Woman Rescues Transfer Law Test By Mississippi Congressman
Representative Thomas A. Sisson of Mississippi attempted to test Washington transfer rules by boarding a Capital Traction line and requesting a Georgetown transfer. A roadside fare dispute drew a bystander’s help, and Sisson said Congress must step in to secure riders' rights against public service monopolies.
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Thomas A. Sisson
Mississippi
Capital Traction Company
Avenue
Car Act
House
Navy Department
Twenty-sixth
Pennsylvania
Venis
Georgetown
New York Avenue
Fifteenth Street
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Washington
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Congress
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Pubone
Veteran’s Death Linked to Own Action at Grave Site
fragments report a veteran involved in a fatal incident at a grave site, with a caretaker and bystander accounts. The text references a statement about placing something on a lot and an apparent impulse or action leading to death, mentioning Vernon and Baltimore and a caretaker’s reaction.
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Kaylsten
Masa
D. Frank
Vernon Tar
Marriage Lengthens Life Say Chicago Doctor
Chicago reports from June 21 reveal married residents live longer than singles. Doctor findings show bachelors have a death rate about 1 to 2 percent higher than married men, and unmarried women die at 15 to 40 percent higher rates than married women, with overall death rates varying by gender and marital status.
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Chicago
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SAVED FROM SINKING YACHT OFF CAPE COD
Ralph Goddard an instructor at the University of Nebraska and a student was rescued from his 26 foot sloop Imp when a northeast gale endangered the vessel off Cape Cod. They had sailed from Boston Monday bound for New York with plans to reach Schenectady for the summer. Fishermen heard the signals of distress and picked them up.
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Boston
Ralph Goddard
Unive
Nebrand
Goddard
Imp
Cape Cod
New York
Schenectady
WN. Y
Cape
Nurse kills rival in bed at Westchester hospital
In Bedford Hills two nurse sisters, Miss Roque and Miss Lacy, are found dead after a dark fight. Coroner suspects Roque shot Lacy then killed herself. Miss Lacy feared her cousin, with frequent quarrels noted. An attendant discovered the bodies as dawn broke. shells found in Roque’s trunk.
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New York
Montefiore Home For
Bedford Hills
Westchester County
Rocalle Roque
Catherine Lacy
Perley
Miss Roque
Miss Lacy
William Lacy
Oswego
Bribe Confession Ties Six Council Members to East St Louis Debacle
Sworn confession by Joseph A Fansler, ex council member, alleges two 1912 bribes of 3000 dollars each. One paid for a franchise to lay tracks by the East St Louis Interurban Railway, the other for Alton and Southern street crossing rights. Lambert, former East St Louis mayor, named in the document. Six councilors shared the first sum, four the second. The confession also references John L Flannisen and Tarbert’s family ties in the broader scheme.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Joseph A. Fansler
Fansiler
East
Alton
Southern
Charles S. Lambert
St St. Louis
Othe Alten
John L. Flannisen
Ind
P Tauts
Tarbert
Special Train to Gettysburg Pattern Event
A special train run by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is noted for a trip toward Gettysburg with details garbled in the OCR. The fragment references a Civil War battlefield site and a troop movement context but lacks clear dates or precise actions.
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Gettysburg
Paaltimore & Ohio
R. R
Hion Bredon
Tount Sith
Fox
Goodep Star
Attictam Battlefeld
Wilson Abandons Cornish Trip to Tackle UP-Southern Pacific Plan
President Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds pressed to dissolve the Union Pacific merger to avoid government receivership. The plan envisions transferring 38.2 percent of Baltimore and Ohio to Pennsylvania and placing remaining Southern Pacific stock in a trust, with sale to UP shareholders within a set period. Cravath to stay in Washington as talks continue and the president remains for further conferences.
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Pennsylvania
McReynolds
Cravath
Washington
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
United States Court For the
Eighth Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Hmit
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Paul
New Hampshire
Paul D. Cravath
New York
Wison
Eleanor
Leicesters by election shifts toward Liberals ease
In Leicester a by election prompted by Eliot Chawshay-Williams retirement kept the Liberal seat but with a trimmed majority. Final tally showed Liberal 10,863, Wilshere 9, Hartley 2,580, reflecting a swung result after prior strong unionist gains at Altrincham.
