Denver Cruiser Christened Amid Rainstorm Delays
The launch of the U S cruiser Denver, the first of six of its type, occurred at Neafie & Levy in Kensington as rain hindered many spectators. Miss Roberto Mario Wright, Denver mayor’s daughter, christened the ship with wine, while Hull and Finland launches followed nearby. The Denver party included Mayor Samuel H. Ashbridge and U S Senators Teller and Patterson among others.
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Delaware River
American Navy
Merchant Marine
Néafie & Levy Ship and Engine Building Company
Kensington
U. S
Denver
Congress
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
Finnland
Christiana Creek
United States
Topedo
Far West
Massachusetts
Matthias Leddinger
Neafie & Levy Company
Roberto Mario Wright
Robert R. Wright, Jr
Seddinger
Mr. Seddinger
Miss Wright
Eton
Gramme
Samuel H. Ashbridge
Mayor Wright
Henry M. Teller
T. M. Patterson
Colorado
John © .Bell
F. Shafroth
Henry Burk
Wright
R. R. Wright
E. L. Wemple
New York
G. 8. Fraser
Washington
A. R. Dyer
Grace Knight
Nellie L. Flower
Walton
Association of Letterlakers
Ashbridge
Philadelphia
Thomas M. Patterson
Teller
Shafroth
Bell
Burk
Finnland Launch Marks New Ocean Liner at Cramp Yard
The Finnland, new flagship of the International Navigation Company, is launched at Cramp Shipyard sharing size with sister Kroonland. The vessel measures 560 feet long, 42 feet deep, about 12 000 gross tons with 11 watertight bulkheads and 20 boats. It accommodates 342 first class 144 second class and 1000 third class passengers with extensive cargo capacity and four patent collapsible boats.
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Finnland
International Navigation Company
Cramp
Kroonland
Clement A. Griscom
Samuel Bettle
Kroonland Begins Trial Run Down the Hudson
The Kroonland cast off at 6 15 pm on its trial trip down the river as 300 workers prepared the vessel for passenger service toward New York. The ship is under Edward S Cramp with J H Mull and Captain Bucknan, while officials change flags at the New York pier.
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Kroonland
City Hall
New York
Edward 8. Cramp
Shipbuilding Company
J. H. Mull
Bucknan
N. P. Town
Cramp Company
International Navigation Company
Doxrud
Clement A. Griscom, Jr
Samuel Bell,Jr
Edward Browning
M. Church
B. Frank Clyde
H. A. Deckla
E. C. Dale
E. M. Hance
J. F. Joline
J. A. Erben
Ralph Townsend
W. 8. Samuel
W. C. Sproul
H. N. Hart
E. Alexander
George Webster
H. M. Barrett
Cortland D. Cramp
Torpedo boat Aul launched at Wilmington yards
The torpedo boat destroyer Aul was landed at Harlan Hollingsworth Company yards in Wilmington Delaware at 12 20 pm. Miss Mabel Hull of Newton Massachusetts christened the vessel. The Hull measures 245 feet in length 23 feet breadth 64 percent feet mean draught and a displacement of 408 tons with engines rated at 8000 horsepower.
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Wilmington
Del
Aul
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Mabel Hull
Newton
Mass
George A. Hull
Admiral Hull
Notable Bazaar Arranged for Buckingham Gate Jewelry Exhibit
Mrs C Adair will preside at a Buckingham Gate silver jewelry exhibition on June 21 for charity, while the Coronation Bazaar at Crystal Palace features Mrs Arthur Paget as president. J Pierpont Morgan loaned jewels and miniatures. Countess of Straford and prominent American women will participate.
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Philadelphia Times
London
C. Adair
Buckingham Gate
Duke of Rutland
J. Pierpont Organ
Earl Newton
Crystal Palace
Arthur Paget
J. Pierpont Morgan
Countess of Strafford
Aix
Obituary notices for Litchman Goodfellow and Barrett Ridgply
Charles H. Litchman of Marblehead Massachusetts a 34 year old Industrial Commission member died in Washington of typhoid fever leaving a wife mother and children. William G Goodfellow a Roxborough contractor died at 4065 Lyceum Avenue after a carpentry career and business with his brother. Mrs William Barrett Ridgply wife of the currency comptroller died in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after appendicitis surgery.
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Charles H. Litchman
Marblehead
Mass
Massachusettes
Industrial Commission
Washington
William G. Goodfellow
21St Ward
Lyceum Avenue
Roxborough
James Howen
Ebenezer Wetwacier
Iscopal Church
Manayunk
William Barrett Rdigply
Jolene Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Mintes Enstor
Wheiby Mk Euilom
Sao i
Orphans Get Three Cent Meals Plan Lodged
The Home for Orphans of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania plans to supply funds to ease the home’s strained finances. At a board meeting in Odd Fellows Temple a committee was formed to review affairs, arrange entertainments, and collect donations. Fifty nine children have been supported for 280 weeks at two dollars ten cents weekly each, with a total treasury of six thousand nine hundred eighty four dollars. Expenses include salaries plumbing printing coal and repairs, all part of a two dollar nineteen cent weekly per child allowance.
