New York Strikes Paralyze Transit Amid Union Sitdown
New York endures a mass city strike as 18,000 transit workers walk out. Surface lines on Manhattan and the Bronx suffer while Interborough Rapid Transit operates near normal with 3,000 strikebreakers under police protection. Five thousand officers guard strike sites as union demands shift finance and recognition.
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New York
Manhattan
Bilis Islands
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Amalgamated Union of Street and Electric Railway
Interborough
New York Railway Company
Bronx
Interborough Company
Amalgamated Association
New York Railways Company
Interborouugh Company
Altho
Harlem
Man’s Wife Elopement and Watch Theft Sentences
Albert Sybert received five years after pleading guilty to running away with another man's watch. James Murphy drew three years after pleading guilty to eloping with another man's wife in Logan.
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Logan
Albert Sybert
James Murphy
Sybert
Murphy
Reckless Driving Claims 3 Victims As Fight Is Waged
Des Atoines police stepped up actions against reckless drivers after three overnight accidents left one dead and two young women seriously injured. The death toll for the week rose to four with about a dozen injured as officials widened dangerous corners and prepared evidence for a grand jury to indict habitual reckless drivers.
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Des Atoines
Secre
Ity
Railroads plan court test of eight hour law
St Paul reports Great Northern will scrupulously alter provisions of the bill amid Santa Fe resistance. The Santa Fe, cited for its strong legal department, intends to defy the act unless the United States Supreme Court orders compliance. B P Ripley says the law is an advance of wages and that AT&SF will not comply until court orders.
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St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern Railroad
Santa Fe
Great Northern
Topeka
Kan
B. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Minneap olis Woman Killed in Auto Mishap
Miss Josephine Murphy a 22 year old daughter of W J Murphy millionaire owner and editor of the Minneapolis Tribune was killed when the automobile she rode in toppled over an embankment near Oak Forest suburb. The chauffeur the sole other occupant escaped uninjured.
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Chicago
Josephine Murphy
W. J. Murphy
Millonaire
The
Minneapolis Tribune
Oak Forest
Congress Kills Reprical Gills In Conference
Congress conferees struck out the Phelan amend ment to empower the president to retaliate against belligerent nations interfering with U S mails. They also abandoned the Chamberlain amendment to bar Pacific salmon shipments through foreign countries, to avoid a trade war with Canada. Blacklist weapon retained. other sanctions kept. Britain wary of reprisals and public support noted.
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Washington, M. G
Phelan
United States
Canada
Blagklist
Senate
State Department
Britain
London
Manchester Guardian
America
the Guardian
Blackfist
Foreign Office
Brides Threatened by Deserted Wife News of Chicago case
Police and post inspectors search for a possibly insane woman who sent five brides letters threatening to kill them if they marry their fiances. The letters, signed Elisey, stem from a presumed insane woman whose husband deserted her with a six month old son. A letter warned Mrs H B Fuller of St Paul. Plague Kits 28 in Day in New York reports a rise in infantile paralysis with 61 new cases and 28 deaths.
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Chicago
Elisey
H. B. Fuller
St. Paul
New York
Jury Probes High Food Prices Doubling in a Year
Chicago reports federal investigators to form a grand jury investigating causes of rising fruit and vegetable prices. Merchants anticipate prices to fall to last summer levels, with potatoes and tomatoes expected to drop significantly. The drought blamed for shortages, but relief hoped as crops improve.
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Chicago
Commission
Hrouth 15
Chisago
Trade trip boosts Waterloo visitors through towns
A Waterloo business delegation of 46, with Mayor John McQuilkin ill, toured Center Point Urbana Brandon La Porte City Walterley and nearby towns on a one day trade trip. The group, led by Charles Van Vierk and the Commercial club, was welcomed with cheers and cigars as they distributed badges and quills. The train left Waterloo at 7:30 amid alarm clocks and early breakfasts, with visitors praising Waterloo’s growth and the Dairy Cattle Congress.
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Porte City
John McQuilkin
San Porte City
Gingrich
D. W. Stewart
Corn Belt Telephone Company
L. B. Kaenwles
W. C. Pron
W. Fr. Schrag
Com Belt Telephone Company
Waterton
Charles van Vierk
Commercial Club
Centar Point
Urbana
Brandon
LaPorte City
Walterley
Denver
Waverly
Waterloo
la Porte City
Center Point
Solomon
Dairy Cattle Congress
W. J. Peddicord
Minton Mun Company
Waterloo Military Band
Curbana
Waterloo Party
E. W. Miller
Commercial National Bank
P. A. McLeish
W. W. Hain
Brandon State Bank
W. R. Law
van Vieck
Service update for missed delivery by 6 o'clock
If the paper is not delivered by 6, please phone 83320 for a copy. After 6:30, call Tet No 2.
Halicz Bombarded as Russians Reach Halitz Rail Link
Petrograd reports Russian artillery bombarding the Galician city of Halicz sixty miles southeast of Lemberg. An official war office statement says Halitz is in flames and Russian troops have occupied the railway line between Talicz and Semikovitz and Wodniki. In yesterday’s fighting Russians took 5606 more prisoners.
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Petrograd
Halitz
Lemberg
War Office
Tfalicz
Semikovitz
Wodniki
Galicry
Wilson Moves His Executive Office to Asbury Park
Washington daily reports President Wilson moves his executive staff from Washington to Asbury Park New Jersey for his vacation. A complete staff will accompany him for the trip with Shadow Lawn as his primary base and frequent receptions planned for Democratic delegations from various states.
