Mellen Urges Purifying Unions in Address
Hartford April 28 President Charles S Mellen of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad urged a purification of labor unions in a speech to the Working men's Free Reading Room Association. He praised unions in principle but said floaters and anarchists must be supplanted by conservative heads and condemned unions for intolerance and repressing individual effort.
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Hartford, Conn
Charles S. Mellen
N. Y. N. H. & H. Railroad
Workingmen’s Free Reading Room Association
Sunday Post National League Coupon Contest Offer
Boston fans may enter by mail for a National League Free Season Ticket offer printed in next Sundays Post. Send coupons to National League Contest Editor, P O Box 5276 Boston MA. Must arrive by 66 PM Wednesday May 4. late entries not eligible. Results for the American League ticket will be announced next Sunday.
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Boston Sunday Post
Sunday Post
National League
P. O
Boston
Mass
Floods Submerge New England as Snow Thaw Ramps Up
Widespread floods scour New England after days of heavy rain melting deep snow. Boston cellars flood while rural roads turn to mud. Stony Brook runs rampant flooding Back Bay Fens and threatening properties along its course. Officials report 4.02 inches of rain from Wednesday to last night and discuss proposals for full district surface drainage to prevent future floods.
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New England
Boston
Stony Brook
Back Bay Fens
Dorr
Sewer Division
Post
the Weather Bureau
Lawson quits Boston Exchange to wage war on Standard Oil
Thomas W. Lawson, famed Copper King, withdraws from Lawson Arnold Co to avoid exchange rules while targeting Standard Oil and allied interests. He aims to force disgorgement of funds he says the Standard Oil crowd and New York City Bank took from Amalgamated Copper buyers, asserting about 92.6 million dollars in robbed profits.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Copper King
Boston Stock Exchange
Standard Oil Company
Boston
Standard Oil
Stock Exchange
Lawson, Arnold & Co
The
Standard Oto
New York City
Amalgamated Copper Company
Lawson
Great Amalgamated Copper Company
Hotel keepers will take saloon licenses
Seven hotel keepers, facing May 1 license removals, will accept saloon licenses offered by the Police Board. The move means heavy losses for some, including Hotel Davis owners who may close unless abutters’ objections and adjacent property sale demands allow it. St Nicholas Hotel ended licensed operation six weeks ago.
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Davis
St. Nicholas Hotel
Boston Area Weekend Weather Outlook
Friday clouds bring occasional rain to Boston and vicinity with unsteady skies. Saturday looks drier with possible sunshine as the unsettled weather eases.
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Boston
Vicinity
U S Collier Caesar Runs Aground Near Tortugas
The Caesar, a 5016 ton 1500 hp collier built in England and bought by the government in 1898 for 175,194 dollars, is aground on Loggerhead Buoy Tortugas. Massasoit is aiding, with Admiral Barker ordering another boat to assist. Naval Captain Frank Wright commands the vessel.
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Washington
Navy Yard
Key West
Navy Department
Caesar
Massasoit
Admiral Barker
Frank Wright
Stockton-on-Tees
England
Russians suffer disastrous repulse after two days battle
In Shanghai on April 29 the report states that Russian forces were driven back after two days of fighting at the Yalu river as Japanese troops crossed the river and compelled a Russian retreat.
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Shanghai
Yalu
Japanese Transport Kinshin Maru Sunk With Most Hands Drowned
Russian Vladivostok squadron torpedo boats sank the Japanese transport Kinshin Maru of 4000 tons near St. Petersburg on April 26. Most aboard perished after refusing to surrender. 17 officers, 20 soldiers, 85 coolies, and 65 crew members were captured or remained aboard. The sinking also involved the Nakamura Maru and the Goyo Maru losses, with crew saved on the Nakamura Maru.
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ST. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Yesten
Gensan
Czar Disturbed by Drowning of Japanese in War Action
St Petersburg rumors claim the Czar is angry over the sinking of the Japanese transport Kinshinmaru with reports of 200 to 3600 aboard. Allegations say Admiral Yesten may be relieved and court-martialed, though naval circles say the admiral fired only after Japanese forces refused surrender and remained hostile.
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ST. Petersburg
Admiralty
Yesten
Vladivostok
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