Sunday blue laws sweep Maryland counties
Governor Crothers and officials watch as Sheriff W E Viett with 30 deputies shuts down stores parks and rides in Montgomery and adjacent counties enforcing the Sunday blue laws. Rockville Glen Echo Kensington and Cabbin John see closures with limited groceries meat and newspapers available only in some places, as state-wide enforcement gains momentum and prompts talk of repeal.
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Glen Echo
Chevy Chase
Cabin John Bridge
Rockville
Kensington
Maryland
Washington
Frederick
W E Viett
Montgomery County
Viett
Alane
Whalen
Chevy Chase Parks
Glen Echo Park
Wilett
Wha Jen
Weehe
Walter Shaw
Lois Woitkowski
Baltimore and Ohio
Exety
Beattie
Julius Stein
Baltimore
Indiana
Taft
Shuster
Persia
T—Society
W—Bly
Potomac
Alexandris
Effort to Save Entombed Miner Near Joplin
In Joplin Missouri July 4 more than 100 men and boys toil to sink a shaft into a mine drift east of town to reach 21 year old Joseph Clary son of Thomas Clary a pioneer mine operator trapped under 70 feet of dirt Clary and another worker were at the mine bottom when a cave in trapped them The companion was hoisted free but the drift collapsed and Clary likely found a corner to ride out the avalanche a 46 inch drill is being sunk to provide air food and water if he is alive
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Joplin
Here
Joseph Clary
Thomas Clary
Clary
Dog Saves Lives Of Six In Fire Alarm Collie
Nellie the collie at 718 South Charles Street woke the Fedder family early this morning as their home caught fire. She barked from her backyard kennel to the bedroom door, alerting Mrs Rose Fedder who woke Moses Fedder and their four children. Moses and the others were guided to safety by the firemen, though Meyer Fedder, 19, was overcome by smoke and rescued from his room.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Nellie
Moses Fedder
Fedder
South Charles Street
Rose Fedder
Shift of Diplomats Favored Within Fortnight
President Taft and Secretary Knox prepare a new slate of ambassadors and envoys for Berlin, Tokyo, Rome, and Rio de Janeiro along with Brussels and The Hague as Senate ratification nears. John G A Leishman and Thomas J O’Brien emerge as top discussed names while Charles H Sherrill’s Argentina record boosts his Rome bid amid a crowded field.
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Berlin
Taft
Knox
Senate
Japan
Italy
Rio de Janeiro
Brussels
the Hague
Buenos Aires
Cuba
Roumania
David Jayne Hill
John G A. Leishman
Thomas J O'Brien
Leishmans
Charles H. Sherrill
Argentina
Rome
Sherrill
White House
State Department
Shermill
Charles Page Bryan
Arthur M Beaupre
Netherlands
Irving B Dudtex
Brazil
John B Jackson
John R Carter
Dudley
Remein
Laurier Opens Campaign For Reciprocity Pact
Sir Wilfrid Laurier opens the campaign with an appeal to Canadians defending reciprocity with the United States as a long standing policy. He frames the Conservative push as a reversal and urges a vote to let the people decide, arguing the pact would ease trade and advance a broader Pacific border cooperation.
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Ottawa
Ontario
United States
Canadas
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid
Great Britain
Canada
Lord Elgin
Maritime Provinces
Ammonia blast wounds Brockton firefighters in blast
Ammonia explosion at a cold storage plant in a Brockton building sent three firemen through windows and incapacitated about 30 more from fumes. The blaze damaged Satuchet block in the business district and drew help from Boston as investigators assess about $200,000 in losses.
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Washington Post
Brockton
Mass
Boston
Ex-Shah Marches On Tehran Amid Persian Unrest
Mohammed Ali Mirza, former shah, left Astraab yesterday with strong support and is advancing toward Teheran amid widespread unrest. The government struggles to quell anarchic conditions as the attempt to regain the throne faces uncertain prospects.
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Mohammed Ali Mirza
Teheran
Persia
Astrabad
Borden denounces dissolution amid investigation into ministerial land transfers
Mr. Borden argues the government breached constitutional usage by dissolving Parliament while a committee investigates charges involving a cabinet minister and the government’s fate. He cites delay in census and redistribution to ensure western representation and questions the timing of witness examinations.
