Railroad May Appeal to Taft to Send Troops
Boston dispatch reports Grand Trunk and Vermont Central officials threaten federal or state militia protection if strike disturbances recur. They fault Gov. Prouty of Vermont for inadequate action, note island Pond unrest, and cite possible interstate implications. Freight yards clogged, coal famine feared, meat shortage dramatized by a delayed meat train to Portland. Strikebreakers hired in multiple cities.
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Strike Spreads at Chicago to All Branches of Service
Chicago July 21 Grand Trunk officials press an attempt to move freight trains amid a city wide strike. Special agents recruit nonunion workers while detectives guard depots to curb clashes with strikers. Striker numbers rise from 3,500 to about 16,000, affecting most service branches and thousands from shops and yards including Elgin.
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British strike grows as rail ties up England
Newcastle, July 21. With 100,000 affected and disaffection spreading hourly, the Northeastern strike threatens a wider railway tie-up as Great Northern and North British workers may join. Demands for government takeover to settle conditions rise, while traffic continues.
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North British Railways
England
Wreck of Muskoka express strains Grand Trunk strike tensions
In Toronto on July 21 the Muskoka express wreck near a switch sparked mutual excitement in the Grand Trunk strike. The engine left the rails at a switch and was buried in sand but the train, traveling 18 mph, avoided a worse collision. Superintendent Gillen blamed tampering as investigators noted the switch acted as if something forced the derailment.
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Grand Trunk
Gillen
Militia May Be Called Over Niagara Falls Strike
Niagara Falls Ontario July 21 Mayor Doves warned Grand Trunk strike relief that militia will be called if violence occurs during freight movement. Atlanta July 21 state senate passes bill banning public intoxicating liquor drinks on trains.
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Ontario
Doves
Grand Trunk
Atlanta
State Senate
Yerkes Widow Seeks Directors Liability in Bond Case
Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes, widow of Charles T. Yerkes, says nine Chicago Railway directors are liable for 3,669,330 dollars owed to the estate. The claim was voiced at a probate court hearing over withdrawing the Yerkes consolidated bonds from the railway company reorganization committee.
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Chicago
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles’ T
Chicago Railway Company
Railway Company
Wilson resurfaces in Washington senate race
Indianapolis residents learn J L Wilson reenters politics in Washington, entering the U S Senate race backed by western voters while eastern back Miles Poindexter. Wilson, a former congressman and senator, owns Seattle's Post-Intelligencer and is a cousin of Mrs. Mary C Baker of Indianapolis.
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J. L. Wilson
Washington
Wilson
United States
Miles Poindexter
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Senate
Seattle
Mary C. Baker
Meridian Street
Crawfordsville
Wabash College
West
Henry L
Mexico
Northwest
No, He Would Not Be Taken Ref: Bicyclemen Take John Wall After Struggle
John Wall and his wife clashed Wednesday morning. He allegedly struck her, loaded a shotgun calling it medicine, and refused capture as neighbors Golinisch and Bastin arrived. He was taken after a second struggle, held on $1,000 bond for assault and drunkenness.
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Golinisch
Bastin
Gollnisch
Soldier Guyer Sentenced for Attempted Suicide in Army Jail
Washington July 21 Private John J. Guyer of the Fourth U.S. Recruit Company was found guilty by court martial of attempting to commit death by his own hand in Ft. Slocum New York. He attempted hangings and throat slashing, concealed prior arrest, and mutilated a blanket used as a rope. The court martial sentenced him to three years, reduced to one and one half years, in the military prison at Ft Leavenworth Kansas.
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Ft. Slocum
N. Y
John J. Guyer
U.S
Ft. Leavenworth
Kas
War Department
Guyer
Dannemorra
Britons Sober Up By 54 Million In 1909
Washington July 21 The United Kingdom spent 730 million dollars on intoxicants in 1909 a decrease of 54 million from 1908 according to figures from Consul General John L Griffiths of London. The report notes a marked fall in consumption of intoxicating liquors during the year.
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John L. Griffiths
London
Gold Shipment From Mexico Reaches Lazard Freres
Lazard Freres in New York reports receipt of 1.5 million dollars in gold bars from Mexico, part of a 3 million dollar shipment to that firm. The transfer of gold from Mexico caused surprise in financial circles.
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New York
Discoverer of Rich Death Valley Mines
Reno July 21 Walter Scott, famed for wealth rumors in Death Valley, recently arrived in Winnemucca Nevada with a roll of yellowbacks and a pocketful of intriguing claims about his wealth and ventures, though details remain murky.
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API
Great Stream of Gold Pours Into Seattle
Nome sends 42,264,227 dollars as Seattle’s assay office reports gold through the city from opening in 1898 to end of 1909 totaling 188,128,872.14 dollars. The 1909 alone brought 12,864,268.21 dollars. deposits reach 10,977,135 Troy ounces over 10.5 years, with Nome and Tanana contributing large shares and significant inputs from British Columbia Yukon and other districts.
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Wash
United States
Calvin E. Vilas
Government Assaying Department
Nome
Tanama
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Villas
English Girls Doll Ours Good Fellows
London July 21 The English girl generally shows less culture than the American counterpart yet her life centers on politics and sport with global charities from Lebanon to Lebombo. American women mix formal education with public life while English wives harmonize marriage with shared interests.
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England
America
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Chicago
Empire
Lebanon
Lebombo
India
Australis
Man Files Suit for Breach of Promise in New York
Russell Griswold, 27, a former bank clerk, sues Miss Helen Woodruff Smith of Stamford, Conn., for 50000 dollars claiming a nine year romance and a broken marriage promise. Miss Smith, older than Griswold, denies all allegations in a humorous, light tone.
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New York
Russell Griswold
Helen Woodruff Smith
Stamford
King Corresponding With Col Roosevelt
Rome reports Italian court circles show keen interest in a private correspondence between King Victor Emmanuel and ex President Roosevelt. The king reportedly received two Roosevelt letters and replied in his own hand. Emigration to the United States and an international disarmament plan are believed topics.
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Victor Emmanuel
Roosevelt
Africa
Clay
United States
Coronation of George VI Proclaimed in London Throngs
London crowds filled the streets as heralds proclaimed the coronation of King George VI amid dull weather. Police managed crowds estimated at two million while American tourists joined locals at viewing points. Several women were bruised or fainted in the jam but none seriously injured, and no parade was held.
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London
George VI
Edward
Never Sive In Life Dies At Ninety Two
Mra Leek McDonald aged 92, the oldest woman in Wabash county, died suddenly Thursday morning of apoplexy in Wabash Indiana. She was never sick a day before her death.
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Wabash, Ind
Mra Leek McDonald
Wabash County
Green heir Edwards in New York to handle Hetty Green affairs
New York July 21 Edward Howland Robinson Green, son of Hetty Green and formerly of Texas, arrived to assume direction of his mother's business affairs. He is the sole heir to Hetty Green's estate and will oversee her financial interests while in town.
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New York
Edward Howland Robinson Green
Texas
Hetty Green
Pope Grants Audiences to Two American Bishops in Rome
Pope Pius met Bishop Donohue of Wheeling West Virginia and Bishop Van Deven of Natchitoches Louisiana in Rome on Thursday afternoon, granting them audience during their travels.
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Rome
Pope Pius
Donohue
Wheeling
W. Va
van Deven
Natchitoches, la
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