Twenty Four Hurt In Streetcar Collision In St Louis County
A rear end collision on the Creve Coeur Lake line in St Louis county injures twenty four, mostly women and children. Mrs Dora Bingham and Mrs Regina Carruthers likely fatal. Other passengers bruised or cut by glass refuse hospital care. Open air cars carried about 100 passengers each. The first car’s trolley derailed at a curve, the second car struck at around 40 mph. Cars interlocked, telescoped, and people were thrown into a gulley beside the tracks.
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St. Louis
Crewe Cover Lake
Dora Bingham
Regina A. Carruthers
Former Balkan Era Correspondent Ends Life in New York Hotel
Angus Hamilton, renowned Balkan war reporter and author, 36, cut his throat with a razor in his uptown New York hotel apartment after lecturing on the Balkans. A London-born fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, he had covered Turkish forces, been imprisoned as a spy, and escaped. He was stepson of playwright Sir Arthur Pinero. His Balkan lectures’ reception is believed to have troubled him.
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Gotham Hotel
New York
Angus Hamilton
Balkans
Central News Association
London
Hamilton
Royal Geographical Society of London
Korea
Arthur Pinero
Canada
Fierce Fighting in Philippines as Moros Attack American Lines
American forces under Brig. Gen. Pershing defend Baysak in a hard fight with Moros. The Moros attempt to rush the lines with bolos and suffer heavy losses. Latest casualty report lists one scout killed in action and one hospital corpsman wounded.
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Manila
Pershing
Baysak
Hospital Corps
Tragedy as Fire Kills Three Children Near Shawano
A kerosene stove explosion in a temporary home 20 miles east of Shawano, Wisconsin, fatally burned farmer August Neubauer and seriously burned the wife while three children ages to be determined perished as the blaze consumed their sleeping quarters. The parents were nearby when the mobile structure burned.
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Shawano
Wis
August Neubauer
Hare
Steel rails orders lift US Steel units high
Large orders for steel plates and rails from car shops and for South American markets were booked by United States Steel subsidiary companies last week, raising average daily bookings since June 1 to about 30,000 tons. In Oakland California three men, Natakel Suit life, Joseph Sourfa and Westley Hort, were instantly killed in a motorcycle collision on a sharp curve. A young woman was thrown over a fence and fell thirty feet.
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New York
South America
United States Steel Corporation
Oakland
Cal
Life
Joseph Sourfa
Westley Hortfell
Man Sawed to Death in Groovime Factory Accident
Bert Brown, 20, of Groovime, Monticello district, was fatally injured when he tripped over a board and fell onto a circular saw, the tool cutting completely through his body from left hip to crown of head in a tragic workplace accident.
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Monticello, N
Bert Brown
Five Hundred Crown Flood Devastates Kathiawar Coast
In the Palitana district on Kathiawar peninsula north of Bombay heavy rains caused inundations that cost around 400 lives. The disaster struck along the Arabian Sea shore with significant flooding and casualties reported.
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Bombay
India
Palitana
Kathiawar
Arabian Sea
Resignation of Public Health Secretary Amid Officeseekers
Dr Enrique Nunezy Palomino, secretary of public health, has resigned citing constant pressure from officeseekers as his reason. He said he could not run the department satisfactorily while besieged by crowds seeking appointments and favors.
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Hevana
Enrique Nunezy Palomino
Global news digest notes senate votes and weather records
The Harvester trust wins in senate finance committee and hemp is added to the free list. The Senate directs ICC to investigate the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad in receivership. June records show the coldest weather in several regions. The Minnesota rate case upholds state control of railroads. Other items include murder probe in Abingdon, a paranoia case in Philadelphia, and dissolution efforts against Postman Kodak. Also reports on engineers’ expo, polo, police convention, weather bureau staff cuts, and a Paris visit by A A Adee.
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the Harvester Trust
Senate Finance Committee
Hemp
Ene
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust
Explosion on B. M. Peck steamer leaves men dead and a missing
In Racine Wisconsin a boiler explosion on the steamer B M Peck killed four men and left one missing while two others were fatally injured. The incident adds to a chaotic news roundup of national events including a triumphant women's suffrage bill in Illinois and other distant happenings.
