Shrewd C P Move Employees Promoted
Winnipeg Aug 7 Quiet siege preparations and reticence on strike plans mark the Canadian Pacific strike scene tonight. The company promoted all firemen serving as wipers, placing them on locomotives and the spare board, doubling pay, while some workers quit over car repairs. Telegraphers plan a strike within weeks as arbitration looms.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Brotherhood of
J. H. McVey
Canadian Pacific
Ottawa
Moose Jaw
Filling Places Of Strikers In Canadian Pacific Shops
Montre s Aug 7 The gates of the Canadian Pacific Railway shops were besieged by a mob of workmen seeking to take the places of striking mechanics. Estimates put the crowd at two thousand though many were unskilled. Officials report six hundred of the vacancies filled and most non union workers have returned. Union leaders say there has been no deception and predict victory.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Montresl
Canadian Pacific Railway
Two New Zeppelin Airships Under Construction
Friedrichshafen Aug 7 Count Zeppelin ordered two new airships begun with different models to counter recent accidents. Private funds total 75000 mark early support from British balloon corps at Farnborough. Brooklyn firms to receive a fund for German airship reconstruction via Julius Lehrenkrauss & Sons in Fulton Street.
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Farnborough
Brooklyn
Count Zeppelin
Germany
Julius Lehrenkrauss
Withdrawal of Anglo Russian reform proposals announced
London dateline reports The Times correspondent at Petersture states that formal notification will be issued tomorrow detailing the withdrawal of the Anglo Russian reform proposals in Macé.
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London
the Times
At &T
White Star plans large Southampton drydock for Olympic Titanic
Notes of foreign news from Aug 7 report White Star Line negotiating to build an immense drydock at Southampton capable of housing the new ocean steamers Olympic and Titanic for the New York service. Other items note congresses, prizes, ministerial receptions, calendar reforms, a rediscount bank opening, a Russian patrol seizure near Kamchatka, and railway construction updates.
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Titanic
New York
Battleships in gale greet Auckland as fleet arrives
Auckland crowds greet the Atlantic fleet ship Calgoa from Honolulu, announcing heavy seas and a rough northbound voyage. The fleet plans no evolutions, while Auckland decorates lavishly as Parliament adjourns for a week to entertain the visitors. Maoris oppose the color question remarks, but Premier Ward downplays the dissent.
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N. Z
Calgoa
Honolulu
Hampton Roads
New Zealand
Dominion
Joseph Ward
Boundary Settlement Aims at Canada US Boundary Fence
Ottawa reports the Canadian government approved an order in council backing a joint action with the United States to reserve a 60 foot strip on both sides of the Canada Alaska boundary and to consider extending similar reserves along the 1900 mile boundary. The interior minister cites line houses used for smuggling and notes both governments may act to stop them. Ambassador Bryce will present the plan to Washington.
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Lake of the Woods
British Columbia
Rockies
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Special Squadron Arrives in Singapore on Way to Atlantic
The American special service squadron, consisting of battleships Alabama and Maine, arrived in Singapore today during their voyage to the Atlantic.
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Singapore
Alabama
Maine
Atlantic
Army and Navy News Orders Issued In 1900s
Military branches announce numerous personnel moves with captains and lieutenants reassigned to Fort Sill Fort Benjamin Harrison Denver engineer schools and Pacific fleet postings. Navy yard detachments supervise midshipmen and staff ships with officers placed on retirement or assigned to Washington Manila Cavité Cavité Cavité duties. Movements include ships to Hong Kong Shanghai Guantanamo and Boston with several vessels sailing from Gardiner's Bay.
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Navy Yard
Mare Island
Naval Academy
W. S. Benson
Pacific Fleet
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Glacier
Albany
E. C. S. Parker
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J. F. Urie
W. C. Herbert
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N. H. Goss
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Cavité
LR. Leahy
Maine
Rainbow
Leutenant
W. S. Anderson
C. M. Tozer
Bureau of Navigation
Insular
Manila
Wilmington
D. P. Mannix
W. Nimitz
Decatur
Denver
Whiting
A. B. Drum
Vermont
Marine Brigade
Riza Pacha Arrested as Palace Officials Purged in Constantinople
In Constantinople on August 7, most prominent palace associates who had not fled or been jailed were arrested, including ex Minister of War Riza Pacha. A wave of Turkish officials from the old government was dismissed daily, with Munir Pacha and numerous governors among those seized. A total of 2.5 million dollars in valuables were seized from arrested officials as diplomats convened for a Friday audience with the Sultan who reaffirmed support for the new constitution and parliamentary government.
