Banks Collapse in Pittsburgh Area as Receivers Appointed
The First Second National Bank of Pittsburgh and the First National Bank of McKeesport were closed by the deputy controller of the currency, T. P. Kane, with receivers appointed. The Kuhn banking house and American Waterworks and Guarantee Company faced suspensions, as officials moved to protect assets and seek court receiverships. W. S. Kuhn and J. S. Kuhn held multiple leadership roles across the institutions and had Western irrigation and mining interests.
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Pittsburgh
Firat Second National Bank of
First National Bank of
McKeesport
American Waterworks and Guarantee Company
Kuhn, Incorporated
Kuhn
Pennsylvania
W. S. Kuhn
First Second National Bank
Banking House
American Waterwork and Guarantee Company
McKee
Calls Arizona to Account for Dick Military Law
Washington says Arizona is the latest state called to account by the War Department for alleged failure to comply with the Dick military law. Secretary Garrison directed Gov. Hunt to explain over enlistment for the annual encampment and to account for supplies from the federal government. Officials say officers misunderstood orders. The Dick law requires enlistment at least sixty days before encampment. Earlier, Arkansas and South Carolina faced similar scrutiny and federal aid was withdrawn from the South Carolina militia.
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Washington, D. C
Arizona
War Department
Garrison
Gov. Hunt
Department
Arkansas
South Carolina
Remains to Be Cremated in Beatrica Nebraska
At the request of Mrs. E B Wadsworth who died in Beatrica her remains will be cremated and sunk in Lake Michigan a mile from Milwaukee. The body was taken to Kansas City by A B Wadsworth a nephew for cremation and after it is placed in a neglect urn it will be conveyed to Lake Michigan for burial.
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Beatrica
Chicago to Hire Police Women for Beaches and Parks
Chicago will appoint ten policewomen immediately under a mayoral message. The officers will be assigned to bathing beaches and parks. An accompanying ordinance amends police regulations to allow women to be employed.
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Chicago
Harrison
Train hold up in Mississippi nets under thousand dollars
New Orleans report states robbers stole less than $1,000 from the wrecked Illinois Central southbound train near Tallahatchie Mississippi. American Express officials here say the money in the safe had been checked up.
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Lees
New Orleans
Tallahatchie
Miss
American Express Company
Elevator Fire Destroys Plant Near Sarina Ont
Port Huron Michigan report says the Point Edwards Elevator plant north of Sarina on the St. Clair river burned causing about 360000 dollars in property loss with partial insurance coverage.
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Port Huron
Mich
Point Edwards Elevator Company
Sarina
Ont
St. Claire River
Resignation Sent In Kansas City Missouri
Kansas City Missouri state’s attorney Leslie J Lyons who serves western district of Missouri forwarded his resignation to the attorney general Myr Lyons asked that it be accepted for convenient reasons and to open transition before a successor is named
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Kansas City
Leslie J. Lyons
Western Dlatct
Missouri
Myr. Lyons
Briefly Told Happenings of the Past Week
Senate lobby committee will formally open Mulhall inquiry next Tuesday. ICC rules bananas on 25 rail routes including Galveston to Topeka were deemed unreasonable. Census reports 1912 cotton crop value at 920,630,000. Parcel post stamps valid July 1 for all mail classes. ordinary stamps cover parcel post packaging. Senate caucus moves to add cotton sewing thread to free list. Wilson rejects a week in Cornish to review Union Pacific merger dissolution talks.
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Mulhall
Senate
Washington
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
McReynolds
Union Pacific
Nto
Gettysburg semi centennial marks dawn of ceremonies
Heat waves claim 16 more lives in Chicago total 101 with drownings rising in multiple cities. A drowning occurred at Cedar Lake Indiana as Charles Bilis and Dr F D Savill from Harvey Indiana perished while Hills wife and two children stood on shore unable to help. Spillway gates at Gatun Lake Panama will close July 1 as lake fills toward an expected December peak. Three workers die after being swept into a Cleveland sewer. Bribery confession ties five councilmen a former mayor and counsel in East St. Louis Illinois. Portuguese Prince to Argentina to ship US livestock for breeding station at Pergamino. GM president Lynch to probe Giants incident in Philadelphia. Progressive party marks first birthday with small gathering at Newport. Walsh Eisteddfod opens in Pittsburgh with Welsh attendees. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad accident injures five workers near Memphis.
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Chicago
Gaddest
Cedar Lake
Ind
Charles Bilis
F. D. Savill
Harvey
Hills
Suffragette plot claims shock London The Daily Express reports a suffragette murder plot in high circles, involving self-starvation to target cabinet members.
Reports from London say foreign and domestic officials discuss a suffragette murder plot in interoffice circles. Portugal signals peace treaty interest, while Balkan war tensions rise with 140 mile front lines. Alberta bans boxing after a court ruling. Earthquakes recall 1908 Sicily Calabria disaster as panic spreads. Motor launch sinks near Hidmonton, Alberta, drowning six, including company managers and a bank official.
