Veterans Gather At Gettysburg For War Veterans Jubilee
Twenty five thousand veterans in blue and gray assemble on the Gettysburg field for a historic reunion. A presidential visit is planned as Wilson travels July 4 by train to Gettysburg before continuing to Cornish New Hampshire. Governors, relatives of Civil War leaders, and suffragists converge on the town for ceremonies, receptions, and joint tributes marking fifty years since the battle.
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Reb
Pennsylvania
Pickett
Penn
Wheeler
Gettysburg
Buford
Lee
Chambersburg Pike
Heath
Reynolds
Meade
Longstreet
Hill
J. M. Schoomaker
Pennsylvania Commission
Tme
Hunter Ligett
Normoyle
Quatynastera’ Corps
Liggett
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Wisconsin
McGovern
F. C. Winkler
W. J. Cronyn
C. BH. Lenman
Milwaukee
Adj
Veterans’ Camp
Nickel era of movies tops billions in nickels
New York officials report the first county count of movie spending shows 6.38 billion nickels, about 219 million dollars, spent by 3.6 million spectators in the last year. The study notes over 80 million dollars invested in films, more than 200,000 jobs, and 10 million feet of film produced weekly.
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New York
Poincare Receives U S Ag Commission Guests
Paris June 30 The American commission on agricultural organization cooperation and rural credits held a two hour session at the ministry of agriculture with two French specialists aiding. They dined with Myron T Herrick at the embassy and were later received by President Raymond Poincare at the Elysée palace. Herrick conveyed President Wilsons thanks for Frances cordial welcome and aid in information gathering.
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Paris
American Commission On Agricultural Organization, Cooperation and Rural Credits
Ministry of Agriculture
Myron T. Herrick
United States
Palace of the Elysse
Raymond Poincare
Poincare
Herrick
Wilson
France
Finishing Tough To Tariff Rates
Washington June 30 Democratic caucus tightens schedules of the tariff bill as it aims to finish by tomorrow night and send the revised measure to the finance committee. Unfinished sundries and free list portions were reviewed with hopes to reach admin and income tax provisions tonight. Chairman Simmons expects some opposition to delaying the sugar schedule until March 1, 1914 or to moving the income tax date to March 1.
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Washington
Senate Democratic Caucus
Finance Committee
Senate
Simmons
Finance Committees
Decree Against Frats Declared Final at Cornell College
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 30 The faculty and trustees of Cornell college Mt Vernon say they will not recede from the order against college fraternities. Students seeking fraternity life will be free to seek education elsewhere.
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Cedar Rapids
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Fatally Injured When Car Turns Sioux City News Brief
Sioux City Iowa June 30 Charles E Corey secretary of a leading retail firm fatally injured in a car accident at South Sioux City Nebraska when his car skidded and overturned. Others in the party were severely bruised. Corey died at a Sioux City hospital. skull fracture suspected.
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Sioux City
Corey
South Sioux City
Neb
German Empire Secures Full Army Increase Bill Passed
Berlin reports the German government won imperial parliament approval for its complete army expansion including six new cavalry regiments. Chancellor Von Beurmann Holweg secured the consent by accepting a reform proposal to the military code of justice tied to a Erfurt court martial sentence.
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Berlin
von Beurmann Holweg
Erfurt
Elizabeth Flynn on Trial for Inciting Riot in Silk Strike
Elizabeth G. Flynn, a leader of the Industrial Workers of the World among Paterson silk workers, is placed on trial charged with inciting riot. Her case will be decided by a so called foreign jury from a neighboring county.
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Paterson
N. J
Elizabeth G. Flynn
Industrial Workers of the World
Paterson Silk Workers' Atrike
Mises Flynn
Heat Wave Kills and Drowns Across Midwest
Severe heat causes dozens of deaths and hundreds of prostrations from Chicago to Wisconsin. Drownings occur as people seek cooling on rivers and sandbars. Weather forecasts promise relief with approaching cool fronts and storms across central regions.
