Amalgamated Union Threatens Wider Steel Strike
Pittsburg reports say Amalgamated Association officials sought to extend the strike across all plants if Morgan refuses to reopen wage talks. The union united in insisting on terms set by Schwab and Gary, with plans to halt all wheels and widen the conflict unless the Steel Corporation wavers. News from New York awaited, as leaders prepared to present decisions to the board.
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Pittsburg
the Commercial Gazette
Amalgamated Executive Board
J. P. Morgan
Steel
C. M. Schwab
Elbert H. Gary
Amalgamated
New York
Association
Amalgamated Association
Morgan
Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association Delays Morgan Talks in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on August 1 the Amalgamated Association executive board held a third all day session without action on New York conference peace proposals. The Journal of the union notes the board awaits a word from J P Morgan and will seek a fresh conference before deciding if the strike will be prolonged.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated Journal
J. P. Morgan
Bhaffer
New York
Mr. Morgan
Journal
Executive Board
Amalgamated Assn Pushes Morgan Talks Amid Steel Strike
The Amalgamated Association faces a crucial week as Shaffer Williams and Col Harvey travel to New York to meet J P Morgan and others. After hours of discussion, the executive board was urged to reconvene, awaiting Morgan’s reply and aiming for a settlement. The union denies reports of internal discord and pledges unit backing for renewed talks with manufacturers’ representatives.
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Amalgamated
Carnegie Steel Company
New York
The
Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Shaffer
Williams
Wellsville
American Sheet Steel Company
George H. M. Harv
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Harvey
P. Morgan
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Pittsburg
Morgan
Amalgamated Association
Last Names Drawn in Great Land Lottery in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma land lottery draw concluded with 13 000 envelopes opened, 6600 per district. Beginning Aug 6, 125 names per district will be called daily for sixty days to file homestead entries. About 1 0500 numbers per district may be claimed, leaving 2 000 for wagon emigrants. Indiana claimants Frances H. Martin Owensville and George W. Baker Covington were among winners at El Reno.
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EL Reno
O. T
Indiana
Frances H. Martin
Owensville
George W. Baker
Covington
B. M. Cole
Mattoon
Ill
George D. Wyatt
Rockford
J. J. Dwyer
Ottawa
Lawton
Forfeiture of Oklahoma land rights tied to marriage rules
Secretary Hitchcock stated the Interior Department holds that married women cannot make homestead entries unless abandoned by husbands. A woman must be qualified at registration and at entry. Marriage after entry does not defeat title if she continues to reside on the land and meets all homestead requirements.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Scretary Hitchcock
Interior Department
Bloomington man draws Oklahoma land in U S draw
Special from Bloomington Indiana Aug 1 Samuel Webb first lieutenant in Company H First Regiment and manager of Avenue Hotel is a productive Bloomington figure. Special from Martinsville Indiana Aug 1 Thos B Smock Sergeant of Company I Thirty eighth Volunteers recently home from the Philippines learned he drew a quarter section of Oklahoma land in the El Reno drawing registered through an agent.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Samuel Webb
Lawton
Avenue
Martinsville
B. Smock
Philippines
Oklahoma
el Reno
Postmaster Fletcher Boyd Wins Land Drawing
Special to the Indianapols Journal from Covington Indiana reports Fletcher W Boyd postmaster of Covington was among successful bidders in the EB Reno district land drawing held yesterday. The land is valued around four thousand dollars. Boyd was not present for the drawing.
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Indianapols Journal
Covington
Ind
Fletcher W. Boyd
EB Reno
Divorce Challenge Tests US Jurisdiction in Canada
Toronto conference notes a major case testing United States divorce validity in Canada. Minnie Woods stands accused of a second Canadian marriage while her first husband lived, after a Detroit divorce, challenging whether remarriage in Canada cancels prior bonds. Crown authorities argue Canadian marriages remarrying abroad must face trial if a former spouse is alive.