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B. M. Peck
Racine
Wie
Global Briefs From War to Royal Marriages
The American Steel yacht Columbia owned by J Jarvey Laden of the New York Yacht Club was seized at Wakayama Japan for repairs after entering a port lacking a customs house or quarantine station. Prince Alexia Georges Karageorgevitch married American bride Mme Huger Pratt in Paris. Mahmoud Shefket Pasha and Ibraham Bey were shot in Constantinople, with motives tied to Nazim Pasha's murder. The Irish home rule bill passed its second reading in Parliament, sparking predicted civil war. Berlin marked the 25th anniversary of William II’s accession. Dr Forbes Winslow died in London at 69, founder of the British Hospital for Mental Disorders. Miss Emily Wilding Davison died after collapsing in front of the King's horse at Epsom.
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J. Jarvey Laden
New York Yacht Club
Wakayama
Japan
Alexia Georges Karageorgevitch
King of
Servia
Mre
Huger Pratt
Myra Pankhurst
Maria Rue
Anjou
Paris
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Turkey
Bia
Ibraham Bey
Constantinople
Nazim Pasha
Nazim
Shefket
Ireland
House of Commons
Balfour
Forbes Winslow
Altennat
London
British Hospital For Mental Disorders
Notable Crises and Appointments Reported in Brief
Summary covers multiple figures: Mary Schneider involved in a triple filicide and suicide in Forest Wig. Porter Charlton to face murder charge in Italy for a 1916 Lake Como case. Supreme Court decision noted. Cornelius J. Ford nominated by Wilson for public printer. Capt John B Brewer found dead in Hammonton N J. President White and 18 UMWA officials indicted in Charleston for Sherman act violations. Vincent Astor and J P Morgan Jr named to Western Union board. Widow of Carl Axel Westman arrested in Seattle for murder. couple had been separated. Messenger notes April 2% as a referenced date.
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John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
Charleston
W. Va
Carl Axe] Westman
Chauncey M. Depew
Seattle
Wash
Westman
Des Moines Parade Honors Civil War Veterans in Final March
General Grenville M. Dodge led 6000 Civil War veterans through Des Moines in a parade likely their last. Crowds filled streets as regimental flags and state banners passed, the marching old soldiers recalled victory and inspired a new generation to patriotism with fire drum music and precise steps. Dodge Bussey Clarke Hanns Brown and other officers rode in an automobile, with survivors from Iowa regiments and allied states marching beneath flags bearing regiment or state names.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Grenville M. Dodge
Cyrus Bussey
Clarke
Hanns
J. D. Brown
Presbyterians Win Meet in First Annual Track Event
Sunday schools staged their first annual track meet drawing a large crowd. The fifty yard dash for pastors was won by Rev. D. C. Mackintosh of the Presbyterian church. The Methodists won the trophy with 155 points, Presbyterians 61, Christians 26, and Baptists 12.
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Shenandelah
D. C. Mackintosh
Presbyterian Church
Christians
Baptista
John Redman Freed in Mason City Shooting Case
John Redman, once held in connection with the shooting of Mrs. Cora Prescott, has been released. Police efforts to link him as an adviser to Louis Prescott in the affair found he is not in custody.
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John Redman
Mason City
Cora Prescott
Louis Prescott
Prescott
State Supreme Court
Supremé Court
Des Moines
Noelthar
Harry D. Kelly
Iowa City
First Unitarian Society of Iowa
City
Citizens’ Savings and Trust Company
Evans
Deemer
Gaynor
Office of Dean Abolished at Morningside College
The dean’s post at Morningside College will be abolished in name and fact with Dr. H. L. Chandler placed on leave. Chandler, who has led the history chair since 1907, will be away a year for study and may not return to the chair.
