Menace of dire want socialist shows German causes
The Ashton Gazette discusses German conditions cited by Herr Bebel in the Reichstag budget debate. He warned workers may soon lack meals as unemployment in Berlin reaches 30,000 to 40,000, prices stay high due to industrial combines and high duties. He cited shrinking bread weight and rising costs.
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Germany
Reichstag
Herr Bebel
Sander
Berlin
Herr Bebe
Merv Lebel
Mother Cleared of Murder in Philadelphia Trial
Bridget Carey was acquitted of murdering her two children by arsenic tainted food in Philadelphia. Despite the verdict, she was held for two additional indictments. The Commonwealth also charged poisoning seven others in Centralia, Pa. Judge Barrett ordered Assistant Attorney Grey to show cause why he should not be disbarred for contempt of court remarks during the trial.
Blue Sunday Faction Wins in Kansas City Theaters
Judge McPherson of the United States Circuit Court in Kansas City dissolved the injunction that barred county officials from closing theaters on Sundays. He ruled he has no jurisdiction, a decision with broad impact on Sunday amusements in Kan- Bag City.
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McPherson
Kansas City
United States Circuit Court
Kan- Bag City
Bank Robbery At New Franklin Deadened By Hay Barrage
Robbers dynamited the New Franklin Missouri bank and ransacked vaults escaping with about 4000 dollars in coin and currency. Hay bales and grain stacks were placed against the vaults to deaden the blast noise. The heist was not discovered until the next morning. There is no crew to the robbers.
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New Franklin
Fire destroys Cody Wyoming business district
Meager reports from Cody Wyoming indicate the town business district was wiped out by a Friday fire. Telephone operators said the telephone building burned as well, with estimated damages around 100000 dollars.
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Cody
Wyoming
Wyo
Two Men Blown to Death on New York Canal
Two men were blown to death on the New York canal near Boise Idaho during construction of the Payette Boise irrigation project by a premature blast. The incident is under government oversight and details cite a fatal blast accident on the worksite.
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New York Canal
Boise
Idaho
Payette-Boise
Pedestrian Weston Completes Remarkable 1254 Mile Walk
Edward Payson Weston, aged 69, finished a 1254 mile tramp from Portland Maine to Chicago in 24 days 1 hour 15 minutes, shaving a day off his 40 year ago record. His longest day covered 95 3 10 miles. his stride mixes shuffles and dog trot steps to ease leg strain.
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Edward Payson Weston
Portland
Chicago
Weston
D Portland
TRY IT ON THE DOG
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley warns refrigerated meat may become unsafe. Tests compare aged cold storage meat with fresh beef, evaluating texture and odor, then feed the meat to the department dog to gauge health risks. He indicates long cold storage, beyond three months, could be unsafe for meat poultry and game.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Uncle Sam
Dr. Wiley
Congress
Railroads face 60 percent rate relief on coal
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission notified all Oklahoma railroads that a 60 percent relief in coal rates will go into effect June 2. The Louis Lipp Company plumbing plant at Winton Place near Cincinnati was destroyed by fire with losses around 80 thousand dollars. Sulzer's Surlem River Park in East One Hundred Twenty-fifth Street New York was totally destroyed by fire with losses near 300 thousand dollars.
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Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Louie Lipp Company
Winton Place
Cineiassi
Sulzer
Surlem River Park
Coney Island
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
New York
13 Die in Football Toll Spurs Reform Talk
A grim football season record recounts thirteen deaths and many injuries, with calls for stronger safety rules. Cities including Columbus, Ind. moved to prohibit football after a high school player was killed, reflecting ongoing public outrage and debate over the sport’s dangers.
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Ootball Hs
Swarthmore
Princeton
Yale
Cochrane
Columbus
Ind
Earl Ruddell
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Wees
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Lowell’s View of Mars as Abode of Life
Prof Percival Lowell presents a Century paper arguing Mars as the key stage in planetary evolution. He links planetary weather to heating history, notes Mars shows little irregularity with modest elevations, and cites internal heat estimates contrasting with Earth.
