Surface cars in York stop as strikes spread in city
New York city rail officials reported most surface lines running at near normal levels despite a strike with 0 to 2,500 motormen idle. Police counted 598 of 1,291 NY Railways cars in service in Manhattan, 109 of 252 on Third Avenue Bronx lines, and 83 of 171 in Queens. About fifty disorder cases, including a demonstration at a NY railway barn, were logged.
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Aoe
Midtberger
New York Railways Company
Third Avenue
Bronx
Manhattan
Queens
New York
Street railway strike tightens across New York lines
The New York Railways Company and Second Avenue lines faced a walkout as conductors and motormen began quitting last night at 10 o clock. About 1000 workers voted to strike this morning, with Second Avenue employees joining in sympathy. Two hundred surface line workers in Queensborough also quit.
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New York Railways Company
Second Avenue Lines
Third Avenue Railway Company
Bronx
New York Railway Company
Second Avenue Line
Queensborough
New York Railways Reports Near Normal Service Amid Strike
In Manhattan minor disorders accompanied the strike declaration with a few arrests of demonstrators. Officials say about 90 percent of employees were willing to work and with police protection surface car lines could operate. The police commissioner pledged a policeman on every car as service returned toward normal.
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New York Railways Company
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New York Railways
Shackleton Fails to Reach Men on Elephant Island
Lieut Sir Ernest Shackleton has again failed to rescue the main body of his Antarctic party left on Elephant Island. The Emma returned to Port Stanley after heavy gales and ice prevented approach. Shackleton awaits the Discovery from England for another attempt, having earlier rescued five men on May 31.
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London
Ernest Shackleton
Elephant Island
Falkland Islands
Daily Chronicle
Ernest
Emma
Reuter
Port Stanley
Sir Ernest
Discovery
England
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Shackleton
Ottawa to Tax Foreign Securities Under Dominion Rule
The government will control the sale of foreign securities in Canada through taxation. A provision is expected to be made at the next session of Parliament, announced by the finance ministry on Friday.
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Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
Ministry of Finance
Unseen Strike Quietly Impacts City Workforce
Workers en route to their jobs found no warning of an ongoing strike and reported minimal disruption or disorder as they arrived at their workplaces.
Today Meetings for Young Student Doctors and Mobile Medical Society
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. meetings are held by the Young Student Doctors at the Y M B A Hall and by the Mobile Medical Society at St Michael and Conception streets. Both groups invite members to attend.
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Y. M
Moblie Medical Society
St. Michael and Conception Streets
Burial of Mobilian Bernhard Kahn in Hebrew Cemetery
The body of Bernhard Kahn, a well known Mobilian, was buried Friday afternoon in the Hebrew cemetery. Funeral services were held at his home 250 Church street with Rabbi Isaacson of Selma officiating. Pallbearers included Henry Kess, J Lichtbach, Sigmund Haas, H Gabriel, Hugo Brown, Milcoh L. Brown, Julius Goldstein, J. S. Simon, Henry A. Forcheimer, Pat J. Lyons, Laz Schwarz, Albert EB. Brown, Alex Bioch, Walter Mitchell, Sam J. Hahn, Sam Richard, Lew Brown, Julius Hammel, Albert W. Metzger, and R. A. Sadler.
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Bernhard Kahn
Hebrew Cemetery
Church Street
Rabbi Isaacson
Selma
Ala
Henry Kess
J. Lichtbach
Sigmund Haas
H. Gabriel
Hugo Brown
Milcoh L. Brown
Julius Goldstein
J. S. Simon
Mrs Martha Schutz Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Martha Gertrude Rein hart Schutz wife of Frederick W Schutz died Saturday morning at 7 15. Funeral from her late home at Seven Mile post on Moffit road at 3 30 Sunday and at 4 00 from St Catharine of Siena Church Springhill and Stem avenues Crichton. Burial in Magnolia cemetery. Survived by husband a young daughter Mary Elden and her mother and other relatives.
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Martha Gertrude
Reinhart
Frederick W. Schutz
Schutz
Seven Mile Post
Moffit Road
St. Catharine of Sienna Church
Springhill
Stem Avenues
Crichton
Magnolia Cemetery
Carter murder case eyed by 24 defendants
Twenty four defendants, all negroes, arrested by the sheriff in the killing of John Finley, will face Judge Chamberlain. Assistant Solicitor Courtney asked for a continuance to August 9. Several defendants also charged with gaming and disturbing assembly. Martha Alls and Benjamin Alls were fined for perjury after a one hour inferior court trial connected to a civil suit statute.
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Sheriff's Department
John Finley
Thomas Carter
Chamberlain
Courtney
Martha Alls
Benjamin Alls
Sergeant Meabe Dies After Poison Attempt Suicide
Nashville Tenn August 5 Sergeant William Meabe of Company D Third Tennessee Regiment 19 married died Friday morning at Morristown from poison taken in a personal crisis. He fired four shots at Will Hammond after a late night dispute Hammond was uninjured Meabe was at home recruiting.
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Nashville
Tenn
William Meabe
Third
Tennessee Regiment
Morristown
Meabe
Will Hammond
Hammond
Dysentery Remedy Credited With Saving Boy
A Carbon Hill Alabama man reports his four year old son survived a severe dysentery attack after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The message claims the remedy saved the child's life and notes it is obtainable everywhere.
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Alabama
Chamberlain
Wm. H. Stribling
Carbon Hill
Ala
Ady
Negro who shot another is fined and jailed
Albert Jackson, a negro, was fined 50 dollars and four months hard labor by Acting Recorder for shooting Scott Dade, who he wounded in the back on June 25. Dade lingered in the city hospital a month. Jackson appealed to the city court with bond set at 200 dollars. The record also notes a continued case against Sam Feldner for a stolen bicycle and Ordeal Wells receiving twenty days for vagrancy.
