Strikes Hit New York Surface Lines Across City
New York on August 5 amid near total disruption as surface car lines in Manhattan Queens and the Bronx faced walkouts by 2000 to 2500 workers. Police assigned to cars and hope for near normal service as strike leaders say 8 percent walked out while others report little disorder.
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New York
Manhattan
Queens
Bronx
New York Railways Company
Queens County
Woods
New York Railways
Newark Railways Company
Second Avenue Line
Third Avenue Railway Company
Second Avenue
Queensborough
Brooklyn
Ito
Schmittberger
Strike Spreads as Transit Workers Quit Citywide
Employees of the Richmond Light and Railway Company threaten a strike with two thirds of Staten Island workers reported quitting. Jitney services were planned with river craft and Albany boats eyed if the strike persists. Police report scattered disorder near car barns as guards are posted on cars.
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Richmond Light and Railway Company
Staten Island
Coney Island
Albany
W. D. Mahon
Street Railway
Schmidtberger
New York Railways Company
Richmond Light & Power Company
Striking Employees Await PRT Reply in Philadelphia
Members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America waited for a response from the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to wage and working condition demands sent to President Thomas A Mitten yesterday. Leaders warned a strike if ignored.
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Philadelphia
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Thomas A. Mitten
Mediation Talks Under Way Between Railroads and Switchmen
G W Hanger commissioner of the United States board of mediation and conciliation arrived to confer with railroad managers and switchmen union officers. Both sides appealed for mediation in a wage and hours dispute. A meeting was held but no agreement was reached.
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New York
G. W. Hanger
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Switchmen's Union of North America
Vote 90 to 1 for strike across railroad unions
New York Aug 5 Five sixths of the ballots from about 400 000 workers in 225 railroads had been counted showing a 90 to 1 vote in favor of a strike. A few chairmen of trainmen unions were absent and officials said counting would finish by Monday with joint talks to follow.
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New York
Telegraphers Granted Flat Raise After Settlement
Chicago August 5 The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad announces a flat $3 monthly salary increase for all 2200 telegraphers effective August 1 after a settlement with a grievance committee. The workers had sought a 15 percent raise.
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Chicago
J. T. Gillick
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Extra Conductor Aids Oakland Streetcar Passengers
An Oakland street car company hires a second conductor to answer questions assist passengers and soothe crying babies. If the courtesy tryout succeeds, more conductors will be added on other cars.
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Oakland
Cal
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
San Antonio and surrounding area expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday with no significant precipitation or temperature extremes noted. Winds light to moderate as conditions slowly ease into the weekend.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather forecast for major cities as tourist guide
The Light reports St Louis and Chicago areas with temperatures from 72 to 80 degrees. Sunny, partly cloudy, and notches of wind vary from south to southwest as to Sunday expectations plus highs in the mid 80s to 90s and lows near 70.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Kansas City
New York
Washington, D. C
Lewis Replies Carrizal Attack and Carranza Policy
Senate debates Mexico policy as Senator Lewis denounces the Republican platform and links Carrizal to U S intervention. Rodenburg asks House to probe munition shipments to Mexico and ties to campaign funds, with Dodge named in the inquiry.
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Rodenburg
Republic
Washington, D. C
Lewis
Senate
Charles E. Hughes
Mexico
Carrizal
United States
Carranza
Villa
America
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Fall
Democratic Party
Taft
House
Representative Rodenburg
Illinois
Cleveland H. Dodge
New York
Democratic Campaign Fund
Carranza Wag
Dodge
Lansing
Parral
Rodenberg
Foreign Affairs Committee
Hearing on Pardon Requests Before State Board
The Texas board of pardons held a hearing on R T Taylor's pardon petition after a murder conviction in Burleson county. Taylor has served over two years of a life term. sheriff Ed A Ellis and County Judge W M Hilliard attended with two of Taylor's sons. The board also reviewed a commutation petition to change Johnny Johnson's death sentence for the murder of Jack Jones in Ellis county set to hang August 11.
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Austin
Tex
R. T. Taylor
State Board of Pardons
Taylor
Burleson County
Ed A. Ellis
W. M. Hilliard
Hurleson County
Johnny Johnson
Ellis County
Jack Jones
British Forces Repel Turkish Attack Near Romani
British positions near Romani east of Port Said faced a 14 000 strong Turkish assault along a seven to eight mile front. The defense held with 400 to 600 prisoners reported on the southern flank and Royal Navy ships aided from the Bay of Tina. Temperatures climbed to 100 degrees.
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London
Romani
Port Said
War Office
Egypt
Royal Navy
Bay of
Tina
Women's Party Seeks Wilson Help for Suffrage Push
The national woman's party telegrammed President Wilson urging support for universal suffrage and the immediate submission of the Susan B. Anthony amendment. In New York leaders plan a 1000-woman drive to raise 500000 for the suffrage campaign, led by Mrs. O H P Belmont who will go to Newport to start the effort.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
National Woman’s Party
Wilson
Congress
New York
Woman's Party
O. H. P. Belmont
Newport
Japan Gains Railway Concession After Portsmouth Pact
Reuters reports that after the Russo Japanese accord a separate agreement lets Russia sell Japan the southern half of the Harbin Changhaun line and recognizes Japan rights on the Sungari River between Hirin and Petuna, settling a dispute left by the Portsmouth treaty.
