Unions Spread Across Cities and Industries in Early 1900s
Reports show workers in Malden and New York State seeking higher pay with eight hour days under rising union activity. Cigar makers in Rochester and leather workers in Toronto push wage gains while nationwide unions press for shorter workdays and broader organizing across sectors including rail Carmen, sign painters, clerks, and building trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ther
Malden
Mass
New York State
I Cigarmakers
Rochester
N. Y
Leather Workers of
Toronto
Brotherhood of Railroad
Carmen Ieurendiz
California
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
St. Cloud
League of América
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sptembers
St. Augustine
Fla
San Franciscd
Cal
Aan Hoor Das
Brooklyn
Oll
Phanix
Aris
Structural Building Trades’ Alliance of America
New York
International Photo-Engravers’ Union
Milwaukee Sign Painters’ Union
Electrical Workers
Cleveland Cave
Great Britain
San Francisco
Atlantic Coast
St. Pananion
International Association of Maps
Greater New York and
Rhh
Mutual Asso
Journeymen Coopers of
Great Ireland
Orange
N. J
Mto
Boston
Masaza
Music Department
Boston Musicians’ Protective Union
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Iown
Electrical Workers’ Plan
St. Louis
Farmers of
Minnesota
England
Beicklagers
Royal Commission
Trades Union Congress
Congress Reports 1920s Spending Totals and Key Allocations
Clerks of the House and Senate appropriations committees released the annual statement of expenditures for the last session. The total reached $920,798,143 with about $150,000,000 for pensions and $212,000,000 for the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Senate
Army
Navy
Drug Trust Ended as Court Enjoins National Drug Rings
A U S District Court in Indiana issued a perpetual injunction against 92 members of the National Association of Retail Druggists and allied groups. The decree bars price fixing, blacklisting, exclusive contracting, and publication of price-cutting lists. Government attorneys called it a total victory ending the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drug Trust
United States Circuit Court For
District of Indiana
United States
Joseph B. Kealing
National Association of Retail Druggist
Wholesale Druggists’ Association
Tripartite
Charles O. Bombaugh
Nets
Railway Night Signal System Proposed by Stratton
George M Stratton Johns Hopkins statistician argues in May Century for a night railway signal change. He proposes a luminous semaphore vane to provide a continuous line of light visible from afar, replacing color coded lights to reduce traveler risk. The plan would unify day and night signaling and decrease the chance of misreading red white or green signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Stratton
Johns Hopking University
Prof. Stratton
Peace deals and naval power mark distant headlines
The State Department confirms an end to Central American wars and a provisional Fron duras government. China plans to recall its minister from Washington as Li Liang Cheng likely ascends in Pekin. Italy delays Herculaneum excavations citing funds. The Japanese battleship Aki launches at Kure with record size and armament, signaling a shift in naval power. Manchuria’s evacuation completes under Chinese control as Portsmouth terms mark an 18 month deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Liang Tun-Yeun
Yale College
Washington
Herculaneum
Italy
Kure
Japan
Manchuria
China
Portsmouth
Century of World Events Through the Ages
A chronological list recounts milestones from 4th century to 1906 including Lambert’s 1486 crowning in Dublin, Columbus 1494 Jamaica discovery, 1685 Bantry Bay battle, Fontenoy 1745, 1808 Spain’s abdication to Bonaparte, 1841 London Library opening, 1882 Dublin assassinations, and 1904 British Tibet conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Biunnel
Dublin
Columbus
Jamaica
Chavaller Bayard
Sesla
Archbishop Sharp
Bantry Bay
Fontenoy
Verazilles
Richard Vaughan
Bank O England
Navy Department of the United States
Congress
Charles V
Spain
Bonaparte
Pedro TV
Portugal
New York Herald
Amos Kendall
Kentucky
United States
James Chalmers
Dundee
London Library
Thomas Carlyle
Yarmouth
England
Homan
Jerome K. Jerome
New York City
Frederick C. Cavendish
Ireland
T. Ti. Burke
Phoenix Park
Santa Croce
Florence
Lord Stanley
Canada
Congress of the Universal Postal Union
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Col. Younghusband
Karo Pass
M. Witte
Dalai Lama Located by German Explorer in Tibetan Monastery
