Government to Accept Commercial Paper for Crop Deposits
Treasury plans to place 25 to 50 million of funds in banks to back crop movements. First use of commercial paper as security, with deposits limited to banks meeting circulation requirements. Paper accepted at 65 percent, bonds at 15 percent, government bonds at par. 2 percent interest. funds dispersed in several months and cities.
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Treasury
Washington
McAdoo
House of
New York
Neeley
Kansas
Waiting Game Grips Michigan Copper Strike
In Calumet Michigan both sides hold an armed truce awaiting the governor's action on miners camps refusal to confer with the western federation faction. The union seeks a conference but is met with a final refusal to bow to organized labor. Mother Jones plans to arrive next Tuesday to visit the local federation.
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Calumet
Mich
Michigan
Colorado
Mother Jones
Soldier shoots Mexican at Tornillo Ford border crossing
Corporal Smith of Troop A, Second Cavalry, shot Ismael Monteros, a servant to Col. Toribio Ortega, as Monteros attempted to cross the Rio Grande armed on horseback. Monteros fell from his horse and was treated by an army surgeon. He is held prisoner with five other Mexicans and three wagon loads of provisions en route to Ortega's camp.
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el Paso
Texas
Corporal Smith
Troop A
Second Cavalry
Ismael Monteros
Toribio Ortega
Tornillo Ford
Rio Grande
Monteros
Fathers
Ortega’s
Heat Kills 26 in Cleveland
Heat wave in Cleveland causes 2 adults and 23 infants dead with a half dozen prostrations. City faces extreme temperatures as authorities issue warnings and seek cooling measures.
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Cleveland
Women Petition Senators in Million-Strong Suffrage Demonstration
Delegations from states across the Union deliver thousands of signatures calling for a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. Miss Alice Paul leads the parade from Hyattsville to the Capitol as the Senate suffrage committee receives the petitions.
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Washington
Senate
Hyattsville
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol Grounds
Senate Woman Suffrage Committee
Capitol
Alice Paul
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Association
Senate Committee
Owen
House
Diggs and Caminett Plead Not Guilty in Mann Act Case
Maury Diggs and Drew Caminetti, socially prominent young men, plead not guilty before Judge Van Fleet in San Francisco to a Mann Act violation. The indictment alleges they conspired to transport Martha Warrington and Lola Norris from Sacramento to Reno for immoral purposes, with both defendants present in court.
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San Francisco
Maury Diggs
Drew Caminetti
van Fleet
United States District Court
Diggs
Caminett
Martha Warrington
Lola Norris
Sacramento
Cal
Reno
Nev
One Dead and 146 Hurt as Express Crashes
A Pittsburgh express train No. 13 collided with a rear passenger train near Tyrone Pennsylvania. One engineer was killed and twelve passengers fatally injured. 146 people were hurt. Wreck involved the engine and four cars of the express and one car of the passenger train. cause not known. Mary Pressler, ten, of Gary, was slightly bruised.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Pittsburgh Express
Pennsylvania
Tyrone
Hunt
No. 13
Mary Pressler
Gary
Quinlan IWW Leader Arrested on Disorderly Conduct Charge
Patrick Quinlan the Industrial Workers of the World leader previously jailed for seven years and out on bail for a new trial was arrested in Paterson New Jersey on a disorderly conduct charge. Police say he used disorderly language at a Socialist meeting last Saturday.
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Paterson
N. J
Patrick Quinlan
Industrial Workers of the World
Quinlan
Four Hurt In Auto Crash In Akron
Akron Aug 1 Four persons were injured when a automobile owned and driven by Thomas Patteril failed to clear a farm wagon and plunged into a ditch.
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Akron
Thomas Patteril
Pershing reports fierce Moro battles in Philippines
Dispatch from San Francisco dated July 31 describes General Pershing’s campaign against Moros on 17 islands, citing a June 10 battle at Mount Bagsak near Jolo where 1,600 Moros were killed and 196 women and 340 children died. Censorship hid details. reporters were arrested. Bodies burned. about 2,000 Moros fatally hurt.
