Escaped Miner Tells How 400 Stood in Lake
A survivor from the Porcupine district disaster describes hundreds of people standing in a lake to escape the flames at Golden City and Pottsville. He recalls a man shot through theft of a dead man’s clothes and the mass of bodies found drowned. Coffins and rescue efforts continue as the death toll remains uncertain.
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Forento
Ont
Porcupine District
North Country
Golden City
Pottsville
R. H. Webber
Lockport
Cobalt
Porcupine
Many Bids for Des Moines Club
Chicago July 14. Western league will hold a meeting to dispose of the Des Moines franchise. President Tip O Neill said six bidders submitted bids yesterday but names will not be made public yet. Some Des Moines men wish to keep ownership locally.
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Chicago
Des Moines
Tip O'Neill
Controller Bay affair witness outlines harbor choices
Major D. Cavanaugh of the Army engineer corps testified before the house committee investigating the Controller Bay affair in Alaska. He said Controller Bay had many objections as a harbor while Katalla Bay offered terminals and excellent harbor facilities.
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Washington
3. D. Cavanaugh
Engineer Corps of the Army
House
Controller Bay
Alaska
Katalla Bay
Boy Fatally Hurt by Unloaded Rifle Accident
Oskaloosa July 14 Ray Hargraves aged 12 was shot in the back of the head while playing in the woods with companions. Report says he did not know the rifle was loaded and is in a serious condition with possible fatal injuries.
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Oskalooss
Ray Hargraves
Who in Wiley Case Faces Inquiry and Why
Washington July 14 congressional inquiry on charges against Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief chemist and pure food expert will be taken up by the House committee on expenditures in the department of agriculture. The panel will probe who demanded Wiley’s dismissal and the reasons behind it.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
House Committee On
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Representative Moss
Indiana
Wiley
Taft
Agricultural Department
Wickersham
Cas House
Dr. Wiley
Beaumont Woman Mrs. J. A. Curtis Dies After Stroke
Waterloo relatives received word of Mrs. J A Curtis death in Beaumont Texas Tuesday after a paralysis stroke weeks earlier. Born in Michigan at 75 she leaves three sons in Beaumont and was life president of Beaumonts Daughters of the King. Her husband died years ago.
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Waterloo
J. A
Curtis
Beaumont
Tex
S. W. Pitcher
Carl
Cecil Bickley
W. Kuhns
Heavy Movement Triggers Sharp July Wheat Price Drop
Chicago July 14 A break of more than a cent a bushel in July wheat quotes followed by record movement of newly harvested grain to market for this time of year. Stop loss orders were executed as prices fell from 1 3 1 8 and 1 for July, with late trades closing weak but recovering to around 5 5 8.
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Chicago
Aviator Atwood Lands at White House. Receives Medal
President Taft presents aviator Harry N. Atwood of Boston with a gold medal from the Aero Club of Washington after Atwood lands his airplane on the White House lawn following a circuit of the Washington Monument.
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Taft
White House
Harry N. Atwood
Boston
Washington Monument
Atwood
Aero 1 Club of
Interstate Commission Orders Pipeline Investigation
Washington authorities report the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an inquiry into pipeline rates classifications and practices. Informal complaints allege some pipelines are overcharging oil shippers unlawfully, prejudice evident in the industry.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aged resident Sebastian Glaus found dead in barn
Aged Waterloo resident Sebastian Glaus, 1837 birth, was found dead in his barn at midnight from carbolic acid poisoning after a day of heat and illness. His wife discovered the body at 6 am and coroner reports note lips burned and a bottle nearby. He leaves seven children and a life of flowers and farming in Iowa.
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Grant Avenue
Glaus
Germany
Mr. Glaus
Maggie Eick
America
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Hudson
Waterloo
Mrs. Glaus
Illinois Governor Deneen Probes State Legislature Corruption
Washington reports Governor Deneen resumes testimony before the Lorimer committee seeking evidence of a jackpot or general corruption fund for a recalcitrant Illinois legislature. The cross examination focuses on Deneen Pyne’s role and Larimer’s influence in Cook County salaries and attorney fees over eight years, with legislators opposing unused lines of inquiry.
