Rockefeller Back From Europe Faces Reporters At Pier
John D Rockefeller arrives aboard the Amerika in Hoboken after a voyage from Europe. He declines to discuss prosecutions or specifics, stating he has nothing to say for publicity. He cites a pleasant trip and says he prefers the United States, with a sunburned face and a broad smile, as reporters note a quiet reception with detectives nearby.
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Washington
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Europe
Standard
Findlay
Gh'e
Rockefeller
Amerika
Pacantes
Cleveland
Eptaller
Nonckefeller
Anpearnece
Mefellor
Mr. Rockefeller
Biggar
Ils
Veydt
Br. Parmalee Prentice
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Hoboken
Hia Fatler
Compiegne
Irlands
Olen Quinn
Louis Weinthall
Dr. Biggar
Mrs. Rockefeller
Jane
Traveling salesman found dead in hotel bed
William H. Holske of New York, about fifty, registered at Monroe Hotel in Cincinnati. He was found dead in his room this morning, a burned hole in his night shirt where a cigar had fallen. Holske traveled for Morton, Meinsard & Co. of New York. body sent to morgue awaiting East instructions.
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William H. Holske
New York
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wiliam H. Holske
Monroe Hotel
Holske
Morton 4i
Meinsard & Co
Two Shot By Robbers In Charlestown Office
A bold midnight robbery at the W. B. Estabrook Coal Company office in Charlestown ended with a policeman and an office clerk wounded. The clerk Thomas J. Hickey resisted the robbers and was shot. Patrolman Shields also fired. Two suspects were captured, named George W. Everson of New York City and Tred Saccketh of Bridgeport Conn. Hickey lost $200 and papers.
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Boston
W. 8. Estabrook Coal Company
Charlestown
Thomas J. Hickey
Wakefield
Shields
George W. Everson
New York City
Tred Saccketh
Bridgeport
Conn
Hickey
Rival Stabs Husband In Front Of Wife Home Fight
Edward Day, a Haddonfield, New Jersey mechanic, was fatally stabbed by Tim er Pittman in Cincinnati after a dispute over Day’s wife Gertrude Day. Pittman claims self defense. Day’s wife witnessed the stabbing from a window. Pittman, who says he is an airship inventor, was arrested. Day died at the hospital.
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Weehington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Edward Day
Haddonfield
N. J
Timer Pittman
Day
Gertrude Day
New Jersey
Elmer Pittman
Pittman
Three Killed and Sixty Hurt In Pasadena Train Collision
A Southern Pacific passenger train struck a Sierra Madre Pacific Electric electric car at Onenta Station near Pasadena California. Three people were killed and about sixty injured, most passengers on the electric car. The car was hurled 200 feet as the locomotive and first coach derailed into a ditch. Many victims were residents of Sierra Madre.
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Tos Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific
Pacific Electric Road
Onenta
Pasadena
Geveral
Sisters' Hospital
Los Angeles
Sierra Madre
Mire
Hardster
Hardaster
Fenced Public Land Fined in Little Missouri Case
Fargs N Dak July 8 B GO Hulde Koper and RE Huldekoper wealthy Meadville Pa and W G Clark manager were fined 1000 dollars each Clark 300 with 24 hours county jail in US court for fencing government land tied to Little Missouri Horse Company ranch in western North Dakota Judge Amidon presiding.
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Fargs
N. Dak
B. GO. Hulde Koper
RE. D. Huldekoper
Meadville
W. G.clark
Amidon
United States
Little Missouri Horse Company
Huldekopers
Clark
Camp Roosevelt Mount Gretna Debacle Delays and Mud
Camp Roosevelt at Mount Gretna is hampered by missing camp equipment and slow distribution. Commissary Neumeyer reports despair as tents, pegs, and fireless ovens fail to arrive or be allocated. Rain delays and scarce food leave guardsmen hungry while regiments mingle with regulars for upcoming maneuvers.
