Federal Injunctions Restrain Strikers at Two Points
Federal injunctions were issued restraining the strikers from interfering with or picketing strike breakers at East St. Louis and Shreveport La as disorder flared in several sites. In Illinois adjutant general Black reports disturbances in the Wabash yards while Chicago reports its first strike outbreak as a mob attacks homes of workers at Burnside shops and a bystander clerk repels invaders with a pistol.
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Chicago
Associated Press
B. M. Jewell
East St. Louis
Shrevesport
Black
Illinois
Wabash
Julia Gable
Burnside
Missouri Guards Ordered Into Armories Amid Strike
Jefferson City Missouri July 7 The National Guard companies at Boonesville and another city have been ordered to assemble at their armories for possible service should they be called upon Governor Hyde says the move is precautionary not a mobilization in response to a labor strike.
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Jefferson City
Associated Press
National
Mallory Reaches Wimbledon Semi Finals in Muddy Courts
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory defeated Mrs H Edington of England 6 2 6 4 to advance to the Wimbledon women’s singles semi finals on a sodden course. Suzanne Lenglen had already qualified after beating Miss Elizabeth Ryan and did not play.
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Wimbledon
Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory
H. Edington
England
Suzanne Lenglen Mile
Lenglen
Elizabeth Ryan
Railroad hired harvesters in getting men
Thirteen workers brought to Des Moines to break a strike were persuaded to quit after talks with strikers. The men said they were hired in Toledo by an employment agency to work in wheat fields and only learned upon arrival that they would operate in strike territory.
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Des Moines
Associate Press
Toledo
Ohio
Big Naval Seaplane Rescues Five Men at Coronado
A seaplane from Pacific Fleet air squadrons rescued five men from a burning boat named Nissilin off Coronado near San Diego. The survivors were taken to the North Island base dispensary for treatment of burns before the boat sank. The captain and several crew members were badly burned.
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San Diego
Cal
Coronado
North Island Naval Base Station
Pacific Fleet
Weather Indications For Chicago Next Twenty Four Hours
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures. Extreme west portions may see higher temperatures tonight.
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Chicago
Weather observations for June 30 to July 6
The local observations show highs and lows with rainfall readings. June 30 reached 84 and 67 with 1.00 inches of rain, July 1 recorded 82 and 67 with 1.8? inches, July 5 had 76 and 59 with no rain, July 6 reached 84 and 69 with no rain, and the temperature at 1 pm today is 67.
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H. M. Stanley
Cieee
La Follette says tariff will defeat Republicans in November
Washington July 7 AP. Senator Robert La Follette Wisconsin opens attack on administration tariff bill stating its passage would defeat Republican candidates this November and also the Republican presidential candidate for the next term.
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Washington
Associated Press
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Ice Delays Amundsen Pole Flight Attempt
Seattle dispatch reports Capt. Roald Amundsen’s planned flight from Point Barrow across the Arctic to Spitzbergen delayed by severe conditions in the Bering Sea. His ship may not reach Point Barrow before July 20, shifting the planned July 15 hop.
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Seattle
Wash
Roala Amundsen
Point Barrow
Alaska
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Grant's Land
Bering Sea
H. H. Hammer
Amundsem
Strikes Prompt Removal of Springfield Strike Breakers
St. Louis July 7 President Kurn of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad said strikers drove off sixty three men brought from Springfield Missouri to act as strike breakers.
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St. Louis
Associated Press
Kurn
Most Beautiful Man Must Support Wife
Isadore N. Beck labeled by his wife as the most beautiful man in Chicago was ordered to the house of correction for one year or until he posts a 1000 bond to secure wife Charlotte Beck's support. Beck, a midwest representative for Metropolitan Petroleum of New York, was returned from Kansas City by detectives after a complaint of neglect. Judge Asa Adams suggested his good looks should not exempt him if he fails to provide support.
