End of Ice Strike Nears as Labor Leaders Hold Quiet Conference
A late night gathering at the Hotel Walton drew teamsters engineers and pipe fitters from Cincinnati unions to discuss a possible settlement with Walter Knight and the Federated Improvement Associations. Knight outlined proposals amid objections as the room absorbed a tense battle of wits and silence.
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Cincinnati
Walter Knight
Federated Improvement Associations
Walton
Walnut Street
Mr. McArthur
Teamsters’ Union
Bennett
Engineers’ Union
Pavers’ Union
Pipe Fitters’ Union
Peace Monument for Gettysburg Urged by Cowan
The Gettysburg reunion ends as veterans depart under heat and dust after a week at the camp. Colonel Andrew Cowan of Louisville leads efforts to push a peace monument bill with a $1,000,000 appropriation, honoring the battle field and leaders on Cemetery Ridge.
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Liggett
Battle
Andrew Cowan
Louisville
New York
Gettysburg
Washington
Cowan
Havoc Wrought Across Central Midwest by Storms and Heat
Terrific winds and electrical storms lashed a wide area north east and west of Chicago. Damages spread through Wisconsin Minnesota and Pennsylvania with unroofed farmhouses, broken trees and ruined crops. Heat deaths rise in major cities while cooler weather remains unlikely for days. Prof Cox cautions no relief soon as storms and heat persist.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
New York
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
la Crosse
Duluth
Camp Douglass
Wis
St Cloud
Minn
St. Joseph
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
3 Cox
Unlucky Youth Lost in Airship Drift Over Long Island Sound
George Gay, a 21 year old aviator, slipped from six mechanics at Palisades Amusement Park and clung to a bamboo framed airship as it drifted out to sea. The engineless dirigible carried 80 pounds of ballast and rose to 200 feet before wind and dusk obscured his fate.
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George Gay
Connecticut
Gay
Frank Goodale
Royslyn
L. L
Storm Ravages Marietta. Injuries Reported
A terrific storm near cyclone strength swept Marietta around 2 PM uprooting trees and tearing houses from foundations. Several people are reported seriously injured though no lives are confirmed lost.
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Marietta, CO
Marietta
Repo
Kansas City Balloons Drop From Paris Race Contenders
Aero Club reports from Kansas City indicate Kansas City II is out after landing early. Kansas City Post and Goodyear survive, landing in Michigan locations with distances around 670 miles. Kansas City II is eliminated from the competition.
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Kansas City II
Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
Aero Club
America
Paris
Kansas City NI
Kansas City Post
Goodyear
Kansas City Is
Goodrich
Mich
West Branch
Rockwood
Toledo
Robber Captured After Milwaukee Bank Heist Near Portland
A lone robber entered the First State Bank of Milwaukee near Portland and, under a revolver threat, forced the cashier to hand over gold. Virgil Perrine, 20, from St. Louis, fled and hid submerged in a spring for two hours before being captured by a sheriff’s posse. Loot totaled about $409 in gold with $40 missing.
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Portland
Ore
First State Bank of
Milwaukee
A. L. Bolstead
Virgil Perrine
St. Louis
Decisive Battle in the Balkans Dominates News
Article details a major Balkan clash where artillery shapes fratricidal fighting among three belligerents. It notes Greek siege guns aiding a battle against Bulgaria, cites Greek and Serbian forces around eighty thousand, Bulgarian forces over one hundred thousand, and describes Turkish gunnery as generally weaker.
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Turkey
Illus
Gates Denies Family Scrape After Speedy New York Trip
Charles G Gates arrived at the Pennsylvania Station on a record breaking special train to attend a Texas Company directors meeting. He fended off claims of a cafe incident with his father in law Frank Hopwood, calling the report asinine and saying there is no trouble with his wife. He rode with his engineer Aleck and dismissed tips he disperses as a triviality he plans to burn before he dies. The Gates special included an engine two coaches a baggage car and Gates own car.
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Knight
Mr. Knight
Union
McArthur
Bennett
Business Men's Club
The
Traction Company
Keet
Commercial Tribune
New York
Charles G Gates
Pennsylvania Station
Minneapolis
Here
Frank Hopwood
Gates
Texas Company
Aleck
Unusual Spirit Influence Nets Estate Loss in New York
In New York the suit of Robert C. Watson executor against Elizabeth A. Holmes claims the aged Morton Rundel transferred securities and cash valued at over 500000 to Holmes via spiritualist influence. Testimony names spirits Wau Kee and Pat as guiding Rundel's medical and financial decisions during his last illness.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Hastman Kodak
Supreme Court
Wau Kee
Pat
Robert C. Watson
Morton W. Rundel
Elizabeth A. Holmes
Rundel
City of
Rochester
Fastman Kodak
Justice Clark
Holmes
Atlantic City
Greeks and Bulgarians in renewed Balkan clash near Veles
Desperate fighting continues between Bulgarian and Servian forces near Veles with heavy losses. Greeks hold a critical position near Saloniki as 8,000 Greeks face 100,000 Bulgarians in a 50 mile front.
Bulgarians Parade in Belgrade as Prisoners of War
1384 Bulgarian prisoners of war arrived in Belgrade amid large crowds. Spectators cheered as wounded prisoners lay in wagons, some dying, and the dispatch asserts the incident makes peace between Bulgaria and Servia unlikely.
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London
Belgrade
Turkey Agrees to Neutrality in Balkan War
An unofficial Vienna report states Turkey will stay neutral in the Balkan conflict in exchange for Bulgaria’s concessions on the war indemnity.
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Vienna
Turkey
Bulgaria
Young Millionaire at Italy Mercy in Extradition Case
Porter Charlton will depart for Italy to answer murder charges in the death of his wife Mrs Mary Scott Castle Charlton. The U S Supreme Court ordered Charlton’s surrender to Italy after Washington transmitted the decision to the Italian government. The case stems from the 1910 honeymoon tragedy in which Mrs Chariton’s body was found in a trunk in Lake Como. Charlton was arrested on arrival in Hoboken and fought extradition for three years.
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Jersey City
N. J
Porter Chariton
Italy
Mary Scott Castle Chariton
Pierre P. Garven
Washington
Manders
United States Supreme Court
Charlton
Federal District Court
Trenton
New York
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