Uneasiness at Mine Strike Scene in West Virginia
Charleston, June 30. Telephone wires linking Charleston with Paint Creek and Cabin Creek strike districts failed this morning. No information on how many miners obeyed yesterday's strike order. Authorities kept a close watch as Sheriff Bonner Hill dispatched deputies into the strike zone to investigate.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charleton
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
Bonner Hill
Heney Suggested as White Slave Lawyer in California
San Francisco June 30 After President Wilson ordered United States Attorney General Mc Reynolds to pursue the white slave case against Diggs and Cammell it was reported Francis J Heney former district attorney would be retained to prosecute the matter with others Hayden and Sullivan of the city named as selected. It was thought Heney might serve as special solicitor though his tie to the Progressive movement was seen as a potential obstacle. The three lawyers will press the white slave case and the case against the Western Fuel company stemming from District Attorney McNab’s resignation and the related events.
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San Francisco
Wilson
United States
McReynolds
Diggs
Cammell
Francis J. Heney
Thomas J. Hayden
Matt L. Sullivan
Heney
Western Fuel Company
McNab
50,000 People Marooned on Rockaway Beach
New York June 30 Nearly 50 000 persons were marooned on Rockaway beach all night by a fire that destroyed part of the trestle linking the resort with Long Island The blaze started from a circuit on the rails of the Long Island railroad as a crowded train crossed the trestle over Jamaica Bay The rear car burned and passengers scrambled to safety Hundreds of men women and children walked the ties to safety About 200 feet of the trestle burned and the only other route home was a tram line leaving thousands stranded on the beach or in pavilions
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New York
Rockaway Beach
Long Island
Jamaica Bay
Guaymias Falls to Rebels in Hermosillo Report
Douglas, Ariz. June 30. A terse message from Hermosillo announced that Guaymias has fallen and that everything is in our hands as the constitutionalist junta received the dispatch shortly before noon today.
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Douglas, Ariz
Railroad Junction Fire in Scotland Likely Deliberate
Leuchars Scotland June 30 The vital railway junction linking Edinburgh with Dundee and Aberdeen near St Andrews golf links was burned to the ground today. Authorities believe militant suffragists in Dundee across the Tay started the blaze, a calculated act of disruption.
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Leuchars
Scotland
Edinburgh
Dundee
Aberdeen
St. Andrews Golf Links
Tay
Massachusetts Veterans Headed to Gettysburg Celebration
About 2,090 Massachusetts war veterans departed Boston for Gettysburg Pennsylvania to join the commemoration of the battle. Four militant suffragists who attacked Downing Street residence of the Premier and Chancellor were fined ten dollars each or four days in jail. A fifth participant received a five dollar fine or a week in prison.
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Massachusetts
Gettysburg
London
Downing Street
A&recellor
the George
Kaiser approves Gerard as U.S. ambassador to Germany
Berlin reports Emperor William announces approval of Justice James W. Gerard of the New York supreme court for the role as United States ambassador to the German court.
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Berlin
Williann
James W. Gerard
New York Supreme Court
United States
FIGHT ERUPTS AS BULGARIANS CLASH WITH SERBS IN MACEDONIA
In Belgrade fierce fighting erupts along the Macedonian front as Bulgarian troops attack Serb positions near Ietip and other towns. Parliament suspends session amid promises of annexation for lands now held by Serbs. Greek and Bulgarian forces also clash near Drama and Saloniki.
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Servia
uUsis
Macedonia
Iatip
Retna
Boukva
Zletovo
Bogasi
Valandovo
N. P. Pachteh
Foreign Office
Pachitch
Berlin
Ietip
Drama
Athens
Tagesi
Gulf of
Saloniki
Sofia
Serres
Ganquet Banquet Marks Fort Dodge Reservoir Completion
In June 30, five hundred banqueters celebrated Fort Dodge's new 2,000,000 gallon water reservoir costing 25,000 dollars. Mayors Hanna of Des Moines and Ford of Fort Dodge spoke on home rule and municipal ownership. Speakers included Senator Francis and Representatives Jac bos and Files. The banquet featured long diagonally placed tables and a cooling air due to electric lights and a roof-to-roof setting.
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Fort Dodge
J. R. Hanna
Des Moines
John F. Ford
Fang
Death in Mississippi River Under Suspicion of Self Harm
The body of Herman Sage aged 60 was found in the Mississippi River in Davenport this morning. He had told people at his lodging before he disappeared Saturday that a doctor said he could not live.
