Westinghouse Strikers Prepare Afternoon Conference
State police were withdrawn from East Pittsburg streets after a quiet night as Westinghouse strikers’ grievance committee met yesterday with President Herr of the electric company. They scheduled today’s conference and instructed sub-committees on actions, aiming to settle differences and have workers back by Monday.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Pittsburg
Westinghouse
East Pittsburg
State Constabulary
Herr
The
Electric Company
Probe into Wabash Pittsburg Terminal finances investigation
Representative Townsend moves a probe into the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal company loss. The inquiry would examine asset placement by the terminal, bond valuation and sale details, and whether bondholders have been protected, amid declines in bond prices and past court and government actions.
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Tat Commission
Sentative Townsend
New York Stock Exchange
Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Company
New York
Stock Exchange
Department of Justice of
United States
Insurance Companie
Quarantine Lifted Amid Plague Fears in New Orleans
Normal business returned in 49 blocks of downtown New Orleans today as bubonic plague quarantine was declared off. The embargo was lifted after telegraphic advice from Dr. Blue, surgeon of the U S Public Health Service, who said further steps were not warranted at this time.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
New Orleans
Dr. Blue
United States Public Health Service
Federal troops ambushed near Santiago Lower California
A detachment of 390 federal troops arriving at La Paz from Guaymas was attacked near Santiago by Constitutionalists. Ninety soldiers were killed and the rest routed. Mines nearby were shut down. The cruiser South Dakota was relieved at Mazatlan by the Denver and proceeds to La Paz to coal before returning to San Diego.
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Associated Press
Herald-Stat
U. S. S. California
Lapaz
Lower California
San Diego
Guaymas
Santiago
South Dakota
Mazatan
Denver
Cal
Roose velt arrives in New York after Pittsburg speech
Colonel Roose velt came from Pittsburg today after his 28 there last night attacking the Wilson administration. He arrived in New York at 9 40 a m and declared he felt fine despite the long speech. He added he would not want to deliver another speech tonight.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
New York
Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Wilson
Fireman Killed in Explosion During Blaze
An explosion of dynamite in a burning Charlotte building killed one fireman and seriously injured four others. Chief Wallace of the fire department led the response and the city began assessing the cause and impact of the blast.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Charlotte
N. C
Wallace
Fire Department
Miners Work to Reach Trapped Men in Williamson Mine Fire
Rescue efforts at Sycamore Coal Company Mine No 1 in Williamson West Virginia focus on five entombed workers George Seabold James Collins Benjamin James Henry Lyons and Marion Lyons amid dense smoke and spreading flames after a midnight fire in the fan house. A United States Bureau of Mines team based in Roanoke Virginia is en route as crews dig toward the fire zone while sand is used to smother flames.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Williamson
W. Va
Sycamore Coal Company
United States Bureau of Mines
Roanoke
Virginia
George Seabold
James Collins
Benjamin James
Henry
Marion Lyons
Lambert
Pittsburg
H. D. Mason
Souvenir shell explodes killing man in Brockton
In Brockton Massachusetts on July 1 an explosion from a six pound percussion shell killed Thomas Cook and badly injured Stephen Heal. Cook, a former sailor, had kept the shell as a souvenir of the Chinese revolution. The blast wrecked their home and was heard citywide.
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Associated Press
Herad-Star
Brockton
Mass
Thomas Cook
Stephen Heal
Cook
Woman slain in suspicious office shooting near Freeport
Police search for motive in the murder of Mrs. William Bailey in Dr. Edward Carman's Hempstead area office. She arrived at 7:30 pm and was shot through a window. investigators note a steel wire screen and a broken pane, with gunman inside or outside not confirmed.
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Associated Press
Herati-Star
Freeport
N. Y
William Bailey
Hempstead
Edward Carman
Brooklyn
Carman
Willis Accepts Labor Day Talk for Steubenville Event
Congressman Frank B Willis of Ohio's Eighth District and gubernatorial candidate replies to Jefferson County Trades & Labor Assembly. In a June 25 1914 letter from Washington he accepts invitation to deliver Labor Day address in Steubenville, expressing pride and honor to speak and promising attendance unless detained by unforeseen circumstances.
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Frank B. Willis
Washington, DC
Fred A. Bueche
A. F
Steubenville
Bueche
Imperial
Jefferson County Trades & Labor Assembly
West Virginia goes dry as last saloons close
West Virginia entered the prohibition era at midnight with the Yost act. Signs for rent appeared in hundreds of buildings as liquor sales stopped. Five deaths in southern counties linked to intoxicants, and revenue losses near one million prompted new district taxes to cover the gap.
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Associated Press
Herald- Star
Wheeling
West Virginia
Yost
United States
Fourth of July clash between soldiers and Indians in park
The Fourth program plans a Sons of Veterans camp and Indian teepees in different park sections. A settler's horse, released for grazing, is reported stolen by the Indians. Soldiers pursue but retreat under heavy fire. After a brief battle peace is declared and a council with a peace pipe follows. Large crowds expected. activities begin at 3 o'clock.
