Million a day Chicago men lose as strike grows
Chicago wholesale trade is nearly paralyzed as freight handlers and railroads stand firm over a half-cent per hour demand. Commission men on South Water street plan to drive their own wagons to depots to remove perishable cargo as teamsters weigh ordered action.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Road
Curran
South Water Street
Mayo Nm
Young
Teamsters’ National Union
Driscoll
Arbitration Board
Santa Fe
Chicago & Northwestern
Illinois Central
State Board of Arbitration
Chicago Business Men's Board of Arbitration
Hie
Tomorry
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lumane Society
United States Delegates Head to Ostend Conference on Commerce
Washington July 14 United States delegates including John Gray Northwestern University Evanston Ill J D Whelpley William E English Indianapolis John Files Pennsylvania Edward G Pratt Iowa Frank A Vanderlip New York Irvin M Scott California Myron T Herrick Ohio S W Stratton District of Columbia and H L Spencer Iowa prepare for a Belgian hosted international conference of commerce and industry Aug to discuss tariffs and potential broader understanding among major trading nations observers say delegates are to observe and participate without binding commitments while the Belgian government promotes wide participation and a heavy agenda the event could ease commercial warfare trends and foster cooperation among economies of the world
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Commerce and Industry
Ostend
Belgium
United States
Prof
John Gray
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
J. D. Whelpley
District of Columbia
William E. English
Indianapolis
John Files
Pennsylvania
Edward G. Pratt
Iowa
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
Irvin M. Scott
California
Hold-up on canyon train robs passengers near Salida
A Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge passenger train was stopped by four masked robbers at Chester Col 20 miles west of Denver. Express safes were blown but officers say no loot was secured. Passengers lined along tracks and stripped of money and valuables. One robber struck engineer Ruland with a Winchester rifle. No injuries beyond a swollen head. Authorities notified.
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Salida
Cal
Dich
Chester
Col
Denver
Rio Grande Express Company
Marshall Pass
Rockwell
Ruland
Brown
Gunnison
Lake City
Ouray
Telluride
Kansas River Falls After Flood Devastation
Topeka reports gradual improvement as Kansas River drops nearly four inches since eight this morning. Rail traffic halted between Topeka and Kansas City due to washouts near Lawrence. Repairs planned tomorrow. Street railway bridge ruined. Several people drowned in two days.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas River
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Lawrence
Chaffee Relieved in Philippines to Command East Dept
General Chaffee is relieved of Philippine command and ordered to the Department of the East with plans to sail home this fall. Major General George W. Davis will assume command in Manila on September 20, while Brooke and MacArthur roles adjust for East Coast duties and upcoming maneuvers.
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Washington
Chaffee
Philippines
Department of the East
Root
George W. Davis
Governor's Island
New York
Department of the Lakes
Brooke
Secretary of War
China
Department
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Davis
MacArthur
Chicago
General Lloyd Wheaton Retires From Active Duty
Maj. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton closes his military career at age sixty four after over four decades of service including time in the Philippines. Brig. Gen. John C. Bates already fills his anticipated vacancy at Omaha’s Department of the Missouri. General Chaffee praises Wheaton for faithful service and offers well wishes for a restful retirement.
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Washington
Lloyd Wheaton
Philippines
John C. Bates
Department of the Missouri
Omaha
General Wheaton
United States
Chaffee
Waller Acquitted in Murder Charge in Samar Court Martial
The Philippines mail reveals Major Lyttleton W. T. Waller was acquitted of murder in the Samar cargadores case but General Chaffee censures the verdict, saying the court should have included a lesser offense and notes no outright overt acts by most cargadores aside from three deserters.
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Lieutenant Day
Chaffee
Day
Waller
War Department
William Denton
Company C
Ninth Infantry
Balangiga
James H. Kearney
Company M
Forty-third Volunteers
Norfolk
Maj
Lyttleton W. T. Waller
Marine Corps
Riddick
Alfred P. Thomas
Philippines
Washington
Philippine Mail
John F. Day
Samar
General Chaffee
Protest Against Snakes From Philippines Reaches Hawaii
A cablegram to General Chaffee dated May 23 reports Hawaii’s protests against importing snakes from the Philippines were successful. The message instructs prohibition on shipment of animals and snakes to the United States and Hawaii.
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Washington
Division of the Philippines
Hawaii
Philippines
Chaffee
United States
Report on charges against American officers in Tayabas prepared
The investigating board under Major Cornelius Gardener resumes its findings for release from Washington. Gardener, governor of Tayabas province, has been ordered home and will likely sail July 2 on the transport Buford.
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Manila
Cornelius Gardener
Thirteenth Infantry
Tayabasrovince
Washington
Gardener
Buford
General orders send battalion to Mindanao base
Manila July 14 General Chaffee orders a battalion of the Eleventh Infantry to Mindanao to strengthen the Lake Lanao operational base. No action is planned. the move is precautionary and the Mindanao situation remains unchanged.
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Manila
Chaffee
Eleventh Infantry
Mindanao
Lake Lanao
Cholera Spreads in Islands Despite Manila Ratio Maintained
Cholera continues to spread somewhat across the islands with Manila showing a steady ratio. Rainy weather has not significantly checked the disease, keeping health authorities watchful over the outbreak.
