MOTHER BI STRIKE SHUTTLES NYC TRAFFIC WITH BREAKERS
Interborough company deploys nearly 3000 strike breakers under police protection to run subway and L line services while 18000 workers across the city walk out. Union claims 9000 strikers including 4000 subway staff. officials forecast possible crisis as Harlem and East Side see minor disturbances.
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Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Wnder
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
Armen
New York Railways Company
Manhattan
Pronx
Harlem
Traction
Conferees Strike Phelan and Chamberlain Amendments
Washington reports the emergency revenue bill conference struck out the Phelan amendment allowing retaliation against belligerent nationals affecting US mail. The Chamberlain amendment to ban Pacific salmon or halibut through foreign ports was also dropped to avoid a potential commercial war with Canada and retaliation against Atlantic fisheries.
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Associated Press
Washington
Phelan
United States
Canada
Rumanians Prisoners Count Surges After Turlukai Capture
Berlin reports that over 20,000 Romanian soldiers were taken as Bulgiarian and German forces captured the fortress of Turlukai. The official statement notes the seizure included more than 100 guns.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Turlukai
British and Russian Progress Report in World War Fronts
British and Russian fronts reveal shifting momentum as German efforts near Verdun stall while Russian forces bombard Halicz in Eastern Galicia. In Somme fighting, Leuze Wood remains contested as British, French, and German actions intensify with forecasts of a winter pause and reinforcements.
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Verdun
French
War Office
Meuse
Vaux- Chapier
Chaulnes
Somme
Leuze Wood
London
Four Found Under Auto in Pamlico Creek
Four Black individuals, two women and two men, were found beneath a car in Pamlico Creek near Belhaven North Carolina. Travelers spotted a broken bridge railing and oil on the water surface, leading to the discovery. Authorities believe the accident occurred the previous night.
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Associated Press
Belhaven
N. C
Pamtego Creek
Here
Asheville Awarded Next Junior Meet Site
Goldsboro N C Sept 7 The State Council Junior Order United American Mechanics chose Asheville as the next convention city after a lively officers nomination. Co F Alexander of Charlotte was elected State councillor and Walter E Yopp of Wilmington named as National Representative.
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Goldsboro
N. C
State Council
United American Mechanics
Asheville
Co. F. Alexander
Charlotte
Walter E. Yopp
Wilmington
President Signs the Ship Measure
President Wilson signed the ship bill authorizing government creation of a corporation with up to 50 million dollars in capital to buy or lease ships and place them in trade if private capital cannot operate them.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Exchange Sparks Miss Primme Title Shift
Dialogue shows Mr Pfresch and Lizzie adjusting titles with Miss Primme claiming the name. The exchange hints at a turning point in social formality within a domestic scene.
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Mr. Pfresch
Lizzie
Craven Republicans plan electrifying rally in New Bern
Craven county Republicans schedule an address by Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota and George Butler on September 12 at 8 oclock in the Court House New Bern NC. Butler will also speak in Greensboro on September 9 to urge support for Congress. Prof H L Joslyn arrives to organize Craven Farm Life School opening September 19. Local cotton dealers forecast high prices from Craven growers with first bale due in about ten days and prices possibly reaching seventeen to eighteen cents.
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New Bern
Craven County
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
George Butler
Court’ House
Greensboro
Congress
H. L. Joslyn
Farm Life School
Vanceboro
Joslyn
J. R. Ball
Newbern
Ball
Thase
Stockholders to vote on doubling capitalization of National Bank
New York stockholders meet to endorse directors plan to raise bank capitalization from five to ten million dollars and to declare a substantial dividend. The National Bank stands as the metropolis third largest and richest financial institution.
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New York
Th:se National Bank
Still Another Rise in Deaths From Paralysis
New York health authorities report 61 new infantile paralysis cases, eight more than yesterday, and 28 deaths, six more than previously.
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Associated Press
New York
Congressional campaigning and pork barrel funding in votes
The Philadelphia North American notes that many congressmen oppose pork barrel spending in campaigns, yet will tout a $200,0000 appropriation for the Mudville Post Office when citing votes. The piece highlights the contrast between public opposition and private pork credits.
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Congressional
Philadelphia
Mudville
War Secretary Baker to Speak in Greensboro Tonight
Secretary of War Baker addressed a large Greensboro crowd this afternoon on political matters, meeting voters at Guilford battleground earlier and scheduled to headline a conservation dinner there tonight. Congressman Small was also listed among the speakers.
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Congressman Small
Secretary Baker and Representative Small Attend Greensboro Dinner
Secretary Baker and Representative John H. Small arrived from Washington to be guests of honor and main speakers at a conservation dinner in Greensboro. Baker toured Guilford battleground en route to Winston-Salem, where he speaks this afternoon. About six hundred people are expected at the Greensboro event tonight.
