Universities Outline Peace Cause At Carnegie Hall Meeting
A row of events in New York features university leaders at Carnegie Hall endorsing knowledge and culture as keys to universal peace. Labor figures Powderly and Gompers spoke at Cooper Union endorsing peace and labor capital cooperation. Five thousand youths attended a Carnegie Hall session on peace, while mothers and daughters gathered at the fourth congress session, led by Mrs. Anna Garlin Spencer, wearing white badges. A Howe letter was read due to Mrs. Howe’s absence.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Carnegie Hall
Fence Congress
Roberts
Cambridge University
Rhys
Oxford
John Finley
City College of New York
Eliot
Harvard
Samuel Gompers
John Barrett
Colombia
Hotel Astor
James W. van Cleave
New Hampshire
N. H. Bachelder
National Grange
Congress
Anna Garlin Spencer
Providence
R. I
Julia Ward Howe
May Wright Sewall
Jerome
Garvan
Hartridge
Foreign mine workers ambushed near Ragland Ohio
A party of ten Hungarian miners from the Red Bird Mine three miles north of Wheeling is ambushed on a road near Ragland. John Wysinki is killed and Sam Wysinki fatally wounded. The assailants escaped before a posse arrived. no strike trouble is reported at Red Bird.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Vaa
Red Bird
Here
Ohio
Ragland
John Wysinki
Sam Wysinki
Red hats in June for two American Catholics
Rome correspondent reports the Vatican plans a consistory in June to elevate American Catholics. Bishop O Gorman of Sioux Falls signals that the Pope will likely create at least one cardinal, possibly two, widening the US College of Cardinals.
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Rome
the Standard
O’gorman
Sioux Falls
Vatican
United States
Louisiana man slated for Internal Revenue post
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Washington reports Colonel Pearl White of New Orleans, Republican from Louisiana, dined with President Roosevelt who offered him the Internal Revenue Commissioner job to succeed W. Yerkes who has resigned. White is believed ready to accept.
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Colonel White
New Orleans
Commerccial Tribune
Washington
Pearl White
Louisiana
Internal Revenue
W. Yerkes
White
Smith Confesses Role in Cockrill Murder Case
Smith admits involvement in the Cockrill murder inquiry amid new testimony. police reports say the confession outlines his exact part in planning and execution of the crime.
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Cockrill
Witness in Cox Cockrill case details Hargis plot to kill Cockrill
John Smith testified in Lexington that Curt Jett Elbert Hargis and others plotted to kill Dr. Cox and Jim Cockrill in Jackson. He said Jett fired four times at Cockrill from a courthouse window. Abner and Smith fired as well. The group planned to bolt the courthouse and sleep in the building, with multiple guards posted.
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John Smith
E. D. Cox
Jim Cockrill
Bill Britton
Curt Jett
John Abner
Cockrill
Smith
Jett
Abner
Ed Callahan
Jackson
Hargis
Jim Abner
Asbury Spicer
Elbert Hargis
Dr. Cox
James Cockrill
Tom Cardwell
J. B. Marcum
Elbridge Hargis
Elgert Hargis
Marcum, Cardwell
Marcum
Cox
Cuockrill
Cardwell
Judge Hargis
John Abser
Britton
Spicer
Calahan
Curt
James Hargis
No Senatorial Primary Vote Fails in Pennsylvania Senate
Harrisburg April 16 The Pennsylvania Senate fails final passage on a House bill that would allow voters to express their choice for United States Senators at the uniform primary elections. The measure was opposed by Republican organization leaders.
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Commercial Tribune
Harrisburg
United State
Pennsylvania
Senate
Republican
Louisiana mob lynches Black man near Bunkie
A Black man named Charlie Strauss who faced charges for confronting a white woman near Bunkie was seized by a mob from officers and killed near a tree about six miles from Bunkie while being moved for air transport. His body showed numerous bullet wounds.
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Commercial Tribue
New Orleans
Charlie Strauss
Bunkie
Robbers Blow Open Hazleton Bank Vault for 4400
In Hazleton Iowa on April 18 robbers forced entry to the State Bank of Hazleton. They used nitroglycerin to blow the vault, secured 4400 dollars, and fled. Cement sacks stacked around the safe muffled the blast from a nearby store.
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Commercial Tribune
Hazleton
Iowa
State Bank of
Columbus Paying Scandal Witness Fails to Appear
Special Dispatch reports in Columbus Ohio that Nelson A. Cannon former superintendent of the Cleveland Trinidad Paying Company and a key witness in bribery cases involving city officials did not appear in court. The trial of H Je Lang of the Cleveland Trial Paying Company was adjourned until tomorrow due to Cannon's absence. Cannon's wife, also a crucial witness, is with him.