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Chicago
Isadore N. Beck
House of Correction
Charlotte Beck
Beck
Metropolitan Petroleum Company of
New York
Kansas City
German marks fall to historic low on German bank statement
The German marks slid to 18 cents per hundred after a German bank statement revealed the extent of issued notes. The French franc also dropped to 7.92, driven by dollar purchases for wheat.
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New York
Associated Presa
Dollar Exchange
Prohibition Officers Expand Search Zone Offshore
The amendment to the tariff bill proposes that prohibition enforcement officers may search vessels within about eighteen geographical miles off the coast. The measure was submitted by Senator Stering.
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Washington
Associated Press
Prohibition Enforcement
Senator Stering
Bicycle Crash in Shenandoah Injures Ray Jones
Ray Jones of 305 West Valley avenue was seriously injured in a head on collision with a Ford car at noon yesterday in Shenandoah Iowa. He was treated for multiple facial injuries and a shoulder wound at Hand hospital and is expected to recover. The car was driven by Vera James daughter of Ed James with her siblings riding as passengers.
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Shenandoah
Ray Jones
West Valley Avenue
Center Street
Vera James
East Thomas Avenue
Miss James
Ed James
Farnham Street
Mabel
Ruby
Willard
Mr. Jones
Electrician Dies After Contact With High Voltage Wire
Nevada July 7 Lee Whiting 35 an electrician died three hours after contacting a high voltage wire while at work. The accident occurred as he was on the job and the shock proved fatal.
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Nevada
Associated Press
Lee Whiting
Whiting
Death of Moses P Kinkead
Washington M r Kinkead a member of the House of Representatives from the Sixth Nebraska district died here today. He would have completed twenty years of continuous service next March and recently said he would not seek re election. He chaired the irrigation of arid lands committee and authored the Kinkead homestead act.
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Washington, D. C
Kinkead
House of Representatives
Nebraska
House
Plans Hearing on Sale of Liquor on Ships
Attorney General Daugherty arranged a hearing for Thursday to decide the legality of permitting intoxicating liquor sales on Shipping Board vessels.
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Washington
Associated Press
Daugherty
Young Woman Killed by Lightning Near Knoxville
Hester Green, 28, living four miles from Knoxville Indiana, was killed at her home last night when struck by lightning. The death was reported by Associated Press and details indicate a direct strike during a storm. The tragedy leaves a grieving family and neighbors shaken by the sudden loss.
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Knoxville
Associated Press
Hester Green
Minneapolis Player Saves Child From Fire in Spectacular Act
Henri Rondeau, veteran left fielder for the Minneapolis American Association team, saw Shirley Beales 8 year old girl’s clothing afire from fire crackers. He removed his coat, wrapped the child, and smothered the flames. The girl was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Minneapolis
Henri Ronden
Minneapolis American Association
Shirley Beales
Rondeau
Bartlett and Hubbell Set 68 in Des Moines Golf Match
Arthur L. Bartlett of Ottumwa and James Hubbell of Des Moines set a new course record at the Hibernian Course with 34 on the front and back for a 68 total. Buddy Knepper of Sioux City finished one up on Bob McKee in the same event.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Arthur L. Bartlett
Ottumwa
Hibernian
James Hubbell
Robert McKee
Buddy Knepper
Sioux City
Bob McKee
Vera Cruz Striking Tenants Clash Turn Violent
In Vera Cruz on July 7 fighting among Tenants' syndicate members led to the death of an army officer and serious wounds to two officers and seven civilians. The tenants refuse to pay rents and soldiers intervened after officers were attacked with knives. Reinforcements restored order.
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Vera Cruz
Scientists Plan a Big New Christian Science College
Christian Science leaders in St. Louis announce plans for a new college near the city costing about 2 million dollars. If built, it would be the first Christian Science college in the world.
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St. Louis
College Head Resigns After Five Years At Parsons
Ottumwa July 7 Associate Press Dr. R. Ames Montgomery president of Parsons College resigns after five years and will move to Center College in Danville Kentucky to assume a post there.