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Sioux City
Morningside College
8. L. Chandler
Chandler
Iowa National Guard Regiments Schedule Encampments
Adjutant General Logan announces this year’s national guard encampments the 54th at Washington the 62d at Charles City with possible moves for the 66th to Storm Lake and the 63rd to Chariton for the season.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Logan
Iowa National Guard
Washington
Charles City
Storm Lake
Chariton
Race Meet Deficit in Cedar Valley Circuit
Mason City reports a treasury deficit for the Cedar Valley circuit rac ing, with officers uncertain of the size. Gold receipts from the three day meet totaled 1 106. Farmers lose heavily by fire in Newton as Clauss barn burns, a horse rescued and hay and straw destroyed. Clauss barn fire origin unknown. Morgan barn hit by lightning and ruined.
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Mason City
Newton
John Clauss
W. H. Morgan
Young Business Man Dies in Pneumonia at Fargo
Charlea Caple, a young businessman from Oskaloosa, died of pneumonia in Fargo North Dakota. The funeral will be held in Oskaloosa. Caple belonged to the Eka club.
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Oskaloosa
Charlea Caple
Fargo
N. D
Caple
Eka’ Club
Barbers At Albia Strike Demand Fifteen Dollars
Albia barbers strike seeking a raise to fifteen dollars a week from ten, pressing shop proprietors to guarantee higher wages. In Marengo, G R Shaul’s funeral plans halted by sudden death of Scott Slaymaker who collapsed in his barn while hitching his horse, a longtime resident of Marengo.
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Albia
Iowa
Marengo
G. R. Shaul
Scott Slaymaker
Heer
Auto crash near Le Mars claims Mouw and injures Van Derwart
Albert Mouw of near Orange City is killed when his car skids and overturns after a wrong turn. John Van Derwart of Chicago, 25, is severely injured and hospitalized, unconscious since the crash, with little hope for recovery. The two men were pinned beneath the wrecked auto.
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le Mars
Albert Motw
Orange City
John van Derwart
Chicago
Mouw
van Derwart
Marion stockmen hunt wolves near Knoxville
Sheep raisers in Spring Hill three miles south of Knoxville formed a posse to chase wolves that have plagued flocks for weeks. Earl Brady killed a large full stock wolf and wounded another, after three litters of wolf cuts were found in the neighborhood this spring. Night raids have forced most farmers to corral sheep.
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Knoxville
Spring Hill
Earl Brady
Raid Club and Seize Beer in County Case
Constable Wooster raided a club room at Avery and seized five barrels of beer. The club claims the beer belongs to its members and asserts authorities had no right to seize it. Beer moved to Albia and kept in cold storage while members act.
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Albla
Wooster
Avery
Albia
Medical Convention Ends Ottumwa Officers Elected
The Des Moines Valley Medical association closed its forty second annual meeting electing officers President Dr F M Culler Keokuk Vice Presidents Dr C A Boise Washington Dr G F Niblock Derby Secretary Treasurer Dr F W Bowles Ottumwa Censors Dr J B Gaumer Fairfield Dr R T Shahan Eddyville Dr A H Vinson Ottumwa
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Ottumwa
Des Moines Valley Medical Association
F. M. Culler
Keokuk
C. A. Boise
Washington
G. F. Niblock
Derby
F. W. Bowles
J. 8. Gaumer
Fairfield
R. T. Shahan
Eddyvilla
AH. W. Vinson
Marble Rock Editor Dies in Rochester Minnesota
Marble Rock editor and postmaster H B Nies died in Rochester after an operation. Nies served nearly 35 years in local newspapers, previously ran a Rockford Iowa paper, and briefly owned the Charles City Intelligencer before selling. He also served as Marble Rock postmaster for over five years.
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Marble Rock
H. B. Nies
Journal
Rochester
Minn
Thirty third Regiment Reunion to be Held in Oskaloosa Ita
The biennial reunion of the Thirty third Regiment United States volunteers will be held here September 17 and 18. Major John F. Lacey serves as president of the association and issued the call for the event.
