Rail Leaders Press for White House Talks as Rail Strike Looms
A large delegation of labor leaders and railroad managers heads to Washington after President Wilson urges a personal conference to avert a nationwide rail strike. Mediation officials report workers refuse arbitration and maintain eight hour day demands, risking shutdown of passenger and freight service nationwide.
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New York
Big Four Railway
United States
A. Bo Garretson
Joseph P. Tumuilty
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Elisha Lee
Committee of
A. B. Garretson
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
United States Board of
Wilson
SEND MORE TROOPS Secretary of War Baker Bays Soldiers Are Still Needed to Guard the Frontier
Secretary of War Baker announces all remaining National Guardsmen must be sent to the border at once. Mobilization of Kentucky Vermont and Ohio units is to be completed immediately, affecting about 32 000 Guardsmen and pulling trained manpower from local needs. Baker says the order retains its original aim to deploy troops southward as quickly as feasible.
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Secretary of War
Baker Bays
Washington
War Department
Kentucky
Vermont
Ohio
Baker
Crook
Omaha
Nebraska
Dakotas
Holdrege
Chautauqua
Fremont
Burt County
Tekamah
Treaty With Danes Relinquish Objections To Greenland Domination
Washington August 12 President Wilson asks the Senate to ratify the Denmark Danish West Indies sale treaty. Secretary Lansing declares the US will not object to Danish expansion into Greenland. The 12 article pact outlines grants to the US and cession of Saint Thomas Saint John and Saint Croix with public lands archives and forts. Denmark keeps military stores while removing arms and stores when practicable.
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Washington
Wilson Kars
Senate
Denmark
Danish West Indies
United States
Lansing
Greenland
Saint Thomas
Saint John
Saint Croix
Wilson to Cross Continent on Speaking Tour
President Wilson plans a continental speaking trip with details to be set in coming weeks. He will deliver a 4000 word acceptance speech at Shadow Lawn New Jersey after Congress adjourns around September 1, with potential stop on the Pacific coast at California per Senator Phelan.
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Washington
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Phelan
California
Shadow Lawn
N. J
Congress
Dr John B Murphy Dies World-Famous Surgeon
Chicago August 14 Dr John B Murphy of Chicago world famous surgeon died Friday at Mackinac Island Michigan from heart disease He had been ill since April He was born December 1 1857 in Appleton Wisconsin and graduated Appleton High School June 26 1876 He studied medicine under Dr J R Reilly and between 1882 and 1884 trained in Vienna Munich Berlin Heidelberg and London.
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Chicago
John B. Murphy
Mackinac Island
Mich
Doctor Murphy
Appieton
Wis
J. R. Reilly
Appleton
Vienna
Munich
Berlin
Heidelberg
London
Demand Embargo on Wheat by Master Bakers
Salt Lake City August 12 The National Association of Master Bakers adopted a resolution calling for an embargo on the current wheat crop to curb rising prices. The measure was sent to President Wilson and Congress. Officers elected include F S McDonald president Paul J Stern vice president Fred Freund treasurer and J Arnold and E B Strain on the executive committee. Next convention set for Chicago.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
National Association of Master Bakers
Ite
Wilson
Congress
F. 8. McDonald
Memphia
Paul J. Stern
Milwaukee
Fred
Freund
St.Louis
J. Arnold
Governor Hatfield Assists Flood Stricken Huntington
Governor Hatfield arrived in Huntington to assess flood damage and ordered special relief trains for Coal River and Cabin Creek districts. Reports say 100 feared dead and more than 5,000 homeless, with total losses around 1 million dollars as officials rush aid.
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Huntington
W. Va
Hatferd
Coal River
Cabin Creek
Hatfield
French win trench and quarry gains in Mau repas area
Paris reports capture of German trenches near Mau repas and a fortified quarry south of Hemwood with ten machine guns taken and 150 prisoners. In Washington, senate finance panel backs a 10 percent tax on profits from war munitions. Also Turkey rejects allowing a neutral relief committee in Syria amid reports of native Christian starvation.
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Paris
Maurepas
Hemwood
War Office
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Turkey
United States
Syria
Nebraska News Briefs From Aug To Oct Events In Lincoln Omaha And More
Local notices list state events through October including conventions in Lincoln Omaha Hastings and Fremont. Agricultural reports note record cattle and hog receipts at South Omaha and notable accidents, weather, and farm developments across Nebraska communities.
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Valley Ihotographers’ Association
Lincoln
Omaha
Grand Island
State Federation of Labor
Fremont
Old Settlers
Mitchell
Women's Cariatian Temperance Union
Federation of Women's Clubs
Hastings
Grand Lodge
Prospects Brighten After Wilson Talks with Brotherhood Leaders
President Wilson met with thirty five chiefs of the great railway brotherhoods and urged cooperation to avert a nationwide strike. The leaders reported the president’s grasp of the situation and signaled willingness to work toward a ground work for negotiations while opposing arbitration under the Newlands act.
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Ened
Wilson
The
Brotherhood
Internal Revenue Collections for Fiscal Year 1916
Washington reports Internal Revenue Bureau totals for the year ending June 30 1916 at 512 723 288 with a net gain of 97 042 264 over the prior year. Ordinary collections reached 387 786 036 while income tax brought in 124 973 252. Stamp sales produced about 38 000 000 and the 50 cent beer tax about 29 000 000. Special taxes on bankers brokers theatres and other items totaled roughly 7 000 600.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Osborn
Wilson On Equal Suffrage At Denver Banquet
President Wilson outlined his stance on equal suffrage for women in a letter read at the Jane Jefferson Democratic club annual banquet in Denver. He called women an important force behind suffrage and said both major parties favor state action, pledging to push his party’s line through proper channels.
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Denver
Wilson
Jane Jefferson Democratic Club
Lincoln State Fair Offers Free Medical Advice For Young Children
Lincoln Neb residents are informed the state fair adds features including free medical advice for frail and delicate children from eighteen to thirty six months. Parents are urged to bring their child for examination from 8 to 9 a.m. on Monday Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday with an expert specialist available to advise on treatment. Inquiries or entries can be sent to W R Mellor secretary for prompt response.
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Lincoln
Neb
W.R. Mellor
Attempt on Life of Evangelist Delk in Fairbury
An unsuccessful night assault on evangelist James Delk in Fairbury Nebraska is reported. Shots fired through an open window narrowly missed his head while he slept beside his wife. A .44 caliber gun left a large powder hole in the lace curtain and perforated the mattress.
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Jimmy” .Delk
Fairbury
Neb
James. Delk
Fatalities in Trotty Collision in Johnstown Pa
Twenty five persons killed and sixty three injured in a head on collision between two crowded trolley cars on the line of the Southern Cambria Traction company in Johnstown Pennsylvania.
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Trotty
Johnstown
Southern Cambria Traction
Musical neighbors stir comment in Normal Neb scene
In Normal Nebraska C Miller ponders neighbors and sound. A dialogue hints at a fiddle loving man and a yodeling wife as new residents settle in. The quirky exchange captures small town life and neighborly curiosity.
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Exbert
Record Catch Leads to Gloucester Ledger of Untried Trawler
Officials cite the largest untried catch at a port in the country brought into Gloucester Massachusetts aboard the trawler Lasthampton. The crew claimed 4000000 cargo units off Sanbre Bank near Halifax, in under two weeks, amid speculation. A humorous note adds a tiny wool doll bookmark gift idea for a cheerful letter to a friend or youngster.
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Gloucester
Mass
Sanbre Bank
Halifax
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