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Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania
Odd Fellows* Temple
Treasury
Watch Snatched by Elevator Sends Sterr’s Timepiece Plunging
George Sterr, 28th ward Republican leader, lost a gold watch in a peculiar elevator incident. In Israel W. Durham's Betz building office on the eleventh floor, his watch chain snagged on the elevator door latch, the watch dropping through a gap and surviving a fatal eleven-floor fall before wrecking on impact.
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George Sterr
28Th Ward
Israel W. Durham
Betz Building
Mr. Sterr
Guthrie Not in Race for Governor Nomination
Pittsburgh dispatch reports George W. Guthrie unlikely to have his name placed before the Erie Democratic convention. Guthrie refused a second place on Pattison’s ticket and aims to protect his future prospects. Anti Pattison factions led by Gordon Kerr Mutchler convened at Cambridge Springs to counter Pattison, while Guthrie’s supporters fear impact on Colonel Guffey.
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Pittsburg
George W. Guthrie
Robert E. Pattison
Erie
Pattison
Kerr-Mutcaler-Gordon
Colonel Guffey
Guffey
Guthrie
Gordon-Kerr-Mutchler
Cambridge Springs
Bex
Krebs
Operators Seek Negro Miners in the South
June 21 report from Mahanoy notes mining companies recruiting African American workers in Alabama for anthracite mines. Strikers say they will resist any influx, while Indian Ridge colliery becomes an armed camp with seventy five deputies. A deputy fired on youths at Maizeville. one boy, John Metann, 17, injured. Strikers reject a wage increase offer as divide-and-conquer. An effigy burning near Tunnel Ridge Colliery is witnessed by three thousand.
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Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Coal and Iron
Maizeville
John Metann
Philadelphia
Reading
Oal and Iron’ Company
George H. Hartlein
Shamokin
Crete
Tunnel Ridge
McQuiston Wins Democratic Primary for Butler Judge
June 21 Butler county Democrats held a quiet primary with a vigorous campaign for judge. Levi McQuinston leads over E L Ralston and J D Marshall by a large margin. Delegates to the State convention are James McGowan Dr G K McAdoo and A Troutman. Likely Pattison for Governor. County convention scheduled for tomorrow.
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Butler
Butler County
Judge
Levi McQuinston
E. L. Ralston
J. D. Marshall
James McGowan
G. K. McAdoo
A. ©. Troutman
Robert E. Pattison
Philadelphia
New Man for Governor Luzerne May Bring Out Ex Judge Woodward
Wilkesbarre June 21 Ex Judge Stanley Woodward of Luzerne City may be named as a compromise candidate if the Democratic State convention at Erie deadlocks. The delegation will present his name as an option at the gathering.
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Luzerne
Woodward
Philadelphia Times
Wilkesbarre
Erie
Luserne
Stanley Woodward
City
New York Broker Files Bankruptcy
Henry 8. Meyer a broker of 25 Broad Street filed a bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 45040 with no assets. Major creditor Offenbach & Moore are owed 26885. Meyer is brother to Arthur L. Meyer linked to the Webb Meyer syndicate troubles.
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Philadelphia
New York
Henry 8. Meyer
Broad Street
Offenbach & Moore
Arthur L. Meyer
Webb- Meyer Syndicate
Special officers stationed at collieries and Hauto
Special officers in the employ of the company are stationed at the various collieries and at Hauto.
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Hauto
Mother Jones Arrested Under West Virginia Injunction
United Mine Workers leaders including Mother Jones were arrested in Clarksburg and jailed in Parkersburg after a federal injunction. Four deputy marshals held the group, bail not set, and they had funds to secure release. This marks the first arrest for Mother Jones despite many injunctions.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Jones
Thomas Haggerty
William Morgan
Bernard Rice
George Baron
Andrew Lascavash
William Blakely
United Mine
Parkersburg
Jackson
United States Circuit Court
Quiet in Virginia Roanoke Mine Town Sees Drop in Loaded Cars
In Roanoke Virginia on June 21 miners face a large drop in loaded cars as payday is near and demoralizes workers. No violence is reported and sheriffs with deputies and guards are expected to keep order without militia. Roanoke companies remain on waiting orders.
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Roanoke
Pig Iron Stock Exhausted in Lehigh Valley
June 21 report says the coal strike has halted iron production in the Lehigh Valley with every furnace banked or blown out. An iron dealer notes there is not a pound of pig iron on the market in the valley, threatening shutdowns of other industries unless miners return to work soon.
