British rail strike looms as 25000 troops readied
London Aug 18. Railway managers demand protection to run trains while unions plan a walkout at 3 oclock tomorrow. Troops from Aldershot, cavalry and guns prepared to guard lines north and south of London. Government vows to protect life and property while urging impartiality. Meetings at Board of Trade fail to resolve dispute. emergency measures and steamer links with Isle of Man disrupted.
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Amalgamated Society
Buxton
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Aldershot
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Army Service Corps
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England
Scotland
Wales
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At & Welock
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House of Commons
Winston Spencer Churchill
Home Secretary
Lloyd George
Commons
Ramsay Macdonald
Labor
Society Woman in Net Seized by Customs in New York
New York August customs inspectors seized personal effects valued at 505 from Mrs William A Hamilton a society woman cousin of Mrs George Gould on arrival from Europe. She declared items valued at 25 with many dutiable valuables found unlisted and claimed oversight. Hamilton may recover the articles by paying their home value plus duty.
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New York
William A. Hamilton
George Gould
Eurrope
Paris
China
Kingdon
Fire Devours Orrick Cemetery Amid Panic in Winchester
A blaze at Orrick Cemetery in Winchester Virginia caused hundreds of graves to be struck by flames as a man burning dry grass on a lot sparked the fire. Firefighters faced intense heat and damaged headstones while Irwin Arnold was injured after being thrown from a hose truck during the response.
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Washington
Winchester
Orrick
Friendship Fire Company
Irwin Arnold
Warning on Stray Cats After Boy Bitten by Pet Cat
Health officer Dr. W C Woodward warns city householders to keep cats indoors and suggests authorizing the poundmaster to destroy every cat found at large after a year old boy William Core is bitten. Rabies tests confirm the attacking animal suffered the disease for about two weeks. Core began Pasteur treatment and may be moved to the Pasteur Hospital in Baltimore if symptoms appear. The case highlights dangers of roaming cats and the impracticality of licensing cats like dogs.
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William Core
W. ‘C. Woodward
Woodward
Pasteur Hospital
Baltimore
Poundmaster
Corporation Counsel
Faifax
Catholic Votes Attack Sparks Secrecy in Knights Council
Dr. Emil L. Scharf denounces a Knights of Columbus inquiry as a farce while Representative Ben Johnson defends his charges about Catholic votes. The investigation, held behind closed doors, prompts nationwide Catholic interest as Johnson repeats allegations and Scharf accuses oath violations amid disputed conversations and witness absence.
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Catholic News Agency
Washington Council of the Knights of Columbus
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
Johnson
Scharf
House of Representatives
Knights of Columbus
Dr. Schart
United States
Knights
Ot Columbus
Order
Dr. Scharf
Dh Scharf
Congress
Mr. Johnson
Representative Johnson
Catholic Politician Defends Public Duty Over Faith
The speaker rejects a Catholic loyalty charge, stating he votes for what he deems best regardless of religion. He recalls voting against a 1908 Catholic-interest bill, insists he represents Catholics and Protestants, and vows to keep religion from dictating public trust. He invites Dr. Scluf to refute the charges in court.
Silk Dress His Undoing Leads to Bigamy Arrest
Boston report details James N. Smith who robbed one wife to clothe another with a silk dress. He was jailed for two months for larceny and given one year for bigamy after a court hearing. The two wives reconciled as Smith faced sentencing.
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Hubby
Apecal
Washington Post
Boston
James N. Smith
Smith
Jedrned
Recall of US Minister Fox over Guayaquil sanitation deal
Special dispatch from Guayaquil reports William Fox United States Minister to Ecuador recalled by the State Department. He protested against an $8,060,000 Guayaquil sanitation contract awarded to an American syndicate, prompting Ecuadorian officials to seek investigations. Latest developments allegedly vindicate Fox’s charges.
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Ecuador
Fox
Ashington- Ageingt
Aviators Cheat Death at Chicago International Meet
Chicago aviation meet witnesses peril and near disasters as Stone and Beachey survive crashes and engine failures. Stone, saved after over half an hour in Lake Michigan, credited to lifesaving wife and life preserver. Gill escapes entanglement in wreckage. Beachey glides from 5000 feet after engine failure amid high winds. Spectators warned by recent fatalities but judges press on with cross water race.
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Beachey
Chicago
Arthur Stone
International Aviation Meet
Howard Gill
Wright
Lincoln Beachey
James Ward
Lake Michigan
Stone
Oiliam R. Badger
St. Croix
Johnstone
Carter H. Harrison
Gill
Edison Opposed to Roosevelt Says Paris Interview
A Paris telegram to the New York World reports Thomas A. Edison arrived in Paris and voiced limited sympathy for Roosevelt’s praise of large families. He backs French restraint, cites non Malthusian views, and favors mind over matter, praising French wit and decisiveness in daily life.