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Wilson
Asbury Park
Washington, D. C
Washington
Ashbury Park
N. J
Tme
Mr. Wilson
Shadowlawn
Shanon Lawn
Shadow Lawn
Shadow
Henry Ford Suing Tribune for Anarchist Claim
Detroit Sept 7 Alfred Lucking Henry Ford attorney filed suit in Chicago for 1,000,000 damages against the Chicago Tribune. Ford seeks personal damages for an editorial that labeled him an anarchist in a headline more than two months ago. The action was disclosed from Lucking's office after weeks of contemplation.
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Detroit
Mich
Alfred Lucking
Henry Ford
Chicago
Verdun Front Holds as Allied Drive Presses Germans
German lines on the Somme front face renewed Allied pressure as French and British forces push forward. Berlin concedes Clery on the Somme has fallen to Entente troops, with heavy losses reported among German units. Aerial fighting sees several German planes downed by French pilots during recent actions near Verdun and on the Somme.
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Saat
Minst
Verdun
Leuszn Wood
Fightng
Ginehy
Womblea
Chinthes
Somme
Iberlin
Berlin
Londant
Sant
Clary
Sonne River
Peronns
5Talt
Clerys
Barlews
Chilly
Sommer
Paris
Cedar Heights May Undergo Operation For Leg Severance
Cedar Heights faces a drastic plan as diagnostician James M. Rownd declares elephantingia present in a lustr infant and proposes an operation to remove a leg. Judge H. B. Roies to conduct the procedure with W. J. Merner as anesthetist. A 15 acre log may also be cut, while local officials lament the painful route.
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Cedar Heights
James M. Rownd
Mr. Rownd
J. T. Kenyon
Corporation Counsel
H. B. Roies
W. J. Merner
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Submarine War Not Worth Price, Hollweg Says
Report from Berne indicates German Chancellor Hollweg told the August federal council meeting that the submarine program is overvalued by pro torpedo advocates. He warned that unrestricted warfare would not justify such policy and that Britain’s food supply and England blockade could not be fully cut off.
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Hollweg
Andar
Letiaite
Berne
Switzerlaan
Om Germany
Adiapatch
Wireless Press
Vor Hethman-Hollweg
Chineatior
Diostigna
Federal Council
United States
High Seas
Voechanciller
Germany
Rhin Eijbords
England
Roumanian Loss at Danube Fortress 20000 Captured
Petrograd reports Turtukai fortress on the Danube has fallen to Bulgarian and German forces. More than 20,000 Roumanians were captured or evacuated as fighting continued near Gyergyo Diro Orsova pass. Reports mention seven guns and several machine guns seized.
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Petrograd
Turtukai
Danube
Bucharest
Berlin
London
Gyergyo-Diro-Orsova Pass
Roumania
Roumanian War Department
Rouwmantan
Turtnkai
Adda
Magedonta London
Strama
Macedonia
Viadoja
Dawson Alaska Nears Vote To Bar Saloon Abolition
Dawson Yukon Sept 7 Official figures show Yukon territory first prohibition vote with a margin of three votes in favor of abolition of the licensed saloon. Mining districts largely support prohibition while the entire territory remains narrowly opposed.
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Dawson
Yukon
War News Gist: Verdun Trench Capture and Somme Efforts
French war office reports German trenches captured about a mile from Verdun front. On the Somme, German attempts to retake British ground along the Guillemont Combles road were repelled. A British dispatch hints at possible Somme pause for winter, with more ammunition available if spring campaigning resumes. Petrograd says Helicz near Lemberg is under bombardment and flames. Trukal on the Danube is evacuated by defenders.
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Verdun
War Office
Guillemont-Combles
London
Somme
Guards Mustered Out Of U S National Guard
15900 guardsmen returned from the border under War Department orders to be mustered out of federal service and return to normal National Guard status. Fourteenth New York held at mobilization camp pending paratyphoid concerns. others to be discharged where no infection risk. Units affected span New York New Jersey Maryland Illinois Missouri California Oregon Washington Louisiana totaling about 16000 guardsmen. Separate orders issued for Co A Colorado Engineers battery A Colorado Field Artillery and three batteries Illinois Minnesota Indiana to be mustered out.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Iowa
Secretary of War
National Guard
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Illinois
Missouri
California
Oregon
Washington
Lou Isiana
Central Department of the Army
Federal Service Co. A
Colorado Engineers
Colorado Field Artillery
Feld Artillery
Minnesota
Indiana
Mrs Barnes Denies She Shot Husband
Chicago, Sept 7 Attorneys for Mrs Iva Barnes held in connection with the death of her husband James R Barnes denied the woman's alleged confession to police The case centers on a Washington park shooting Tuesday night Police were searching for evidence to support the theory that Mrs Barnes planned the murder.
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Chicago
Iva Barnes
James R. Barnes
Washington Park
Food commission plays bavoc with bad eggs
Iowa officials report the state dairy and food commission confiscated and destroyed over 300000 eggs this year. Commissioner W B Barney notes Chicago dealers will pay higher prices for Iowa eggs and says attempts to ship eggs to Iowa for rechilling to Chicago have been halted.
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Os Moines
Iowa
State Dairy and Food Commission
W. B. Barney
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Barney
Chicago
Senate approves widows pension increase bill
In Washington Sept 7 the senate passed a bill raising widows of officers or enlisted men who served in the Civil Mexican or War of 1812 to a $20 monthly pension from $12. The measure, already approved by the house, restores widows who remarried to the Civil War era eligibility.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
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