No Job For Man After He's Forty
Arthur E. Holder of the American Federation of Labor told the Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation Commission that men over 40 face difficulty finding new work. He cited British 1906 compensation and argued age discrimination is widespread beyond Britain in the industrial world.
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Washington
Employers’ Liability and Workmen’s Compensation Commission
Arthur E. Holder
American Federation of Labor
Holder
Great Britain
Workers face harsh conditions and demand higher compensation
The speaker argues older workers lose jobs more easily, linking the issue to global trends. He calls for a death benefit of at least 5000 dollars and injury awards of no less than one dollar per day, saying compensation should match the traffic’s bearing. Attorney Cary urges a moderate, affordable railway liability law.
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England
Germany
Holder
Robert J. Cary
New York Central
Jury Grants Woman 4000 in Railway Injury Suit
Mrs. Margaret F. Ford of Weymouth won 4000 from Old Colony Street Railway in Norfolk Superior Court after a June 17 1908 incident near Beal Street West Hingham where a car jumped the track and fell down an embankment injuring her. The suit sought 80000.
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Dedham
Margaret F. Ford
Weymouth
Norfolk Superior Court
Aiken
Old Colony Street Railway Company
Davie to Deer Island to Begin Five-Year Sentence
Robert E. Davie the “boy broker” who swindled Brookline and Boston residents out of thousands will be taken by steamer Monitor to Deer Island today to serve a five year term handed down by Judge Sanderson. He will work in the sewing room making overalls and may move to clerical work. he has been in Charles Street jail since last spring after larceny charges arising from Rio de Janeiro. District Attorney Pelletier cited few supporters of a criminal prosecution, noting most victims invested in stock deals and lost money.
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Robert E. Davie
Brookline
Boston
Monitor
Deer Island
Sanderson
Superior Criminal Court
Davie
New York
House of Correction
Charles Street
Rio de Janeiro
Burr
Pelton
Wiliam H. Jackson
South America
Hannah L. Greenwood
Pelletier
Bhlbridge R. Anderson
Gulty
Hannah Greenwood
William E. Jackson
Jackson
Knox Talks On Peace Pacts At Cincinnati Banquet
Secretary of State Philander Knox delivered the main address at the Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes conference in Cincinnati. He argued arbitration treaties with Britain and France do not threaten Senate powers or the Monroe Doctrine and discussed treaty implications for immigration control. The event capped with a banquet attended by Mrs Taft and Miss Taft. Joseph B Foraker served as toastmaster.
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Cincinnati
America
Mother of Peace
The
Society For the Judicial Settlement of
Philander GQ
Knox
William Howard Taft
Helen Taft
Taft
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
Great Britain
France
Simeon BD
Baldwin
New Haven
Conn
Joseph Choate
New York
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
J. G. Schmidlapp
Majority Committee
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Balfour resigns leadership of the Unionist party in London
A J Balfour formally resigns as leader of the opposition with health cited as reason. Rumors had circulated all day as bickering within the Unionists is blamed for the decision. He will stay in Parliament for London and a successor is seen as J Austin Chamberlain or Walter Hume Long.
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London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Balfour
J. Austin Chamberlain
Walter Hume Long
East Worcestershire
Long
Strand
Arthur James Balfour
W. H. Smith
Gladstone
Ireland
Mr. Balfour
House
House of Lords
Lord Halsbury
United
New Cadum Compound Promises Quick Skin Relief
Cadum, a new medical remedy, claims rapid relief from eczema itching and treats pimples blotches hives tetter and various skin eruptions. Promoted as wonderful by many users it is available at all druggists for 60 and 260.
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