Sailors raid Seattle meeting places of I W W and Socialist groups
In Seattle on July 19 sailors from the Pacific Reserve Fleet aided by civilians attacked the downtown I W W headquarters and two Socialist party branches. They wrecked furnishings, burned a meeting hall, and caused injuries while police, led by Cotterell, imposed controls and saloon closures.
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Pacific Reserve Fleet
Socialists Party
Seattle
Industrial Workers of the World
Socialist Party
Preserve
Industrek
Rye
Walter Thurber
Manufacturers Ready With Letters Amid Mulhall Probe
Senate lobbyists mobilize as about 100000 letters prepared by Manufacturers Association supporters await dispatch to aid Mulhall investigation defenses. Overman plans next week to push work identifying letters while Mulhall returns to resume hearings.
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Senate
Martin M. Mulhall
Overman
Manufacturers’ Association
Mulhall
General Ojeda Succeeds at Guaymas as Bravo Takes Command
Reports confirm General Ojeda is superseded at Guaymas by General Bravo. Ojeda heads south on the gunboat Moreless, which reportedly engaged insurgents near Mazatlan. Two large captured guns repaired at Cananea will be sent to the front for Guaymas. General Obregon suffers from an illness and Colonel Alvarado is named temporary commander at Hermosillo.
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Douglas
Ojeda
Guaymas
Bravo
Moreless
Mazatlan
Ariz
Cananea
Arbitator Is Ineligible for Mediation Board
Washington July 19 the new federal board of mediation faced a removal issue as Secretary Post of the labor department was barred from service under the new law requiring government officials with Senate confirmation. President Wilson announced he would appoint a replacement for Post amid the dispute between eastern raids and trainmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Board of Mediation
Bss
Ready For Strike In Wage Arbitration Fight
New York July 19 unions prepared a waiting game on arbitration scope for a wage dispute affecting forty five lines and nearly one hundred thousand men. The general committee urged readiness for a strike while awaiting mediators decision though no side has agreed to follow their findings. Senate confirmation of mediation board appointments was urged by union leaders to speed control of the situation.
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New York
Segiag
Federal Board
Senate
Mediation Board
Lee and
Garrettson
Americans Challenge British for Davis Cup Trophy
The United States Davis Cup team earned the right to challenge England after a Davis Cup win over Canada in doubles and two singles victories. Harold Hackett and Maurice McLoughlin won in straight sets 6-3 6-3 12-10 over Canadian captain R B Powell and Canadian champion B P Schwengers. The challenge round starts July 25.
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Wimbledon
United States
Harold H. Hackett
New York
Maurice E. McLoughlin
San Francisco
R. B. Powell
B. P. Schwengers
McAdoo Declines Appeal Over Trade Treaties
Secretary McAdoo has decided not to appeal a commerce court ruling extending free entry to goods for all nations except Canada. The decision affects preferred nation status under the commercial treaty regime, with implications for U S tariff policy and allied trade terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Commerce Court
United States
Canada
Battle over Idaho poll tax faces court challenge
Prosecuting Attorney C Douglass Smith threatens to sue the Phoenix Construction Co for poll taxes on its about one thousand workers in a Bear river hydroelectric project. Company argues the tax is unconstitutional and favors residents. a near term compromise stalls over who pays and who is treated as resident.
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C. Douglass Smith
Bannock County
Phoenix Construction Company
Bear River
Oneida Arrows
Compaq
Utah Light Power Company
Grace
Alexander
Idaho
Intermountain West
Folcre
Eral
Torney Smith
Preston
Jeounty
B. A. Cummins
Salt Lake
S. A. Bailey
Pocatello
Bailey
Sui Ienar’ Metianein
Onpany
Smith
Specia
Owever
al Bailey
Cummins
Duluth Wins Freight Rate Battle Before I C C
Duluth Minn won a substantial portion of its freight rate fight before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The commission ordered reduction of class rates to Duluth from eastern points and held present rates discriminatory. Duluth's argument that lake and rail traffic from the east should break at its wharves was not sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Duluth
Minn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charges Groundless Against New York Trade Official
Treasury officers concluded that charges against the New York assay office manager are groundless. The department said the accusations stemmed from a political faction seeking to undermine Democratic officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Marvelous Invention Demonstrated by Wireless Threats
Salt Lake City July 19 federal officers and detectives witnessed a demonstration of a device claimed to be a deadly invention. Wummings 23 confessed to threatening Miss Dorothy Bamberger rich society girl demanding 1000 dollars. The device could trigger explosions remotely and was said usable in trains and war mines. Cummins claimed two accomplices in New York blackmail scheme.
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Salt Lake
City
Wummings
Dorothy Bamberger
Bamberger
Cummings
Cummins
New York
Underwood-Simmons Tariff Bill Seeks Wide Free Lists
Congress debates the Underwood-Simmons tariff proposal with an average 27.64 percent cut from Payne-Aldrich rates. The report shows increased free-list imports to 147.4 million and total revenues projected at about 810.0 million, plus new excise and income taxes, with retaliation provisions to adjust global duties.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
F. M. Simmons
House
Treasury
United States
Coro
Enraged husband reclaims wife and drops complaint in Boise
Jack Hanson traced his wife Mrs. W. E. Reese from Pocatello to Boise where city detectives found them. Hanson agreed to live with her and be faithful, dismissed the complaint, and the couple left for California.
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Boise
Pocatello
Jack Hanson
Gate City
W. E. Reese
City
California
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