Militants Promise Revenge Over Pankhurst Arrest in 1913
London December 5 The threat by suffragettes to retaliate after the arrest of leader Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst had not yet sparked major action beyond vandalism including a mansion destroyed at Wemyss Bay Scotland and mailbox damage. Pankhurst remains jailed in Exeter and reportedly began a hunger strike as authorities monitor possible sensational acts. Passengers on the Majestic recount delays in Plymouth as police intercept planned rescue attempts. The British press mocks police plans as disproportionate.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Wemyss Bay
Scotland
Manchester
Westminster Gazette
Republicans of Empire State in Conference Today
New York December 5 Republicans gathered in New York to shape policy for the upcoming legislative session. The meeting aimed for a compromise between radicals and conservatives and to satisfy progressives. United States Senator Root called the conference to order with State Chairman William Barnes to speak.
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New York
United States
Root
William Barnes
Striker Cannot Recover Damages, Supreme Court Rules
Boston December fifth. Judge Loring of the supreme court today ruled that a person who joins in a strike is not entitled to damages if not employed again by the parties against whom the strike was made. The full bench will rule on the opinion in the Haverhill Shoe Manufacturers’ Association appeal. The decision held the manufacturers could combine to resist the strike and that the blacklist was not a boycott.
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Boston
Loring
Supreme Court
Haverhill Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
John Cornellier
Ergsfacturers
Recognition for Financial Patriots in Philadelphia
Philadelphia to honor four financial patriots with busts in city hall. Robert Morris funded the American Revolution Stephen Girard supported finances in the War of 1812 Enoch W Clark aided financing in the Mexican War Jay Cooke helped place government loans during the Civil War.
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Philadelphia
Robert Mortis
Stephen Girard
Enoch W. Clark
Jay Cooke
Weather and local events blend in New Haven notes
The forecast covers a northeast moving storm from Texas to Oklahoma bringing snow in the eastern Rockies and heavy rain on the plains. New Haven expects fair tonight, then rain Saturday with mild temperatures. Connecticut sees fair, cooler tonight and northwest winds. A Y M C A basketball game features B H S vs State Trade School, with an Independents prelim. A wedding note mentions Jessie Wilson and Francis B Sayre inserting obedience in the vows.
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Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Nebraska
Maritime
Rocky Mountains
New Haven
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