Des Moines Street Cars Run After Labor Battle
Des Moines restored service after a city injunction ended a 27 hour strike by the carmen and electrical workers. Judge DeGraff’s order required reinstate Ben Hiatt and resume operations while the company and union awaited further legal action. Union leaders hailed the development as a victory and vowed to obey court orders while observers noted potential future court challenges.
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Des Moines
City Railway
J. R. Harrigan
Car Men's Union
Lawrence DeGraff
District Court
Organized Labor Movement
Fred Fay
International Board
Carmen's Union
Ypsilant
Mich
A. W. Harris
Des Moines City Railway
Chicago
Harrigan
de Graff
Philosophical
Louis J. Christiansen
Car Company
Union
Lawrence de Graffe
Perry
Ed Brigham
United States
J. M. Lennard
Ben I. Hiatt
Urbandala
Sodge and Company
Lawrence de Graff
Polk County
Hts
Carmen
Electrical
Stribe
Union Estrikers
Ben Ll. Hiatt
N. Y
Hiatt
Guernsey
Public Service Corporation
Tabor
Aged Mormon Dead at Ogden Founder of Irrigation
Ogden Utah Aug 7 Joseph Perry aged 86 pioneer of Utah crossed plains with a Mormon wagon train founder of the inter mountain asphaltum business died suddenly at his home He was the father of 23 children 14 surviving with one of five widows He left 49 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren Also Maud McDougal office girl for Dr Nestor spent two weeks vacation with relatives in Wisconsin.
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Ogden
Utah
Joseph Perry
Inter-Mountain
Plains
Maud McDougal
Dr. R. J. Nestor
Wisconsin
Gompers Denounces Injunctions Amid Labor Strikes
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, condemned injunctions used to break the Des Moines street car strike. He argued such orders force workers to stay on the job, equating compelled labor with slavery and viewing courts as enforcing unjust labor conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Des Moines
Carmen strike in Wycht continues in New York
Brooklyn street car motormen and conductors vow to seek an audience with Mayor Gaynor to end a strike that has sparked rioting. The streetcar company demands non union operation and police support, rejecting arbitration.
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New York
Brooklyn
Gaynor
Forgetful mother halts train to reclaim child at Beloit depot
Beloit Wisconsin August 7. Mrs. W Searles of Waterloo Indiana left her child in a stranger's care at the Chicago and Northwestern depot Saturday while she attended to business. After the train began moving she remembered the baby and had the train stopped. She returned to the depot and recovered the child.
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Beloit
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern
W. Searles
Waterloo
Husband Kills Wife Then Himself in Faribault
Faribault Minn Aug 7 Tioms K Talbott shot his wife to death here today and then killed himself Talbott had been in real estate in town and last week visited home it is said he had been drinking heavily L A Kuhns foreman of the Illinois Central shops at Omaha spent Sunday at his father J H Kuhns For Gentlemen San Felico 60 cigar
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Faribault, Minn
Talbott
L. A. Kuhns
Illinois Central
Omaha
J. H. Kuhns
Congress May Adjourn Soon Between August Fifteenth and Nineteenth
Washington leaders in both houses expect adjournment between August 15 and 19. Democratic House leaders shared the view. Vice President Sherman forecast August 16 as a possible adjournment date and Senate Democratic Leader Martin predicted the middle of the month.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
Sherman
Martin
Senate
Prominent Iowa figure Captain Nichols Dies in Los Angeles
Captain Samuel D. Nichols, Civil War veteran and longtime Iowa politician and business leader, died in Los Angeles after a three month illness. He was 76 and survived by four sons. his wife had died earlier that June.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Samuel D. Nichols
Iowa
Col Nichols
Candidacy turmoil in Hayti after triumphal entry
Port au Prince Hayti Aug 7 General Mecomte revolutionary leader made a triumphal entry into the capital and was acclaimed by the populace. Arrangements were made for a joint session of the senate and chamber to select Mecomte as president succeeding the late Simon. Rival Firmin, arriving from Puerto Rico, contends he has been promised the presidency by Mecomte.
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Port-An-Priare
Hayti
Cincininatis Mecomte
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Lecomte
Simon
Firmin
Pope Pius Relapses Amid Heat At Vatican
Rome August 7 Pope Pius experienced a slight relapse worsening his cold with fever pains. Doctors Petacci and Marchiafava ordered rest in his room as high temperatures rose and a planned anniversary Mass faced cancellation with Cardinal Merry Del Val set to lead.
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Rome
Pius
Guiseppi Petacci
Ettore Marchiafava
Vatican
Merry del Val
Waterloo man killed in East Waterloo
Postmaster W R Law received a Steubenville coroner report that Joseph L Rosgen of Waterloo Town, about 30, was killed near Pittsboro Pa around July 20 while traveling east for a pleasure trip. His family in Waterloo includes parents Herman and unknown mother, brother Arnold, and sisters Delia Agnes. An effort to confirm identity and bring the body home for burial is underway. George E B Lichty left for New York on a business trip.