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San Francisco
Pershing
Mount Bagsak
Jolo
War Department
Manila
John McLean
United States Quartermaster’s Department
Persia
McLean
General Pershing
Bagsak
Mulhall Confesses Imagination Behind Inside Information Claims
Col Martin M Mulhall testified before the senate lobby committee admitting some letters about access to legislative matters were imaginative. He said a claim of providing committee makeup details to James E Emery of the National Association of Manufacturers was a diplomatic or imagined letter. The Senate panel finished its questions and the House committee will continue with Mulhall’s testimony.
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Washington
Martin M. Mulhall
Senate Lobby Committee
Mulhall
James E. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
House
Senator Nelson
Emery
House Committee
Wedding donor in crash in Fox River district
Chicago July 31 John Stewart owner of six Fox River banks was fatally injured returning home from his granddaughter Esther Stewart's wedding to Archibald Richards in Aurora He had just given the couple a $100 000 wedding gift by check officials said
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Chicago
John Stewart
Fox River
Esther Stewart
Archibald Richards
Aurora
Riot in Wheatland as IWW clash with authorities ends in deaths
Western Newspaper Union reports a deadly confrontation in Wheatland California where Industrial Workers of the World fighters battled county officers. About 500 workers joined the upheaval over wages and Japanese labor in hop fields. Police and deputies fought, with 10 dead and many wounded, as soldiers from the Presidio were asked to intervene.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Chico
Cal
Industrial Workers of the World
Wheatland
Charles McCoy
Marysville
Presidio
San Francisco
Hundr
Voss
Hartwell, Riordan
Charles Matthews
Bryan denies foreign pressure on U. S. over Mexico actions
Secretary of State Bryan and President Wilson reiterated that no European powers are pressuring the United States to take aggressive action in Mexico. The administration continues to monitor conditions in Mexico as it awaits developments, with Wilson pursuing a program and seeking to protect American citizens. Bryan asked Congress for $100,000 to aid destitute Americans in Mexico who must evacuate.
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Washington
Mexico
Bryan
Wilson
White House
United States
Chihuahua
Letcher
Roosevelt
Morocco
Raisuli
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Flood
Huerta
House
Granger Apartment Fire Traps Tenants in Cleveland
A blaze at the Granger apartment house on Prospect avenue caused multiple jumpers from windows. One man, J. W. Anderson, was killed and about a score injured. two firemen suffered glass injuries. Building damage estimated at 30,000 dollars. The Granger housed Billy Whitla, once believed kidnapped from Sharon Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland, O
Prospect Avenue
J. W. Anderson
Billy Whitla
Sharon
Thirty Hurt in Mine Blast Near Sullivan Ind
A gas and dust explosion at Jackson Hill mine No. 2 near Sullivan Indiana injured thirty miners as they prepared to leave for the day. One miner was killed and ten were seriously burned when a windy shot blasted a fiery surge down the entry and threw workers against the shaft rib.
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Sullivan, Ind
Jackson Hill
Here
Armistice Halts War After Peace Conference
A five day armistice was agreed at a peace conference in Bucharest between delegates of Servia Greece Montenegro and Bulgaria marking a pause in hostilities.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Republicans in Europe Favor Name Change Before Election
Paris on Aug 2 reports that several prominent Republicans on European vacations believe the party in the United States will likely change its name before the next presidential election reflecting shifts in its branding and identity on political frontiers.
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Paris
France
Republican Party
United States
Europe
One Killed Five Hurt in Cavern Collapse
Anoka Minnesota August report says a collapse in an excavation for a boiler installation at the state asylum for the insane killed one man and injured five others with twenty narrowly escaping tragedy.
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Anoka
Minn
State Asylum For the
Cincinnati Markets Offer Wide Range of Livestock and Grains
Cattle prices listed include butcher steers at 7.25 to 8.40, cows 4 to 6.35, calves up to 10.25, hogs from 5.25 to 9.45, sheep and lambs with various grades, corn and oats price quotes, hay and clover values, rye and wheat quotes, and poultry markets with weights and prices for springers, hens, ducks, and turkeys. The report covers livestock, feed grains, and related commodities in detail.
Mutiny Feared as Canton Faces Siege
Hongkong reports Canton remains tense as electric lights are cut and citizens flee in trains and junks. Gen Lung Chi Kuang approaches with government forces, moving south toward the city, while soldiers patrol and police are deemed unreliable.
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Hongkong
Canton
Lung Chi-Kuang
Kwangsi
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