Senate Trust Bills Debated. Resistance Fades
Washington July 25 Republicans tell Democrats there will be no filibuster against trust bills. Senator Smoot pledges to block nonessential business until trust measures pass, aiming for adjournment by Sept 1. Newlands and Culberson seek limited amendments and swift passage as debate narrows.
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Washington, D. C
Smoot
Senate
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Committee
Trade Commission
Culberson
Judiciary Committee
Serbs Yield on Austria Ultimatum Sparks War Talk
Reports from Vienna and London on July 25 indicate Serbia accepted Austria-Hungary's ultimatum while tensions rise across Europe. Russia debates mobilization on the Austrian frontier as states seek peaceable solutions amid talk of abdication and martial dispatches.
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London
Belgrade
Vienna
Servia
Austria-Hungary
Peter of Servia
Weather forecast for Rock Island area includes storms
The forecast calls for possible thunderstorms this afternoon and generally fair, warm weather tonight and Sunday for Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity. Temperatures show 7 am 77 rising to 90 by 1 pm with no precipitation and humidity around 66 at 7 pm. Astronomical notes mention evening stars Venus Mars and morning stars Saturn Jupiter Mercury with a rare W shape in Cassiopeia near the Milky Way.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
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Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Casseopeia
Milky Way
How to End Strike Dispute in Chicago Hearing
The federal industrial relations commission will open a Chicago field office within two weeks and hold hearings from around the region. A plan outlines a national crafts unionization, centralization of employers, and a joint commission to decide jurisdictional strikes. Witnesses include Simon O'Donnell and Charles Gindele. Labor says courts are fair but police misuse powers. employers blame violence on strikers and harsh law enforcement. Disputes stem from agitation, inadequate wages, unaddressed grievances, and rising living standards demands.
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Chicago
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Hotel la Salle
Simon O'Donnell
Chicago Buiding Trades Council
Charles W. Gindele
Building Construction Employers’ Association
Ant
Marshall Field & Co
Organized Labor
Moyer Miner Head Again in Western Federation Convention
The Western Federation of Miners reported the election of Charles H. Moyer as President, C. E. Maloney as Vice President, and Ernest Mills as Secretary-Treasurer during their officers referendum tally in Denver on July 25. In Aurora Illinois Alfonso Bolz, driven insane by heat, escaped St Charles hospital, was captured after a street chase while nearly nude.
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Denver
Cal
Western Federation of Miners
Charles H. Moyer
C. E. Maloney
Ernest Mills
Aurora
Alfonso Boiz
St. Charles Hospital
Burlington
Bolz
Mexican Chiefs Not At Outs In Arms To Mexico
Washington July 25 officials watching shipments of arms to Mexico stated that General Villa is not buying munitions independently of Carranza authority. Officials said they had no advice to change hopeful views that all factions are being closely drawn together.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
General Villa
Carransa
Paris Caillaux Trial Faces Duel Challenge and Letters Reading
In Paris the Caillaux murder trial sees a judge challenge a colleague to a duel amid a tense session. Madame Caillaux collapses during the reading of Gueydan letters, later regains consciousness as surgeons testify and the hearing is suspended.
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Madame Caillaux
Calmette
Albanel
Dagoury
Caillaux
Al _ banel
Pallace of Justice
Madame Gueydan
Tore
Figaro
Mme, Caillaux
Henri Robert
Labori Chenu
The
Maitre’ Labori
Gueydan
Mutual Films Refused Sales Over Territory Claim
Sam Werner, general manager of Swanson Crawford, testified in Missouri’s film trust inquiry that Mutual Films refused to sell films to Swanson Crawford unless it limited operations to Mutual’s prescribed territory. The probe examines whether Mutual Films of Missouri acts as agent for an eight-company moving picture trust.
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St. Louis
Mutual Films Corporation
Swanson- Crawford Film Company
Mutual Corporation
Sam Werner
Swanson-Crawford Company
Mutual Films Corporation of Missouri
Moving Picture Trust
Trouble in Haiti to be settled via diplomacy and force
Washington reports show the United States weighing diplomatic steps to restore peace in San Domingo with Navy plans to deploy 1000 marines near Haiti. Puerto Plata faces famine with ten deaths. General Bordas and the Independencia gunboat remain near the town as rifle fire flares southwest of Puerto Plata.
