Enginemen Strike Looms Over Federal Mediation Plan
Chicago August 1 Federal mediation board moves to arbitrate wage dispute as 55000 engineers and firemen in western railroads threaten a August 7 strike. President Wilson to press for settlement while railroads and unions rush to Washington and Chicago for talks.
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Western Railways
Federal Mediation Board
Chicago
Gremen Ob
Fenton
Welflemerit
Uhe Federal Board of Mediation
Wilson
Washington
Wikwen
United States Board of Medi-Ates
Martin A. Maepe
Willcage
G. W. W.menger
Federal Board
Obregon Seizes Queretaro as Villa Mulls Mexico City Move
Washington reports Queretaro, northern stronghold of federal forces, captured by General Obregon. Unofficial dispatches say Obregon heads to Mexico City, diverging from the Carranza Carbajal plan. Villa is effectively missing in Washington despite being central to the shifting power as officials debate terms and actions.
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Queretaro
Mexico City
Obregon
State Department
Caerrauge-Carbujal
Mexico
Department
Consula
Villa
Carranza-Villa
Salille
Snead
Christopher Cradock
Carbajal
Carranza
Great Britain
Huerta
Telluride Flood Strikes Town After Cloudburst Destruction
Denver reports Telluride devastated by a cloudburst from Comnet creek the flood tore through the mining town. Two women drowned dozens of children rescued as a wall of water eight to twenty feet high swept the city. Miner Gregory Sanchez warned residents saving scores of lives while 4000 residents huddled on hill slopes. Property losses pinned at least 275000 with many homes and businesses wrecked. Mrs John Johnson and Mrs E J Blakely are dead and Thomas Welsh is missing. Rounding up rescues, workers saved twenty children from floodwaters.
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Denver
Telluride
Comnet Creek
Cornét Canyon
Guna
Gregory Sanchez
John Johnson
Mra E. J. Blakely
Thomas Welsh
Wioe
John Bands
Harry Lyla
Great Seattle Fire Menaces Waterfront Prays for Losses
A major blaze in Seattle Aug 1 caused over one million dollars in damage and threatened the waterfront. People fled into the bay or were rescued by the revenue cutter Unalga as wharves and piers collapsed or burned. The Grand Trunk Pacific pier and Seattle port commission ferry wharf were destroyed, Coleman dock badly damaged, and Pier No 3 of the Northern Pacific railroad damaged.
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Seattle Port Commission
Coleman
Northern Pacific Railway
Stagecoach Robbery Near Old Faithful In Yellowstone
Masked highwaymen robbed 35 stage coaches near Soshone Point between the Thumb lunch station and Old Faithful inn. Passengers forced to dump cash into a gunny sack. Two armed men escaped with about three thousand dollars. Soldiers and scouts spread across park boundaries to pursue.
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Mammoth Hot Springs
Wyo
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Thumb
Old Faithful Inn
Old Faithful |Nun
Lake Hotel
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company
Yellowstone & Western Sige Company
Wylie Permanent Camping Company
Shaw-Powell Camping Company
Frasier
Yellowstone Western Stage Company
Old Parthfal Inn
Sosti
Old Faithfulton
Brett
Henry Spencer Hanged in Illinois Jail Scene
Chicago’s Henry Spencer, tied to a string of 25 murders, is hanged at Du Page county jail in Wheaton after declaring a murderous hatred of women. Victims were mostly women and he urged the rope to end his wait. Other brief items note a London money famine, a brother shooting his rival in Jackson Mississippi, a jealous husband killing a man in Evansville, and a jail‑fraud suicide in Buffalo.
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Chicago
L—litnry Spencer
du Page
Wheaton
Til
Mildred Allison Rexroat
Spencer
London
Yuan's Rule Is Threatened in Hupeh Uprising
Headlines report Yuan's government under threat in Hupeh province with 70 million people deemed pivotal, citing multiple uprisings and warning of a potential major China war as European tensions rise.
