Gettysburg Governors Day Brings Blue and Gray Toward Peace
At Gettysburg July 3 veterans on Governors Day recall the Civil War and plan a monument of peace at Bloody Angle. Surviving Pickett’s division and Philadelphia brigade meet across the wall with handshake under a hot sun. PA Governor McCreary KY and NY Governor Sulzer were to speak as Congress debates a $250000 monument project.
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Gettysburg
Gettysburg Battlefield
Cairo
Pickett
Philadelphia
Congress
Tower
Pennsylvania
McCreary
Kentucky
Sulzer
New York
Marshall
Washington
Directors Urge Senate to Avert Grave Trade Injury
A brief item notes C. Directors urge senators to avoid a one cent tax on bananas that could harm trade, warning of grave injury to commerce.
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Senators
Senate Finance Committee Set to Approve Independents Bill
The Senate Finance Committee plans to pass the matter regarding independents on Friday, signaling a potential major shift in party alignment and fiscal policy. The move could influence parliamentary support and future budget discussions.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance Panel Ends Banana Tax Action
The senate finance committee has finalized action on a banana tax proposal. A one-tenth of a cent per pound levy replaces the prior five cent per bunch rate to ease independent importers burden versus the United Fruit Company. No reconsideration is expected.
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Mobile
Senate Finance Committee
Chamber of Commerce
John Sharp Wiliams
Mississippi
United Fruit Company
Mobile Chamber Urges Cut of Banana Tax on Imports
Mobile business leaders pressed senators Johnston Bankhead and Williams to strike the five cent per bunch import tax on bananas. The telegrams argue the levy would hurt Mobile trade with Central America, threaten steamship links, and cripple smaller operators while benefiting United Fruit Company imports from own plantations.
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United-States
Mobile
Central America
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Johnston and Bankhead
Abama
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
New Orleans Association of Commerce
William H. Armbrecht
United Fruit Company
Sabine River Flood Swells. City Cut Off
Torrential rains swell the Sabine River flooding Greenville and surrounding areas. Crop losses exceed $1,000,000 with heavy livestock losses. Bridges on the MKT and Santa Fe railroads wash out. passenger service halted with 300 passengers stranded. Relief committees aid hundreds of displaced residents.
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Texas
Sabine River
Missouri
Kansas
St. Louis
San Francisco
Here
Burglars Hit Long Branch Summer Home
New York lawyer H. L. Haas reported jewels valued at 25000 to 35000 dollars stolen from his Long Branch New Jersey summer residence last night. A servant heard a noise but found nothing missing.
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Long Branch
N. J
H. L. Haas
New York
Ambassador Chinda Delivers Latest Note in Washington
The July 3 note from Ambassador Chinda to Secretary Bryan elaborates points from the June 4 Japanese note. It supplements the erovider of June 4 on the California dispute and related items conveyed to the U.S. government.
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Ambassador Chinda
Washington
California
Bryan
Ambassaor Chinda
Movie May Help Restore Child
In San Francisco on July 2 a moving picture screening aids efforts to reunite Olga Bills, five, with her mother in Massachusetts. Boston police seek John Eills, alleged father who took the child after a custody ruling. A Berkeley schoolteacher provided the child’s photo and mother’s address to a cinema showing in California. Myrtle Palmer, hotel housekeeper, identified Olga at a local theatre and notified police.
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Cal
Olga Bills
Igerie
Mass
Califonia
Boston
John Eills
Reverie
Harriet ¢. Eills
Berkeley
Moving Picture
Danas
California
Myrtle Palmer
Moving Picture Theatre
D. de Lisle
Eureka
Heir to Fortune Reported Found in Fort Smith Area
John O'Brien former Columbia University football star and heir to a 1.2 million dollar fortune was located in Van Buren near the river from Fort Smith. He works as an assistant engineer for the Iron Mountain railroad and says he plans to stay in his job while avoiding old social expectations. He is 36, cites his mother Katharine O'Brien, daughter of Brooklyn steel magnate James Coileman, and seeks anonymity. Pueblo reports 100 degree heat marking eleven year high.
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John O'Brien
Columbia University
van Buren
Enginne
Iron Mountain Railroad
O'Brien
Katherine O'Brien
James Coileman
Broklyn
East
Servia Declares War on Bulgaria As King Peter Leads Front
London reports Servia will declare war on Bulgaria after King Peter and Premier Pachiteh left Belgrade for the front. Proclamation will state Bulgaria provoked the action. Allies say Greeks and Serbs claim victories near Salonika in the conflict with the common enemy.
