Western Rail Rates to Rise to Four Cents a Mile
Interstate Commerce Commission expected to order a 4 cent per mile increase on western railroads by month end, with half the revenue hike offset by higher freight rates and the rest by passenger charges. Effective Sept. 1, this follows wage board actions and could total a 32 percent freight rise plus 1 cent more per mile for passengers. Eastern and southern routes see a 0.5 cent fare rise due to denser traffic.
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Standard
Washington
Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Labor Board
Peace Terms Sent to Chihli Leaders
Peking July 19 Gen Tuan Chi Jui army commander offers capitulation terms to the Chihli faction leaders. Tuan Chi Jui reportedly resigned when faced with insurmountable difficulties, but Hsu Shih Chang has not accepted the resignation.
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Peking
Tuan Chi Jui
Chihli
Hsu Shih Chang
Cannot Reopen Hail Wage Case in Chicago
United States railway board states wage award case cannot be reopened after an executive committee of five sought a rehearing to gain higher increases for some railroad unions. G W Hanger says the board fully considered the matters and issued its decision under the transportation act.
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Chicago
United States Railway Board
G. W. Hanger
Proclamation in Cork Prohibits Meetings Within Limit
Proclamation by Major General Strickland in Southern Ireland bans meetings assemblies and processions within three miles of the Cork general post office sparking a local sensation. Also a Portsmouth report notes a drunkenness case where a woman claimed only modest drinking.
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Cork
Strickland
Ireland
Cork General Post Office
Infant tumbles from window in Concordia life remark
Albert Lee, a nine month old boy of Concordia Kansas, slipped from a second story window at his parents home and bounced to the porch. He was found by his mother laughing and making noises as he recovered from the fall.
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Concordia
Kan
Albert Lee
Debs Freed From Prison Urged By Farmer Labor Nominee
Parley P. Christensen, former Farmer Labor candidate for president, telegraphed to Harding Cox and Wilson urging immediate release of Eugene V. Debs from Atlanta prison. He argued war justice has faded after 20 months of peace and defended Debs's right to express his views, appealing for joint presidential action.
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Denver
Parley P. Christensen
Labor Party
Harding
Gov. Cox
Wilson
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Debs
Atlanta
Experts to Combat Grasshopper Plague in Montana
A wire from Congressman Carl Riddick announces three agricultural department experts will arrive this week to aid Montana grasshopper control. They will be based in Great Falls, Plentywood, and Lewistown and can assist farmers statewide via county agents in those towns.
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Great Falls
Carl Riddick
Washington
Agricultural Department
Plentywood
Lewistown
Aerial fugitive baffles London and Paris police
Paris police seek to trace a renowned English crook who fled London by air after paying a fortune for a special plane. Col. Joseph De Mott Thompson advised on aerial tracking but no trace of the fugitive or aircraft has been found. Scotland Yard’s telegram to Paris arrived eight hours after the escape could have reached France.
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C. F. Bertelli
Universal Service
Special Cable Dispatch
Paris
Joseph de Mott Thompson
England
London
France
Scotland Yard
Bergdoll Kin Surrenders at Governor's Island
Erwin Bergdoll, younger half brother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, surrendered at Governor's Island after years of evading draft charges. He arrived with Charles Braun and Judge James Reming of Philadelphia, a Bergdoll family associate who is himself under indictment related to Grover Bergdoll's escape.
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New York
Erwin Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Governor’s Island
James Reming
Philladelphia
Grover
Judge Reming
Charles Braun
Justice to hunt coal profiteers with flying squads
Washington July 21 Flying squadrons of justice agents will tour coal regions to arrest operators or miners suspected of profiteering in coal. Over 30 arrests in bituminous fields last week signal a broader plan to bring profiteers before grand juries. Uniformed agents will target price manipulation at mines where costs run two to three dollars per ton.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Ames
West Virginia
Department
Americans Safe in Peking Amid City Lockdown
Washington reports about 600 American citizens and 300 Marines in Peking as gates close and a military contest unfolds. Officials say General Wang and Generals Tuan and Hsu guarantee no danger to foreigners, while Japan and other powers stay neutral and focus on railway lines from Tientsin.
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Washington
Peking
State Department
Wang
Tuan and
Hsu
Japan
Tientsin
Sinn Fein and British discuss Irish question settlement
London July 21 report says Sinn Fein and the British government are prepared to discuss a probable settlement of the Irish question. Dublin correspondent notes Irish political circles are usually well informed and the report is current.
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London
Sinn Fein
Daily Mail
Dublin
German Bark Reiberstieg Flies Imperial Ensign
Philadelphia July 21 The German bark Reiberstieg loads oil under the masthead flag of the imperial government though still an enemy craft Captain Wilhelm Westphal denounces the red black and gold banner as a symbol of disorder and misery while praising the old flag's seamanship and loyalty.
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Philadelphia
Reiberstieg
Wilhelm Westphal
Turks Decide to Sign Peace Pact
Constantinople July 21. Turkey announces it has decided to sign the peace treaty. The Turkish war office reports the vanguard of the Greek army has entered Adrianople.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Turkish War Office
Adrianople
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