Liner Kron Prinz Wilhelm damaged in fog collision near Staten Island
In dense fog off Staten Island the Crown of Castile struck the Kron Prinz Wilhelm causing a ten foot hole in the stern. No injuries were reported and the Kron Prinz Wilhelm proceeded to Hoboken after ensuring watertight doors held and no damage below the waterline. Separately the New York Central ordered 126 locomotives and 24,000 tons of steel rails in a $30 million equipment program funded by trust notes.
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Lloyd Line
Staten Island
Crown of Castile
Hoboken, N. J
New York Central
New York Central Railroad Company
New York City
Buffalo
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley
Delphi
Plate Glass Works Closed Down in Alexandria
The Penn American Plate Glass Company of Alexandria Indiana shut its factory leaving about 500 men out of work. The long running major industry has paused with no set resume date and may reflect recent plate glass price cuts by the combine impacting its operation.
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Plate Glass Works
Penn-American Plate Glass Company
Alexandria
Ind
Combine
Fire Destroys Kissinger Bros Lumber Yard in Washington
A large blaze swept the Kissinger Bros lumber yard at Seventh and U C in Washington. The fire spread to several residences and threatened the American League ball park. The Freedman’s Hospital building partially burned after recent vacating. Loss estimated at $500,000, concentrated mainly in the yard's stock and facilities.
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Washington
D. C
Kissinger Bros
Seventh
U C
Freedman’'s Hospital
Arrests in Berlin Protest Turn Violent
Forty seven arrests were made during suffrage demonstrations in Berlin. Nine policemen were injured in clashes with protesters. about fifty demonstrators were wounded, with many others likely injured though unrecorded as people left before treatment. Abe Hummel released from prison. Abraham H. Hummel, jailed for conspiracy in the Dodge Morse divorce case, had his sentence cut to around ten months for good behavior.
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Berlin
Germany
Abe Hummel
Abraham H. Hummel
New York City
Tolstoi illness reported from St Petersburg alert Moscow
Reports from St Petersburg say Count Leo Tolstoi fainted and remained unconscious after an influenza attack. His weakness alarms observers in Moscow as he spends time recovering. Indianapolis man burned to death at creosoting plant.
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St. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
Moscow
Indianapolis
The
Republic Creosoting Company
John Fortune
Fortune
Eugene Malony
Peru
Student dies after being struck by thrown ball
S H Smith a student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Montgomery Ala was struck in the head by a thrown ball during a game and died twelve hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Smith
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Montgomery
Ala
Albion High School Fire Destroys Building
Albion Pennsylvania saw the high school burn just after 250 pupils were dismissed. The town lacks a dedicated fire department and a bucket brigade proved ineffective. Loss pegged at about 20000 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
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Albion
Three Men Killed as Beam Falls in Indianapolis
Three men died in Indianapolis Indiana when a heavy steel beam being placed for railroad track elevation toppled. The accident occurred as workers attempted to position the beam at the construction site. Specific names, company, and exact location were not provided in the readable text.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Traveling Man Found Dead in Galveston Steamship Shed
Bloomington Indiana traveling man Grant Cox was found with his throat cut in a Galveston Texas steamship shed. A razor lay near the body and authorities classify the death as self-inflicted.
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Grant Cox
Bloomington
Ind
Galveston
Texas
Fire at Natchez Drug Co Building Kills Three
An explosion of gas in the basement of the five story Natchez Drug Company building at Main and North Union in Natchez Mississippi causes three deaths, one serious injury, and $200000 in property damage as wreckage covers the scene.
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Natchesz
Natchez Drug Company
Main
North Union Streets
Natchez
Miss
Trade in Chicago District Shows Further Recovery
The weekly Dun report notes improving production and distribution, larger breadstuffs and livestock movements, and better money demand. Bank deposits are high, discounts cheaper, and construction activity rising though rail projects lag. Lake traffic revival and dock activity boost, with factory employment up and ore stocks high. Leather and hides show firmer tones, leather stock levels rising, and shoe makers active. Building materials demand grows. packing industry busy with steady wages. Mercantile collections ease. shipments to the South and Gulf exceed last year. Distress line: 30 district failures, liabilities over 5,000 total 11 firms.
