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Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1913

Page

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Miners Seek Inquiry Into Hall Horror

Calumet disaster toll reaches 72 with many children among the dead as peacemakers urge end to the copper district strike. Secretaries Wilson and Tumulty seek federal help while local factions pledge aid and bury the dead. Citizens and operators pledge funds and efforts to relieve stricken families amid a tense labor dispute.

Calumet Mich Citizens’ Alliance Fister Federation of Miners” Local Federation

Couple Hit by Two Autos in New York, One Dead

In New York on December 26 Mrs Gertrude Lee daughter of Colonel Philip F Harvey killed while her husband Richard Lee Jr superintendent of transportation for American Sugar Refining company seriously injured. The couple were returning from a Christmas dinner when a limousine struck them in rain and a taxicab ran over them. the limousine driver fled and the taxicab driver was arrested and later released. Colonel Harvey walked ahead and learned of the accident only after reaching home.

New York Gertrude Lee Philip F. Harvey United States Army Richard Lee American Sugar Refining Company Harvey Lees

Nation Big Gainer In Trade Balance

The balance of trade in favor of the United States for the past 12 months ending with November was 735 million dollars. Both exports and imports for November were the second largest for that month in the last six years. Miss Julia Kern, daughter of Senator Kern of Indiana, wed Dr. George B. Lawson near Hollins, Roanoke.

Washington United States Roanoke Julia Kern Kern Indiana George B. Lawson Hollins

Dollar piece of 1804 date found in New Haven

A United States silver dollar dated 1804, valued at about 3500 for collectors, was found by laborer William Sullivan during excavation in New Haven Connecticut on December 26. The coin is described as being in good condition.

New Haven Conn United States Wiliam Sullivan

List of deadly fires and disasters from 1881 to 1913

Chronology of fatal incidents worldwide noting venues such as theatres churches factories hotels and public buildings. Entries include dates locations event names and casualty figures spanning the Sun derland Exeter Iroquois theatre General Slocum disaster and Los Angeles Times building among others.

Church of the Jesuits Santiago Chile Brooklyn Theatre Brooklyn N. Y Ring Theatre Vienna Austria Sunderland England Opera Comique St. John N. B Exeter Theatre Banquet Theatre Portugal Lu Chow China Shantung Theatre Pike's Opera Cincinnati Charity Bazaar Paris Hoboken Rochester Orphan Asylum Shiloh Baptist Church Birmingham Ala Iroquois Theatre Chicago General Slocum R. B. Glover's Shoe Factory Brockton Mass San Francisco Rhodes Opera House Bogerstown School Collinwood Ohio Flores Theatre Mexico Dekorite Hungary United States Los Angeles Times Minnesota Newark N. J Morris A Co St Petersboro Russian New York British Guiana Calumet Mick

Knife to Separate Two Siamese Girls in Paris

Paris dispatch reports a month old pair of Siamese twins joined face to face by a flesh strip over an inch thick have been brought to Paris for separation surgery. A radiograph suggests the twins share pelvic organs.

Paris France

Girl Dives In Cold Lake For Masquerade-Free Swim

Chicago Minnesota December 26 16 year old Clara Pause stepped from her room in a swimsuit claiming she was going to the beach despite a chilly lake. Her parents stared as Amelia and friends followed. Clara swam in the icy water then ran home declaring it fun and solitary.

Chicago Mns Paul Pause Wilson Avenue Clara Pause Miss Pause Amelia

Paint Suffocates an Insurance Man in Chicago

George W. Riggs a 52 year old insurance agent died in a bath room accident when painting the walls. He fell from a ladder, a can of thick enamel covered his face and suffocated him. He led a parts company for steam locomotives and was a prominent Mason.

Chicago George W. Riggs Riggs

Blizzard Grips Syracuse and Rochester in Winter Storm

A fierce blizzard sweeping central New York disrupts wire service in Syracuse and its outskirts. In Rochester the storm raged through the night, weakening this morning yet leaving streets in paralysis as thousands walk to work.

Syracuse N. Y Rochester

Congress Aids Arsenal Effort to Save Millions in Munitions

Washington December reports show Rep O H air of Illinois pressuring Gen Crozier in a hearing on government manufacture of army ammunition. He questions $2,000,000 in annual potential savings and the need for private firms. Tavenner proposes 1 9 million for Rock Island arsenal plants amid wartime readiness plans. Governor McGovern may deny clemency for John Dietz amid a pardon inquiry. Raids on dry Milton Junction hotels seize liquor on Christmas Eve. St Louis railroad receiver orders restitution against directors.

