Episcopalians to Aid in Settling Labor Troubles
An octant resolution to be presented to the Episcopal convention proposes a joint standing commission on capital and labor. The nine members include three bishops, three presbyters, and three laymen to study labor aims, investigate industrial disturbances, and act as arbitrators if needed. The panel would report to the convention and be eligible for reappointment every three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Episcopal Arch
State of Church
House of Bishops
Huntington Amendment Shakes Episcopal Unity Rift
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune reports radical changes in the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Huntington amendment seeks to redefine leadership and allow non Prayer Book worship under education, stirring a debate on unity across denominations and future conventions.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Protestant Episcopal Church
Huntington
House of Bishops
America
Episcopal Church
Muhlenburg
Holy Communion
New York
Sweden
Washington protest as reform sparks crackdown on gambling
In Washington Indiana a crowd of about one thousand, including leading citizens, gathered at the People's Theater to back stricter law enforcement after years of open gambling and saloon activity. The meeting condemned the lax stance and urged authorities to enforce prohibitions, citing the Cashier R C Davis gambling collapse as a recent warning and noting Chief Call's absence from speaking.
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Washington, Ind
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ind
People’s Theater
R. C. Davis
People’s Bank
Downey
Balloon voyage aims for Mediterranean crossing by Comte de la Vaulx
Paris reports Comte de la Vaulx begins a balloon voyage from Les Sables toward Algeria with a naval convoy and private yacht. He travels with two aeronauts and a naval lieutenant, carrying seventy five carrier pigeons and equipment for signals and ballast. The trip faces prior delays and weather concerns but aims to land in Algeria by midweek.
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Paris
Comte de la Vaulx
Les Sables
Toulon
Mediterranean
France
Corsica
Algeria
War
M. de Lanessan
du Chayla
Balloon sighted near Marseilles signals safe voyage to Algeria
A steamer reports sighting the Comte de la Vaulx balloon about fifty miles off Marseilles on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. The car lay sixty feet above the sea as the craft headed toward Algeria and the aviator signalled that all was well.
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Marseilles
Comte de la Vaulx
Algeria
Cats Put to Death to Halt Diphtheria Epidemic
Stark County health authorities order killing of every cat in infected districts as diphtheria spreads across the county. The measure follows a previous slaughter and is tied to outbreaks traced to felines.
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Commercial Tribune
Laporte
Ind
Stark County
Minister Won’t Resign Till God Tells Him To
LaPorte Indiana October 13 The Rev E G Shouse pastor of the First Baptist Kokomo refuses to resign his pastorate saying he will remain in the pulpit until divine manifesta tion calls him away He once ran as the Prohibition candidate for Governor and defies flock backed moves to remove him.
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Commercial Tribune
Laporte
Ind
E. G. Shouse
First Baptist Church
Kokomo
Shouse
Abducted American Missionary Miss Ellen Stone
Constantine reports no new developments in the Ellen M. Stone kidnapping case. Secretary Spencer Eddy in Constantinople says Washington has forwarded funds for the ransom.
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Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Spencer Eddy
United States
Legation
Washington
Body of Little Walter Mechlin Found in Dick's Creek
The three year old Walter Mechlin known as Little Doc vanished October 2 from Middletown Ohio. His body was recovered early today in Dick's Creek near his home by Charles Schieber while gathering food for rabbits. The search had included gypsy camps with no result. It is believed he fell from a canal bridge near Aman da and drifted into the creek.
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Commercial
Tribune
Middletown
Little Walter Mechlin
Little Doc
Louis Mechlin
Richmond
Ind
Walter
Canal
Amanda
Burglars Wreck Monroeville Bank in Fremont
In Monroeville Ohio a gang partially wrecked the First National Bank delaying booty. They pried the front door opened and pried off the outer safe door and used dynamite on the inner door. Noise drew pursuit toward Bellevue and three stolen rigs were later found at Chicago Junction Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Fremont, CO
Monroeville
First National Bank
Bellevue
Seeley
Chicago Junction
Oldest Ohio physician Dr Lorenzo Firman dies at 94
Findlay Ohio October 13 Dr Lorenzo Firman aged 94 died this morning of heart failure. He was Hancock County s oldest resident and the state s oldest physician. He practiced until a few years ago and owned property in several cities. Survived by a widow 50 years his junior whom he married seven years ago. Firman was a prominent Northwestern Ohio Medical Association member.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay, CO
Lorenzo Firman
Hancock County
Firman
Northwestern Ohio Medical Association
Woman Stabs Husband in Self Defense in Ohio
Steubenville Ohio Oct 13 Mrs John Fitzpatrick of this city fatally stabbed her husband at the home of William Roe in Mingo Junction. Fitzpatrick intoxicated and beating his wife, Roe and his wife intervened, then he attacked again and she seized a paring knife and stabbed him while he had her down.
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Commercial Tribune
Steubenville
John Fitzpatrick
William Roe
Mingo Junction
Fitzpatrick
Sermon Raises Sixty Thousand for Mission Fund
New York October 13. Dr A B Simpson preached the missionary sermon at Gospel Tabernacle and the day’s collection total reached 60000 an increase of 20000 over last year. The meeting closed the eleven conventions held across the United States and the nationwide total for missions nears 175000.
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New York
Gospel Tabernacle
A. B. Simpson
Missionary Fund
United States
Reservoir flood devastates East Liverpool basin and railways
A bursting reservoir above East Liverpool Ohio unleashed ten million gallons of water sweeping away trees and injuring Harker Pottery facilities. The flood damaged the Cleveland and Pittsburg tracks and halted traffic for miles while destroying ware worth about 25000 dollars and wrecking two sheds. Several houses were moved or overturned as the pumping station and streetcar lines were wrecked. No lives were lost but many narrowly escaped.
