Trainmen Seek 10 Percent Wage Rise Across East
Representatives of about 300 000 eastern railway workers plan to demand a 10 percent wage increase. In Duluth Minnesota a meeting urged switchmen to resume work, saying the strike order was unconstitutional. Police readiness followed stone throwing and damage at Northern Pacific lines.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Duluth
Minn
Brotherhood of Railway
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
A. F. Whitney
American Railway Union
Nichols
Northern Pacific Railroad
Mayor Haven
Cleveland, CO
Associated Press
Northwest
A. E B. King
Brotherhood
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Sre
Union Depot
C.T. Slade
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Uth
Striking switchmen crisis prompts citywide police action
Chief O Connor orders all day force to stay at Central station till 10 30 p m and recalls all patrolmen as railroads report progress in staving off clashes. Chicago arrivals bolster staffing while depots prepare extra engines and guards amid ongoing strike tensions.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Associated Press
John J. O'Connor
Police Department
Central Station
Jeveria Ventola Rearrested in Columbus Bond Set
Columbus Italian fruit dealer Severia Ventola, previously released on $3,000 bail after June black hand raids, was rearrested and held on $3,000 bond. The arrest follows disclosures tied to yesterday’s Marion, Ohio, arrest.
Morgan Figures Ryan High Court Transfer of Equitable Control
Morgan and partners completed a transfer of control of Equitable Life Assurance to Morgan, with $72,000,000 in assets. The deal includes Ryan’s stake and rests under a voting trust for policyholders. Officials and directors reportedly approved. details of stock price and exact shares remain undisclosed.
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Morgan
Ryan Otoge
Equitable Life
Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Thomas F. Ryan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Sfftees
Mr. Morgan
Equi Life Ure Once Society
Grover Cleveland
Morgan J. O'Brien
George Westinghouse
Mr. Ryan
James H. Hyde
Equitable
Edward H. Harriman
Traveling man dies from injuries after accident in Kentucky
J W Johnson a traveling man from Cincinnati hurt near Bowling Green last Thursday when a bogey jumped as a team ran away he died today in Bowling Green from a brain injury. He had been brought there after the incident.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Russellville
J. W. Johnson
Cincinnati
Bowling Green
Princess Waldemar Dying in India
Copenhagen reports Princess Waldemar wife of Prince Waldemar youngest son of King Christian is dying. She has been unconscious since Wednesday and royal family members have been summoned. Waldemar and his three sons are traveling in India having left on November 12. Before marriage in 1885 she was Marie Princess of Orleans.
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Copenhagen
Waldemar
Christian
India
Marie
Princess of
Orleans
Farmers Combine Societies In Ohio Consolidation
At the closing session in Hamilton Ohio the Hamilton Farmers Institute and the Butler County Corn Improvement Association voted to merge. Officers for the new combined federation were elected: L P Clawson president L D Mortis vice president Crles Lyene secretary and treasurer.
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Hamilton Institute and
Butler County Corn Improvement Association
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Hamilton Farmers’ Institute
Butler County Corn Show
L. P. Clawson
L. D. Mortis
Crles Ly Ene
Evicted Ludlow Tenants Sleep in Street
In Ludlow Massachusetts six hundred tenants of the Ludlow Manufacturing association were warned that if payment or action was not completed by 10 o'clock tomorrow the town would store their property. About 100 of the 300 evicted today slept in improvised three sided shacks with a stove while families lacked shelter. Lieutenant Governor Louis A Frothingham visited to seek a settlement amid the unrest.
