Look Toward Washington for Means of Averting Strike
Eastern railroads and labor leaders held a White House conference on July 14 to resolve wage disputes under the Erdman act and Newlands bill. The unions and roads favored arbitration under Newlands but balked at extending mediation to the secretary of labor. President Wilson prepared to study documents and seek a path to avert a trainmen and conductors strike.
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New York
Conference Committee of
Roads
Washington
White House
Wilson
Wwusoen
Newlands
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Clayton
House Judiciary Committee
Mann
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Geo. W. Stevens
Chesapeake & Ohio
W. C. Brown
New York Central Line
Frank Trumbull
A. B. Garrettson
Order of Railway Conductors
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Seth Lowe
Civic Federation
Congress
Brotherhoods
Railroads
Senate
Secretary of Labor
House
Cornish
N. H
Board of Mediation
National Civic Federation
Brotherhood of Railroad
Erdman
President Wilson Vacation Portrait On Porch Step Near Cornish
President Wilson enjoyed a week with family at the summer White House near Cornish New Hampshire. He golfed and rode, awaiting a Washington conference on railroad wage disputes. Union leaders authorized to defer strike pending talks. In New York managers debated yesterday's union decision.
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Wilson
White House
Cornish
N. H
Lee and
Garrettson
Washington
New York
Car Roof Too Low For Wife's Plumes Wins Suit
Paris reports Count de Ker sorlay won a court order for a $200 rebate from an automobile maker after his limousine’s roof was too low for his wife’s hat plumes. The judge held fashion considerations require manufacturers to account for long plumes.
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Paris
Count de Kersorlay
Brilliant Bastille Day Review At Longchamp
Paris July 14 crowds fill Longchamp to witness the annual garrison review with detachments from French colonies marching with honors. President Poincare inspects the parade as native regiments lead the column and military ambulance dogs perform in orderly formation.
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Paris
Africa
Tongking
Annam
Madagascar
Longchamp
Raymond Poincare
Army Acro
Military air show over troop parade at the track
Planes darted overhead as a military dirigible circled and maneuvered around the track, providing an aerial spectacle above the marching troops.
Atrocities Reported as Bulgarians Sack Seres
A Greek dispatch from Saloniki reports Bulgarian forces sacked Seres on Friday, looting and setting fires across the town. Soldiers, led by colonel Yaakot, pillaged stores, burned banks and hospitals, and attacked civilians including women and merchants, while foreign consulates were plundered.
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Saloniki
Seres
Yaakot
Macedonia
Geo
Zlatka
Bank of Athens
Oriental Bank
Palace of the Metropolitan
Great Synagogue
Pastor Leads Unionism Bluff as Congregation Moves to Neighbor Church
Franklin Ind July 14 Judge H Barnett urged practical union steps and led 250 Tabernacle Church members across to the adjacent Presbyterian church. The two congregations worshiped together with welcoming sermons and a shared hymn. Leaders praised the plan and hinted at future joint visits.
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Franklin
Ind
Christian Union
H. ©. Barnett
Tabernacle Christian Church
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Wright
W. B. Tylor
Tabernacle
Attempt to kill graft witness scares Hawaii county
San Francisco dispatch reports deputy sheriff Edward K Simmons an official witness in the Hawaii graft probe was targeted in an overnight attack. His home was dynamited but he and his wife escaped injury. Guard details were increased as the legislature-backed inquiry continues under U S District Attorney Robert W Breckens. A Maguire confession led to an $80 000 embezzlement tally and a five year penitentiary sentence.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Hawaii County
Edward K. Simmons
Simmons
United States
Robert W. Breckens
Chas. K. Maguire
McCumber Attacks Democratic Tariff Revision in Senate
Senator McCumber of North Dakota opens a Republican push against the Democratic tariff bill defending farmers from free listing or deep cuts in agricultural duties. He accuses Democrats of punishing farmers and mischaracterizes reciprocity while urging economy in luxuries to protect meat flour tobacco and other essentials.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
Senator Mc
Cumber
Mr. Taft
Canada
Bankers Withdraw After Pittsburgh Bank Closures
W 8 Kuhn severed all banking ties after the First Second National bank was closed by the comptroller of the currency. He and his brother J Kuhn resigned from Colonial Trust and Commonwealth Trust. Three banks linked to the Kuhns were placed in receivership amid a $2,000,000 discrepancy between the bank report and public accounts.
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Pittsburgh
Kuhn
First Second National Bank
J. &. Kuhn
Colonial Trust Company
Commonwealth Trust Company
Kuhns
First Second Naonal Bank
Pacific Electric wreck near Los Angeles kills twelve
Investigators opened probes into a double interurban crash at Vineyard station that killed twelve and injured nearly 250. Motorman missing, conductor Carroll Bartholomi said signals were not observed. Passengers recalled conflicting sightings as two trains inbound from Venice collided after a stalled car.
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Los Angeles
Venice
Cal
Pacific Electric
Vineyard Station
Carrol Bartholomi
Persers
Pacific Electric Interurban
Ocean Beach
Helen Hane
Escanaba
Mich
C. B. Craig
Detroit
Engebord Swendsen
Chicago
T. Denton
Kansas City
Reveals War Against Labor Fight Aboard the Senate
Martin Mulhall, lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers, testifies on letters and plans to defeat Pearre and boost anti union strategies. He cites injunction bills, fake strikes, and coordination with Roosevelt and Gompers on labor policy.
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Washington
Martin ML Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
Mulhall
Pearre
John Mitchell
George A. Pearce
Maryland
Mitchel
Samuel Gomipers
Marshall Cushing
Worlington
Geo. H. Holtzman
Cumberland
Reed
McComas
Philadelphia
John A. McIntyre
National Typothetae
McIntyre
Pearce
M. C. Holtzman
Hearst
Gompers
Gomperson
Novel Violin Carved From White Maple Toothpicks
In Creston Iowa Hilary showcases a violin crafted entirely from white maple toothpicks. The unique instrument produces the tone and volume of a fine string instrument and resembles a standard violin at first glance, with its intricate internal structure becoming apparent upon closer inspection.
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Creston
L. Hilary
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Cigara
Isarants
Martin
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