Crash near Ninth and W Street leaves one dead
A two car collision at Ninth Street Northwest and W Street after a ball game caused Michael Casper aged 3 to have his left leg severed and die minutes later. Johnny Berryman 4 and Herbart Williams 23 were injured as were numerous bystanders. Victims were treated at Freedmen’s Hospital and the morgue later took Casper’s body.
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Casper
J S. Berryman
H. Williams
Unsman
Thera
Ninth and
W Street
North Went
Michael Canper
oMeventh Street
Jonny Berryman
Ninth Street Northwest
Herbart Williams
Motorcycle Shop Inquiry Addresses Near Ninth Street Corner
Cas per recently discharged from Providence Hospital after a motorcycle collision at Lakeville Md left him with a broken arm. He is unmarried and has three brothers and two sisters in the city. The motormen and conductors of both cars were not held by police but ordered to appear at an inquest at 11 o'clock this morning before Coroner Nevitt, who arrived at the scene shortly after the accident.
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Aapat
Boty
Casper
Berryvman War
Freedvena
Omefter
Wil
Capital Tractio C Company
Moffat
Washington Railway and Flectric Company
Washington Railway and Frectric Company
Tewisl Stromap
William Garhart
U Street
Ninth Street
Capital Traction Company
Seventh Street
Arthurtterback
Wot Hall
Moffitt
Oo MomMt
Ar Vad
Capital Tracton
New York Avenue
Providence Hospital
Lakeville
Nevitt
New York
Democratic National Committee
Norman E Mack
William ¥. McCombs
McCombs
Joseph Davies
Seagirt
Mack
Buffain
Democratic
Sia
Hind Democrata
McComba
Davies
Knickerbocker Hotel
Hailes
Republican National Committee
Walker Whiting Vick
Rutherford
N. J
Baltimore
W. A. Jones
Virginia
Slaydish
Texas
Harry St. George Tucker
Richard Evelyn Byrd
House of Delegates
Augustus Thomas
Thomas
National Committee
Charles P Tatt
Charles Becker
Rosenthal
Walde
Leutenant
Becker
Five Killed on Steamer Principe 21 Piemonte
Five men died and several others injured when a steam pipe burst on the steamer Principe 21 Piemonte en route from Naples to New York. The ship was due tonight or tomorrow morning. Health Officer O Connell planned to meet the vessel at quarantine to arrange immediate medical assistance.
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New York
Principe
Piemonte
Naples
Domenicant
Deratl
Royal Jtalian
O'Connell
Sleuths Take Taal Public Backs Prosecutor $2000 Payment Seen in Rosenthal Murder
District Attorney cites failure of force and alleges a $2000 payment in the Rosenthal murder case. Two suspects are named, regular officers are barred, disclosures are claimed by their lawyer. Threats are mailed to Mr. Whitman.
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Whitman
Tomght
Aaron Levy
Tabby
Shapiro
Levy
Jack” Rose
Zelig
Sam Paul
East Side
Paul
Trias
Rosenthal
Sgure
Tromathres
Aince
Rosenthal Murder Case Deepens With Private Police Aid
New York reports private detectives join District Attorney Whitman’s inquiry into the Rosenthal slaying. City officials discuss police lapses in guarding the murder party and the escaping suspect, with witnesses and suspects questioned as investigators seek new leads and possible political links.
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New York
Rodenthal
Whiteman
Sayers
Rosenthal
Representative Jones
Harry St. George ii
Tucker
Byrd
Rosen- Calera
Seagirt
Mayer Preston
Baltimore
Alec Guest
East Side
C. P. Taft Motors
Bog Keeps 3 Weekes Vigil With Stray Poodle
A small black French poodle, owned by 14 year old Oswald Saerberg of Nor mtarid Croskey streets, kept vigil at the Northwest General Hospital for three weeks. The dog appeared after the boy was treated for appendicitis and returned to the steps when the boy was discharged. Hospital staff fed and watered the animal, which later followed its owner’s family to the country for recuperation.
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Philadelphia
Northwest General Hospital
Oswald Saerberg
Normtarid
Croskey Streets
Saerber
Howes
Royalists Sent to Exile After Lisbon Conspiracy
Lisbon July 19 A large royalist plot failed amid rivalries. Troops arrest hundreds as courts martial sentence deportations from 10 to 25 years. Condemned inmates to Timor Malay archipelago Angola or Portuguese Guinea. Caldas prison escape ends in casualties.
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Lisbon
Timor
Malay Archipelago
Angola
Portuguese West Africa
Portuguese Guinea
Caldas
Trusts in Session Over Steel Trust Report Debated
The House steel trust investigating committee adjourned at midnight after detailed review of Chairman Stanley Kentucky's report on U S Steel's 1907 absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron. Littleton of New York opposed some conclusions while discussions focused on proposed amendments to the Sherman antitrust and interstate commerce laws and on interlocking directorates. The bill would curb rail and steel firm practices, allow suits against trusts under antitrust law, and deny exclusive AG jurisdiction, with Gary and Perkins criticized as semisocialistic and unconstitutional.
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House Steel Trust
Congress
Stanley
Kentucky
United States Steel Corporation
Wet Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Littleton
New York
House
United States
E. Gary
United States Steal Corporation
George W. Perkins
Gary Aunners
Kaiser Ship Kills Half Ratha Torpedo Boat in Baltic
In Kiel on July 12 German battleship Ratha torpedo boat G-112 collided during Baltic maneuvers. The incident killed crew members and caused unspecified damage to the torpedo boat as maneuvers continued amid fog and sea conditions.