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Daily Express of London
Home Office
West Virginian senator convicted of bribery
Personal State Senator Smith of West Vir ginia was convicted of bribery in con nection with accepting $2,200 to vote for Col. William Seymour Edwards as a candidate for the United States sen ate. Miss Mignon Hopkins, the daughter of a well-to-do Brooklyn attorney, now dead, entered suit in Philadelphia against Gov. Willam, Sulzer, of New York for breach of promise. Governor Sulzer says it is a political prot est Mrs. Charles Beal died from injuries received when a vehicle in which she was riding was struck by a fast pas senger train north of Mount Vernon, Ti. A two-year-old son was killed and a four-year-old daughter had an arm cut off. A husband and four children survive. Samuel Heck, aged sixty-three, of Dayton, O., shot his wife, Jane Heck, sixty-two, killing her instantly. He then ended his own life by shooting himself through the heart. Heck had been deranged for some days as the result of the recent flood. The marriage license of Lee O'Neil Browne, regislator of Ottawa, La Balle county, Tlinois, and Miss Nellie Rior dan of Ottawa, was recorded in Chi cago, Pr. Edgar P. Murdoch, who gave up his practice a year and a half ago in Chicago to become an aviator, proba bly was fatally injured at Spokane, Wash, when an aeroplane he was test ing for exhibition purposes at . Fourth of July celeboration collapsed at a height of 60 feet and crashed to the ground.
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Charles Beal
Mount Vernon
Samuel Heck
Dayton, O
Jane Heck
Heck
Edgar P. Murdoch
Chicago
Spokane
Wash
Fatal car crash kills four near North McGregor and Mason City
Claude Clement Sam Gillespie and another occupant died when the automobile overturned and burned. Maurice Olson survived with minor bruises. A West Virginian mining strike saw no unrest despite hundreds joining. A Nashville fire destroyed the Tennessee Packing and Stock Yards plant, totaling 875000 in losses.
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Claude Clement
North McGregor
Sam Gillespie
Maurice Olson
Mason City, Sr
Tennessee Packing and Stock Yards Company
Nashville
North Star Route outlined with statewide reach and officers
Promoters unveil the North Star route plan to extend from the northern lakes across Iowa toward Kansas City and St Louis, with a three eight inch star marking system. Officers listed include J. A. McQuaid, Albert Read, and Charles B. Bradley, plus trustees from several towns. A marking committee was named to lay out the road through Atlantic Shenandoah Red Oak Griswold Lewis and other towns.
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Atlantic
North Star
Kansas City
St. Louis
J. A. McQuaid
Albert Read
Shenandoah
Charles B. Bradley
J. M. Dimmick
Extra
B.S. van Gorder
Audubon
T. D. Murphy
Red Oak
E. C. Gage
W. L. de Witt
Pilot
H. N. Reinig
Griswold
P. Harris
Lewis
Wiliam Overman
Frank Bean
J. H. Petty
Elliott
P. W. Hanton
van Gorder
HiHott
Sarah
Brayton
Masons To Erect Temple In Bronx City Heart
Parvin of the Scottish Rite consistory closed a deal worth 19000 for a half block in central Bronx to build a 250000 Masonic temple. York Rite bodies may be housed there if they help. The consistory counts 1000 members.
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Bronx
T. 3. Parvin
Scottish Rite
Man Dies on Depot Platform in Council Bluffs
A 45 year old man, identified from papers as Thomas O Connoy of Missouri Valley, died on the North Western passenger station platform after alighting from a train and staggering about the depot area. Authorities reported no immediate cause at the scene.
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Council Bluffs
Thomas O’connoy
Missouri Valley
Five Greeks Struck While Crossing Tracks Near Dubuque
Step in front of a Burlington train near East Dubuque led to one dead one fatally injured and three seriously hurt as five Greek workers on a construction crew stepped aside for one train and were struck by another.
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Dubuque
Burlington
East Dubuque
Interurban Car Fatality in Fort Dodge Area
Fort Dodge reports the death of C M France of Wool stock who was struck crossing a Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern interurban track. In nearby Dubuque the Cracker Plant plans to reopen August 1 after full restructuring. A hospital patient Miss Addie M Shaft, a court reporter, faces blood poisoning from vaccination. Also found on track near Cora is Edward Larson, 28, a former station employee.
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Fort Dodge
C. M. France
Woolstock
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Town City
Addie M. Shaft
Senious
Illinois Central Railroad
Edward Larson
Cora
Larson
Crippled Hopping Train Falls in Montrose Incident
Albert Jones, a Skee Lumber company employee, attempted to hop a freight train in Montrose and was run over as the train separated his legs. He was rushed by train to a hospital at Keokuk for treatment.
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Montrose
Albert Jones
Skee Lumber Company
Keokuk
Aged Woman Celebrates Ninety Third Birthday
Martha A Raeson of Marshalltown fra celebrated her ninety third birthday recently. She is the mother of Tyrant and has ties to Iowa Soldiers home where Benson once served as adjutant and before that as state treasurer.