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Lowell
Mars
Percival Lowell
Earth
Earthquake clause verdict in San Francisco suit
Judge Van Fleet directed a jury to award Leon Willard & Co. 250 dollars plus 7 percent interest from April 11, 1906, against Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Company. Meanwhile thousands of immigrants seek Europe aboard ships like the Pannonia America and La Touraine amid industrial slackening.
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San Francisco
van Fleet
Leon Willard & Co
Vieliamsburg City Fire Insurances Company
Europe
Pannonia
America
la Touraine
Aliens Returning Home Swarm to New York Ports
Foreign laborers rush to depart as winter steamer schedules and low work stimulate travel. Steamship officers forecast about 500,099 aliens leaving for native countries by winter, taking with them nearly 100 million dollars. Italians form a large share, often hired in railroad or mine work, and the panic may curb next spring immigration and worsen labor shortages.
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New York
Europe
Italy
America
Global fronts and rumors cast a turbulent world
A sweep of reports details Rome anti clerical gains and a brutal strike on Japanese camphor plants in For mosa, while diplomats and officers are feted in Rio and London. The Mexican Supreme Court orders death for three Americans convicted of murder conspiracy, and a tangle of royal banquets, peacemaker talk, and colonial tensions ripple through Europe, Morocco, and beyond.
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Rome
Formosa
Tennessee
Washington
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
European labor alarm as homebound steerage flood grows
European labor leaders warn of a hard winter as thousands of destitute aliens crowd Paris streets and steerage passengers flood from New York. Ship capacity is exhausted with February sailings booked, leaving many unable to return home. Officials urge rapid repatriation while numbers surge from 30,000 last week to an anticipated 50,000 this week.
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Europe
Niehalis Martin
Mie Antero
Paris
Tauris
Ministry of Works
New York Harbor
New York
Defective Children and Saturn Ring Theories Across Experts
A committee led by Charles C Burlingham warns one third of U S school children lag due to physical defects such as hearing vision and malnutrition and urges comprehensive health plans and enforcement of laws. Separately Prof Simon Newcomb disputes Percival Lowells Saturn ring fall theory, favoring Clerke Maxwell or small satellite crowding as rings seen edgewise. Brashear of Wittsburg also agrees with Newcomb.
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Charles C. Burlingham
Board of Education of
New York City
United States
New York
Boards of Education
Saturn
Percival Lowell
Simon Newcomb
Washington
Struve
Newcomb
Clerke-Maxwell
Prof. Brashear of
Wittsburg
N Newcomb
Henry Farman Nears Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize Win
Henry Farman nearly wins the 50 000 franc Deutsch Archdeacon aeroplane prize at Paris for completing a kilometer in a closed circle without ground contact. He made several flights and in the final attempt the machine left the ground, touched briefly at turning, and completed the circle with smooth flight.
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Henry Farman
Paris
Farnan
Unions Forming Across Americas and Europe
The report details new unions and organizing drives from Fargo to Lowell and St. Paul, with wage gains for barbers in London and a rising federation presence in New England. It notes intensified organizing by the Sheet Metal Workers and unions affiliated with the AFL, a delayed Labor Temple project in Los Angeles, and a large Toronto and Chicago carpenters’ reach. It also covers eight hour day concessions in Swansea, a rising Teamsters membership, stamp dues changes in New York, and strikes in Vienna and Belfast amid broader labor unrest.
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Fargo
N. C
Union of Steam Engineers
Lowell
Mass
Barbers
London
Ont
Minneapolis
Bartenders’ Union
District Council of Carpenters
St. Paul
Minn
Boston Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
New England
Building Trades
Canada
American Federation of Labor
Cause of Labor
Labor Temple
Los Angeles
Cal
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
United States
Swansea
England
Chicago Carpenters’ Union
Carpenters
International Union of Flour and Cereal Mill Workers
Bloomington
Ill
Typographical Union of
Denver
Colo
Illinois Steel Company
New York City
Tailors
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Austria
Vienna
Boston Methodist Ministers’ Meeting
Boston C. S. A
Woman’s Trade Union
Woman’s League
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Labor Bureau
Millwrights’ Union of
Sweden
Belfast
Ireland
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