Wright Named to Anthracite Strike Commission by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt added Carroll D. Wright as a full member of the anthracite strike commission and kept him as recorder. The move follows a request from Judge George Gray and signals a conference next Monday to outline hearings. Coal operators and John Mitchell confirm attendance, miners’ representation unclear.
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Washington
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Roosevelt
Carroll D. Wright
Wright
White House
George F. Baer
Philadeths & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Hiladelphia
Anthracite Coal Commission
Pgborge Gray
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Wilkesbarre
John Mditchell
Edward A. Mosely
Mitchell
Carroll Dave
Opon
Coal Output Rises as More Collieries Open in Anthracite
In Wilkesbarre Pa today output climbs to about 120000 tons with 14 new mines starting up. Delaware Lackawanna & Western and Delaware & Hudson report leading production as 91,000 workers are at present employed. Lehigh Valley Coal and Susquehanna Company push operations toward full staffing by Monday amid ongoing strike dynamics. Local United Mine Workers vote to remain on strike at Cranbury and Crystal Ridge until nonunion interference pledge is withdrawn.
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Wilkesbarre
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Delaware & Hudson
Schuylkillion
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company
Susquehanna Company
Hazleton
United Mine Workers
A. Pardee & Co
Cranbury
Crystal Ridge
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Delaware coal shipments rise as DL&W aims for 25,000 tons
Coal cars steadily fill as operations proceed on Thursday. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company expects to close the day with about 25,000 tons loaded on the trains, signaling a strong output pace for the period.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
Joy at the Soos Canal Stirs Sault Ste Marie
Water power from the new canal of Consolidated Lake Superior Company began this morning as Miss Helen Clergue started the machinery. The event drew a civic and military parade with over 10,000 in line and a grand industrial parade in the afternoon. A banquet closed the three day celebration in the armory.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Helen Clergue
Francis H. Clergue
Michigan
Three Injured In Subway Dynamite Blast In NYC
Three persons were badly hurt and many narrowly escaped death when dynamite exploded at Park Avenue and Forty first Street during rapid transit subway work. A wooden sidewalk crowd watched from above as rocks and debris were hurled into the air. Most serious accidents in subway work have occurred in this area.
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New York
Park Avenue
Forty-first Avenue
Will Remain in Chile Grecian Mission Declined by Henry L Wilson
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Henry L Wilson United States minister to Chile declined the Greece post preferring to keep the Chile mission paying ten thousand dollars annually He travels to Santiago after a brief leave He is a former Indiana resident now from Washington state and refused Greece due to pay disparity Other notes cite Indiana politics and postal department staffers on leave travel and voting plans
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Henry L. Wilson
United States
Chile
Greece
Wilson
Santiago
Indiana
Henry E. Long
Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest
Long
William Dudley Foulke
M. N. L. Chew
Post Office Department
Noblesville
Nathaniel G. van Doran
Tracewell
The
Treasury
B. H. Fenton
Hammond
Samuel K. Dayne
Benton County
British Fought Well in Somaliland Stand Averted Disaster
Report from Aden on October 6 details intense fighting between the British expeditionary force and Mad Mullah followers. Despite losses including one Maxim gun and seventy British soldiers killed, the defense saw a dramatic defense by white officers and Colonel Swayne's men. Casualties among the enemy reached sixty-two. Elsewhere in Belgrade on October 24 reports of Turkish and Bulgarian clashes near Uskub with sixty Bulgarians killed and thirty captured, Bulgarian chief Danow wounded.
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Araba
Somaliland
Gareba
Mudug
Phillips
Everett
Angus
Cobbe
Swaine
Zareba
Swayne
Belgrade
Servia
Uskub
Salonica
Danow
Bankers' Trust Company reorganized with national financiers
The organization committee announces that Bankers' Trust Company has been reorganized along new lines. The directorate will include leading financiers from across the country, though the company remains a St. Louis concern, to provide the best possible geographical representation.
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Louis
Bankers’ Trust Company
St. Louis
New Castle Knife Fight Ends With Fatal Shot
At New Castle Indiana Frank Orr cut Eli Fox in a feud rooted in family rivalry and Fox then shot Orr, leaving him in dangerous condition with lung injury. The incident occurred at Lockwood and lies under investigation as authorities detain Fox.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Castle
Ind
Frank Orr
Eli Fox
Lockwood
Les
Fox
Orr
Pendleton
Contents of Today's Journal Page Overview
A catalog of page by page items including Carroll Wright joining the Strike Commission, London fire after the Royal Show, a shooting affray in New Castle, Indiana news and smoke nuisance efforts, and varied society political, cultural, and business notes across sections on Indiana gossip, historical society meetings, university inaugurations, foreign news, and multiple sporting and market briefs.