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Marshalltown
Fra
Martha A. Raeson
Benson
Iowa Soldiers' Home
Large Profit on Land Purchase Near New Hampton
Five years after buying a forty acre farm one mile west of New Hampton for 90 dollars an acre, William Carroll sold it for 9500 dollars, earning a net profit of 6900 dollars. He lived on the farm during the period as crops sustained his family. the current crop, valued at 1000 dollars, remains his until possession on March 4, 1914.
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New Hampton
William Carroll
Carroll
Carrol
Plan for Saving Hog Shipments
Marshalltown notes Charles H. Wicks, a stock takser, devised a plan to prevent hog shrinkage and deaths during transport. A fat hog consignment to Chicago traveled in near-freezing conditions as ice packed in sacks hung above the animals, keeping them alive with minimal loss.
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Marshalltown
Charles H. Wicks
Stock Takser
Hicks
Chicago
Mercury
Epworth League Meeting in Des Moines Conference
The Epworth League of Des Moines held its Methodist church conference closing session with record attendance. One hundred twenty five delegates attended from outside towns. A. V. Proudfoot of Intanola gave an address and officers were elected: President Rev. M. R. Tahey Des Moines, Secretary Miss Hazel Johnson Prairie City, Treasurer W. M. Harder Des Moines. Department officers were reelected.
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Epworth League
Winterset
Tes Moines
Conference of the Methodist Church
A. V. Proudfoot
Intanola
M. R. Tahey
Des Moines
Hazel Johnson
Prairie City
W. M. Harder
Iowa Christian Endeavor Leaders Elected at Cedar Rapids
Iowa Falls William Hardcastle was re elected president and Rev Charles Stauffbacher of Cedar Rapids became vice president at the closing session. P M Rich Hubbard was named treasurer and Miss Mary McClerrin of Omaha was recorded as field secretary and recording secretary.
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Iowa Christian Endeavor
Cedar Rapids
Former Iowan Carmean Found Guilty in Los Angeles Probe
Newton A. Carmean former president and manager of the Rhoades Carmean Buggy Company of Marshalltown Iowa was found guilty of causing the delinquency of Pearl Peterson aged 13. The verdict arose from a Los Angeles white slave probe reported by telegraph.
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Marshalltown
Newton A. Carmean
Rhoades-Carmean Buggy Company
Pearl Peterson
Los Angeles
Carmean
WIII Aid Delinquents in Sioux City
Secretary L Houghton of Associated Charities plans a George Junior Republic for Sioux City delinquents funded by a brother EH Houghton who died in Oklahoma City leaving a fortune of 500000. The Sioux Cityan received less than 100000.
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WIII
Sioux City
L. Houghton
Se Assciated Charities
George Junior Republic
TB. Houghton
Oklahoma City
Sioux
Nevada Jeweler Robbed in Grave’s Drug Store Heist
Nevada burglars pried open a rear window of Graves Drug Store and stole almost $1,000 in jewelry and watches. The loot included rings ping watch chains fobs and brooches with about forty watches on the repair rack. In Mason City officers seized a wagonload of Hanor under the Webb Kenyon law.
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Nevada
Graves
Mason City
Mitzgerald
Creston to Get Wireless Station Announcement
Creston will gain a commercial wireless station after Shartian Supply Company announced plans to establish a transmitter here. The new station is expected to reach Omaha and Des Moines.
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Creston
Shartidan Supply Company
Omaha
Das ‘Moines
New Station At Clear Lake Mason City
After ten years of agitation plans are completed for a 5000 dollar Milwaukee station at Clear Lake reflecting local push for new railroad service and economic ties with Milwaukee.
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Clear Lake
Mason City
Milwaukee
Body Found In River Near Folgom In Waggin County
A woman about 40 was found dead in the Mastskippi river at Folgom. She wore a night dress and vest with a handkerchief around the neck bearing the name Bertha Hi Waite. Police and coroner notified. investigation pending.
Louis Murphy Sworn In as Tax Collector in North District
Louis Murphy editor of the Telegraph-Herald has been sworn in as collector of internal revenue for the northern district of Towa, succeeding M I Vinton.
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Louis Murphy
Duhumia
Telegraph-Herald
Towa
M. I Vinton
New Laws In Force In Iowa After July Fourth
Des Moines reports enactments from the last legislature take effect after July 4, including daylight saloons from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., a $2,000,000 millage tax for chapel grounds, pensions for widowed mothers with children under 14, workmen's compensation, and arbitration of labor disputes. The piece notes safety inspections, tax changes, and various state reforms, with commentary on enforcement and impact.
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Des Moines
Chapltot
Executive Council
Board of Health
Board of “Health
Iowa
Towa
Alfred Shepherd
Sioux City
Shepherd
H. H. Bye
Cedar Rapids
J. 8. Seaman
A. I.erick
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Yama City
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