Marion Light and Heat Co Mortgagees Listed
50 000 Marion Light and Heat Co 900 New Telter Mortgageee 32 600 Pike County Ind 31 000 Newton County Ind 50 000 Sullivan County Ind 2 600 U S Government 1907 17x 500 Jasonville Ind School Besl Railroad Common Stock Capital National Bank Stock Indianapolis Fire Ins Co Stock Richmond Ind Mfg Co 6 percent Pref H P Wasson Co 6 percent Pref Stock Law Building Stock J F Wild Co Bankers 20s Stevenson Building Telephones Main 1830.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Light and Heat Co
New Telter
Pike County
Ind
Newton County
Sullivan County
U. S
Jasonville
Besl Railroad
Capital National Bank
Indianapolis Fire Ins
Richmond
Mfg. Co
H. P. Wasson & Co
Law
J. F. Wild & CO
Bankers
Stevenson Building
Telephones Main 1830
Miners Foraging Sparks Cavalry Plan and Militia Feed Camp
In Shenandoah Pa on August 11 strikers forage in the Catawissa valley as farmers plead for protection and cavalry may patrol. Women and children camp at the militia site receiving food, some dig potatoes and carry scraps home. Colonel Hoffman notes many are English speaking. union officials deny real want. Wilkes-Barre sees pickets and a coroner's jury conjoins the death of watchman Daniel J. Sweeney as disputes over credit tighten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Catawissa
Lucien Munbeck
Hoffman
Eighth Regiment
Mine Workers’ Union
Wilkesbarre
Daniel J. Sweeney
Iatne
Nanticoke
Plan to Break the Strike by Seizing Anthracite Mines
Former labor leader Dolphin proposes government use of eminent domain to seize and operate a group of anthracite mines to supply coal for government needs including Navy ships. Roosevelt referred the plan to the attorney general for consideration by H. M. Hoyt. Dolphin argues government intervention can override strike disruption to essential functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Martin Dolphin
International Order of Anthroac
Navy Department
Emment
Dolphin Con
Anthracite Miners Intensify Strike Movement in Altoona
In Altoona Pennsylvania authorities report a surge of about 200 hard coal strikers from surrounding mines, many English speakers who have found temp work between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. They assert they will not return to the anthracite fields without concessions, planning to resume mining within a month if demands are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Pittston
Shenandoah
Pottsville
Wilkesbarre
Scranton
Central Federation Union blasts judges over miners’ strike rulings
The Central Federated Union of New York denounces judges who issued injunctions against striking miners. In a meeting the group passed resolutions condemning the judges as tools of the coal trust and urging miners to defend their right to feed starving brothers, pledging support to resist federal court mandates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Federated Union
Coal Trust
Miner Strike Pressure Urged to Penrose for Settlement
George Lewellyn, chair of the Citizens Alliance of Wilkesbarre, urged Senator Penrose to use his influence to end the anthracite mine strike. He warned that without concessions or arbitration the dispute would continue. Lewellyn then sought Senator Quay in Atlantic City to raise the issue.
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Philadelphia
George Lewellyn
Citizens’ Alliance of
End of West Pennsylvania coal strike seen near
Pittsburg reports the West Pennsylvania Railway miners strike may end soon as district leaders expect a settlement with concessions from both sides. The district executive board will meet Wednesday to finalize terms. In Cleveland, the United Garment Workers' Union opens its eleventh annual convention with 100 delegates representing 31,000 workers. A thousand dollars was donated to striking anthracite miners.
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Pittsburg
West Pennsylvania Railway
Uriah Bellingham
District Miners Organization
District Executive Board
Cleveland
United Garment Workers’ Union of America
United States
Canada
Miners Money Rolling In From Illinois Photographers
Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Workers shows a large check from Illinois miners for the strikers in the anthracite region. The $0,000 amount is photographed and mounted as a souvenir. Wilson says assessments and contributions are arriving as the weekly mark reaches $00.00.
