PRR Refuses All of Men’s Demands in Strike Vote
Philadelphia July 14 with 15000 conductors trainmen baggage masters and yard men on the Pennsylvania Railroad east of Pittsburg Erie and Buffalo a strike vote was taken and a six member committee led by A B Garretson and W G Lee will decide whether to strike after no agreement found in talks with General Manager W Neyward Myers The committee may fix strike timing while arbitration under the Erdman act was not sought continuing deadlock and possible walkout remains in doubt.
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A. B. Garretson
The
Order of Railway Conductors
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Committee of
W. Neyward Myers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Pittsboro
Garretson
Lee
New York Central
Myers
Railroad Men’s Committee
Messrs
Emblotes’ Committee
Mr. Myers
Beveridge Gets a Blow at Boonville Convention
In Boonville Indiana July 14 Republicans of the 1st District nominated Frank B Posey Evansville for Congress and refused full endorsement of Senator Beveridge despite backing for his child labor and statehood votes. The convention endorsed the Payne Aldrich tariff law Taft and his administration.
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Tribune
Boonville
Ind
Beveridge
Frank B. Posey
Evansville
Congress
Committee On Resolutions
Hemenway
Wilson
Taft
Three bandits kill three in Lake Shore Railroad raid
On pay day at a North Olmstead construction camp forty workers faced a revolver raid by three bandits. Sleepers were awakened as robbers demanded envelopes. outside gunfire sparked a brief volley. Three railroad men died, others sought shelter, robbers fled, a pursuit began.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore
North Olmstead
Here
Ammonia Fire Rips Through Six Story Warehouse
A blaze at the six story bonded warehouse of F. & C. Linde on Jay Street caused heavy damage early today. Ammonia fumes hampered fire crews as several firefighters were overcome while battling the flames from a third and upper floors. Firefighters alerted Engine Company 27 after witnesses Harry and Edward Byrnes sighted flames and urged a response.
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F. & C. Linde
Jay Street
Harry Byrnes
Edward
Engine Company 27
Schiff Affair Sparks Yukon Boat Protest
In Juneau on July 14, the waiters and cabin boys on the Yukon River steamer White Horse refused to serve Jacob Schiff and his party after discovering he had brought his own cooks and attendants. Schiff sent his party back to Skagway aboard the Ramona, ending the strike, and urged population growth and a trans Yukon railway from Edmonton to spur rapid development.
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Juneau
Alaska
Yukon
White Horse
Jacob Schiff
New York
Dawson
Boy Pushes Airship Flight End in Yard Crash
Harry Shapiro of Brownville explained his soapbox airship crashed on its first test when he says a push from him and two others sent a four story roof launch into a rear yard. His five year old sister Yetta suffered bruises but recovered after treatment at St Mary’s Hospital.
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Harry Shapiro
Rockaway Avenue
Brownville
Chums
Harry
Yetta
Dr. Delaney
St. Mary's Hospital
Gum chewing contest at Canton church picnic ends in close win
At a United Evangelical German churches picnic in Canton Ohio ministers deacons and elders competed to chew and stretch gum the longest and fastest John Suterrs an elder won by a fraction of an inch while Rev William Davis of Trinity United Evangelical Church was narrowly defeated by under an inch.
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Canton
Ohio
United Evangelical
John Suters
William Davis
Trinity United Evangelical Church
Man leaps from Williamsburg Bridge tower leaves note signed J C
A 35 year old man climbed the Williamsburg Bridge tower to the top and jumped to the sand box below dying from his injuries. He left notes blaming a lost race gamble and saying he could not stand the strain. A Panama hat and a coat with a cryptic note were found at the scene.
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J. C
Brooklyn
Williamsburg Bridge
East River
Eastern District Hospital
Empire City Track
Rosenstock
Samuel Peu
North 1St Street
Williamsburg
Peu
Manhattan
Pea
Barry
Adies, J. C
Pittman Starving in Managua Prison Amid Foreign Threats
American engineer William Pittman held by Madriz forces in a filthy 6 by 5 foot cell at Managua prison was found starved and given aid after Consul Olivares protested. He was moved from Bluefields July 4 without food, later transferred to a larger cell with bed and food promised. State Department urged protection. anti foreign sentiment grows in western Nicaragua.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
William Pittman
Madriz
Bluefields
Managua
Nicaragua
Olivares
State Department
Pittman
Thomas P. Moffat
Lightning Hits Observatory in Maryland Storm
The U S meteorological observatory at Cheltenham near Prince George County was struck by a thunderbolt during a severe storm, destroying delicate instruments including the seismograph and causing thousands of dollars in losses. The station, ten miles from Washington, is among the governments principal observing sites.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
United States Meteorological Observatory
Cheltenham
Maryland House of Reformation
Prince George County
Washington
Madriz Holds American Doctor Prisoner in Nicaragua
Reports from Bluefields state Dr. Lawrence Burgheim an American from Houston Texas is held prisoner by Madriz forces in Nicaragua. He is said to treat the wounded at Bluefields Bluff and on the steamer Venus, after aiding General Estrada at Bluefields led to his arrest at Principulka.
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New Orleans
Bluefields
Lawrence Burgheim
Madriz
Nicaragua
Bluefields Bluff
Burgheim
Houston
Tex
Estrada
Principulka
Twenty Years In Casino Safe at Newport
Newport Rhode Island July 14 Thomas Hitchcock of New York visited the Newport Casino and received a forgotten package of valuables from the safe. He believed it had lain there over twenty years, stored away and unseen until this moment. Moonlight trips on Str Albany. Madson River Day Line last down boat Advt.
