence. Davis allegedly found the items on the train and admitted to pawning other pieces.
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Payne Whitney
New York
Israel Davis
Negro Porter
New Haven
Hartford
Nema Davis
West End
Whitney
Telen Hay
John
Fall River
White
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Davis
Providence
Pastor Hid True Name as He Served Ohio Church
In Xenia Ohio after an operation the Rev Myron M Bruce aged 22 pastor of Pleasant View Church near Jamestown was found to have used the name Ainsworth his real name His father Rev Myron Bruce Armsworth pastor of Christian Church at Frantin Indiana arrived to take the body for burial in Allisonville Ontario Authorities say the deception arose as he tried to live down earlier incidents
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Xenia
Ohio
Myron M. Bruce
Pleasant View Church
Jamestown
Ainsworth
Myron Bruce Armsworth
Christian Church
Frantin
Ind
Allisonville
Ontario
Pleasant View
Franklin, Ind
Bruce
Husband No 1 Victor Latter With Army In Texas
Harry R McCormick a private released from Fort Myer guardhouse goes to his wife Marie Ida McCormick-Higgins at 12194 Duncan Place NE to seek annulment of her marriage to F J Higgins. Marie Ida, now married to Higgins, awaits reconciliation as McCormick plans to stay with her and pursue annulment of the second union.
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Harry McCormick
Fort Myer
Higgins
Wert Myer
Harry R. McCormick
Marie Ida McCormick-Higgins
Duncan Place
F. J. Higgins
Texas
Enoch Arden
5. R. White
Rockville
McCormick
Marie Ida Ege
John FF. Hee
Harry
Marle Ide McCormick
Mare Lo A McCormick-Higgins
Ida McCormick-Higaims
Washington
Tola
Wort
Ida
Mariel da McCormek- Higgins
United States Army
Mystery of Richmond wife found after disappearance
Eva Vittoria Woodward, wife of Richmond carpenter Charles Woodward, vanished with their 2-year-old son last Thursday. A stranger helped her onto a train. trains and trunks traced through Philadelphia led to her location in a boarding house at 1906 Arch Street. After a tense reconciliation, they plan to return to Richmond today.
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Mia
Eva Vittoria Woodward
Charles
Woodward
Richmond
Carpenter
Woodward Gually
Boyle
Philadelphia
Souder
Arch Street
Philadelphia Police
Broad Street
Jte
Union Station
Leff Washington
Seaboard Air Line
Indict Stokes Assailants for Attempted Murder
New York on July 18 Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad were indicted on three counts linked to the June 1 shooting of W. E. D. Stokes at their apartment. The grand jury charged attempted murder in the first degree and two assault counts and will await arraignment with bail.
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New York
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. E. D. Stokes
Mr. Stokes
James McCormick
Stokes
Spain Asked to Explain Arrest of French Agent
Paris reports that France demanded Spain explain the seizure of M. Busset, the French consular agent at Ateaza Morocco, by a Spanish patrol. The incident's details appear confirmed in official advices and the press calls for apologies amid growing protests over Spain's conduct.
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Paris
France
Spain
M. Busset
Ateaza
Morocco
Striking Seamen Riot at Cardiff Warehouses
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports Cardiff July 18 as strikers clash with police and firemen. Fire fighters battle flames at Liverpool and Dublin Steamship Company warehouses as strikers loot perishable goods and beer, with injuries to both sides and police.
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Washington Post
Cardiff
London
Liverpool and Dublin Steamship Company
Principal Rowe Faces Complaint Over Flag Salute
Special to The Wabbington Post reports Principal Stewart H. Rowe of Wadleigh School required students to salute the British flag and utter lines about arbitration between England and America on King George V’s coronation day. The action drew a protest from United Irish American societies, with the Board of Education referring the matter to a committee.
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Wabbington Post
New York
Stewart H. Rowe
Wailleigh Ign School
Wadleigh Girls
George V
England
America
Man Claims Height Gain After Tub Bath
Edward George Bernard of 22 Walnolt street in St Louis says he gained two inches by lying in a tub of warm water for 24 hours and was measured taller. He later shrank back and was suspended from the department after more than three months. Chief Swingley invited a redo measurement. Bernard refused.
