Murder Confession in East St. Louis Killings by Tompkins
Johnstown Pa July 18 George C Tompkins of Philadelphia confesses to the murder of Edmund J Humphries his wife Carrie Humphries and their son Edmund I Humphries Jr on a county road near Carrollton after initially claiming bandits. The confession was made before Tompkins wife father jailer and attorney, following a prior shifting account and ongoing police investigation.
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Johnstown
George C Tompkins
Edmund J Humphries
Carrie Humphries
Edmund I Humphries, Jr
Carrollton
Tompkins
Edward Knee
Humphries
Tompkinas
Knee
George
C Tompkins
Clifton NJ
Bop Fleas Astor
Ebensburg
Roosevelt
Michael Whalen
Central Trades’ and Labor Council of
East St Louis
Samuel Gompers
Russian Commission
Col Roosevelt
Leg Broken in Collision on Twenty-Second Street
A 19 year old colored man named Sellman riding a bicycle collided with a green two-horse wagon numbered 1922 on Twenty second street northwest. The wagon pulled away after the crash and Sellman was taken to Emergency Hospital with a broken leg and a boy who was knocked down.
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Ol ‘ Sellman
Twenty-first Street
Sellman
Rejected suitor shoots, dies after tragedy in Orleans County
George Wrakis of Philadelphia shot Mrs Mre Dolmore at Mrs Dolmore’s parents home in Trotles Orleans County and then killed himself. He had recently married E K Dilmore’s widow from Seneca Falls, superintendent of the Brodport Holley Water Co plant. A separate report notes a Washington Railway and Electric Co conductor fell from a car near Glen Beho and was hospitalized with a brain concussion.
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Forthey Washington Railway and Electric Company
Glen Beho
Georgetown
Send Cheerful News To Boys At Front
An advertisement urges sending cheerful news to troops at the front to prevent dejection from illness at home. It promotes Acid Iron Mineral as a safe iron tonic, claiming it strengthens health, appetite, and weight without habit forming drugs. Available in 50c and $1 sizes at druggists.
Pardon of 16 suffragists sparks mixed reactions in capital
President Wilson pardoned sixteen women imprisoned at Occoquan for protest actions. Sparks flew as supporters welcomed the move while some critics argued the demonstrations harmed the suffrage cause. Malone Hopkins and Gardner pressed for release, clashed with Supt Whittaker, and later hailed the pardon at suffrage headquarters. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw called the action wise and patriotic.
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Wilson
Occoquan
Dudley Field Malone
T . H. Hopkins
New Jersey
Gilson Gardner
Washington
Cameron House
Whittaker
Malone
Malon
Supt. Whitaker
Port of
New York
Fiz
Tenth
D Streets
Dr. Shaw
Philadelphia
Anna Howard Shaw
National Woman's Suffrage
Shaw
Food Board Amendment Passes Senate Amid Regulatory Clash
The Senate approved by 60 to 16 a bill limiting government control to food feeds fuel and naming three salaried heads. The move, backed by bipartisanship, aims to regulate kerosene gasoline and related essentials while resisting iron ore steel copper and fertilizers expansions. Critics argued over government reach and price controls as debates centered on farmers and industry.
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Senate
House
Reed
Hoover
Food Board
Kenyon
Borah
Cummins
France
Gronna
Hitchcock
Hasting
Jones
Washington
Kellogs
la Follette
McNary
Nelson
Norris
Sherman, Sutherland
Townsend
Newlands
Sterling
United States
Sunk U-Boat Story Questioned by Navy Officials
An American gunner from a transport to France claims he and a 50-man Navy crew sank a German submarine and saw its crew in the water, but Navy Department officials dispute the account saying U.S. forces do not abandon enemies. The report cites Gunner James J Pray of South Boston and details the June voyage across the Atlantic. The discrepancy follows official reports denying the sinking claim and stating humane conduct is standard. Two divorce decrees were also issued in Rockville Circuit Court, Beulah L Jett and Alec Gertrude Hough each receiving a decree.
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Navy Department
U. S
Uncle Sam
France
James J Pray
South
Boston
Bray
Patrick Bray
No. 792
East Third Street
Navy
United States
John J. Bray
Rockville
Edward C Peter
Mra Beulah L. Jett
Bethesda
Jesse Jett
Washington
Alec Gertrude Hough
Cabin John
John Edgar Hough
Jett
Mra Dhough
Virginia Calls Home Guard Special in The Washington Post
Governor Stuart directs the Virginia council of defense to organize home defense companies in every town county and city. The adjutant general will form the actual organization under governor’s authority while meetings publicize the call. Health commissioner Williams says about 200 physicians may be asked by the War Department with 40 from Richmond already accepted.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Stuart
Virginia Council of Defense
State Capitol
Virginia
Adjutant General
Ennion C. Williams
War Department
E. W. Nichols
John Stuart Bryan
Hoy Scouta
Jesse M. Jones
Agricultural Council
Richard Evelyn Bird
Industrial Council
State Council
Lawmakers Clash Over Price Control in War Measure
Senators Hollis Underwood Newlands and Chamberlain debated government price power in a war food bill. Hollis argued controls target middlemen profits not farmers, while Newlands urged broader price fixing for wheat. Underwood opposed sweeping controls. Chamberlain warned extension could undermine the bill’s aims.
