San Francisco Water Front Strike Ties Up City
San Francisco July 31 25 100 union workers walk out in a general dock strike tied to the Teamsters lockout paralyzing the citys water front traffic The Water Front Federation orders a broad suspension at San Francisco Oakland Mission Rock and Port Costa threatening port closure and wholesale business disruption as non union crews struggle to load departing ships and police confront clashes with strikers.
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Water Front Federation
San Francisco
Water Front Federaton
Water Front
Oakland
Mission Rock
Port Costa
Bonita
Walla Wallin
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Teamsters
San Francisco Bay
New Steamer Line Aims for Transpacific Route
Senator Clark of Montana leads a plan to create a transpacific steamship line linking San Pedro with Honolulu Yokohama and Manila as part of his San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad network. The Hawaii Islands Navigation Co will operate the line with stock held by railroad controllers.
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Senator Clark
Montana
Chicago
Transpacific Steamship Line
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake Road
The
Hawaiian Islands Navigation Company
Honolulu
Yokohama
China
Philippines
Escaped burglars flee Williston jail ruins and new fall
John Skiffington and Frank Kelley, two men held on burglary charges at Williston, broke jail and escaped through a breakout described as bricks around the rocks picked out with a chair round. They are noted as the first criminals of notoriety confined in the new fall. Improvements at the Lisbon Soldiers Home include a 16-foot diameter well for reserve use, cement walks around the buildings, and woven wire fencing.
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John Skiffington
Frank Kelley
Williston
Lisbon
Schley Court Inquiry May Be Affected By Admiral Kimberley Letter
Washington July 31 Admiral Kimberley asks to be excused from the Schley court of inquiry due to ill health, heart trouble. Secretary Long to decide. Schley and his counsel push for access to logs and records in connection with Santiago voyage, asserting the logs may bear on coal and readiness. The precept is viewed as broad but Kimberley’s status could shift proceedings.
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Washington
Navy Department
Kimberley
Schley
Bio
Secretary Long
Highart
Admiral Schley
Department
James Parker
Connec
Santiago
Beyest
Maclay
Court details on ship movements off Cuba and Sept. 12 convening
Admiral Dewey and Admiral Benham at the department discuss the official order from Secretary Long. Benham has acknowledged receipt and expects to be present when the court convenes on September 12 to address the officer’s readiness and service status amid the south Cuba movements.
Objection by Schley to court of inquiry precept
Admiral Schley formally acknowledges the precept appointing a court of inquiry into his conduct during the Santiago campaign. He finds the court generally satisfactory except for a fifth specification seeking inquiry into supposed disobedience of department orders. Schley argues that his cable saying he cannot obey orders differs from disobedience. Weather conditions were sash)
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Washington
Schley
Santiago
Sch
Swindling schemes and bank failures reported
A. S. Nero reports a pill from New York flooding subscriptions for a 10 000 pool with Deebs and Debs. Northwood State Bank closes its doors amid a $100 withdrawal and minimal deposits. John McNamara arraigned for postal fund embezzlement at Portal Minot in ward jail.
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Chicago
George H. Philps
The
Board of Trade
Ste
New York
Anl
Northwood!’ Bank
Ita
State Bank of
Northwood
Polk
McNamara
John Me
Portal
Minot
Inde
General Wood Returns to Havana After Health Restored
General Leonard Wood and Mrs Wood with their three children landed aboard the Morro Castle in New York from Havana He reports no fever for ten days and good appetite He plans a brief cruise aboard the Kanawha along the New England coast before returning to Havana The Cubans praise their kindness during the recent illness and the governor says the situation in Havana remains quiet A separate item notes John B Wagoner being committed to the asylum after a farmer’s Arabesque of delusion about Satan.
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Havana
New York
Leonard Wood
Cubs
Tam
Weather and crop conditions across central states and east
The weekly weather summary notes intense heat in central valleys with moderating last days. Rainfall improves drouth areas in the Mississippi and Upper Missouri, but drought worsens corn in Ohio valley and Tennessee. Atlantic and Pacific coasts report generally favorable conditions, while the Midwest sees late corn injury in Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri. North Dakota Minnesota show limited damage, with ongoing harvests and premature ripening in spring wheat regions. Cotton conditions improve in most belts but Missouri Arkansas Tennessee and Central Texas report continued issues with rain and bloom. Carrie Nation refuses pardon. a heavy Omaha rain boosts corn prospects.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
North Dakota
Minnesota
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Atlantic
Carolinas
Virginia
Pacific Coast
Towa
Mississippi River
TI Nneis
Michigan
Middle Atlantic States
New England
North Pacific Coast
Red River Valley
Lowe
Middle Atlantic
Arkansas
Texas
Public land act saves quarry stone for harbor works
Manila July 31 The insular government reports saving 250000 by an act declaring Mariveles quarries in the Bataan province as public domain and authorizing use of the stone in harbor improvements. The department claims to have established title to the quarries.
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Manila
Batangas
Insular
Marivelos
Batean
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A. S. Nero
Deb Japolis
Mugeng W. Debs
J. F. Carey
General Wood
Sant
John B. Wagoner
Jamestown
Satan
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