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Camarilla
Riza Pacha
Munir Pacha
France
Redjaz
Erzercum
Raghib Pacha
Ormanian
Turkey
Tewfik Pacha
The
Union of Progress
Shah Pawned Jewels for Russian Loan
A Teheran dispatch reports Shah of Persia secured a 250000 dollar loan from the Russian Bank, pledging crown jewels as security to outfit an expedition against Tabriz. The English legation protests Cossack presence. General Liakhoff says they paused to feed horses but orders troops to keep clear of the legation area.
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St. Petersburg
Teheran
Tolstoy Renews His Attack In London Protest
Count Tolstoy issues a strong protest to English newspapers against the Russian government. He complains of injustice cruelty and stupidity for punishing his book distributors rather than punishing him. He says he cannot cease writing as he fulfills what he believes is God’s will.
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London
Count Teletoy
Count Tolstoy
King Greets Danish Americans at Copenhagen Luncheon
King Frederick and Queen Louise hosted four hundred Danish Americans including Dr. Hellering and Dr. Max Henrius. Colonel Listoe delivered Roosevelt greetings, the King extended best wishes to the United States, and asked auditors to convey heartfelt compliments on return. Police ruled out Mrs Emma Lascnsky as the Greenpoint burn victim. John Krokowski remained jailed for questioning over a suspected elopement.
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Frederick
Louise
Listoe
New York
Roosevelt
United States
Hellering
Max Henrius
Chicago
Baldwin dirigible in test readiness for army speed trials
The Baldwin airship completed two more trial flights totaling twenty one minutes and was deemed capable of a two hour endurance. Captain Baldwin notified Lieutenant Lahm that the craft is ready for the official army speed test, likely to occur after inspection by Major Squier and the signal corps board tomorrow. The test plan calls for a ten mile course to measure speed with wind, three trials, and a minimum twenty miles per hour, with bonuses for higher speed.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Thomas S. Baldwin
Lahm
Signal Corps
Allen
Baldwin
Special Signal Corps Board
Board of Tests
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Edward Russel
Charles 8. Wallace
Benjamin D. Foulois
Alexandria
Captain Baldwin
Major Squier
Curtiss
Farman to Fly at Brighton Beach Today and Tomorrow
Henry Farman announced at the Hotel Astor through T R MacMechen that he will fly his aeroplane at Brighton Beach racetrack today and tomorrow. The event includes amateur motorcycle races with a ten event program and prizes. Plans include further appearances in Philadelphia Detroit Chicago St Louis Pittsburg Washington and New York with possible Asia and Australia tours contingent on negotiations.
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Australia
Likely Appoint Esther Hassan Navy Chief Hospital Nurse
Examination ended for the Navy chief hospital nurse post and Esther Hassan of Washington is expected to be appointed. The bureau of the surgeon general endorsed her, with Rear Admiral Rixey supporting. Hassan served in Philadelphia on the hospital ship Relief and in Panama government service. she is a New Haven trained nurse. The Navy plans a women nurse corps for domestic and overseas hospitals, possibly fifty or more nurses, following army service structure.
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Navy
Esther V. Hassan
Surgeon General of the Navy
Rixey
Miss Hassan
Philadelphia
Relief
Panama
New Haven
Five Admirals to Visit Boston for War Veterans Encampment
Boston readers learn that five eminent naval officers who fought at Santiago and Manila will attend the fifth annual encampment of the United States War Veterans and the Spain War anniversary in the city on September 1 to 3. Admiral George Dewey and Rear Admirals Sehley Coghlan Dyer Chadwick are among them, with retired Lt General Nelson A Miles also expected.
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Manila
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W. S. Sehley
Joseph B. Coghlan
Nehemiah M. Dyer
French E. Chadwick
Nelson A. Miles
Signs Warn Parks Will Be Punished By Law
Waste paper strewn across paths and lawns in Manhattan The Bronx and Brooklyn led to signs in Hebrew Italian German and English warning that littering will be punished by law.
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Bronx
Brooklyn
Three Die In Conduit At Brooklyn Home
Three men died after a section of a concrete conduit under a Brooklyn playground caved in during repairs. James McLaughlin 29, engineer. Thomas Roche 70, mason. Edward F. Timothy 30, died while rescue efforts continued. Timothy directed rescuers as heavy debris trapped him. clergy offered last rites and rescue crews worked from authorities and city departments.
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Roche
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