Wires bound tighter by strike as Davenport affected
Telegraph strike disrupts daily reports with officials stating normal traffic still possible in parts of the country. Wall Street telegraphers seek a minimum weekly wage of 20 dollars for a year and await arbitration. New York mediator Reagan offers good offices to broker a settlement as Western Union resists arbitration.
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Wall Street
New York
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
M. J. Reaenn
Department of Labor
State of New York
Run
Latest developments in strike situation
Boston postal and Western Union operators walked off duty. brokers and stock exchange wires remain unaffected. In Richmond thirty three workers strike, Lynchburg reports three Western Union operators out. nineteen at work. Toronto Great Western operators join in sympathy. Decatur sees a female operator discharged after clash, sparking strikes in Western Union and Postal offices. Bloomington records two Western Union and two Postal operators on strike when told to handle Chicago business. Cedar Rapids reports all Postal and Western Union operators struck with one woman at work.
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Boston
All Union Postal and
Western Union
Stock Exchange
Richmond
Lynchburg
Toronto
Ont
Great Western
United States
Decatur
Ill
Chicago
Postal
Bloomington
Cedar Rapids
Telegraph strike disruption widens nationwide
Wire Strike proves more effective with Rock Island offices quiet and most cities affected. Operators walk out across Postal and Western Union facilities, leaving managers to handle minimal service as National efforts to settle stall. Davenport reports full walkout and partial Associated Press relay continues. Local officials expect a settlement soon as Commerce and Labor representatives meet in Chicago.
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Rock Island
Postal and Western Union Telegraph Companies
Une
Associated Prove
Dace
Department of Commerce
Chien
Roads in a Stir No Business for Two Weeks
Springfield Aug. 13 The state board of equalization began sessions with railroads under scrutiny as farm land assessments rise. The board recesses for two weeks while considering nationwide property values and potential increases for corporations and railroads. Early meeting due to new law limits per diem after Aug 1. country boards may not finish by Nov 1.
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Springfield
Linds
State Board of Equalization
Torneys
State Board
Boards of Review
King Edward Sees Emperor William
Prussia Aug 14 King Edward died here today. He was met by Emperor William. Greetings between the monarchs were cordial. By order of the emperor elaborate preparations had been made for the king's reception. The road from the station to the castle was lined with troops.
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Prussia
Eda
William
French Sustain Slight Damage in Encounter at Tangier
Tangier Aug 13 tribesmen made a desperate rush on the Prenel camp and raid Casa Blanca but were repulsed with great loss. Four thousand Moors charged under a withering French fire and were slowed by shrapnel, leaving the plain lined with dead and dying. Transport Oasis arrived with reinforcements. Blanes governor Siboubekir is a French prisoner aboard the Gloire. Europeans brace for further unrest as their defenses tighten while Paris reiterates France seeks no conquest in Morocco.
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Tangier
Casa Blanca
Oasis
Algiers
Oran
Siboubekir
Blanes
Gloire
France
Paris
Piellon
Morneen
Morocco
Western Union reports near normal operations during strike
The Western Union system is largely back to normal with ample operators handling both commercial and press traffic. The New York office alone answered 1,500 offices direct, with no calls left unanswered. Postal and FE divisions report stability as well, with 33,951 messages processed by 5 p m in New York versus a 45,000 daily norm, indicating minimal disruption despite the strike.
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Western Union
New York
Postal
J. Nally
Postal Company
Percy Thomas
Barrington Not to Die in Missouri Murder Case
Jefferson City Mo Aug 13 Lord k Seymour Parrington a bogus nobleman and swindler faces life imprisonment after Governor Folk commuted his death sentence for the murder of Kentucky horseman James P McCann. Barrington long criminal record in England and America aided by extraordinary appeals and suspensions failed to overturn verdicts before the final commuting decision.
