Fire Devastates Essex Street Tenement Killing Eight
New York June 11 a five story Essex Street tenement fire killed eight people and left six fatally hurt with nine more injured. Cecelia Sapario discovered the blaze and alerted occupants enabling about 200 to escape by roof and fire escapes before firefighters and police controlled the flames.
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New York
Essex Street
Cecelia Sapario
Wes Stll
Wall
Barrett
Nammock
Brockworth
Alere
Indoers
Abraham Perkis
Rose Markoswits
Stella
Jacob Levine
Curacao Aquitania Sets Passenger Record Outbound
New York reports the Curare Chantess Aquitania carried 3429 passengers and over 4000 souls with crew on the voyage back from the Atlantic. Otto H. Kahn the banker and family occupied the regal suite, costing about 5000 dollars. In Denver Professor Rood of Colorado’s agricultural school collapsed into insanity in court, assaulted five men, and was ordered to a state asylum.
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New York
Dng
Atlantic
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn
Colfegs
Denver
Colo
Rood
State Agricultural School
Golling
Collins
Lassen Peak Steam Column Remains High
Hed Bluff California June 11 Lassen peak steam column has diminished but remains higher than the top seen during last week’s disturbances.
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Hed Bluff
Cal
Lassen Peak
Robbers steal car funds at Melbourne station
Melbourne authorities report two masked bandits robbed an Eye Leigh railroad station agent of 16500 dollars. He had been carrying the money to pay employees. The June incident occurred as the agent was preparing to settle payroll.
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Melbourne
Australia
Eyeleigh
Prohibition Rule Passes House Amid Hobson Move
Multiple items report on a House rules committee action to make the Hobson prohibition amendment privileged as President Wilson pushes for a vote this session. The piece also covers Elliott of St Louis being kept under observation after writing menacing letters about Wilson and Bryan. Also noted are U.S. mediation efforts for Atbania and Denver discussions on youth recreation centers called spoons centers.
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St. Louis
Benjamin F. Eliott
Sylvester
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Elliott
St. Lows
Franklin Avenue
Emily
Stoddard Street
Bryan
Joseph W. Folk
Mexico
Washington
House
Burleson
Cantrill
Kentucky
Rules Committee
Henry
Congress
Hobson
United States
Oconee River Mills Fire in Dublin Causes Big Loss
The Oconee River mills in Dublin suffered a blaze June 11 that destroyed cotton cloth production. Insurance covers $106,000 of losses while the cause remains undetermined. In Berlin, June 11, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz was declared hopelessly dying, ending hopes for recovery.
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Dublin
Berlin
Grand Duke of
Meck
Jendure-Strelitz
Heat Wave Kills Dozens Across Michigan and Indiana
Detroit and Gary report a deadly heat wave with temperatures from 80 to 195 degrees causing ten deaths in the state and more than 100 hospitalizations. Four workers collapse in plants, two suicides are linked to the heat, and several children die as authorities scramble for relief amid widespread power and safety concerns.
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Detroit
Gary
Ind
Flord
Emmett White
Official count finished in Harrisburg primary vote
Harrisburg officials concluded the official count dated May 19 for the United States senator race with Penrose 219671, Dimmick 128294, Palmer 119302, Burr 0, Pinecot 46782. The state supreme court justice contest featured a nonpartisan ticket with Republicans aiming to secure nominations and Democrats confident of at least one seat.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Functl
United States
State Supreme Court
Westinghouse strikebreakers paraded by 6000 in Pittsburgh
Three carloads of strikebreakers arrived at Westinghouse plants prompting a 1800 strong picket line. Strikers announced long distance sentinels in New York Chicago Erie and Norfolk. On Memorial Day an effort to die by asphyxiation was attempted. Mrs Reese later died by her husband’s revolver in Terre Haute.
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Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Usero
New York
Chicago
Erie
Norfolk
Rollneman
Self
Terre Waute
Ind
Charles Reese
Reed
Women Denounce Militancy at Liberal Federation Meet
London June 11 The Women's Liberal federation in session adopted a resolution denouncing militancy and demanding that the British government take immediate and drastic action to check the reign of lawless violence.
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London
The
Women's Liberal Federation
Lawry
Deadlock in Mexican peace talks over provisional government
Media tion conferences report a new deadlock as Mexican delegates resist American influence on the provisional regime. Felix Diaz is eliminated as a candidate. plan favors constitutionalists with a majority share and potential restraint on Carranza. Huerta remains in Mexico City amid tense mediation efforts.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Aexican
Mexico
Huerta
Carranza
Felix Diaz
Fiuerta
Iit
Constitutionalist
United States
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Hueria
Central Station
Puerto Mexico
Collector Stackable asked to resign at Honolulu port
Honolulu June 11 5. Port collector PA Stackable received a categram from William G McAdoo secretary of the treasury demanding his immediate resignation He refused stating he would only leave office if dismissed Stackable has held the Honolulu post since Hawaii joined the United States and is a Republican He was asked to resign about a month ago.