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Albert Jackson
Scott Dade
Gordon
Jackson
Dade
Sam Feldner
Kennedy
Adams Street
Pne
Ordeal Wells
Toulminville Farmer Martin Costello Dies in Philadelphia
Retired Toulminville farmer and real estate owner Martin Costello died suddenly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Friday. The native of Ireland came to Mobile many years ago and built a successful farming and property empire in the Toulminville area. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, and numerous relatives in Mobile. the body will be shipped home for burial arriving Monday morning.
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Martin Costello
Toulminville
Philadelphia
Mobile
Richard Finch
Costello
Ireland
Captain Exonerated Of Mismanagement Charge
The Second Massachusetts Infantry officers report Captain E J Slate cleared of mismanagement in D company accounts. Private Hugh Clarke of Holyoke Mass had alleged fund misuse and poor rations. Clarke remains a prisoner in the stockade in Holyoke.
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Columbus
N. M
Second Massachusetts Infantry
Hugh Clarke
Holyoke
Mass
E. J. Slate
D Company
Clarke
Slate
Detroit Hold Up: Five Robbers Steal Pay Car Funds
Five bandits robbed the Burroughs Adding Machine paymaster near Burroughs avenue and Woodward in Detroit, escaping with an estimated 23 000 to 34 000 while a second pay car carrying 75 000 was untouched. Rudolph Cooper was wounded as guards pursued the robbers. no descriptions or arrests yet. The chase extended to within a hundred miles of Detroit with police believing an inside job possible.
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Detroit
Mich
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Burroughs Avenue
Oodward
Cass Avenues
Woodward Avenue
Rudolph Cooper
Burroughs
Mags
Thomas Sheahan
Cooper
Bold Detroit payroll robbery shocks city
A daring daylight payroll heist ends with a gunshot wounding Cooper and a gunman beating him with a pistol butt before five bags are seized. The crew escapes along Second Avenue toward the country as crowds wonder if a staged scene or real crime. Burroughs guards had patrolled every half block to deter the robbery.
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Cooper
Second Avenue
Detroit
Burroughs Company
Burroughs
Prominent Baptist Leader to Speak at Dauphin Way
Dr. W. F. Yarborough, secretary of the Baptist state executive committee, will deliver the sermon at 8 p.m. at Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile. He aims to meet members and gather firsthand information on indebtedness among churches to guide state Baptist work. Pastor Guy R. Hurlbutt urges strong attendance.
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W. F. Yarborough
Baptist State Executive Committee
Dauphin Way Baptist Church
Yarbrough
Yarborough
Guy R. Hurlbutt
Roanoke Floods Halt Traffic After Cloud Bursts
A series of cloud bursts in Roanoke Virginia stopped traffic for hours flooded streets and cellars and delayed trains causing property damage totaling thousands of dollars.
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Roanoke
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method
An advertisement claims a new absorption treatment cures piles at home. It promises immediate relief and speedy cures with no money needed and offers free trial samples and local references upon request to M Summers, Box P, Notre Dame, nd.
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M. Summers
Box P
Notre Dame
Mobile visit brings back former Mobilian and visitors
Frank W. Moore of Chicago is in Mobile on a first visit in twenty years. He is the son of Ed Moore formerly connected with the local galaxy. Thomas A. Robinson of Nashville rests in Mobile before proceeding to Pascagoula Miss on business. John Foscue and Mitchell Cobb of Grove Hill Alabama are in Mobile for several days on business.
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Frank W. Moore
Chicago
Mobile
Ed Moore
Thomas A. Robinson
Nashville
Pascagoula, Miss
John Foscue
Mitchell Cobb
Grove Hill
Als
M Connell Receiver Named For Mobile Chair Company
A bankruptcy petition was filed in the U S district court against the Mobile Chair Company. Judge H T Toulmin adjudicated the firm insolvent and a bankrupt. Referee R T Ervin will handle the case. H L McConnell was appointed receiver for the company. Chester H Brown of Mobile filed a voluntary bankruptcy with liabilities of 2050 and assets of 2330. Brown was adjudicated bankrupt and referred to Referee R T Ervin.
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Mobile Chair Company
United States District Court
H. T. Toulmin
R. T. Ervin
Toulmin
H. L. McConnell
Chester H. Brown
Mobile
Brown
R. T Ervin
Massacre at Carrizal Charged to Republicans
In the Senate Senator Lewis denounces Republican attacks on the administration over Mexico policy as treasonous and links their platform to the Carrizal troop massacre. He accuses the party of repudiating interference in Mexico's internal affairs.
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Washington
Lewis
Senate
Charles E. Hughes
Mexico
Carrizal
President and Mrs Wilson Aboard Mayflower Cruise
The naval yacht Mayflower carrying President Wilson and Mrs Wilson sailed in the lower Chesapeake Bay after a leisurely trip from Washington. By noon the vessel neared Cape Charles City and expected to anchor in Hampton Roads.
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Old Point Comfort
Mayflower
Towery brothers sought in Oklahoma Oil Operator murder
In Muskogee Oklahoma the Towery brothers Will and Cecil are pursued after the killing of oil operator Charles Vaughn near Morris. A bloodied Cecil Towery was captured and mob action threatens his custody in Okmulgee while Will Towery reportedly received breakfast at a negro cabin as bloodhounds and posses chase leads.
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Muskogee
Okla
Will Towery
Geel
Charles Vaughn
Morris
Cecil Towery
Tulsa
Okmulgee
Cecil Towrey
Hoffman
Vaughn
Lesstett
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