Dr Tafel, a German explorer, located the Dalai Lama in a monastery at Gombum near the Tibetan border. The lama, a small, true Tibetan, supervised priest candidates as they answered questions. incorrect responses were silenced with a clap of the hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalai Lams
Dalai Lama
Jeader
Lhasa
Dr Tafel
Gombum
Ile
Binger Hermann Acquitted In Land Office Case
The jury found Binger Hermann former commissioner of the general land office not guilty on charges of destroying letter press copy books. The ten week trial included twenty one hours of deliberation. Hermann had been elected representative in Congress despite the indictment and admitted destroying the books though claiming they held only private correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binger Hermann
Galtby
Washington
General Land Office
Hermann
Hitchcock
Congress
Oregon
More Breakages on New York Rails Prompt Inquiry
The New York State railroad commission reports 8014 breakages on principal steam lines in Q1, starkly up from 826 in the prior year. It has been brought to the American Railway Association convening in Chicago urging action with rail makers to determine if the rise stems from new methods or metal deterioration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Railroad Commission
American Railway—~Association
Chicago
Illinois Legislature Sets Charity Funds But Leaves Rehab Shortfall
The Illinois House and Senate clash over charity funding for five asylums and homes. An amended appropriation restores 198 600 of 806 000 cut by the Senate, leaving a funding gap for Gov. Deneen and the state charities board rehabilitation plans.
Water Way Bill Is Passed By Legislature
The Chicago sanitary district trustees won a double victory with a tax levy bond bill. The House approved the measure 90 to 27 and it moved from Senate sanitary district affairs committee. The bill raises bonded indebtedness from 20 million to 5 percent of assessed valuation, allowing up to 25 million in bonds, and adds a half mill tax yielding about 2 million yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Sanitary District
House
Senate
Smejkal
Chicago
Sanitary Board
Sanitary District of
Vote Cash to Charity Passes House 99 to 0
The House approved an amended omnibus bill by 99 to 0 allocating 2 078 402 dollars for repairing and improving state charitable institutions. The measure restores 194 000 of a million cut by the Senate but still lags behind the rehabilitation funds sought by Gov. Deneen and the State Board of Charities. Senator Berry released a statement downplaying governor vs. assembly clashes as budget size limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Deneen
State Board of Charities
Berry
Assembly
Local option sails through House with charter bill ties
The Chicago charter bill Berry measure passes 82 to 65 after two amendments with Senate concurrence. After four months of stormy debate the bill moves swiftly, as a parliamentary ruse ties local option to the charter to block minority obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
House Adopts Pure Food Bill Amid Rapid Passage
The House approved the pure food bill Tuesday in the form revised Friday night. Democrats outmaneuvered Republicans who offered little resistance as the measure sailed through without dissent on a roll call. The bill moves to the Senate for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Dover Boy Horace Marvin Found as Kidnapping Mystery Stirs
The body of Horace Marvin Jr. was found on his father Dr. Horace Marvin’s farm near Dover Delaware fueling a long troubled case. Many residents refuse the official ruling of natural death and insist Kidnappers starved the boy amid a global search, placing the body to mislead investigators. The father maintains his belief, noting crowds passed close to the marsh where the body lay and were unable to miss it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Marvin
Dover
Del
Senate Keeps Two Cent Fare Bill Alive
A two cent railroad fare bill passed the Senate on Tuesday by unanimous vote as an amendment to the House measure. The bill sets a 2 cent rate with a proviso allowing 8 cents per mile when a passenger does not buy a ticket. The same session approved a sanitary board bill to boost Chicago revenues funding water, sewerage for Evanston and Calumet, and advancing the lakes gulf deep waterway project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Sanitary Board
Chicago Sanitary Board
Chicago
Evanston
Calumet District
Lakes Gulf
Uniform Text Book Bill Fails in House After Debate
