Bridgeport Strike Extends Toward Remington Plants
Bridgeport machinists plan a noon walkout extending a looming work stoppage at Remington Arms and subcontractors. Labor leaders warn a full shutdown may spread across New England while leaders back an open shop, and Samuel Gompers convenes a Washington conference to address the strike amid fears of foreign interference harming arms exports.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms ‘and Ammunition Company
Remington
New England
Bridgeport Manufacturers’ Association
Remington Company
Alt
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Johnston
Structural Iron Workers
Gompers
Mi Chiniats
Johnston
J.J. Keppler
The
Machinists’ Union
United States
Feddor
International Association of Machinists
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Europe
Mr. Gompers
Mire Gompers
Ompers
Butte and Warsaw News Briefs Highlight Strikes and Fires
Reports note a planned big strike, mysterious shipboard fires, and a series of local items from Butte and Eastorial. Sixteen scientists join an inventors board, a state prince visit to Butte is announced, Jews sold jewelry, and a new pastor welcomed. Also mentions a grandson in a will fight and a policeman charges filing.
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Pax Gracuation
Warsaw
Butte
Prince
S-Anaconda
Tottomas Buford
Dent
Walkerville
Peris
Iceman
Mysterious fires aboard Oklahoma near trial run
Fire of mysterious origin broke out in a Camden yard compartment beneath turret No 1 on the battleship Oklahoma as workers left. Smoke flooded the space, later extinguished with water, officials unsure of cause. Similar smoke without flame noted on Mithama at Philadelphia navy yard earlier. Firemen flooded other compartments, ongoing investigation expected. Fire not delaying the vessel's anticipated September trial.
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Philadelphia
Oklahoma
New York Ship Building Company
Camden
Nome
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Knox
Lloyd George in Cardiff to Settle Miners Strike
Cardiff July 18 11 50 p m The center of negotiations over the great miners strike shifted to Cardiff with the arrival of David Lloyd George Walter Runciman and Arthur Henderson for talks with miners leaders The cabinet members were met by James Winstone president of the South Wales Miners Federation who said it was impossible to wage a successful war abroad with a strike at home and a government responsible for a colossal war could not allow continued conflict between labor and capital to imperil victory.
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Cardiff
David Lloyd George
Board of Trade
Walter Runciman
Board of Education
Arthur Henderson
James Winstone
South Wales Miners, Federation
Sir Lloyd George
Federation
Edison backed advisory board to aid navy invention bureau
Secretary Daniels announced sixteen American scientists will join Thomas A. Edison as chairman on an advisory board for a proposed navy bureau of invention. Eight leading societies will each pick two members to form the committee, ensuring broad expert input and wide society support.
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Washington
Thomas A. Edison
Bureau of Invention
Navy Department
Daniels
American. Chemical Society
Charles H. Herty
Chapel Hill
N.C
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Paul M. Lincoln
Pitsburg
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Benjamin B.thayer
New York City
American Mathematical Society
E. W. Brown
Yale University
American Society of Civil Engineers
Hunter MacDonald
Nashville
Tenn
Danielson
Navy
Kaiser Says He Will Shake Europe With Coup
London dated July 20 3 25 a m The Morning Post correspondent reports Emperor William has sent a telegram to his sister the queen of Russia and says he is on the eve of delivering a coup on the western front that will shake Europe and threaten Russia for at least six months.
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London
Morning Post
Petrograd
Cor
William
Budapest
Warsaw
FRANK WOUND SURVIVAL HOPE IN GEORGIA PRISON
Milledgeville Ga July 1 The condition of Leo M Frank wounded by fellow inmate William Creen remains critical though prison physician Dr G D Compton says he is hopeful. Blood poisoning risk looms as Creen, paralyzed in part, asserts he acted from duty while denying remorse.
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Milledgeville
Leo M. Frank
William Creen
Georgia
G.D. Compton
Frank
Creen
Mary Phagat
Slaton
White | Net
War Between Races Declared at Southern Methodist Conference
Asheville July 19 Bishop J W Bassford, en route to Peking, declared war between the White and yellow races inevitable unless Eastern nations were allowed more ter ritories as a closing sermon at the missionary conference at Lake Junaluska.
