Salem Fire Devastates City as 10,000 Homeless
The Salem blaze, started by a Korn Leather plant chemical explosion, destroyed over a thousand buildings, leaving about 10,000 residents homeless and at least three dead. Governor Walsh coordinates relief with 5,000 tents and 10,000 rations slated for shipment. notable landmarks largely spared while North Salem suffers an incendiary fire. Martials law not declared. militia maintains order as relief pours in and trains resume service.
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Salem
Mars
Walsh
Korn Leather Company
Gallows Hill
Lafayette Street
Dteryeume
Salem Hospital
North Salem
Garrison
Henry C. Frick
Pit
Targh
Bickness
Kea Croce
Svening
Hinister Rojas Dead at Seventy
Rajan Rojas, a veteran Venezuelan political figure who fled to Venezuela from Atlantic City, died at age seventy. He had long been active in politics, endured exile following revolutions, and spent many years in Venezuela after leaving his homeland.
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Hinister Rojas
Atlantic City
N. J
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Area
Unsettled and warm weather continues tonight and Saturday with likely thunderstorms. Temperature at 7 am 75, yesterday high 86, overnight low 71. Wind 2 mph, precipitation .06 inch, humidity 70 percent at 7 pm. Occultation of Venus by the Moon occurs at 9 09 am with the lunararium.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Paris Women Anticipate Major Ring Clash
In Paris on June 26 Jack Johnson and Frank Moran finished training for their bout tomorrow night. Tickets are snapped up by many women who never miss a boxing match in Paris. Receipts are estimated near one hundred thousand dollars with ten percent added for Paris's poor. The fight opens on the eve of the Grand Prix amid peak tourist season.
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Paris
France
Jack Johnson
Frank Moran
Court Clerk Fixer of Juries in Chicago Case
Indictments in Chicago accuse conspirators tied to judge fixing and alleged bribery. John P. Cummings, a manufacturer, faces charges from Dorothy Moore, a former stenographer, alleging offers to secure his acquittal. Authorities report Cummings arranged money through associates in Lincoln Park where arrests occurred.
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Chicago
Zpadedy
John P. Cummings
Herman Schnitz
Criminal Court
Robert Malone
Frank McMahon
Cummings
Dorothy Moore
Lincoln Park
Claflin pledges entire fortune for reorg
New York June 26 With assurances of cooperation from leading dry goods firms jobbing and commission houses and creditors Claflin begins reorganizing the H B Claflin company now in receivers hands He pledges his personal fortune of 10 000 000 to the effort and expects firm support
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New York
John Claflin
H. B. Claflin Company
Claflin
Hanna Renominated In North Dakota State Primary
Grand Forks North Dakota June 26 Though returns were incomplete last night Governor Hanna's renomination seemed assured with a lead around 4000. Other Republicans winning were US Senator A J Gronna Lieutenant Governor J H Fraine State Treasurer Thomas Tharalson Attorney General Henry J Linde Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor R F Flint Congressman Young renominated in the second district Congressman Norton in the third. Democrats nominated F C Hellstrom for governor and W E Purcell for US senator.
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North Dakota
Grand Forks
N. D
Hanna
United States
A. J. Gronna
J. H. Fraine
Thomas Tharalson
Henry J. Linde
Agriculture and Labor
R. F. Flint
Young
Norton
F. C. Hellstrom
W. E. Purcell
Waukegan Prosecutor to Start Crusade Against Golf Clubs
Waukegan June 26 following the conviction of John Diener of Haliday and his bartender Robert Sloan for selling liquor to William Just a minor State's Attorney Ralph Cady is to turn his crusade against Onwent sia and Exmoor clubs Diener and Sloan were fined 100 each Cady admitted his attention had been called to the dispensing of liquor for the golf clubs and said he would extend to their officers no more protection than others in the county.
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Waukegan
Ill
John Diener
Haliday
Robert Sloan
William Just
Ralph Cady
Onwentsia
Exmoor
Diener
Sloan
Cady
Butte Braces for Federal Help Over Miner Turmoil
Governor Stewart asked federal troops be moved from Fort Vancouver to Fort Missoula to deter further violence in Butte Montana. President Roosevelt examined the request with his cabinet as tensions rose with the Industrial Workers of the World and Western Federation.
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Washington, D. C
Stewart
Montana
Fort Vancouver
Fort Missoula
Butte
Hog Cholera Fight Begins With Dunne Proclamation
Springfield June 26 Governor Dunne issued a proclamation at the request of the state board of live stock commissioners and Dr O E Dyson prohibiting importation into Kankakee county of any swine not in compliance with state rules. The move aims to eradicate hog cholera in Kankakee county and the state.
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Dunne
Springfield
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
O. E. Dyson
Kankakee
Woman Made Judge to Preside in Vigo Divorce Trial
Terre Haute Ind June 26 In Vigo county for first time a woman Grace H O Neill will preside as judge in a divorce hearing Saturday The case involves Mrs Perdita Griffith and Vorhees Griffith Griffith city comptroller O Neill is official stenographer of the superior court and a member of the bar appointed special judge by Judge John Cox
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Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo County
Grace H. O'Neill
Perdita Griffith
Vorhees N. Griffith
Miss O'Neill
Superior Court
John Cox
Doctors Appeal in Behalf Child Leprosy and Milk Standards Cited
Atlantic City June 26 resolutions deploring child labor conditions and urging Congress to pass comprehensive leprosy care laws were submitted by Dr. Henry Faville and adopted unanimously. Additional resolutions by Dr. William Pusey urged improved milk supply control and the establishment of milk standards to protect public health, with Dr. Morgan Smith backing the effort.
