Strike Spreads to 10 New England Plants in Open Shop Push
Labor leaders announce a coordinated strike to press for closed shop terms across New England. Bridgeport plant leaders insist the movement will expand to major war material factories in Boston, New Haven, and Hartford, aiming to halt work and secure permanent pay and reinstatement guarantees.
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Hiniste
Allied Metal Tread Londay
New England
Walter A. Penfield
Remington Arma VU. M. C. Pany
Aron
Bridgeport
Frank Jennings
J. J. Kepper
Machinists
New States
England
Mion
N. Y
Boston
New Haven
Waterbury
Hartford
Remington Arms Company
Will Sue Evelyn Thaw for Divorce Announcement
Harry announces his intention to sue Evelyn Thaw for divorce while staying at a hotel in New York. He avoids invitations and crowds, plans to return to Pittsburgh Monday, and hopes post-release excitement will subside before resuming his old home life.
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Evelyn Thaw
Harry
Page One
Broadway
Vaudeville Theatre
Young's Pier
Thaw
Pittsburgh
Paris Fronts Report Mixed Action on Saturday
In Artois the can nonade diminished with some shells into Arras. On the Aisne right bank near Troyon fighting with mines and heavy bombardment. Twenty shells at Rheims killed a civilian and wounded another. Argonne quiet. Meuse heights Germans attacked Calonne to Les Eparges. regained trench footing then repulsed with losses. Ravens and Apremont bombardment ongoing.
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Paris
Artois
Arras
Aisne
Troyon
Rheims
Argonne
Meuse
Calonne
Les Eparges
Sonyaux
Sonvaux
Forest of Apremont
Austrian Note to America Drafted by Germany Officials
Berne reports that an Austrian note to America was sent at German instigation and drafted by Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and Foreign Minister von Jagow. The move aims to pivot blame to Austria, avoid direct German culpability, and pressure American policy while signaling a break with Germany if the United States allies with Berlin.
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Berne
America
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Jagow
Austria
Germany
England
Lusitania
Bryan
Austrian-Hungary
Turkey
Roumania
Chicago Four-Man Team Wins Olympic Golf Cup
In Cleveland on July 17 the Chicago District Gulf Association four man team D B Sawyer E H Bankhead Donald Edwards and William Rautenbush won the Olympic cup with 651 strokes for 36 holes among 11 teams. Sawyer led individuals with 161.
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Cleveland
Ohio
D. B. Sawyer
E.H. Bankhead
Donald Edwards
William Rautenbush
Neenah and Camden Social and Local Updates
Miss Katie Belle Tait visited relatives in Camden while Arthur Nettles stopped by Neenah on Sunday. Bill Reeves Tom Kennedy of Nellie and Will Pittman with Jones Mill Company were ill or away. Leila Pearl Tait returned from Camden improved. J L and J B Chandler report their prize tomato patch damaged by rain as they prepare to can thousands of jars. Neenah and McWilliams failed to play a double header due to rain with Neenah leading 6 to 4 in the morning game.
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Camden
J. L
J. B. Chandler
Neenah and McWilliams
Neenah
Whatley Alabama Residents and Visitors Noted
Local society items report visits and travels among Whatley Alabama residents. Names include Lela Cleveland Whatley James Creighton Atkinson Mrs Mott Mrs Hill and others with brief notes on church services and family connections.
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John Hill
Coffeeville
R. B. Shaw
Birmingham
R. BE. Shaw
Cecil
Britain Declares Decrees Not Final in Lusitania Crisis
President Wilson to Washington with draft reply to Germany over Lusitania. Secretary Lansing and legal expert Anderson study options. cabinet to review. Austria note on arms shipment to allies delays response. Officials push to uphold American rights and ship arms.
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Wilson
Washington
Lusitania
Lansing
Buay
Charles Anderson
Department
Lusiatania
United States
Bernstorff
Austria
Vienna
Paeete
Great Britain
War correspondent finds bodies untouched since winter battles
Reports from Rotterdam describe trenches of the third army where bodies from winter battles remain unburied. French shells hit German positions while field hospitals use mobile X-ray labs to treat wounded behind the front lines.
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Nana Spanich
International News Service
Rotterdam
Third Army
Villa Driven From Zacatecas as Carrancista Advance Follows
Washington reports General Villa has been driven out of Zacatecas and is retreating northward burning bridges and destroying railways. He aims for Mexico City and negotiates with Carranza forces. No Americans injured in recent fighting at Agua Calientes. Passenger trains now run Vera Cruz to Pachuca.
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Washington
Villa
Zacatecas
State Department
Mexico City
Aguas Calientes
Agua Prieta
Calies
Silliman
Vera Cruz
Pachuca
Remarkable Convict Municipality Hidden in Colorado Mountains
PARKDALE PRISON CAMP Col. July 17 Here in Colorado's rugged mountain district a camp houses seventy five convicts forming a self governing community. A single theft of tobacco broke law within the camp in two and a half years. A life-sentenced saloonkeeper elected mayor. elections are lively and orderly. The camp uses a town hall phonograph 150 records and has a constitution and ordinance board.
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Parkdale
Col
Colorado
J E Johnson Evergreen Contractor Dies After Accident
James E. Johnson 48 a prominent Evergreen Ala building contractor died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen suffered accidentally while cleaning a revolver Thursday night. He was taken from the city to an infirmary where doctors operated. Survived by wife, son Clayton Johnson, and daughter Bertha Johnson. Remains were sent to Evergreen for burial.
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James E. Johnson
Evergreen
Ala
Johnson
Clayton Johnson
Bertha Johnson
Roche & Burke
Polish Committee Appeals to Wilson on Gas Warfare
The Polish American committee asks President Wilson to use U S influence to stop Germany from employing asphyxiating gases. It warns such gas attacks would poison citizens water crops wells cattle and may cause a slow population die out after the war due to chlorine poisoning.
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Wilson
Petrograd
United States
Germany
Man Accused of Murder and Mutilation After Wife Left Him
Brown, who says his wife left him for another man, is jailed on a charge of killing her with a razor at their Lin dale home eight miles from Rome. Her father, W. T. Stone, testifies that Brown’s daughter saw the act. no body has been found. Brown denies the charge and is a Maine survivor well known locally.
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Lindale
Rome
W. T. Stone
Oreburg
Brown
Maine
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