Chicago Tribune Washington, D. C House Committee On Military Affairs United States O'Hair Illinois Crozier Mr. O'Hair Ordnance Bureau General Crozier Tavenner Ilinois Rock Island Arsenal Mississippi River Daven Rock Island Milton Junction Wis Whipple Morgan St. Paul Charles Lumm

Weather summary for tonight and Saturday

Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Lows near 20, highs around 38. Light winds, no precipitation. Humidity high in the evening, early morning. Planets Jupiter Saturn Mercury Venus in varying lunar conjunctions tonight and early morning.

J. M. Sherier Jupiter Saturn Mercury Venus

Funeral Held For Congressman I S Pepper In Ottumwa Iowa

The funeral of Congressman I S Pepper was held at the First Methodist Episcopal church in Ottumwa Iowa with a 24 member congressional delegation including Representative Clyde H Tavenner of Illinois present. Active pallbearers included J G Van Lent and Dr A A Petersen and Masons A E Othmer and A S Lawrence. Honorary pallbearers representing Iowa’s eleven congressional districts were named by N F Reed with Judge Martin J Wade added in his honor.

J. G. van Lent A. A. Petersen Masons A. E. Othmer A. S. Lawrence Muscatine Bar Association D. W. Jackson H. G. Thompson Elis R. S. McNutt J. P. Breen N. F. Reed Democratic State Central Committee Iowa Martin J. Wade Iowa City A. R. Miller Washington Fred B. Sharon Davenport Louis Murphy Dubuque Frank O'Connor New Hampton Nick Furlong Marshalltown Dan W. Hamilton Sigourney Hurley Sheldon Ames Claude R. Porter Centerville

Long Questions By Schmidt Lawyers Read In Court

New York on December 26 Attorneys for Mans Schmidt presented 20 000 word hypothetical questions to alienists hired by the state to prove sanity in his murder of Anna Aumul ler at Janesville Wisconsin. In Belvidere and other Illinois cities F J Harris Jias Doc Hamilton and F C Crumm alias Banks were arrested on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses. Also Memphis Tennessee Mrs Fisher Harwell wife of a businessman killed herself after taking her four children to visit her cousin.

New York Mans Schmidt Schmidt Anna Aumuller Janesville Wis F. J. Harris Jias Doc Hamilton F. C. Crumm Banks Belvidere Illinois Memphis Tenn Fisher Harwell

Train Blown by Rebels in Nationwide Action

Washington dispatch reports a large rebel force on the National railway about 60 miles north of San Luis Potosi destroyed a federal convoy train, killing 24 federals. The Tam pico situation remains unchanged.

San Luis Potosi Tampico Washington State Department National Railway

President Wilson plans South trip and trust speech

President Wilson travels from Pass Christian to observe a house fire at Mrs. Neville’s home and directs fire crews. He maps a rest program to regain health and contemplates federal reserve board appointments and an anti trust address likely read to Congress on January 19. He reviews Calumet disaster coverage and notes federal jurisdiction questions. Over 400 national banks have sought Federal Reserve membership, with rapid filings nationwide and rising pace.

Christian Miss Wilson Federal Reserve Board Congress White House Calumet, Mich Western Federation of Miners

Seamen's Union Chief Resigns Delegation

London December 26 Andrew Furuseth president of the International Seamen's Union cables President Wilson resigning as a delegate to the international conference on safety at sea He says the sub committee report lowers safety standards and he refused to sign it Furuseth wanted steamers to have crews with three years experience to take charge in accidents Disinclination of other American delegates to back him led to his resignation.

London Andrew Furne Reth International Seamen's Union Wilson Furuseth

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Hall Bush Moyer John J. Denamore W' Deaver Ocean Chillicothe Chico Henry W. Woodrow Lawler THE SPUGL Richard Lee,Sr Tomah John Boyington Julia Kern A Bride North Side New York State Taverner Dietz Madison McGovern John Dietz Cameron Dam Messrs Cochems Wolf and Naber Erner Clarence Leslie Myra McGuern St. Louis, Mo Jamen Rusk St. Louis Moline Vicinity Ottumwa National Houses Schmidt Lawyers South Plans Trust Neville Federal Reserve System of Banks Treasury Department Boston McAdow F
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