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Sons of Veterans
Officers Elected by Woman's Reading Club
The Woman's Reading Club met at Mrs. Pleasant Morton's home on Pleasant Heights Tuesday evening and elected officers. President E Mercer, vice president S Clement, treasurer J Matthews, secretary M White, assistant secretary FE Morton, corresponding secretary L Hanna, chaplain Smith, parliamentarian K Phillips, lecturer L Guy, custodian L Guyder. The club closed for summer vacation until the second Tuesday in September.
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Woman's Reading Club
Pleasant Morton
Pleasant Heights
E. Mercer
S. Clement
J. Matthews
M. White
FE. Morton
L. Hanna
Smith
K. Phillips
L. Guy
L. Guyder
Tweeday
Demented Passenger Leaps From Moving Train Near Jewett
A foreign passenger, likely Polish or Austrian, on eastbound Pan Handle Flyer No 32 near Jewett, early Tuesday night, becomes crazed and jumps from a 50 mph car window. He dies instantly as detectives fail to restrain him. Body taken to Jewett for Harrison County coroner. victim described as powerfully built and bound for the East.
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Jewett
Tipton
Harrison County
Hungarians Recall Archduke Death in Bitter Eulogy
A local Hungarian leader in Youngstown expresses no sorrow over Archduke Francis Ferdinand’s assassination, linking the Hapsburg line to a curse. He lists past deaths of relatives tied to Austria Hungary and claims the slain nobleman was unpopular due to a morganatic marriage and defiance of authority.
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Youngstown
Francis Ferdinand
House of Haspburg
Franz Josef
Austria Hungary
Hapsburg
Carolyn
Heaven
Hell
Elizabeth
Switzerland
Maximilian
Mexico
Rudolf
Duchess de Alencon
Paris
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Duchess Hohenberg
Sophie of Clotek
Still Hopeful on Mexican Situation After Bryan Talks
President Wilson, after a Bryan meeting, said the Mexican situation is as favorable as it may be until the factions Huerta Carranza and Villa agree on a plan. He declined to discuss the matter publicly while mediators’ recess remains. Officials say he remains hopeful mediation will yield a definite settlement and improve U S relations with Latin America.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Washington
Bryan
Wilson
White House
Huerta
Carranza
Villa
Mexico
United States
Great Battle to Make Ohio a Dry State Begins
Two battles on the liquor question start in Ohio this week with both sides moving petitions. Wet interests begin circulation to amend the constitution to ban state wide prohibition while Dry forces led by the Anti-Saloon League push to establish absolute prohibition statewide. Both campaigns started today as Liberal petition forms were approved by Secretary of State Graves and will be with circulators by Saturday.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Columbus
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
Graves
New Trial Granted in Greenbrier County Killing Case
Charleston July 1 The Supreme Court granted Les Lie Michael a new trial after convicting him in Greenbrier county for the killing of Robert Miller. A National Guard member stationed at Cabin Creek during the coal strike, Michael was stoned by rioters boarding a train at Eskdale and fired in self defense. court ruled the killing was without malice.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Charleston
W. Va
Leslie Michael
Greenbrier County
Robert Miller
Supreme Court
Michael
National Guard
Cabin Creek
Eskdale
Miller
Structural Iron Progress at Union Deposit Bank Site
Structural iron workers rapidly erecting the Union Deposit Bank building at Fourth and Market. Uprights and girders now rise from the basement to the second floor, displaying substantial strength and utility.
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Union Deposit Bank
Fourth and
Market Street
County Man Questions Warnes Tax Law Critique
A Jefferson county Democrat reviews a National Stockman and Farmer piece criticizing the Warnes tax law. He cites 1913 and 1910 real estate appraisals, argues the cost of assessment is rising under the law, and warns that power could shift to a governor through a commission, urging economical administration and local control.
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National Stockman and Farmer
Warnes
Jefferson County
The
Stockman
W. N. Cowden
Publicity Bureau
State Tax Commission
Cowden
McKinley
Columbus
Abernathy
Cox
Abernethy
Ross County
Board of Complaints
Agitators cause riot at Adena and jail two leaders
I W W agitators stirred unrest near Adena injuring two water pump workers, arresting Paul Wigolski and Joe Panietoski, both Italians, now jailed. In Bellaire a union miners meeting was broken up by police as I W W speakers urged a split from the UMW and a local treasury defense, while dues and strike benefits waned since April.
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Adena
Paul Wigolski
Joe Panietoski
United Mine Workers
Pellaire
S. W W
All
Ohio
Moore
Schenk to remarry Grace Fendt and sail on Vata rland
Wealthy Wheeling park packer Schenk, once linked to a poisoning plot by his wife Laura Farnsworth Schenk, plans to wed Grace Fendt a South Wheeling teacher. The couple reportedly marry next Saturday and sail July 7 on the Vaterland for Europe, returning around Christmas as Schenk continues support to Laura.
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John
Mr. Schenk
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
Schenk
Mary Doepkix
North Wheeling
Laura Farnsworth
Ohio Shower Outlook This Afternoon and Tonight
The weather forecast calls for showers this afternoon and tonight across Ohio. Thursday is expected to be partly cloudy with improved conditions.
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Ohio
Return to the old form of government urged
A speaker doubts elected officials would be dishonest while appointed ones would be trustworthy. He questions pay for county commissions and room rentals, argues for restoring the old government structure, and warns against belief in civil service favoritism or elite rulers. He suggests an absolute monarchy as a counterpoint.
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Abernethy
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