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Baltic Sea
Kiel
Cotton Merask Reform Proposals At New York Meeting
A July New York conference of U S cotton exchanges urged reform of arbitration in foreign shipments to favor American interests. Resolutions call for a worldwide standard classification for all U S cotton growths and revision of arbitration procedures, including ending duplicate sealed samples and the Liverpool rule on double draft. George W Meville of the New York Cotton Exchange authorized to push Europe wide talks early 1918 to align with the 1913 14 crop.
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New York
George W. Meville
New York Cotton Exchange
Urdpe
Havre Exchange
Liverpool
Bremen
Liverpool Exchange
Cotton plan to market crop directly via society warehouses
P C Wadsworth, president of the Cotton Growers' Cooperative Society of Alabama, outlines a scheme to sell cotton directly to spinners at 15 to 16 cents per pound. The plan envisions county agents, bonded warehouses, and stock bonds to back a nationwide cooperative market, with Senator-elect Ransdell and several representatives in attendance.
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Wadsworth
Ransdell
P. C. Wadsworth
Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Society of
Al‘shta, Ga
New Willard Hotel
Congress
Sud
Farmers’ Union
Mississippi
Henry Clayton
Alabama
Wilam
Howard
Georgia
Thomas Heffin
George W. Taylor
John W. Garner
Texas
H. M. Jaceway
Nathan
Williama
Arkansas
Ranadell
Louisiana
Three Earthquakes Hit Guadalajara in One Day
Three tremors struck Guadalajara Mexico in one day causing widespread debris and panic. Streets were filled with wreckage though no fatalities were reported. Most buildings suffered damage including hospitals and a telegraph office, with some facilities rendered unusable.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Lfe
Suffragette Demonstrations Turn Violent in Dublin Theater
Premier Asquith's Dublin visit draws massive crowds and hostile suffragette protests outside the Theater Royal. Police shield the audience as militants are ejected and threaten more demonstrations. Several women including Mary Leigh are charged with throwing a hatchet and possessing incendiaries. police report gunpowder, petrol soaked carpet, benzine, and lighters found, endangering many lives.
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Asquith
Liffey
Postoffica
Premisr
Ulster
Mary Leigh
Gladys Evans
Lizte Bawar
Mary Cétfer
Beait
Heer Ghar
Agauith
Telgh
Leigh
London
Birmingham
Turfman Starts Life Anew In Kansas City
Edward Corrigan, famed turfman, returns to Kansas City Kansas to restart life. He leases land, operates a stone crusher, and plans to level limestone cliffs, resuming work once done as a railroad contractor before his racing career. His past as a spectacular turf figure is noted.
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Washington
Wife sentences husband in Bayonne police court
In Bayonne New Jersey James Fanning of 25 Broadway was charged by his wife Mary with being disorderly. Recorder Hugh Mara informed Mrs Fanning she would pass sentence. She believed about nine days in jail would help. Fanning was sent away for one month.
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New York
Bayonne
N. J
James Fanning
Broadway
Mary
Hugh Mara
Daughter of Senator McLaurin Dies in Electric Shock
In Jackson Mississippi last night Mrs N co Womack, widow of a prominent physician and daughter of the late Senator J McLaurin, was fatally injured by a live electric socket at her home. She was found against a stove and died almost instantly from the injuries.
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Senator McLaurin
Jackson
Miss
N. Co ‘Womack
J. McLaurin
Panel Headlines and Mixed Civil News Muddle
A jumble of brief items lists events and opinions from politics courts and society. Names like Taft and Negro delegates appear alongside aviation navy logistics and public works while sports and world’s fair notes mix with protests and reforms.
Respite to Archbald date of trial debated in Senate
Impeachment proceedings against Judge Robert W Archbald continued with a July 29 deadline to answer the charges. Bailey urged immediate action while a Senate majority favored delaying trial until November. Archbald appeared in person, had counsel request more time, and the Senate scheduled further proceedings for early July.
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Bailey
Reed
Appesia
Ili
Robert W Archbald
United States Commerce Court
House of Representatives
Archbald
A. S. Worthington
Washington
Robert W. Archbald, Jr
Philadelphia
House
Archbard
Rnm
Tam
Reed Simmons
aArchbald
Capitol
Henry D. Clayton
Robert W . Archbald
Worthington
Italian torpedo boats deny Dardanelles attack claims
Rome reports the Italian government disavows knowledge of an assault by torpedo boats on the Dardanelles. Independent patches confirm cannonading but Turkish sources inflate damage and speculate a ruse to influence Turkey amid a political crisis in Constantinople.
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London
Dardanelles
Turkey
Constantinople
Presa de Patches
War Office
Nazim Pasha
Pasha
Chamber of Deputies
Kiami Pasha
Bosta
Dardanellea
Italy
Diasvens
Wheat up as Dardanelles attack stirs market
Chicago traders reacted to news of Italian warship activity at the Dardanelles and a rumor of Turkish straits closure. Wheat futures jumped sharply, corn rose briefly, then some gains faded, as speculation about Black Sea grain supplies intensified.
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Dardanelles
Chicago
Turkey
Black Sea
Russia
Keibg priegg-Berg
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