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Hupeh
San Francisco
Europe
China
Ween
Hwang Sing
Yuan
Nationaliste
Ran
Wong Bock Yue
National League
Yean
Not Guilty for Mme Caillaux in Paris Murder Trial
Paris July 30 Not guilty is the verdict in the sensational murder trial of Mme Caillaux. The jury reached the verdict in under an hour, finding she acted while temporarily insane to prevent letters from Le Figaro being published. The courtroom erupted in a tremulous uproar as the decision was announced, many jurors moved to tears.
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Paris
Mme. Caillaux
Mme
Caillaux
Gaston Cab Mette
le Figaro
Calliaux
Maitre
Palais du Justice
Hunger striker Becky Edelson fed by powders on island
New York reports Commissioner Katherine B. Davis found Becky Edelson Blackwell Island was taking food in powder form claiming it equals a glass of milk. Meantime Beatrice sister of Grover Cleveland died in Beatrice visiting granddaughter and funeral planned. Floods in Kwang-Tung China caused over 4 million in losses with 3000 people affected. Liverpool grain market trades brisk amid panicky conditions.
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New York
Commissioner of Correction
Katherine B
Arlee
Mont
Beatrice
Washington
Kwang-Tung
China
State Department
Canton
Liverpool
Terrazas cattle sale tied to Chihuahua leaders
J F Garrett of Corpus Christi bought 300000 head of cattle from General Terrazas for about 4 million dollars. The deal reportedly divides the price between Terrazas and General Villa of Chihuahua. Repayment terms include Terrazas repatriation and the release of his son, held prisoner by the constitutionalists.
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el Paso
Tex
J. F. Garrett
Corpus Christi
General Terrazas
Terrazas
General Villa
Chihuahua
Commerce Body Hints ICC Powers Over Rail Terminals
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission asserted authority to regulate terminal and switching facilities for all railroads within its scope. It ordered Chicago Burlington & Quincy to arrange switching with Rock Island Southern at Galesburg or withdraw its Santa Fe arrangement to end discrimination against Rock Island Southern. London notes Bank of England raises discount rate to four percent amid wartime stringency.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Rock Island Southern
Galesburg
Til
Burlington
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Santa Fe
London
Bank of England
Proposed amendments seek absolute free liquor trade
Opinions on proposed amendments clash with advocates arguing for unrestricted liquor traffic. Critics warn of risks to public order and health while supporters cite economic benefits and consumer choice. The debate centers on balancing commerce with social safeguards and regulation.
Open Territory Debate Spurs Prohibition Alarm
In Columbus liberal and prohibition factions clash over a proposed constitutional amendment. Prohibitionists claim it would open every township without a municipality to liquor traffic. liberals deny the interpretation and insist no such intent exists.
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Deny Donovan
Columbus
Dita Clal
Supreme Court
W. Z. Davis
Chimps, Cigarettes, and a Fined Offender in Indiana
A South Bend chimpanzee lit a cigarette prompting police pursuit and a court hearing. The magistrate fined the animal five dollars, ruled ignorance not a defense, with the trainer paying the sum. Massachusetts faces an ongoing gipsy moth infestation as various insect species are studied for eradication prospects.
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United States
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Enforce the truant laws and school improvements urged
Answers from 761 respondents reveal 687 agreeing on issues including small salaries and blame on teachers and parents. The report lists suggestions such as pay teachers better, supervise counties, centralize schools, enforce truant laws, train teachers, improve roads, and reduce subjects. Paroles sought for about 100 prisoners. a parade of cases and a prize for scribes and newspapers tied to Ohio Good Roads. A motorcycle racer received workers compensation after losing his left arm in a Cleveland motor drome crash.
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Ohio State Journal Automobile Tour
City Good Roads Federation
Ees
Ohio
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Licking
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Fairfield
Pickaway
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Champaign
Union
Marion
Morrow
Knox
Delaware
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Workmen's Compensation Fund
State Industrial Commission
Cleveland
Flm
Walkler
County School Heads of Om County Superintendents Named
The Ohio Public Instruction Department lists eighty eight newly elected county superintendents to direct rural schools with salaries and duties outlined. After Aug 1 each will be visited at the county seat. the group will meet State Superintendent Mik in Columbus next weekend.
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Thetate
State Department of Public
Columbin
Frank W. Mik
Department of Public Instruction
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