Fear Labor Strike In New England At Remington Plant
Machinists at the Remington Arms and Ammunition company in Bridgeport plan to strike Monday noon if unresolved. Union leader Keppler announced the call after a meeting, with potential sympathy strikes by hod carriers and bricklayers in New England. Organizers consider expanding actions to other works and seek additional AF of L organizers.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Remington, Arms. and Ammunition
Ft .J. Keppler
Machinists’ Union
W. W. Petfeld
Keppler
New England
Vincent de Falco
Ood-Carriers’union
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Ure
Big
Villa Massing Forces for Torreon Battle
Washington dispatch reports Gen. Villa moving north toward Torreon to meet Carranza troops under Generals Obregon Hill. Villa abandons Aguas Calientes Zacatecas and retreats. Carranza garrisons towns and advances northeast toward Torreon. Angeles to discuss strategy with Maytorena. Agua Prieta battle claimed a Villa agency denial. General Trujillo defeats 1,000 Carranzistas near Agua Prieta.
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Washington
Villa
Carranza
Obregon
Hill
Torreon
Department
Aguas Calientes
Zacatecas
Care
Rauel
Madero
Jose Maria Judadao
Manuel Saavedra
Coahula
Nuevo Leon
Republic
Felipe Angeles
Mexico
Sonora
Maytoréna
Maytorena
Angeles
Agua Prieta
Trujillo
Railroads sue for mail loss in Supreme court claims action
Seven New England railroads file petitions in the court of claims seeking 10 million dollars from the government over six years of railway mail pay under the current weighing system. They argue annual pay is illegal and unconstitutional, aiming to recoup deficits from other revenues as the post office pushes for more facilities. Assistant Postmaster General Steward could not confirm the government’s course. the Justice Department will defend the case.
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Washington
Court of Claims
New ‘England
Post Office Department
Postoffice Department
Department of Justice
Murderer Caught After Yearlong Search in Blue Island
Chicago police report Casimir Areieszewski has been arrested in Buffalo New York for the Blue Island massacre of Jacob Mielich his wife daughter and granddaughter on July 5 1914. Police plan to depart at dawn to bring the suspect to justice in Chicago.
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Chicago
Casimir Areieszewski
Blue Island
Jacob Mielich
Buffalo
Ne Y
No Flood Danger Reported By Weather Bureau
Kansas City reports that weather bureau tonight says flood danger from the Kansas and Missouri rivers has been averted.
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Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Missouri
No Hope for a Settlement in South Wales Coal Dispute
London July 17. Members of the executive council of the South Wales coal miners have returned to Cardiff unable to reach a basis for new negotiations with Walter Runciman president of the board of trade. No work before mid next week and coal shortages intensify as authorities prepare to enforce the no-strikes act. The miners demand a five percent wage raise and cancellation of the royal proclamation. A tribunal is ready to hear cases of striking miners unless a compromise is reached after a Cardiff delegates’ meeting. Measures to conserve coal include restricting neutral steamers to needed cargo and curtailing exports.
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London
The
South Wales Coal Miners
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Cardiff
South Wales
Wilson prepares to depart Cornish for Washington
President Wilson moves to Washington to confer with Secretary Lansing and cabinet members on the next steps in U S policy toward submarine warfare. A cabinet meeting set for Tuesday will outline a general review of the German crisis, with a final decision anticipated at Friday’s session. Wilson plans to appoint a state department counselor, address the Mexico issue, and press a protest against British interference with neutral trade. His health has improved during the Cornish visit, with weight gain noted.
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Cornish
Wilson
Washington
Lansing
Germany
United States
State Department
Mexico
Great Britain
Cornish Hills
Orduna
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
United’ States
Baut
Demonstration in Old England on the Embankment
Fifty thousand women marched along London's Victorian Embankment waving banners to press for women's enlistment in national service. Emmeline Pankhurst and the suffragist leader joined on a platform as Lloyd George earlier met a deputation. The minister promised to use all willing to aid the war effort and victory.
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London
Thousar
England
Victorian Embankment
Thaw Takes Dip in Ocean at Atlantic City
Harry K. Thaw, freed on bail by the New York supreme court, arrived late last night and drew crowds as he took five dips in the ocean at Atlantic City. He initially shunned onlookers at the Beach Front hotel, then mingled with reporters and planned to visit Philadelphia Sunday afternoon before returning home to Pittsburgh.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Harry K. Thaw
New York Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Prison attack wounds Leo Frank at Georgia state farm
Leo M. Frank, whose murder death sentence was commuted to life, was stabbed in the throat by fellow prisoner William Creen at the state prison farm in Milledgeville. The attack, carried out from behind with a butcher knife secreted in clothing, cut the jugular but spared the windpipe and spinal cord. Frank, transported from Fulton county jail, remained conscious and was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. Creen, expressed regret, was confined in solitary after giving a statement and being ironsed.