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Jefferson City
K Seymour Parrington
James P. McCann
Folk
Barrington
England
St. Lois
Kentucky
McCann
Aff
Ted
Larrington
United States Supreme Court
Arrivggton
Mystery judge Landis postpones Alton rebate hearing
Marseilles report clears up the trunk murder case of Emma Levin. Vere St Ledger Goold confesses to killing and dismembering Levin with his wife aiding in packing remains. They describe motive for money and plan to sail to Marseilles, with full details of the grisly crime and subsequent arrest.
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Landis
Alton
Marseilles
Vere St. Ledger
Goold
Emma Levin
Monte Carlo
Jonr
Violet
Emma
Grand Jury Postponed to September by Judge Landis
Chicago August 14 Judge Landis postponed until September the grand jury charges of rebating against the Alton railroad linked to the Standard Oil trial. No immunity claims were made by Alton officials. Washington gives no word on immunity or new instructions. The jurors were convened by Landis independently, not at federal officials’ request.
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Chicago
Landis
Alton Railroad
Standard Oil Company
Mercy
K. M. Landis
Alton Road
Neo
Washington
Moody
The
Supreme Court
Morrison
Standard Off
Expert Gracksmens Claim Safe Entry Possible Worldwide
A Washington consular report describes advanced cracksman methods using acetylene flames and calcium carbide to eat through steel. The thief accessed a jewelry store above a hotel, lowered by rope with oxygen and acetylene gear, then vanished. Officials warn safes must be under constant police visibility to deter such attacks.
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Washington, Ang
State Department
Hearing on Mrs Eddy competency for trust deed in New Hampshire
In Concord on August 13 a panel of masters began evaluating the mental competency of Mary Baker G. Eddy in a suit brought by next friends seeking an accounting of her finances. They consider whether a deed transferring property to trustees was valid given alleged delusions and possible senile dementia.
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Concord
N. H
Chamberlin
Superior Court
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Next Friends
Eddy
Edgar Aldrich
United States District Court
Hosea W. Parker
Claremont
George F. Jelly
Boston
William EF
Chandler
Chaniler
Mrs. Eddy
Aldrich
Steals Auto Each Night to Fool Rich-Loving Girl
Des Moines IA Aug 13 Robert Stevens 19 repeatedly stole cars to impress a young woman with wealth. He took the first available auto for forty to fifty mile country spins then abandoned it. Police traced a distinctive sweet peas to a city garden, leading to his arrest as he prepared another theft.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Stevens
Stevens
H. M. Trisler
Big Seed Fraud Charged in Des Moines Scheme
PF C Graves is charged in Des Moines with using the mails to defraud by selling bogus garden and flower seeds nationwide. He allegedly bought seeds from eastern nurserymen, resold them as Iowa seeds, issued a bogus catalogue, and did not ship seeds after payment. Other items note King Edward’s Marienbad trip and Coxey's new march plan.
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Iowa
Des Moines
United States
PF. C. Graves
Graves
Citizens protest change of venue in Magill murder case
Clinton Aug 13 Fifty nine counter affidavits in the motion for change of venue in the murder trial of Fred H. Magill and his wife were gathered in Clinton and surrounding townships and sent to Judge W G Cochran at Sullivan. State's Attorney Miller said he could secure a thousand affidavits that the Magills could get a fair trial in Dewitt county if needed. Judge Cochran faced criticism for remarks that the Magills could not receive a fair trial locally. A decision was expected tomorrow on whether to move the case to Macon county for a Decatur term that would cost about 10400. Attorney R A Lemon for the Magills seeks a Douglas county transfer. The Decatur court term opens in October.
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Clinton, al
Fred H. Magill
Clinton
W. G. Cochran
Snullivan
A. F. Miller
Magil
Dewitt County
Cochran
Magills
Macon County
Decatur
R. A. Lemon
Douglas County
Kidnaping of a Girl Operator Reported in Pittsburg
Miss Willa Jeremy, a Western Union operator who refused to strike, was abducted by two strikers as she entered the stairway to the Western Union office in Pittsburg. Police have no trace of her since the incident and are investigating the case.
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Pittsburg
Willa Jeremy
Western Union
Jeremy
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Stockholm
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Mary B. Eddy
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