Indiana Municipal League elects officers at Gary session
Arthur D. Cunningham of Lafayette is re elected president. Columbus wins 1914 convention bid over Indianapolis. New officers include Loeper, Hess, Englehart, Davidson, Cobb, Robinson, Crabbe. A tax indebtedness bill and sewer issues dominate talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur D. Cunningham
Lafayette
Gary
Indianapolis
Municipal League of Indiana
Gary Commercial Club
Columbus
E B. C. Loeper
Noblesville
W. B. Hess
Plymouth
T. W. Englehart
D. A. Davidson
Princeton
Edwin A. Cobb
F. B. Robinson
Crawfordsville
Albert J. Crabbe
M. J. Vonpean
Richmond
H. C. Loehr
K. Herzog
Mishawaka
A. P. Melton
Milton
Knotts
Ezra Schoolcraft
Laporte
Cottingham
McGrath
Lafayette Works Board
Arthur PD. Cunningham
Hower
Hammond
Annis Burk
Shank
Crown Point
League
State Bar Association
State Bar Association of Indiana
Country Club
John L. Rupe
Thomas E. Davidson
Greensburg
George H. Bachelor
Elias D. Salsbury
Ernest P. Keith
Samuel W. Williams
Vincennes
Jackson Boyd
Greencastle
Merrill Moorea
Moores
Merle N. A. Walker
Mr. Walker
America
Triple-train crash at Vineyard station kills and wounds dozens
At Vineyard junction near Los Angeles a Pacific Electric interurban crash kills twelve and injures about fifty as a three-car train collides with another while stalled by a broken trolley wire. Crowded coaches carried holiday travelers with many fatalities. A separate Cambridge Ohio streetcar collision adds six deaths and 18 injuries amid storm damage to wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Electric Interurban
Vineyard Station
Pacific Electric
Venice
Ocean Park
Vineyard
Newark
Baltimore & Ohio
Wheeling
W. Va
Chicago
Cambridge (Co
Ohio
Dynamite tragedy and political unrest flash through several cities
Reports from Leavenworth Bayfield Newport England Havana Marietta and Tepanoa detail dynamite incidents political tension and a near mass tragedy. Notable events include two dynamiters freed on bonds and a fatal dynamite accident involving George Andrews, suffragette actions in England and a tense Havana political climate after General Riva's assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Michael J. Young
Boston
Mass
Charles Wachmeister
Detroit
Mich
Bayfield
Wis
George Andrews
Andrews
Newport
R. L
Vinson Walsh McLean
England
Humphreys Mackworth
Wilson Signs Newlands Erdman Bill to Avert Rail Strike
President Wilson signed the Newlands Erdman bill amending the Erdman act to expand the arbitration board from three to six and provide an independent panel. Railroads and labor leaders agreed to arbitration, averting a strike on eastern trains until arbitration concludes, with hopes the measure will end the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Arbitration Board
Congress
Board of Arbitration
U S Crop Report Shows Record Crops But Declines From Last Year
The July crop report indicates bountiful cereals but totals fall short of last year’s record. Leading crops total 4,929,000,000 bushels versus 5,561,000,000 last year, with oats down to 1,031,000,000 from 1,418,000,000 and corn, wheat, barley also reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Huge Lumber Yard Fire Ravages Michigan City Plant
A blaze at the Haskell & Barker Car company lumber yards in Michigan City Indiana caused over 1 million dollars in damage. Chicago fire units were dispatched with help from Gary dynamite used to try to stop the flames. Volunteers helped move unburned lumber to safety as crews fought the blaze near the Michigan Central tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Haskell & Barker Car Company
Chicago
Edward Buckley
Gary
Michigan Central Railroad
Fire Company
Katherine Barker
First Title Trust Company of
Michigan Central Tracks
Plans to Aid U. S. Sailors
Secretary of the Navy Joseph Daniels, with his wife, spent six hours in Chicago to inspect Pacific coast naval yards and training stations. He stressed the tour is to learn the fleet and plan future changes, especially to make enlistment more attractive and erase the view of naval service as drudgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Joseph Daniels
Navy
California
U S Demands Release of Americans Held by Mexican Rebels
Secretary Garrison ordered Col. Edwin Brewer of the Fourteenth Cavalry at Fort McIntosh Texas to demand the release of five Americans with 350 cattle and 30 horses held by Mexican revolutionists. Prince Taro Katsura, former Japanese premier and foreign minister, is seriously ill with stomach cancer in Tokio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Downing
United States
Purdue University
U. S
Washington
Garrison
Col
Edwin P. Brewer
Fourteenth Cavalry
Fort McIntosh
Tex
Tokio
Taro Katsura
Japan
Lobby Hearings Open as Mulhall Faces Charges
Washington July 15. Senate and House lobby committees hear Mulhall accuse George W Fairchild of NAM ties. Fairchild denies membership and notes Mulhall campaigned in 1906 1910 1912. Mulhall reveals letters and $150000 NAM offer while NAM seeks full papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
M. M. Mulhall
New York World
Senate
House
George W. Fairchild
New York
Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Fairchild
Baltimore
National Asociation of Manufacturers
Senate Lobby Committee
Martin M. Mulhall
House Committee
Senator Overman
James C. Emery
Robert McCarthy
New Jersey
Overman
McCarth
Fot
Mars Cushing
Nazi Association of Manufacturers
Cushing
McComas
Carl M. Downs
Aldrich
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Gilbert H. Hendren
State Board of Accounts
Charles A. Ramsey
Muncie
John H. Bolts
Winchester
Birney Spradling
Rushville
O. A. Hutchens
John W. Shoemaker
Loring W. Bundy
Newcastle
Alvin B. Ham
Paoli
S. P. Nelson
Auburn
John T. Morris
Shoals
Theodore McCain
L.B. Mc Keel
Bloomington
N. Quil- Hin
Lin
Bloomfield
J. W. King
Hart Spracley
Boonville
Willams
Indiana Photographers’ Association
Daguerre Memorial Institute
Winona Lake
Frank Scott Clark
Indiana
W. Neal Walden
Evaneville
O. L. Harrington
Juogansport
C. R. Reeves
Anderson
H. B. Rock
R. M. Williams
Evansville
R. Morris Williams
R. H E. Smith
Attica
C. A. Hackett
Falrmount
Otto Sellers
C. A. Schubert
Edward Perry
Fort Wayne
Lloyd Mugg
Kokomo
M.D. Harvey
Zionsville
W. ®. Harton
Will Hesig
Tipton
G. W. Jessup
Rockville
George Sneichen
Geneva
Mt. Tamalpais
Hitl
Cambridge
Storm Cute
Newlands
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Representative Fairchild
First House Committee
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