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R. L. Borden
Borden
Oliver
Canadian Northern Railway
New 14-Inch Gun Could Raze Cities at Sea
Rear Admiral Bowles argues large caliber weapons would revolutionize warfare. A fleet with 14-inch guns could raze coastal cities like Boston or New York in under an hour, forcing thicker armor and new naval strategies. He credits submarines as a growing threat and a key defense against invasion.
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Washington
Boston
Francis T Bowles
New York
Sibmarshes
Fire breaks out near Calvary Church during service
Fire started in Hermans clothing shop at Seventh and H streets during morning service at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev Dr Anderson halted sermon as smoke filled windows and the choir led a calm exit. Crossing Policeman Milter alerted crews. fire extinguished within minutes. Damage about 500 dollars.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Herman
Seventh and
H Streets
Anderson
Milter
Seventh
G Streets
Stormy gale sinks fishing schooner Nokomas and claims crew
Grim reports from July 30 detail losses along the New England coast after a West Indian hurricane. The Boston Union Supply Company schooner Nokomas and five lives are confirmed, with four crewmen from the Arbitrator and others from nearby vessels reported dead or missing. A rescue by Esther Gray brought word and survivors to Newport, while Belfast and Mount Desert Island areas also report heavy damage.
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Boston
New England
Tjeven
Nokolmis
Nantucket South Shoals
Dorymen
Provincetown
James B. Whipley
Cook
Tay
Mount Desert Island
John Wade
Northport
Belfast
Newport
R J
Nokomas
Union Supply Company
Esther Gray
Thomas
Frost
Gray
Convicted men corral cattle escapees in Colorado
Special to The Washington Fate Buena Vista Colorado July 30 two burglars long since jailed were sent by Warden Felix ONeill to recapture cattle that escaped the State reformatory farm two weeks earlier The men rode the countryside for a week with feed and horses and returned with all the herd saying they understood the risk but hoped to avoid trouble and loss for the state The warden warned of consequences if they failed the mission and the men acknowledged the danger of the task They proved inexperienced but succeeded in rounding up the entire herd
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Buena Vista
Colo
State Reformatory
Felix O'Neill
Car Kills Starving Child In Front Of Home
New York on July 3 a seven day fast weakened three year old Morris Goldberg was run over by a trolley. A mob of about two thousand attacked the car, seized the motorman and conductor, and planned to run them down on the tracks before a policeman stopped the ringleader. The Goldberg family of nine remained in critical condition.
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New York
Morris Goldberk
Goldberg
Doubt Over Confession Motive In Beattie Murder Case
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Va July The Beattie Jr murder case unfolds with claims that Beulah Binford 17 was lured to Richmond via letter offers and that Beattie sought money via a fake confession. An unknown writer offers 5000 to confess, but authorities deem the note a crank ploy.
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Washington
Richmond
Henry Clay Berttte, Jr
Aloigy
Henrico County
Midlothian Turnpike
Beulah Binford
Commonwealth
Beattie
Norfolk
Beulah
Illinois Girl Breaks 105 Day Sleep
Vandalia Illinois July 30 After sleeping almost continuously for 105 days Miss Hazel Schmidt an 18 year old girl awoke for five hours and ate three meals She felt no ill effects from the slumber Attending physicians declare the trance broken and say she will be herself again soon
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Ilinois
Vandalia
Hazel Schmidt
Will Leaves Estate to Children After Bosom Husband Itemized
Christine Birdsall's probate will directs her entire estate to her two children. She grants her husband the use of the Bible and a desk only if he remains unmarried. remarriage triggers the articles to revert to the children. The filing is reported from Woodbury New York on July 3.
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Washington Post
Woodbury
Christine Birdsall
Niobe Crashes Cape Sable Ledge Saving Crews At Sea
Halifax reports the Canadian navy cruiser Niobe grounded on a Cape Sable ledge during a Yarmouth run. The Niobe flooded but remained afloat, aided by U S revenue cutter Androscoggin and rescue ships including Lady Laurier Stanley and tug McNaughton. Sixteen crewmen initially missing were later accounted for. pumps controlled flooding and wireless distress calls guided fast government rescue responses.
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Androscogma
Androscoggin
Ivy Bea
Nicbe
Lady Laurier
Stankey
St. John
N. B
McNaughton
Yarmouth
McDonald
Shag Harbor
Stanley
T John
Cape Sable
Halifax
Westport
Boston
Cape Race
N. F
Sable Island
Father Point
Quebec
Government Ateamery Aberdeen
Lady Laurier and
St. John, N. B
Taft Grandnephew Born With Taft Named Snowden Child
Mrs. George Snowden, Taft’s niece, gave birth to a grandson of the president in Seattle, named Charles Taft Snowden. Taft telegraphed congratulations and may act as godfather if he tours the West this fall. Post want ads are free in the classifieds.
