Balkan War Toll Mounts Amid 200000 Battle Forces
Describing a ten day Balkan clash, the dispatch notes about 200000 troops engaged and heavy casualties on both sides. Bulgarians push near Istip and Kotchana while Greeks report victories near Koprili and Doi ran. Refugees flood Balkan towns as diplomatic talks fail and reports of brutal actions surface.
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London
Belgrade
Vardar
Brogianites
Kotchana
Bulgaria
Servia
Koprili
Uskup
Tamynos Lake
Signatures Forged Claims Newark Editor
Newark editor Col J H Newton reports that about four fifths of signatures on a refer endum petition opposing the workmen's compensation law are forgeries. He says 499 signatures exist on file with the secretary of state, but only 80 are valid and vows to prosecute those responsible.
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Newark
J. H. Newton
Newark Advocate
Secretary of State
Newton
Page Still On Payroll At Doubleday Company
New York July 7 Walter H. Page American ambassador to London remains on the payroll of Doubleday Page & Company at the editor's salary of World’s Work. His $38,000 yearly pay from the firm, of which he is a member, aided his acceptance of the ambassadorship. his envoy salary is $17,600 annually.
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New York
Walter H. Page
London
Doubleday, Page & Company
Ambaceedor
Drowned in Lake Erie Before Crowded Spectators
In Cleveland on July 7 bystanders watched as a youth named Robert drowned in Lake Erie during a boating incident witnessed by about 3 000 people. Rescue efforts by divers were unsuccessful and the crowd endured a somber scene as authorities investigated the tragedy.
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Cleveland
Robert Overcome
Miesavers
Lawmaker Cash Allegations Tap Mulhall Inquiry
The article lists lawmakers named by lobbyist Mulhall in a sensational corruption charge. Rep James T. McDermott of Illinois will be heard by the House Investigating Committee. Others named include Theodore E. Watlen of Indiana, Charles E Littlefield of Maine, and Henry M. Coudry of Missouri.
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Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturere
Illinoia
Mulhall
House
E. Watedn
Taft
Na Tenet Enaventini
Charien E. Littlefield
Maine
Henry M. Coudry
Missouri
Ice Strike Settled After Short Conference
Walter Knight, president of the Federated Improvement association, secured a settlement of the ice strike. Representatives met at the center conference and an agreement was signed. Striking engineers and firemen will return to work with hours reduced from 12 to 8 per day without pay cut.
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Walter Knight
Federated Improvement Association
Cetter
Prison Togs Change Schemes Discussed in Columbia
Columbia, O July One reports a plan by Warden Thomas to alter the penitentiary attire for released convicts to obscure their identities. The current uniform is a salt-and-pepper stock look. A second idea would remove parolee reports after two years of good conduct.
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Columbia
Thomas
Shortage Discovered In Akron Clerk Case
Akron July 7. Carl Seybold a longtime clerk from a prominent Akron family is missing. State Examiner Parmales says preliminary findings show Seybold’s accounts are more than $5,000 short, indicating a significant discrepancy in his finances.
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Akron
Herrick for Governor Herrick for Governor Ohio buzz at Buckeye club meeting
Columbus July 1 whispers at the Buckeye Republican picnic hint that former Governor Myron T Herrick now ambassador to France may be groomed as a potential candidate for governor of Ohio. The scene is the talk of the gathering as party lines weigh forward.
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Columbus
Buckeye Republican Club
Myron T. Herrick
Ant Yateador
Frant
Ohio
Mob Kills Black Man Near Yellow River Arrests Reported
July 7 in Jacksonville Pla shows Roscoe Stith, a Black man, fatally harmed by a mob assembling with Sheriff T. Cherry of Clay County allies. The tragedy reportedly followed an attempt to arrest gamblers near Yellow River, with authorities linked to the mob.
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Jacksonville
Pla
Cherry
Clay County
Roscoe Stith
Yellow River
Wilson Shelves Foreign Snarls in LatAm and Europe
President Wilson seeks to delay foreign relations issues until housing domestic legislation, shelving Japan tensions and Latin American disputes. Panama canal talks and Russo relations are paused. Treasury and banking bills stall amid party discord as New York tragedy follows in Rockaway Beach.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Japan
Panama Canal
Great Britain
United States
Mr. Bryan
Ruswin
Curtis Guild
Russia
Boston
Nicaragua
Taft
Gulf of Fonseca
Senate
State Department
Congress
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Miners gain upper hand in Rand strike turmoil
Johannesburg reports the Rand district strike settlement proved ineffective as trains and streetcars halted. A large mob, armed police, and troops guarded the Rand club amid deadly clashes. Strike leaders urged restraint but warned of future action if grievances remain. Casualties include officers and soldiers. a riot at Shadleigh Brothers store prompted dynamite threats and cavalry intervention.
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Johannesburg
Rand
Rand Club
Gladstone
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Louis Botha
Union of South Africa
Smuts
Johannenburg
Trades Unioniste
Carlton Hotel
Shadleigh Brothers
Ohio Aviator Rescued After Thrilling Flight
New York July reports a Norwalk, Ohio aviator Frank M. Guy, age 21, was abducted from Pallead amusement park by a runaway dirigible. After a perilous ordeal, Guy was rescued at Skid Point and declared well, while the airship was believed to drift toward the Atlantic.
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New York
Frank M. Guy
Norwalk
Pallead Amusement Park
Nuto
Long Toland
Howard Gould
Wsste
Skid Point
Atlantic
Olan
Catholics Elect Ohio Federation Leaders In Columbus
In Columbus on July 7 Stephen BD Maloney of Dayton was chosen president of the Ohio branch of the Federation of Catholic Societies and N J Welsend of Columbus was re elected secretary The group will back campaigns against white slavery and immoral amusements A separate note reports George A Grover 38 of Wabash Ind dying of ptomaine poisoning in Gallipolis after a train meal
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Columbus
Stephen BD. Maloney
Dayton
Ohio
Federation of Catholic Societies
N. J. Welsend
Fdleration
Gallipolis
George A. Grover
Wabash
Ind
Chicago
Grover
Accuses Her Father of Poisoning Drinking Water
Bowling Green Ohio July 7 Mrs F G Mitchell accuses her father Nicholas Beard 48 a laborer of North Baltimore of putting parts green into her drinking water and sprinkling the poison on fried potatoes causing his arrest. The case involves a family dispute and alleged tampering with food and drink.
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Bowling Green, O
Nicholas Beard
Baltimore
F. G. Mitchell
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