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Asheville
N.C
Southern Methodist Church
Lake Junaluake
J. W. Bassford
Peking
Flood danger averted as rivers carry away flood waters
Weather bureau reported flood danger ended as Missouri and Kansas rivers will bear flood waters from recent heavy rains. Flood stages were expected tomorrow morning in the Missouri River at St Joseph Missouri and the Kansas River at Topeka Kansas.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Kansas River
Topeka
Kan
Italian Cruiser Sunk In Dalmatian Harbor Attack
Rome reports an Italian squadron including Varese Francesco Ferrucci Giuseppe Garibaldi and Wettor Pisani bombarded Cattaro Dalmatia at dawn July 18. The Garibaldi was torpedoed after evading an initial hit and sank. most of her crew were saved as subs attacked during retirement.
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Rome
London
Varese
Francesco Ferrucio
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Wettor Pisani
Cattarro
Dalmatia
Amal
Adriatic
Mexico City Threatened With Impending Attack and Siege
Reports from Washington note Carranza forces under General Gonzales advancing north to clash with Villa near Mexico City. Authorities report control of the railroad east of Apizaco to ferry troops and munitions, cutting provisions from Vera Cruz. Civil officials fear renewed suffering as the capital faces siege and food shortages. Albany dispatch adds Deputy AG Becker to investigate a jury foreman's Thaw sanity claim regarding Stanford White killing.
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Washington
Mexico City
Carranza
Gonzales
Zapata
Vera Cruz
Albany
David Robinson
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Becker
Woodbury
Russians Plan to Give Warsaw Up to Germans
London reports that Warsaw evacuation orders have been issued as Russians retreat under the Austro German onslaught along a 1000 mile Russian front. Meantime labor strife threatens munition stocks in Britain and France, with Remington and South Wales coal strikes impacting war production. The Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi was sunk by an Austrian submarine, and the U.S. note on submarine warfare is to be delivered to Berlin. French forces reportedly inflicted losses on German units near the Meuse while minor actions occurred at Arras and in the Argonne.
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Pautle
Hessara
Ruslan
Poland
Ritory
Ins
von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
Husaian
Grand Duke Nicholas
Tus Mans
Warsaw
Meuse
Souches
Arras
Bombe
Petard
Argonne
Fall of Warsaw Declared Accomplished by German Forces
London dispatch reports speculation over Warsaw’s fall as German Field Marshals von Hindenburg and von Mackensen press advancing forces from north and south. General Nicholas leads Russian armies facing a severe task since the war’s outbreak. Military writers weigh possible outcomes.
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London
von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
England
Nicholas
President cautions advisers to be silent on note to Germany
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing prepared a draft note on submarine warfare to be sent to Germany later in the week. Officials say the note will reiterate prior U S positions and avoid premature disclosure. State Department will investigate any missing passenger reports if needed.
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Washington
Wileson
Lansing
Germany
United States
White House
S State Department
Orduna
British probe targets German sympathizers in US
Washington reports the British government has asked the US Justice Department to investigate German sympathizers alleged to employ unlawful means against Britain and its allies. The inquiry, led by the Bureau of Investigations, will determine if prosecutions are warranted. names remain withheld.
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Washington
State Department
Department of Justice
United States
Graly
Bureau of Investigations
RIM
Detroit
Michy
Windsor
Ontario
Tne
Casey
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Underwood & Underwood
New York
Walter G. Penfield
Pittsburg
Phildelphia
Mary Copley Thaw
East Liberty
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lloyd George
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
James Hartness
Springfield
American Aeronautical Society
Frederick W. Baker
Inventors’ Guild
Edward Weston
Newark
Kaiser
Laevis
AMANS
Tukum
Doblen
Ccording
Adv
Hofzumerge
Benen
Guiseppe Garibalde
Bulletin
Great Britain
France
South Wales
Great Krupp
Essen
Wilson
Vallanty India
Foreign Office
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