Rioting and disasters sweep the globe in brief
The Ashton Gazette lists a string of events from around the world. Major items include a riot in Bolivian capital and a Washington death for astronomer Simon Newcomb, plus naval maneuvers off Massachusetts and pest-control shipments to New England. Tornadoes hit central Illinois with damage and injuries, while Taft seeks tariff cuts and Thaw faces sanity inquiries.
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Bolivia
Simon Newcomb
Washington, D. C
Stars and Stripes
Masachusetts
New York
New England
Illinois
Big Army on Strike as Industry Revives
Massive labor unrest sweeps western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and West Virginia with 25 000 to 30 000 workers idle. McKees Rocks riot ends with 30 injured as state police quell disorder. Mines and mills face stoppages while some plants resume operations amid wage and eight hour disputes.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKee's Rock
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg Coal Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Tin Plate Workers’ Association
New Castle
Amalgamated Association
Tin Plate Workers
Sheet and Tin Plate
Submarine C 11 Sunk After Collision Near Harbor Light
The British submarine C 11 sank after a collision with the cargo steamer Eddystone four and a half miles northwest of Haisborough light. Thirteen crew members perished. three were saved. C 16 and C 17 damaged in separate incidents, no fatalities. C 11 lies in fifteen fathoms. recovery efforts started. Submarine service described as very dangerous in naval history.
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Haisborough
Bonaventure
Steamers Collide and Sink in Lake Superior Collision
Two lake steamers the Isaac M. Scott and John B. Cowle collided in fog off Whitefish Point, sinking the Cowle in three minutes with fourteen crew lost. The Scott returned to Sault Ste. Marie after rescuing survivors aboard the Goodyear and assisted by lifeboats.
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Isaac M. Scott
John B. Cowle
Lake Superior
Whitefish Point
Cowle
Scott
Sault Ste. Marie
Scotteras
Goodyear
Rogers
Outdoor Gym Opens at St Paul Y M C A
The St Paul Y M C A opens an outdoor gymnasium as part of its facilities. Yale defeated Harvard in annual rowing on the Thames, and Cornell won on the Hudson. Wisconsin plans to cancel a Japan trip. Montreal Jockey Club held a successful spring meeting.
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St. Paul Y. M
Post Office Cases Dropped in 1908 Fraud Indictments
United States Attorney Baker nolle prossed another Post Office Department scandal case. Indictment named August W. Mach former superintendent of the free delivery service John T. Cupper of Lock Haven Pa and William C. Long of Washington with conspiring to defraud the United States in a contract to paint letter and package boxes nationwide.
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United States
Baker
Nolle
Post Office Department
August W. Mach
Free Delivery Service
John T. Cupper
Lock Haven
William C. Long
Washington
Counterfeiting Ring Said to Span Italy and U S
Secret Service agents allege an international counterfeiting plot operated for four years with operatives in Italy and the United States. Two Italian women and two Italian men were arrested in Chicago with a fifth expected. names were withheld. The plant is said to be in Italy.
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Wall Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Union Pacific
Reichstag
Secret Service
Chicago
Vincent A. Altman
Italy
United States
Ritchie
Warren
Mass
Nagel Dismisses 100 Commerce and Labor Staff
Secretary Nagel ordered a large personnel shake up at the Department of Commerce and Labor in Washington. About 100 employees were reduced and ten resigned after an efficiency review. Further dismissals and resignations were anticipated as Nagel tilts toward injecting new life into the agency, with many clerks likely to receive promotions.
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Merce
Labor
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Nagel
Girl in Sleep Leaps From Train to Ride Freight
Lois Campbell 16 daughter of Frisco Railroad VP Campbell leaped from her father's private car near Ravenna Nebraska as a Burlington flyer passed at midnight. She was unconscious from the fall, recovered, flagged a freight to the next town, and was found by a search party. She is practically uninjured.
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Frisco
Lois Campbell
Campbell
Frisco Railroad
Burlington Flyer
Prairies
Ravenna
Neb
Bethmann Hollweg Named German Chancellor
Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg was appointed chancellor of the German Empire on Wednesday, succeeding Prince von Bülow.
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Bethmann-Hollweg
von Bethmann-Hollweg
German Empire
Prince von Bulow
Lake Champlain Tercentenary Pageants recalled in North Country
Epochmaking celebrations marked the Lake Champlain tercentenary with representation from Canada the United States and European diplomats. Pageants told Iroquois Algonquin and Champlain era tales at Crown Point Fort Ti and Fort George Plattsburgh noted Benedict Arnold and the Royal Savage barge in a week of historical reenactments culminating in Burlington Vermont pageants.
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Lake Champlain
New York
Samuel de Champlain
Dominion of Canada
United States
Taft
Hughes
Vermont
Gov. Prouty
France
Great Britain
M. Jusserand
James Brice
Burlington
Crown Point
Lake
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain
Benedict Arnold
Royal Savage
Revenge
Arnold
Nebraska election law voids part of Donohoe judiciary act
Lincoln Nebraska Superior Court declares Donohoe nonpartisan judiciary election law invalid and voids separate ballot elections for state high offices. Court upholds district court judgment and strikes down the 1000-name petition rule on which not more than 500 may come from one county.
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Superior Court
Lincoln
Neb
Donohoe
District Court
Supreme Court
State University
Education notes across colleges and schools in St Paul and Chicago
Seventeen groups report on graduates and new buildings. Vassar graduates 217 girls, Jackson ville Woman's College total 61 and a new $70,000 building progresses. Chicago school board abolishes Latin and algebra in lower grades to favor practical study and a domestic science training school is planned. William W Morris tops Michigan forestry exam with 87.73. Macalester celebrates endowment rise to $450,000 and music recital. Mor ris Indian School to stay state controlled. $27,000 funding tied to future state takeover. St Josephs Academy awards 31 diplomas with outdoor commencement addressed by Archbishop Ireland.
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Chicago School Board
University of Michigan
William W. Morris
Macalester College
Department of Music
Minnesota
Eccentric Count Bertrand and the Paris Siege
A Baltimore American tale recounts Count Bertrand of Paris famed for annual three month bed stays. As Germans besieged Paris, he inferred grim news and declared beds the remedy, while a philosopher and cynic debate truth and well water contamination.
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Count Bertrand
Paris
Bertrand
Breakfast Hours in Greenland Hotel Clerk Exchange
A traveler at a Greenland hotel asks about breakfast time. The clerk replies with a humorous window, saying breakfast runs from half-past March to a quarter to May, reflecting long winter nights in Greenland.
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Greenland
Post Toasties Describe Golden Crunch Flavor
A vivid advertisement extols Post Toasties cereal as substantial enough to fill the cream and crisp enough to crush with pleasure, praising a unique flavor exclusive to Post Toasties.
The Taste Lingers in Pearly Toasties
A dainty food described as pearly white corn cooked rolled and toasted into Toasties offering a tempting bite.
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