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Davenport
Herman Sage
Mississippi River
Man Wins $14,000 After Month of Rain Delays
Moose Jaw Saskatchewan June 320 H Johnson formerly of Santa County Minnesota won a $14,000 farm by waiting in front of the land office since May 30. Torrential rains fell during the wait but he kept his place and his smile. A near mishap occurred when he returned too soon and found another man in his spot, but police allowed him to stay first.
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Moose Jaw
H. Johnson
Tanca County
Minn
Johnson
Land Office
Po- Nce
Plans Presented for U P and S P Dissolution
Disolution plans for the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, ordered by the U S Supreme Court, were presented to federal judges in St Paul. The plan, approved by President Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds, may be challenged by the government within a set period. The proposal calls for exchanging 38.2 million dollars of Southern Pacific stock for the Pennsylvania’s stake in Baltimore and Ohio and placing the remaining Southern Pacific stock in a trust for sale.
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Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
United States Supreme Court
W. H. Sanborn
Wm. C. Hook
Walter I. Smith
Eighth Circuit
Wilson
McReynolds
Stady
Ju Briez
H. W. Clarke
Counsex
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
G. Carroll Todd
Two Des Moines Boys Drown In Separate Incidents
Des Moines Iowa June 30 water claimed two more victims when a 12 year old boy Charles W Wallace son of Geo Wallace drowned wading in a pond near East Fifth and Thompson streets and Alvin McGarry aged nine son of Attorney Alvin A McGarry drowned in the Des Moines river near the Buchid avenue bridge after disappearing with horse traders or in the woods. The McGarry body was recovered after twelve hours of river dragging near the Euclid avenue bridge.
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Charles W. Wallace
Geo. Wallace
East Fifth
Thompson Streets
Alvin McGarry
Alvin A. McGarry
Buchid Avenue
Oren
Fifty-sixth
Urbandale
McGarry
Euclid Avenue Bridge
Motorcyclist Suffered Skull Fracture In City Crash
Forrest C. Goodrich of 926 Sixth Street collided with a car at the Fifth and Washington streets corner Saturday after 3 PM. He was carried to a residence, then to Presbyterian Hospital by Peters Bros. ambulance. He is a Wells Fargo Express cashier. doctors say his condition is satisfactory and an operation is unlikely.
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Sixth Street
Fifth
Ninth Street
Forth
Washington Streets
Goodrich
Petersen Bros
Presbyterian Hospital
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Fifth Street
International Harvester Building bids ordered for construction
Cedar Falls June 6 Special reports that the directors of the International Harvester Company Building Association ordered immediate advertisement for bids to construct the building. Bids will be opened on July 14.
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Cedar Falls
International Harvester Company Building Association
Burial at Berlin for Winky Smith at 54
The remains of Winky Smith aged 54 who died at St Francis hospital at 9 o clock Saturday night were shipped to Berlin today for burial. Deceased had lived in Reinbeck.
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Winky Smith
St. Francis Hospital
Berlin
Reinbeck
Congress Investigates Mulhall Lobby Charges in Capitol
The senate and a House select committee move to probe Mulhall's claim that the National Association of Manufacturers ran an underground Capitol operation. President Wilson backs a full inquiry as Overman advances plans to extend the probe, with subpoenas issued to Mulhall and others named.
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Capitol
Senate Lobby Committee
House
Prolminen
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Mulhall
Mulik Hall
Clark
Overman
Senate Committee
Senate
Wilson
Lovett
Union Pacific Board
New York
President Wilson Confers on Appointments in Capitol
Washington June 20 President Wilson made a sudden Capitol trip with Secretary Tumulty carrying papers He began conferences with senators and informed Amith Ashurst of Arizona of plans to name Thomas Wheadon as lieutenant and John K Birdno as receiver of the land office at Wheeley Arizona Both men were endorsed by Senator Smith
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Wilson
Capitol
White House
Amith and Ashurst
Arizona
Thomas Wheadon
Lagieter
John K. Birdno Ag
Land Offen
Whee
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