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Guilford Battleground
Greensboro
N. C
Baker
John H. Small
Washington
Conservation
Winston-Salem
Judge Freeman Dies After Long Battle Over False Convictions
Judge Henry V. Freeman of the Superior Court died on a train near Grand Rapids. He had long suffered ill health and had come to believe he sentenced three men to life in 1914 for the Prunty murder who were later found likely innocent. Warren died in prison, while McNally and Kurth were paroled last year.
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Chicago
Henry V. Freeman
Superior Court
Grand Rapids
Charles Kurth
Edward Warren
James Prunty
Peter
Warren
McNally
Kurth
Wilson prepares White House move to Asbury Park
Washington reports all arrangements completed to shift executive offices from Washington to Asbury Park New Jersey for Wilson's vacation. A full staff of secretaries clerks telegraphers and attaches will accompany him. He will base at Shadow Lawn Long Branch but visit Asbury Park for public business and receptions with Democrats.
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Washington
White House
Asbury Park
N. J. Totorrow
Wilson
New York
Shadow Lawn
Atlanta Man Shot by Burglar in Bedroom Fight
Atlanta Sept 7 C D Wayne superintendent of the South eastern Passenger Association was shot three times during a struggle with a burglar in his home He was choked and the intruder fired the shots which burned his nightclothes before escaping Wayne likely to recover and his eleven year old son tried to help but was knocked off.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
C. D. Wayne
Southeastern Passenger Association
Wayne
William Wayne
Strike Hits El Rees So Cigar Plant In Greensboro
One hundred sixty workers at the El Rees So cigar factory in Greensboro walked out to press for higher wages and shorter hours. A workers committee met with management, a conference followed, and the strike ended with hours changed but wage increases denied.
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Associated Press
Greensboro
N. C
Police Chief Wiggs Declared Not Guilty
Wilson North Carolina September 7 a jury found Chief of Police Wiggs not guilty in the March killing of Phillip Worth a Black man who resisted arrest. The verdict came after the trial began yesterday afternoon.
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Associated Press
Wilson, N. C
Wiggs
Phillip Worth
Henry Ford Seeks One Million Damages Against Tribune
Henry Ford filed a $1,000,000 damages suit in federal court in Chicago against the Chicago Tribune. He alleges an editorial printed June 25 labeled him an anarchist and seeks personal damages for the statement and its alleged harm.
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Chicago
Ill
Henry Ford
Detroit
Chicago Tribune
United States District
Ford
The
Tribune
Bead Accident Scene Filmed In Front Of Dispatch Office
A motion picture crew will film a bead accident scene tomorrow afternoon at 2 in front of the Dispatch office. Spectators are invited to gather and watch the moving picture camera in action.
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Dispatch
City considers illustrated souvenir booklet for New Bern
A New Bern executive committee discussed backing a Queen City Printing produced souvenir booklet to promote the city. The plan aims to publish within a month with parish help from J B Blades B B Hurst and H K Land assisting. In Craven Superior Court Charles Bryan a one legged colored man known as a blind tiger was found guilty of dispensing ardent but had his judgment suspended and another failure to behave could trigger a new term.
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New Bern
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
J. N. Harris
Queen City Printing Company
Charlotte
J. B. Blades
B. B. Hurst
H. K. Land
Charles Bryan
Craven Superior Court
Bryan
Lyon
Proposal Tradition Sealed With a Kiss Diminishes
Modern practice shifts from a kiss to a witness as the customary sealing of a proposal. The exchange notes evolving etiquette and the value of third party confirmation in historic romance rituals.
Bathing Suit Confusion Sparks Street Exchange
A brief street exchange notes a girl in a bathing suit and ponders how one could tell it was indeed a bathing suit. The fragment captures a casual, in-the-moment observation and query about attire.
Owen Fights On For Corrupt Practices Bill Amid Treaty Talks
Conferees on the revenue bill worked through a long night with little chance of reporting before adjournment. Senator Owen pressed his corrupt practices bill, while a Senate executive session considered the Danish West Indies purchase treaty, possibly to be ratified this session.
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Washington
Congress
Owen
Senate
Danish West Indies
Guardsmen 15 000 Mustered Out From Federal Service
Washington reports 15 000 National Guardsmen returning from the border are ordered mustered out of federal service. Units from New York New Jersey Maryland Illinois Missouri California Oregon Washington and Louisiana will be discharged under departmental command. Some regiments will be mustered out immediately where no disease infection reason exists.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Illinois
Missouri
California
Oregon
Louisiana
Boy War Inventor Across Sickbed Inspires War Office Reward
A twelve year old boy on a sick bed recently devised a device that the War Office praised with a free gift of twenty five guineas. The invention as described by the London Outlook shows youthful ingenuity capturing official recognition.
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London Outlook
War Office
Mother’s Son Reunited After Long Absence
After years with no word from her missing son, a nationwide hunt by police and detectives failed to locate him. A newspaper story in a western city eventually led to a letter to his mother, proving the paper can aid in finding lost articles and matching help with jobs. One penny a word, the Dispatch Business locals promise profit and results.
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Dispatch Business
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