Miner Disaster at Hillcrest Mine Deepens
Hillcrest Alberta June 22 figures from Canadian Pacific show 185 men still in the burning mine. Twenty rescued alive and 23 bodies recovered. Rescue trains and doctors arrived, using latest devices to reach entombed workers. Subsequent blasts and gas hinder progress. officials fear many may never be reached.
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Hillcrest
Alta
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Crow’s Nest
Wasson
Crow’s Nest Pass
Bellevue
Frank
Tam
Medicine Hat
Liege
Belgium
Viellemar Taye
Bank Law Violation Probe in Lorimer Case in Chicago
State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne appointed assistants to prosecute former Senator William Lorimer and others tied to the LaSalle Street Trust and Savings bank. Evidence suggests deposits after insolvency were rushed to salvage funds. Conviction could bring one to three years. W. C. Niblack named receiver for the bank.
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Chicago
Maclay Hoyne
William Lorimer
C. B. “Munday
LaSalle Street Trust & Savings Bank
P. J. Lucey
Lorimer
Munday
Newsanuary
W. C. Niblack
Chicago Title & Trust Company
Peace Parley Prolonged Between Argentine and U S Leaders
Argentine Minister Naon conferred with President Wilson and Secretary Bryan at the White House on June 22 over the Mexican situation. Wilson pressed that all parties be brought into Niagara proceedings. mediators might shift stance and receive constitutionalist delegates at Niagara Falls without armistice. Naon departed for Niagara at 10:45. Separately, Washington reported that revenue cutters Seneca and Miami will establish an international patrol in the north Atlantic in early July to clear derelicts, under international maritime conference authority.
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Wilson
Bryan
Capitol
Washington
Naon
Argentina
White Mouse
Niagara
White House
State Department
Niagara Falls
Noon
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Seneca
Miami
Senate orders full investigation into use of stationery
Washington June 22 the senate adopted a resolution directing a full investigation by the privileges and elections committee into the use of senate stationery in the exploitation of the Gold Hill gold mine at North Carolina.
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Senate
Washington
Privileges and Elections Committee
Gold Hill
N. C
Yields to Women Sylvia Pankhurst Hunger Strike Wins Hearings
London July 20 premier Asquith capitulated to suffragists agreeing to receive a deputation of East End working women at Downing Street Saturday. Sylvia Pankhurst, after eight hunger strikes, was arrested a week ago for attempting to march women to Westminster. her restraint and the efforts of Keir Hardie and George Lansbury helped force the outcome.
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London
Asquith
East End
Downing Street
Sylvia Pankhurst
House of Commone
James Keir Hardie
Socialist Independent
George Lan
Roosevelt Sails After Brief European Visit
Former president Theodore Roosevelt sailed from Southampton aboard the Imperator after a whirlwind European visit. Crowds cheered in London and at the pier as he departed with his daughter and cousin. He declined to run for governor, citing throat weakness that prevents active campaigning in the United States.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
Imperator
Southampton
England
New York
Europe
Nicholas Long Worth
Cincinnati
Philip Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Arthur Lee
W. H. Page
Lord Beresford
Town drives out Black people in Shoshone Idaho
In Shoshone Idaho angry citizens forced Black residents to flee after Jack Edwards a Black man resisted arrest for drunkenness and struck town marshal James May and Lincoln County Treasurer EB Bower. Bower suffered injuries and Edwards fled to a freight train before being captured at American Falls and returned to Shoshone.
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Boise
Idaho
Shoshone
Jack Edwards
James May
EB V Bower
Lincoln County
Bower
Marshal May
American Falls
Helen Morton in Nebraska at Arbor Lodge
Nebraska City records show Helen Morton daughter of Mark Morton of Chicago and her husband Roger Bailie arriving to live at Arbor Lodge the former home of J Sterling Morton. The bride who is Miss Morton previously ran away to Virginia in a noted escapade.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Roger Bailie
Helen Morton
Mark Morton
Chicago
Arbor Lodge
J. Sterling Morton
Cleveland
Miss Morton
Virginia
Bryan Urges Pact to Restore Amity with Colombia
Secretary of State Bryan told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that ratifying the Colombia treaty would foster amity with the United States and restore friendly ties between Colombia and Panama. He argued the $25 million payment is not excessive, citing a prior $30 million figure and leasing income that would raise the total value of the canal agreement.
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Washington
Colombia
Zit
United States
Panama Republic
Central
South America
Bryan
Senate Committee
Panama Canal
Charles A. Douglas
Mexico
Douglas
Dubois
Taft
Knox
Hacked torso of girl found in Hudson river
The body of a girl, head and limbs removed, was found floating in the Hudson river. The torso was wrapped in a weighted burlap sack with oilcloth. The abdomen was slashed and the head and limbs hacked away with a dull knife.
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Schenectady
N. J
Hudson River
Faulkner Named Potential Cubs President Rumor
Cincinnati reports suggest James W. Faulkner a political writer and Columbia correspondent for the Cincinnati Enquirer is slated for the Chicago Cubs presidency. C. P. Taft, Cubs owner, is in the East and the rumor remains unverified.
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Cincinnati
James W. Faulkner
Columbus
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Cubs
C. P. Taft
Cubs
Paris
Paul Deschanel
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Watertown
New York
F. Augustus Heinze
William Travers Jerome
Jerome
Czar Near to Death in Failed Assassination
An unsuccessful plot to kill Czar Nicholas II Czarin a and Czarevich Alexis occurred as the imperial train returned from Bucharest Romania. A dynamite charge on the rails exploded after a postal pilot train passed, near Tschudowa in Novgorod province about seventy five miles from St. Petersburg.