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Honolulu
T. H
PA. Stackable
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Stackable
Hawaii
United States
State House
M Otter
F. R Thurber
State Capitol
Supreme Court
Thurber
W. A. Duckworth
Duckworth
Tharcher
Hls
Executive Council
Unveil Confederate Monument in Raleigh NC
The Confederate monument honoring North Carolina women was unveiled in Raleigh on June 11 in front of thousands of veterans and visitors, marking a ceremonial unveiling event with numerous onlookers and dignitaries.
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Raleigh, N. C
North Carolina
Golf Invaders Return Home with No Excuses
New York reports Charles W. Evans Jr and Frederick Herreehoff have returned to America from the British Amateur Championship bearing no excuses for their defeat. The pair arrived after the June 11 travel date, reflecting on their loss and the trip home.
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Golf Invaders
New York
Charles W. Evans, Jr
Frederick Herreehoff
America
Sulzer Announces Governor Candidacy and Anti Tammany Stand
Ex Governor William Sulzer declares his bid for governor, vows to run by petition if he loses the Democratic primaries, and fights Tammany Hall. He attacks Barnes and Murphy machines, pledges a state wide campaign exposing graft and corruption, and promises a liberty bell emblem with a full independent ticket. He asserts 800,000 independent voters want their defeat.
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Buffalo
Dutie
William Sulzer
Sulzer
Tammany
Tammany Centor
Thea Gralters
New York State
Horace Greeley
Barnes
Murphy
Salvation Army Congress Opens in London After Tragic Losses
London delegates from across 34 languages gather for the Salvation Army International congress as the Empress of Ireland disaster shadows proceedings. About a hundred Canadian leaders are believed dead with many still missing in the St Lawrence wreck while nations worldwide are represented at the Strand gathering.
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London
Salvation Army International Congress
St. Lawreate
Strand
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
West Indies
India
Ceylon
Japan
Corea
United States
Japanese killer hanged for doctor murder in Seoul
Tomitaro Watanable a Japanese national was hanged in Seoul after earlier strangling his wife and shooting Dr Edgar de Mott Stryker an American surgeon at Holkol hospital He had been sentenced to life imprisonment on a prior trial but appealed and the superior court imposed the death penalty
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Seoul
Korea
Tomitaro Watanable
Edgar de Mott Stryker
Watanable
Holkol
Stryker
Warship withdrawals announced to overhaul in Mexican waters
Washington June 11 The battleships Utah New Hampshire Michigan and Nebraska will be withdrawn from Mexican waters for overhauling. They will be replaced by Delaware Thodealand and Kansas now stationed at Norfolk Boston and Philadelphia with about July 1 as the target date.
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Washington
Utah
New Hampshire
Michigan
Nebraska
Mexican
Secrentary
Daniela
Delaware
Norfolk
Thodealand
Boston
Kansas
Philadelphia
New Official 2008 Will Need New Quarters
Des Moines report on the state insurance commissioner appointment and room shortages at the Capitol. Governor Clarke to name the appointee soon as the 35th General Assembly treated the office as July 1, 1914 effective with a $3,000 salary. Possible candidate John L. Bleakly, auditor of state, may resign to take the post after the Republican convention.
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Des Moines
Clarke
General Assembly
John L. Bleakly
State
Executive Council
Insurance
Auditor of State
Federal Grand Jury
B. F. Welty
Thomas Hyman
St. Louis
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U. S
Atbania
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George Fred. Williams
Greece
Atbany
Athens
Otto F. Thum
Luis Cabrera
Senor
Cabnet
Boies Penrose
J. Benjamin Dimmick
A. Mitchell Palmer
Genry Burr
Nifford Pinecot
Cars Ranza
Rebel
Collector
Secretary of Treasury
McAdoo
Miss Teresa Hunt
Secret Service
General Funston
Prinarica
Salvation Army
Civil Service Commission
Samuel
Dairy Division
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Guy NH. Logan
Camp Dodge
Military Department
Towans
Towa
Celista Blake
Marshalltown
Nancy J. Bryan
Perry
Amade Meisner
Eldon
Alice V. Lowe
Baldwin
Jennie EB. McCluskey
Glenwood
Mary B. Morland
Louisa Schavenberg
Burlington
Hugh M¢eVer
California
Northwest
Iowa
Dean Dunn
Dubuque Shippers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Morris Johnson- Brown Manufacturing Company
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Excelsior
Dubuque
Omaha
Leavenworth
Kat
St. Joseph
Kansas City
McDonald
Alexander McDonald
Indianola
McPherson
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