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London
Reuter
Russia
Japan
Harbin
Changohun
Sungari
Hirin
Petuna
Portsmouth
Train boiler explosion kills two near South Bend
A Lake Erie & Western passenger train from Indianapolis blew up near Rapples Pits seven miles west of South Bend. Engineer William Kissman and fireman D. B. Holden were killed, with several injured. passengers largely unharmed. Officials report the boiler front end exploded.
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South Bend
Ind
Lake Erie & Western
Indianapolis
Rapples Pits
Here
William Kissman
D. B. Holden
Red Cross Rally Opens in New Braunfels Park Amid Crowds
Tremendous crowds filled Landa's Park for a Red Cross rally with information booths, first aid demonstrations, and busy concessions led by Adolph Henne. The event drew trains from San Antonio and Austin, despite intermittent rain, and featured a kid corral and charity auctions with notable guests.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Red Cross
Landa’s Park
San Antonio
Austin
Information Bureau
Anna Hirschberg
L. B. Clegg
Lucius M. Lamar
Hugh Rice
A. L. Matlock
J. M. Carr
Harry E. Wilkins
Sterling Price Adams
van Dyne
Fort Sam Houston
General Funston
Harry Landa
General Hill
Illinois National Guards
M. W. Ireland
Hospital Corps
Winchester Kelso
R. T. Pruitt
Seth Barton French
New York
Kelley
Bordwell
Landa
San Francisco
Baroness Von Hutten Fined for Travel Without Permit
The Baroness Von Hutten once Betsy Saiddle of Pennsylvania was fined five pounds in London for traveling more than five miles from her residence as an alien enemy. She claimed American birth and said she divorced her German husband eight years ago after arrest on July 27.
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London
Baroness von Hutten
Betsy Saiddle
Pennsylvania
America
Two Bodies Recovered From Cleveland Waterworks Explosion
In Cleveland Ohio rescue parties recovered the bodies of two workmen buried since the explosion in the waterworks tunnel a week ago Monday night. Seven more bodies remain in the tunnel.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Guardsmen Moved to State Reserves on Three Year Service
Washington Aug 5 The War Department announced that National Guardsmen who complete three years of active service will be transferred to the state or territorial national guard reserve unless they opt to serve six years in the colors. Discharged men on the border or for disability will be mustered out at state mobilization points, with transportation paid to state camps.
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Washington, D. C
National Guard
War Department
Towerys Sought in Oklahoma Murder Case
Will Towery and his brother Cecil are accused in the Morris oil producer Charles Vaughn murder case. A posse tracks Will after he is sighted at dawn. Cecil is in custody in Tulsa amid fears of mob violence.
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Muskogee
Okla
Will Towery
Cecil
Charles Vaughn
Morris
Cecil Towery
Tulsa
Showers Noticeable Across San Antonio Saturday
Rain began after 10 AM and lasted into the afternoon with less than an inch total. The forecast warned of more showers and cloudy conditions Sunday. Many soaked without umbrellas during a heavy noon downpour as people headed home or to lunch. Weather outlook predicts warm, mostly fair conditions with locally scattered thundershowers in several regions.
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San Antonio
Weather Bureau
Washington
D.D. C
West Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Plains States
Zeppelin raid claims reach Harwich and Norwich
A semi official British statement cites that Harwich harbor facilities faced two attacks, Norwich industrial buildings and searchlight installations were bombarded, and Lowestoft factories ignited as bombs fell while British seaplanes retreated.
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Amsterdam
London
England
Harwich
St. Louis Detective Shot in East St Louis
James Madden a detective was shot and killed in East St Louis as he tried to awaken Joseph Causey from a stupor Causey was seriously wounded by another detective and is under guard pending further action by authorities
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St. Louis
East ST. Louis
James Madden
Joseph Causey
Causey
British Capture German Second-Line Fortifications North of Pozieres
The war office reports a local night assault north of Pozieres by Australians and the new army captured the German main second-line system over 2000 yards. Several hundred prisoners were taken and repeated enemy counter-attacks were repulsed with heavy losses. Limited mining near Souchez and Loos was noted. no other major incidents on the British front.
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London
Pozieres
Somme
War Office
Souchez
Loos
Avre
Aisne
Meuse
Thiaumont
Fleury
Pont-a-Mousson
Furious Fighting North of Verdun Rages On
Paris reports ongoing battle north of Verdun with French forces regaining parts of Fleury and Thiaumont. German counter-attacks fail as French artillery and infantry push back near Souville Tavannes forts and Fort Douaumont. Aircrews score German losses on the Somme sector.
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Paris
Verdun
Fleury
Thiaumont
Fleury-Thiaumont
Meuse
Souville
Tavannes
Fort
Douaumont
Russians Cross Sereth and Advance South of Brody
Petrograd reports Russian forces crossed the Sereth River south of Brody and advanced in the Peneaki Tchistopady region while consolidating captured positions. At Rudka Miryanaiska on the Stavok line near Vokel the Russians evacuated the village after repelling repeated German counterattacks and shifted about six hundred yards east. In the Brody area Sakharov’s troops reportedly took 1300 prisoners.
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Petrograd
London
Sereth
Brody
Pene iaki-Tchistopady
Rudka-Miryanaiska
Stavok
Vokel
Sakharoff
Perate
Iage
Havi
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Turkish War Office
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