Strikes Quiet as Steel War Begins in Pittsburg Area
In the early stage of the great steel strike both sides claim gains and await developments. Amalgamated wins closure of the Newcastle mill while Clark mill operations resume non-union outputs. Police predict no disorder. officials plan staged mill reopens and selective hiring to control tensions.
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Pittsburg
Aug
Amalgamated Association
Newcastle
Clark
Amalgamated
Ajm Brown
Bureau of Police
Brown
United States Steel Corporation
Kiskiminetas
Schwab
New York
Amaleamated Association
Hyde ‘Park
Wellsville
Murder Mystery Unearthed in Seattle Trunk Find
In Seattle on August 8 workmen unearthed a small trunk containing the remains of a young girl. A coroner reports the girl was murdered with a bullet hole found in the head. the body was dismembered and placed in the trunk, believed buried at least four years.
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Seattle
Wash
Cuban constitutional convention delved into Marti remark
At yesterday's constitutional convention meeting Senor Cisneros explained his statement that Marti was the genius of Cuba. The debate touched on whether to withdraw the convention or seek further clarification of the remark.
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Iavana
Constitutional Convenon
Senor ‘Cisneros
Senor ‘Giberga
Nto
Marti
Enius
Cuba
Six Weeks Mourning Ordered For Empress Frederick
Berlin Aug 7 A special Reichs Anzeiger issue reports the death of Empress Frederick and orders six weeks of national mourning. Public amusements suspended until after the funeral. The royal family to attend services at the castle with limited attendance. torchlight funeral procession from Friedrichshof to Cronberg. simple services planned in Potsdam and Friedenskirche mausoleum.
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Empress Frederick
Berlin
Reichs Anzeiger
Frederick
Ripon
Friedrichshof
Cronberg
Potsdam
Friedenskirche
World Wide Trust aims to control world window glass supply
Pittsburg reports a vast industrial combination in the works to unite window glass makers under one power. The plan centers on the American Window Glass company of Pittsburg with James A. Chambers and M. K. McMullin leading talks from Europe, seeking global factories and Belgium sites as the only sizable European producers.
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Pittsburg
American Window Glass Company
United States
Europe
Belgium
Waldersee Reception Clouded by Cronberg Tragedy
Berlin reports the return of Count Von Waldersee from China overshadowed by Cronberg tragedy. Newspapers reflect on his career in the Far East, praising his work but criticizing Germany's grasp of his mission.
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Berlin
Count von Waildersee
China
Cronberg
Far East
Boy Murders Friend in McPherson Iran
Glen Gardner a 17 year old resident of McPherson was arrested and taken to Lyons Kansas charged with murdering his friend George Smalley for $7.50. Gardner confessed striking Smalley with a club and hiding the body in a straw stack.
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McPherson
Iran
Glen Gardner
Lyons
Kan
George Smalley
Gardner
Smalley
Investment Company's Deficit in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Savings and Investment company reports a deficit of 451.00 dollars. Secretary George L. Raschig, who died five months ago, is the subject of a demand on his estate for at least part of the loss.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Savings and Investment Company
George L. Raschig
Rhschig
HELP HIM ALONG EFFECT OF NEW LAW
Indiana news under the new truancy law shows counties must fund printing blanks postage and salaries for truancy officers. Teachers and school officers must file required reports. Township trustees must provide alphabetized student lists at start of each school year. County councils may not cut appropriations to hamper truancy work.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Board of Charities
Department of Public Instruction
Taylor
Indiana G A R to Send 5000 Veterans to Cleveland
Indiana Grand Army announces official delegation leaves Indianapolis Monday September 9 at 10 50 a m by the Big Four for the national encampment in Cleveland The rate is 1 cent a mile It is estimated over 5 000 veterans will go from this state They back Thomas J Stewart of Pennsylvania for commander in chief Indiana headquarters at the Hollenden Hotel Room 108
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Indianapolis
Indiana Grand Army
Indiana
Big Four
National Grand Army
Cleveland
Thomas J. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Hollenden Hotel
Wabash Valley Powwow ends with Tippecanoe battle redistricting plan
Logansport reports the seventh annual meeting of the Wabash Valley Powwow association concluded with a second presentation of the Battle of Tippecanoe. A motion to redistrict the state into not more than six districts and to ensure a yearly powwow in each district was approved. A committee to meet in Indianapolis in October to arrange districts was named: J. N. Gipe Logansport, David Jones Terre Haute, Frank Stratten Kokomo, C. B. Dear dorff Bourbon, and O. E. Sherman Indianapolis.
