General News Notes of The Day, Daily Racing Form, 1917-07-29

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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. More than 2,500 Chicago switchmen broko into. Americas war preparation yesterday when they quit work and, according to union officials, blocked the movement of hundred of carloads of military supplies lying in the Chicago switching yards. Cars were motionless in several of the largest yards. The Brotherhood of Ralway Trainmen, to which the strikers belong, has steadfastly refused mediation and insists oil full compliance by the railroads with its demands. The Switchmens Union of North America, a rival organization, which furnishes a considerable proportion of the yardmen, is undertaking to fill the strikers places, and James B. Connors, its head, predicts restoration of normal conditions in a day or two. Another American contingent hns safely arrived in France and is disembarked. When tenders went alongside the vessel Friday, the men were in high spirits and frequently shouted: "Are we downhearted!" which was answered with a roaring "No!" given with great enthusiasm. Representatives of the general staff watched the disembarkation. There was no civic demonstration. Only n few spectators knew of the landing. These cheered and the troops cheered back. The men entrained quickly and left for their new quarters. German airplanes Friday night dropped bombs on the railway stations and military establishments in Paris. The official statement announcing the raid on the French capital says that all the German airmen returned. Drum-fire of the greatest intensity began in Flanders this morning, says the official statement issued yesterday by the German general staff. The little bronze buttons that will be worn by those exempted from service in the new national army were being sent out to the local boards yes-terdny. Every man rejected will get one. On the button there appears the word "Exempt" above the national coat of arms and beneath the words "United States." A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Petrograd says that ex-Emperor Nicholas fell and broke his leg while cycling in the gardens of the Tsarskoe Selo palace, where he has been imprisoned since the revolution. Bavarian and Austro-Hungnrian troops, driving southward through Galicia from Kolomea, have captured all defenses of Czernowitz, the capital of Bukowina, it was stated in dispatches from Berlin yesterday. A German submnrine has sunk n gigantic elevator for the Montevideo Uraguay waterworks, which was being towed from Rotterdam to Montevideo by a Dutcli tug, which also was sunk. The American bark Cnrmela has been sunk by a submarine. The crew was landed in safety.


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