Unionism Hinders Peace Pact In Steel Talks At Pittsburg
Disappointment grips Pittsburg as the Amalgamated Association fails to ratify New York peace proposals with United States Steel representatives Morgan Schwab and Gary. A protracted meeting left open whether open mills to non union workers will be adopted, and disputes over strike breakers and job protections persist amid no official statements. The full executive board met with National Trustee John Pierce absent.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
New York
Amalgamated Association
Messrs
Morgan, Schwab
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Union Mills
Combine
National
John Pierce
Admiral Kimberly seeks excusal from Schley inquiry
A letter from Admiral Kimberly requests to be excused from the Schley court of inquiry due to ill health. The request, noting heart trouble, was given to Secretary Long from Higham Mass. Admiral Schley has responded to the precept, with the letter mailed by his counsel last night but not yet received by the Navy Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Kimberly
Schley
Secretary Long
Higham
Mass
Admiral Schley
Department
Cristobal Colon Wreck Removed From San Juan Harbor
Captain C A Flagler reports to the chief of engineers that the Cristobal Colon wreck has been cleared from the entrance to San Juan harbor Porto Rico where it was sunk to close the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
C. A. Flagler
Chief of Engineers
Cristobal Colon
San Juan Harbor
Porto Rico
Freighted With Gold Reaches Seattle From Klondike
The steamship Cottage City arrived at noon from Lynn Canal carrying forty passengers and $155,000 in Klondike gold. She departed Skagway on July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Cottage City
Lynn Canal
Skagway
Train Wreck Near El Reno Slays One Injures Twenty-Four
Accidents occur on the Rock Island line as northbound passenger train No. 2 from El Reno crashes two miles south of EKREMLIN Oki at 1 45. C L McLain of Enid Okla is dead and twenty four passengers suffer cuts and bruises though no further fatalities are reported.
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Rock Island
Ekremlin
Oki
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
el Reno
Here
C. L. McLain
Enid
Okl
Improvement Funds Short. Shortage of Funds
Washington July 31 The annual report of the Missouri river commission was received into the war department today. It shows 250000 for sundry civil acts to preserve improvements and prevent damage at Rule and other points and 146000 to complete the lock and dam at Osage river Missouri. The report urges larger appropriations to make the Missouri navigable and open to the mouth. It estimates completing the project from mouth to Jefferson City would bring commerce and valley gains, costing 5 000 000 to 3 500 000 with 1 000 000 requested next year. Osage river needs 50200.
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Washinglon
Missouri River Commission
War Department
Osage River
Missouri
Missouri River
Jefferson City
Osage
Wood’s stay to be short in New York tour
General Leonard Wood the Cuban military governor and his wife and three children arrived in New York aboard the Morro Castle from Havana. He said he feels well with no fever for ten days and plans a brief cruise on the Kanawha along the New England coast before returning to Havana. Mrs Wood will remain in quarantine until August 5 with Health Officer Doty and wife, then may join him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Havana
Too Much Live Stock Floods Philadelphia Yards
Philadelphia dispatch reports record livestock receipts this week filling every yard to capacity. Cattle are being killed for lack of space as meat prices fall, blamed on a westward drought driving Nebraska Kansas and Texas herds eastward, overwhelming traders and leaving experts puzzled.
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Philadelphia
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Strike Crises Hit San Francisco Waterfront
San Francisco on July 31 faced a labor crisis as a general walkout by the City Front Federation took effect. The federation includes fourteen unions with about 15,000 members, halting maritime traffic and shore industry and bringing activity to a near standstill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
City Front Federation
Payne Returns Home From Europe Sailing From Cherbourg
Friends of Henry C. Payne national Republican committeeman of Wisconsin received advices by cable stating he is in Nuremberg not Berlin and will sail for home from Cherbourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Milwaukee
Henry C. Payne
National Republican
Condition of the Treasury in Washington Report
Today's treasury balance statement shows available cash at 176,078,982 dollars and gold holdings totaling 98,650,698 dollars in the general fund, excluding the 150 million dollar gold reserve in the division of redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Missouri Millionaire Col ODay Dies In Springfield
Information from Baltimore telegram reports Col John O Day of Springfield Missouri died of paralysis. He was a millionaire and early St Louis and San Francisco railroad vice president and general counselor. He served as chairman of Missouri Democratic state central committee in 1884 when the party sent a solid delegation.