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Carroll D. Wright
London
New Castle
Sherwell
Indiana
Henry County
Historical Society
Business Men's Federation
Wilson
Princeton University
Sporting News
Court
Grand
Football Scores From Local High School and College Games
Scores list shows Louisville M. H. S. 11 Shortridge 8 and 48 Wabash 8 alongside Franklin Notre Dame Purdue 17 Michigan A C Earlham seconds Muncie H. g 12 Fort Wayne H gs 10 Logan sport H. S. 10 Mishawaka H. s 45. Names and places of several teams appear with scattered point totals.
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Shortridge H
Franklin
Notre Dame
Purdue
Michigan
Earlham
Muncie H. G
Fort Wayne H. Gs
Wabash H
Logansport H. S
Mishawaka H. S
Prevention of Smoke Merchants Abating Nuisance Sparks Debate
Letters to Inspector Barrel enumerate difficulties in enforcing the smoke abatement ordinance while expressing sympathy for the aims. The correspondence reflects local effort to curb nuisance through regulatory action and community concerns about implementation.
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Barrel
Cityleads in smokefree effort as devices trialed
Mayor and Building Inspector discuss city wide effort to curb chimney smoke. Replies to the smoke ordinance show merchants and manufacturers pushing for practical devices, with mixed results. Inspector Bartel notes progress and cautions that success varies by furnace type and fuel, while Mayor Bookwalter urges strict enforcement and schoolyard experimentation with noted installations in Chicago’s Englewood sewage-pumping plant.
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Bartel
Chicago
Englewood
Visi
Smoke Abatement Plans Hinge on New Boiler Work
A partial report from Indianapolis outlines steps to reduce smoke from boilers amid plans by Public Works to install better stoking appliances at Hall and other buildings. The board discusses using smokeless coal and upgrading furnaces as districts await completion of heat and light plants.
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Public Works
Thal
H Linson
Glewood
Avenue
Pennsylvay
Bartel
Ti Indianapolis Board 6
Hall
Anthras
Pythias
Massachusetts Street
Nuisith
Trolley Line Merger Ties Ohio and Indiana to Cincinnati Terminal
Ohio and Indiana street railways consider merging to form a common electric system with a central Cincinnati terminal. Contracts signed in Cincinnati involve Schoepf, Mandelbaum-Pomeroy, and W. Kes ten er-Elkins syndicate. Directors plan ratification as talks extend to Dayton, Toledo, Lawrenceburg, Aurora, and the Miami & Erie lines.
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Cincinnati
Schoepf
W Cate
M. J. Mandelbaum-Pomeroy
George
Mill Creek Valley
Ford & Northeastern
Renceburg & Aurora
Traction Circ
Ectric Lines
Ohio
Sion
Indian
Combine
W. Kestener
Return of German Maneuver Veterans From Europe
Corbin and Young return home after observing German maneuvers in England aboard the steamship Philadelphia. Major General Abel B. M. Young and Adjutant General J. Roberts are cited as fine soldiers whose cautious demeanor hides capable leadership.
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Ael B. M. Young
William
Philadel
Neuvers
England
Roberts
Europe
Tax Fixing Case Convicts Luke Wheeler and Co-defendants
Chicago reports that Luke Wheeler and accomplices were found guilty in a Cook County tax fixing scheme connected to the Masonic Temple. Verdicts reveal charges of defrauding taxes and conspiracy with forgeries. Wheeler received probationary or lighter penalties, while co-defendants faced heavier potential terms.
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Masonic
Luke
Cook
Annow
Cook Co
Ieee Aeeesa
Mple
Terrain's Court
Captain Wilty
Pageant and Fire at Guildhall After Royal Departure
Fire breaks out beneath the guildhall dome shortly after the king and queen depart. Little damage seen, fire suspected from an electric wire. Alarm spreads as firemen and policemen swarm the scene. troops move in under somber cloaks.
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London
Edward
Alexandra
Queen Alexandra
Buckingham Palace
Green Park
Duke of Cambridge
Princess Victoria
Lord Roberts
Terrible
Etuerescy
Trafalgar Square
London County Council
Botha
Delarey
de W
Temple Bar
Wales
Ind
Corporation
Choate
Wood
County Council
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