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Neumeyer
Washington
Conewago
Pennsylvania
Conewago and Lepanon
A. P D. Smith
Fred. D
Grant
Reyion
Fist
Continued on Seventh Page Excursions by Rail
An old railway notice describes weekend trips on the Baltimore & Ohio and other lines with round trip itineraries to Atlantic City and Cedar Glen. It lists partial times, a Sunday departure, a return the following Tuesday, and a limited service, including a Chicago-bound Pullman sleeper with no changes.
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Altimore
Ohio
Atlantic City
Bea Isle Gly
Geean Glen
Naval officer killed in China amid crossfire at Chefoo
Lieut. Clarence England navigating officer of the United States cruiser Chattanooga was fatally wounded by a French crew member during small arms practice near Chefoo China. He died at 6 pm, nine hours after the injury, as officials in Memphis and Washington confirm. The incident prompted inquiries and apologies from France while Farragut's past salute accident is recalled for context. England, born July 4 1872 in Arkansas, came from a prominent Southern family and served since 1904 on the Chattanooga.
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United States
Chattanooga
Chefoo
China
Clarence England
Dupetit Thouars
Liewt
Haglana
England
Memphis
Tenn
Confederacy
Little Rock
Christan Brothers' College
St. Louia
West Tennessee
Arkansas
Young England
Htis
Moan
Clarence Ene
Navy
Hefon
Trin
iSemuadran
Putussima
Washington
Department
Wloyd England
Arts Corps
Army
Omauty
J. J. England
Hearing Set in Williams Habeas Corpus Fight
In Birmingham Judge Weaver set August 6 for a habeas corpus hearing on Joan Williams condemned for murder after Williams resisted removal from his cell. The governor’s one day reprieve followed a delay caused by the court ruling its jurisdiction over the case.
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Birmingham
Ala
Weiver
Joan’ Willeams
R. L. Hopp
Williams
Culman
Gon
Long Hunt Ends in Farmer's Shotgun Clash
A beleaguered shooting spree ends when Deputy Sheriff Stillwell is fatally shot near Riverhead by a suspected tramp named Mellish. Authorities chase the suspect, aided by Justice Payne and farmers, binding the prisoner and transporting him to jail as a manhunt continues. A separate report notes a fatal lightning strike near Fayetteville, killing J L Philips and injuring his wife and infant.
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Wantington Fast
Rahoie Meleish
Isvnow
Middletown
Baiting Hollow
Here
Kim
Warner
Justice-Payné
Raad
Payne
Melligh
Stidwell
Balling
Huma
Edward
Puthill
Riverhead
Stilwell
Stillwell
Ong
Mellish
Unt
Iit
Balloon ascent ends safely after three hours flight
Charles Walsh, chief clerk at Westchester Lighting Co., took a solo three hour ascent in the balloon The Almeria from Locust Avenue and East 188th Street plant. He landed near East Norwalk, Conn, at 7 p.m. with a small entourage including fiancée Miss M. E. Pattison. Walsh previously flew in France and plans to catch the p.m. train back to New York.
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Tha
Washington Post
New York
Charles Walsh
Westchester Lighting Company
Mount Vernon
Almeria
Central Union Gas Company
Locut Avenue
East 188Th Street
East Norwalk
Conn
Walsh
M. E. Pattison
Jersey City
Roy L. Knabenshue
Charles Levee
Leo Stevens
Misa’ Pattison
Callenders Point
East
Norwalk
France
Three Campers Shot in Pittsburgh Area
Michael Cislo eighteen turned himself in at McKeesport police station confessing self defense after being robbed and thrown into a tiger during a shooting near Dravesburg Pa. One man James Painter twenty eight died Katherine McCluskey twenty three shot through the tight Tung and William Mullen twenty three wounded in both legs with a woman possibly dying.
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Pittsburg
Dravesburg
Michael Cislo
McKeesport
Cislo
James
Painter
Yence
Katherine, McCluskey
Wiliam Mullen
Mine Manager Missing in Ouray Cave-In Tragedy
Ouray reports the Tempest Apex Mining Company managers Maria Thompson and W. W. Mather missing since yesterday morning after entering the Mickey Breen mine. A search for the two continues, with fears they were entombed by a cave-in and no trace found by noon today.