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Missouri
ST. Louis
Baltimore
John O’day
Springfield
Great Enthusiasm as Kiowa-Comanche Land Lottery Drawn
In El Reno Oklahoma July 30 a massive crowd watched the land lottery drawing for 13,000 homesteads among 167,000 applicants. First winner was James R. Wood of Weatherford followed by Mattie H. Beals of Wichita. Officials reported orderly process though some repeated applicants and ineligible entries may prompt court appeals.
Treasury Secretary Purchases Short Term Bonds
Washington July 30 the secretary of the treasury today bought short term bonds totaling twenty five thousand dollars at 109.118 five thousand dollar 8s at 109.118 five thousand dollars 5s at 109.288 and fifteen hundred 48 at 113.833 highlighting official activity in government debt auctions with specific price quotes and amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Troops at Shanghai to Stay
London July 30 The Shanghai correspondent reports that assurances by Lord Cranborn in the House of Commons on July 23 that German and French troops are only temporarily present are contradicted by the erection of massive permanent barracks. Construction will take two years, signaling a long occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
London
The
Globe
Cabling Today
House of Commons
Lord Cranborn
Washington Admits Rain and Heat in July 1980
Official weather advisories confirm rains over the corn belt last night with cooler conditions. Rainfall varied from over an inch at Kansas City to lighter amounts elsewhere, with showers in Missouri and Nebraska. Temperatures topped 90s in many areas while Washington faced extreme heat and high humidity at 97 degrees. Tomorrow's forecast calls for showers east of the Mississippi and fair weather west.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Corn Belt
Ohio
Kentucky
Nebraska
Kansas City
Iowa
Oklahoma
Missouri
Mississippi River
Middle Atlantic
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Nebraska and Iowa land draw winners listed
Nebraskans drew land prizes with recipients including John E. Long Omaha No. 496 Jacob Ridinger Sutton No. 147 El Reno district and others from Hebron Schuyler Wymore and Columbus. Iowa winner Dora Roberts Council Bluffs No. 323 Lawton district is noted.
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EL Reno
Okl
Nebraska
Oklahoma
John E. Long
Omaha
Lawton
Jacob Ridinger
Sutton
James H. Davey
Hebron
Joseph Shultz, Jr
Schuyler
Allen Tingley
Verdon
Alex Hamilton
Wymore
Kansas Smiles As Rain Revives Worsening Drought
Topeka reports heavy rains easing drought across eastern and central Kansas with streams rising toward the Colorado line. Salina notes the heaviest rain in weeks, Concordia sees 48 hours of intermittent showers, Ellsworth records a fine rain. lightning killed Carl Hammersbeck, farmer's son, during a storm in Concordia.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Colorado Line
Salina
Concordia
Carl Hammersbeck
Ellsworth
Puts Quietus on Gossip Enjoins Navy Statements
Secretary Long issues a general order banning all naval service personnel from making public statements about the court of inquiry requested by Rear Admiral W S Schley. The directive aims to curb gossip and maintain discipline in the service.
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Washington
Long
Naval Service
W. S. Schley
John D. Long
Boxers Report 25000 Allied Villagers in China
London July 29 report from the Pekin correspondent of the Standard says the allied villagers in southwestern China include 25,000 well armed troops. Most are old Boxers or disbanded soldiers who have captured imperial supplies sent overland from Pekin.
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London
Chi Li
Pekin
The
Standard
Closure of Green River Union Pacific Shops
Closing Green River shops in Cheyenne Wyoming on August 1 affects fifty workers who will be offered positions in Evanston Rawlins or Cheyenne shops. The Union Pacific facility at Green River will shut with displaced employees relocated to nearby shops for continued employment.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Green River
Evanston
Rawlins
Long Leaves Thursday For Annual Vacation
Long will depart Thursday for his yearly vacation spending most time at his Hingham Massachusetts home. He plans to return to Washington in early September before the Schley court of inquiry convenes. Assistant Secretary Haskett, spending weeks at his Newcastle New Hampshire country home, will act as secretary.