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Wilson
United Mine Workers
Ilinois
Battle at Battle Wyoming clash leaves two dead
Aug 11 Battle Wyoming reports Mexicans attacked the town after sheep losses. Two herders killed, one shot in the leg, a citizen injured in the heel, and resident Mrs Estell Sanders badly cut by a window pane. Every resident bears arms amid fears of further incursions by nearby sheepmen.
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Battle
Wyo
Estell Sanders
Commercial Law League of America Holds Eight Annual Convention
The Commercial Law League of America met in its eight annual convention at Cataract House Niagara Falls with ten members representing major U S cities. Executive committee sessions opened today and general business begins tomorrow with E C Ferguson of Chicago presiding and Edwin A Krauthoff of Kansas City and E K Somerville of New York serving as recording and corresponding secretaries. Important papers will be read and discussed.
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Niagara Falia
N. Y
Commercial Law League of America
Cataract House
League
United States
E. ¢. Ferguson
Chicago
Edwin A. Krauthoff
Kansas City
E. K. Somerville
New York
Will Sing in Wales by Columbus Chorus
The Euterpean Ladies Chorus of Columbus with 35 members sails for New York and then Wales to compete in the national eisteddfod later this month. Directed by Mrs. Mary E Cassell, the group has won prizes in major competitions.
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Columbus, O
Euterpean Ladies’ Chorus of
Columbus
New York
Wales
Mary E. Cassell
Double Shooting Affray Near Gettysburg
In Sully County forty miles from Gettysburg D. Aug N P Lavery killed Wesley Karr at Karr’s ranch. Lavery shot twice in the jaw and left breast, then surrendered to the local sheriff. The fatal dispute arose over land boundaries and possessions.
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Gettysburg
Lavery
Wesley Karr
Here
Sully County
Palm oil in oleomargarine barred as deleterious coloring
Federal ruling by Internal Revenue Commissioner Yerkes states that minute quantities of palm oil cannot be used to color oleomargarine to resemble butter. The decision notes chemistry, taste, odor, and potential health concerns, and maintains a 10 cent per pound tax until artificial coloration is removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yerkes
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Consul reports Dr Russell Wilson safe in Bocas de Toro
The State Department received a cable from Consul Gottschalk at Bluefields stating that Dr Russell Wilson is safe at Bocas de Toro and that his mother will depart for the United States soon. It said Nicaragua had not informed of any arrest. The dispatch was read as confirmatory of the safety claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Gottschalk
Bluefields
Russell Wilson
Bocas de Toro
United States
Nicaragua
Wilson
Gottachalki
Undervaluations of Pottery Probe Sparks Review
Secretary Shaw says undervaluation charges on pottery are not new and investigations occur when raised by responsible parties. Treasury agents study market prices. no evidence of large losses yet. This echoes a potential price rise for certain pottery types as review continues. Grant county post offices to be closed August 14 with rural free delivery replacing service.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Shaw
Grant County
Farrville
Vanburen
Hackleman
Marion
Weaver
Navy Tightens Accountability For Ship Work Delays
The Navy Department via Acting Secretary Darline orders strict penalties for contractors neglecting ship armor and supplies work. The torpedo boat destroyer Truxtun will soon be delivered to Norfolk yard and commissioned after speed trials near 29 knots. The Meade transport sails from Manila to San Francisco with 892 infantrymen. General Gillespie reports high praise from General Davis for engineer troops in the Lake Lanao expedition. Treasury buys a site for a federal building in Superior Wisconsin. Secretary Shaw questions Cuban loan jurisdiction and will inform the State Department.
