Harmon Seeks Quick Settlement in Streetcar Strike
Governor Harmon expresses optimism for an early settlement as arbitration is discussed. A Linden avenue streetcar was blown off the track by dynamite with no injuries to the motorman or conductor. Four shots fired caused no serious damage. The AFL offers a $100 reward for Detective Bradley, linked to the previous violence, with $500 for the captor upon conviction.
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Columbus
Harmon
Linden Avenue
American Federation of Labor
Bradley
West Side
Rate favors bring losses to Packers
Washington August 19 T M Sinclair Limited a Cedar Rapids Iowa beef packer filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission charges twenty nine railroads with rate and regulation discrimination in favor of Chicago beef trust It alleges deliberate efforts to force Sinclair out of business and that Chicago packers buy pork and other meats in Iowa shipping to their packing houses at favorable rates leaving Sinclair unable to obtain adequate local supply and facing higher freight costs to favor competitors
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Washington
T. M. Sinclair & Co
Beef Packers
Cedar Rapids
Interstate Commerce Commission
Socalled Beef Trust of
Chicago
Sinclair Company
Iowa
Girl Kills Herself in Police Station Detention Room
In Hoboken New Jersey on August 19 Minnie Kritcher aged 22, arrested on a complaint by a former sweetheart for annoyance, shot herself in the detention room of police headquarters as a matron entered to search. The bullet lodged in her brain.
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Hoboken
N. J
Minnie Kritcher
Esperantists Push New Orleans for 1915 Congress
Washington Aug 19 G Grosvenor Dawe managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress urged the international esperanto congress to be held in the United States in 1915 at New Orleans He asked esperantists to use influence with Congress to have New Orleans chosen for the Panama exposition in 1915 Also noted the 1911 Antwerp 1912 Italy 1913 Russia 1914 Paris sequence and that the 1915 congress will be in the United States.
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Washington
United States
New Orleans
Congress
G. Grosvenor Dawe
Southern Commercial Congress
Antwerp
Italy
Russia
Paris
France
Women urged to conserve homes in St Paul congress
Bernard N. Baker, president of the National Conservation Congress, argues women should focus on home conservation and avoid national congress duties. Suffragists protest, demanding accredited delegate status as protests flood Baker's mill.
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ST. Paul, Mino
Bernard N
Tion Congress
St. Paul
Laker
Baker's Mill
John Doe Becomes Conn and Is Stung
In Logansport Indiana Leroy Conn of Kokomo arrived from the Komo desert and soaked sidewalks and buildings with dampness causing curving distortion. He spoke as John Doe drunk to a policeman and later identified himself as Leroy Conn saying he had two children to see, leading to a divorce summons served after prior dodging.
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Logansport
Ind
Leroy Conn
Kokomo
John Doe
Conn
The Illustrious Prince Inspector Jacks in a Nightmare
Inspector Jacks, a cautious detective from Scotland Yard, encounters a sinister Tokyo themed room filled with carved idols and warriors. The oppressive atmosphere triggers a mental breakdown before he awakens in a calm back room with Prince Maryo tending him, who confirms a troubling fainting spell while noting his exhausted profession.
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Inspector Jacks
S Mall
Scotland Yard
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Egat
Ritt A. Archibald
Atterbury
Porosknit Underwear
Balbriggan Underwear
Ecru
THE
Bliss Swainstore Schloss Bros
East Washington ST
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Taylor’s
Wash
Bungalow
Axminster
Reguar
Josten Sa
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Indianapolis Light & Heat Company
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