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Washington Pos
St. Louis
Edward George Bernard
Walnolt Street
Edward George
Frank Henderson
Bernard
Chief Swingley
Swingley
Johnson Refuses to Fight for America for England
In Dublin and Paris dispatches dated July 18 report Jack Johnson says he would fight for England if needed and would not shoulder a musket for America. He laments lack of a square deal from the United States and praises England while noting he would not celebrate American success. The Paris report adds John W Gates showing slight health improvement as kidneys and heart respond to treatment.
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Washington Post
New York
Jack
Johnson
Evening Herald
Dublin
Sam
America
England
Tingland
Paris
John W. Gates
RAMELES IV IN HAY LOFT
Special to The Washingtin Post Lenox Mass July 18 Workmen clear the hay loft on the estate of Robert De Peyster Titus in Tyringham valley today found a man sized, clean shaven mummy The sheriff coroner and officials were summoned Dr Derwinle M Wilcox declared the body appeared dead 3 000 years and likely Ramesey IV from Karnak once discovered by Titus during tomb exploration
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Lenox
Mass
Robert de Peyster Titus
Tyringham Valley
Jongs
Derwinle M. Wilcox
Ramesey IV
Mr. Titus
Karnak
Representative Loudenslager Ill at Home in Paulsboro
Camden N J July 18 Representative Henry C Loudenslager of the First New Jersey district is seriously ill at his home in Paulsboro near here. He is reported to be suffering from diabetes and several other ailments.
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Camden
N. J
Henry C. Loudenslager
New Jersey
Paulsboro
Here
Loudenslager
Marshall Replies On Tariffs And Reforms From Indianapolis
Gov. Marshall, a receptive candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, replies to a queried Commoner list via The Washington Post and New York World. He favors revenue tariffs only, free raw materials, and opposes the Standard Oil decision, supports direct election of senators, state rights, and an early Filipinos independence stance.
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Standard Oil
Washington Post
New York
New York World
Indianapolis
Ind
Gov
Marshall
Charles Bryan
Willam Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
United States
Gots Marshall
Beattie Wife Slain as Unidentified Man Fires From Road
Richmond Virginia July 18 Mrs H C Beattie Jr killed when a tall bearded white man stepping into the road fires at close range as the couple in a car attempt to pass on the Midlothian turnpike five miles from Richmond Beattie grapples with the slayer who escapes after striking him with the gun butt. Beattie drives five miles to a friend’s home with his dead wife across the seat. The 28 year old victim was married a year and was wife of a department store owner and banker in South Richmond.
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H C. Beattie, Jr
Richmond
Chesterfield County
H. C. Beattie, Jr
Midllothian Turnpike
Mrs. Beattie
Mr. Beattie
Beattie
Neau
Transcript reveals McNamara admission in Times explosion case
In Los Angeles a transcript from Ortie McManigal’s grand jury testimony is released as contempt charges against Ortie’s wife are dropped. McManigal says James McNamara admitted dynamiting the Times building and details related bombings, payments, and an inferred infernal machine, tying J J and James B McNamara to multiple acts.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Bordwell
Ortle McManigal
Los Angeles Times
John J
James B. McNamara
Ortie McManigal
Grand Jury
McManigal
James McNamara
Times
Conover
Wis
J. B. McNamara
J. B. Bryce
Llewellyn Iron Works
J. J. McNamara
J. 7. McNamara
Indianapolis
Girl Drives 16-Horse Team in Male Disguise
Hazel Hawley, a young woman, had masqueraded as a man for two years driving a circus wagon. Identified after a Newark, Ohio, appearance, she will continue with the circus and drive the 16 horse leading wagon dressed as a man on road to West Virginia to learn her fate with her aunt in Parkersburg. Her parents, who thought her dead after a quarrel with her fiancé, may be involved in the dramatic revelation.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hazel Hawley
West Virginia
Sarah Balloway
Parkersburg
Miss Hawley
White Lane
Ax & Man
Aura as disease tracer in Chicago test
Chicago July 18 a practical test of the aura as a disease tracer may be conducted this week upon Miss Rose Boorsma who sparked a typhoid fever outbreak in Englewood. Quarantined at her uncle’s Morgan Park home she will be examined by a council of physicians as health officials note apparent improvement since leaving Cook County Hospital.