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Tribune
Newport
R. L
Thomas Hitchcock
New York
Newport Casino
Albany
Madson River
Plea for Intervention Over Nicaragua Cruelty Petition
Telegraph dispatch reports women of Nicaragua petitioning the U S State Department to intervene against Madriz rule. They accuse agents of cruelties in Granada Nadame and Pacific Coast cities and urge action on humanitarian grounds amid reconcentration and other offences. An advertisement touts Great Bear Spring Water.
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The
Tribune
New Orleans
Nicaragua
Don Adolfo Vivas
State Department
Humanity
Madriz
Grenada
Nadame
Pacific Coast
Woodruff Silent On Campaign Fate As August Deadline Near
Chairman Woodruff of the Republican State Committee dodged questions about his future in the campaign after visiting Mr. Roosevelt in Garden City with a Scranton party. Rumors say he may retire as state chair and Kings County leader, but friends note he wants to stay in place to avoid humiliation. A powerful Kings County opposition and naval officer Kracke may push a leadership change by August 1 if Woodruff resigns.
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Republican State Committee
Roosevelt
Garden City
Scranton
Kings County
Root
Washington
Albany
Kracke
Gates undergoes appendectomy at New York Hospital
Charles G. Gates son of John W. Gates was operated on for appendicitis yesterday afternoon by Dr Fellowes Davis Jr at New York Hospital. He may leave in two weeks. He arrived from residence at 677 Madison Avenue around 9 oclock yesterday morning. Gates serves as director with his father in United States Realty and Improvement Company of 111 Broadway.
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Charles G. Gates
John W. Gates
New York Hospital
Fellowes Davis, Jr
Supreme Court grants six month separation in State first
In Poughkeepsie on July 14 Justice Morsch allowed Mrs Elizabeth Burger a six month separation from her husband Mortimer Burger a Staatsburg machinist The judge noted absence makes the heart grow fonder and ordered that the separation ends after six months The action is believed to be the first of its kind in the state. A railroad advertisement follows about a 22 50 Atlantic City round trip on Wednesday July 20.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Supreme Court
Morschauser
Elizabeth Burger
Mortimer Burger
Staatsburg
Farmer Loses 3500 Bucks In Bunco At Quiet Box
Moravia farmer David Dennis met a stranger on the Lehigh train who posed as a Cortland dealer and corralled 3500 dollars. At Soule Cemetery the pair placed money in a metal box, the supposed buyer kept the key, and Dennis later found a four pound stone in the box as instructed to open it quietly.
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The
Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
David Dennis
Moravia
Burritt
Dennis
Lehigh
Auburn Savings Bank
Keaton
Cortland
Soule Cemetery
Chester Gillette
Maid at Ladew estate returns to France after theft exposure
Idell Worth, fifteen years a maid at Elsinore, signed an agreement not to return to the United States after taking trunks worth about 10 000 dollars and family linen. Harvey Ladew and his sister forced the issue, and Worth departed aboard a French vessel to her native France.
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Glen Cove
Long Island
Idell Worth
Edward Ladew
Elsinore
France
Harvey Ladew
Ladew
Joseph Worth
Harvey Laden
Elise
New York
Laden
Voiva Wins Zion City Control in Federal Court Action
Wilbur Glenn Vo liva, Zion City overseer and Dowie successor, gains potential absolute control after a federal judge approved a $700,000 sale by a Chicago real estate firm to liquidate the Dowie estate. Vo liva also stands to receive the estate for $900,000 under a prior contract, with $50,000 paid upfront and eight years to complete the balance.
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Chicago
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
K. M. Landis
Dowie
Guy D. Thomas
Voliva
Crippen Case Deepens With London Murder Twist
Belle Elmore's death claim shifts as London police probe her supposed murder linked to Dr H H Crippen. The case, likened to the Lake Como tragedy, centers on a cottage in East Williamsburg and findings under a cement cellar floor at Islington residence No. 39 Hilldrop Crescent.
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Charlton
Lake Como
London
East Williamsburg
Frederick Mersinger
Belle Elmore
Hilldrop Crescent
Islington
H. H. Crippen
Brooklyn
Crippen Case Ties Brooklyn Figures to London Murder Probe
The report details Cora Belle Mackamohski known as Cora Mersinger and connections to Dr. Crippen. It notes Mrs. Mills at 107 2d Street, Newport RI, Theresa Huhn of Glendale LI as relatives, and two stepbrothers found by police. It mentions Crippen’s London-ward escape, extradition potential, and Mme Ginnet’s role in triggering Scotland Yard’s investigation.
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Cora Belle Mackamohski
Brooklyn
Cora Mersinger
Dr. Crippen
Mersinger
Belle Elmore
R. H. Mills
Crippen
2D Street
Newport
R. I
Theresa Huhn
Glendale
Long Island
Detective Bureau
Russell
Moody
Gleason
Aikman
Croman
Hennessey
Boyle
Police
England
Chariton
Mme. Ginnet
Roselle
N. 3
Scotland Yard
Mme Ginnet
London
London Music Hall Artistes’ Guild
Los Angeles
Health Department of
Ernest Waldron
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