Union push at Camp Wilson seeks double time for Sunday
Mexican laborers gain 2.20 a day under Mexican Workmen agreement to raise unskilled wages. Stone & Webster reports 1500 carpenters needed as Camp Wilson construction rushes 10 hour days begin Monday and shuttle train starts Tuesday. Union officials press for union hiring and overtime terms amid government set pay scales.
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Camp Wilson
Stone & Webster Company
Building Trades Council
Stone
Webster
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Ofpews
David de la Fuente
Obreros Mexicanos
Southern Pacific
Thomas A. Carr
Stone & Webster
J. Carr
Austin Road
Politicians Propose Collective Control Of Resources In Russia
At a conference of the All Russian Congress of Workmen and Soldiers Delegates Minister Tchneroff urged a resolution asserting that the nation should own mineral resources waters and forests and administer them democratically. He called for land use to be assured to agricultural workers under conditions promoting production growth and cooperative social life.
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Petrograd
Tchneroff
All-Russian Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers
Travel Note Mentions Gloudcroft Trip and Fare
A fragment notes travel to Gloudcroft North on July 8 with a quoted traveler saying it is cool there and a fare of $21, mentioning a route via the Southern Pacific line.
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Gloudcroft
Southern Pacific
President Wilson Intervenes Over Defense Council Provision
President Wilson opposes a food bill amendment that would bar government insiders from benefiting from government contracts. He argues the clause would disrupt the Defense Council machinery and harm war efficiency. His letter to Senator McKellar seeks to deter such legislation and defend advisory committees amid labor and mining district tensions.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Council of National Defense
McKellar
Congress
Advisory Committees
Defense Council
Capito
Williams
Read
Eagle Pass Officer Killed in Guard Misidentification
Salome San Miguel a 32 year old constable of precinct 8 Maverick County died in Army hospital from two wounds after a duel with a Third Infantry guard. He fired on a sentry near the wood yard, mistaking him for the soldier who had threatened him at the stock pens. Seven shots were fired total. authorities investigating as a mistaken identity case.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Salome San Miguel
Maverrick County
Army Hospital
Third Infantry
Southern Pacific
San Miguel
Wood Yard
Seek 10 Adjust Strike at Globe
Globe Arizona July 1 The first conference aimed at settling the copper miners strike that halted output in Arizona copper districts was to be held today between former Governor Hunt special representative of President Wilson and John McBride for the department.
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Globe
Arizona
Hunt
Wilson
John McBride
Bloomington Strike Settled In Street Railway
Bloomington July 7 The street car strike ended as the Street Railway Company agreed to rehire workers who left weeks ago and retain current staff. A committee will start Monday to decide hours pay and closed shop terms for the Chicago and Alton federation elements Mayer Jones and Peoria Kinois traction system. Sentries guard corners as Second Illinois Artillery arrives and city remains quiet amid cheers at city hall.
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Bloomington
Street
Chicago & Alton
Street Car Men's
Mayer Jones
Cubbuck
Peoria
Kinois Traction System
Second Illinois Artillery
No Coal Mine Strikes Warned By UMWA President
Denver July 7 John P White president of the United Mine Workers of America said the copper mining strike epidemic will not affect coal miners He blamed I W W agitators but asserted they are not at work among coal miners and the issue lies with copper fields not coal.
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Denver
Colo
Wiet
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
White
Charles H. Moyer
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Russians Attack at Chemin Des Dames Front
The report describes German divisions joining a major assault along an eleven mile front. French gunners damaged advancing troops as German infantry briefly penetrated French trenches before Southern French regiments counterattacked and recaptured trenches. The Germans aimed to reconquer Chemin Des Dames.
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France
Eleven Mile Front
Chemin Des Dames
Artillery Fire Rages Along Aisne Front and Champagne
Heavy artillery fighting raged last night near La Royere and Pantheon on the Aisne front and in the region south of Moronvilliers in the Champagne according to today’s military announcement.
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Paris
la Royere
Pantheon
Aisne
Moronvilliers
Champagne
Berlin reports heavy Russian losses repulsed
Berlin reports the war office says Russian attacks near Konijuchy and further north in Eastern Galicia were defeated with heavy losses. Russian assaults in the Carpathians were repulsed as of July 7 through London.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Konijuchy
Galicia
Carpathians
Russian Attacks Repulsed on Galicia Front
July 7 dispatch reports Russian attacks in East Galicia reaching the Zlochoff Tarno Railway between Batkow and Zwyzyn at Breczany and near Stanislau. German forces counterattacked as Russian retreating units were harassed and Russian cavalry ready in reserve was dispersed by long range artillery.
