Asquith Seeks Complete Home Rule For Ireland
Irish supporters celebrate in response to Herbert Asquith's Royal Albert Hall address. He reiterates Liberal policy, labels Ireland policy a proven failure of British statesmanship, and signals plans to push home rule in the next Parliament, with Lords clash noted.
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Health Board Silent on New Garbage Plant and Rooster Noise
The Board of Health took no action on the $75,000 garbage reduction plant appropriation. Commissioners avoided comment on the proposal while reports showed plant delays from broken machinery and rising tensions with By-Products officials. Separately, Mrs. Anna Masten complained of roosters crowing at J. W. Watson’s barn affecting her health. the board read Dr Graves’s note but also took no action.
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Korff
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Samuel W. Chaffee
David W. Lynch
Anna Dargan
C. F. Latham
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Wyoming launches largest wooden sailing vessel
Bath Maine and by special from United Press Miss Lena Brooks daughter of the Wyoming governor christened the schooner Wyoming with roses against her prow. The vessel, a wooden sailing ship, is described as the largest in the world and was launched today in Bath, Maine.
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Bath
Wyoming
Lena Brooks
Wellesley
Bath board of trade gala launches schooner with crowds
Elaborate preparations by the Bath board of trade mark a gala event as the decorated schooner is launched for thousands of visitors. Governor Brooks cannot attend from Wyoming but Mrs. Brooks attends with her daughter.
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Wyoming
Garment Workers Strike Paralyses Baltimore Firms
Nearly two thousand garment workers from three large Baltimore houses strike amid long unrest. A 1000-person rally at the labor lyceum backed the action as New York labor leaders and Samuel Gompers prepare to engage. If unresolved, about 10,000 city workers may join. The dispute centers on new pressing machines and the women operatives refusing the new methods.
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Labor Lyceum
Garment Workers
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cloak Makers’ Union
Wealthy Woman Found Drugged in Monterey Street
Mrs. F. Cummings, longtime Eastern Star officer and former St. Louis YWCA secretary, was found unconscious in Monterey with several thousand dollars in diamonds on her and securities tucked in a towel. Her husband and police remain puzzled by the incident as she lies seriously ill.
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Eastern Star
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Monterey
Statehood for New Mexico and Arizona in this session
Washington reports that New Mexico and Arizona will gain separate statehood this session, per Rep. Hamilton. The measure, endorsed by Taft, requires voters to approve the proposed constitution before submission to the President, with a second convention if not adopted within twenty days.
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