Taft Urges Labor Capital Unity and Fair Play
Secretary Taft argues that organized labor and capital share common interests in expanding production and lowering costs. He defends unions, calls for arbitration, and condemns violence while urging cooperative relations between managers, workers, and government in a tense economic climate. He warns against excessive corporate power and praises constructive dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Federation
Labor
Taft
Clyie Federation
Postum Promises Clearer Mind and Steady Nerves
The ad promotes Postum as a coffee substitute that improves digestion and steadies nerves, claiming caffeine in coffee hinders digestion and noting better poise and earnings. It suggests trying Postum for two weeks and mentions a reading titled The Road to Velkv ille in packages.
Asiatic Troubles Enter New Phase
In Johannesburg on January 10 the government pressed its campaign against Asian residents in the Transvaal. A flaw in the immigration act allows revising last month’s deportation sentences for British Indian leaders who failed to register. An Indian lawyer Gandhi and five others face two months in jail, while enforcement plans to stiffen penalties for noncompliance. Indian traders are jailed for three months’ hard labor for not leaving the country due to registration failures.
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Sancisco
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Ghandi
Pretoria
Flotilla Arrives in Pernambuco Brazil Officers to Be Feted
The torpedo boat flotilla arrives at Pernambuco after a voyage from Para three days late due to salted boilers. Admiral Evans and his men are to be guests of President Penna. the vessels depart January 13 for Rio Janeiro.
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Admiral Evans
Penna
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Navy Department
Pernambuco
Brazil
Pacific
Para
Rio Janeiro
American fleet officers to tour Brazil in January program
The final entertainment schedule for Rear Admiral Evans's fleet arrived in Rio. Officials include visits to Baron De Rio Branco, Dr. Penna, and Admiral Alencar with breakfasts, banquets, picnics, and a Florescence tour at Petropolis and Tijuca Park. The fleet departs January 21.
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Rio Janeiro
Evans
Irving B. Dudley
Baron de Rio Branco
Dr. Penna
Republic
Petropolis
Alencar
Mt. Corcovado
Fluminense Park
Marine
Botanical Gardens
Father shoots son at wife's grave in Ravenna tragedy
Edwin Collier Sr. took his eight year old blind son Edwin to Ravenna Cemetery and shot him dead then wounded himself. Police found both bodies late afternoon. Collier, also known as Edwin J Williams, had recently sought eye treatment for his son in New York. He survived initial gunshot wounds and was hospitalized in unstable condition.
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Commercial Tribune
Ravenna, O
Edwin Colfer
Edwin
Ravenna
Collier
Edwin Collier
Cleveland
Edwin J. Willams
New York
Colonel Snell
Marelle
Rector’s
Madelie
Thornton
Notable Deaths Across Several States Reported
A mixed obituary roundup notes William H Patterson of North Carolina died in Battle Creek Michigan from pneumonia. William Howe McElwain of Boston a shoe firm head died after appendicitis. Frank Doty Middletown City Engineer died of cancer. Henry F Kenney Delaware Railroad President died in Philadelphia, famed for guiding Lincoln’s inaugural train. Also Reverend Edwards Hume, Yale-educated missionary, died in New York at sixty. George F Evans Maine Central VP and GM died in Portland after a private car seizure.