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Ottumwa
R. Ames Montgomery
Parsons College
Center College
Danville
Kentucky
Plot to Murder Lenin and Trotzky Uncovered in Crimea
Ninety arrests were made at Simferopol in the Crimea after a plot to assassinate Lenin and Trotzky and expel Jews was uncovered. The leaders, led by Michael Dianessief, sought aid from Wrangel’s former followers and planned a mountain beacon signal to trigger an uprising with uniforms and a rising sun insignia. All leaders were captured by secret agents before action.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Simferpool
Crimea
Michael Dianessief
Baron Wrangel
Russia
Dianessies
Wrangel
Lenin
Trotzky
Armed miners clash as efforts to halt work unfold
At Ches Hire Ohio ten miles east of Gallipoli Pomery Bend men from Pomery Bend attempted to stop nonunion workers. The sheriff and deputies were called out to quell the disturbance as the dispute escalated.
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Gallipoli
Associated Press
Pomery
Bend
Cheshire
Ohio
Canadian Premier King and U S Secretary Hughes to Meet
Premier King of Canada and Secretary of State Hughes will confer in Washington next Wednesday. The summit, arranged on Premier King's initiative, will address a number of mutual interest questions between the United States and Canada.
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Washington
D. C
King
Canada
Hughes
Elks Lodge to Undergo Major Remodeling in Creston
Plans are finalized for a complete remodeling of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Home in Creston. The building will be extended to the alley, adding floor space across two stories and a basement, with interior redesign, new corkstone flooring, upgraded furniture, and enlarged ladies quarters upstairs.
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Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks
Creston
Elk Home
Two Crete Men Are Scalded to Death
Two Fairmont creamery employees at Crete Nebraska died after a steam pipe in a dressing room burst sending 140 pounds of pressure through the area. Four others were seriously burned and rushed to Lincoln Hospital with injuries described as severe.
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Crete
Neb
Fairmont Creamery
Merle Gwynn
Steve Plausek
Gwynn
Lincoln Hospital
Clarinda Miners Strike Shuts Pearson Coal Mine
Clarinda Iowa faces a coal strike as workers at the Pearson mine walk out after wage increase demands were denied. The mine produces 160 tons daily with a four thousand dollar weekly payroll, impacting local electric plant and services until talks failed yesterday.
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Pearson
Pearon
Clarinda Electric Plant
Iowa Governor vows swift action to halt unrest
Governor Kendall reports no law violations, no property damage, no lives endangered in the state amid coal mine suspensions and rail shopmen strikes. He urges sheriff-led policing, calls for sanity, and warns that state troops could be used to enforce the law and protect community rights.
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Commonwealth of Iowa
Heavy Rain Reports Benefit Across Iowa
Des Moines reports from the weather bureau indicate a general rainfall across Iowa last night, except the southeast and northwest corners. The heaviest rain fell at Fort Dodge, with reports noting the unusually beneficial downpour for crops and conditions statewide.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Ft. Dodge
Chicago Couple Named in Alienation Suit
Beloit Wis July 7 The opening skirmish in the legal battle by which James A Thorson Beloit advertising man is seeking to obtain a judgment of 100000 from Franklin Hardinge Chicago millionaire and his wife Mary Hardinge as compensation for the loss of the affections of his wife Helen Hardinger Thorson will be fought next Monday morning at the Beloit Municipal court room before Judge J B Clark Thorson charges that the Hardinges are responsible for the alienation of his wife's affections Lawyers for the defense will conduct this preliminary examination and Thorson will be required to testify.
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Beloit
Wis
James A. Thorson
Franklin Hardinge
Chicago
Mary Hardinge
Helen Hardinger Thorson
Beloit Municipal Court Room
J. B. Clark
Thorson
Hardinges
Man Sentenced to Die Studying Dictionary for Final Plea
Henry Blakely, condemned to die in the electric chair this month for the murder of Edward Kummer, prepares for the last appeal by studying a dictionary rather than a Bible. He sent a note to Sheriff Hockeberry requesting the lexicon to improve his vocabulary for court before St. Peter, whom he envisions as a jurist in a place where perjury is impossible.
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Blakely
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