Bryans Lecture Controversy Splits Senate Over Salary
The Senate tabled Senator Bristow’s resolution demanding President Wilson fix a salary adequate to keep Secretary Bryan at his post. Senator Townsend denounced Bryan for seeking paid lectures to supplement a 12000 dollar yearly pay, urging public leaders to live within means during grave foreign crises.
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Jon
Townsend
Democrats
Washington
Senate
Bristow
Bryan
Wilson
Poindexter
Borah
Michigan
Secretary of State
Two New Features For Evening Courier Readers
The Evening Courier announces new content for all readers starting Monday. Dr. Frank Crane will publish his acclaimed short articles exclusive to this territory. Mrs. F A Walker will launch Sandman Stories for children, loved by adults, aimed at gentle bed time adventures.
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The
Courier
Frank Crane
Crane
America
F. A. Walker
Mr. Sandman
Terrifying Swedish Submarine Accident Chronicle
Stockholm reports a Swedish submarine sank to 200 feet with crew aboard after tanks filled at once. The hull dented under pressure, emergency measures freed the lead keel, and the vessel resurfaced as the crew inhaled air. It is noted no prior ascent from that depth has occurred.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Des‘neralé
Lieut. Beckman
Injured In Big Four Wreck Near Cleveland
The Big Four passenger train No 11 collided with the Lake Shore line train near Cleveland between Parry and Madison early today. Twelve people were injured including eight dining car crew members. Eight were taken to Cleveland hospital by a special train. others treated at Madison and Parry. No fatalities reported.
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Cleveland
Big Four
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Parry
Madison
Here
Lake Shore
la Cleveland Hospital
Veteran warned in Iowa pistol law display
Geo Hatton of Muscatine, Civil War veteran, showed a revolver in Davenport, Iowa, and learned a new law makes carrying a weapon a penitentiary offense. He was released with a peace era admonition. Heat kills young man Herman Kopel in Marshalltown after extreme temperatures.
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Davenport
Geo. Hatton
Muscatine
Iowa
Marshalltown
Herman Kopel
Maverhcill
British minister to Mexico appointed
London July 18 Sir Donald Edward Gresley Carden currently British minister to the Central American states was named British minister to Mexico in place of Francia William Strange.
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Mexico
London
Donald Edward Gresley Carden
Central American
Moxico
Francia
William Strange
Train Kills Civil War Veteran in Davenport Incident
James Quigley, Civil War veteran from Davenport, was struck and killed by a Rock Island freight train near Wilton, Corina. The accident occurred on July 18 as he walked along the tracks, according to local reports.
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Davenport
James Quigley
Rock Island
Wilton Laat
Wisht
Senate Debates Tariff Bill Vast Free List Expansion
The Senate began general debate on the Underwood Simmons tariff bill. It proposes a 27.64 percent average rate reduction, a larger free list valued at 147.37 million, and a projected 2.202 million surplus after accounting for taxes and other revenues. The report criticizes drastic House changes and endorses a retaliatory power for the president within limits. It also lowers the income tax exemption to 3000 for individuals with extra allowances for marriage and children and adds a one tenth of one percent tax on cotton futures.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
F. M. Simmons
House
Internal Revenue
Treasury
United States
Indicted Head of New Haven Road Resigns
Charles Sanger Mellen resigns as president of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad system. Directors plan to act on the resignation with a final date not later than October 1. Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific is among possible successors.
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New York
Chas
Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Ite
Ines
Water
New Haven
Wiliam Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Mellen
Charles Sanger “Mellen
New Haven Road
Northern Pacific Railway
New England
Westport
The
New Haven and Allied Hues
Howard Eliott
Northern Pacific
Prosecutor to Handle Million Dollar Land Suits
William Denman of San Francisco was appointed special assistant to Attorney General McReynolds to prosecute suits to recover the government's title to about a million dollars in oil lands across California Wyoming and other western states. The action challenges Taft era land withdrawals to conserve oil for the navy. Three suits are pending with more planned.
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Washington
William Denman
San Francisco
McReynolds
California
Wyoming
Taft
United States Navy
Denman
Los Angeles
United States District
John A. Riner
Cheyenne
Mid-West
Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Ernest Knaebel
Picnic for 20000 Kansas Children Attracts Millionaire Host
At Atchison Kansas Bailie P Waggener hosts twenty thousand children for his annual picnic All costs including rail fare covered by the millionaire railroad man Entertainment includes toy and flower giveaways automobile parades land and water games baseball drills by Ft Leavenworth troops and day and night fireworks Governor Hodges and three Kansas National guard companies attend The outing features notable civic and military presence with broad public spectacle
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Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Bailie P. Waggener
Atcheson
Waggener
United States
Ft. Leavenworth
Hodges
Kansas National Guard
Rebels Announce President in Southern China Rising Crisis
Southerners declare Tien Chun Heuan as president while Wang Chung Wei becomes foreign minister and Cheng Hesuan Hai finance minister. Northern officials label them fanatics as clashes spread from Hue Chow to Kiang Si with deserters and suspected Japanese funding cited.
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Peking
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Leen
Kal- Kaung
Kiang-Si
Hue Chow
Cle-Kiang
Wang Chung-Wei
Cheng Hesuan-Hai
Ngan-Hwai
State Department Demands Action Over Durango Abductions
Washington orders Mexican authorities to act and to deploy troops from Torreon after Consul Hamm reported foreigners held for ransom by revolutionists in Durango. Prisoners have included the archbishop of Durango, with requests for protection exceeding usual steps.
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Washington
Yamm
Durango
State Department
Department
Torreon
Hamm
Durange
Cabinet Confers on Mexican Situation
Washington July 18 The president and cabinet devoted much of their regular session to the Mexican situation Secretary Bryan held a long pre session conference with the president Ambassdor Wilson’s pending arrival from Mexico City is expected to provide first hand information The administration stance remains unchanged as reports from various sources continue to arrive
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Washington
Bryan
Wilson
Mexico City
Accused Woman Charged with Killing Daughter in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City court Mrs. Augustus Ekman was charged with first degree murder andheld without bail after police testified she confessed to killing her 12 year old daughter Frances and moving the body in a trunk to Ogden. Detective Wardlaw testified that at headquarters she stated she killed her child.
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Salt Lake City
Augustus Ek- Man
Salt Lake
Ogden
Frances
George B. Wardlaw
Temperature report with incongruent data and ad copy
The snippet lists a July temperature record with a misleading range and references Father Johns Medicine claiming to build flesh and renew bodily strength. It repeats garbled OCR lines and includes an ad line about a medicine product without a coherent news item or clear outcome.
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Father Johns
Court erred in count in Waterloo saloon petition
Hearing before Judge Dunham on a motion for a new trial in the Waterloo saloon petition revealed disputes over counted names. Attorneys argued several names were miscounted or fictitious, with potential to alter petition sufficiency. A new trial or revised figures were uncertain as the judge considered whether the petition could be valid under proper interpretation.
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Dunham
Waterloo
Boles
Arbuckle
Drys
Boies
Sullivan
Birdsall
Sa[goons
Supreme Court
Sorenson
Coward
Sassaman
Sassa
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