June week at Annapolis ends with 140 midshipmen graduation
Secretary Daniels to address graduates as sixteen battleships of the Atlantic Fleet assemble for drills and social events. Week includes inspections, dress parades, and a German ball. Notable new sights include John Paul Jones crypt and a restored flags collection. Top honors likely to Blandy and Gayhart.
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Secretary Daniels
Atlantic Fleet
Daniele
Atlantic
Annapolis
Academy
America
John Paul Jones
Navy
William H.P. Blandy
Delaware
Everett LeRoy Gayhart
Ohio
Smith College million endowment fund nears completion
Northampton Massachusetts May 31 The practical completion of the Smith College million dollar endowment fund was announced today by President Marion L Barton A pledge of fifty thousand dollars from Mrs Willard D Straight of New York brings the fund to eight hundred thirty nine thousand dollars and the remaining two thousand will be raised in a few days The campaign began about a year and a half ago.
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Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Marion L. Barton
Mra
Willard D. Straight
New York
Geta It Corn Cure Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad touts GETS-IT as a fast corn remover with no fuss or pain. It claims instant application frees the flesh from corn and warts, noting no more plasters or razors and portraying the product as a breakthrough from Lawrence & Co. in Chicago and sold locally at Donnelle Drug Store, People's Drug Store, and P. G. Afi in Washington.
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Dotie
Priva Ty BH
Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Washington
Donnelle Drue
People's Drug Store
P. G
World SDA conference draws 3000 at Takoma Park Sabbath
Thousands attend Sabbath services at the Seventh Day Adventists world general conference in Takoma Park with 3000 in regular attendance plus hundreds from Philadelphia Baltimore Hagerstown Richmond and New York. Key speakers include W A Spicer and J R Conrads. An illustrated Balkan lecture by J F Huenergardt of Budapest. The program resumes at 10 am with Bible study by A T Robinson and talks by C S Longacre and W W Prescott.
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Foreign Mission Board
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hageratown
Richmond
New York City
W. A
Balkans
J. F. Huenergardt
Budapest
A. T. Robinson
C.S. Longacre
South Lancaster Academy
American Religious Liberty Association
W. W. Prescott
Religio Liberty Association
Weather Conditions and Local Report from Washington Weather Bureau
Very unsettled pressure pattern nationwide with general interior declines. No significant precipitation except in the south Atlantic states North Dakota and western Nebraska. Temperatures mostly steady with high central valleys South and West. local Sunday showers in the south Atlantic states Dakotas Minnesota and Monday in the middle Mississippi valley. Winds varied by coast and region. Local figures show midnight to evening temperatures and river muddiness noted for Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
South Atlantic
North Dakota
Nebraska
South Atlantic States
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Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
New England
Middle Atlantc
South Atlantic Coast
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Chicago Bars Smut Songs Tightens Morality Ordinance
Chicago on May 31 enacted a broad amendment banning indecent public acts and songs in public places. Police Chief McWeeny ordered arrests and prosecutions for violations with fines up to 100 dollars. The measure aims to curb smutty songs and bolster theater and cabaret morality with strict enforcement.
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Chicago
McWeeny
Smutty’ Sons
Aeansors
Trusts Pay Big Fines in Sherman Law Cases
Fines imposed by federal courts for Sherman act violations total at least 151 987 this fiscal year, surpassing the 200 000 appropriation. The coaster brake trust leads with 81 000, with other actions against bathtub trust Portland Produce Merchants Exchange National Cash Register and more. James A. Fowler, assistant to the Attorney General, directs the cases begun under both administrations. The appropriation rose recently by 65 000 to fund enforcement.
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Coaster Brake Trust
Emes
Bathtub Trust
Portland
Profuce Merchants’ Exchange
National Cash Register
James A. Patten “Cotton Pool
Attorney General questions UP Southern Pacific dissolution plan
Attorney General McReynolds said he has not decided if the proposed dissolution of the Union Pacific South ern Pacific merger is adequate. He opposes placing stock in trustees, arguing it would leave Southern Pacific shares under UP control for an indefinite period.
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McReynolds
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Amateur Aviator Killed as Biplane Crashes in Chicago
In Chicago on May 21, an amateur aviator named James Conlovan was killed when his biplane wings caught in a tree and the machine plunged to the ground. Authorities described the incident as an aviation fatality involving a young pilot.
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Chicago
Aviation
James Conlovan
Aerial crash claims Coloran near Aero Club field
Coloran, 22, an experienced aviator, died when his biplane tangled in tree branches and plunged to the ground just outside the Aero Club of Illinois flying field after a half hour aloft. In St. Petersburg, Lieut. Kalabuchkin of the Russian army was killed after a fall from an airplane at Peterhof, a passenger injured.
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Aero Club of Illinois
Coloran
Colovan
St. Petersbure
Lieut. Kalabuchkin
Peterhof
Million Dollar Carnegie Gift For Vanderbilt Medical Dept
Nashville May 31 Chanceling J H Kirkland announced Andrew Carnegie had offered 100000 for Vanderbilt University medical department Of this 200600 would be used immediately to build and equip laboratories The remaining 800000 would fund annual support through the Carnegie Corporation A condition sets a seven member board including three eminent medical and scientific figures to direct the department’s educational and scientific work
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Nashville
Tenn
J. H Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
Andrew Carnegie
Vagders Bult
Carnegie Corporation
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