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Leicester
London
Altringham
House of Commons
Eliot Chawshay- Willams
Wilshere
Minion
Hartley
Gqhanshar-Wiliams
Largest personal injury verdict to date in U S history
In Brooklyn judge Chatfield awarded Stanislaus Yensavage 37 500 for injuries from a mine accident at Shenandoah Pa while employed by Lehigh Valley Coal Company On June 10 1911 his lamp ignited by percussion caps caused an explosion that blinded both eyes damaged his right arm and left hand He remained in hospital five months he sought 50 000 verdict reached after a three minute jury deliberation.
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New York
United States Circuit
Chatfield
Brooklyn
Stanislaus Yensavage
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Shenandoah
Yensavage
Heat Prostrations Reported at City Streets
Three heat prostrations were reported to police yesterday. J. H. Hill, 43, of Hyattaville Maryland, was overcome at Eleventh and G Streets northwest at 5 o'clock. George Holmes, 35, a Black laborer, prostrated at Eleventh and Harvard streets at noon. George Spriggs, a Black man, years old, collapsed at Tenth and F streets north. All were treated at Emergency Hospital.
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J. H. Hill
Hyattaville
Fleventh
G Atreets
George Holmes
Eleventh
Harvard Streets
George Spriggs
Tenth
Abolition Clash Over Commerce Court Faces House Rules
The House rules committee refused to dissolve the United States Commerce Court as urged by Rep Sims and Rep Adamson. Sims defended his motives amid railroads opposition while McReynolds denied backing the abolition plan. The dispute involves Justice Department stance and Broussard bill support, with leaders noting the court’s continued usefulness in enforcing interstate commerce laws.
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House Committee On Rules
United States Commerce Court
Sims
Tennessee
Adamson
Georgia
House
Rules Committee
Sims* Adamson
Walker D. Hines
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
McReynolds
Department
Commerce Court
Denison
Committee On Judiciary
Broussard
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clark
Commission
Congress
Democratic Party
Sims-Adamson
Rules
Capitol
Appropriations Committee
Judiciary
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Messrs. Shims and Adamson
Carriers and shippers clash over Sims bill tactics
The piece notes letters from Hines of Santa Fe urging changes to the Sims bill, with a focus on carrier influence rather than shipper concerns. It cites Attorney General consideration, GOP dynamics, and shippers pressing for due court access while carriers are blamed for behind the scenes pressure. It also covers Rules Committee limits, parliamentary opinion, and Broussard's stance on jurisdiction and appropriations.
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Hines
Santa Fe
Sims
Tennessee
Himsel
Sima
Daish
Representative Sims
Starved man rushed to asylum after New York visit
Luther Bedford a 45 year old printer from New York traveled to Takoma Park to visit friends. After a 17 day fast he ate bread and jam and became violently insane. He is at Washington Asylum Hospital improving on small feedings. Police alerted relatives as doctors assess recovery prospects. In Paterson New Jersey a plan to settle the strike by bargaining with employers was rejected by a 6,000 to 2,000 vote.
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New York
Takoma Park
Washington Hospital
Luther Bedford
Washington Aulum Hospital
Bedfond
Bedford
Bank Street
Washington
Charles W.tafflow
Maple Avenue
Tafflow
Clfford
Tenth Precinct
Stoufe
Hedford
Washington Asylum
hTe
Paterson
N. J
Paterson Sik
Central Strike Committee
Mohawk Explodes Off Staten Island Killing Five
A boiler room explosion aboard the Mohawk, a Standard Oil tanker, at anchor near Tompkinsville New York Bay ignited 200 tons of fuel oil. Five men died and six were injured with a dozen unaccounted. many rescued from the water as flames and a 200-foot fireball lit the scene.
