Negotiations Ease Tensions in Western Rail Strike Talks
Pittsburgh, July 15. After a two hour conference between Pennsylvania Railroad officials and a general committee of conductors and trainmen, the wage dispute remains unsettled but less strained. General Manager Peck said talks would continue. Eastward strike threats eased as West reports progress. Officers refused comment while Philadelphia leaders direct the situation.
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Komura Talks Peace and Praises Taft in Tokyo
Tokyo reports Count Komura urged calm diplomacy amid U S Japan tensions and praised President Taft. He spoke at a banquet for Secretary of War Dickinson as the two nations seek closer ties. Dickinson echoed calls for peace and arbitration, noting strong mutual friendship and rising cooperation.
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Railroad shop workers in Altoona face strike defense roles
About 12 000 Pennsylvania Railroad shop employees were summoned to gauge their willingness to protect company interests during a potential strike. Asked if they would serve as brakeman deputy or watchman, most favored watchman though responses generally supported the company.
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Wage settlement reached for Lackawanna engineers
Scranton July 15 The Lackawanna railroad management and its engineers signed an agreement ending negotiations for a new wage scale. The package raises wages by about 13 percent on average across all grades. The new scale aligns closely with the New York Central and Reading scales, but remains slightly below the Central level.
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Crippen still at large as police fail to locate him or Crippen crew
London police and Scotland Yard researchers pursue Dr. Hawley H Crippen and his typist Ethel Leneve after a mutilated body found in Crippen's Hilldrop Crescent home is suspected as his wife. A shopkeeper heard a scream and shot months earlier. The Lusitania search yielded no Crippen trace as authorities chase a possible sea flight.
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Fire Insurance Company President Indicted for Forgery
Poughkeepsie July 15 The Dutchess Fire Insurance grand jury returned an indictment accusing the company president Lewis H Vail of forgery in the third degree The case stems from ongoing investigations into the insurers affairs and expands scrutiny of the firm and its leadership.
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Lewis H. Vail
Guffey Placed in Receivers Hands Over Debts
Pittsburg July 15 Colonel James M Guffey national Democratic committeeman for Pennsylvania and coal magnate is put under receivership with Joseph W Swearingen named receiver. The fails assets include coal holdings worth at least 15 million and other stocks bonds totaling several million. Court bars creditors from disposing of collateral while the case proceeds.
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Dolly Dimples to Visit Cincinnati as Guest of The Commercial Tribune
Dolly Dimples plans to arrive in Cincinnati Monday for a public appearance hosted by The Commercial Tribune. The Tribune announces a capture reward and will publish daily photos as she demonstrates disguising tactics across major cities, inviting readers to identify her under published conditions.
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Fathers of Conservation Debate in Kansas City
Gifford Pinchot and Speaker Joseph Cannon debated conservation at the Knife and Fork club in Kansas City. Cannon credited J. W. Powell, Pinchot credited Theodore Roosevelt as father of conservation, with both praising conservation and reclamation while differing on who originated the idea.
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Man Electrocuted While Trying To Sting A Bug
FOSTORIA Ohio July 15 Associated Press Charles Noble night engineer at Standard Light and Power company was instantly killed when he grasped two wires of a cut-off switch he had intended to electrocute a pinching bug in a window.
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Woman Dies of Fright During Missouri Storm
A tornado hit Central and Western Missouri early today injuring several and damaging property. Mrs. Jacob Ruch of Bevier died from fright during the storm.
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Xenia Raid Seizes $800 Worth Of Alcohol
A vacant hotel in Xenia was raided last night and $800 worth of beer and whisky was confiscated amid a dry county effort. The Associated Press reported the incident occurring as authorities enforce prohibition rules.
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Clara Ward seeks divorce from Ricciardi in Paris
Clara Ward formerly Princess Chimay sues for divorce from Peppino Ricciardi. The Paris court tried reconciliation efforts but failed to resolve the dispute.
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Dolly Dimples Feature Sparks Reader Interest
The Commercial Tribune promotes its new feature Dolly Dimples as a promising and entertaining addition for subscribers.
Rich Farmer Accused of Murdering Stepchildren
Martin O'Malley a wealthy Minnesota farmer is charged with the murder of his two young stepdaughters aged five and three. An autopsy found arsenic in the bodies and authorities note a recent marriage to Mrs Bergél and the deaths of two Berger children prior to the case.
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Texas Candidate Arrested For Handing Out Cards
Houston protest erupts as Hon. H Bascom Thomas a leading Democratic lieutenant governor hopeful is arrested for violating city ordinance by distributing cards and circulars in the streets.
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Another Aviator Offered On the Altar of Progress
Daniel Kinet the Belgian aviator who fell when the rudder failed last Sunday died today from his injuries He had held the world record for a flight with a passenger On May 16 he stayed aloft with a companion for two hours and forty one minutes
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Building and Loan Man Given Limit of the Law
John B. Miller, convicted of embezzling funds from a local building and loan association, was sentenced to twenty years in the federal prison at Leavenworth Kansas. It was the extreme penalty of the law. His attorneys have appealed.
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