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Manila
Trouble For Bragg In Havana Quotation Dispute
Washington reports criticism of the Cuban people attributed to General Bragg United States consul general at Havana has not been officially raised with the State Department. Senor Quesada Cuban minister visited a suburban resort and did not call at the department. If a complaint is made Bragg would be asked for an explanation and, if the quotation is authentic and the Cuban government desires, he would be relieved.
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Washington
General Bragg
United States
Havana
State Department
Senor Quesada
Two Men Die and One Hurt in Well Fire Rescue Attempt
Marietta Ohio July Jacob Schtarf and Solomon Greathouse died while cleaning an old Heslop well. George Greathouse was fatally ill from fire damp. Schtarf entered first and was overcome by gas. Greathouse tried to save him with a rope and failed. Solomon Greathouse then descended and tied a rope to his brother before being pulled out by neighbors.
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Marietta, O
Jacob Schtarf
Solomon Greathouse
George Greathouse
Heslop
Schiarf
Greathouse
Tye
Wood Invited To Direct Isthmian Canal Construction
President Roosevelt may appoint Gen Leonard Wood head of the Isthmian Canal Commission and send him to Sagamore Hill in August. Senator John C Spooner visits to press Panama title inquiry, with a Paris trip tied to the investigation.
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Oyster Bay
Gen
Leonard Wood
Sagamore Hill
General Wood
Roosevelt
Isthmian Canal Commission
John C. Spooner
Sagamore
Spooner
War Root
Cortelyou
Panama Canal Company
Congress
United States
Department of Justice
Paris
Senate
Washington
McKim
New York
White House
Root
Alice Roosevelt
Lambert
President Loses An All-Gold Ring Near Rock Creek
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports a Washington anonymous ad seeking a lost all-gold seal ring from the President. The tale ties the loss to his habit of meeting friends near chain bridge and crawling to a rocky ledge above the Potomac where a fall could occur.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Rock Creek
Bowlder Bridge
Jackson Place
Chain Bridge
Potomac
W. Dudley Foulke
Senator Lodge
General Wood
Ring Lost on the Precipice Sighted by Boys
A group of boys combs the sharp rock near the precipice searching for a ring the President reportedly wore before negotiating the cliff. The ring allegedly slipped from his finger while he clung to jagged rocks during the escape.
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Paris
Rock Creek
Nome Safe after voyage of steamers Portland and Jeanie
Two Nome passengers Masterson and Gillesple report both the Portland and Jeanie arrived safely at Nome aboard the collier Melville Dollar en route to Ladysmith. The Portland towed the Jeanie which had been disabled. both vessels remained within hail of each other and suffered no hardships as they separated.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Masterson and
Gillesple
Nome
Melville Dollar
Ladysmith
Portland
Jeanie
Boundary Line Fence Proposal Between Montana and Canada
Helena Montana July 14 It is proposed to build a wire fence seven hundred miles long on the boundary line between Montana and Canada. The project aims to curb cattle smuggling after Canadian officials seized cattle straying from Montana. The joint effort by Canada and the United States would cost several hundred thousand dollars.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Canada
Dominion
Paris Celebrates Bastille Day Anniversary With Festivities
On July 14 Paris marked the national holiday with the League of Patriots wreathing the Strasburg and Joan of Arc statues. A 100000 strong crowd filled Long Champs for a review attended by General Andre and President Loubet. Heat felled many, but no fatalities were reported as fireworks lit the night and crowds danced into daybreak.
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Paris
League of Patriots
Strasburg
Joan of Arc
Bois de Boulogne
Champs Race Course
Andre
Loubet
M. Combes
Matame Loubet
Ras Makolnen
President Loubet
Long Champs
le Republique
Opera Francaise
Opera Comique
Will attack New York plans for joint maneuvers arranged
Washington dispatch reports plans forming for autumn naval and army maneuvers led by Rear Admiral Higginson with General MacArthur aiding. Umpires will judge actions with a final Dewey-led board. Simulated night battles and city shelling test precision, timing, and wartime decisions.
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Washington
Higginson
North Atlantic
Admiral Dewey
Staten Island
Sdes
MacArthur
New York
Army
Navy
Brooke
Department of the East
Spirit of Anxiety at Convention Threat to Union
The piece discusses apprehension about the radical element likely to attend the convention and frames the effort to break the union as the most serious aspect of the current situation. The language reflects tense public mood and concerns over disruptive influence.
Address by John Mitchell at Chicago Longshoremen’s Convention
John Mitchell warned that a failure to win the anthracite strike would strike a blow to labor organizations. The United Mine Workers face a volatile convention with radicals pressuring for action while officers strive to avert a general strike. Mitchell will oversee headquarters as the convention opens.
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United Mine Workers
John Mitchell
Elizabeth Morris
Mitchell
Wilson
M. Sexton
Mitchell urges longshoremen aid in mine strike
Chicago July 4 John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers addressed the International Longshoremen's Association convention. He warned failure to win could strike a blow to unionism and urged longshoremen to help at lake ports and seaports. In Wilkesbarre Rev Curran left for Philadelphia to seek interviews with Baer and the presidents of the Delaware and Hudson and Erie lines as a potential settlement plan.
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Chicago
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
International Longshoremen's Association
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
J. J. Curran
Philadelphia
Baer
New York
Wanna
Delaware & Hudson
Erie
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