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Toronto
United States
Canada
Minnie Woods
Detroit
Dominion
Democratic platform vows to curb Negro vote in Maryland
Baltimore dispatch reports the Maryland Democratic State convention endorses a platform to eliminate the colored vote from politics while reaffirming Jeffersonian principles. It nominates Dr. Joshua W. Herring and J. Frank Turner for controller and clerk of the Court of Appeals, with Arthur W. Gor man likely to succeed as U S senator if Democrats win.
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Baltimore
Arthur W. Gorman
Court of Appeals
Joshua W. Herring
Carroll
J. Frank Turner
Talbott
Gorman
Democratic Party
Maryland
Commonwealth
Republican Party
Thomas Jefferson
John Walter Smith
State Central Committee
I. Freeman Rasin
Mr. Gorman
Mr. Rasin
Prohibition Papers Discussed at State Meeting
Franklin Pennsylvania delegates spoke on county chairman duties while J J Ashenhurst Ohio state chairman and Cornerstone editor presented on Prohibition Papers The afternoon session focused on plans for state work and coordinating activities across regions
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Franklin
J. J. Ashenhurst
Ohio State
Cornerstone
Invasion of Vienna opens sixteen American shops
In Vienna a Fremdenblatt interview with Herr Bitza of the Shoemakers' Guild says American retailers could sell 3 percent cheaper, risking violence if shops open. The Austrian government declined to intervene though Philadelphia firm reps moved to open sixteen shops under U.S. embassy protection if needed.
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Vienna
Fremdenblatt
Herr Bitza
Shoemakers’ Guild
Austria
London
Morning Leader
Philadelphia
United States
Corn King Phil Lips Accounts Tangled With Trades Moved
Chicago financial authorities disclosed that the George A. Phillips Company, once prominent in corn pool trading, shifted all open trades to McReynolds & Co due to insufficient clerical capacity. Attorney John S. Goodwin said no criminal irregularities were found. a new set of books will be prepared from January 1, 19, as accountants work to untangle the extensive records. Market impact showed corn futures rising to 58 cents as shorts covered.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
George A. Phillips Company
McReynolds & Co
John S. Goodwin
Black & Goodwin
Board of Trade Directors
Phillips Company
May Corn Pool
Phillips
Goodwin
McReynolds
Shorts
Tragic Home Invasion Ends in Shootings and Suicide
A man broke into a home, assaulted a woman holding a ten month old child, fatally shooting the infant and mortally wounding the mother. He then fled to the yard and killed himself.
Aeronauts Not Lost After Fifty Mile Balloon Flight
Easton reports Professor King John Chalmers and Fred Laubach who started a balloon ascent from here yesterday returned safely to Irona New Jersey about fifty miles away. They abandoned the voyage near the coast due to seaward wind and a bulk of air escaping overnight. Chalmers played last year's Lafayette football captain. Laubach is son of Easton merchant William Laubach. Berlin reports Dr Suering Berson blasting to 32500 feet in a balloon ascent with record low temperatures of the expedition.
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Easton
A. King
John Chalmers
Fred Laubach
Irona
N. J
Professor King
Chalmers
Lafayette
Laubach
William Laubach
Price On His Head At Oswego Asks For Canada Pardon
William Hocking of Oswego has a standing price on his head for 28 years with a potential 1250 reward from the English crown if he can be drawn into Canada. Mocking, once a seaman in the English navy, seeks a pardon now that Edward VII is king. He claims the government knows his location and has tried to lure him to Canada, and his wife Emily Dewey, cousin of Admiral Dewey, recently died in Oswego.
