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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1915
Page
7
A mining shaft accident at United States Go Mining Company near St Louis claims multiple lives. Rescue crews worked through the night as officials investigated the cause and secured the site.
An explosion at United States Coal Mining Co Mine No. 1 in Christopher Alabama traps 115 miners. At least eight dead and fifty injured, with 375 workers in the mine. Relief squads rush in from Herrin and Benton with oxygen gear as residents flood the scene. Company officials withhold information, delaying crowd handling.
Petrograd dispatch notes military critics tracking operations on the Narew and Bug fronts. German reinforcements press Nadryza Piasecino line west of the Vistula as Russians defend and counter. Observers say Teutons seek to widen the war eastward and cut communications with Petrograd by northern actions near Kovno and a push toward Brest Litovsk via Chelm and the Bug.
New York July 27 demand for higher wages and an eight hour day will be pressed on managements of ammunition factories in New York and New Jersey. The International Association of Machinists reports a strike of about 5000 machinists will occur if employers refuse. Demands will also be presented to the International Paper Company. Plainfield New Jersey has 1500 machinists in munition plants.
A garbled ad touts Dr Jaimes Headache Powders as fast relief for headache and neuralgia. It claims a ten cent price per package and urges readers to believe the remedy can end suffering for many. The copy imitates a sensational tone with bold claims.
Washington reports a looming bitter congressional clash over a proposed half billion dollar army navy appropriation for the session. Anti trust factions favor government manufacture as munitions supporters rally in Washington while backers circulate literature and signal a decisive showdown with the munitions trust. Lawmakers press canvassing and prepare petitions urging a fight for government ownership of armaments.
Minneapolis report says Davis, only Eastland official aboard, remained calm after the plunge and plans to return to Chicago to explain what he knows. He says federal inspectors counted boarding passengers and that conditions and overcrowding were denied, though he cites inspectors’ care on the gang plank as pivotal.
Rome reports successive Italian successes including the capture of Pelagosa in the Adriatic Sea. The island’s strategic value enables bombardment of wireless stations and railway lines from a new naval base south of Pola. Front dispatches describe Austrians retreating and mountain fighting with stone-throwing.
Investigations into the Eastland disaster reveal discord among investigating factions. Officials clash over methods and access as they seek the causes and accountability. Public pressure grows for a unified, transparent inquiry into the tragedy.
In Chicago July 27 six investigations run parallel as state attorney Hoye and coroner Ioffman clash with federal probes led by Secretary Redfield. Disputed control over Eastland disaster records fuels political friction. Police seize all Eastland papers to satisfy coroner while Chief Trealy shifts custody to federal investigators.
San Antonio reports advices from Torreon, Monterey and Nuevo Laredo describe a large Carranza army mobilizing. Riders say Torreon is fortified and ready to resist any attack with more than 135000 troops rationed there amid ongoing mobilization efforts.
Chicago July 27 Ford and Mex Squttir defeated Walter JT Hayes and Ralph Burdick in a five set final to win the state tennis championship. The match ended 1-6 6-4 7-6 3-6 3-? in a hard fought title tilt.
Washington observers noted ongoing international tensions without dramatic new action as the Leelanaw incident and the German submarine dispute sparked debate. Officials weighed German adherence to international law against threats to American lives, while diplomacy continued to class the matter as a diplomatic disagreement rather than an all out confrontation.
A July dispatch from Paris reports two French air watchers noting German aeroplanes over Calais. No bombs were dropped and there were no reported attacks or casualties.
Returning to work in Bridgeport on July 27 amid further defections in the machinists union. The walkout began a week ago at the Remington Union Metallic Cartridge plants, which are operating on war orders for allies worth millions of dollars.
Chicago July 27. Andrew Forsyth, head of the International Seamen Union, attacks the federal steamship inspection system in the wake of the Eastland disaster. He argues the La Follette seaman’s law would have prevented such a catastrophe and criticizes limited liability and insurance terms that shield shipowners. He calls for inspector authority expansion and safety over profits.
Fragments describe a shore scene and a ship named Empress of Treland going down with about a thousand aboard as Eastland carried over a thousand souls toward death near land. The text hints at a maritime disaster and survivor accounts, with sparse details and damaged phrasing.
John Radford as guardian to Constance Turner drives a political plot as Walter Dover woos her. Constance flees, is wrongfully jailed, then pardoned after Radford’s rise to governor. Garvan, Dover’s rival, pressures Constance while Radford nears renomination. A deadly convention fire, Walter’s death, and Constance’s eventual marriage to Garvan conclude the saga at the Bijou.
Springfield reporters note Sheriff Tench of Macon County seeks pardons for bootleggers jailed in 1914 the harshest in the state. The text lists Knowles Whalen Creekmur Pisell Nelson Stewart Warren and others with sentences ranging from 30 to 900 days and fines up to 1650 dollars. Several are in poor health and appeals are pending.
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