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Ludlow Manufacturing Association
Louis A. Frothingham
Ludlow
Arsenic Alleged in Death of Colu mbus Woman’s Husband
In St Louis a warrant charges Dora E Doxey of Columbus Nebraska with first degree murder for allegedly poisoning her husband William J Erder with white arsenic in his food on July 10 An affidavit by a chemist for Washington University confirms arsenic in Erder s viscera The case follows her earlier arrest for alleged bigamous marriage and a requisition for her from Governor Hadley authorities plan to present the warrant in Columbus Missouri police transport the document to the case location
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Associated Press Dispatch
ST. Louis
William J. Erder
Dora E. Doxey
Columbus
Neb
S. G. Jones
W. H. Warren
Medical Faculty
Washington University
Erder
Doxey
Elder
Shackleford
Hadley
Wade Matthews
Dynamite Menace to Panama Road
The Panama Railroad track suffered a dynamite attack on the night of November 3 as a large steam shovel was targeted. The Isthmian Canal Commission reports a government reward for information leading to arrests of those implicated in the plot.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Panama Railroad Company
Isthmian Canal Commission
Taft's Message Altered in Cabinet Review and Mine Bureau Push
The Taft administration faced a cabinet session where the president's message was heavily edited by executive editors. Ohio Representative Douglas and Tennessee's Austin urged creation of a U S Bureau of Mines with funding for experimental life saving equipment and test stations. They argued the nation lagged behind others in mine safety and disaster prevention.
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Associates Press Dispatch
Washington
Taft
Dent Taft
Douglas
Qghio
Austin
Tennessee
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Kerry
United States
Pittsburg
Knoxville
Ilinois
Clapp Questions Congress Over Tariff Rights in Campaign Talk
Minnesota Senator Moses B. Clapp criticized Congress for not protecting consumer rights in framing the latest tariff. Speaking in Milwaukee as a key voice for La Follette in a United States senate campaign, he urged against efforts to diminish La Follette and argued he would not be erased by political foes.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Milwaukee
Wis
Congress
Moses B. Clapp
Minnesota
la Follette
United States
Senate
Clapp
Cannon
Aldrich
Actress Delivers Excerpts in Gould Suit Over Promise
Bessie VanDorn known as Bessie Devoe testifies in New York that Frank J. Gould promised to marry her, amid a $200000 breach of promise suit. She releases portions of letters signed Frank noting he looks forward to making her his wife and says she is worth waiting for.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Bessie VanDorn
Bessie Devoe
Frank J. Gould
Frank
Telephone Telegraph Merger Probed by Legislature
In Indian Lis Indiana, Herman C Stifel a director of the Indiana company seeks a court order to inspect its books alleging denial of access The case ties the Indiana independent system to the Continental Telephone and Telegraph company and involves figures Colonel Robert C Cloyry Theodore N Vail.
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Ind
Associated Press
Indiana
Herman C. Stife
St. Louis
New York
Indiana Independent System
Continental Telephone and Telegraph Company
Stifel
Indiana Company
Chile Signs Protocol For Edward as Arbiter
Chile signs protocol with the United States for reference of the Alsop claim to King Edward for mediation. Government of Chile announced the agreement today in Santiago.
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Chile
Edward
United States
Alsop
King Edward
Children cremated when left alone in home
Three Morrison Cabinets children died in a house fire near Axton Virginia while the parents were away. The Martinsville bulletin notes the home burned and the three young children were cremated.
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Morrison
Axton
Floods Leave Northwestern Washington Hellish Destruction
From Bellingham Washington December 2 storm rains sweep through Northwestern Washington destroying rail lines over about sixty miles. Laconner town submerged under seven feet of water. North of the city floods drown about 1000 cattle and wreck 400000 sacks of oats and 8000 tons of baled hay.
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Eile Ane
Press Dispatch
Belling.ham
Wash
Washington
Burlington
Laconner
Boy Loses Sight After Hard Football Tackle
Asbury Park New Jersey December report says Harold Yetman a 15 year old schoolboy was struck hard during a football play and was stricken but the physician attending him said sight may be restored amid hopes for recovery.