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Hollis
New Hampshire
Congress
Underwood
Newlands
Chamberlain
Baker urges wholesome surroundings for troops in Norfolk visit
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Va July 1 1919 Secretary of War Baker toured aviation fields and Fort Monroe praising conditions and urging civic aid to keep vice away from soldiers and sailors He urged women present to join efforts for wholesome entertainment and training of civilians to support uniformed personnel in the region He was accompanied by senior Army officers during the Norfolk stop.
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Washington
Norfolk
Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Navy Department
War and Navy Departments
Baker
Saia
Army
Navy
Bliss
Gen. Kernan
Sharpe
J. F. Jervey
Gilbert Humphrey
Virginians Await Draft and Local Nominations
Hundreds of Alexandria residents await the Washington draft today as city Hall prepares for registrants and relatives. City officials facing expiration of terms are set to be renominated by the Democratic committee with W. A. Smoot Sr. as a candidate for the House of Delegates. Also noted is Mount Vernon avenue schoolhouse turned over to soldiers in camps for use as a school, and local marriages and civic appointments listed.
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W. A. Smoot, Sr
House of Delegates
Washington Post
King Street
Alexendria
Washington
Alexandria
Democratic Committee
Howard W. Smith
Fallow
Thomas W. Robinson
P. F Gorman
Price
J. B Waller
Charles H .Callahan
Commonwealth
G. Brent
H. Noel Garner
Ro H. Cox
8. C. Swain
Carter H. Smith
W. A. Smoot, Jr
Mount Vernon Avenue
del Ray
St. Asaph
George Bulloch Willis
Charles P. Taft, Jr
William Howard Taft
Yale
Bia Fire Engine Selects New Leader After Rogers Departure
Bia Fire Engine has chosen its new chief treasury after Everett Rogers leaves to take a government electrician role at Quantico Virginia. The successor is named in official city notices and begins duties immediately.
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Bia Fire Engine
Everett Rogers
Quantico, Va
Fourth Train Victim Dies in Raleigh Collision
Miss Lena Luther of Fayetteville died in hospital after a Seaboard Air Line passenger train struck an automobile at Method yesterday. Three people died instantly and Miss Elizabeth Harris, Raleigh, was seriously hurt but expected to recover. The deceased include Miss Alice Harris, Forestville, and locomotives engineers E. B Blam and H K Harris. Mr Harris was buried in Raleigh beside his father as funeral rites continued.
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Raleigh
N.C
Lena Luther
Fayetteville
Seaboard Air Line
Method
Elizabeth Harris
Alice Harris
Forestville
E. B Blam
H K. Harris
Mr. Harris
H. K Harris
Five Seaboard workers join Norfolk rail strike
Five hundred seventy five men at the Seaboard Air Line railroad shops in Portsmouth, including skilled mechanics, apprentices and white helpers, joined a strike protesting delays in Washington over the ten percent wage increase.
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Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line
Portamouth
Washington
District National Bank plans expansion at G Street site
Real estate chatter claims District National Bank bought 1408 G Street NW from Christian Heurich to enlarge its block at 1466 G Street NW The plan would merge ground floors for banking with upper floors rented as offices If true it would make the bank one of Washingtons largest Also mentions 1408 site previously housing a lunch room and a reported $85 000 sale Harper's Ferry notes Mauda Manuel and Jesse Cogle wed in Charles Town Presbyterian Church last night
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District National Bank
Christian Heurich
G Street
Washington
Harpers Ferry
Mauda Manuel
Jesse Cogle
Trarpers Ferry
Presbyterian
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Ilinois
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Self
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Whitwary
Presidente
Lewis
James J. Bray
GUN
Overnor
Defense Council
Carmen
Keyser
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
City Democrats
Taft
Henry Garnett Fitts
Florence Bouton
Charles P. Bouton
Paterson
N. Y
All Angels’ Church
New York City
Pitts
George Bryan Pitts
Aviation Corps
Raymond W. Smith
Colum
J.m.gidding & Cx
H St. N. W
Shoreham Hetel
Luther
District National
BANK
Heurich
Cogie
Manuel Nuptiails
Great Britain
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