Slayers pistol theory tied to triple Johnstown murder
Philadelphia coal operator Edmund Humphries and his wife and son were found slain on a country road near Carrolltown last Sunday. Georges Tompkins, jailed in Ebensburg, is charged with the murders and alleges masked highwaymen staged the scene. Investigators cite a pistol found near the road bought from a local dealer and note nonfatal wounds to Humphries as part of their theory. Tompkins is to be arraigned tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Johnstown
Georges
Tompkins
Cambria County
Edensburg
Edmund I Humphries
Phiadelphia
Humphries
Edmund Jr
Carrolltown
Innecki
Humphries Tompkins
Joseph Westover
Humphries Bedy
Ebensburg
George Oy Tompkins
Um Phries
Here
Edmund Humphries
Edmund Humphries Jr
Titown
Cibria
George C Tompkins
Morris Named U S Envoy to Japan From Philadelphia
Roland Morris a 44 year old Philadelphia lawyer and Princeton graduate has been chosen as United States ambassador to Japan succeeding the late envoy. He is identified with Pennsylvania Democratic reorganizers led by Vance C McCormick and Mitchell Palmer. Morris was longtime Pennsylvania state party chairman and a regional Wilson supporter at the Baltimore convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Morris
Philadelphia
Japan
Ruthriert
Senate
Vance Wvecormick
Tokyo
Morris
Roland
Princeton University
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
Vance C McCormick
Mitchell Palmer
Wilson
Baltimore
Two Doctors Die In Buffalo Auto Crash
Buffalo residents Dr EF B Bangisser and Dr Edward Inda, both of Buffalo, were killed in a car accident near South Dayton. Their vehicle left the road, overturned in a ditch, and pinned them beneath two feet of water. drowning is believed to be the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
EF B Bangisser
Edward Inda
South Dayton
Anderson Dead in Paris
Anderson, superintendent of the Kentucky Central division of the Toursville and Nashville Railroad, died in a Paris hospital from wounds suffered last Sunday. The death follows a nervous breakdown attributed to overwork. He was a native of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and was 68 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Anderson
Kentucky Central Division
Toursville and Nashville Railroad
Parkersburg
Ann
Lodge Attacks Quota Basis in House War Training Plan
Senator Lodge denounces the quota method based on registration not population. He demands explanations from War and Commerce secretaries on why national guard training favors Southern camps and why Plattsburg is to be abandoned for an Atlanta site. Michigan protests and other senators press for clarity on this perceived inconsistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yi Culloch
Secretaries of War and Commerce
War Department
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Ators la Foltette
Watson
Watenen
Knox
Plattsburg
Atlanta
Wadsworth
Michigan
Townsend
Waco Tex
Weeks
Senator Lodge
Wood
Gorgas
Department
Fletcher
Overman
New York Collector Malone resigns amid suffrage protest fight
San Francisco reports say Dudley Field Malone quits as port of New York collector to back militant suffragists led by Mrs Mooney. District Attorney Fickett seeks death for anarchist conspiracy tied to July parade bombing. Trial highlights claim of ten victims and a plan to destroy government institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Rena Moines
Charles Woo Pickett
George Lawle
Fickett
Wickert
Renorts
Dudley Field Malone
Port of
New York
Malone
George Gordon Battle
Wilson
Farmers Send Plea CapT Thierichens For Girls To Help
Virginia farmers issue urgent call for female berry pickers to cover fruit crop losses. Wages higher for women, 9 to 11 dollars weekly, work dawn to late afternoon, 5 a.m. start, tents housing, cooperative meals, no pay until 100 quarts picked. Washington volunteers join, praising diligence despite rough conditions. Also report: Capt Max V Thierichens loses bid to quash smuggling and Mann Act indictments in Philadelphia federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Warrenton
Virginia
Washington
F Street
Philadelphia
Max V Thierichens
Prinz Entel Friedrich
Federal District Court
Thompson
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Ithaca
Thierichens
Germany
First woman applies for farm labor job in Chicago
Miss Fay Moore of Kansas Mont applies at the U S Employment Bureau for farm labor work. Dressed in a riding skirt, blue overalls and high boots, she is sent to a Morrison area farm for $49 a month, claiming experience from her father, a wealthy ranch owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Employment Bureau
Fay Voore
Kansas
Lawson pays town, plans suits after tax dispute
Boston July 1 Thomas W Lawson paid Winchester town taxes to avoid arrest by Sheriff Beals though protesting the amount. He will sue the town for recovery and sue Selectman Carter for 100000 for slander, promising any recovered funds go to the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Thomas W Lawson
Winchester
Beals
Finandier
Lawson
Selectman Carter
Red Cross
Yale Fullback Rejected for Army Service
Fort Sheridan July 18 Maj Charles R Vincent of the First Illinois field artillery, a Yale football fullback for two years and named by Walter Camp to the all American team, was rejected from military service for not meeting physical standards. Army doctors cited overtaxed heart from athletic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan
Charles R Vincent
First
Illinois Field Artillery
Yales
Walter Camp
United States Army Service
Farmers Oppose Wheat Price Set At 1 75 A Bushel