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Long
Washington
Hingham
Mass
Schley Court of Inquiry
Haskett
Newcastle
Lottery Draw Opens Kiowa Comanche Lands for 165,865 Hopefuls
El Reno Oklahoma July 29 thousands of homeseekers await a grand lottery beginning tomorrow. 13 000 claims are to be distributed among 165 865 registrants about one chance in thirteen of winning. A public drawing will be held on a large platform in the city center witnessed by thousands. A commission led by W A Richards and including D P Dyer and Frank Dale will oversee the process with two 15 foot wheel boxes and envelopes numbered and drawn in sequence. Ten men per aperture will conduct the draw as envelopes are opened and names announced and recorded until all 1000 envelopes are drawn from both boxes.
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EL Reno
Okl
Hitchcock
W. A. Richards
General Land Office
D. P. Dyer
St. Louis
United States
Frank Dale
Oklahoma
Lawton
Lot
Exposition Paying Says Pan-American President
Buffalo July 29 President John G Millburn states the Pan American exposition has paid its expenses since June and already shows a sizable surplus Attendance through August to October at Chicago will cover all obligations and leave a surplus for the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
John G. Millburn
Chicago
Grand Mesa lease owner summoned to Washington
William Radcliffe, owner of the Grand Mesa lakes lease in Delta county, has been summoned to Washington for consultation with the state department. The move adds an international angle to the recent shooting of two men by a deputy game warden, the burning of Radcliffe's hotel, and threats of mob violence against the proprietor.
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Denver
William Radcliffe
Grand Mesa Lakes
Delta County
Washington
State Department
Radcliffe
Edward
Weather Bureau Reports Encouraging Rain Breaks Drought
The Weather Bureau advised that showers across the region are more encouraging than prior reports, suggesting drought relief as rains continue. Temperatures eased with few areas above 100 degrees, and crops not irreparably ruined should benefit, especially late-season harvests. Rainfall was general in the corn belt with heavy falls in Iowa, western Nebraska, southern Missouri, and Oklahoma.
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Washington
Bureau
Belr
Mississippi River
Corn Belt
Towa
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indians File Notice to Enter Lawton Area Land
Keo Tuck an Indian filed at El Reno land office to enter the quarter section adjoining Lawton town site in the Kiowa and Comanche reservation opening. The tract is among the most valuable of about 13 000 acres offered. The 1887 statute grants homeless Indians entry rights to unclaimed public land. The law remains in force for those without allotments or omitted from tribal rolls.
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Oklahoma City
O. T
Keo Tuck
el Reno
Lawton
Thousand Silver Dollars Missing From Chicago Bank
A sack of 1000 silver dollars vanished from the Commercial National Bank in Chicago after being left outside the vault at closing. Detectives have not recovered it amid prior similar incidents, with another $20,000 shipment to Burlington, Iowa, yielding only paper slips when opened.
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Cago National Bank
Chicago
Commercial National Bank
Adams Express Company
National State Bank of
Burlington
Omaha Man Selected to Beat Land Drawing Committee
Governor Richards named the Nebraska committee to oversee the land drawing for settlement. Dr. H. A. Foster of Omaha will chair, with J. B. Jones of Hastings, George Hess of Omaha, F. A. Sweezy of Blue Hill, and Amos Quinn of Beatrice. Headquarters are at Crow and Jones law offices.
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Sweezy
Blue Hill
Amos, Quinn
Beatrice
The
Law
Crow
Jones
Rain Deluge Breaks Drought Across Kansas
ATON, Kan July 29 The drought in northern Kansas dating from April 16 ended with a weekend rain. The Missouri Pacific railroad reported stations up to 306 miles west of the Missouri River and northward into Nebraska showing rainfall amounts from a quarter to several inches. The steady downpour soaked much of the region.
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Kanean
Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Nebraska
Arizona's Total Acreage Reported by Census Bureau
Washington report July 29 notes census bulletin showing Arizona has 5,809 farms covering 1,935,327 acres, with 254,521 acres improved. It states 1,769 farms are owned by individuals, reflecting ownership patterns for the state.
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Arizona
Washington
Crispi Growing Worse in Naples Bulletin Says
Naples July 29 The bulletin moved late tonight on the condition of Signor Francesco Crispi reports the heart trouble worsening. The bulletin notes the ailment has grown more serious as he remains under medical observation and care.
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Crispi
Naples
Signor
Francesco
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Association and Corporation
Companies
Wood
Fortune Wheel
James R. Wood
Dyer
Weatherford
Mattie H. Beals
Wichita
Woods
Miss Beals
Colonel
Buys Bonde
Dr. Foster
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