Death With Cleaver Shocks East St Louis Butchery
In East St Louis on July 2, Michael yesterday, Charles Momillierts was struck in the neck with a meat cleaver. Schmitt, who after police arrived remained calm and was found chopping meat with the same cleaver used as a weapon.
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St.Louis
Michael
Schmitt
Charles
Death of Joshua Douglass Prominent Meadville Attorney
Joshua Douglass, eighty, longtime Meadville attorney active in early railroad and other developments, was found dead in bed at Mitchell House, North Scituate Beach, Massachusetts. A California forty-niner and multiple Republican National Convention delegate, his death marks a notable local loss.
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Meadville
Joshua Douglass
Mitchell House
North Scituate Beach
Mass
California
Shell hits battle ship near Lissa Island in Adriatic
Budapest dispatch reports the Austrian battle ship Hapsburg was accidentally fired upon during maneuvers near Lissa Island. Several sailors were injured after a teentimeter shell struck the vessel, reportedly damaging it amid the engagement with the battleship Herzog Karl.
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Budapest
Pesti-Hiriap Todey
Lissa Island
Adriatic
Hapsburg
Fred
Stip Hrzherzog Karl
Girls drown as rowboat overturns on Rancacas Lake
Laura Bozarth and Suzie Stilts drown after a rowboat overturns on Rancacas Lake near Morristown. Stacey Gauntt and Raymond Rambo, both of Mount Holly, swim to shore, while two men who survived are arrested. The four youths, all from Mount Holly and Smithville, were reportedly skylarking when the accident occurred around 9 p.m.
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Morristown
M J
Laura Bozarth
Mount Holly
Suzie Stilts
Smithville
Rancacas
Rhode Island Cracks Down on Promoters of Gambling
Rhode Island authorities launch a broad crackdown on gambling promoters under Gov. Tt ter and sheriffs direction. Raids have occurred in North Providence, Warwick area, and Narragansett Pier, prompting an exodus of promoters from the state. Officials plan a fast mail train link for Chicago routes and note a temperance meeting event in Purcellville with related travel specials.
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Rhode Island
Providente
North Providence
Warwick
Narragansett Pier
Train Robbers Kill 2 Generals in Polish Rail Heist Near Warsaw
Two daring rail robberies in Russian Poland near Warsaw left dead and wounded including two generals and several officials. Robbers seized $8,000 plus more government funds, carried red flags, and are suspected to belong to the Polish Socialist party. Panic spread in Warsaw as a public park shooting occurred and authorities tried to quell unrest amid reports of clashes between peasants and troops.
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Polish Socialist Party
Warsaw Park
Dowma
Constitutional Democrats
Warsaw
Poland
Herby
Czenstochowa
Imperial Bank
Zukat
Frontier Guard
Weitenring
Customs Service of
Brzezicki
Laguma
Col
Brzesicki
Secom
Vienna
Ser
Toutam
Louis Kaerber
Dresden
Curtain and Tace Company
Koerber
Proskuroff
Russia
Chernipott
Kazan
Intelligentia
St. Petersburg
M. Sedelnikett
Peasant Labor Party
Douma
Constitutional Democratic Party
Stolypin
Peterhof
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Libbey & Co
Newsrarer Archive
Jamestown
Potomac
N. & W. Steamboat Co
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington-New York
Houte
Wan
Ney C
Jenvas
Chieags
Mount Gretna
Fifth Regiment
Signal Corps
Loneapplie
Hattlefeld
Nale
Alionsapohe
Pullmay Sleenar
Chicago
Awakening OF the
Wean Lawson
Farragu
Franklin
Farragut
Ogy
Deer Park
Ionor Park Hotel
Tugane
F. T. Rawlings
Asheville
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Haltimore
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Jersey Seashore
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Hingman
Talladega
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Aeronaut
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Michael Eislo
Policemeni
Meadville, Pa
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Purcellville
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Xander
Virginia Port
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Jervins
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