Roosevelt Declines Springfield Speech on Railroads
President Roosevelt declines invited Springfield address on railroads, stating no new remarks are needed and his policy record already speaks for itself. He will seek future congressional power to address railroad overcapitalization with a continuing firm stance against market volatility.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
Illinois Manufacturers Association
Springfield
Ill
Wall Street
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Congress
Head-on wreck kills six CIA trainmen near Fort Worth
Six CIA trainmen died in a head-on collision on the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad six miles south of Fort Worth Texas early today. The dead include Engineer Wooden Fireman Hines Engineer Caldwell Fireman Wallace plus two unknown brakemen. A fire followed the crash and two brakemen were cremated before aid arrived. Over 300 cattle were killed by eight cars of merchandise.
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Commercal Tribune
FT. Worth
Tex
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Here
Engineer Wooden
Hines
Caldwell
Wallace
Five-year-old dies as Covington house fire claims lives
A fatal fire at a Covington residence kills Henry Brake aged five and injures four others including Nicholas Brake Jr., Willie, Johnny and the father Nicholas. Patrolman Doyle helped rescue the children as smoke filled the upper floors. The fire started in a trunk storage area and damaged much of the home.
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Henry
Nicholas Brake
Main Street
Covington
Nicholas
Johnny
Willie
Doyle
Brewery Workers Defy Open Shop Threat In Strike
Striking workers ignore a threat of open shop as wage-scale dispute arbitration looms. Brewers bottlers and related unions remained off the job while discussions with owners proceed. AFL officials and union secretaries arrived from Cincinnati to oversee the talks and observe strike conditions.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Adam Huebner
International Brewery Workers’ Union
Cincinnati
Louis Hemper
American Federation of Labor
Bulgarian Bands Attack Two Servian Towns
Belgrade April 1 Bands of Bulgarians attack Rudnik and Topolcha in Servia burning thirty houses killing seven men and maltreating women and children. Public bitterness grows as powers protest acts by Servian and Greek bands but not against Bulgaria.
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Vian
Rudnik
Topolcha
Railway Men Reduce Demands For Nine Hour Day
Western railroad train service workers cut their demand to a nine hour day and peace officials in Chicago push for compromise. Commissioners Knapp and Neill held talks with General Managers and trainmen delegates as both sides urged concessions to avert a strike. The men signaled willingness to accept the wage rise if the nine hour day is granted.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Western Railroads
Knapp and Neill
Yerkes Declines Nominaton for Governor
John W. Yerkes Commissioner of Internal Revenue states he will not be a candidate for governor. He confirms multiple letters reaffirming his plan to stay out of the race and will not make further declarations. His decision disappoints Kentucky party leaders and State Chairman Ernst who hoped for his candidacy.
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Internal Revenue
Kentucky
Commercial Tribune Bureau
Monsey ButIcorna
Washineton
D. c
Commercial Tribune
Washington
John, W. Yerkes
The
Yerkes
Ernst
Local Columbus Painters Demand 40 Cents Hourly
Over 309 union painters and paper hangers in Columbus did not report for work today. Most attended a union meeting at Town and Third streets and demanded 40 cents an hour for an eight hour day. A general strike was not declared though further action is expected tomorrow by some employers.
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Special Dispatch
O Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Third Streets
Granite cutters strike Texas cities demand higher pay
Dallas report says Granite cut ters in major Texas cities walked out today seeking an 83 to 35 cent daily raise. Master stone masons plan to press for open shops as tension mounts across the state.
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Commercial Tribune
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Lexington Plumbers Strike Over Hours And Wages
Lexington union members walked off the job over a dispute with master plumbers demanding an eight hour day and a four dollar scale instead of nine hours and a three sixty rate. Work halted on the Good Samaritan Hospital and other large projects. In New York about 1000 grooms in riding academies and livery stables also struck to compel recognition of their new union and a signed contract.
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Lexington
Commercial Tribune
Journeymen Plumbers, Gas and Steamfitters’ Union
Good Samaritan Hospital
New York
French Socialists Endorse Political Agitation Over Violence
In Lyons on April 1 the Independent Socialist Congress unanimously condemned antimilitarism violent action against capitalists and general strikes as harmful to workers. Twenty deputies of seventy four attended from the Socialist party in the Chamber. They backed focusing on political agitation for reforms and supported a cooperative production system.
