Four Man Attack On Non-Union Driver Sparks City Alarm
Edward Bickett a National Express teamster was assaulted near Teamsters union HQ in Chicago. Three fingers of his right hand were broken and nails pulled as he pleaded for mercy. Police found him unconscious in the street. A new Teamsters strike committee aims to end the dispute quickly with peace talks.
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Chicago
Edward Bickett
National Express Company
Bickett
Teamsters
Ecommitee
Teamsters’ Joint Council
International Executive Board
Bachelor Button Wins Again at Ascot in Rain
London reports the king and queen and British society watching the Ascot meeting where Bachelor Button, ridden by Maher, secured victory again in the two mile race. An American embassy party attended and a gold vase worth 200 sovereigns was awarded along with 400 sovereigns to the winner.
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London
Prince of Wales
Ascot
Windsor
Reid
Edward
Bachelor Button
Maher
Japanese Push South and North of Russia in Manchuria
Dispatches report Japanese forces advancing from the north and south of Pelitun and Liao Yang Chung Peng, with 50 000 infantry in three columns moving toward Chutsumi Kmesan Kenshan. Misplaced Russian lines retreat as Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia fights on.
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Lechapudzy
Manchuria
Pelitun
Liao Yang Chung Peng
Mistchenko
Frederick Leopold
Prussia
William
Korea
Chutsumi
Kmesan
Kenshan
Omaga
Sea of Japan
Kuanchengtsu
Kirkin
Japanese and Russian Ministers Confer With President
Ishineton June 20 Minister Takahira of Japan had a brief conference with the president at the White House. Count Cassini, Russian ambassador, followed with a visit but gave no details on plenipotentiaries while saying talks were progressing. Japan seeks no armistice and wants Russia to take the initiative.
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Ishineton
Takahira
Japan
White House
Count If
Count Cassini
Russia
Washington
Cassini
Roosevelt Chauffeur Overhauled For Speeding
President Roosevelt's chauffeur was stopped for speeding while transporting the president, his son Theodore, and two friends along the conduit road to Great Falls. Two police officers pursued the car and halted it, then withdrew after learning the occupants. The president cautioned the driver to slow down.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Theodore
Great Falls
Riot at Chlodwig Platz as police evict tenant
In Cologne on June 20 a large crowd formed at Chlodwig Platz when police ordered eviction for unpaid rent. Stones and missiles were thrown from windows and demonstrations continued six hours. Police drew swords to disperse the rioters, about twenty persons wounded, two severely.
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Cologne
Germany
Chiodwigs Platz
College Students Join Kansas Wheat Field Labor
Two groups of college students from Troy Polytechnic and Malone New York will travel to Kansas with the first division of laborers sent by the state free employment bureau. Kansas employment offices seek about 40,000 workers. About 150 from New York will form the initial party, joined by teachers and clerks drawn by health benefits of farm life.
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New York
Troy Polytechnic
Malone
Kansas
Free Employment Bureau
Dallas Outing Ends in Fatal Shootings and Dedicates Church
Pure Water Fishing club of Dallas held a Seabrook outing when Lula McKenzie a Dallas resident was fatally shot. Her husband was arrested. Mrs R H Lyles shot at Letot Dallas County died as well. A Lutheran church at Germantown Goliad County Texas was dedicated.
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Pure Water Fishing Club of
Dallas
Seabrook
Tex
Lula McKenzie
Lutheran Church
Germantown Goliad County
Texas
R. H. Lyles
Letot
Dallas County
Vanderbilt University President Resigns. Galloway Possible Replacement
Washington June 20 the board of trustees of Vanderbilt university Bishop Hargrove tendered his resignation as president. No action was taken by the board but it is understood that Bishop Galloway of Mississippi will be elected to fill the vacancy at a meeting.
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Washington
Vanderbilt University
Hargrove
Bishop Galloway
Mississippi
Heat Prostration Affects Seven Individuals in Washington
Seven people collapsed from the heat in Washington on Monday though none were seriously harmed. The Weather Bureau recorded a peak temperature of 93 degrees.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Swedish Conservative Papers Call for War
Stockholm dispatch to the Standard reports Swedish conservative newspapers now openly advocate war according to a June 20 cable.
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London
the Standard
Stockholm
Work of Lightning Destroys Naptha Tank in Lima
A lightning strike hit a 35,000 barrel naptha tank in Lima causing the 33,600 barrel residue to burn away. The fire destroyed the tank and caused an estimated $200,000 in losses.
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Lima
Minor Matters in Kaufman County Texas News
Stock law carried in Kaufman county Texas election. Electric grit plant at Center destroyed by fire. A cooking club organized by Dallas young ladies. A H Jackman grain inspector of El Reno Oklahoma resigned. Heavy demand for leases in Stringtown Oklahoma asphalt field. Over fifty Baptist ministers attend Bible school in Dallas Texas.
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Kaufman County
Texas
Center
Dallas
A. H. Jackman
el Reno
Oklahoma
Stringtown
I. T
Bible School
Tex
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Parker Building
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Automobile President
Ree
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