Representatives of fifteen farmers organizations including the National Farmers Union met with food administration officials yesterday and adopted resolutions opposing a fixed $1.75 a bushel price for wheat in the food control bill. They urged enacting the House version and called Senate amendments unworkable. They warned the proposed price section would invite gambling speculation and exportation, and argued Congress cannot safely set such a price without full farmer input. They urged the food administration be given power to handle the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Farmers Union
The
Food Administration
Senate
House
Congress
Red Cross Leaders Plan Supply Work
Red Cross directors from thirteen branch depots approved decentralizing supply work and standardizing all materials. Central buying will be led by Frank B. Gifford with division depots distributing raw materials at fair prices. Speakers included Harry D Gibson and D W Cook with J Rogers Flanners among the associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Frank B. Gifford
Armour & Co
Harry D Gibson
D W Cook
Erie Railroad
Red Cross Transportation
J Rogers Flanners
Post Office asks weigh mail for troops
A request that all mail addressed to soldiers or sailors of the American expeditionary force be handed in at post offices for proper weighing and rating to avoid insufficient postage was issued yesterday by the Post Office Department. Miss Ida C Bracher of Columbia University, a recognized authority on cataloguing, has been named to systematize records of American Red Cross work in France. She will sail soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Ida C Bracher
Columbia University
Vanderbilt Jr Enlists in U S Army as Private
In New York on July 18 Cornelius Van derbilt son of Col Cornelius Van derbilt and grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt has enlisted as a private in the United States Army. He will be attached to the Headquarters Troops and is a Yale student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York National Guard
United States Army
Yale
Train wreck injures twenty at Mullinix crossing
Homer Louisiana July 18 at least twenty people were injured when two coaches derailed from a Louisiana and North Western train near Mullinix crossing five miles south of Homer. Several injuries described as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Louisiana and Northwest
Mullinix Cross-Ing
Rumor of Navy Disaster Leads to Prison Sentence
Passaic New Jersey July 18 a man Charlies E Knapp sentenced to a year in stall for disorderly conduct after confessing to spreading false news of an imagined dreadnought explosion to profit from sympathy. He claimed survivor status and sought operations among sailors soldiers and marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
New York Naval Hospital
Charlies E Knapp
Knapp
Army seeks bakers to fill 40 bakery companies
The quar termaster general issued orders to form 40 additional bakery companies and recruit willing young men to learn baking. Previously the service was open to practical bakers only. There are 800 sergeant baker and 690 corporal baker vacancies, with promotion chances.Experienced bakers may be commissioned as first or second lieutenants after exams.
Manchester defeats bid to curb guardian powers
Atlanta delegates voting on the Woodmen Circle convention adopted a section of the minority laws committee report seeking to curtail Emma Manchester’s authority as supreme guardian. It was hinted the matter would be taken to the courts by Mrs Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Emma Manchester
Woodmen Circle
Woodmen of the World
Laws Committee
Manchester
Militant suffragists plan White House picket raid
The National Woman's party at Cameron House vows to renew its fight against the President and his administration. Rumors spread that suffragists aim to overcrowd District jails with picketers. A White House conference followed by talks with Commissioner Brownlow and Supt Whittaker focused on inmate care. Mrs William L Colt, linked to Mrs O H Belmont, will visit Washington to confer with Cameron House leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Woman's Party
Cameron House
White House
Democratic National
William L Colt
O H P Belmont
New York
Washington
Sixteen Militants At Occoquan Resist Rules And Sewing Work
A group of sixteen National Woman's Party prisoners at Occoquan with matron led by Whittaker begin sewing shirts for the workhouse. Tensions rise as a misspelled name dispute, visits by Dudley Field Malone and allies, and a long conference with officials unfold. Mrs Rogers, Mrs Herndon, and Doris Stevens feature among the inmates and staff as routines resume after a day of talks and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Dudley Field Malone
New York
Hillis
Female Prisoners Department
Herndon
Train Kills Three In Auto Crash Near Raleigh
A Seaboard Air Line passenger train struck an automobile near Method, Raleigh, killing M K Harris Raleigh, R N Blam Raleigh, and Miss Alice Harris Forestville. Two women were fatally injured and two others, Miss Elizabeth Harris Raleigh and Miss Lena Luther Fayetteville, NC, were injured. Eyewitnesses say curtains were down and the car stopped across the track as the train, traveling 50 miles per hour, splintered the vehicle and threw occupants along the track 19 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Method
Here
Seaboard Air Line
M K Harris Ralaleh
Blam
Alice Harris
Forestville
Elizabeth Harris
Lena Luther
Fayettesville
Seaboard Track
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trage
R. S. Morris
U.S
McCormick
H Anderson
Ottioe
Surratt
Lhg
Pres
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Maone
Thiat Time
Billings
Fickert
Mooney
Warren
Wan
Leen
Lance
Sincoln
Rickert
Alexander Berkman
Berkman
United States
Tomorr
Maxwell Ve “Nutt
Co. R. Vincent
Army Verdict
France
Vanderbilt, JR
Commodore
Army
Score
Texas
NAVY
Val
Occoquan
Anne Martin
J A Hopkins
New Jersey
Gilson Gardner
Lucy Burns
Mabel Vernon
National Womans Party
Mr Gardner
Mrs. Hillis
Doris Stevens
Ra- Teigh
Er Hellegp
Aaya
Blae Y
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!