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W. R. Law
Steubenville
Joseph L. Roegen
Waterloo
Svorne
Herman Rosgren
Seventh Street East
Waterloo Saddlery Company
Sp Ite
Pittsboro
Joseph
Rosgen
Arnold
Nels Lewis
Delia
Agnes Rosgen
Edort
Strikebreakers precipitate riot in Crockett California
In Crockett California on August 7 three men were shot and about six others injured as Korshing Warehouse workers clashed with strikebreakers hired by the Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company. An unidentified Italian strikebreaker was shot and said to be near death.
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Crockett,al
Korshing
Califront Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company
Deaf couple wed by sign language ceremony in Escanaba
In Marinette Wisconsin area a wedding took place as Kather Herth of Escanaba officiated for Edward Duchiine of Cladstone and Delina Provost of Escanaba. The ceremony was conducted entirely in sign language with the officiant and couple communicating through signed responses.
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Marinette
Wie
Ayr
Kather Herth
Escanaba
Edward Duchiine
Cladstone
Mich
Delina Provost
Pather Barth
Admiral Togo Guests at Washington Busy Naval Tour
Admiral Togo, the nation’s guest, faced a strenuous schedule with receptions and banquets but preferred inspecting the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was to be shown everything possible about the navy during his visit and planned to spend much of tomorrow at the Washington navy yards.
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Washington
Togo
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Hia
Navy
Washington Navy Yards
Sixth Supreme M B A Meeting in Prospect Parade
Denver Aug 7 A spectacular street parade opens the sixth supreme and first triennial convention of the Modern Brotherhood of America Supreme President T B Hanley of Des Moines and officers arrived late due to washouts. Contenders for the 1914 convention include St Joseph St Louis Detroit Chicago and St Paul.
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Denver
Colo
Supreme
Modern Brotherhood of America
T. B. Hanley
Des Moines
Omaha
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Detroit
Chicago
St. Paul
President Taft Hires Special Train for Engagement
Washington reports President Taft hired a special train to keep a trio of speaking engagements at Mountain Lakes park in Md and Chautauqua. He left Washington in the morning and will travel about 400 miles before returning tonight.
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Washington, D. C
Mountain Lakes Park
Chautauqua
Taft
Washington
Proposed Freight Rate Advances Delayed by I C C
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed class freight rate increases by railways between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers until December 30. The changes would affect Atlantic seaboard to Kansas City Omaha and other Mississippi river points, with first class rates rising about 9 cents per hundred pounds.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Interestate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
Kansas City
Omaha
Mississippi River
Lorimer Hearings Open With Beckemeyer Cross Examination
Washington Aug 7 The Lorimer committee began cross examining former State Representative H J C Beckemeyer who claims payment for voting for Lorimer The witness admitted denying money from Lee O Neill Browne or Robert E Wilson and acknowledged lying The testimony follows Beckemeyer’s earlier remark that he voted for Lorimer after a talk with Representative George Alshuler who shouted for anyone who could beat Hopkins
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Washington, D. C
Lorimer
H. J. C. Beckemeyer
Charles A. White
Kerner
Chicago Tribune
Lee O'Neill Browne
Robert E. Wilson
Hancey
Beckemeyer
Haneey
Hopkins
Beckmeyer
George Alshuler
Local Guards Leave for Vinton Encampment Aboard Special Train
About 50 to 75 officers and men from Cedar Falls and Waterloo depart Rock Island depot at 10 40 this morning for Vinton to join the Fifty third regiment encampment. The trip includes two cars for Waterloo militia and a three mile march to the camping ground after arrival. The annual encampment trains, drills, rifle matches, and competitive shoots are expected to yield trophies for the local unit.
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Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Iowa National Guards
Rock Island
Vinton
Fifty-third
National Guard
Des Moines
Canoe overturns drown two Ontario men at resort
Leonora Ontario August 7 T Proc tor 27 of Aurora and Victor Webster Port Hope were drowned when their canoe overturned at a Lake of the Woods resort. Mrs Burton of Madison Wisconsin left for Chicago with her daughter and husband Claude Pettitt and Mrs Lichty as companions after visiting Waterloo.
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Leonora
Ont
T. A. Proctor
Aurora
Victor D. Webster
Port Hope
Lake of the Wood
B. F. Burton
Madison, Wis
Iowa
Chicago
Hustband
Claude Pettitt
George E. Lichty
Waterloo
Train collision in Petersburg leaves two dead
A passenger train on the Seahouml Air line derailed after hitting a freight engine on a siding near Petersburg Virginia. Two trainmen were killed by scalding water and ten others were seriously injured amid the wreck.
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Petersburg
Amegam
Iecight Aigy
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Fouchard
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Leconte
Gonalves
Cape Hayden
Berlin
Bompers
Inent
Hawkeye Politics
Haytien
Lecomt
Pope Pig X
East
George EB. Lichty
New York City
Crockett, Cal
Ndmiral
Annapolis Academy
M. B.A
Prospect—Parade
Entitl
Begkemeyer
Tribune
C. A. White
Illinois
Logal Company
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