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Frank
Green
George B. Compton
Fulton County
Atlanta
Slaton
Macon
Warden Smith
Creen
State Farm
Cree
Amended Bill in War Ren County Court Files Claim
An amended bill filed today in War ren county circuit court Rock Island seeks to charge Walsh Brothers with wrongfully holding 197000 dollars of stock belonging to minority stockholders. A prior charge remains before the court alleging the Walshes held 156000 dollars in bonds.
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Galesburg
Warren County
Rock Island ,Southern
Walsh. Brothers
Walshes
Western Theatre Activity Reports Frontline Skirmishes
London dispatch notes renewed German activity in Lorraine with a morning attack on French trenches in the Parrow forest. French official report says German forces were repulsed and that Germans suffered a defeat in the Vosges. On the western front, artillery exchanges are described as minor. Eastern fronts show no decisive action near Riga or Warsaw, with fighting on the Narew front and between Wieprz and Bug rivers as Von Hindenburg and Von Mackensen coordinate toward Warsaw.
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London
Lorraine
Parrow
Vosges
Riga
Warsaw
Narew
Poland
Wieprz
Bug
von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
Bandit raid interrupted when car crashes into streetcar
An automobile bandit raid near Chicago was halted when the stolen car crashed into an Indiana avenue streetcar at 39th street. The five youths fled after firing two shots at the motorman while bystanders were held at bay. Police had learned the car was stolen from in front of Hahnemann hospital, where W F Miller of Milliken University had visited his mother.
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Chicago
Indiana Avenue
39Th Street
Hahnemann: Hospital
W. .F. Miller
Milliken’ University
Decatur Ill
British Foreign Office Clarifies Prize Court Detentions
London July 17 the foreign office issued a statement on prize court cases involving the steamers Kim Alfred Nobel Bjornstjerne Bjornson and Fridland. It says the cases do not hinge on the legality of intercepting German imports but on condemnation of ships and cargoes under international law.
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London
Foreign Office
Kim
Alfred
Nobel
Bjornstjerne- Bjornson
Fridland
United States
Alfred Nobel
Bjornstjerne-Bjornson
King Victor Emmanuel Faces Austrian Fire on Front Line
King Victor Emmanuel stood his ground with officers amid Austrian bombardment as he refused to retire to safety. He watched a young Italian soldier attempt to cut wire entanglements before Austrian trenches, amid tense firing on the front.
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Dine
Italy
Lugano
Victor Emmanuel
Russian Steamer Balwa Sunk Near Shetland Islands
A Dutch vessel landed at Aberdeen Scotland reporting the Russian steamer Balwa of Riga sunk by a German submarine sixty miles east southeast of the Shetland islands. The Balwa, bound from Blyth England to Archangel Russia, carried a thousand tons of coal.
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London
Aberdeen
Scotland
Balwa
Riga
Shetland Islands
Blyth
England
Archangel
Russia
Noted Physician Delafield Dies in Noroton
Stamford July 17 Dr Francis Delafield of New York renowned physician and surgeon author of medical works and presidential assassination era consultant died today at the home of his sister Miss Emma H Delafield in Noroton following the McKinley incident in Washington.
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Stamford
Conn
Francis Dalafield
New York
McKinley
Emma H. Delafield
Noroton
Orduna Attack Escalates US German Tensions
Washington reports reveal the British steamer Orduna carrying Americans was attacked by a German submarine. Officials say the incident deepens the rift with Germany and may force a firmer US policy on submarine warfare. Secretary Lansing awaits official passenger reports before commenting.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Lusitana
Orduna
Wilson
Liner Orduna Attacked by German Submarine off Ireland
The Cunard liner Orduna carrying 227 passengers including 22 Americans was torpedoed on July 9, ten feet from the rudder, then shelled by a surfaced German submarine. The ship escaped, aided by quick action and assistance from British vessels. American protest to Washington was expected.
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New York
Cunard
Liverpool
Old Head
Kingele
Orduna
Setamer
Queenstown
Taylor
Jeannette
United States
William O. Thompson
Chicago
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Mr. Thompson
Ordata
Washington
Normandy
Gulfport
Normanie
Leo
Cunard Line
la Tox A
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Garranza
Pres
Old England
Cynosure
Lifeteamer
Georgia
Hiplaned
King
Are
Lusitania
Swift Cunard
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