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Saloniki
Associated Press
London
Bulgaria
Peter
Pachiteh
Belgrade
Exchange Telegraph Company
Greeks Gain Complete Victory Over Bulgarians in Saloniki
Official reports say Greek artillery silenced Bulgarian guns and Greek infantry pierced Bulgarian defenses, driving them from the plain of Wilists. The battle began Wednesday and ended in a Greek victory.
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Saloniki
Wilists
Bulgarian defeats and prisoners in Servia clash
Belgrade reports that Bulgarian gunners abandoned entire field batteries and rifle pits after fighting with Servians on Tuesday. About one thousand Bulgarians were captured, with Servians claiming 5,000 dead and 1,800 wounded.
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Belgrade
Servia
Balkan fighting rumors stir Allied capitals
Reports from Servia and Greece clash over Bulgarian troop movements. Each side claims either defeat or advancement toward Salonika as battles unfold along a contested front.
Casualties in Macedonia Run High Says Servian Red Cross
The Servian Red Cross Society reports heavier casualties in the Macedonia fighting between Serbians Bulgarians and Greeks and Bulgarians than published figures. It telegraphed Swiss Red Cross to send doctors and nurses as 3,000 wounded were brought from the front and fighting continued.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Macedonia
Servian Red Cross Society
Swiss Red Cross
King Charles Orders General Mobilization in Roumania
Bucharest reports King Charles of Roumania commanded general mobilization of the Roumanian army today signaling a major national military escalation. The action comes amid rising tensions and regional conflict in southeastern Europe.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Charles of
Wilson to visit Gettysburg on July 4
President Wilson will arrive in Gettysburg at 11 a.m. tomorrow and speak at the tent before boarding for Philadelphia en route to his summer home in New Hampshire. The entire state police force will be on duty at the railway station.
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Penn
Wilson
Philadelphia
New Hampshire
Seven Ice Plants Seized by Cincinnati Mayor
Seven non union ice plants were seized by order of Mayor Hunt and operated by the board of health to relieve strike relief. Striking engineers and firemen ran the machinery under an agreement with city officials. Manufacturers denounced the action but made no move to reclaim plants.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Hunt
Board of Health
Ufitén Officinale
Hoppe loses fingers in toy cannon accident
Willie Hoppe suffered the loss of both thumbs and both index fingers when a toy cannon exploded while he assisted a boy loading it in San Francisco on July 3. Associated Press reported the incident.
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Toy Cannon
Associated Press
San Francisco
Willie Hoppe
Ad Wolgast
Berlin Medicos Rebuff Friedmann Vaccine Test Request
The Berlin Medical Society rejected by a large majority the request by Prof Ludwig Schleich and Dr Frie dmann associate to appoint a four member committee to test the Friedmann tuberculosis vaccine. The president said testing could occur if Friedmann placed the remedy with hospitals. The decision was met with cheers.
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Bererr
Berlin Medical Society
Ludwig Schleich
Friederich F. Friedmann
Friedmann
Senate to speed Wilson appointments mostly post masters
Washington July 2 Democratic senators will push to clear up President Wilson's nominations. The batch is described as largely postmasters and has faced a lengthy Senate confirmation delay.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Heavy Increase in June Bank Clearings
Mobile banking figures show a rise in June clearings by $288 850 90 compared with June last year. The total for June is $5 457 427 92, up from $5 170 577 02 a year earlier according to the Mobile Clearing House Association report issued Thursday.
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Mobile
Mobile Clearing House
Day in Congress Sessions and Rules Panel Action
Senate met at 2 p.m. as lobby committee heard Henry Martin. House not in session. Saturday session planned. Rules committee continued work on resolutions to investigate Mulhall charges.
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Henry
Martin
HOUSE
Mulhall
Weather forecast and readings at Royal and Dauphin
Mobile forecast through 7 p m Friday calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with light variable winds. Mississippi area variables showers possible tonight or Friday. Temperature readings at Royal and Dauphin streets show 9 am 81, 12 pm 85, 2 pm 90 and 2 pm 92.
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Royal and
Dauhin
Gettysburg Veterans Mark Semi Centenniel Battle Recall
At Gettysburg Pennsylvania more than fifty thousand Civil War veterans gather to mark the battles semi centennial. The upper photo shows Abraham Arnat of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Infantry W A Arhart of the Twelfth Virginia and B F P Angle of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania among the assembly as they recall historic incidents of the conflict.
