Commerce Chief Maps Nationwide Business Mood
Secretary of Commerce Redfield told the Raleigh chamber of commerce that the country shows varied business weather. He described high barometers in the central and western regions and low mood in the northeast, linking global conditions to U S economic activity and noting a large April merchandise balance near negative norms.
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Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Chamber of Commerce
Weather Service
Germany
Morey to Insure Big Fight Posted
Jaméon England July Six thousand sovereigns the largest sum ever deposited to insure a glove fight posted in the office of the Union by Gerrard Austin for a Johnson Langford match likely in London in September or October. The money represents Johnsons share win or lose by the syndicate backing the bout.
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Jaméon
England
The
Unis
Gerrard Austin
Jack Johnson
Langford
London
Johnson
Weather Forecast for Quad Cities Area
Unsettled weather tonight and Saturday with showers likely and little temperature change. 7 am temperature 66, high yesterday 95, low 60, wind southerly moderate to fresh, precipitation 4.17 inches, humidity 57 percent at 7 pm, stage of water 6.9 up 0.5 in 24 hours. Local forecaster J. M. Sherier notes evening stars Mercury Venus Saturn and Mars with Jupiter in the morning and the Big Dipper handle tip overhead later.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Eight Thousand Strikes Hit Eastern City
In Pittsburgh today 8000 workers from Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing and Westinghouse Machine join a strike demanding improved conditions. The Allegheny Industrial Union seeks end of premium piece and bonus systems, reemployment of all discharged workers since February, and targeted job rotations during depressions. No disorders reported. hundreds of girls with tin horns march.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Compay
Westinghouse Machine Company
Allegheny Industrial Union
Woman disrupts Buckingham Palace scene with kneeling appeal
Miss Mary Blomfield, daughter of Lady Blomfield, knelt before King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace, then was hustled out as palace officials fear repeats. The incident prompted palace security measures and denials from the militant Women's Social and Political Union.
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London
England
Mary Blomfield
Lady Blomfield
Arthur Blomfield
Buckingham Palace
King George
Queen Mary
Blomfield
Palace
Miss Blomfield
Building permits issued in Rock Island total 16150
Rock Island issued permits for nine building projects and alterations totaling 16150 in the past two weeks. Projects include dwellings for Frank Vogue 1400 and Meinnis Bros for H W Tress 1650 and 2800 for J J Burgis. Alterations listed for Ringwell and Fritz Herman 500 each.
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Rock Island
Frank Vogue
Fourteenth Avenue
Meinnis Bros
H. W. Tress
Twenty-sixth Street
MeiInnis Bros
W. G. Welch
Twenty-second Street
J. J. Burgis
Fourteenth Street
H. W. Baker
Edwin F. Lundeen
Thirty-seventh Street
W. E. Bailey
F. K. Rhoads
Forty-first Street
J. E. Johnson
F. O
Ewen Ee le
Floods imperil towns in the North
Greenwood Wisconsin reports the Black River at peak flood height from heavy rains. A municipal dam tore loose, 250 feet of concrete washed away, and homes and buildings face destruction as families evacuate. Toledo Ohio saw only minor storm damage with no injuries.
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Wis
Black River
Municipal Light and Power, Company
Toledo
Ohio
Helena
Mystery Man Identified After Eight Year Enigma Clears
Chicago, June 5. A brother and sister testified their mother identified the mystery man known as J. C. R. as Earl Iles, son of Mrs H E Pitkin. Iles a mining engineer with ties to Goldfield Nevada vanished in 1906 and can only say the word pie.
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Chicago
H. E. Pitkin
Earl Iles
Iles
Goldfield
Nev
Northland Steamer Grounded After Reefing in Fog
The steamer Northland with 75 passengers from New York to Portland Maine ran ashore on Bartletts reef near New London in dense fog. Passengers reached New London by wrecking tug Tasco at 5 am and report fear after the Empress of Ireland disaster but no major panic. The captain and crew stay aboard as salvage work continues and a lightering plan is made. The ship, steel 304 feet long, was damaged at bows and forehold. Germany reports 60 towns employing policewomen.
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New London
Conn
Northland
New York
Portland
Bartlett's Reef
Here
Tasco
Theatre pushes newspaper ads over billboards in bold Chicago move
Chicago reports Garrick theatre manager J J Garrity will rely on newspaper publicity for Olga Petrova in Pan at the Garrick beginning Sunday. He cites billboard inefficiency and cites prior successes with exclusive newspaper campaigns as proof. In Des Moines, George York is convicted under the Mann Act and sentenced to a year in Leavenworth.
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J. J. Garrity
Garrick Theatre
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Panthea
Garrick
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Schuberts
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A. J. Hermann
Cort
Palace
Majestic
Mann
York
Des Moines
George York
Colfax
State Bank of
M. B. Wheelock
O. K. Jackson
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Eruptions Bury Homes on Dutch Island Sanguir
A violent eruption on the Dutch island of Sanguir near Mindanao causes lava flows and stone rain. Officials report 100 houses destroyed with no confirmed deaths.
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Batavia
Java
Sanguir
Mindadbao
Philippines
Allen couple survive Mexican mob siege near Monterey
Deputy US Consul John C. Allen and his wife escaped death after four days hidden inside a crude Monterey home as a mob shouted death to Gringoes following news of the Vera Cruz occupation. They shielded themselves with a butcher knife and vowed not to surrender. Federal troops later drove off the attackers and the Allens safe.
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Cal
United States
John C. Allen
Monterey
Allen
Vera Cruz
Allens
Governor Dunne Receives Fan Letter Amid Pardons Controversy
Springfield reports Governor Dunne, praised by humanitarians for pardoning a convict to support his family, receives a stray admirer’s letter. The sender asked for a personal photo. secretary William Sullivan returned the note with a picture of the governor and Mrs Dunne and their nine children.
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Dunne
Springfield
William Sullivan
President Wilson Addresses Naval Academy Graduates In Annapolis
President Wilson told 154 naval academy graduates that US service to humanity is the mission, not conquest, and said Vera Cruz will change Mexicans' view of Americans. Five thousand attended as Mayflower deliveries were received and ships saluted. Tampico arm shipments and Mazatlan fighting continued to vex Washington officials with reports of forced loans and consular safe theft.
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Wilson
Naval Academy
Mexican
United States
Vera Cruz
Daniels
Illinois
Idaho
Missouri
Niagara Falls
Washington, D. C
Washington
Tampico
Bryan
Howard
Mazatlan
Silliman
Saltillo
John Lind
State Department
Mona Lisa Thief Gets Year and Fifteen Days
Florence judges accept extinuating circumstances plea for Vincennas Peugia who stole Da Vinci's Mona Lisa from the Louvre and sentence him to one year and fifteen days, with six months to serve due to prior prison time. East St. Louis spelling winner achieves 1 400 words in 11 1 2 hour match. L Anse trial date set for Moyer and Western Federation of Miners leaders on copper strike charges.
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Italy
Vincennas Peugia
da Vinci
Louvre
Paris
East St. Louis
William Rosinger
Moyer
L’anse
Mich
Western Federation of Miners
Army aviators die in midair explosion crash
Two army flyers were killed near here when their aircraft bursts into flames at an altitude of half a mile above a forest. Peasants heard the explosion and saw flames, then fragments of the aeroplane fell among the trees. The pilots were strapped to the plane and their bodies were severely burned and mutilated.
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