Week's News In Paragraphs Condensed For Busy Readers
A weekly roundup from Washington notes the president pardoned Albert Schoenee for a 1913 bank theft repaid in full. Taft eulogized Edward Everett Hale at a memorial statue unveiling. Estate appraisals in D C show a total $3.67 million with jewelry valued at $250k. Court rulings on Buck's Stove case were stayed for Supreme Court appeal. Secretary Daniels flew eight miles to Annapolis, calling for reports on the death of Lt. Richard Hill. Keefe’s immigration commissioner role was accepted with praise. Naval affairs panel backs midshipman allotment by lawmakers. Fire-trap schoolhouses spur construction appeals. Senator Clapp proposes banning campaign fund solicitation by lawmakers. Wilson presented a Medal of Honor to Capt. Louis J. Van Schaick. A Bayonne official died from an electrical shock. Kansas health officials launch infant mortality campaign. St Paul investigates restaurant worker conditions. Akron balcony collapse injures 20 students during a performance rehearsal.
Industrial and World News in Early 1914 Chronicle
Summaries of diverse events: E H Gary quotes Wilson on honesty. Norfolk & Western allocates 1.8k workers for flood repairs costing over 1 million. three killed and nine hurt from a three inch rifle explosion at Fort Moultrie. Schwab suggests Bethlehem as a rival to the steel trust. 1,000 miners flee WV coal fields to the UMWA. Louisiana sugar crop 1912 at 300 million pounds. NY Yacht Club accepts Lipton challenge for America’s Cup. US torpedo boat destroyer Cassin maiden voyage. Emperor Koshihito seriously ill. misfortunes include a baker crushed in a mixer and a bear killing near Truckee. Teddy Webb convicted for murder. Chesterfield victim dies after mercury poisoning. banker B Sanders Walker dies at home.
Royal Weddings and Shifting Powers Across Continents
Foreign Princess Victoria Louise and Prince Ernst August wed in Berlin as the Kaiser elevates the groom to duke and grand duke. The California alien land ownership bill is signed by Governor Johnson, met with Tokyo regret and hopes for Washington intervention. Cuba’s republic inaugurates Gen Mario G Menoral as president and En rique Jose Vsarona as vice president. In Mexico near Sacramento a clash leaves 100 federals dead after a Constitutionalist ambush. King Constantine and Greek royals depart Athens for Salonika as Bulgarian Greek hostilities resume.
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Victoria Louise
Germany
Ernst August
Duke of Cumberland
Berlin
Duke of
Brunswick
Lyneburg
California
Johnson
Tokyo
Washington
Mario G. Menoral
Jose Miguel Gomez
Enrique Jose Vsarona
Civil War Veterans to Meet on Gettysburg Battlefield
Harrisburg Pa July 1 veterans of the Civil War blue and gray will meet again on Gettysburg battlefield after fifty years in amity and affection Pennsylvania acts to plan and fund a four day observance inviting federal and state participation with 40 000 veterans expected and a great tent camp near the field.
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Harrisburg
Gettysburg
Pensylvania
Congress of the United States
Grand Army of the Republic
United Confederate Veterans
Congress
War Department
General Assembly
Trunk Line Passenger Association
Eeach State
Fife and Drum Corps
Union
North
South
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Battle of Gettysburg
State of
Little Round Ten
Oak Ridge
Cemetery Hil
Culp’s Hill
Rock Creek
Stone Wall
Great National Park
United States
Women and Captivation in Regency Echoes
A fragmentary note on female behavior cites Count Lyon N Tolstoi and anonymous sayings about women seeking husbands. It contrasts views of flirtation and maternal honesty with a general claim that most women lack routine, keep nerves in flutter, and attend to others more than themselves.
Trapped by Arabs Courage Amidst Tripoli Defeat
In Chiasso Switzerland a Western Newspaper Union report outlines Italian forces under Gen Gandretti suffering a disastrous May 16 defeat at Sidi Garba. An Arab plan and a defector prisoner caused misjudgment leading to a split attack that decimated 5 000 troops while officers fell and retreat became the only option.
