Endeavorers in Big Convention in Saint Paul
More than three million religious workers participate in the Christian Endeavor convention opening in Saint Paul. William J. Bryan Governor Johnson and others appear on the programme as delegates flood the city, with fifteen thousand visitors noted and representation from every state and territory and many foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bryan
Johnson
George Nicholls
Dr. Clark
St. Pan
United States
St. Paul
International Christian Endeavor convention opens in St Paul
Delegates from Mexico, Alaska, China, New South Wales, England, Germany and other nations attend a convention in St Paul with 3,500,000 members. The event features a monster parade, patriotic services, an Armory exhibit, a 10,000 seat Auditorium, international campfire talks, and choruses led by renowned conductors.
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Ade
Representa Rivea
Mexico
Alaska
China
Wales
England
Germany
Pada
St. Johna
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Christian Endeavor
Francis E. Clark
Christian Endeavor Movement
William J. Bryan
John A. Johnson
Beveridge
Indiana
George Nicholls
Pariament
London
Society S
St. Paul
State Capitol
Nm International Campfire
Canadian settler slain in Saskatchewan farm murder
Winnipeg reports a cold blooded murder at Margo Sask where Alf D Fraser a welder was shot dead while plowing. A posse surrounded Haler home and after a long standoff Halner resisted with a loaded rifle before finally surrendering.
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Winnipeg
Man
Margo
Sask
Alf D. Fraser
Haler
Halner
Faly
Six Die in Fire at Hamlet Home in South Boston
In South Boston Virginia on July 7 a defective flue caused a blaze at H. E. Hamlet's home. H. P. Strange aged seventy five and five Hamlet children from eighteen months to fourteen years died. One child was hurled from a second story window and died from injuries. The rest perished in the flames as others escaped.
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Boston
H. P. Strange
Hamlet
Strange
Himlet
Heavy floods cause damage along Missouri Valley towns
Heavy rains trigger floods across the Missouri Valley from Omaha to Council Bluffs. Washouts disrupt rail and streetcar lines, with towns along the river under water. Farmland and low lands suffer crop losses as local authorities report extensive inundation.
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Missouri Valley
Omaha
Missouri Valey
Council Bliffs
Council
Attack Expected As Persian Revolutionaries Hold Tehran
London reports Tehran completely surrounded by Persian revolutionary forces with attack anticipated at any moment. A Russian expedition detachment has sailed from Baku toward Barqel with more units en route. Bakhtiari tribesmen number about 2000, promising stiff fighting if the advance proceeds, though Russians will avoid engagement unless foreign lives or property are imperiled.
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London
Teheran
St. Petersburg
Persia
Baku
Barell
Shahanod
Liakofft
Orders Flood Lumber Mills for Isthmian Canal Work
In Seattle on July 6 the Isthmian canal commission placed contracts totaling 8,000,000 feet of lumber with Washington mills within ten days. Bids on further lumber for repair of wooden firt oars will be opened July 12 and 19. Separately the U S engineers ordered 465,000 feet from Beattle mill for Manila delivery.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Seattle
Wash
Inet
Washington Mills
United States Engineer's Office
Manila
Fierce Milwaukee Storm Causes Floods and Delays
A violent Milwaukee storm dropped an inch of rain in eighteen minutes, breaking the record for speed. Winds reached fifty eight miles per hour, tearing down trees and street signs, flooding basements, and delaying streetcars for nearly an hour after a day of hot ninety degree weather.
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Milwaukee, Jay
Milwaukee Weather Bureau
Cigar Tax Hike Opposed by Senate Panel
Washington July 6 Senate finance committee heard cigar manufacturers oppose a proposed 600 cent per thousand increase in internal revenue tax. Speakers included Jacob Wertheim NY president of the National Cigar Manufacturers' association J Corning Cigarmakers' International Union and Baltimore cigarmakers represented by Albert Geiske.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Jacob Wertheim
New York
National Cigar Manufacturers’ Association
Eijur
National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association
J. Corning
International Untop
Albert Geiske
Baltimore
Taggart Name Emerges in Ella Gingles Trial
In Chicago on July 7 Tom Taggart of French Lick Springs, former Democratic national committee chairman, was named during cross examination in the Ella Gingles case. Miss Gingles recalled Miss Barrette and Mrs Kenyon talking of lace theft and a later room visit at the Wellington hotel where she was allegedly disrobed. The witness said she believed Taggart’s name was mentioned and that Barrette suggested if he were present she could gain money, fine clothes, and no work.