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Oswego
N. Y
William Hocking
Canada
Edward
Mr. Hocking
Emily Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Castro's Troops Defeated But Rebels Victorious Venezuela
Port of Spain Aug 1 Venezuelan minister of war Senor Pulido resigns after a Cabinet clash over Castro orders to recognize Colombian revolutionists as belligerents and grant a passport to Senor Rice. Pulido disputes Castro claims the invaders are Colombians, while rebels win near San Cristobal as uprisings spread inland. Guerra becomes minister of war. Willemstad dispatch warns of possible war between Venezuela and Colombia as rebel bands cross border.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Senor Pulido
Castro
Colombia
Senor Rice
San Cristobal
Senor Guerra
New York
Herald
Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
Groot Chagrined Over Independent Governor Nomination
In Cleveland on August 1 George A Groot, chairman of the Bryan conference in Columbus, rejected an independent governor ticket. He said the nominations reflect the committee's choice, and he has no plan to run. The executive committee will fill the vacancy. Stephen Ark of Columbus declined the attorney general nomination on the Great Democratic ticket, stating his name was not intended for the ticket and he is not in sympathy with the movement.
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Cleveland
George A. Groot
Columbus
R. H. Reemelin
Cincinnati
Ourgit Own
Stephen Ark
Venezuelan cabinet crisis shocks diplomats in Washington
Reports from Washington indicate surprise at the Venezuelan cabinet shake up following the resignation of War Minister Senor Pulido. The passport handover to Senor Rico of Colombia perplexes diplomats while conflicting dispatches from Port of Spain and New York allege government forces or rebels winning near San Cristobal. Senor Guerra steps into the war portfolio as Pulido’s uncle, Mr. Pulido, declines to discuss the political scene, noting cordial Venezuela Colombia ties.
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Washington
Senor Pulide
Senor Rico
Venezuela
Colombia
San Cristobal
Port
Venezuelan Ex-President Ally Factions Fail to Restart Venezuela Crisis
Chicago Aug 1 Venezuelan consul Pedro Alvizua says conspirators seeking to topple President Castro by stirring western mountains and pulling Colombia into Venezuela turmoil are friends of former President Andrade. He notes few sympathizers remain and Colombia itself is in revolution, reducing chances of outside interference.
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Chicago
Colombia
Andrade
Pedro Alvizua
Castro
Venezuela
Garviros
Big Four Railway Robbed in East St. Louis Thefts
Police probe into Isaac Wagenhalter and son Adolph reveals $20,000 in goods stolen from the Ble Four Railroad freighthouse in East St. Louis. The Wagenhalters own a nation store and confess buying cases from transfer company drivers. Joseph Muck and Staley, transfer company employees, face grand larceny warrants. more arrests expected.
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ST. Louis
Isaac Wagenhalter
Adolph
St. Louis Transfer Company
Ble Four
East St. Louis
Wagenhalters
Joseph Muck
Wagenhalter
Mack
Staley
Transfer Company
Two Murders and Death by Own Action Near Sherburne
A double murder and death by own action occurred five miles south of Sherburne yesterday afternoon. Fred Yost, a prosperous farmer living seven miles east, had been recently held to the grand jury on a paternity charge by Eliza Kunkle, his housekeeper of two years. Fearing vengeance, she moved to Frank Viebahall's home south of town. Yost went to the house and tore open...
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Sherburne
Minn
Fred Yost
Eliza Kunkle
Frank Viebahall
Yost
Prohibitionists Confer With McWhirter Hosting Remarks
A Prohibitionists conference opened in Buffalo on August 1 with about two dozen attendees. National Committee Chairman Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago initiated proceedings and named Prof. F T McWhirter of Indianapolis to preside for the morning hour. McWhirter spoke and introduced J F Gill of Buffalo.
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Buffalo
National Committee
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
F.T. McWhirter
Indianapolis
McWhirter
J. F. Gill
Pay Debts of Anna Gould Receivers Ordered
Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court orders George J. and Helen M. Gould as receivers to pay overdue principal and interest on three mortgages tied to the Castellanes Paris properties on Avenue du Bois de Boulogne and the related chateau. A $50.80 segment, dividends at 10 percent to 104 creditors, and payments on two judgments are directed. Claims totaling $1,450.60 are allowed for Eugene Fischoff and others, with Isidore Seigler and Charles Eugene Leger among the largest creditors.
