Five bandits loot Burroughs pay car in Detroit hold up
Five armed men commandeered the Bur roughs Adding Machine paymaster and guards in Detroit, fleeing with about $33,000 to $34,000 after a quick exchange of shots injuring guard Rudolph Cooper. A large police chase followed with 11 police units and highways searched toward Novi, South Lyon, and beyond.
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Associated Press
Detroit, Mich
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Novi
South Lyon
Detroit
P. G. Chapman
Burroughs Company
Rudolph Cooper
Burroughs
Thomas Sheahan
Woodward Avenue
Cooper
Head of U S Arbiters Hopeful on Rail Labor Crisis
The Senate Commerce Commission tabled a resolution for an interstate commerce investigation into railroad labor hours and management labor disputes. Judge Chambers says mediation may avert a strike. President Wilson will wait on other options before intervening, with a crisis expected early next week as vote results come in.
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Senate
Congress
Senate Commerce Commission
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Wilson
Chambers
Mediation and Conciliation Board
Department of Labor and Mediation Board
Violent Rainstorm Strikes Northern Indiana Towns
A severe wind and rainstorm swept northern Indiana causing extensive crop damage and downed trees. Interurban service in South Bend and nearby cities was crippled. lightning struck a Shelbyville woman, leaving her unconscious after the storm.
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Indiana
South Bend
Elkhart
Goshen
LaPorte
Michigan City
Albert Engle
Shelbyville
New York Street Car Strike Widens At Night
Amalgamated Association officers report 80 percent of the 3 400 motormen and conductors for the New York Railways are on strike. A packed hall of 1 500 workers had gathered after a strike vote, with most in uniform, and leaders asserted they would join.
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Py Associated Press
New York
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
New York Railways Company
Manhattan Island
Borough of
Manhattan
Frank Hedley
Hedley
Yonkers
Bronx
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Vigorous action urged to curb infantile paralysis spread
New York officials hear a call for stricter isolation of infantile paralysis cases, a twice weekly house to house education canvass, and earlier detection. The report urges hospital isolation for safety and urges parental cooperation to improve home sanitation and disease control.
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New York
Department of Health
Nashville Tennessean Raises Subscription Rates
The Daily Tennesseean increases carrier delivery in Nashville and surrounding towns from 10 to 15 cents weekly or 45 to 65 cents monthly and from 5.20 to 7.50 dollars yearly. Higher costs for print paper and other necessities cited as the reason.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennesseean
Nashville
Train Engine Explosion Kills Two Near South Bend
Two men died and several injured when the L E W passenger train engine exploded near Rupple's pits seven miles west of South Bend. Engineer William J Kisman of Peru and fireman D B Holden of Peru were killed. passengers were shaken but mostly unharmed. A relief train removed the victims and survivors to South Bend.
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Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
Indianapolis
Rupple’s
Here
William J. Kisman
Peru
D. B. Holden
Kisman
Holden
German Press On Casement's Execution
Berlin reports on Roger Casement's execution with sympathy calling him an idealist and martyr. The German press notes his efforts for Congo and Putumayo natives and Ireland, and questions whether he was shot or hanged while noting a presumed last minute commutation.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Roger Casement
Casement
Belgian Congo
Putumayo
Ireland
Newspapers Face a Crisis Over Paper Costs
The Tribune plans to cut from ten to eight pages to save paper as prices soar. Old contracts ended. costs rose from $1.93 to $5.25 per hundred delivered. A fifty ton car price jumps to $2,625, adding about $1,600 per car and roughly $11,620 yearly in paper expenses.
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The
Tribune
F. O. B. Mills
the Tribune
See-Saw Battles in the West Rattle On
Reports from St. Petersburg via London say Russian forces evacuated Rudka Miryanskaia after repeated German counter-attacks and fell back to the east near Kovel. Paris reports France captured Thiaumont Ridge near Verdun and retook much of Fleury after German counter-attacks.
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St. Petersburg
London
Rudka-Miryanskaia
Stavok
Kovel
War Office
Paris
Verdun
Thiaumont
Fleury
War Office report tallies Armenian Russian losses in five day battle
The official statement from the war office details Russian casualties of over 3,000 killed in a five day engagement in the Ag nortt sector of Armenia. British forces on the Sinai peninsula are also noted as repulsed in separate fighting. The dispatch comes via Constantinople and London.
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Constantinople
London
Armenia
Sinai Peninsula
War Office
Agnott
British naval planes report Wednesday actions
London reports that British naval aeroplanes were active on Wednesday with continued coverage promised on page four.
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London
Gases Growing Out Of Colorado Mine Disorders Dismissed
Forty seven indictments charging more than 100 persons in Las Animas County strike disorders were dismissed by Judge Cavendar upon AG representative request. Remaining active are cases against John R. Lawson and other defendants tied to murder charges. Lawson was previously convicted in May 1914 and sentenced to life.
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Trinidad
Colo
Colorado
Las Animas County
Charles Cavendar
Sixth
Cavendar
John R. Lawson
United Mine Workers of America
James T. Davis
Lawrence Cescolini
M. Kathadoras
Lawson
New Russo Jap Treaty Report Details Railway Sale
Reuters telegram dispatch from London says a post Portsmouth agreement between Russia and Japan grants Japan the southern half of the Harbin Changchun line and recognizes Japan’s rights on the Sungari river from Kirin to Petuna, resolving a long standing dispute.
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London
Reuter
Russia
Japan
Harbin
Chang Chun
Sungari
Kirin
Petuna
Portsmouth
Telegraphers Strike Averted By Chicago Milwaukee And St Paul Compromise
Sioux City reports a telegraphers strike on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad has been settled by a compromise. Wage increases from 2.50 to 15 dollars a month will affect over 2,600 operators. Exact terms are not yet available.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Italian Consuls Asked to Report on Shelling
Washington reports that American consuls in Italy were directed to report the shelling and sinking of the Italian steamer Letimbro by a submarine in the Mediterranean. London dispatches claimed the sub fired after the liner stopped, with many passengers and crew believed dead. no official confirmation yet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Italy
Letimbro
Mediterranean
London
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Elude Net
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W. G. Lee
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W. 8. Stone
Great Railway Brotherhoods
U.S. Arbiters
Chance
Qn Lines
Nashville Tennesseean
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