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Nélson A. Cannon
Cleveland Trinidad
H. Je Lang
Columes
Cleveland Trial
Arthur Beck
Cannon
Peary Aims to Lead Polar Expedition With Tourist Party
Commander Robert E Peary plans a new polar voyage with the Roosevelt as the main ship and an auxiliary vessel carrying tourists and supplies cached at Utah. Members of the Peary Arctic Club including prominent scientists and geographers seek passages, potentially forming a party of about fifty.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Robert E. Peary
Polar
Roosevelt
Explorer
Utah
Peary Arctic Club
Eary
May 13 Hearing Set for Eddy Trustees in Eddy Estate
Concord New Hampshire April 16 May 13 fixed for the hearing on the motion of Henry M Baker Archibald McClellan and Josiah Fernald trustees of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy estate for leave to intervene as plaintiffs in the original suit by next friends against Calvin A Frye and others to secure an accounting of Mrs Eddy property
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Commercial Tribune
Concord
N. H
Henry M. Baker
Archibald McClellan
Josiah Fernald
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Lorain Insurance Men Indicted by Grand Jury
Lorain County Underwriters Association members were indicted by the grand jury for violating the Valentine antitrust law after about a week of investigation in Elyria Ohio.
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County Underwriters’ Association
Commercial Tribune
Elyria
Lorain County Underwriters’ Association
Wilson Warns Manufacturers Over False Pure Food Guaranty Ads
Secretary Wilson announced the Pure Food Act will be enforced against manufacturers who misrepresent government guarantees. He vowed to publish a list identifying offending firms and warned ads in magazines subways and streetcars will stop. He said the serial number on products fixes manufacturer responsibility, not government.
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Tribune
Washington
Department
Saaf Ok
Department of Agriculture
United States
Wilson
New York
Continentals of DAR fail to endorse McLean for reelection
Washington April 16 The Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution hissed President General Mrs. Donald McLean as she failed to win New York’s endorsement for another term. A rival candidate, Ellen Washington Howard of Alexandria Virginia, likely to be proposed Thursday by insurgent leaders, was announced.
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Washington
Continental Congress
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Donald McLean
State of New York
McLean
M. BE. ‘S. Davis
Carnegie Gifts New Building Dedicated To Engineering Societies
In New York on April 16 a new building presented by Andrew Carnegie to the American Institute of Electrical Engineering the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Mining Engineers was dedicated. The ceremony included a prayer by Rev Edward Everett Hale and readings of letters from President Roosevelt and Mexico's President Diaz.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Engineering Societies
American Institute of Electrical Engineering
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Andrew Carnegie
Edward Everett Hale
United States Senate
Presgent Roosevelt
Diaz
Mexico
Publicity law urged on campaign gifts
A New York meeting of the National Publicity Law Organization debated a resolution demanding public disclosure of contributions to the Republican and Democratic committees in the last national canvass. Alexander Troup urged immediate openness, while William J. Bryan called for a nationwide law requiring donor and recipient disclosures with penalties for violations.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
National Publicity Law Organization
Perry Belmont
Alexander Troup
Connecticut
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Troup
William J. Bryan
Congress
Towboat Delta Burned While Up Kanawha River
Charleston April 16. The towboat Delta owned by Monongahela Consolidated Coal Co burned to the water's edge at Lock Four at 8 pm. Fire started in the kitchen. No fatalities. Vessel total loss valued at 12000 with no insurance.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
Delta
Monongahela Consolidated Coal Company
Kanawha River
Bandit Holds Up St. Paul Office
In St. Paul Minnesota April 16 a bandit robbed the Northern Express Company Union Depot office forcing a clerk to open the safe and deliver a package containing 25 dollars.
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ST. Paul
Express Company
Union Depot
Commercial Tribune
ST. Paul, Minn
Adit
Northern Express Company
Union
Five Mexican Cities Wiped Out by Massive Earthquake
A powerful quake struck western coastal Mexico causing widespread devastation from Acapulco to Tixtla and Chilpancingo. Officials report dozens killed and hundreds injured while Ayutla Ometepec and Tlapa are reported destroyed. rail and telegraph lines suffer major damage as relief efforts mobilize.
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Mexico
Chilpancingo
Chilapa
Tixtla
Ayutla
Ometepec
Guerrero
Acapulco
Porfiero Diaz
Ometspre
Oaxaca
Tlapa
Federal Telegraph Company
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el Pais
Catholic Church
Chalapa
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