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Logansport
Ind
Wabash Valley Powwow Association
Tippecanoe
Indianapolis
J. N. Gipe
David Jones
Terre Haute
Frank Stratten
Kokomo
C. B. Deardorff
Bourbon
O. E. Sherman
Faith Healer Released In Elwood Trial
In Elwood Indiana a jury could not reach a verdict against Jacob Ream a faith healer facing a prosecution by the Physicians Association under a new state medical law. Ream testified that eighteen years ago near Denver he received a divine directive to heal the sick by laying on hands and guiding patients to believe in a higher power.
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Elwood
Ind
Jacob Ream
Physicians’ Association
Ream
Denver
Christ
Pine Lake Assembly Officers Elected at Laporte
The Pine Lake Assembly near Laporte Indiana has elected officers for the national Baptist group meeting there Dr W T Stott of Franklin Indiana is president Rev C K Parker of Muncie Indiana is vice president J Vene Dorland of Laporte Indiana is secretary Rev A D Barry of Indianapolis Indiana is treasurer Prof R T Regan of Chicago Illinois is superintendent and L T Harding of Laporte Indiana is custodian of grounds.
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Laporte
Ind
Pine Lake
L. T. Harding
Saloon Keepers in a Rage Over Arrest Wave
In Lafayette Indiana on August 8 fifty six of the citys one hundred licensed saloonmen were arrested on prosecutors affidavit. This marks repeated arrests by Prosecutor Randolph and the saloon keepers vow to contest all cases. The liquor dealers complain of heavy losses and vow further resistance.
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Lafayette
Ind
Randolph
Holliday Reported Robbed En Route to Delta
Holliday writes from Delta Colorado that he was robbed of a $500 draft, $75 cash, and two railway tickets valued at $200. He and his wife joined Epworth League excursionists but stopped in Delta.
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Holliday
Delta
Col
Father and son meet same fate in crushing accident
Evansville Indiana August 8 Charles Haaga aged 43 an Indiana stove works employee was fatally crushed when his head was caught between machinery. His father was killed in a similar way years earlier in the same plant or nearby site.
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Evansville
Ind
Charles Haaga
Indiana Stove Works
State Capital Notes on party prospects and local affairs
Ex Congress man William D. Bynum asserts no near term revival for the Democratic party, urging maintenance of the monetary standard as a core principle. Indiana figures John S. Bays, Dr Janes M. Dinnen, and others discuss coal financing, coaching needs, and mayoral candidacy, while officials probe Roby gambling links and rumors swirl about Nat A. Hill seeking state treasurer nomination.
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Indianapolis
Ohio Democracy
James Goodrich Joins Colorado Springs Trip With Family
James Goodrich the new chairman of the Republican state committee travels with his wife and child starting in Colorado Springs. The group plans stops in San Francisco and Macinac before returning home, outlining a cross country itinerary.
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James Goodrich
Republican State Committee
Colorado Springs
San Francisco
Macinac
Absentminded Friend Repeats Grief In Autobiography Tale
Augustus Hare recalls a friend famed for forgetfulness who, when asked about his father, repeatedly learns of his passing. The anecdote shows the man’s memory lapse across years as he greets an acquaintance and inquires about the dead father, eliciting surprise each time.
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Augustus Hare
Helo
Burned at stake confession and mob execution in Alabama
John Wesley Pennington, a Black man, confessed to brutally assaulting Mrs. J. C. Dargis, wife of a Coffee county farmer, then was dragged from the Davis home and burned by a crowd of about 500 in Enterprise, Alabama. Whites and Blacks joined in the mob, the fire consuming him to ashes as onlookers watched.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Wesley Pennington
Enterprise
Coffee County
Pennington
J.C. Dargis
Wife Held for Investigation in Mills Shooting
In Youngstown Ohio on August 8 James Allen a mill heater was fatally shot at his home. He claimed his wife fired the shot while she says he shot first at her and then killed himself. Mrs Allen is under arrest awaiting police inquiry.