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Asbury Park
Associated Press
Harold Yetman
Government fraud case falters as key documents vanish
Associated Press dispatch from New York reports the government in the American Sugar Refining case faced a setback as crucial city records and witnesses disappeared. Testimony showed tampering at Williamsburg docks with scales likely manipulated by concealed springs and cut stanchions.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Willicamsburg
Conrad Hollery
D . Hyatt
Treasury
Parr
Italian Cabinet Resigns After Tax Bill Failure
Rome December 2. Premier Giolitti announced the resignation of the entire cabinet after the chamber of deputies failed to pass the government bill on fiscal reform. The plan cut indirect taxation on necessities and offset losses with a progressive income tax.
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Associated Press
Rome
Giolitti
Chamber of Deputies
Asquith Wins Motion Over Lords Over Financial Powers
In London a decisive Commons vote of 348 to 134 affirmed the chamber's exclusive control of the nation's purse. Prime Minister Asquith led a sharp critique of Lord’s opposition, ridiculing Balfour and praising the Commons for upholding financial sovereignty amid lively, partisan cheers.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Asquith
Lords
Comaattd
House of Lords
Balfour
Oslay
Sonia Altish
Prairie runs aground with Marines aboard near Philadelphia
Aboard the auxiliary cruiser Prairie a rear admiral and two battalions of Marines with heavy ammunition and siege gear are prepared for action against Nicaragua. The ship grounded in the Delaware River near Philadelphia before a planned Caribbean mission. Tugs work to refloat as crew report readiness to transfer cargo to the Dixie if needed.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
United States Navy
Republic of
Nicaragua
Prairie
Delaware River
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Caribbean
Dixie
William W. Kimball
Washington
Smedley D. Butler
Panama
P. A.bannon
Mahoney
Kimball
Kellogg
Colon
Butler
Admiral Kimball
Red Star Line
New Castle
Delaware City
Labor riots flare at mills in Bridgeport and Wheeling
In Bridgeport Ohio fifteen shots were fired as strikers clashed with strike breakers returning to the Aetna Standard mill. William Balliet was hit on the head by a glancing bullet and several strike breakers were assaulted. In Wheeling West Virginia shots were exchanged as workers returning to mills of American Sheet and Tinplate, a United States Steel subsidiary, faced gunfire. one man was slightly wounded.
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Bridgeport
Aetna
Associated Press Dispatch
Aetna Standard
William Balliet
Wheeling
Associated Press
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Riot at Chicago women's tailoring shop injures three
In Chicago a riot at William Bain's tailoring shop left William Bain his wife Jennie Bain and Helen Malinosky seriously injured after union sympathizers attacked nonunion workers. Bain was struck with scissors while Mrs. Bain and Malinosky suffered head cuts. Three attackers were arrested.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Union
William Bain
Jennie Bain
Helen Malinosky
Bain
Naval forces move to protect Americans in Nicaragua
The United States jets forward naval power to both coasts of Nicaragua to safeguard American lives and property. The Prairie carries 700 marines toward Panama for possible Nicaragua duty while Albany Yorktown Des Moines Tacoma prepare off Costa Rica and Corinto. Admiral William K. Kimball chosen to command, with no marines landed yet.
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Washington
Associated Press
United States
Cemtral America
Nicaragua
Philadelphia
Prairie
Panama
Magdalena Bay
Albany
Yorktown
Corinto
Pacific
Navy Department
Bremerton Navy Yard
William K. Kimball
Kimball
Naval Boards of Examinations and Retirements
Wright Declares No Race Problem in South
Chicago December 2 Sea-Lorn Wright addressing the National Antisaloon League conference of superintendents argues there has never been a race problem in the South, attributing issues to liquor. He claims the saloon will not return to the region and cites liquor laws affecting freed slaves as a factor.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago
South
Wright
National Antisaloon League Conference
North
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Princess Waldemar
Farmers Combine Societies
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Canal Zone
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White House
Inet
Ohio
Bureau OF Mines
Telephone-Telegraph
Robert C. Cloyry
Theodore N. Vail
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York State
Vail
Clowry
Western Union
Santiago
Rite
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Mr. Balfour
Mr. Asquith
Cruiser
Jackies
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