Steel industry faces slight recession and steady outlook
Chicago report on Gary Ind. meeting of States Steel Corp subsidiaries notes a mild downturn with views that demand may recover by spring. E. H. Gary says no plant layoffs planned, Plants running at full capacity, no wholesale shut down to pressure the government, and future trade volumes expected to improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Gary
Ind
States Steel Corporation
Ieaigcien
American Iron and Eel Institute
E. H. Gary
Mr. Gary
Sanuk
Washington
Steel Corporation
Fresh Weight Gain Advice From A Physician
A doctor warns thin individuals that simply eating more fat producing foods does not guarantee weight gain. He cites defective assimilation as the problem and recommends Sargol tablets taken with each meal to help absorb fats and increase red blood cells, claiming gains of three to five pounds weekly. Sargol is sold by Van Antwerp Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Antwerp Drug Co
Nothing Doing for Aigrettes
The Treasury Department ruled that a certificate of registration for aigrettes and similar plumage does not authorize bringing them back into the United States. Under the new tariff, aigrettes on or off hats are prohibited from passage through U.S. customs. Also clarified is that fur seal skin garments must have ownership certificates issued at the port of departure with proof they are not prohibited sealskin.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York
Treasury Department
New Orleans
United States
Four Held for Triple Murder in Jewelry Store Theft
Four suspects were arrested in Chicago over the Grand Rapids Michigan jewelry store robbery case of September 18. Roy Blackburne Katie Blackburne James Mills and George Franklin implicated. Townsend shot while Townsend refused to open the safe. clerks John A Thompson and Edward Smith killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
J. J. Thomson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Roy Blackburne
Katie Blackburne
Blackburne
West Side
James Mills
George Franklin
Paul Townsend
John A. Thompson
Edward Smith
Players Submit Demands to Majors
Chicago reports that members of the Players' Protective Fraternity signed an agreement to delay season 1914 contract closures until after club meetings. A list of twenty demands to be presented to American League owners in Chicago on November 6 and National League owners in New York in December includes free signings on ten days notice after release, ten days notice for unconditional releases for National Association players, transfers remaining under contract terms, and free agency if no contract offered after a forty five day probation.
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Chicago
Players’ Protective Fraternity
New York
National Association
Tree Blows Down Wrecks L N Freight Train
A severe wind storm tore a tree across the Louisville and Nashville tracks at Coldwater Alabama nine miles below Anniston wrecking a freight train and killing engineer W E Parker who was pinned beneath the wreckage away.
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Associated Press
Anniston
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Coldwater
W. E. Parker
Atlanta federal pen guards may be removed after criticisms
Warden William R. Moyer indicated that guards and employes who backed Julian Hawthorne and Dr. W J Morton in criticizing conditions at the Atlanta penitentiary probably will be removed. Representative William Schley Howard warned of a possible congressional investigation if the justice department does not act. Senator Hoke Smith declined to comment. Washington notes seven million women in gainful work, joking that the census omits those who play euchre for prizes.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Julian Hawthorne
W. J. Morton
William R. Moyer
Moyer
William Schley Howard
Congress
Department of Justice
United States
Hoke Smith
Washington
Stefansson Off 10 The Northwest
Captain John Backland reports that in August three Stefansson ships the Whalers Kariuk Belvedere and Mary Sachs struck a lead east of Point Barrow and moved northeast. The Alaska found shelter in a lagoon but was locked in ice on September 1 and drifted five miles from shore while the ice remained solid.
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Seattle
Wash
John Backland
Point Barrow
Alaska
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Kariuk
Belvedere
Mary Sachs
Stefansson
Nome Storm Turns Lake? Nome Passengers Safe After Losses
The steamship Victoria arrived in Seattle with 415 passengers after Nome's great storm. Captain John O'Brien reports little destitution and that most would have broken even without the weather. One life was lost in Nome, while five perished on the schooner Nora wrecked fifteen miles from Nome.
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Seattle
Wash
Victoria
Nome
John O’brien
Nora
Lost steamship Centennial found iced near Saghalin Island
A Russian expedition reports the steamer Centennial fast in the ice off Saghalin Island in the Okhotsk Sea near Siberia. The ship departed Muroran six years earlier for San Francisco with sulphur, vanished with no survivors, and was later renamed Takasuga Maru and then Centennial before ending as a government transport. Captain E Hiber conveyed the sighting to engineer G A Griffin.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Centennial
Muroran
Japan
San Francisco
Saghalin Island
Okhotsk Sea
Siberia
E. Hiber
G. A. Griffin
Philippine Coast Guard
Griffin
Hieber
Charles Nelson Company
Bernheimers Not Seriously Hurt in Car Accident
Initial reports said Mr and Mrs E E Bernheimer were injured in a motor car accident after their vehicle skidded and hit a street car but later information from Alex Bloch indicated the early accounts were exaggerated. Mr Bernheimer, long a Pollock Bernheimer partner in Mobile, is connected to New York business circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Bernheimer
Mobile
New York
Bernheimer
Alex Bloch
Eczema Ointment Promises Quick Skin Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment as a soothing healing medication that penetrates the skin and clears impurities. It claims instant itch relief and speedy healing for eczema conditions with guaranteed results. The copy references distribution in Philadelphia and St Louis.
McWeeny Resigns as Chicago Police Chief
John McWeeny chief of police since 1911 resigns under undisclosed reasons. Mayor Harrison remains silent while reports say disputes with Deputies Schuettler and Funkhouser led to his dissatisfaction. Schuettler to lead the department pending a new appointment.
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Chicago
John, McWeeny
City Hall
Harrison
Herman Schuettler
Funkhouser
McWeeny
Schuettler
Eskimo traders report Polar Bear near Flaxman Island
Three Eskimo trading boats reached Point Barrow Alaska on August 28 after meeting Captain Louis Lane and the gasoline schooner Polar Bear with Eben S. Drake Jr and a party of sportsmen and traders aboard the North Star and Anna Oga. All vessels reported they were well and stocked for winter.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Point Barrow
Alaska
Eastford
Flaxman Island
Herschel Island
Louis Lan
Draker, Jr
Massachusetts
Moving Picture
North Star
Anna Oga
Rev. G. F. Ayres Dies at Lindenwood College
The Lindenwood College president Rev. G F Ayres died yesterday in St Charles Missouri at age 40 He formerly taught at Washington College Tennessee and the Synodical College of Texas He led the Presbyterian girls school and his death closes a brief but notable tenure in Missouri
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St. Charles
G F. Ayres
Lindenwood College
He Fromerly
Washington College
Tenn
Synodical College of Texas
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Buffalo
van Antwerp Drug Corp
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L. & N. Freight
Panama
Willis J. Abbot
Great Canal Zone
Beau
Hammel
Toyland
L. Hammel Dry Goods CO
Harm
Hawthorne and
Morton
Eos
Rohan Lange
Bernheimers
Mweeny
Santa
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Far North
G. F. Ayres
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