Sailors Attack Red Flag Headquarters in Seattle Riot
In Seattle on July 18 a mob of marines and sailors from the Pacific reserve fleet wrecked Socialist and Industrial Workers of the World offices, dragged out papers, and burned contents. Provost guards arrested none. police dispersed the rioters after clashes near Fourth Avenue and Pine Street.
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Seattle
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United States
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Colorado
California
Industrial Workers of the World
Industrial Workers
Washington Street
Washington Naval Militia
Millard Price
Fourth Avenue
Weslake Boulevard
Fifth Avenue
Stewart
Olive Street
Seventh
Old Unitarian Church
Seventh Avenue
Union Street
Pike Street
Cotterill
Virginia Street
Saiora
Salvation Army
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Tary
Na al Potlatch
George Cotterill
Josephus Daniels
Ranner Club
Boston
Daniels
Wilson
Portland
Oreg
Maria Equi
Oregon
Equi
Park Block
Edith Anderson Arrested for Revealing Gown in Broad Street
Special to The Washington Post Edith Anderson of 123 Jones Street was arrested in Augusta Ga for appearing on Broad Street in a gown described as lingerie with lace medallions and vivid green hosiery. The recorder admonished her to dress more modestly and sent her to buy a petticoat.
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Washington
Auguste, Ga
Misa Edith Anderson
Jones Street
Broad Street
Recorder’s Court
Miss Anderson
Recorder
Heat Wave Claims and Prostrations Hit Central West
Across Louisville and nearby cities the heat wave caused deaths and many prostrations. Louisville reached 102 degrees by midafternoon, dropping to 91 at night, while St Louis reported 102 and Joplin topped 106. Indiana suffered six deaths and pool drownings, with relief in cooler sections later.
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St. Louis
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Chicago
Central West
Joplin
Arkansas City
Kans
Evansville
Medicine Hat
Canada
Kansas
Missouri
Hneage
Cleveland
Buffalo
Oteeretics
Denounced tormentors of Mrs Minnie Richardson in Volo incident
Mrs Minnie Richardson, driven to a fence rail and mud by jeering women in Volo Illinois, denounced her persecutors as idle gossips and said she would seek arrest of ringleaders. She vows never to return to the McHenry county hamlet, recounting her ruined home and cruel mockery.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Minnie Richardson
Val
Ill
Richardson
Volo
Will Dunnill
Pact to settle Mexican unrest and Japan dispute exposed
An official story claims the United States, Great Britain, and Japan agreed on a settlement to the Mexican crisis and the California alien land controversy. A British note urged Japan to accept Bryan's démarche as final, while U.S. policy aims to avoid Mexican territory transfers and maintain Monroe Doctrine principles amid pressure from foreign powers.
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Mexico
Japan
California
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
England
Ohen
Great Britain
Germany
France
Huerta
Mexico Honors Japan Minister Sending Commission
Mexico will honor the new Japanese minister with a government commission comprising a foreign office representative. The article notes travel details and fares to Philadelphia Chester Wilmington and return by a Baltimore and Ohio special train, leaving Union Station at 3 pm and returning by 7 42 pm with child fares mentioned.
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Foreign Office
Philadelphia
Chester
Wilmington
Bealtimore and Ohio RR
Union Station
Guns on the tariff cite democratic ideas and tax debate
Senator Stone submits finance committee report on an amended income tax bill. Root aims to amend the measure while Simmons prepares to explain provisions and defend them. Republicans will press for free discussion as debate starts today.
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Root
Stone
Finance Committee
Simmons
Senate Tariff Fight Opens as Underwood-Simmons Bill Faces Senate
The Underwood-Simmons tariff measure is before the Senate with Stone submitting the report for Simmons. Plans for Republican attacks emerge, Gallinger re elected as caucus chairman, and debates on amendments focus on referendum and income tax enforcement. The committee report details tariff reductions under the Payne-Allrich frame and predicts revenue shifts for the 1914 fiscal year amid free list and customs changes.
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Payne
Payne Bill
Renate Dill
Gallinger
Gal- Inger
My. Gallinger
Democratic Party
United States
Root
Sutherland
Smoot
Burton
Cummins
Finance Committee
Senate tariff bill would raise revenue with free farm imports
The report notes 1914 Treasury surplus of 2.02 million and a rising free list led by higher duty free imports. It details changes in income and corporate taxes, a 10 month revenue projection totaling 996.81 million, and a retaliatory duties provision to empower the President. The committee aims to curb monopolies while expanding free agricultural and farm-related goods.
