Wage and Work Day Demands From Mine Workers
A Wilkes Barre committee of mine workers announces four main demands for the next contract ending in March. They seek wage increases to be set by a tri-district convention, an eight hour work day, coal payment by weight rather than by carload, and formal union recognition including dues collection by check off. The tri-district convention in the fall is expected to endorse these demands or add to them.
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Wilkesbarre
Cony
Carlord
Verhicaps
Big fires destroy two Sharon Springs hotels and scatter guests
In Sharon Springs New York July 21 two large summer hotels the Fethers hotel and Hotel Rockville were destroyed by fire. Over 100 guests lost most belongings as flames spread rapidly and hindered safe egress.
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Sharon Springs
N. Y
Fethers
Rockville
Strang Killed in Auto Race at Blue River Wisconsin
Milwaukee reporter notes the death of Lewis Strang of Racine while driving a Case in the state reliability tour at Blue River Wisconsin. The crash involved the embankment and a fatal outcome for the famed Wisconsin racer.
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Strang
Milwaukee
Wis
Lewis Strang
Racine
Wisconsin
Blue River
First Battle of Bull Run Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago today July 21 the Union under General Irvin McDowell was defeated at Bull Run with 3 834 killed wounded captured or missing. Confederate losses were 1 982. Generals Beauregard and Johnston led the South, the battle stirring northern consternation.
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Bul Run
Irvin McDowell
Beauregard
Johnston
South
British election results shift Commons balance. Salisbury becomes premier
Twenty five years ago today Britain returned 316 Conservatives 78 Union Liberals 191 Gladstone Liberals and 185 Parnell representatives to the House of Commons. Gladstone retired. Lord Salisbury succeeds as premier. General James H. Van Alen, aged seventy, drowned from the steamer Umbria in mid ocean.
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Great Britain
House of Commons
Union Liberals
Gladstone
Parnell
Lord Salisbury
James H. van Alen
Umbria
Midovean
Robbers Steal Gems In City Jewelry Store Heist
In Kansas City Missouri two men robbed the Franklin Jewelry Co on Ninth and Main at 11 m taking a tray of diamonds worth 4500. They wounded bystander A Seitz and fled. One robber named John Brown was captured minutes later in a nearby department store. The missing gems were not recovered.
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Kansas City
Franklin Jewelry Company
Ninth and
Main Streets
Ya. m
B. J. Franklin
Franklin
B A. Seitz
John Brown
Tinney
Passenger boat ashore near Richards land
The steamer Huron bound for Sault Ste. Marie struck a shoal off Richards landing in fog and suffered a twenty foot hole. Two hundred passengers were evacuated to the City of Chatham and brought to port. The Mureu, in Canadian waters, remains tied up and practically sunk awaiting orders.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mid
Huron
Richards Landing
Chatham
Wisconsin labor leader attacks Boy Scout movement
La Crosse July 21 Assemblyman Frank J. Weter of Milwaukee fierce attack on the Boy Scout movement in his annual report to the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor convention. He called the scouts an ally of capitalism hidden behind the guise of natriotism.
Airship Lindbergh-style Zeppe Leaves Luzerne For Luzerne
Report from Brun den Switzerland notes the airship Schwaben I passed that area en route to Luzerne. Seventeen miles south of Larzene Germany the vessel carried eight crew or passengers.
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Friedrichshafen
Switzerland
Brunden
Larzerne
Germany
Luzerne
Train Held Up by Three Masked Bandits in North Dakota
Passengers robbed of about $600 on the North Coast Limited near Buffalo and Grand Forks. Engineer P. Olson wounded as three masked men boarded the daytime coach, searched passengers, and fled by automobile toward Fargo. Authorities scattered to pursue, with many deputies and U.S. marshals on the case.
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Grand Forks
N. D
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Buffalo
N. C
P. Olson
Grand Rapids
Northwest
High Bridge
Valley City
Olson
Son
Fargo
United States
North Coave Limited
Bride-To-Be Travels 16000 Miles To Rio For Wedding
Miss Katherine Kipp leaves White Plains New York traveling 16000 miles to Rio de Janeiro Brazil to wed her fiancé Gerald Peabody Warning a geodetic surveyor employed by the Brazilian government.
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White Pheiia
O N. Y
Katherine Kipp
White Plains
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Gerald Peabody Warning
Man eats only unroasted Virginia peanuts two years
Mt Pleasant Times notes an unverified claim of a man living on uncooked peanuts for two years after being deemed hopelessly ill. The piece discusses peanut composition, arguing high albumen and fat content pose kidney and liver concerns, yet fat and carbohydrate values may balance nutrition.
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Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Times
Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Rebels Win a Victory in Haiti Fighting
Port-Au-Prince reports July 21 that rebels seized Cape Haitian and attacked Fort Liberte as President Simon and government troops withdrew. General Monplaisar led Port-Au-Prince forces but federal troops offered weak resistance. Most federal troops have scattered north while Port-Au-Prince and southern districts remain quiet.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Cape Haitien
Fort Liberte
Simon
Monplaisar
De la Barra Peril Amid Alleged Plot in Mexico City
Mexico City reports an alleged assassination plot against President De la Barra. Police detectives investigate after informants claim a Tuesday attempt during Juarez anniversary exercises failed for lack of opportunity.