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Washington
Navy Department
Darliine
Truxtun
Norfolk Navy Yard
War Department
Meade
Manila
San Francisco
United States Infantry
Gillespie
George W. Davis
Lake Lanao
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal
Superior
Wis
Tower Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Shaw
Treasury Department
Secretary of State
Woman Survives Lightning After Jewelry Melted From Neck
In Coffeen Illinois a thunderstorm struck Mrs. Frank Neller of St. Louis as she sheltered in a church doorway. A lightning bolt melted her gold watch chain and four rings, twisted the umbrella rod, and tore off her left shoe. She was unconscious an hour but recovered fully. In Leslie Georgia the Baptist Church was struck during services killing Richard Dodson and injuring about forty others. A graveyard flood at Hillside Cemetery Madison New Jersey uncovered about seventy five coffins. forty bodies have been recovered with some carried toward the Passaic river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeen
Frank Neller
St. Louis
Neller
DE Soto
Madison
N. J
Hillside Cemetery
Passaic River
Storm devastates Raritan valley with crop ruin and rail damage
A severe storm struck the Raritan valley last night in Somerville New Jersey causing extensive crop destruction as cornfields and thousands of peach baskets were ruined. The Jersey Central Railroad could operate only one track at Round Brook and the Chimney Rock branch trains were halted after a bridge was swept away at Finderr. Residents along the banks frantically sought safety as Finderr In posers cates Rock rose rapidly.
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Somerville
N. J
Raritan Valley
Round Brook
Jersey Central Railroad
Chimney Rock
Finderr
Posers
Cates Rock
Store and residence collapse kills worker in Allentown
During a violent wind and rainstorm Frank J. Schroth was killed on the roof of his new three story brick store and residence when the building blew down. Eight workers were in the structure at the time. John Kransiey had crushed ribs and Dice Gallagher and Harry Wieders sustained severe bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Frank J. Schroth
Schroth
John Kransiey
Dice Gallagher
Harry Wieders
Severe frost damages corn in northwestern Iowa
Des Moines Iowa reports a severe frost in the northwestern portion of the state with Cloverdale messages noting considerable corn damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Cloverdale
Insane Asylum Inquiry Opens in Kankakee State Hospital
The State Insane Hospital inquiry in Kankakee open with no specific cruelty charges against patients. Civil service reform advocates pressed for state civil service coverage, but investigators declined to pursue that issue. Attorney Fitzgerald cited Chicago articles, but the board ruled gossip without sworn testimony cannot be formal evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
State Board of Charities
Civil-service League of Chicago
Fitzgerald
Womens and Children’s Protective Association of Chicago
Return of Minister Townsend
New York August 11 passengers who arrived to New York from Antwerp were Honorable Clarence Townsend United States minister in Belgium returning to capital after diplomatic service for Belgium.
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Townsend
New York
Sengers
Ron Pas- Vaderland
Antwerp
Cninee
Rence Townsend
United States
Belgium
It has been weighed in the balance and not found wanting
Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne stands tested and deemed satisfactory in quality and achievement within its market.
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Cook
Mysterious Bartholin-Mitchell murder case develops
Chicago reports reveal Bartholin seen at his mother's cellar grave on July 30 near the scene on State Street where Minnie Mitchell's body was found. Police pursue lodgers Oscar Thompson and Milton Edwards, and a Racine sighting suggests a suspect registered as Robert Miller at Hotel Racine on Aug 7 as part of the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholin
Racine
Wis
William Bartholin
Chicago
Anna Bartholin
Minnie Mitchell
Robert Miller
Northwestern Road
Denver man in murder case offers confession tie to Chicago events
Milton L R Edwards, once a resident of Mrs. Bartholin’s Chicago home, says he wrote to Minnie Mitchell’s brother and left Chicago after suspecting William Bartholin. He recounts July 31 to August 2 moves, fear of danger, and noting a missing window screen, while denying motive and claiming he would have told police if he knew the body was under the basement floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bartholin-Mitchell
Bartholin
Peter van Vlissingen
Milwaukee
Minnie Mitchell
Inspector Hunt
Toledo
E. O. Hunter
Oscar Thompson
Hunter
William
Milton L. R. Edwards
Denver
Seventy-fourth
State Streets
William Waldrop
William Bartholin
Waldrop
Calumet Avenue
Mitchell
Thompson
Forty Third Street
Col
Anna Bartholin
Omaha
Toledo man Hunter linked to Chicago murder case
O E Hunter, a former roomer with Mrs Annie Bartholin and now in Toledo, was found murdered in Chicago. He speaks in a straightforward manner as investigators pursue the case.