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Gettysburg
WU. S
Abraham Arnat
Seventeenth
Pennsylvania Infantry
W. A. Arhart
Twelfth
Virginia
Angle
Fifteenth
Pennsylvania
Panama Meeting to Be Held Tonight at Toulminville
The Panama Celebration meeting under the Chamber of Commerce will be tonight at Toulminville near the electric cars stop. Irvine, general director of the Saba Commercial Congress, will address the Morgan Memorial and celebration project with other speakers. Numerous prizes will be awarded to attendees.
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Panama
Chamber of Commerce
Toulminville
Irvine
Saba Commercial Congress
Mobile
Morgan Memorial
Prichard
Miss Lake Rearrested After Conspiracy Conviction
London reports Miss Agned Lake, business manager of the militant Suffragette, rearrested after a June 21 six months hard labor sentence. She and several militants were convicted of conspiracy to commit malicious damage to property.
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London
Miss Agned Lake
Miss Lake
County Board Extends Road Improvements Into City Limits
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners decided to extend county road improvements into the city. Cedar Point road will reach Virginia street and St Stephens road to Catherine street. The panel refused to modify gravel specifications from Southern Fuel and Material Company, ordering contractors to meet existing specs.
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Fay McClure
Park of Mobile
Cedar Point
Virginia Street
St. Stephens
Catherine Street
Supreme Court
Southern Fuel and Material Company
Prannan
Gaillard Isreen
Hagan
Severe Criticism of the Mormon Church in Portland Meeting
The World's Christian Citizenship Conference in Portland heard a report by Prof. O. F. Davie of New Richmond Wis urging a federal investigation of the Mormon Church and its removal from the mails over alleged treasonous utterances and literature. It also urged Congress to unseat or disqualify individuals guilty of polygamy.
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Ore
Conference Today
Commission of MormOnism
O. F. Davie
New Richmond
Wis
Congress
French Aviator Guillaux Begins Morocco Flight
Ernest Francois Guillaux launches a long journey from Issy les Moulineaux toward Casablanca Morocco in an aeroplane after a 1000 mile ee to Kollum Netherlands in April.
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Issy Les Moulineaux
France
Ernest Francois Guillaux
Kollum
Holand
Morocco
Casablanca
Rottenness in Congress Exposed Again By Probe
Henry Martin, head of an anti trust league, faces lobby probe testimony. The disclosure details alleged corruption and pressure tactics in Congress. Probers question connections between lobby groups and lawmakers amid calls for reform.
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Henry Martin
Witness Lays Bare Links in Steel Industry Inquiry
Henry B. Martin testifies before the senate lobby committee that David Lamar drew the congressional resolution that sparked the United States Steel Corporation inquiry. Martin says he later nudged Rep. Stanley to introduce the measure and confirms Lamar’s confidential ties to Wall Street leaders.
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Washington
David Lamar
Stanley Committee
United States Steel Corporation
Senate Lobby Committee
Henry B. Martin
Anti-Trust League
Lamar
Martin
Stanley
Kentucky
Dis
Tax on Bananas ID Decided Upon in Washington
Democrats of the senate finance committee frame binding caucus resolution and clean up schedules. They expect most Democrats to pledge, with Ransdell Hitch cock and Thornton excluded. Tariff changes include bananas at a fraction of a cent per pound and autos taxed by class. Chairman Simmons left for North Carolina due to a granddaughter's death. Senator James of Kentucky acts as chairman in his absence.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Ransdell, Hitchcock
Thornton
Simmons
North Carolina
James
Kentucky
Trainer Semmons Dies From Heat in Cincinnati
George Doc Semmons, longtime trainer for the Cincinnati National League club, died in Cincinnati today from heat after returning from a hospital where he had undergone appendicitis surgery. He was known nationwide for his work with baseball players and previously served with the Chicago club last year.
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Cincinnati
George
Doc” Semmons
Cincinnati National League Baseball Club
Semmons
Chicago
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Kid Julian Beats Buck in Ten Round Featherweight Bout
In New York last night at three ten round bouts Kid Julian of Syracuse outpointed Tommy Buck of Philadelphia in one featherweight match. Frankie the Canadian title holder edged Joe Goldber in a bout and Matt Brock from an unclear listing also featured in the program.
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Kid Julian
Syracuse
Tommy Buck
Philadelphia
Frankie
Joe Goldbeter
Matt Brock
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