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St- Petersburg
Nicholas
Russia
Czarina
Czarewitch Alexis
St. Petersbure
Bucharest
Roumenia
Bom
Tschudowa
Novgorod
Serventy
St. Petersburg
Englishman Dies by Own Action in Santa Monica
Englishman T. J. Howell formerly with the British secret service in China killed himself here with a powerful Oriental drug. He had been in business in Santa Monica, California.
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Santa Monical
Cal
T. J. Howell
China
Aviator Sikorsky Sets Altitude Record for Passengers
St Petersburg reports Aviator Sikor sky established a new altitude record Thursday afternoon, lifting 11 persons to 6 561 feet with ten passengers aboard in clear weather.
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St Petersburg
Sikorsky
Storm devastates Australian coast shipping
A terrific storm along the Australian coast at Sydney New South Wales on June 20 caused heavy shipping damage. The American schooner Mahukona collided with another vessel and three other ships were badly damaged during the gale.
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Sydney
N.S. W
Mahukona
Bernstorff narrowly escaped after shot at diplomat
Count Johann von Bernstorff German ambassador to the United States, escaped a point blank shot by Champaign police officer Michael Murphy as the diplomat rode to the University of Illinois to deliver a commencement address. The incident prompted fears for Americans' safety amid rising tensions in Asia Minor with Henry Morgenthau sent to Smyrna to assess danger.
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Champaign
Johann von Bernstorff
United States
Michael Murphy
University of Minois
Bernstorff
Murphy
Constantinople
Turkey
Henry Morgenthau
U. S
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Former Judge Kennedy Found Dead in Pittsburgh Home
Former Judge John M. Kennedy, recently retired after over twenty years on the common pleas bench in Pittsburgh, was found dead in his bed at his home on Thursday. The death occurred in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and authorities reported no immediate signs of foul play. Kennedy had served a lengthy career on the bench and was widely respected in the legal community. He left the bench earlier in the year, ending a notable period of service.
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Pittsburgh
John M. Kennedy
Common Pleas
Mediators propose new plan to break Mexican deadlock
Niagara Falls Ont mediators outline a guarded approach to unite American and Mexican delegates through separate talks with constitutionalists. Justice Lamar and Lehmann would liaise with Huerta delegates via the mediation board to avoid a premature armistice. Washington reportedly invited General Cárdenas to Niagara Falls for talks. Optimism grows in U S circles as Dr Noon voices hopeful sentiment.
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Justice Lamar
Frederick W. Lehmann
Mexico
Washington
General Car- Yanga
Niagara Walls
N. Y
Fernando Istesias Calderon
Liberal Party
Saltillo
United States
Killed by Lions in Chicago Show Scene
Dietrich of Brooklyn manager of a theatrical troupe was killed and partly eaten by six lions after entering a caged car. A second lion escaped, terrorizing residents before capture as keepers tried to recover the body. George McCord, keeper, described the attack and the surrounding chaotic moments in the crowded district.
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Chicago
Emerson PD
Dietrich
Brooklyn
Keapers
George McCord
Diver Cassoboom Dies After Empress of Ireland Salvage Try
In Rimouski Quebec a diver named Cassoboom from New York employed by the Quebec Salvage Co descended to recover bodies from the sunken liner Empress of Ireland. After about thirty minutes on the life line surface signals failed. Another diver found Cassoboom unconscious and brought him up. he died within an hour.
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Rimouski
Quebec
Shorts
Gassoboom
New York
Quebec Salvage Co
Cassoboom
Cossoboom
Eight Persons Drown in Oswego Canal Collision
Eight persons, most women and children, drowned near Onondaga Lake when a passenger steamer between Mud Lock and Liverpool struck a stump and capsized. Among the known victims are Mrs. George Adams of Syracuse and her three children.
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Syracuse
Wnwy
Oswego Canal
Onondaga Lake
George Adams
Moore's Nomination Confirmed as Northern District Marshal
Washington D C by a 22 to 18 vote the senate confirmed the nomination of BE R Moore for marshal of the northern district of Town. Iowa senators opposed it.
Woman dies saving child near Ceredo train
Martha Medley of Huntington West Virginia sacrificed herself to shield her four year old daughter from an oncoming Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train near Ceredo. She threw herself onto the tracks and the child to safety, losing her life in the act.
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Huntington
W. Va
Martha Medley
Chesapeake & Ohio
Ceredo
Yale Wing Regatta Victory on the Thames
Yale won the varsity four with an eight-oared crew on the Thames in New London Connecticut by four inches after a hard duel that will stand out in rowing history.
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Yale
Regetta
New London
Conn
Thames River
Recognized Artist Charles Knight Sees Modern Animal Focus
Charles R Knight, famed for dinosaur and deep time creatures, prefers to be viewed as a painter sculptor of modern animals. He discusses his live-model approach, recounting a Washington zoo visit where a visiting couple misinterprets his deer sketch as a landscape of zoo habitats.
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Charles R. Knight
Washington
United States
Railway Map Surprise Under Blue Pencil Marks
A couple bound for Scotland change at Carlisle where a porter, amid a race, produces a folded paper gift. He offers a railway map with blue pencil marks indicating tunnel locations and lengths, prompting surprised questions from the traveler about these hidden details.
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Scotland
Carlisle
London
Lowest Bidder
A young suitor asks for a daughter’s hand and offers ten thousand dollars a year for her keeping. The father declines since another suitor can manage for eight thousand, highlighting clashing colors and social expectations in a humorous, dated dialogue.
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Panama
Los Angeles
T. Kashiara
Mikado’s
Myers
Kashiara
Port Henry
Tire
Witherhbee-Sherman Iron Ore Company
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