Walker Proposes World Peace Congress Plan
New York April 17 John Brisben Walker offered to fund preliminary costs for a world peace congress made up of the era's leading thinkers. Five meetings filled the day from forenoon to near midnight at Carnegie Hall Hotel Astor Carnegie Union and Cooper Union with discussions on women and education labor and organized labor and commercial aspects of the peace movement.
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New York
John Brisben Walker
Peace Congress
Penses
Mr. Walker
Congress
United States
Carnegie Hall
Mary E. Wolley
Mount Holyoke College For Women
Ellen M. Henrotin
Chicago
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Frederick Nathan
New York Consumers’ League
Jane Addams
Hull House
Julia Ward Howe
Hotel Astor
Carnege Hall
Actor Straus
Baron d'Estournelle de Constant
William T. Stead
London
Baron d’Estournelles
Naban C. Schaeffer
Pennsylvania Superintendent of Public Instruction
Henry Bailey Turner
Massachusetts Board of Education
Young People
Carnegie Hal
Cooper Union
Oil Explosion Ignites Large Fire at Boston Wharf
A warehouse fire at Howe, French & Co in Boston sparked by an oil tank explosion endangered millions in property. Wind toward the harbor kept flames from reaching the city. three firms burned out and losses estimated around $100,000. Several workers were burned and horses killed, with fire spreading to wool, cotton, and merchandise on nearby drays.
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Boston
Mass
Howe, French & Co
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company
Commonwealth Oil Company
Borne-Schrymser Company
Oil Refiners
Many Killed in Mexico Quake Strikes Cities
News from Mexico reports severe earthquake damage in Chilpancingo and Chilapa, with ruins and continuing shocks. Estimates of fatalities vary, with the National Bank of Mexico citing about 500 deaths in the two cities, while officials warn the figure may be high. Colima volcano activity adds to regional fear.
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City of Mexico
Chilpancingo
Guerrero
Chilapa
National Bank of Mexico
Colima
Labor envoy seeks Roosevelt reply on Moyer and Haywood remarks
Chicago Federation of Labor sends telegram to President Roosevelt asking for confirmation that he described Moyer and Haywood as undesirable citizens. No reply after a week prompts use of a personal emissary to Washington. Trial for Moyer and Haywood set for May 9 in Idaho.
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Federation
Moyer
Haywood
Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
White House
Moyer and Haywood
Washington
United States
Idaho
Steunenberg
Missing Natural Science Student Lora Bryant
Miss Lora Bryant a recent Valparaiso Normal School graduate and local student in Ypsilanti has been missing since Monday while searching for willow buds along the Huron river. Authorities fear she fell into the river and drowned as searchers scour the riverbank for traces and clues.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Lora Bryant
Normal School
Valparaiso
Ind
Huron River
Miss Bryant
Battle Creek
Smith Confesses Killings In Kentucky Court
John Smith testifies to the murder of Dr. B. D. Cox and admits participating in the assassination of Jim Cockrill. He says Britton was absent while Curt Jett and John Abner helped kill Cockrill with multiple gunshots.
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Cockrill
Lexington
John Smith
B. D. Cox
Jim Cockrill
Britton
Curt Jett
John Abner
Smith
Jett
Abner
Strikebreakers Quit Work at Superior Shipyards
In Superior Wisconsin on April 17 strike-breakers quit their jobs after receiving pay. They attribute their action to wage dissatisfaction and hail it as a victory. They claim more men will follow and foresee crippling impact on the yards through widespread disaffection.
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Superior
Wis
Underwriters Indicted in Valentine Anti-Trust Case
Elyria Ohio April 17 Members of the Lorain County Underwriters Association were indicted by the grand jury after a week long investigation. The body charged the association violated the Valentine anti trust law.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Plate Mirror Makers Meet in Pittsburg
Plate mirror manufacturers from New York Chicago Philadelphia Milwaukee Shelbyville Erie and other cities gather in Pittsburg to discuss forming a national association of plate mirror makers.
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Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Shelbyville
Indiana
Erie
Track Walker Prevents Wreck on 18 Hour Pennsylvanian
Officials report another attempted wreck on the eighteen hour flyer between New York and Chicago. The track walker spotted the sabotage before an accident could occur, marking another recent incident on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Steamer Louis Pahlow Driven Ashore Near Clay Banks
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin April 17 The steamer Louis Pahlow and consort Delta of Hines Lumber Chicago were driven ashore at Clay Banks six miles south of the canal during a snowstorm. Life-saving crew rescued the entire crew by six o clock with no loss of life. The steamer will probably be a total loss.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Louis Pahlow
Consort Delta
Hines Lumber Company
Chicago
Clay Banks
Girl Mourns for Hat Not Hair in Des Moines Cafe Fire
Des Moines April 17 Miss Hattie McLeod suffered burns when a cigar lighter contacted her Easter hat catching fire as she prepared to pay for lunch in a cafe. Cafe workers extinguished the blaze and she was sent to a hospital. Mrs McLeod said her hair will grow back but she will never see such a dream of a hat.
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Des Moines
Judge to sentence fourteen furniture trusts April 26
Chicago April 17 Judge Landis will pronounce sentence on fourteen furniture trust companies and H. Holbrook head of the combine indicted last month by a federal grand jury. The defendants have indicated they will not contest punishment. Penalties under the Sherman act range from $1,000 to $5,000 and Holbrook may face imprisonment.
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Chicago
Landis
Furniture Trust
H. Holbrook
Combine
Holbrook
Down payment plan offers easy terms on balance
A brief ad promises a small upfront payment and simple terms for the remaining balance. Potential buyers are urged to inquire for details and contact options.
Low Rates to the Pacific Coast on Northwestern Line
Low-rate colonist tickets on sale daily through April 30. Tours in Pullman tourist sleeping cars to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. Round trip fares to San Francisco and Los Angeles listed April 25 through May 18 with July 31 limit and June 8 to 15 limit to August 31. Portland and North Pacific Coast trips June 20 to July 12 with September 15 limit. Stopover arrangements. See any Northwestern Line ticket agent for details.
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Pullman
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
North Pacific Coast
North-Western Line
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