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New York Harbor
New York
Mohawk
Thhe Standard O%l Company
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
New York Bay
New Pennsylvania Laws Passed by General Assembly
In Harrisburg on June 17 Pennsylvania's general assembly adjourned. Key actions include a public utilities bill a statewide primary bill a commission form of government with direct initiative and referendum for many cities a 1 hour hours daily and weekly limit for women a cold storage bill a tax on anthracite coal per ton and resolutions ratifying the federal amendment for direct election of U S senators and proposing a constitutional borrowing for highway improvement plus a resolution proposing woman suffrage.
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Warrisburg
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
United States
Kaiser's Yacht Second in Kiel Race
Emperor William sailed on the Meteor which finished second in the Kiel regatta won by Margharite. The Hamburg II placed third as the German entry trailed the newer English yacht by a decisive margin without time allowance. The Italian royal yacht Trinacria arrived and anchored beside the Hohenzollern as Italy’s King and Queen prepare to visit Copenhagen.
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Emperor William
Kiel
Prince of Monaco
Trinacria
William
Silver Service for Loeb Retired Collector Honored by CPOs
New York June 27 The customs service at the New York port presented former collector William Loeb Jr with a silver tea service as a token of esteem. Mark P Andrews head of the department of law spoke, and Loeb thanked them, stressing honesty and impartial administration of law.
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New York
Customs Service
New York Custom House
William Loeb, Jr
Mark P. Andrews
Law Department
Heiress Decree Locks Wealth to Marriage Choice
New York notices reveal Mrs Caroline Fl Hutterfield leaves nearly one million valued fortune to her granddaughter Dorothe s Ballard Smith if she refuses two named suitors and submits a husband choice to a five-person panel for approval. The 3 year old heiress’s dowry depends on this test, and the widow Mrs Eleater Phelps McReague is tied to the estate dispute. The two potential spouses are sons of the farmer widow, who once clashed with Mrs Butteffield. The granddaughter has not met them yet.
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New York
Caroline FL Hutterfield
Dorothes Ballard Smuth
Youn
Eleater Phelps McReague
Henry
Butteffeld
UNWRITTEN LAW FREES HER MEMPHIS WOMAN
Margaret Schieber is acquitted of second degree murder in the death of her husband James Schieber, shot in the Howell apartment. Defense argued emotional insanity and temporary loss of reason after discovering him. the couple had moved to Memphis from Mount Vernon Indiana a decade ago.
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Memphis. Tenn
Bane
Margaret Schieber
Wexree
Schhicher
Lilian Dowel
Wilson nominees for California posts include Hayden and Dooling
President Wilson has named Thomas F. Hayden for United States district attorney and M. T. Dooling for United States circuit judge in the Northern District of California. The nominations likely go to the Senate next week with Hayden to succeed McNab. McReynolds plans to send correspondence on the Caminetti Diggs and Western Fuel cases to the House.
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McReynolds
Thomas FE. Hayden
M. T. Dooling
Wilson
United States District Attorney
United States
California
Senate
Hayden
Tuan L. McNab
General McReynolds
Wwe
Matt J. Sullivan
Caminetti-Diges
Western Fuel Company
Jarge Liocling
Superior Court
Wison
McNab
Perfert Y Willng
House of Representatives
Gr Rat Mer Reynolds
Rarshala Sheywid
Ballinger
Wickersham
Reynolds
Diggs-Caninert
Mer Reynolds
Kahn
Mreynolds
Memorial to Women Urged at Gettysburg Veterans Meet
At Gettysburg civil war veterans encampment Commander Beers urged erecting a memorial to the women of the era. Gen Wells statue near Big Round Top will be dedicated July 3, with Sickles to base headquarters at the Rogers house site. Food prep expands as 110 million pounds of potatoes, 50,000 loaves capacity tested, and preparations for thousands of cooks and kitchen staff proceed for the anniversary events.
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Gen. Weils
Wolll
Gen. Sickles
Ac Zost
Beers
Grand Army
Gen. Wells
Vermont
Big Round Top
Farnsworth
Daniel F. Sickles
Twitchell
Third Corps
Rogers House
Sickles
Carr
Philadelphia
New York
Army
Maj
Normoyle
Washington
Maj. Grove
Une
West Point
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