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Mexico City
Lice
al Oced
de Barra
de la Barra
Benito Pablo Juarez
Weather forecast for Midwest shows scattered showers south
Illinois and Indiana expect fair conditions with showers in extreme south portions today. fair tomorrow with moderate west winds. Wisconsin predicts fair weather today and tomorrow with moderate westerly winds.
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Mlinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Aldrich Denies Taft Aided Lorimer Bid at Deneen Hearing
Former Rhode Island Senator Aldrich flatly denied Edward Hines testimony that he urged Lorimer’s candidacy and relayed Taft’s belief Lorimer could be elected. Aldrich said he never told Hines the tariff bill required broad Republican presence and that Taft would actively support Illinois’s senator. He added he did not push Lorimer’s name nor seek presidential approval to press Lorimer’s bid.
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Washington
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode
Lorimer Committee
Edward Hines
Chicago
Aldrich
Lorimer
Senate
Deneen
Taft
Hines
White House
Mrr Aldrich
Hopkins
Boutell
Illinois
Times
Preelge
Mr. Lorimer
Pnvone
Taft Opens Panama California Exposition Telegraph In San Diego
President Taft pressed the telegraph key to inaugurate the Panama California Exposition's construction in San Diego signaling the start of the grand project.
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Washington
Taft
San Diego
Eberle Seizes Fleet Victory Amid Panama Operations
In a notable turn Secretary Stimson reviewed Panama operations as Eberle claimed a decisive fleet win. The report highlights Eberle's leadership and a public stance on strategic naval progress.
Two Bridges Go Down in Colorado Wreck Averted
A Denver and Rio Grande freight train passed Debeque before a planned transcontinental express. The bridge failed as the freight crossed, four cars and the tender fell forty feet while the engine and rear stayed on tracks. No injuries were reported though a cloudburst weakened the structure.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Neers
Denver and
Rio Grande
Debeque
Pases
Train wreck injures five near Avant Oklahoma
A Midland Valley train derailed after the bridge near Avant gave way during a flood swollen creel. Five passengers and the conductor were injured while the baggage car and Jim Crow car plunged into the creek below.
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Muskogee
Okla
Midland Valley
Avant
Stim inspects canal work amid blast at Pedro Miguel
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimpson accompanies Brigadier General Clarence R. B. Edwards to Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locks and the Pacific terminal. They observe the submarine blast using 0.060 pounds of dynamite to loosen the rock bed during the canal project.
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Panama
Henry L. Stimgon
Clarence RB. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Pedro Miguel
Miralores Locks
Pacific Terminal
Engagement Begins With Theoretical Destruction Of Scout Cruiser
July 21 at Gay Head Newport AL reports a naval engagement where Commander Edward W Eberle led defenses near the coast. Attacking forces from Rear Admiral Aaron Ward pursued battleships as torpedoes and mines were deployed, with submarines and destroyers key in the action. The battle concluded around 1 am with ships reanchoring west of Martha's Vineyard and movement toward Narragansett Bay.
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Gay Head
Newport
Edward W Kberie
Naval Warine
Nberle
Eberle
Connecticut
Aaron Ward
Miesourt
Lanneon
John Mr. Luby
Ers
Dixie
Preston
Smith
Chester W. Nimitz
Quigley Likely to Be Made Cardinal in Europe Dispatch
Chicago clerics hailed European dispatches saying Archbishop James E. Quigley of Chicago was likely named a cardinal by Pope Pius IX. The reports noted Chicago as a center of Catholic life in the west and quoted the pope blessing Chicago and its people after an audience with a Chicagoan.
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Chicago
Europe
James RB Quigley
Chicote
Wikio
Pius
Canal Association Formed for Deep Waterway Links
The Erie Michigan Deep Waterway association was organized in South Bend Indiana to promote building a deep water canal between Lake Michigan and the Illinois River. About fifty representatives from Michigan Indiana and Illinois attended a conference arranged by the South Bend Chamber of Commerce. Richard Hibel presided and officers include President Richard F. Bel South Bend and Secretary R E Proctor Elkhart. others named as vice presidents from Michigan City Chicago Goshen Mishawaka and Elkhart.
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South Bend
Ind
Erie Michigan Deep Waterway Association
Michigan
Tce
Michigan ‘I'S
Chicago
Mishawaka
Elkhart
Oshen
Milford
Columbia City
Orsaw
Chamber of Commerce of
South Head
Oliver Hote
Richard Hibel
Richard F.bel
R. E. Proctor
John Polsen
Michigan City
Spiro
Henry Lee
David Guilfoyle
George Bennett
War*aw
Samuel Spohn
Goshen
W. F. Wa
George Ogden
MIY Wd
Ralph Gaylor
Mishaw
Plan a Co Operative Town in New York
The American Society of Equity proposed establishing a cooperative town named Co-Opera in the Wisconsin area. The plan envisions communal ownership and shared enterprise to promote mutual aid and economic collaboration among residents.
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New York
The
American Society of Equity
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Rhode Island Statesman
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