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Senate
United States
House
Senate Committee
Dead body found in locomotive tender near Syracuse
Syracuse N Y July 23 a New York Central locomotive in Minona yards yielded a startling discovery the fireman H Gearhart found the body of George P Wood Jr a railroad employee of 229 Bergenline Avenue Union Hill NJ The locomotive had come from Albany the previous night and how Wood entered the tender remains a mystery authorities suspect he fell into the coal chute and was drawn into the tender during fueling
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Washington Post
Syracuse
N. Y
Fust
New York Central
Minona
H. Gearhart
George P. Wood, Jr
Bergenline Avenue
Union Hill
N.S
Albany
Two Runaway Nuns Return to Order in Midwest
In Belleville Illinois two Franciscan nuns from St Elizabeths Hospital vanished weeks ago. Mother superior cites a curious friendship as the motive. Sisters Regina and Virginia were traced to Kansas City where they agreed to return and be reassigned to Wisconsin.
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Illinois Hospital
Kansas City
Washington Post
Belleville
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Regina
Virginia
Wisconsin
Cardinal Gibbons near 79 looks to life’s end
In Baltimore Cardinal Gibbons said on the eve of his 79th birthday that he does not expect to live much longer. He spoke with resignation, noting his long life and readiness for God’s call, while still feeling capable of some years of work. He mentioned possible ten more years, due to the soul’s age versus the body’s aging.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Heirs to Madness Alienists Clash In Lunacy Trial
The lunacy trial of Elizabeth Pratt, claiming 918 920 Avenue of the Presidents, heard alienists discuss paranoia origins and the validity of her real estate claims. Dr Emmons cited a 50 percent hereditary paranoia rate. Dr Humphries contradicted that view. Justice Gould questioned witnesses about delusions and danger to judges as the case progressed.
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Elizabeth C. Prail
William ©. Prait
District Supreme Court
Charles M. Emmona
Pennsylvania Avenue
Henry R. Humphries
Emmons
Hayden Johnson
Emma Pratt Knorr
Humphries
Johnson
B. R. Logie
D. Percy Hickling
Prall
Justice Anderson
Logie
Sailors War on Seattle Hee Mitch Vine wan Mexian Pact Tariff Bill
A garbled page item lists Navy or maritime notes tied to Seattle and a Mexican pact and tariff bill amid a series of brief notices. Names and phrases appear distorted, with scattered references to officials and policy topics.
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Seattle
Mitch Vine
Heforgmonte
Prem Path
Niagara
Rairoads
Russia
Loula FE Post
Occoquan Contit
Bryan Mai
Forestry Bureau
Meilens
Czuar
Friend of Peace Capitol Guards
Financial News of Alexandria
DIES CHOKED BY OWN COLLAR IN OFFICES
Special to The Washington Post Pittsburgh July 18 While in a faint Harry D Wingert a Western Reserve University graduate died last night in Pittsburgh choked by his collar. He returned from a Western trip and waited in a friend's office where heat may have overcome him. his neck caught between a wall and the collar causing death.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgh
Harry D. Wingert
Western Reserve University
Four Men Rescue Falling Niagara Falls Victim
Truman Chapman of Hamilton Ontario, 22, was saved from the brink of Niagara Falls by four men. After topp ing over the railing into swift current, Chap mans body snagged on rocks, saving him from immediate death. The rescuers Hughes Winders and Thomas formed a chain to pull him to shore despite the current sweeping one rescuer off his feet twice. Chapman remained unconscious for over an hour after rescue. Relatives note he is subject to fits, which likely caused the fall.
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Niagara Falls
N. J
Truman Chapman
Hamlton
Ontario
Chapman
Prospect Point
John Hughes
Thomas’ S. Winders
Thomas D. Thomas
Toronto
Hughes
Winders
Thoman
Terrifying Swedish submarine accident sinks to great depth
Stockholm July 14 A Swedish submarine sank to 200 feet after a tank flood during practice off the harbor. All hands were aboard as gas and pressure built up. Lieutenant Beckman ordered the lead keel detached and the sub rose to the surface. The incident marks the deepest rise after a sinking in memory.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Lke
Lieut Beckman
Woman found dead tied to fence near Oak Forest road
A well dressed young woman, about thirty, was found by a farmer tied upright to a fence post near a county highway by Oak Forest Til. Her gold watch and a pocketbook lay nearby. Physicians think she may have died two days earlier with no identification. An earthquake shock in Socorro, New Mexico, is also noted.
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Chingo
Oak Forest
Railroads and Trainmen Verge on Immediate Strike
New York July 18 railroads with 9000 trainmen and conductors indicate willingness to submit only certain grievances to the mediation board. Both sides plan conferences tomorrow as the board awaits Senate confirmation. Trainmen threaten a 24 hour strike if arbitration excludes their wage and working condition demands.
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Eastern Railroads
Deam
Board of Mediation and Conclution
Wilson
Conference Committee of Managers
Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Mediation Board
Read
Lee
Brotherhood of Trainmen
A. B Guerretson
Order of Railway Conductors
Gides
Senate
Seth Low
National Civic Federation
Messrs
Lee and
Garrison
Dewitt Cuyler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Europe
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