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Thirty-third Regiment
Oskaloosa
Ita
Thirtythird Regiment
United States’ Volunteers
John F. Lacey
Grinnell Plans First Regular Fourth Since Earlier Hiatus
Grinnell to celebrate Fourth of July with a planned community event after an eleven year gap. The proposal aims for a long, pleasant memorial experience for participants, reflecting a return to local festivities and traditions.
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Grinnell
Grinnelll
Shift In Dubuque Lineup Signals Player Arrivals
Dubuque Bello Darringer, reported here as the player in the second game alongside Rowland's Three I league team. His arrival follows the release of Pitcher Danny Miller and Catcher Ray Craft, indicating a major lineup shift for the club.
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Dubuque
Bello Darringer
Rowland
Danny Miller
Ray Craft
Highway and Suffrage News From Ames Session
State highway officials and county engineers met at Ames to discuss the new road law and cooperation between levels of government. A suffrage cross-state tour was planned for August to influence rural voters and defeat hostile candidates in the primary.
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Attorney General’s Office
Nicholas’. Balkema
Sioux
Senate
Roada and Highways
Dean A. Marston
J. W. Holden
H. C. Beard
Thomas H. MacDonald
George Cosson
Henry 2. Sampson
John McCullough
John Ames
F. R. White
MacDonald
Cosson
Sampson
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
White Pole
Des Moines
Iowa Two Cent Fare Law Jeopardized By State Officials
Iowa state railroad commissioners say the two cent fare law and current freight rates may be jeopardized. Eight states will confer with President Wilson and the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington. Thorne chairs the delegation and seeks a hearing date of June 28 for the state fair board’s excursion-rate request.
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Iowa
Clifford Thorne
Washington
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Marth Dakota
Minnesota
State House
Thorne
Cummins
Railroad Commission
State Fair Board
Finais
Pointe
Misetesinpi River
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A &T
Razor
Philippines
United States Senate
Kenyon
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Middle Atlantic
New England
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Great Lakes Region
Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Rockies
hirnest-Lindoft
Abingdon
Ander Arraat
Charles ‘A. Lindoft
Galenburg
Ernest Lindoff
Theodora Roosevelt
John Prior
Philadelphia
United States
Craig
Albert H. Gary
Buffalo
N. Y
McReynold
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Verein Deutcher Ingenieure
Leipzig
Germany
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Richard Sylvester
District of Columbia Police
Willis L. Moore
A. A. Adee
Tinois House of Representatives
Dunne
Illinois
Missinnippi River
Tribal Council
Tahlequah
Okla
State of
Arthur Keller
Harrisonville
Denison University
Granville
Albart Collett
Springfield
Public Square
Waldo
New York Police Department
Sulzer
Tommy Brown
Thomas William Brown
Jamaica
L. L
Debeque
Col
A. F. Glover
Chicago & Northwestern
Carroll
Emperor William of
Berlin
Hmily Wilding Devicon
Epsom
England
Anmer
Mary Schneider
Nicholas Schneider
Forest
Wig
Porter Charlton
Italy
Lake Como
United States Supreme
Cornelius J. Ford
New Jersey
John 8. Brewer
Hammonton, N. J
Vincent Astor
John Jacob Astor
Western Union Telegraph Company
H. M. Flagler
J. P. Morgan, Jr
General Dodge
Jowan
Marion
Farmera
Cornell Biuffa
W. E. Cottrell
Council Bluffs
Clarinda
Capell
Justice of the Peace
Dunn
H. G. Dunn
Gzovernor
Tawa
State University
Western Grocery Company
Marshalltown
Naw
Lawa
Ames
Owa
State Capitol
Des Muings
Corsy
Iowa State Fat
C. J. Mooers
Columbia
State Fair Grounds
Mooers
Poetry of Motion
Madigan Square Garden
Mocers
Lula Long
Kansas Ciy
Moocers
State Farm At
Independence
State Hospital
Blue Sky Lawa
National Conference of Supervisors of State Banks
Anna Kilduff
Davenport
John Kilduff
Supreme Court
Scott County District Court
John
Wylis
Greater Des Moines
Wylie
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