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Toledo
O. E. Hunter
Annie Bartholin
Chicago
Tenant's tale links Bartholin mystery to August departure
In a Chicago tenancy tale, Hunter recounts seeing Mrs Bartholin last on July 4 with rent, notes no others saw her, and says Bartholin’s son Will claimed her gone to Michigan. He describes gas bills, payments, and a July 23 meeting, then leaving July 24 as word spread of the old lady’s absence.
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Bartholin
Chicago
Samuel A. Hunter
Young Bartholin
Forty-third Street
Calumet Avenue
Hartholin
Will
Hunter
Michigan
Toledo
Printers in Convention with Lynch Address in Cincinnati
The forty-eighth annual International Typographical Union convened in Cincinnati with 365 delegates and 1,000 visitors. President Lynch spoke on machine growth and eight hour day aims while officers and committees were appointed. The union reported $151,141 receipts and $145,760 expenses for the year, with 29,711 typographical members and 37,166 related workers. Twenty strikes occurred, nine won, three lost, eight ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
International Typographical Union
Pike's Opera House
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Charles J. Christie
Edmund O'Connel
Alvin McReynolds
Cincinnati Union No. 3
James M. Lynch
United Mine Workers
John W. Hayes
Reading
A. W. Thompson
Harry Lawrence
Frank Foxman
Austin Davis
Hastings
Crawford
Benton
Spier
Orwell
Lynch
J. W. Bramwood
First Convention of Independent Stereotypers Union Opens
International President James J. Freel calls the first convention of the International Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union in Cincinnati with about fifty delegates from the U S and Canada. The body, formerly a division of the International Typographical Union, meets beside the parent organization. The gathering includes a welcome from Acting Mayor Christie and a tour of Cincinnati foundries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
International Stereotypers’ and Electrotypers’ Union
James J. Freel
New York City
Union
Canada
International Typographical Union
Freel
Christie
Committee On
McGuire Charge Rejected by Carpenters Board Vote
Philadelphia August 11 The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners executive board rejects a plan to absolve P J McGuire national secretary treasurer of embezzlement charges after over 100000 members vote. McGuire arrested six months ago for $10000 embezzlement and a settlement had waived further claims. Final action due at the Atlanta convention September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
P. J. McGuire
McGuire
Brotherhood
Brotherhond
W D. Huber
Carpenters
Atlanta
McGure
Retaliation by Strikers in Camden Labor Case
A Camden warrant seeks George Jonas of Jonas Glass Co in Minotola for child labor law violations and intercepting telegraphic messages to deter workers from joining a union. The Minotola company has faced strike tensions since April, with injunctions against the glass workers union cited in part of the prosecution.
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Camden
N. J
George Jonas
Jonas Glass Company
Minotola
Glass Company
Glass Men's Union
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WM. H. Armstrong & CO
Meridian Street
Inéianapolia
Shenandoar
Dolphin
Garment Workers
Illinois
Commercial Law League
J. W. Yerkes
Fort Logan
Charles L. Cooper
Fourteenth Cavalry
Henry H. Adams
Eighteenth Infantry
George E. Bushnell
William B. Wheeler
Philip G. Wales
Frederic D. Evans
Ormond M. Lissak
Ordnance Department
Fort Sheridan
Commissioner of Pensions
Congress
Col. Groesbeck
Groesbeck
Philippines
Root
Department
Dr. Wilson
Ohio
National Capital Notes
Graveyard
Jack Frost
Insane Asylum Inquiry
Probers
State Street
Wisconsin
M. L. R. Edwards
THE
M'Guire
Mrs. Austin
Colle
Schill
Hulman
Dauntless
W. H. Messengers Furniture Store
Washington and
Delaware Streets
Hulman Coffee CO
Terre Haute, Ind
Perious
Mederine Remedy CO
Duluth
Minn
Trea
St. Peal, Mian
L. Z. Kamp
Henry J. Huder
Pennsylvania
Stereinway
Pearson’s
Piano House
Iadianapolis
Ene
GORA
Sondois Tex
WM. H. Block CO
C. L. Ht
As. Armani Fernichor
Washington St
Livie National
DR. Swaln
Middle Drive
Woodruff Place
Superior One
Ous
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