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New York
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
George J
Helen M. Gould
Anna Gould
Countess de Castellane
France
Castellanes
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
Paris
Duchess Des Noailles
Sussman, Rheime & Co
Charles Manheim
Eugene Fischoff
Isidore Seigler
Charles Eugene Leger
Constitution in Hawaii sparks jail release fears
Honolulu reports note Circuit Judge Gear in the First Circuit ruled that Hawaiian municipal laws must align with the U S Constitution after the Newlands resolution. He freed three inmates jailed under reseolution actions, prompting Dole to seek Supreme Court review and a possible appeal. Also cited are sugar labor impacts and a Kilauea eruption warning.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
United States
Hawaii
George D. Gear
First Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Hawaiian Islands
Gear
Dole
Supreme Court
Hilo
Kilauea
Burned by Soldiers Near Fort McPherson
Two U S soldiers from Fort McPherson burned the home of Julia Whitfield and an adjoining vacant house after driving her from the house. One suspect, Private R L Leverton of Company D Twenty seventh Regiment, was arrested. the other soldier is still unidentified. The attack was described as unprovoked. Arson carries possible death in Georgia.
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Atlanta
United States
Fort McPherson
Julia Whitfield
R. L. Leverton
Twenty-seventh Regiment
Georgia
Island vanishes near Apostle islands off Lake Superior
Duluth Minn Aug 1 Steamboat Island in the Apostle group off Chequamegon bay has disappeared. Once a sand and rock islet overgrown with trees, it is now a submerged rocky reef endangering navigation and potentially prompting a lighthouse on the ledge if in ship routes.
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Duluth
Minn
Steamboat Island
Chequamegon Bay
Lake Superior
Rebels raid three rail stations near Colon Colombia
Galveston Tex Aug 1 The rebels raided Gatun Bohlo and Basopisbo rail stations at night over Friday Saturday and Monday looting Chinese shops and provisions and kidnapping several persons. A woman was shot. Government garrisoned the stations and trains cross the area four times daily with guards.
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Colon
Colombia
Galveston
Tex
Gatun
Bohlo
Basopisbo
Toean
Usua
Raiders of Saloon Near Camp Lincoln Defendants Named
Aug 1 1917 Springfield Illinois Col Arthur E Fisher and Lt Col R J Shand Third Infantry National Guard at Camp Lincoln are named defendants in a $30000 damages suit by saloonkeepers James H O'Brien and John W Murray. Their saloon near Camp Lincoln was raided Monday evening. O'Brien and Murray were arrested and detained at the camp guardhouse.
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Springfield
Arthur E. Fisher
R. J. Shand
Third Infantry
N. G
Camp Lincoln
James H. O'Brien
John W. Murray
Fisher
Brien
Murray
Carrollton Lynch Mob Hangs Five Black Suspects
Five hundred white Carroll County residents mob the jail, string Betsy McCray Belford McCrea and Ida McCrea by a tree and shoot them after being urged by Judge Stephens Hill and others to let the law run its course Governor Longino arrives and urges order as authorities plead with the crowd All three implicated in the July murder of Mr and Mrs Taliaferro are killed
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Carrollton
Miss
Carroll County
Duke
W. F. Stephens
W. 8. Hill
Ida McCray
Betsy
Belfield
Betsy McCray
A. H. Longino
Jackson
W.S. Hill
A. B. George
L. M. Southworth
Crowd in Carrollton Faces Lynch Threat Over Taliaferro Killings
Early today Carrollton residents, Leflore County suspects Bill Davis and Belford McCrea held after the Taliaferro killings, faced a mob intent on lynching. A civic committee spoke to crowds at the jail and courthouse to assure a formal inquest would occur publicly, with Governor Longino traveling to influence order.
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New Orleans
Aug. L
Plcayune
Carrollton
Miss
Taliaferro
Leflore County
Bill Davis
Belford McCrea
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Chicago Brokers
MR. Phillips
Aeronauts
Berlin
Suering Berson
Meteorological Institute
Price
MR. Groot
Bryanite
BIG Four Railway
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Prof
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G. J
Miss Gould
Countess Castelane
Lars
Longino
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Wett Turner
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Southworth
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James Barrow
John Neill
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