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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
18
Quiet preparations mark the strike scene as Canadian Pacific promotes all firemen to wipers to curb walkouts. Pickets guard shops and terminals while unions rail against plans. Telegraphers brace for a near-term strike as arbitration moves toward Ottawa and trains continue to run on time despite tensions.
Montress August 7 A mob of about two thousand workers besieged Canadian Pacific Railway shops to fill positions left by striking mechanics. Company officials report six hundred of the vacancies filled with many non union workers returning to work. Union leaders deny any deception and forecast ultimate victory.
Count Zeppelin plans two new airships built simultaneously with model changes after a recent accident. Private funding has reached 75000 marks for the venture, and a sympathy message from Farnborough boosts morale. Brooklyn firms accept contributions to aid reconstruction in Germany under Julius Lehrenkrauss & Sons. A cable from Stuttgart indicates broad German and international support.
The Times correspondent at St Petersburg reports that a formal notification will be issued tomorrow announcing the withdrawal of the Anglo Russian proposals for reforms in Moscow.
Notes of foreign news report talks negotiations for a massive drydock at Southampton to service new ocean liners Olympus and Titanic for the New York route. Other items cover academic prizes, calendar reform protests, and railway/marine incidents across Europe, Canada, and Asia.
Washington reports that the Baldwin airship completed two flights totaling twenty-one minutes and is ready for an official army speed test. General Allen will decide on tomorrow’s timetable after inspection by the signal corps board including Squier Russel Wallace Lahm Foulois.
The Calgoa from Honolulu, attached to the Atlantic fleet, reached Auckland as a fresh gale raged on August 6 and 7. The fleet reported heavy pitching and knocked down wireless gear while aiming to reach schedule time at 11 knots. Crowds, decorations, and rail traffic surged as New Zealand prepared an enthusiastic, largely unanimous welcome to the American vessels amid Parliament adjournment for festivities.
Ottawa reports the Canada United States plan to reserve a sixty foot wide strip on each side of the boundary along parts of the land border and to consider extending this approach along the entire 1900 mile line. Existing reservations cover most interior sections. both governments may curb illegal line houses used for smuggling. Ambassador Bryce to present the proposal to the United States.
The American special service squadron comprising the battleships Alabama and Maine reached Singapore irrefutably en route to the Atlantic, marking a notable transit point in its voyage.
Military personnel movements announced include Captain Daniel W Hand reassigned to quartermaster service. several officers moved among forts and schools. two months leave for Captain William J Snow. Navy and Marine Corps assignments detail yard commands, flagship duties, and staff appointments with changes at Pacific, Manila, Washington, and Cavite. Movements of warships report arrivals at multiple ports and patrols between Boston Gardiner's Bay and Newport.
In Constantinople on August 7 prominent palace figures including Riza Pacha former War Minister were seized or detained. A list of dismissed Turkish officials like Munir Pacha and Erzurum governors followed. Bishop Ormanian was arrested. $2.5 million in seized assets. Diplomats met the Sultan as he vowed to uphold the new constitution and parliamentary governance.
Three men were killed when a six foot four inch conduit under the playground at St John Home in Brooklyn collapsed during repairs. The victims were James McLaughlin, Thomas Roche, and Edward F Timothy. Rescue efforts were aided by police, fire crews, wrecking workers, and clergy as Timothy directed the operation from under the rubble until his death.
Henry Farman announced at the Hotel Astor through T R MacMechen that he will fly his aeroplane at Brighton Beach racetrack today and tomorrow. Amateur motorcycle events will accompany the flights with a ten event program and prizes. An attempt will be made to lower at least two motorcycle records.
Washington August 7 examination for chief hospital nurse of the navy ends with strong likelihood that Miss Esther V Hassan of Washington will be appointed. A recommendation from Rear Admiral Rixey is expected to be approved. Hassan served in Philadelphia on the hospital ship Relief and on the Isthmus of Panama. She is a graduate of the New Haven Training School of Nurses. The Navy plans a women nurse corps in hospitals at home and abroad, perhaps fifty or more nurses, to mirror the army nursing setup. Nurses will mainly serve in hospitals while regular hospital stewards handle shipboard nursing.
A Teheran dispatch reports the Shah of Persia obtained a 250000 dollar loan from the Russian Bank pledging the crown jewels as security. The funds will equip an expedition against Tabriz. The English legation protests Cossack presence near the legation and Military Governor Liakhoff orders troops to avoid the area.
London, Aug. 8 Count Tolstoy issues a strong protest to English newspapers. He denounces the revolting injustice cruelty and stupidity of the Russian government for prosecuting and punishing book distributors rather than the author. He says he will not cease writing, for he believes he is fulfilling God's will.
King Frederick and Queen Louise hosted four hundred Danish-Americans at luncheon in Copenhagen. Colonel Listoe delivered Roosevelt greetings in return. The King asked auditors to extend the cordial US greetings to all countrymen. Attendees included Pr Helterung and Dr Max Henrius. Nearby, police ruled out a widow’s body as Emma Lafensky’s. John Krokowski, who said he eloped with her, remained held as a suspicious person for Tuesday examination.
Boston hosts the fifth annual encampment of the United States War Veterans and the tenth anniversary of the Spanish American War on September 1 to 3. Guests include Admiral George Dewey and Rear Admirals Schley Coghlan Dyer and Chadwick, with retired Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles also expected.
Waste paper strewn on paths and lawns across Manhattan The Bronx and Brooklyn prompted the city to place signs in Hebrew Italian German and English. The linen squares about eighteen inches wide warn that violations will be punished by law.
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