Navy to Bring Large Battle Fleet to Pacific Harbors
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf announced a winter cruise by 18 to 20 of the largest battleships around Cape Horn for practice, to be seen in San Francisco and Oakland. He stressed policy to keep the fleet in American waters and together, dismissing rumors of tension with Japan as unfounded.
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Commercial Tribune
Oakland
Cal
Metcalf
United States Navy
Pacific
Cape Horn
San Francisco
Métcalf
Navy Department
Woman presents monster petition for arbitration
At The Hague on July 4 Miss Anna Eckstein of Boston presented a petition signed by more than 2,000,000 Americans urging a general arbitration treaty. President Nelidoff welcomed the large step toward limiting armaments via arbitration and noted ongoing discussions on periodic meetings of the peace conference.
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Miss Eckstein
Boston
Nelidoff
Anna Eckstein
Mass
Dick denies borrowing public funds in Akron statement
United States Senator Charles Dick issues a signed denial refuting false newspaper claims he borrowed any public funds. He explains debts tied to Akron Savings Bank were secured and later transferred, with no public funds involved, and asks the Auditor of State to verify the records.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
United States
Charles Dick
Smith
Auditor of State
City of
Seiberling
Akron Savings Bank
L. C. Miles
George D. Bates
Fred E. Smith
Hending Company
Mr. Smith
Mr. Bates
G. D. Bates
Two Die In Fourth of July Celebrations In Cincinnati
Two men drowned while rowing and swimming during Fourth of July festivities in Cincinnati. A 12 year old boy, Joseph Grampke, was badly injured by a premature explosion of a toy cannon and may die. A second man, George Hoar, 25, drowned after cramps while swimming near Manhattan Park Sedameville. Police and doctors treated numerous injuries from firework use. totals may reach 150 to 200.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Grampke
Denham
Avenue
Ben Grampke
Police Department
Manhattan Park
Sedameville
George Hoar
Columbia Hotel
Hoar
Bat
Baker Henry Mueller Rescued After Sewer Bread Quest
Henry Mueller a 45 year old baker from 900 Hopkins street slipped into a sewer manhole while searching for a loaf of bread. Patrolman Wessels pulled him from the slime after he again disappeared into the hole and was later lodged at the First District Police Station.
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Henry Mueller
Hopkins Street
First District
Mueller
Eighth and Linn
Retired Admiral Thompson predicts war with Japan within five years
North Yakima dispatch reports Rear Admiral W. J. Thompson asserts war with Japan is inevitable within five years. He doubts British aid, cites the Philippines as a potential outlet, and says U S resources would defeat Japan. He also forecasts France would provide financial aid to Japan if hostilities occur.
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Commercial Tribune
Seattle
Wash
North Yakima
W. J. Thompson
Japan
Thompson
Great Britain
Philippines
United States
France
San Francisco license renewal dispute vexes Tokyo
The Japanese Consul in San Francisco has not received a reply from city authorities regarding the refusal to renew licenses of Japanese employment agencies. Tokyo deems the issue more serious than restaurant attacks and waits for a reply before taking any official action.
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Tokyo
San Francisco
U S Attorney Opens Probe on Employment Agency Licenses
United States Attorney Devlin begins an immediate investigation at the request of Attorney General Bonaparte into San Francisco authorities action in denying licenses to employment agencies run by Japanese. He will report findings as soon as possible.
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Aoki
Japan
United States
Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Devlin Hag
Bonaparte
Man Arrested on Assault Charge After Release
Ed Thorpe, freed by police yesterday, was arrested again in Hamilton Ohio today. He faces an assault charge against his wife as police found eleven spoons in his pockets many bearing the Hotel Stroble mark.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Ed Thorpe
Appendixed tragedy after baseball game in Detroit
F B Beck traveling passenger agent for the Chicago and Alton Railway died in Grace Hospital Detroit after a strain in a baseball game led to a ruptured vermiform appendix. The 27 year old, previously of Chicago, had lost his wife last September and showed courage as he died saying I am going to the game while his father held his hand.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
F. B. Beck
Chicago & Alton Railway
Chicago
Grace Hospital
Beck
Newspapers Follow You Ad Mail Change Address
Public notice invites readers to keep The Commercial Tribune mailed to their vacation address and to report late or missing issues to the Circulation Department for prompt correction.
