Rail strike threat prompts federal mediation push
Washington reports officials including President Wilson watch the dispute between 225 railway systems and 400000 employees. The Chamber of Commerce appeals for swift intervention and inquiry to avert a strike while the federal board of mediation and conciliation stays ready but cannot act yet. Wheeler predicts remote peace prospects with firm management and firm employee stances.
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Wilson
Labor Department
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Labor Post
Federal Board
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Chamber
Congressional Commerce Committees
Congress
Harry A. Wheeler
Wheeler
Deutschland Goes to Sea As German Submarine Begins Homeward Voyage
Naval officers watch the Deutschland as it sails from Virginia Capes on its return trip. The crew and Captain Koenig bid Americans farewell with cheers from deck as the submarine proceeds out to sea accompanied only by the tug Timmins. The voyage follows an 18 mile Chesapeake Bay dash before dusk.
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London
Admiralty
Great Britain
Norfolk
Virginia Capes
Capes
Thomas F. Timmins
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Timmins
Old Country
Captain Hinsch
Koenig
U S Likely to Buy Danish West Indies for 25 Million
Copenhagen reports that the rigsd dag will probably accept the United States offer to purchase the Danish West Indies for 25 million dollars and to cede all American rights in Greenland to Denmark despite Socialist opposition demanding immediate black suffrage in the islands.
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Copenhagen
London
Rigsdafg
United States
Danish West Indies
Greenland
Denmark
Zeppelins Raid Again Over Eastern England
The Associated Press reports German airships crossed the eastern counties of England shortly after midnight and dropped bombs. Officials say six or seven airships carried out the raid, with bombs dropped at various eastern and southeastern locations and no military damage reported yet.
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London
England
Borland Seeks Probe of Meat Prices in Congress
Representative Borland of Missouri renewed charges of a meat trust in the House and urged action on a resolution to investigate meat prices by the Federal Trade Commission. He argued packers divined large dividends while charges to consumers rose, citing Swift Armour Morris and Cudahy dividends and falling cattle numbers since 1900.
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Washington
Borland
Missouri
Federal Trade Commission
Judiciary Committee
Swift Company
Armour Company
Morris Company
Cudahy Company
Striking Meat Cutters Boycott Non-Union Packers
Striking meat cutters from Missouri packing houses mailed circulars to local meat dealers urging a boycott of non union packers. Union leaders say 4000 men are on strike in St. Louis area while packers estimate at most 2500 out.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Penny Conductor Takes Own Life by Gas Inhalation
Stanley Rue, in ill health, died by his own action in the bath room of his home. The incident is reported as a suicide by gas inhalation.
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Stanley Rue
Pennsylvania Conductor Dies in Gas Suicide at Home
Stanley Rue a 41 year old Pennsylvania railroad conductor committed death by inhaling gas at his 228 Burlington avenue home yesterday afternoon. His 10 year old son detected the odor and his sister in law found him with a rubber tube in his mouth attached to a gas outlet. Rue left a widow three children and two brothers Joseph and Max.
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Stanley Rue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Burlington Avenue
Rue
Hamlind
Max Rue
Joseph
Fletcher
Max
Brothers Fight in Mother's Presence Turns Violent
Charley Sullivan known as Babe lies in St Joseph Hospital with a fractured skull and numerous injuries after a fist assault by his brother Frank at their mother's home 302 East Market Street. Frank is jailed on assault and battery with intent to commit a felony. The mother meddled and was struck in the face. Coroner Nelson treated Babe and ordered hospital care.
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Charley Sullivan
Babe
St. Joseph Hospital
Frank Sullivan
East Market Street
Frank
Nelson
House approves bill to modify Cummins amendment
The House passed a bill to modify the Cummins amendment by changing liability standards for property losses in interstate shipments. The action follows Washington developments on August 2.
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Washington
Cummins
Senate
House
Notable Executions At The Tower Of London Through History
The Tower of London has long been a site of executions and murders. Notable deaths include Henry VI in 1471, George Duke of Clarence in 1478, Lord Hastings in 1483, Edward V and Richard Duke of York in 1483, the Duke of Warwick in 1499, Edmund de la Pole in 1513, Edward Boleyn in 1521, Thomas More in 1535, Anne Boleyn in 1536, Catherine Howard in 1542, Lady Jane Grey in 1544, Sir Walter Raleigh in 1618, Lord William Russell in 1683, and Lord Lovat in 1747.
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Lord Hastings
Edward V
Richard
Duke of York
Edward IV
Earl of Warwick
Edmund de la Pole
Duke of Suffolk
Edward Boleyn
Duke of Buckingham
Thomas More
Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII
Katherine Howard
Jane Grey
Sir Walter Raleigh
Lord William Russel
Lord Lovat
Conductor Thrown From Train Injures Here
Wabash freight conductor Charles Webber was seriously injured when the rear section of freight No 63 westbound derailed after an emergency brake stop near a city. He was rushed to a Peru hospital. a brakeman suffered minor bruises.
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Charles Webber
Wabash
Peru
Webber
Sir Roger Casement to be executed in London
London notices say Sir Roger Casement will be hanged at Pentonville prison at 9 tomorrow for high treason. Lord Robert Cecil announced the British government’s refusal to grant a reprieve, with no further official updates.
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London
Sir Roger Casement
Pentonville
Lord Robert Cecil
Associated Press
Sir Roger
Lord Robert
Foreign Office
State Department
Washington
Thirteen? No, Twenty Two Licenses Revoked
Chicago mayor revokes 22 saloon licenses as part of a new push to enforce the Sunday closing law. The action marks the first step in the campaign and targets multiple establishments citywide.
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Chicago
Thompson
Investigations Launched to Tackle Infantile Paralysis Epidemic
New York Aug 2 leading pathologists and bacteriologists plan a two day series of investigations into the infantile paralysis outbreak. Dr Simon Flexner is to preside and committees will divide the work of study with cultures taken to labs for analysis. At least 38 adults over 15 have contracted the disease and a four year old child of Dr Thomas C Chalmers died. Federal and Connecticut health officials clash over travel certificates and restrictions for New York children under 16 after July 21.
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New York
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Thomas C. Chalmers
Queensboro Hospital
Connecticut
Charles E. Banks
Banks
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Chamber of Commerce
The
Casement
Tower OF London
U. S
Beef Trust
Associate? Press
Penny
Tower
Roger Casement
Henry VI
George, Duke of Clarence
Peru Hospital
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