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Chicago
Rose Borsma
Englewood
Boorsma
Cook
County S Hospital
Kehler
Thel. Health Department
Ghire
Index to Today's Issue Highlights Mixed News Across Pages
Page listings reveal a broad mix of crime, politics, disasters, and society items. Notable items include Maine Hulk exposure, a missing wife case, a fatal auto shooting, Panama unrest, cholera carrier isolation, and trust battles, with labor, finance, and sports sections interwoven throughout the issue.
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Maine
Woodward
Officeboy Insurance
Marshall
Bryan
Arnold
Mamie Skinner
Panama
Havemeyer
Ryan
Secretary Wilson
Wiley
Lorimer
Navy
Pike
Leesburg
Nditoria
Society
Office Boy President Picked Up Off the Street
At a Philadelphia hearing three officials of fourteen mutual fire insurance companies faced fraud charges. A 19 year old homeless boy testified he was recruited off the street, made president and secretary of several firms for a weekly salary, and that janitors and others were installed as officers. Witness said he presided at meetings while Balaity and Malschick led talks. Inspectors earned 10 percent and agents 30 percent on written business. raid uncovered cash boxes and monthly receipts of about 27000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Robinson
David Balaity
Jacob Malschick
Charles Weinberg
The
Concerns
OUSTS BILLION-DOLLAR STAFF OF CHICAGO POLICE
Chief McWeeny recalls the superintendent’s 150 member personal staff deemed costly and unnecessary. Prominent citizens including Lieut. Gov. Oglesby, J Ogden Armour, Edward Swift, Samuel Insull, John A Spoor and Eames MacVeagh asked to surrender their police Stars. The chief says personal staffs serve no benefit and ordered all to resign.
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Chicago
McWeeney
Gov. Oglesby
J. Ogden Armour
Packer
Edward ¥. Swift
Samuel Insull
Chicago Edison Company
John A. Spoor
Chicago Stock Yards and Transit Company
Eames MacVeagh
Treasury
MacVeagh
Senator Clark Loses Tax Fight Over Fifth Avenue Mansion
Justice Lehman fixes taxable value by reducing reproduction cost by one third in Clark mansion case. Supreme Court ruling sets 1916 valuation at 2.53 million compared to Clark's demand of 1.68 million. Article notes mansion as city’s most luxurious residence and outlines expert opinions on price versus reproduction cost. Also mentions a forthcoming love story in The Sunday Post Family Magazine.
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Lehman
Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court Today
W. A. Clark
Tax Board
Fifth Avenue
Clark
Near Death in Air Sets Army Altitude Record at 4167 Feet
Lieut Harold H Arnold battled a 5 mile per hour wind at College Park to set a new army altitude record of 4167 feet in an aeroplane. After a perilous ascent he glided down and landed safely with medical aid nearby. Milling added two more flights to a day totaling twelve as Lieut Kirtland flew solo for the first time, joining four other Army aviators at College Park.
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College Park
Lieut
Kirtland
Milling
Harold H. Arnold
Arnold
John P. Kelly
Medical Reserve Corps
Armmold
Kurtland
A. W. Bjornstadt
George H Jamerson
Paul B. Malone
War Department
Bing
Cant Chandler
Private trainer for boys provided with champion athlete
Turner and Gordon Lewis, sons of former Yale football star Captain William Mitchell Lewis, have a private coach in Ira Nelson Davenport of the University of Chicago. Davenport, famed for sprinting a 100 yard dash in 9.? seconds, is hired to train the two brothers in Racine Wisconsin amid a legacy of wealth and public prominence.
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Washington Post
Racine
Wis
Turner
Gordon Lewis
Yale
Wiliam Mitchell Lewis
Ira Nelson Davenport
University of Chicago
Gorden
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Yor
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Manasyas
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Berth
Washington-Sunset
A. J. Poston
C. F. Weedward
Stranger
Virginia City
Police of
Tate
Johnson Jabs
Angle Sam
S W. Gates
Rameles IV
Hay Loft
H. &. Loudenslager III
Mr. Bryan
M’manigal
McNamara
Lad
Stara
Senator Clark
Sunday Post
Almore Barbour Adams
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