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William H. Patterson
John Patterson
North Carolina
Admiral Evans
Battle Creek
Mich
William Howe M’elwain
William H. McElwain
Boston
Mass
Frank Doty
Middletown
Butler County
Henry F. Kenney
Delaware Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Kenney
Baltimore
Abraham Lincoln
Edwards. Hume
American Board
Bombay
India
New York City
Mr. Hume
Robert W. Hume
Yale
Hartford Theological Seminary
Edward H. Hume
China
Elizabeth Hunneberger
O. D. Wannamaker
Canton
George F. Evans
Maine Central Railroad
Portland
Evans
Mr. Evans
New Hampshire
Cincinnati
Rock Island
Louisville
Evansville
Milward Declines Fire Marshal Post In Kentucky Fight
FRANKFORT KY Jan 10 1910 The State Fire Marshal race widens as Stanley Milward declines the post after a tender from State Auditor James C M Barnett The move shocks Lexington and Mt Sterling Republicans who favor Milward John Woods Mt Sterling emerges as a leading alternative Governor Willson plans a Board of Control vacancy and C C Patrick Fayette County contest sizzle adds to legislator delays and Becham Beckham drama in Frankfort
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Nat C. Cureton
Senate
Conn Linn
Bosworth
Burnam
H. H. Smith
Cureton
House
United States
Beckham
Frankfort
Bradley
Louisville
C C. Patrick
Fayette County
Willson
A. 8. Berry
Newport
Charles W. Yungbluth
Milward
Stanley Milward
James
C. M. Barnett
Lexington
John Woods
Mt. Sterling
State Board of Control
Forest Fire Devastates Mitchells Woods Near Avondale
A blaze struck Mitchells Woods on Mitchell Avenue near Padock Road at dusk. Residents from Avondale, St Bernard, and Rose Hill joined an improvised bucket brigade and vehicles carried water. By midnight the fire was controlled, leaving charred trunks and several thousand dollars in losses.
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St. Bernard
Rose Hill
Wallace Gray
H. A. Nurre
Mitchell's Woods
Suffrage Debate Stirred Prussia Over Secret Ballot Reform
Prince Von Buelow insists secret ballots will not be tolerated as manhood suffrage faces opposition from conservatives and Center party supporters. The article outlines the three-class Prussian electoral system, barriers for workers, and the government's stance during ongoing landtag discussions.
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Prince von Buelow
Reichstag
Landtag
Herr Markowitz
Herr Porsch
Center Party
Herr Krause
Herr Fishback
Prussia
Labor injunction not altered in Buck Stove case
Justice Gould of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denied the American Federation of Labor’s motion to amend its order in the Buck Stove and Range Company dispute. The federation sought to extend or clarify the injunction against boycotts and related conduct, arguing it abridged free speech and press protections. The court held the existing order unchanged.
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Moores & Co
Moores
United States
Standard Oil
Justice Gould
American Federation
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Supreme Court of the District ‘of Columbia
American Federation, of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Federation
Empress Visits American Church in Berlin West End
The German Empress visited the American Church in Berlin's west end. She was welcomed by Pastor Dr. Dickie, toured the auditorium library and reading room, and expressed pleasure with the visit before departing.
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Berlin
West End
Dickie
Grobe Laxative Ad Claims Quinine Cure
An old advertisement asserts that Laxative Brom Quin ine removes the cause of illness and promotes a single quinine solution. The note requests the signature of B. W. Grove and is marked 2c as a classified line.
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B. W. Grove
Powers May Ed 10 Congress In Lexington
W S Byerley chairman of the Eleventh District Republican Committee says if Governor Willson pardons Caleb Powers he would likely win a seat in Congress from the district now held by D D Edwards. Five thousand petition copies go out tomorrow. One Oklahoma town sends a 46 name petition for Powers pardon.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
W. W. Byerley
Eleventh District
Republican Committee
Caleb Powers
Willson
Powers
Congress
D. D. Edwards
Oklahoma
Railroad Crossings Claim 108 Lives in New Jersey
New Jersey Railroad Commissioners report for July 29 to December 1 lists 108 persons killed and 198 injured by railroad incidents. Unguarded grade crossings are blamed for many accidents. railroads cited for contributing factors.
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Tribuna
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey Railroad Commissioners
New Jersey
Detroit businessman and Odd Fellows leader commits suicide
Thomas EK Robinson, prominent Detroit businessman and Department Commander of the Patriarchs Militant, the Odd Fellows military branch, killed himself today in his office by inhaling illuminating gas. No motive is known for the act.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
Thomas Ek, Robinson
The
Odd Fellows
Patriarchs Militant
Appellate Court Sets Aside $460,000 Verdict
The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court set aside a $460,000 verdict won by John L. Jones against George J. Golld and others, a claim by an Ohio coal operator.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Supreme Court
George J. Golld
John 8. Jones
Ohio
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