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Atlantic City
N. J
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
Henry Faville
Chicago
House
Reference Committee
William Pusey
United States
Congress
Morgan Smith
Rich Men Fleeing Service on Jury in Petras Murder Case
Geneva June 26 Anxious by the escape of Kane county elites sought for jury duty in the Petras murder case Judge Irwin ordered arrests for evading summons. Many resided south during winter, with reaction tied to the discovery of Theresa Hollander’s murder in an Aurora cemetery. Pass New Marriage Bill in Paris Senate adopts measure allowing brothers in law to marry.
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Geneva
Kane County
Petras
Irwin
Theresa Hollander
Aurora
Paris
Earthquake Devastates Southern Sumatra In Curtailed Reports
Batavia June 26. A violent quake struck southern Sumatra causing widespread damage and many deaths or injuries. Dutch offices and other buildings collapsed, communications were cut. The British steamer Kintuck, crowded with emigrants, is ten hours overdue amid fears of a possible accident. Sumatra hosts many volcanoes and a population around three and a half million with about five thousand whites.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Kintuck
China Mutual
Greek Reserves Called as Navy Plans Maneuvers
Athens reports seven classes of Greek naval reserves were called to colors today. The move accompanies a fleet increase and naval maneuvers planned to begin next week. Officials say the action aims to prepare for eventualities amid easing tensions with Turkey.
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Athens
Greece
Turkey
Aviator Lifts Over Mount Whitney to Altitude Record
Independence California June 26 Silas Christofferson flew a biplane over Mount Whitney 14 898 feet high. His barograph reportedly showed an altitude of 415 728 feet breaking the American record. It was Christoffersons second attempt after a first failed at 13 000 feet due to cold.
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Independence
Cal
Silas Christofferson
Mount Whitney
Christofferson
Larson resigns from Rock Island High School to lead Oak Park
Arthur Q. Larson, now in Madison Wisconsin pursuing a summer course, offers his resignation as instructor in the Rock Island High School commercial department. He has accepted the head of the commercial department at Oak Park High School in Chicago, to begin in September after four years on the local faculty.
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Larson
H. B. Hayden
Arthur Q. Larson
Madison
Wis
The
State University
Rock Island
Oak Park
Chicago
Golf Club Dinner Honors Trans-Mississippi Winner Cady
John Deere Cady, winner of the Trans Mississippi golf title, was feted by the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club at Davenport’s Commercial Club. Twenty seven guests attended as F G Allen oversaw arrangements, and Colonel George W Burr presided, presenting a silver loving cup amid golf themed decorations. Lorient France June 26: Sarah Bernhardt arrives after a long night, aided by chair and car to her hotel, amid light humor about her voice for an upcoming show.
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Golf Club
John D. Cady
John Deere Cady
Kansas City
Rock Island Arsenal
Cady
George W. Burr
Lorient
France
Sarah Bernhardt
Aix-les- Bains
Advertising Men and Convention Ends with Ethics Standards
The 10th annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World in Toronto adopted general standards of practice for all advertising branches and elected officers for the year. William Woodhead was re-elected president, with P. S. Flora as secretary treasurer. trophies were awarded to clubs in Dallas, Boston, and Baltimore, and resolutions condemned fake piano sales and personal attacks while proposing women’s auxiliaries and truth seal oversight. The next convention will be in Chicago.
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Toronto
Ont
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
William Woodhead
Associated Clubs
San Francisco
P. S. Florea
Indianapolis
Ind
Dallas
Edmonton
Canada
Boston
Advertising Men's League of
New York
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Chicago
Page to Succeed Hamlin as Assistant Treasury Secretary
Washington dispatch reports Peoria attorney George T. Page will be named assistant secretary of the treasury to replace Charles Hamlin who Wilson nominated for the Federal Reserve Board. Page a lifelong Democrat and former Illinois Bar leader is seen as easing Peoria unrest after H. M. Pindell failed to become ambassador to Russia. In Maryland, a lightning sparked fire at Windsor knitting mill destroyed the plant with $100,000 loss.
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Peoria
Treasury
Washington, D. C
George T. Page
H. M. Pindell
Peoria Journal
Russia
Page
Hagerstown
Windsor
Rebels Will Fight to End With Huerta
Constitutionalists press for a final military solution while mediation talks drift. Alfredo Breceda arrives in Washington with no definite word on rebel participation. Buffalo and Niagara Falls discuss a provisional government and possible US recognition within weeks. Farriers oppose prohibition in Memphis as a separate labor convention adopts anti prohibition resolutions.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Alfredo Breceda
Carranza
Washington
Breceda
Buffalo
Luis Cabrera
Rafael Zubaran Capmany
Justice Lamar
Frederick W. Lehmann
Mexico
Naon
Argentina
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Rowing Meet At Poughkeepsie Draws Cornell Cast
Poughkeepsie N Y June 26 six rowing colonies of Cornell Kia Syracuse Pennsylvania Ion and Wisconsin led by the favorite junior and varsity crews clashed in a day of races the plan set for afternoon finals with crowds arriving by morning trains and pleasure craft lining the course Registration and heat times were listed for the junior eights freshmen eights and varsity race as spectators watched the tense oarmen on a sunlit river scene
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Kia
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Ion
Wisconsin
Ieson
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