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Chicago
Bh. G. Dun & Co
South
Gulf States
Trade and wage trends in early spring industrial activity
The article notes improved tone and higher volume in general distributive trade and jobber bookings, yet buying remains conservative and inflationary pressure persists. It cites lower staple prices, wage curtailments, and threats of coal trade suspensions, with limited iron and steel demand and ongoing cotton goods production cuts. It provides weekly business-failure counts for the United States and Canada, showing 276 U.S. failures and 31 Canadian in the referenced period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withal
United States
Canada
Grain and livestock price outlook across major markets
Chicago to St Louis and New York report bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep. Wheat corn oats rye and dairy prices in No 2 and mixed grades vary by city with notable highs for Chicago butter and eggs. Strong entities include Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo Indianapolis St Louis and key commodities.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Detroit
Sic
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Train wreck near Alvord claims one life
One man was killed and several others injured when passenger train No. 19 of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway wrecked two miles south of Alvord Texas.
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Fort Worth and
Denver Railway
Alvord
Texas
Canal project doomed? Stevens argues against Panama impact
John E. Stevens, vice president of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad and former Panama Canal engineer, predicts the canal will fail to benefit U S trade with South America and the Pacific. He says coal, wheat, and ocean routes will shape future supply lines and reserves January 1915 completion, and naval mobility across coasts offers no wartime advantage.
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John E. Stevens
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Bays
Stevens
United States
South America
D. F. Stevens
Ames
Pacific
Atlantic
Breakfast Brotherhood Club feeds Pittsburg poor Sundays
At Second Presbyterian church in Pittsburg a Breakfast Brotherhood Club formed to feed the hungry each Sunday before services. Pastor S Young and the congregation organized volunteers to provide breakfast and coffee in the church basement for those in need.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Breakfast Brotherhood Club
Sery Pemll
Huyd Asta
Toung
Neeck
Jand
Fire dangers loom in towns after Collinwood tragedy
Richard L Wemphrey, engineer in charge of the US government laboratory, warns that firetraps are widespread from villages to large cities. He calls for strict municipal ordinances requiring fireproof structures to protect women and children in schools theaters and hospitals to prevent greater future calamities.
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New York City
Collinwood
Ohio
Richard L. Wemphrey
Structural Materialis Laboratory
United States
Colinwood
Boyertown
Bayonne pastor challenges church doctrine as outdated
Rev. Dr. William N. Bocock of First Reformed Church argues the church system clings to a sixteenth century heritage and is unsuited to modern times. He plans to seek permission to preach the truth for two years as tensions grow among members and a possible split looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Bocock
First Reformed Church
Bayonne
N. J
Daniel
Red Sea
Ile
Convicted of Killing Fish in Box Elder Creek Pollution
L. D. Cuckler foreman at Safe Investment Mining mill on Box Elder creek was found guilty in the circuit court of sluicing cyanide tanks into the creek killing hundreds of fish and appealing the conviction from Deadwood justice court.
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Deadwood
L. D. Cuckler
Safe Investment Mining Company
Box Elder Creek
New Gunnery Record Set at Magdalena Bay
Lieut John H Ferguson in charge of an eight inch gun achieved 25 hits in 25 shots during target practice at Magdalena Bay marking a record pace of 2.08 shots per minute.
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John H. Ferguson
Magdalena Bay
Railway firms found guilty under safety law in Chicago
Six railway companies including the Erie, Chicago and Northwestern and Santa Fe were convicted in U S District Court Chicago for safety appliance law violations. Some cases suspended on motions for new trials. Fines ranged from 100 to 300 dollars in other cases.