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D. C
United States
San Domingo
Haiti
Wilson
Guantanamo
State Department
Navy Department
Hancock
Hampton Roads
Norfolk Navy Yard
Puerto Plata
Bordas
Independencia
Morgan Trustees Sued Over Morgan Estate Trust Fund
St George s Episcopal church of New York filed suit against the trustees of the late J P Morgan s estate seeking an accounting of income from a 600 000 trust fund bequeathed to the church Morgan was senior warden of the church at the time of his death the suit was filed yesterday in New York City
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New York
iNew
Clark declines to back Sullivan in Illinois Senate race
Washington July 25 Speaker Clark will not participate in the Illinois senatorial contest. His office announced that only supporters acting on their own will back Roger Sullivan while the speaker himself stays neutral in the fight for or against Sullivan.
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Illinois
Washington, D. C
Clark
Roger Sullivan
Sullivan
Attempted assassination of Egyptian ruler in Constantinople
In Constantinople on July 25 an Egyptian attempted to shoot the khedive as he left the grand vizierate. The assailant was promptly killed by a member of the khedive's entourage.
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Constantinople
Egypt
War scare triggers market panic in Europe and wheat spike
Across London Berlin Paris and Vienna traders panic as rumors of Russian mobilization ripple through markets. In Chicago wheat jump short lived while New York notes semi panic abroad and a later rally as Ser via yields to Austrian demands softens欧洲 tensions.
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England
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New York
Servia
Vienna
TRAIN ROBBERS KILL FLAGMAN NEAR NEW ORLEANS
Two masked bandits killed flagman Tom Elgin and looted the New York limited near Gentilly Louisiana. They boarded in New Orleans and obtained 16.75 from the conductor and 3.50 from a transfer agent. A porter was shot at. express and mail clerks were reported missing then found later at Bay St. Louis.
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Tom Elgin
New York Limited
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Gentilly
Here
E. C. Potter
Bay St. Louis
Police Captain Ryan Resigns Amid Health Concerns
Chicago July 25. Police Captain Michael Ryan who headed the old south aide levee resigned today due to health. Chief Gleason said charges prepared against Ryan after the killing of a detective in the red light district will not be filed.
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Ryan
Chicago
Michael Ryan
Levee
Gleason
Red Light
Trouble in Fault of Taft Sparks Gop Rifts in Kankakee
Joseph G. Cannon told the republican county central committee that Taft created the progressive movement, called the tariff failure a GOP issue, and urged Republicans to restore the “good old days.” He praised Taft’s heart but dubbed him a trouble maker and criticized Roosevelt and Beveridge’s positions amid party divisions over Perkins. The talk followed a resolution endorsing Cannon for congress in the Eighteenth district.
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Kankakee
Til
Republican County Central Committee
Joseph G. Cannon
William Howard Taft
Taft
Cannon
Roosevelt
Beveridge
Progressive Party
George W. Perkins
Pinchot
Perkins
Congress
Pick Expert to Fix Dominican Finances
Washington July 25 Charles Johnson of Indianapolis was chosen by the state department and the Dominican republic as the financial expert to straighten the complications involving European interests and the risk of American intervention.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Johnson
Indianapolis
State Department
Dominican Republic
Mediation Fails in Rail Disputes
Chicago July 25. Mediation between 98 western railroads and 55,000 enginemen has failed. The federal board will seek a working basis for arbitration by mutual consent to resolve the differences.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Federal Board
Two Banks to Reopen Weekend Report on Illinois Banks
Auditor of Public Accounts Brady announced that the Illinois State bank and the Ashland Twelfth banks will resume operations next Monday. The statements were released in Springfield, with July 25 cited as the date of the note.
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Illinois State
Ashland-Twelfth
Springfield
Auditor of Public Accounts
Brady
Illinois State Bank
Charles Henrotin Dead Former Chicago Stock Exchange Leader
Charles Henrotin, first president of the Chicago stock exchange at its 1882 organization, former resident consul in Belgium and consul general to Turkey, died suddenly today in Chicago. A noted public figure, he contributed to civic life for many years.
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Chicago
Charles Henrotin
Chicago Stock Exchange
Belgium
Turkey
Deadlock Over 1915 Fair Rate in Chicago
Chicago rail executives clash over California exposition fares. Santa Fe demands San Diego coupon on every ticket to California, worth 4 dollars per pass, regardless of destination. Other roads balk, preferring coupon only on passenger request. Meeting sends matter to railroad executives for settlement.
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Santa Fe Company
San Diego
Santa Fe Railroad
Los Angeles
Missouri River
Rocky Mountains
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