Toll of Death Rises After Hagle Park Dock Collapse
In Buffalo on June 24 an excursion dock at Eagle Park collapsed, plunging 109 people into the Niagara River. Seventeen bodies were recovered by nightfall with eleven more unaccounted for. Chaos followed the accident as workers resisted aid, and the deputy medical examiner faced obstruction. Officials blamed lack of dock inspection and delayed action by authorities pending an inquest.
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Priest Edward McGrath Sings First High Mass in Atlanta
Young Atlanta priest Rev. Edward P. McGrath, raised by Bishop Gunn in Washington, D. C., celebrated his first solemn high Mass at Sacred Heart church in Atlanta on Sunday morning. His father and four brothers attended the service.
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Catholic University Chapel
Washington, D. C
Sacred Heart Church
Americans Held Cash Demanded by Mexican Rebels
In Velardena 50 miles west of Torreon seven Americans lined up at a barn while rebels with six shooters demanded a million dollars in ransom. They paid 93,500 in gold, ending the abduction after a wave of raids by Generals Campa and Arguemdo near Torreon. Reports say Campa’s forces moved toward Chihuahua. Arguemdo, with 1,800 men, ravages Durango, seeking a southward junction with the Zapatistas.
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Palmetto Campaign for U. S. Senator Opens in Columbia
The South Carolina state campaign for United States senator opens with a public gathering in Columbia where two candidates Tilman not speaking due to ill health and N B Dish of Laurens will join W Jasper Talbert of Parksville. The campaign directed by the state committee plans a statewide tour visiting every county.
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N. B. Dish
Laurens
W. Jasper Talbert
Parksville
Tillman
Woman of Wealth Becomes Convent In New Hampshire
Mrs. Gertrude Halle Lanman widow of William Camp Lanman, once heir to $1,006,000, has left high society for the Sisters of Mercy convent in Hooksett New Hampshire after a nervous breakdown and stint in New York slum work. Her sister Mary Gertrude accompanies her.
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William Camp Lanman
Sisters of Mercy
Hookset
N. H
Mary Gertrude
Lanman
New York
Husband and Wife Die by Poison Pact in Laport Ind
Clyde Haun and his wife both 26 carried out a death by own action pact in Laport Indiana. Haun drank acid first, kissed his wife, and she followed with the same poison. Officials report the couple unable to live together happily.
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Clyde Haun
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Nashville Banks Merge Solidifies City Finance
Nashville directors of First and Fourth National banks vote to consolidate under the Fourth and First National bank of Nashville with $1,100,000 capitalization. James E. Caldwell named president F O Watts as chairman and Randal Curel as cashier. stockholders meet July 8 to ratify.
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Shonts Resigns as Chicago and Alton President
Directors accept Theodore F. Shonts resignation and appoint B A Worthington as president. Worthington, recently Wheeling and Lake Erie receiver, takes the helm of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company amid leadership change.
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New York
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Theodore F. Shonts
B. A. Worthington
Wheeling and Lake Brig Railroad Company
Gompers Morrison and Mitchell Guilty of Contempt
Washington reports labor leaders Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell found guilty of contempt of court by the District of Columbia Supreme Court in the Buck Stove and Range boycott case. Sentences: Gompers one year Morrison six to nine months, Mitchell six months with sentence deferred for Mitchell. Appeals planned to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
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Justice Gould
Buck's Stove Ang Hange Company
Wright Ilven
Club Women Meet in San Francisco
San Francisco June 24. The eleventh biennial convention of the Central Federation of Women's Clubs opens with a musical program and runs to July 6. Delegates from around the country include Mrs. Percy W. Pennypacker of Texas and Mrs. Philip Carpenter of New York, among rival presidential candidates. convention topics cover home life, education, health, civics, economics, and culture.
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Texas
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New York
Soldiers Deserting to Evade 200 Mile Hike in Madison
Madison report says 25 army deserters returned to Irons camp after a provisional regiment left Dubuque. About 200 men deserted toward Fort Sheridan Fort Snelling and Sparta to avoid a 200 mile foot march. A $50 reward stands for deserters. Six deserters were fined and jailed after returning from Sparta. The 3,000 second soldiers resumed marching toward Sparta and camp at Ashton.
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Payment of 25 million on British public debt
London June 24 The chancellor of the exchequer David Lloyd George announced in the houses of commons that 25 million pounds would be used to reduce the national debt and 5 million to build additional ships for the navy to meet Germany's naval increase. The remaining 2.5 million is allotted for development of the cotton resources and colonies in Uganda and British East Africa.
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British East Africa
Cotton Freight Rates Suspended By Southwest Railroads
Washington June 24 railroads suspend a general tariff increase affecting cotton freight from Oklahoma Texas and points south. The move raises charges by about 10 percent on shipments headed toward southern destinations.
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Apd
Six Persons Shot in a Strike Riot
Hastings on the Hudson N Y June 24 one man likely fatally hurt five others including a woman seriously injured in renewed hostilities at the MN National Conduit and Cable plant. The clash followed the company's move to rehire workers at the old wage scale after about 600 accepted the offer and returned from lunch attacked by a mob. A stockade and fifty deputies guarded the works. several injured were rushed to hospital.
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Michael Rocco
Tony Reo
Tony Crazchi
Michael Zithizl
Army Aviator Fatally Hurt in Maryland Crash
Washington June 24 Carl L Hamilton of Canneraville Indiana an instructor at the United States Army Aviation school College Park Md was perhaps fatally injured in an aeroplane accident tonight He was alone in a bi plane at about one hundred feet when it plunged to the ground and was smashed to pieces The aviator was pinned under the wreckage but was quickly extricated by signal corps men He was taken to a hospital where doctors said his injuries might prove fatal
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Carl L. Hamilton
Canneraville
Ind
United States Army Aviation School
College Park
Hamilton
Signal Corps
Counting Strike Vote In Pennsylvania Railways
Philadelphia June 24 counting of votes cast by members of the Brotherhood of Trainmen Order of Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen on Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh began today A three day count is expected Officials say at least 96 percent of the 65000 workers voted for a strike if grievances are not adjusted
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Brotherhood of Trainmen
Brotherhood
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Pittsburg
Strikers Reject Peace Offer From Railroads
Chicago June 24 A plan by twenty three railroads through E A Kimbark to reemploy 1800 striking freight handlers and clerks on July 1 if the strike ends was rejected by about 7000 strikers at a mass meeting They will not suspend the strike until all workers are rehired The proposal grew from a city council committee effort and urged peace through the Association of Commerce.
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Chicago
E. A. Kimbark
Association of Commerce
Fund Drive Seeks 300 Subscriptions for $3000 Goal
A plea to readers to complete a community fund by July 7 to publish a full page in The Atlanta Journal listing all donors. It proposes 300 subscriptions at ten dollars each to reach the $3,000 target and invites participation.
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Atlanta Journal
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