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Union News Service
Chiasso
Switzerland
Tripoli
Sidi Garba
Sida Garba
Machievelli
Gandretti
Tassoni
Benghazi
Auto Capsized Near Meadville Killing Two Men
Four miles from Meadville Pennsylvania a car in which Thomas L Riordan and Edwin Bender both of Meadville were riding overturned trapping them beneath the vehicle. Riordan who was driving lost control when the brake failed and the car dashed into a ditch. Clyde Kaler riding in the rear seat escaped with minor injuries.
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Meadville
Penn
Thomas L. Riordan
Edwin Bender
Clyde Kaler
Saegertown
Riordan
Kaler
Pier Collapse Leaves City Reeling With Damages
Long Beach California faces potential lawsuits totaling about 1 million dollars after a section of the Municipal pier collapsed soon after the Empire Day pageant. Forty people were killed and a grand jury investigation is underway, drawing city officials into the disaster's wake.
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Long Beach
Cal
Municipal Pier
Cincinnati Market Prices For Grain Livestock And Poultry
Cincinnati markets report corn grains hay oats wheat and mixed lots with prices per bushel ton and c per unit. Includes cattle hogs sheep and lambs with ranges for shippers cows calves and butchers plus various timothy clover and mixed hay grades.
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Bologna
Rioters Storm Platform In West End Suffrage Clash
In Victoria Park London workers and Socialist supporters clashed as fifteen platforms were set up for a votes for working women demonstration. The crowd overran a truck bearing Sylvia Pankhurst and other militant suffragists before mounted and foot police forced them back.
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London
Victoria Park
West End
Wos
Trades Unionists
Socialista
Sylvia Pankhurst
Luther McCarty Dies in Ring After Bout with Arthur Pelkey
Luther McCarty white heavyweight champion dies from a dislocated neck suffered during the first round knockout by Arthur Pelkey. The arena burned to the ground as Tommy Burns' prize ring hosted the fatal bout in Calgary.
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Union News Service
Calgary
Alberta
Luther McCarty
Arthur Pelkey
Pelkey
McCarty
Big Fellows
Moshier
Costello
Tommy Burns
Ashes of Poet Miller Cast On Funeral Hill
The ashes of Joaquin Miller were lit in a funeral pyre at The Heights in Fruitvale Hills San Francisco with nearly 1000 attendees. Bohemian Club members conducted the ceremony as Col. John P. Irish lit the flames and the club choir of 40 sang a quiet threnody Miller wrote.
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San Francisco
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
Fruitvale Hills
Bohemian Club
Miller
John P. Irish
Auto crashes into ferry boat in Camden killing deck hand
An automobile on a Camden ferry started forward and plunged through the guard rail. Deck hand William F. Goos was drowned while trying to stop it. Passengers Philip Kurtz and Jacob Mintzer, both seventeen, were knocked down and injured. Hundreds panicked as the vehicle stalled mid deck.
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Camden
N. J
William F. Goos
Philip Kurtz
Jacob Mintzer
Beer Bottle Explosion Injures Portage Theater Manager
In Portage Wisconsin during a stage fight scene Miss Florence Frey aimed a beer bottle at Harry Sherman manager of a stock company. The bottle exploded as raised near Sherman’s head penetrating his face and nearly severing his nose. A doctor in the audience halted the bleeding and Sherman was taken to a hospital.
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Portage
Wis
Harry Sherman
Florence Frey
Sherman
Four Die? Four Injured In Motorcycle Collision Near Toledo
Four men were injured when two motorcycles collided on the Point Place road about a mile north of Toledo. Two riders were described as probably seriously hurt and were taken from the scene.
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Toledo
Ohio
Point Place
Ilmita
Minister Ends His Life in Scranton Field
The body of Rev. John Jurco pastor of the Swedish Lutheran Church Jessup was found in a field between the city and his home. An empty poison bottle lay beside him and three farewell letters were found one to his family one to church members and one to the coroner. He cited church troubles as the cause.
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Scranton
Penn
John Jurco
Swedish Lutheran Church
Jessup
Hif
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Bayonne
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Minn
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Japan
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Teddy”) Webb
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