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Lyons
France
Independent Socialist Congress
Socialist Party
Laundry workers vote to strike for eight-hour day and higher pay
In San Francisco and Alameda County, twelve hundred workers and six hundred workers voted to strike after employers refused to grant an eight-hour day and higher wages. The action reflects a broad labor dispute shaping the Bay Area.
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San. Francisco
Alameda County
Ruef seeks release from elisor custody in extenuating case
Abraham Ruef petitions California Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus to transfer him from Elisor Biggy to the Sheriff. He claims constant surveillance and denial of privacy, confinement conditions, and improper detention as his extortion trial looms before Judge Dunne in San Francisco. He cites violations of constitutional rights and seeks bail and courtroom access for counsel and witnesses.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Dunne
Abraham Ruef
Supreme Court of California
Elisor Biggy
Ruef
Shortage
Act
Fairall and Murphy
Eme ‘Prisor
le Percy
Fun
Grand Jury
Spreckles
Heney
Burns
Judgé Dunne
Elisor
United States
California
Woman in Kentucky Prison Commits Suicide by Poison
Emma Roach of Webster County, an inmate at Kentucky State Penitentiary, killed herself with carbolic acid in the prison hospital. She had been imprisoned fifteen months for killing her former husband Gholson Teague in Dixon, along with two brothers convicted of complicity.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Emma Roach
Webster County
State
Teague
Charles Roach
Homer, Ill
Dixon
Lisinois
Thaw Lunacy Commission Report Expected Thursday
New York April 1 The Thaw lunacy commission is likely to report Thursday morning after adjournments. The trial may pause if found insane. otherwise resume at once. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw may be subpoenaed for routine testimony before the commission. Defense and state alienists preparing conflicting evaluations to prove Thaw sane.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Thaw
Justice Fitzgerald
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Hummel
Lunacy Commission
Jerome
Drs. Pilgrim
Gregory
Asane
Pilgrim
New York State
Macklin Testifies Negroes Not Suspects In Brownsville Shootout
Captain Edgar A. Macklin of Company C Twenty-fifth Infantry testifies before the Senate Military Affairs Committee in Washington. He says he does not believe the Twenty-fifth officers or men fired in Brownsville and recalls being shot at Ft Reno after the Browns ville incident. He describes confusion among troops and his own scrutiny of the events as he faces possible court martial in Penrose case.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Edgar A. Macklin
Twenty-fith Infantry
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Macklin
Toog
Texas
Ft. Reno
Ft. Brown
San Antonio
Tex
Penrose
Senator Foraker
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Warren
Knowles
Uc Tn
Taft's Challenge Pleases Senator Foraker in Cincinnati
In Washington on April 1 Senator Foraker delays comment on the Ohio issue until returning to Cincinnati. His committee will stay in session for the Brownsville testimony and he plans primaries for Ohio in next November's local elections. Burton's exclusion from Taft's projected race puzzles local politicians.
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Munspy Burton
Washington
D. C
Commercial Tribune
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Cincinnati
Tribune
Brownsville
Foraker
Ohio Republican State Central Committee
Central Committee
Charles P. Taft
Roosevelt
Kentuckian Shot Wife and Son While Drunk in West Liberty
Lexington report states Jack Wilson of West Liberty fired at his wife and son during a drunken episode. The wife is reported to be fatally harmed while the son escapes serious injury.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
West Liberty
Jack Wilson
Dawes Sees Shifts in Ohio Foraker Taft Contest
Representative Dawes of Marietta arrived in Washington with Postmaster Barr to consult Senators Dick and Hitchcock. He noted the Ohio race between Foraker and Taft is unsettled and that many in his home county now back Foraker after previously opposing him. He planned to return to Ohio to work on his farm.
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Dawes
Commercial Tribune Bureau
Munsey Punpia
Wasu
Ohio
Panama
Washington
Vorys Receives Callers in Ohio Delegation Fight
Statehouse activity slim as Taft faction organizes in Ohio. Insurance Commissioner office crowded with visitors. Vorys provides no public statement beyond formal remarks. Charles P Taft in Cincinnati expected to issue forthcoming statements.
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Commercial Tribune Bureau
Outlook
ColumBus
Ohio
Commercial Tribune
State House
Insurance Commissioner
Vorys
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft enthusiasm questioned by Charles Q. Davis
Charles Q. Davis of Columbus Ohio met John R. Malloy in town to discuss mining and voiced doubt that Taft’s boom will last. Davis, a veteran political observer, recently returned from the East and noted as a former writer who shifted to business.
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Taft
Columbus
John R. Malloy
State
Republican Executive Committee
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