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Flyin
Joliet and Eastern
Grand Trunk Western
Belt I Railway Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Chicago and Northwestern
Michigan Central
United States District Court
Chicago
Erie
Particl
Sinois Central
Central of Georgia
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Southern
Pullman Company
Lower Wages Inevitable Urges Wage Cuts in Industry
Henry Clews, NY banker, told Pittsburg Banking Institute that general wage reductions are necessary as prosperity-era high wages persist. He urged unions to cut wages now, saying a half loaf is better than none and workers owe acceptance to society. Clews defended stock speculation as similar to real estate. He deplored attacks on Wall Street by Roosevelt and Bryan.
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Henry Clews
New York
Pittsburg
American Banking Institute
Clews
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Bryan
Morgan Bank Plans Trust Arm As First Security Co
The First National Bank of New York plans to form the First Security Company funded by bank surplus and staffed by current bank directors. Organized under state law it will engage in activities barred to the bank by federal charter, with the bank focusing on banking and the subsidiary handling syndication and speculation. Capital will be supplied by a 100 percent dividend on the bank’s ten million dollar capital.
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First National Bank of New York
J. E. Morgan
First Security Company
Concrete Roadwalk Begins In Atlantic City
Atlantic City starts the massive reconstruction replacing the famous boardwalk with a concrete promenade marking a major city project. The move aims to provide a durable riverside walk and modernize the beachfront for residents and visitors.
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Atlantic City
Cure for X Ray Victims Promised by Birmingham Doctor
Dr Hall Edwards of Birmingham, long harmed by X ray cancer, claims a successful treatment exists. He says brief exposure is harmless and proposes steel gauntlets with rubber lining and a lead apron for operators. A Pittsburg judge rules a teacher may chastise an unruly pupil with a barrel stave.
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Hall Edwards
Birmingham
Pittsburg
Indiana News Roundup Highlights Deaths and Local Ventures
Review of Kosciusko and surrounding counties reports the death of early settler RE Rupe near Warsaw, plus local business notes. Masons buy Peru High School property for lodge headquarters. Worthington cooperage resumes after recent fire. Foster anniversary near Coesse. deputy marshal Brenneman in Alaska. smallpox case in Etna. Somerset residents form detective society. various crimes, openings, and civic projects statewide.
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Masons
Peru
Worthington Cooperage
John L. Foster
Coesse
Russell Brenneman
Columbia City
United States
Alaska
Catella
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E. Thurston
Dre
Count Tolstoi
IAL
Owen
Panama Canal
Minas
Bel Fes
Aea
Morgan's Bank
Review OF Indiana
A. P. Rupe
Kosciusko County
Warsaw
Elisha Bell
Etna
Whitley County
Somerset
Wabash County
Henry H. Rohlfer
Evansville
Union Traction Company
Bluffton
Muncie
John Hisey
Anderson
Hisey
Enos T. Taylor
Citizens’ State Bank
Huntington County
Mr. Taylor
New Carlisle
Huntington
Thomas Heerner Riley
Geo. A. Riley
Hilda Magnuson
Riley Home
Goshen
Auto Motobloc
Wawaka
Frederick Holstein
Valparaiso
Wm. Waters
South Bend
Jeffersonville Reformatory
M. Shook- Man’s
Wayne County
Richmond
G. I. Christie
Purdue University
Lon Guthrie
Board of Public Works
Moses Iiser
Nobie County
Cromwell
Ikhart County
Lee Weller
William Young
Baker Bottoms
Boonville
Weller
Terre Coupee
Huard
Raymond Malott
Indiana University
Philippines
Walter Kendall
Winona
Pennsylvania Tracks
Kendall
Lawrence Esterbrook
Carl Payton
Wabash
Esterbrook
Payton
T. O. Ballard
Franklin
Franklin Water, Light and Power Company
Ballard
Ladoga
Crawfordsville
Alma Berard
Benton Hough
Peter S. Thrasher
Monroe County
Harry Bennell
Shoals
A. N. Duke
Northwest
Indiana Manufacturing Company
Davis
Shelbyville
Logansport
William Hubler
R. U. Next
Myron Harrison
Indiana Boys School
Plainfield
G. W. Milhans
Herman Belsen
Hammond
Jennie Johnson
Michael Johnson
Princeton
Syracuse
William Stettler
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