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Washington
New York
Paris
Thomas ‘A. Edison
Roosevelt
France
Canary costs two fingers as bulldog mauls woman
Mrs Annie Sipkel caw uncaged her canary this morning on Butler Street. A bulldog watched, sprang at her, snapping off two fingers. The dog then attacked her throat and was shot dead by her son in law who arrived and fired to save her.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgh
Annie Sipkel
Coal Men Arrested in Alaska Coal Contract Sting
United States authorities arrest John H. Bullock of Seattle and Charles F. Houston of Seattle on charges linked to a conspiracy to push high coal prices for Army posts in Alaska. Indictments allege Sesnon Company and Northwestern Commercial Company split contracts and paid kickbacks. Delegate Wickersham had introduced charges in Congress. Jarvis allegedly shot himself after the dispute. Ballast authorities expect more arrests as investigations continue.
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Wickersham
Jarvis
Aljdafie
John “H. Bullock
John J. Sesnon Company
Seattle
Alaska
United States
Colwell
Bullock
United States District Court
Tacoma
Wash
Jervis
Rimeelf
Northwestern Commercial Company
John J. Sesnoh ‘Company
War Department
Forts
Davis and
Liscum
Sesnon Company
Northwestern Company
Capt. Jarvis
Department of Justice
H. J. Douglas
James Wickersham
Congress
Arctic
Charles
Houston
Pacific Coast , Coal Company
John H. Bullock
Portland
Oreg
Charles FE
Wickershaw
House Committee of Inquiry
Fisher
Department of ‘the Interior
Controller Bay
Gambler scandal rocks government printing office details
Public Printer Samuel Donnelly moves to suspend and probe printers after a Black messenger, Fisher, is arrested for acting as a runner in a horse betting scheme at the Government Printing Office. Investigators say the messenger named bettors and hid funds, with Donnelly aiming to uncover the bookie among staff and possibly press for criminal prosecutions.
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Donnelly
Government Printing Office
Samuel B. Donnally
Charles W. Fisher
Weedon and Burlingame
Government ‘Printing Office
Q Street
DonacheHy Ali
Maj. Sylvester
Sells Blood to Pay Board The Washington Poet
Charles Licht maker aged 18 fainted from loss of blood in a policeman's embrace at street and Third avenue New York this morning after selling a pint of his blood to save a woman at Mt Sinai Hospital. He had recently sold blood to cover rent owed to Amelie Vorelsune his landlady and paid her with the $3 he earned. He weakened returning from a downtown search for work after the wound was treated in Lincoln Hospital.
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New York
Charles Lichtmaker
Third Avenue
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Umre
Amelie Vorelsune
Lincoln
Bases in English Strike Saves Declares War on the Denies
A chaotic jumble of headlines notes aviation, political maneuvers, arrests, and court cases. Notable items include aviation advances in Peru, a Glasgow plot, and local governance disputes.
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Peru
G. P.O
Russia
Persia
Roosevelt
Hadilorial Society
Sporting
Beattie May Get Stay Stage Offer Waits
Richmond dispatch reports Beattie Jr. murder trial delayed by illness of Beulah Binford and Paul Beattie. Judge Watson's illness may require substitute, with 150 witnesses expected, 54 pivotal. defense seeks delay, prosecution urges swift proceedings to avoid memory decay and further complications.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Beulah Binford
Paul Beattie
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Chesterfield
W. A. Watson
Mann
Paul Beattid
South
Henry Gray Beattie, Jr
Paul Douglas ‘Beattie
Commonwealth
Pau Db
Beattle
Earth
Wiley Stings Foes Says Personnel Board Omitted Essential Portion
Dr. Harvey Wiley, chief of the Agriculture Department’s chemistry bureau, testified that he surrendered authority on pure food cases to Dunlap and McCabe, saying appeals to Secretary Wilson were useless. He detailed board overrules, disputes over gluten flour labeling and sulfur dioxide fruit labels, and noted he never received Wilson’s reply. He traced his career from Hanover College to chief chemist role and his role in enacting the Pure Food Law.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Agricultural Department
F. L. Dunlap
George P. McCabe
Food and Druga Inspection Board
Wilson
Wiley
H. B. Busby
Rusby
McCabe
Board of Food and Drugs Inspection
Dr. Wiley
Rémion Pure Food Referee Board
MacVeagh
Nagel
Pr. Wiley
Boston
Board of Food and Drug ‘Inspection
Dr. Dunlap
Washington
JA Wiley
Wilcon
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Floyd
Arkansas
Megs Committee
Wrey
Kanover College
Indianapolis
Indiana
Department of Agriculture
Mesa
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