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Deneen
Illnois
Senate Lorimer
Uwlinais
Hancey Cress
Deneen Weasil
Elpriige Hanecs
Larimer
Hanecy
Deneen Pyne
Cook County
Jones
Henery
Memorial for Local Resident Details Surviving Family
The obituary notes two sons and one daughter Mrs. Fmma Brooks. survivors include Charles Glaus of Clear Lake, Walter Glaus at the family farm, Mrs. Frank Rodenberger of Bruno Minnesota, Mrs. Hattie Hizer of Zion City Illinois, Mrs. O W Meyers of Cedar Falls and Miss Ella Giats of Clear Lake. Brothers and sisters are said to be deceased. A member of the I C C F of Cedar Falls, funeral services are set for Sunday at the home at 2 pm conducted by Rev Bauernfeind with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Fmma, Brooks
Cedar Rapids
Charles Glaus
Clear Lake
Walter Glaus
Frank Rodenberger
Bruno, Minn
Hattie Hizer
Zion City
O. W. Meyers
Cedar Falls
Ella Giats
Neceased
Cedar Fa
Bauernfeind
Fairview Cemetery
Mc Namara Trial Set for October 10
Judge Bordwell today set the trial date for the Mc Namara brothers for October 10 in Los Angeles. The proceedings were scheduled as announced this morning with no immediate changes reported.
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Los Angeles
Judze Bordwell
McNamara Brothers
Greek Grocery Stock Sold for 440 to Galinea Semiperdis
The stock in P. H. Hatzigianes grocery, serving the Greek community, was sold for 440 dollars to Galinea Semiperdis. The basement store sits between Jefferson and Bluffs streets in the old telephone building, with fixtures and stock transferred. A draft payment arrived at Lady Mac cabees No. 22, tied to the Emma Stoner estate policy.
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Galinea Semiperdis
County Recorder Plummers
Jefferson and
Bluffs Streets
Lady Maccabees
Emma Stoner
Senate sets July 22 vote on Canadian reciprocity bill
Washington July 14 The Senate adopted an agreement to vote on the Canadian reciprocity bill on July 22 and arranged votes on related measures. The schedule calls for adjournment after the statehood vote on August 7 with several bills tied to the August 7 legislative day.
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Senatta
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Sugar Trust
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Kenton
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Knights Templar Conclave Trip Delayed by Engine Breakdown
Dr. G. Mack and ER. Willard Spurr returned from the Knights Templar conclave at Spirit Lake. A broken engine shaft halted the Spirit Lake to Iowa Falls train for three hours, risking a serious wreck before another engine was sent. The engineer’s quick action averted disaster.
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Dr. G. Mack
ER. Willard Spurr
Knights Templar
Spirit Lake
Iowa Falls
Ministers Urged to Preach on Labor Sunday
In New York on July 14 the federal council of the churches called for more than 125000 Protestant ministers to deliver sermons on some aspect of the labor question on Labor Sunday September 3.
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New York
Federal Council of the Churches
Miss Blake Defends Education At N E A Meeting
Miss Catherine Blake of New York warned war costs strangle schooling and urged arms spending cut to fund education. She backed Taft arbitration and proposed youth friendship groups to replace Boy Scouts. The NAEs closing program highlighted a major education focus and a claim that millions of children are backward or learning disabled.
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Catherine.lake
New York
Wawly
National Educational Association
Uoy Scout Movement
Milliaerisnae
Congress
Commissioner of Education
Newport
Blake
Taft
Tax Levy Reform Promises Fairer City Shares
Attorney F S Merrian returned from Des Moines where he spoke for Waterloo at a state executive council meeting. They discussed taxing railroads telegraph and telephone companies by equal valuation with cities to ensure fairer levy shares and relief from property protection costs. City and league representatives backed aligning valuation rules with urban standards to distribute the levy more justly.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
Galing
Ilsitm
Frank Pieres
League
Iowa
Burlington
Waterton Hiad
Pensacola minister resigns over Sunday baseball protest
Archdea con William H. Allen of St Catharine's Episcopal in Pensacola tendered his resignation as Pensacola Ministers Association president after the group prosecuted baseball players for playing on Sunday. A separate Ottawa report notes the cabinet commuted the death sentence of Angeline Naepolitano for murder to life imprisonment.
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Pensacola
Fla
William H. Allen
St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church
Pensacola Ministerial Association
Ottawa
Angeline Naepolitano
Sault Ste. Marie
Evelyn Arthur Lee Found Guilty of Abduction in Chicago Case
Evelyn Arthur Lee was convicted last night of abducting Mildred Bridges. She posted $5,000 bail and is unlikely to face a new trial until September as defense counsel contested a single aspect of the verdict. The jury initially charged both felony and misdemeanor counts, then corrected to exclude the misdemeanor.
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Evelyn Arthur Lee
Mildred Bridges
See
Evelyn Arthur See
Honore
Frederick Burnham
Tne
Criminal Court
Lee
Mona’ Rees
Lea
Cantwell
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad Linked to Stokes Shooting
John Bloom of Arioa Apartments in New York reports that WE D Stokes was shot and that letters written by Stokes to two witnesses became key evidence. Police are investigating the disappearance and the case involves five officers as potential notable witnesses.
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New York
W. WE
D. Stokes
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
Stokes
Sates
Abe
Ahala
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