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Berlin
Galicia
Zlochoff-Tarnotol
Batkow
Zwyzyn
Breczany
Stanislau
British Advance After Attack Near Wytschaete
London dispatch reports British forces attacked east of Wytschaete in Belgium last night and advanced the line slightly, the war office says. The move follows ongoing Allied operations on the Western Front.
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Mvlsier
Wytschaete
London
Belgium
War Office
Rally Urges Recruiting for Texas National Guard Units
Dr. T. T. Jackson and Kirkpatrick will speak on Alamo Plaza Saturday night to urge men to join Texas National Guard units being organized in San Antonio. The rally caps a week of recruitment efforts with the largest turnout expected. Recruiting under General Hulen will likely end Tuesday August 1. Public crowds on Houston Street and Brackenridge Park will hear talks from a battery wagon about enlisting to avoid drafted service.
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Com
A Kirkpatrick
T. T. Jackson
Oe Kirkpatrick
Alamo Plaga
Texas National Guard
Hulen
San Antonio
Houston Street
Brackenridge Park
Texas
Alamo Heights Eyes City Fire Protection Plan
A civic league committee of property owners from Alamo Heights meets with city and water company representatives to seek a permanent fire protection plan. They discuss funding via per alarm or monthly charge, dispute independent fire department by taxation, and appoint a pound master under Sheriff Tobin to enforce livestock control.
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Alamo Heights
League
C. A. Willard
Sheriff Tobin
Die Zukunft Suppresses Harden Publication in Amsterdam
Berlin publication Die Zukunft, suppressed again, critiques Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung on the Grimm Hoffmann affair. It notes Hoffmann resignation, Grimm expulsion, and argues peace requires Germany crushing enemies or uniting with world powers, urging arbitration and collective security to remove war decisions from any one will.
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Amsterdam
Die Zukunft
Berlin
Maximilan Harden
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Grimm-Hoffman
Dr. Hoffman
Robert Grimm
Russia
Germany
Federal Grand Jury To Probe East St Louis Riots
A federal grand jury likely to investigate last Mondays race riots in East St Louis and their causes. The piece notes interstate commerce disruption from railway yard labor shortages and the mob's actions amid guardsmen presence.
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East ST. Louis
Federal Department of Justice
Charles Kareh
United States
Southern Illinois
Karch
Kareh
Iilinoig
Governor Ferguson Takes Vacation To Bosque County
Governor Ferguson left Austin with his family for a Bosque County vacation. He plans several weeks of rest and is expected to return to Austin for the State Tax Board meeting later in July.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Bosque County
State Tax Board
Senate rejects Cummins amendment on distilled liquor withdrawal
The Senate, after a 44 to 89 vote to reconsider, moved to eliminate the Cummins provision prohibiting withdrawal of distilled beverages from bonded warehouses. A later 43 to 39 vote upheld elimination amid warnings of asset losses to distillers, banks, and bonding firms totaling hundreds of millions, with opposition arguing against confiscation and revenue loss.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Today
Cummins
Senate
Harding
Ohio
Robinson
John Sharp Williams
Small Nations in Fear Over Neutrality Crises
Copenhagen dispatch notes Akstrabladet and Politiken argue that plans to curb supplies to Scandinavia and Holland threaten tiny neutrals. With America leading the Entente, small states fear coercion to pick sides and sacrifice neutrality. The reports depict a desperate, trapped position as press commentary suggests U.S. pressure may compel Denmark toward Germany or the Entente.
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Copenhagen
Akstrabladet
Politiken
Scandinavia
Holland
America
United States
Denmark
Germany
Belgium
Berlin Reichstag session eyed by Berlin dispatch
A Berlin dispatch to Amsterdam via Exchange Telegraph says fears grow over the Reichstag session. Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg will speak Monday with Foreign Secretary Zimmerman and other officials delivering addresses as the vote of credit is expected.
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London
Berlin
Amsterdam
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Zimmerman
Helfferich
von Capelle
Townsley and Hennasay Sentenced in Conspiracy Case
In Columbus on July 7, Ammon A. Hennasay and Harry E. Townsley were convicted in Federal Court of conspiring to defeat the army conscription law and were sent to federal prison for two years. Hennasay must also serve nine months in jail after release for failure to register.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ammon A. Hennasay
Harry E. Townsley
Hennasay
Fragmented OCR on rail switch radium incident
A damaged OCR item notes a manufacturing firm installing a rail switch with a minute amount of radium in one of the components. It mentions risks to shins and furniture and references Reed Lees or similar terms as part of the unclear source text.
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Reedlees
Ark
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Harden
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