Nation preps for traffic tie up as Senate acts
Republic reporters note looming national traffic disruption as Senate begins legislation. Brotherhood and rail officials are to present views at a Commerce Committee hearing at the capital. Aberdeen strike disrupts Milwaukee roundhouse with forty workers walking out two hours then returning to work, delay until Sept 2 to meet wage demands.
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S. C
Milwaukee
Embargoes Hit Railroads as Nation Prepares for Strike
The United States girds for a nationwide railroad strike set for September 4. Embargoes on perishable stock spread across many lines including Northern Pacific and Great Northern. Officials warn of possible shortages and intensified preparations as Washington seeks a settlement.
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Lee
New York City
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Union Pacific
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Kansas City Southern
Quincy
Omaha
Kansas City
Louisville & Nashville
Louisville
Danville
Pacific
St.aul
Washington, D. C
Inter-Mountain Territory
Pacific Coast
Iterstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Ill
Nationwide railroad strike looms as talks drag
Washington reports tense efforts to avert the strike with President Wilson pressing for postponement and Congress debating rail legislation. Senate hearings begin on eight hour day plans and government rail operation. Union leaders push arbitration while workers prepare to strike on September 4.
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D. C
Wilson
Congress
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Brotherhood
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
W. B. Wilson
Aly
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce
Brotherhoods
Railroad strike order calls for peaceful action
Washington D C report says the strike order has been issued and distributed for circulation to all four brotherhoods. Signed by general chairmen, it advises members that the employee vote indicates support for the peaceful action and outlines steps to proceed.
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Washington, D. C
Four Brotherhoods
Sirs
Johnson Wins in California Nomination Returns
San Francisco reports Hiram Johnson winning the Republican nomination for United States senator as returns from California indicate his nomination. In Montana Helena results show Pray leading Edwards for the Republican U S senate nomination. Detroit PRI Townsend ahead in Michigan primary with Sleepers leading for governor.
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Calif
Hiram Johnson
United States
Pray
Montana
Helena
Mont
Jdwards
Townsend
Detroit
Mich
U. S
Albert Sleepers
Perisho Weds Ipswich Woman In Simple Home Ceremony
Dr. Wilwood Chappel Perisho president of South Dakota State College Brookings married Inez Beebe of Ipswich at the bride's mother's home. The Friends church service was officiated by Dr. Marie Pierce of Minneapolis. The couple will honeymoon on the Great Lakes.
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Wilwood Chappell Perisho
South Dakota State College
Brookings
Inez
Beebe
Marcus P. Beebe
Friends’ Church
Marie Pierce
Minneapolis
Perisho
College of Liberal Arts
University of South Dakota
Northwest
Silhouette Sample Ties Film Star Ulrich to Trial
A sheriff captures Bowes on a Grant County liquor charge after a boat voyage where passengers, including an attorney from Milbank, allegedly bought alcohol to build the case. Bowes is held for circuit court trial.
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Bower
Milbank
Bowes
Higher express rates enjoined in South Dakota lawsuit
South Dakota commercial clubs and several firms file in U S court seeking an interlocutory injunction to block new express schedules set by the interstate commerce commission. Defendants include the ICC and major express companies. plaintiffs claim intrastate rates are unjust and violate state railroad commission authority.
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South Dakota
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
American Xpress Company
Wells Fargo Express Company
Adams Xpress Company
Great Northern Express Company
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Brown Drug Company
Jewett Bros & Jewett
Sioux Walls
Mitchell
Watertown
Aberdeen
Yankton
Yates
State Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commision
Trade Bureau of the Commercial Early
Express
Catch liquor seller on boat
Two men hired Joseph Bower to ferry them across Big Stone Lake to a park. The party included Town Marshal Stevens, who was undercover in a bid to trap a liquor seller aboard the boat. The incident occurred on the Comet near Big Stone Lake.
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Joseph Bower
Big Stone Lake
Stevens
Big Stone
German makes escape from federal prison in Atlanta
Robert Way, alleged former German army officer linked to U S munition plot in New York, escaped from the federal prison in Atlanta late yesterday with fellow prisoner William Knobloch.
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Robert Way
United States
New York
William Knobloch
Government Weather Forecast for South Dakota Brief
South Dakota forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Warmer tonight in the northeast portion. cooler Thursday in the north and west. Temperatures from 58 to 83 degrees shown by the republic’s thermometer readings across several times and moments.
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South Dakota
Bulgars Seize Drama Second Greek Fort to Fall
A compact 1914 wartime roundup notes Bulgaria seized a second Greek fort as part of regional hostilities. The list catalogs declarations of war and cross-border actions among major powers from 1914 into 1916, including Austria-Hungary Serbia Russia France Britain Germany Italy and others across Europe and beyond.
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Austria-Hungary
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Turkey
Italy
Bulgaria
Rumanians Forcing Way Into Transylvania Across Alps
Budapest era dispatches report Romanians driving through the Carpathians into Transylvania and occupying key cities beyond the mountains. Allied fronts include Greece and Serbia, with bombardments near Doiran and Vardar and Romanian advances across passes into Hungary.
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Alps
Bucharest
Rumania
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France
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Greece
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Matin
Petit Parisien
War Office
Vardar
Lake
Entente
Ames
Struma Front
Lake Doiran
Ostrovo
Vetrenilk
Memphis Cruiser Memphis Lost in Santo Domingo Storm
Admiral Ponds reports twenty to thirty lives lost when the armored cruiser Memphis struck rocks near San Domingo city in a storm yesterday. One enlisted man killed, two officers and five men seriously injured, 67 slightly hurt. a steam main burst added casualties.
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Memphis
San Domingo
San Domingo City
Pond
Navy Department
United States
Tennessee
United States Atlantic Fleet
WW. L Beach
George Rud
Minneapolis
Sweden with Teutons shifts in world war
Wartime note says Sweden may join the Central Powers and strike Russia through Finland if Balkans change, after an understanding with Germany. The State Department reports possible balancing action against Romania's entry and Greece moves. Entities mentioned include Sweden Germany Russia Finland Romania Greece and the Sgntente Allies.
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State Department
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Russia
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