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Chicago
Tom Taggart
French Lick Springs
Ind
Democratic National Committee
Ella Gingles
Brentano
Agnes Barrette
Cecilia Kenyon
Miss Barrette
Miss Gingles
Tagsart
Police hunt for Leon Ling aboard Helene Rickmers
New York dispatch reports police cable cities across the Mediterranean and Suez search for Leon Ling, the accused slayer of Fish Sigel. Ling likely sailed from Philadelphia between June 10 and 12, after a murder on June 9, aboard the German vessel Helene Rickmers bound for the Orient.
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Leon Ling
New York
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Indian Ocean
Helene Rickmers
Orient
Ling
Philadelphia
Couple on honeymoon drown after rowing over river dam
In South Bend Indiana a Chicago couple Mr and Mrs J H Lindeman drowned after their rowboat went over a dam in the river during their wedding trip. Their bodies had not been recovered.
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South Bend
Ind
J. H. Lindeman
Chicago
Crescent Hotel
Lindeman
Sanducci Executed in Auburn for Belfast Murder
Giuseppe Sanducci was put to death in Auburn by electric chair for the 1907 Belfast murder of Italian detective Joseph Cardo. Two shocks ended the life, one lasting over a minute, the second under ten seconds, in a notably rapid execution. In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a car crash killed Mrs Jane Hughes and injured Laura Cannon, a Luzerne County bar member, with two others lightly hurt.
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Auburn
Guiseppe Sanducci
Joseph Cordano
Belfast
Wilkesbarre
Wilkesbarre Mountain
Janes Hughes
Laura Cannon
Luzerne County
Largest Flag Causer Accident in Pittsburg
July 7 report from Pittsburg notes the world’s largest flag was unfurled at noon pulling thousands of pounds of tile roofing from the courthouse. Many people escaped serious harm as the structure on Grant Street was struck by the falling tiles.
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Pittsburg
Grant Streat
Tobacco leaf sale restrictions debated by Senate subcommittee
Washington July 5 tobacco free leaf question discussed by a Senate finance subcommittee with multiple manufacturers opposing removal of leaf sale restrictions. The Bradley amendment would let first purchasers sell leaf without tax and permit later transfers if not manufactured, but fears of fraud and revenue loss were raised by manufacturers and Internal Revenue officials. Subcommittee members remained unsure a safe provision could be enacted.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Three People Dead and Thirty Injured in Manitoba Cyclone
Winnipec Manitoba July 5 A cyclone swept the Galnyboro Sack district killing three people in juring thirty others and leaving eleven farming families homeless. The dead include Peter Raymond and C Hackett and a child. Ten more are in critical condition. Threshing machines were twisted and buildings scattered as the storm damaged crops across Indian Head Pierson Waskada and Melba.
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Winnipec
Man
Galnyboro
Sack
Haif
Peter Raymond
C. Hackett
Child
Indian Head
Pierson
Waskada
Melba
Gainsboro
Indpendence Day Toll Reported By Chicago Tribune
Chicago July 7. Latest casualty figures from Independence Day celebrations compiled by the Chicago Tribune show forty four killed and over two thousand injured nationwide. The tallies reflect a nationwide holiday period with the Tribune noting a restrained Fourth.
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Chicago
United States
The
Chicago Tribune
Judge Conger Fatally Hurt In Car Accident Near Dillon
Dillon Montana July 7 Judge Elverton J Conger who led the detail that captured John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln's assassination was badly injured when struck and run over by an automobile driven by Sheriff Gosman at the fairgrounds. He was crossing the facetrack when the vehicle hit him and passed over his shoulder and head.
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Lincoln
Dillon
Mont
Elverton J. Conger
J. Wilkey Booth
Gosman
Conger
Fair Grounds
Councillor Hammann Acquitted in Berlin Perjury Case
Privy Councillor Dr Haammann head of press bureau at the foreign office was acquitted of perjury charges brought by Professor Schmitz former husband of Hammann's wife. Testimony showed Schmitz conducted persecutions against Hammann and his wife.