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Easton
Lehigh Valley
Telephone girls strike ties up Iowa exchanges
Seventy central telephone girls walked out in Des Moines injuring service at Iowa and Mutual lines. Managers seek replacements as strikers organize a union affiliated with the AFL and plan to broaden the strike across the state. They demand $30 monthly wages and a nine hour day.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Central Telephone
Mutual
American Federation of Labor
Deputies Increased as Mines Face Work Stoppage
In Pottsville on June 21 the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co enlarges its deputy force to about 1000 to guard upcoming coal operations. Silverton colliery carpenters quit en masse demanding concessions. A deputy, unnamed, was jailed for drunkenness and brandishing a revolver. About a dozen Pottsville shop workers were laid off with more to follow next week. Town Council offers unemployed strikers municipal improvement work.
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Pottsville
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Silverton Colliery
Philadelphia and
Reading
Sister’s Brother Arrested on Assault Charge
Alexander Armstrong of 525 Linden Street Camden was jailed by Justice Schmitz in default of a $300 bail after being charged with assaulting his sister Mrs Sara Jackson who runs a Camden boarding house. The case stems from a dispute over a receipt and missing money.
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Alexander Armstrong
Linden Street
Camden
Camden County
Justice Schmitz
Sara Jackson
Te Jackson
Toronto street car strike seeks wage and union gains
Toronto street car workers began a citywide strike as talks with company officials continued. Demands included union recognition, a 25 cent hourly rate and a nine hour day, with company offers ranging from 17 to 21 cents. Final issues require more discussion.
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Toronto
Ont
MacDonalds
Boiler Makers Lock Out in St Paul Strike
In St Paul on June 21 the Great Northern boiler makers and helpers strike has escalated into a lockout. An official said the company would hire all the workers it needed, ending the wage increase dispute and deepening the rift between strikers and management.
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Paul
Minn
Great Northern
Concessions Granted to Pump Men at Sandy Run Mines
Hazleton June 21 Concessions have been granted to the fremen and pumpmen despite denials by M S Kemmerer of Kemmerer & Co operators of the Sandy Run collieries The agreement is in the possession of the mine workers Rumors say other operators will follow suit Evictions announced for today did not occur and Coze Brothers defer action for the moment The district remains quiet
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Philadelphia Times
Hazleton
Kemmerer
Kemmerer & Co
Sandy Run
Fremen
gEo
Coze Brothers
Union calls meeting on settlement of Labor dispute
In Omaha R E Meltan of the Federation of Labor says no steps yet taken toward a strike but a meeting of all unions will be held to hear pleas. New men are being hired by the Union Pacific boilermakers and none will be at a later date.
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Omaha
Pep. & E
R. E. Meltan
Ederation of Labor
Ah Os
Union Pacific
Lean
Gaynor and Greene Remanded to Montreal Jail
Judge Andrews discharged contempt against Detective Carpenter and remanded Gaynor and Greene to the Montreal jailer for custody. The proceedings tied to their arrest drew favorable comment from the judge as he delivered judgment in Carpenter's case. The decision underscores the authority of Montreal authorities in the handling of the defendants.
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Gaynor
Greene
Quebec
Andrews
Carpenter
Messrs
Gaynor and
Montreal
Taught to Steal by a Fagin
Raymond Homburger of Sixth Street near Backer recounts being taught to steal by a man in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Raymond Howmberger
Sixth Street
Backer
Coal Company Ships 5,000 Tons From Haute Yard
A June 21 report from Tamaqua notes the High Coal and Navigation Company shipped over 5,000 tons of coal to market from its Haute storage yard since last Wednesday. The article mentions foreign workers loading the coal, described as volunteers, though the text is cut off and details incomplete.
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High Coal and Navigation Company
Haute
Cea
Race for Philadelphia Mayor Focuses on Thomas and Penrose
The article outlines a tentative GOP path for mayoral nomination with Collector C Wesley Thomas as a leading candidate if plans hold. It notes Senator Boies Penrose may be the machine’s choice but could face reelection concerns. Insurer Durham leans to Thomas while State Senator John M Scott is a fallback. Provost C Harrison is discussed as a potential unanimous pick.
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Port C
Wesley Thomas
Thomas
United States
Boies Penrose
Penrose
Senate
Philadelphia
Durham
John M. Scott
Scott
Lane
Dc. C. Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
Negro ordained priest in Baltimore at Cathedral
Cardinal Gibbons ordained J. Harry Dorsey at the Cathedral in Baltimore marking the second African American priest in the United States. Born in Baltimore and educated in public schools, Father Dorsey will celebrate his first Mass tomorrow at St. Francis Xavier's Church for Negroes. The first Black priest ordination in the nation was C. R. Uncles in 1891.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
J. Harry Dorsey
United States
Father Dorsey
St. Francis Xavier's
C. R. Uncles
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