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Commercial Tribune
East Liverpool
New City
Harker Pottery
Basin
Harker Pottery Company
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Roosevelt vows merit only in appointments
President Roosevelt told P. W. Clayton that in the three years remaining of his term he will make no appointments to please any clique. He said he will select men solely for the good of the service and would not secure support by rewarding factions.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
P. W. Clayton
Internal Revenue
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Republic
Italians Arrested in Corridor Plot Against President Salles
Lisbon telegram reported two Italians arrested in Rio de Janeiro near the Presidential palace corridor. Armed with revolvers and daggers, authorities suspect anarchist intent to assassinate President Campos Salles.
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Paris
Lisbon
la Patrie
Rio Janeiro
Campos Salles
Consistory on Pope's Anniversary in Rome
Washington reports Catholic circles expect a February consistory marking Pope Leo XIII's twenty-fifth year. The event likely signals a jubilee opening and a pontiff address on assassination, with Cardinal Martinelli expected to head the Holy Office and be among new cardinals.
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Washington
Rome
Leo XIII
Leo
Cardinal Martinelli
Holy Office
Inquisition
Martinelli
Made famous by her golf playing
Miss Genevieve Hecker of Noroton Conn won the National woman's golf championship defeating Miss Lucy Herron of Cincinnati. At 19 she has three years of fame behind her and plans to marry George Jenkins before Christmas. Her father was the late John V Hecker, a millionaire flour maker.
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Genevieve Hecker
Noroton
George Jenkins
Miss Hecker
John V. Hecker
Wolfe's Bold Act Makes Him a Hero
Columbus, Oct. 13. Robert F. Wolfe announces he is an ex convict, a move hailed by friends and business associates. Wolfe Brothers Shoe Co. enjoys wide trade, and his public disclosure is seen as a stand against blackmailers, earning him town hero status.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Robert F. Wolfe
Wolfe Brothers’ Shoe Company
Bob Wolfe
Indiana State
Mr. Wolfe
Fifty Burglaries The Gang's Record
Three men and a young woman in Boston face nearly fifty charges of breaking and entering houses and handling stolen property. The gang’s estimated total theft ranges from eight thousand to ten thousand dollars with about five thousand recovered. Suspects are Herbert Sumner Dudley 24 Annie Dudley 28 wife Albert Reynolds 22 Cleveland salesman Frank B Gordon 20 Utica NY. They claim most burglaries occurred outside Boston and the woman is the wife of one man.
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Boston
Watts
Herbert Sumner Dudley
Annie Dudley
Albert Reynolds
Cleveland
Frank B. Gordon
Utica
N. Y
Habib appoints guard for each European in Cabul
A large Afghan force has been assembled around Cabul to maintain order. Habib Ul lah Khan orders a special guard for each European in Cabul and requires the guards to risk their lives for the safety of their charges. The Indian Government delays the move to Calcutta and Lord Curzon postpones his tour.
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London
Cabul
Daily Mail
Simla
Habib Ullah Khan
Calcutta
Lord Curzon
Arabs Rise Plot Reported by Tunis Despatch
A Turkish officer, arrested in Susa Tunisia for swindling, allegedly received Ottoman War Ministry orders to organize an Arab rising in South Algeria if France and Turkey went to war. Reports claim he is one of several tasked with the mission.
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Paris
le Francais
Susa
Tunis
Algeria
France
Turkey
America to Have Only One Cardinal
The Sun reports from a Vatican source that no new Cardinals will be created at the upcoming consistory and no American prelate will be honored. It aligns with Pope Leo XIII as long as Cardinal Gibbons lives.
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Baltimore
Vatican
United States
Leo
Gibbon
French Official Attacked in Momastir Incident
A despatch from Salonika reports that the French Vice Consul in Monastir European Turkey was attacked by Turkish soldiers. The assailants were arrested and the military commandant issued an apology for the outrage.
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Paris
Momastir
Turkey
Salonika
Russian Ambassador Demands Punishment for Armenian Murders
Russian Ambassador to Turkey M. Zinovieff told the Sultan in Constantinople that Turkey must punish those responsible for persecutions and murders of Armenians in the Mush district. He urged action against the guilty parties following the deplorable conditions reported there.
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Constantinople
M. Zinovieff
Turkey
Mush
Great-Granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin Dies in Philadelphia
Mrs. E. D. Gillespie, great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin and prominent Philadelphian, died at her home aged 80. Her father William John Duane served as Secretary of State under Jackson before being dismissed for refusing to move public funds.
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Philadelphia
E. D. Gillespie
Benjamin Franklin
William John Duane
Jackson
United States
Crowe Names Surrender Terms For Kidnapping Case
Omaha police received Pat Crowe's fifteen page letter setting surrender terms for the Edward Cudahy kidnaping. He offers to surrender and stand trial but bears a $500 bond limit and demands a jury trial. Crowe's uncle in Manchester Iowa supplied a parallel letter asking reward withdrawal.
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Omaha
Neb
John J. Donahue
Pat Crowe
Crowe
Edward Cudahy
Donahue
Manchester
Nebraska
Iowa
Cudahy
James Callahan
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Monroeville Bank
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Findlay
Sermon
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Liverpool
Salles
Miss Herron
Wolfe
Jeffersonville
Bob” Wolfe
HABIB
Ameer
Russia
Ambassador Zinovieff
Benj. Franklin
Duane
Eddie Cudahy
Square Deal
J. J. Donahue
Sir
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Douglass County
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Savage
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