Chicago Trade Unions Face Possible Strike Settlement
Chicago labor unrest on the toasters and teamsters fronts may end with Tuesday ultimatum decision. Meetings, conflicting councils, and threats of widespread action threaten 25 000 workers as officials seek a negotiated settlement to avert broader disruption.
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Chicago
Tempaters’ Joint Council
Owners’ Association
Hardig
Bry
Teamaters’ Joint Council
Fhat
Teamsters' Organization
Chicago Liverymen’s Association
Ugsocigthan
Ofictala
Cab Drivers’ Union
Bryan Hosts Dinner as He Praises Roosevelt on Rail Rates
William J. Bryan was guest of honor at a Knife and Fork Club dinner in Kansas City. He endorsed President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft on railroad rate legislation, declined to predict a special session, and voiced support for Roosevelt’s stance amid Chicago Iroquois banquet reactions.
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Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Knife and Fork Club
Midland
Bryan
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
Chicago
Bryan Gald
Tam Plad
Roquoia Club
Taff Haw
London Stockbroker Faces Failure After Heavy Holdings
London reports HO Hawkins, a prominent stock broker, failed on the Stock Exchange. He held about 40,000 shares mainly in Mexican Pacific Union Pacific Ontario & Western United States Steel and Mezlan securities.
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London
HO. Hawkins
The
Stock Exchange
Mmiasoori Pacific
Union Pacific
Ontario & Weelera
Univd States Steel
Mezlan Securities
Farmers protest proposed rate legislation before Senate panel
Central City Nebraska cattle rurger Hort and Jansen a sheep rancher told the Senate interstate commerce committee they oppose new rate rules. They argued rail service is good, rates fair, and traffic managers are closer to shippers than any commission could be. They said no overhaul is needed to help Nebraska farmers and stock raisers.
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Washington—T
Hort
Rurger
Central City
Hord
Tates
Senator Foraker
Peter Jansen
Jansen
Neb
Nebrasks
Regiala
Janeen
Trafic
Chicago man accused in arson killing wife and infant
Joseph Lelding, a bread gainer by trade, is jailed after his 7 year old stepdaughter accuses him of murdering his wife and infant by pouring kerosene on them and setting the bed clothing on fire. He denies the charge claiming the fire started from his wife's use of kerosene in the kitchen stove.
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Chicago
Joseph Lelding
Lelding
Bla Wite
Tornado Toll Rises With Dozens Dead In Snyder Oklahoma
Rescue efforts continue as the Snyder tornado leaves at least 125 dead and hundreds injured. The storm carved a 35 mile path from quarter units to a half mile wide, devastating farms, destroying homes, and stranding survivors. Federal and local responders moved debris, buried the dead, and ferried the wounded to Lawton and Springfield for treatment.
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Snyder
Okla
Bayder
Frigco Railroad
J. W. Hudson
Lawton
Hudson
Mes J . Miller
Rey
Kiowa
General Davis Leaves for New York Amid Family Farewell
General Davis, the retiring race officer, along with his two daughters, departed for New York aboard the steamship Alliance, concluding his long service and marking the end of an era.
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Dayth Baile
Colon
Davis
New York
Tragic Pennsylvan ia Express Wreck Hurts Dozens
A Pennsylvania railroad express collided with a freight train carrying dynamite near Harrisburg. The blast and flames wrecked two trains, killed at least twenty two and injured many more, as crowds gathered and hospitals swung into emergency mode.
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Wester
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Paxtang Light, Heat and Power Company
Pennaylvania
Rotmora
Cleveland and Cincinna Express
Philadelphia
Cleveland and Cincinnati Express
Boyd Harrisburg
May Say Demonstrations Proceed Calmly Across Russia
Reports from Moscow and the provinces indicate order across Russia on May Day with only minor disturbances at Reval and two other places. Authorities say socialist groups failed to incite widespread riot, with no major violence or damage reported through midnight.
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Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Russia
Reval
Kichlner
Pocialista
Eleven Crown in Hungary Rowboat Tragedy Report
Report from Ist mar, Hungary, states a boat with fourteen peasants capsized crossing the river. Eleven men drowned and two were rescued, authorities investigating the accident and tracing the vessel.
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Hungary
Istmar
Hver
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