After a protracted debate in the House the uniform text book bill sponsored by Cicero J. Lindly was defeated by a vote of 60 to fil (forfeits). Protesting speeches were delivered by Messrs. Canaday Hull Pervier and McGoort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero J. Lindly
Messrs
Canaday
Hull
Pervier and
McGoorts
Bucket Shop Bill Slaughtered In Midnight Session
The Pierson bucket shop bill was killed at 11 25 p m in a late night session. The legislative move was stopped when the clock struck midnight marking the bill’s defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucket Shop
Pierson Bucket Shop
New Chicago Charter Clears House Vote 93 to 48
The bill granting a new charter to Chicago passed the House by 93 votes to 48. The measure now moves to the Senate for consideration and potential enactment into law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
City of
House
Highwood Bill Passes Senate to Close Down Dives
The Highwood bill to shutter dives passed the Senate 45 to 0 and awaits a House amendment preventing intoxicant sales within one mile of military or naval reservations. It aims to protect soldiers at Port Sheridan and recruits at a new naval training station near Lake Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highwood
Senate
House
Port Sheridan
Naval Training Station
Lake Biuf
War on Western Range Flares in Wyoming Conflicts
Cattlemen raid sheep camps as public range leasing sparks open war across Wyoming. Tens of thousands of sheep slain, camps burned, and riders forced back beyond lines. Clash widens with Colorado revolt against forest reserve grazing permits and calls for court tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Johnson County
State of
Warren
Roosevelt
Colorado
Forester
Pinchot
Unseasonably cold weather dampens New York trade and crops
Unseasonably cold conditions hinder trade and crop development in New York and across Canada. April trade lags behind last year though four month totals exceed prior year, with advances in fall orders noted. May 1 strikes are milder, while business failures rise in the U S and Canada. Wheat and corn exports for the week and fiscal year totals are detailed by Bradstreet’s Commercial Report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Environment vs Heredity, New York Gerry Society claim
Supt T F Jenkins of the New York Gerry Society said environment governs human character based on adoption cases. He cited numerous examples where children of bad parents became well behaved under good surroundings and noted many criminals’ children are honest citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Jenkins
New York Gerry Society For the Cure
Societly
Roosevelt’s Four Maxims Highlighted by Riis in Philadelphia
Jacob Riis in Philadelphia quoted President Roosevelt’s four unspoken maxima. The guidance urged preparation for life’s work, seizing timely opportunities, and accepting responsibility with courage, while dismissing fear and indecision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Jacob Riis
Philadelphia
H Roosevelt
Developments in commercial affairs and bank clearings
Sustained confidence in the outlook for May payments through banks shows no special pressure on money and defaults are small. Rail and lake transportation move a heavy tonnage with open waterways aiding ore and forest product movement. Farmers invest in implements, seeding advances, and Shippers report improving railway facilities and rising costs. Bank clearings reach 268,150,866, up 182 percent from 1906. Dun's Review notes 15 Chicago district failures this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dun
Market Prices Across Cities for Grains Livestock and More
A compiled list shows bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep and various grains in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and seed with regional variations and quality qualifiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Eges
Toledo
Murder verdict tied to sheriff killing shocks Iron County
Disjointed text reports a judge or official condemning William Spaugh Jr to hanging for the murder of Sheriff Polk in Iron County Mad, with scattered fragments mentioning Youngstown Ohio and other names, unclear dates, and unrelated phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pei Agen
Youngstown
Ohio
Price
Ai Alan Sean Easton White
Yespite
William Spaugh, Jr
Polk
Iron County
Mad
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Storian
Appropriations Committee
House Committee
Kankakee
Marvin Mystery
Western Range
York
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