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Youngstown
James Allen
Police Hold Suspect in Selby Smelting Robbery Case
San Francisco police report the arrest of a man suspected in the Selby Smelting works bullion theft, valued at 280000 dollars. Authorities withhold the suspect’s identity and refuse further information at this time.
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San Francisco
Selby Smelting
Memphis Trolley Falls From Bridge Over Bayou Gayoso
A Memphis street railway trolley car ran off a bridge over Bayou Gayoso at Second and Mill streets yesterday afternoon injuring five people seriously to slightly. Local authorities investigated the incident and emergency crews attended to the injured passengers at the scene.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Street Railway Company
Bayou Gayoso
Second and
Mill Streets
Tampa Strikers Flip on Arbitrate Move in Tampa
The Tampa cigar strike crisis shifts as Resistencia notes earlier plans to evacuate the city, then signals willingness to arbitrate if leaders are returned. Citizens predict a long wait while expelled leaders remain beyond reach and organizers seek legal help from Key West and New York. Locals say Tampa will not block a mass departure if chosen.
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Tampa
Fla
la Resistencia
Key West
New York
Tampk
Suspected Murderer Captured After Struggle in Charleston
In Charleston, a man named Mike Washington was captured after a hand-to-hand fight with police. His brother, who claimed to be George Washington, was killed. Second Lieutenant Dunn was mortally wounded and First Lieutenant McManus injured. The suspect matches a description of the slayer of Chief of Police Jones of Shelby, North Carolina. The suspects were heavily armed and fought fiercely.
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Charleston
S. C
Mike Washington
George Washington
Dunn
McManus
Jones
Shelby
N. C
Radmen
Echo of the Glenn Case in Parkersburg
Attorneys for Ellis Glenn announce a $3,000 damage suit filed in U S court against William Richardson. The petition claims Glenn was kidnapped in Illinois and illegally brought to West Virginia for a sensational trial that gripped observers for weeks.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ellis Glenn
United States
William Richardson
Illinois
West Virginia
Star Witness Located For Sandusky Murder Case
Star witness Ben F. Landis once elusive after the Upper Sandusky trials has been found in Portland Indiana. Landis is indicted here for horse stealing and Sheriff Miller proceeds to Portland to secure his return for trial. He is also wanted at Findlay.
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Ottawa
Ben F. Landis
Johanson
Upper Sandusky
Portland
Indiana
Landis
Miller
Findlay
TERSE TELEGRAMS OF A GLOBAL STRAIGHTFORWARD PAGE
The clippings cover a wide range from a San Francisco dock strike extending to two more California ports to state news in Kentucky and Ohio. Notable items include a Dowager Empress Frederick funeral in Potsdam, a pending marriage of Herbert Gladstone to a Paget daughter, Sousa planning a Britain concert tour, and a Kentucky shooting. Reports note Gommitment by Lexington officials to close gambling houses, calls for industrial incentives in Hungary Romania and Serbia, a German espionage claim against Beyermach, and no anticipated strikes at National Steel in Ohio. Also listed are military post improvements, a bank failure affecting Dr. Hans Blum, transport remains from Manila, and a U.S. court dispute with Italy over nonresident aliens. Chinese floods kill thousands as the Yanktze river rises to 49 feet, submerging vast areas.
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San Francisco
California
Frederick
Potsdam
Herbert Gladstone
Richard Paget
London
John Philip Sousa
Great Britain
W. L. Mudd
Greensburg
Jake
Joe
Jim Cantrell
Lowry
Lexington
Ohio
National Steel Company
Youngstown
National Tube Company
Port Monroa
Fort Leayworth
Fort Sheridan
Hans Blum
Bismarck
Leipsiger Bank
Hancock
Manila
Dix
Sanaga
United States
Italy
Colorado
China
DesMoines Nominee Named Governor Candidate by Republicans
Iowa Republicans nominated S. A. B. Cummins for governor at the Des Moines convention yesterday. The Des Moines nominee heads the ticket as the party seeks state leadership this election season.
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Iowa
DesMoines
B. Cummins
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Waldersee
G. A. HR
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Pine Lake Assembly
Brazil
John S. Bays
Sullivan
Chicago
Janes M. Dinnen
Fort Wayne
W. H. Hart
W. L. Taylor
Lake County
Nat A. Hill
Second
Candy Catahartic
Tampa Strikers
Echo
Glenn Case
Star Witness
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