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United States
Washington Post
Seattle
Wash
George Snowden
Taft
Vancouver
Charles Taft | Snowden
Snowden
Lor Henry Taft
Canadian Cruiser Saved From Rocks in Coast Rescue
Features recount a dramatic sea rescue where a Canadian cruiser narrowly escaped disaster after striking rocks. Authorities praise crew discipline and swift lifesaving actions while crews rescued passengers and carried out damage control.
Greenwich Society Dancers Help Fight Greenfield Fire
Three hundred society members attended a dance at Greenwich Country Club when a fire destroyed two large garages and stables on Electric Hill. Automobiles’ chemical engines from Greenwich Village helped save homes of James Everard and F W Wurster. Loss estimated at $25,000. Hirschborne and Wurster estates were involved. Alfred Peat’s nearby property had burned before, with a child killed in a past blaze.
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Connecticut
Washington Post
Greenwich
Conn
Electric Hill
Greenwich Country Club
New House
James Everard
F. W. Wurster
Brooklyn
Greenwich Village
Hirschborne
Wurster
Alfred Peat
Rich man killed in street brawl. companion arrested
John J. Gorman, 55, a wealthy sales agent for the Independent Powder Company and former Du Pont associate, died after being struck by Ernest F. W. Knost. Knost, an ex-pressman, admitted striking him and was charged with murder. A red haired woman nearby claimed that her friend punched Gorman, then identified Knost as the man.
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Washington Post
New York
New York Herald
John J. Gorman
Independent Powder Company
du Pont Company
Broadway
Chestnut Street
Ernest F. W. Knost
O'Brien
Gorman
Pine Street
Ernest Fred W. Knost
Knost
St Louis
Anarchist Brown Threatens Arden Had Speech Rights War
Philadelphia July scene reports George Brown, anarchist, warned Arden Economic Club to permit free speech or face mass arrests of Brown and Sinclair’s friends. Brown boarded from county workhouse, claims Arden’s democracy ideals clash with control. He threatens to Wilmington if no truce by 10, warrants to follow by noon and night.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Arden Economic Club
George Brown
Arden
Upton Sinclair
Brown
Frank Stephens
Joseph Fels
Henry George
Sinclair
Wilmington
Seek Miss Arnold Abroad
The search for Dorothy Arnold who vanished December 12 last has sent her parents back to Italy. Mr and Mrs Francis R Arnold sailed June 15 on the Carpathia for Genoa, amid reports she may have traveled to meet George S Griscom Jr, her fiancé not approved by the family.
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New York
Dorothy Arnold
Haly
George S Griscom, Jr
Francis R Arnold
Carpathia
Genoa
Kidnapping Suspects Return to Dranesville Home
Edward Hartlett, his wife, and Turner Snider walked into E F Snider's Dranesville Va home and surrendered after a large posse and bloodhounds hunted them. The boy, claimed drugged, is a witness while the couple face charges from Vienna Va and Loudoun Fairfax counties. The woman was jailed and described their escape by boat down the Potomac before reuniting with the boy and mother.
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Eaward H. Hartlett
Turner Snider
Boy
Maryland
Virginia
Edward Hays Hartett
E F. Snider
Dranesville
Hartlett
Fairfax
John E. Ryan
Fairfax County
Herndon
W H Maffett
Vienna
Yeferms
Hamlett
Edward Hays
Edward O'Neal
Snider
Edwards
Loudoun County
Sherif al Mson
Cissel
MontsSemery County
Rockville
Point of Rocks
Potomac River
Cissels
Fannie Huff
Great Falls
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Waters
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Sherif Viett
Witkowski
John A Garrett
MPAPE
Brrhive
Laurier
Congress
John A. MacDonald
John Thompson
House of Commons
Eril Borden
Jestler
Asheville
N.C
Southern Railway
State
Say Beattie
U.S. Revenue Cutter
Nova Scotia
Niobe
Commander
MacDonald
Blow
Rich Man
Powder Company
E. F. W. Enost
St. Louis
du Pont Concern
Miss Arnold
Ryan
A. H. Johnson
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