Coal wiring resumes as miners return to work
The coal strike ends with seven state mines reopening after operators sign wage contracts. The general conference adopted a scale agreement chaired by T. K. Maher and William Green as secretary. About 60 million tons annual output is affected across West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Michigan Oklahoma and Washington.
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Cleveland
T. K. Maher
William Green
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Oklahoma
Washington
President Orders Ban on Unsafe Equipment
Washington reports President Harding urged full enforcement of federal safety laws in face of a strike, telling the Interstate Commerce Commission to push inspection forces to the limit. He warned that deteriorating motive power risks serious withdrawals from service if compliance is not enforced.
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Washington
McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harding
Giant Geyser Forms in Yellowstone Park Secret eruption noted
A new geyser appeared near Obsidian Creek in Yellowstone National Park. The mud pool erupted without warning, sending a 300 foot column of mud and rocks into the air and flooding the Mammoth to Geyser Basin road area. The activity was irregular but ongoing, marking the park's semi centennial celebration.
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Yellowstone Park
Obsidian Creek
Mammoth Hot Springs
Geyser Basin
Edwin B. Trafton Dies in Los Angeles Ice Cream Soda
Edwin B. Trafton, whose adventures in Wyoming inspired Owen Wister's The Virginian, collapsed and died while consuming an ice cream soda in a downtown Los Angeles establishment.
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The
Virginian
Los Angeles
Edwin B. Trafton
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Owen Wister
German Marks Hit New Postwar Low in New York Trade
German marks fall to 10 marks per cent in New York as banks and exchange houses quote the lowest rate in history. The prewar value was about 23.8 cents per mark, with few buyers active in the market.
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New York
Train Wreckers Pull Spikes Near Chickamauga
A report from Chattanooga Tenn states an attempt was made to wreck a train on the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway at Chickamauga with spikes drawn from the rails.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Chickamauga
Breakthrough in Soft Coal Strike Nears Settlement
The soft coal strike by 450,000 miners nears an agreement with operators. The draft contract reestablishes wage scales from April 1 and runs through March 31 next year. Signing is expected after a policy committee meeting, with 60,000 to 75,000 men to return to work.
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Cleveland
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Fruit Growers Move Trains to Save Large Wenatchee Crop
North central Washington fruit growers and shippers pledge to man 15 000 cars to haul a 25 million dollar Wenatchee district crop to market. A committee is empowered to seek action, wiring districts westward and urging presidential support to prevent private rail interests from squeezing public welfare.
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Wenatchee District
Wenatchee
Wash
Washington
United States
Forest Fires Blaze Across Montana Idaho and Washington
The forest service reports 84 000 acres burned this season by 868 fires in district No 1 covering Montana northern Idaho and eastern Washington with 203 fires in the last ten days. The situation is described as extremely critical, the worst ten day period since 1920 and comparable only to the Wests historic fire years 1910 1914 1915 and 1920.
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Missoula
Forest Service
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Allied Parley Breaks Down in London Reparations Talks
The thirteenth allied conference on German reparations collapsed with no unanimity. French and British spokesmen stated they would agree to disagree after a complete lack of consensus.
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London
France
Great Britain
Night collision near Durant kills one
One person died and six were injured when an eastbound North Coast Limited passenger train and a westbound Northern Pacific freight collided one mile east of Durant. The crash occurred on the Northern Pacific line during the month 2 timetable.
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N. P. Butte
Northern Pacific
Durant
Trains Marooned at Needles End Rail Tieup
Needles California reports relief as San Francisco line crews move marooned travelers after a walkout by railroad brotherhoods. One westbound train carries passengers and a poultry car, another eastbound train carries remainder. Three funeral parties travel east with weary travelers.
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Needles
Cal
Santa Fe
Federal Grand Jury Action Likely Over Railroad Strike
Los Angeles U S Attorney Joseph Burke announced a full federal investigation into the marooning of passengers linked to the railroad strike. He said the probe aims to present evidence before a federal grand jury and warned that conspiracy charges against the union trainmen could bring drastic prosecutions if proven. Burke emphasized public protection and noted huge losses to farmers selling crops due to disrupted passenger traffic.
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Los Angeles
United States
Joseph Burke
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Burke
Train Bombed Injuring Ten Near Granton Junction
Three bombs struck the Weehawken local of the West Shore railroad as it crossed a culvert near Granton Junction in North Bergen New Jersey injuring ten passengers, five seriously. The train paused amid flying glass while ambulances and police responded. an automobile with three men was spotted nearby before the Branton stop.
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North Bergen
N. J
Weehawken
West Shore Railroad
Granton Junction
Branton
Lord Northcliffe Dies in London
Viscount Northcliffe a leading British publicist dies, leaving a void in English journalism. The Times and his other papers backed Lloyd George policies, except Ireland dealings, with Northcliffe shaping press influence and policy debates.
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Lord Northcliffe
London
Viscount Northcliffe
England
Lord Nor’cliffe
Times
Lloyd George
Ireland
Northcliffe Press
Dublin Honors Griffith
A large crowd followed the cortege bearing Arthur Griffith president of the Dail Eireann cabinet to Dublin city hall where his body lies in state under guard of five state troopers.
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Dublin
Griffith
Arthur Griffith
Daileireann
Germany to pay 2,000,000 pounds on prewar debts
Allied financial experts in a London dispatch agency report that Germany should remit 2 million pounds by August 15 for pre war debts owed to allied nationals. The statement frames the sum as due in the near term under postwar obligations.
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Germany
Paris
Londons
Crop prospects brighten across Manitoba and prairie provinces
The 1915 harvest looks strong across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with rains and warmth boosting yields. Southwestern Manitoba nears a bumper crop rye oats and wheat are strong while grasshoppers are largely gone and grain quality remains high. In Alberta southern regions report good yields though northern areas near Edmonton suffer moisture shortages impacting wheat oats and barley.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Brandon
Canadian National Railways
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Edmonton
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Commerce Commission
Peage
Philadelphia
United States Attorney
Kas
Fletcher
the Centaur Company
New York City
Denis Putnam
Western Canada
Miss Neverwed
F.o. Bb
Flint, Mich
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit, Michigan
General Motors Corporation
Fourth Street
South
Minneapolis
Minn
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