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Hammann
Berlin
Dr. Haammann
Foreign Office
Schmitz
Ran Hammann
Dr. Hammann
Tax Amendment Exempts Fraternal and Religious Groups
Washington July 7 Senate debate centered on an amendment to exempt bene ficial societies, fraternal and religious groups from the corporation tax. The discussion included Trinity Church of New York and various proposed broadenings and restrictions. Final acceptance limited the tax to corporations organized for profit, with other exemptions debated and some amendments rejected.
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Washington
Senate
Burkett
Bacon
Nebraska
Cor
Trinity Church of New York
Clark
Wyoming
Aldrich
Nance Committee
Senate Tobacco Schedule Raises Rates Under Payne Aldrich Bill
Washington July 7 Senate finance committee finished reviewing the internal revenue provisions of the Payne Aldrich tariff bill. Cigar taxes stay $3 per thousand for cigars over three pounds, but high grade cigars rise with a $6 thousand tax between $75 and $110 wholesale price and $9 thousand above $110. Cigars three pounds or less drop to 75 cents per thousand. Cigarettes over three pounds stay 3.60 per thousand while those not over three pounds rise to 21.25 per thousand, still above existing law.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Internal Revenue
Senate
Conferees Named for Tariff Bill Negotiations
Washington July 7 Conferees for the tariff bill are to push the two houses toward agreement. Republicans to name Hale of Maine Penrose of Pennsylvania Burrows of Michigan and Smoot of Utah in the Senate and Aldrich as chair. Democrats likely Dante Money Batley in the Senate. House picks Payne Dalzell Boutell McCall Calderhead or Needham and Clark Underwood Griggs chair Clark.
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Washington
Senate
House
Aldrich
Senate Hale
Maine
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Burrows
Michigan
Smoot
Utah
Dante
Virginia
Money
Mississippi
Batley
Texas
Ino
Cannon
Payne
New York
Dalzell
Boutell
Imola
McCall
Massachusetts
Calderhead
Kansas
Needham
California
Champ Clark
Missouri
Underwood
Alabama
Griggs
Georgia
Ticonderoga Tercentenary Ceremony Under Taft
At Old Fort Ticonderoga New York on July 7 the Lake Champlain tercentenary events featured Etham Allen’s surrender demand, Taft’s arrival, and a rainy program with governors Hughes and Prouty, an historical address, and Percy Mackaye’s ballad titled Ticonderoga.
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Ticonderoga
N. Y
Olat Fort
Lake Cham- Plain
Brent
Etham Allen
Continental Congress
Hamilton W. Mable
New York
Percy Mackaye
Cornish
N. H
Cushman Dies in New York at Roosevelt Hospital
Francis W. Cushman congressman from Tacoma Washington died of pneumonia at Roosevelt Hospital after an operation. Present at his bedside were aides doctors and United States Senator Samuel H Files and Andrew Burlely. Cushman served over ten years in Congress and was famed for his humor used to make major points on tariff debates.
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New York
Francis W. Cushman
Congress
Tacoma
Wash
Roosevelt Hospital
United States
Samuel H. Files
Washington
Andrew 9. Burlelp
Cnngressman
Cushman
Cannon
Cushinam
Flo
Lincoln
Enter Pleas of Not Guilty in Sugar Refineries Case
New York July 7 The American Sugar Refining company in the United States circuit court entered pleas of not guilty to indictments charging conspiracy and combination in restraint of trade and monopolizing sugar. Similar pleas were entered for Washington B. Thomas Arthur Donner Charles H. Sents George H. Frazier John E. Persons Thomas B. Harned Gustave E. Kissel Jedec Han. Defendants were granted two weeks to demur or take action regarding the indictments.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Washington
Acquitted Wright Fires at Tozer Wounding Him in St Louis
William Wright once acquitted of killing Constable Sam Young allegedly shot Charles Tozer, 24, at the home of widow Mrs. Marie Mohrie. Tozer is hospitalized in critical condition. Wright, allied with Mohrie, says he knew nothing of the act and claims rage at the moment. Police call the motive a mystery.
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St. Louis
Willam Wright
Sam Young
Charles Tozer
Marie Mohrie
Fred Mohrie
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Milwaukee
Taggart
Ines
Senate Committee
Runpowder
Feeeerieres
Sueenee
Beeeeese
Seeeeeree
Corporation
Senate Tobacco Schedule
Old Fort Ticonderosa
Degintco
Wan
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