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Commercial Tribune
Commercial Tribune Circulation Department
Prohibition of Chewing Gum Sale in Ocean Grove
New Jersey town Ocean Grove bans chewing gum within city limits. Dr A R Ballard, head of the Camp Meeting Association, halted sale at the news stand in the old Well House. Tobacco was banned previously but gum had remained available.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Ocean Grove
N. J
A R. Ballard
Camp Meeting Association
Rockefeller's Pittsfield Surrender Courted by Press
John D. Rockefeller left Pittsfield for Chicago to face Federal Court questions over Standard Oil matters. The episode featured a staged serve attempt and a quiet ride to the railroad as reporters chased the story.
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John D. Rockefeller
Chicago
Independence Day program honors Jefferson lineage
Norfolk, July 4. Governor Hughes and Woodrow Wilson spoke at a Jamestown Exposition reunion of Jefferson Declaration signers descendants. A military parade opened the exercises, with a large children’s chorus singing America and Columbia. The event, run by the Jefferson Memorial Association, featured Hollins N. Randolph reading the Declaration and Dr. Wilson addressing the crowd. The report notes calls for individual accountability of corporations and possible arrest of heads.
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Commercial Tribune
Norfolk
Governor Hughes
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association
Secretary of the Navy
Hilary A. Herbert
Hughes
America
Roberts
Connecticut
Jefferson Memorial Association
Tucker
The
Exposition Company
Hollins N. Randolph
Atlanta
Thomas Jefferson
Wilson
Haywood Witness Killed While Traveling to Haywood Trial
A Western Federation of Miners executive board member Frank Schmelzer of Silverton Colorado was killed after jumping from a moving train en route to testify in the Haywood trial. The incident occurred near Denver on July 4, with Schmelzer attempting to shed his grip before the train passed. Reports from across the United States indicate 36 people killed and 1,471 injured in Fourth of July celebrations nationwide, including six dead in Chicago and 31 injured, with fireworks blamed for many accidents and several deaths from shock and alcohol.
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Commercial Tribune
Denver
Frank Schmelzer
Silverton
Colo
Western Federation of Miners
Schmelzer
Boise
Haywood
Chicago
United States
Independence Day Fireworks Bring High Casualty Toll
Special dispatch reports Independence Day celebrations in New York ending in a blaze of pyrotechnics. Seven dead and 423 hospital cases so far, with 116 fires and 428 arrests for carrying weapons. Police note the figures may rise.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Springfield Man Badly Hurt
Springfield Colorado July 4 Walter Arbogast 27 married will die from a wound received tonight In a crowded street late tonight It was thought to be a piece of metal from a dynamite cap but doctors say a pistol shot City resident G L Bush who exploded the torpedo is under arrest
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Springfield
Commercial Tribune
Walter Arbogast
G. L. Bush
Arres
Explosion Kills Two in Cedar Rapids Picnic Accident
Two men died and five were injured when a boat carrying seven men to a Fourth of July picnic exploded in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Police say a cigarette sparked the giant powder in the boat causing the blast.
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Commercial Tribune
Cedar Rapids
Accident and Fireworks Injure Three in Madison
Special Dispatch reports Carrick Cochrane aged 19 sustained facial and eye burns from a premature cannon explosion in Madison Indiana. James Layton, his wife and their young daughter were injured when a buggy crashed after their horse was frightened by fireworks.
Dayton Woman Drowns After Boat Capsize
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribunes Dayton Colorado July 4 Elbeth Watts 35 of 523 Brightwood Avenue drowned when her boat capsized during a ride with her husband. The pair were out on the water when the vessel overturned and she disappeared beneath the waves.
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Dayton
Dayton, CO
Elbeth Watts
Brightwoodg Avenue
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