Seamen Strike Ties Up Five Coast Ships
Five Morgan Line vessels idle as International Seamen's Union strike halts coastwise traffic. About 500 crew members walk out across Momus El Cid Antilles El Rio and El Norte, while picketing tugs deter replacements. Union chief Griffen says broader action may follow if demands aren't met by Thursday.
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New York
Stewarts
International Seamen's Union
Morgan Line
Momus
el Cid
New Orleans
Antilles
el Rio
el Norte
Griffen
Seamen's Union
Cr. W. Junger
Manger
Minnewaska Sail Yet Again as Crew Refuses Old Terms
At Liverpool June 17 the Minnewaska failed to sail for New York as crew refuse to sign the old terms and owners refuse an increase. Liverpool shipowners import foreign seamen to fill vacancies created by the strike. The Britain mail steamer to Capetown escaped from Southampton after picking up a new crew in the Solent.
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Liverpool
London
Minnewaska
Atlantic Transport Line
New York
Glasgow
Britain
Capetown
Southampton
Solent
Stewards of St. Paul Strike Delays Sailings
In Southampton on June 17 stewards aboard the St. Paul quit en masse over the planned June 21 voyage replacing the Majestic. They warned of legal responsibility but refused to work, delaying departure.
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Southampton
England
St. Paul
Majestic
Finland sails for New York with nonunion crew
Antwerps June 17. The Finland sailed for New York today on schedule despite striking seamen attempting to block her. She was manned by nonunion men as strike leaders grow discouraged at Germans arriving to fill the strikers’ posts.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Finland
New York
Morgan Line Seamen Strike Does Not Halt New York Steamer
New Orleans officials report no seamen strike fear on the Morgan line and that the morning steamer to New York proceeded as scheduled despite threats. The Southern Pacific, operator of the Morgan line, says there is no apprehension of a strike among local sailors.
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New Orleans
Morgan Line
Mus
New York
Southern Pacific
Oakley woman kills herself as baby plays
Mrs. Anna Wenzel of Sherman avenue Oakley shot herself with a 22 revolver at her home in a fit of despondency after months of illness. Her husband Walter Wenzel, manager of Bullock Electric in Norwood, found the body on the second floor while their child, playing outside, awaited answers about the mother. Coroner Coe and doctors attended. the husband was reported in serious condition.
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Anna Enzel
Sherman Avenue
Elder Street
Oakley
Wengel
Ph Schultz
Coe
Argentine Businessman to Finance Polar Expedition
Christiania June 17 Pedro Christophersen an Argentine businessman has agreed to finance Captain Antarctica expedition with a sum of 50000 dollars.
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Christiania
Pedro Christophersen
Woman Murdered in Own Home on Lower East Side
New York police report robbers broke into Mrs. Morando’s Lower East Side residence and garroted her with a rope and a stick. They removed her diamond earrings and four diamond rings. The 35 year old wife of a prosperous merchant left two children.
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New York
One-Cent Postage Urges Efficient Transport, Cowles Says
James L. Cowles, secretary of the Postal Progress league, testified before the post offices and post roads committee that modern transport efficiency is key to a one cent postage rate. He urged passage of a parcels post and claimed broad public support except from express companies.
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Washington
James L. Cowles
Postal Progres League
Committee On Post
Railroads Obtain Temporary Injunction Against Demurrage Rules
Fifty Ohio railroads won a temporary injunction to bar the state railroad commission from enforcing new car demurrage rules on both interstate and intrastate traffic. The suit seeks to test the rules, with Attorney General Hogan to seek dissolution of the injunction.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
E. B. Dillon
Ohio
State Railroad Commission
Hogan
Editor Wilfred Jay and photographer Ross killed in polo train crash
In Westbury New York on June 17 a car carrying Wilfred Jay editor of Whip and Spur and Charles J. Ross Meadow Brook polo photographer was struck by a Long Island railroad train at a crossing. Jay died instantly and Ross died tonight from injuries.
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Westbury
N. Y
Wilfred Jay
Charles J. Ross
Meadowbrook
Long Island
Here
Jay
Ross
Women Fire Opening Gun in Campaign for School Board
Cincinnati women gathered at Christ Church to back Edith Campbell for member at large of the school board. The meeting urged mothers and suffragists to mobilize support, stressing the need for a woman’s perspective alongside men’s experience to improve city schools.
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Christchurch
Edith Campbell
Miss Campbell
Ohio
Civic Advancement of Cincinnati
Ferdinand Jelke
Charles F. Goss
Emily Collins
Mary Gallagher
Edith W. Peck
Board of Education
Collins
Chicago
Harper
Chicago University
Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth College
Boston
Norwood
Westwood
Madisonville
Jelke
Goss
Campbell
Taft Sees Victory in Canadian Reciprocity Battle
Washington June 17 opposition to Canadian reciprocity dissolves as senate debate nears conclusion. Root amendment appears doomed to withdrawal and the pact is expected to pass unamended. Taft may shift July 4 speech to emphasize peace and arbitration rather to reciprocity.
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Taft
Senate
Paper Trust
Senator Reot
Senator -Root
Smoot
Congress
Ath
Finance Committee
Indianapolis
Indiana
Not Guilty Verdict in Cooke Embezzlement Trial
Edgar Street Cooke, former clerk for Treasurer Warriner of the Big Four Railroad, was found not guilty by a jury after about two hours of deliberation. The defense celebrated, while prosecutors expected a guilty verdict.
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Edgar Street Cooke
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad Company
Cooke
Charles W. Baker
Henry T. Hunt
Denis Cash
Arthur Fricke
Baker
Confederate Veterans Dominate U S Congress Fifty Years On
Washington June 17 veteran Confederate officers dominate both houses. Six senators Bacon Georgia Johnson Bankhead Alabama Martin Virginia Thornton Louisiana and Tillman South Carolina and eight representatives including George Washington Gordon Tennessee Charles M Stedman North Carolina John Lamb Virginia William Richardson Alabama Talbott Maryland Rucker Colorado Taylor Alabama Estopinal Louisiana. Richardson’s Civil War escape and near execution are recounted with Forrest’s Murfreesboro raid described as a turning point in his career.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Congress of the United States
House
Senate
Congress
Bacon
Georgia
Johnston and
Bankhead
Alabama
Martin
Virginia
Thornton
Louisiana
Tillman
South Carolina
House of Representatives
George W. Gordon
Tennessee
Charles M. Stedman
North Carolina
John Lamb
William Richardson
Richardson
Twenty-sixth
Athens
Ala
Shiloh
Indiana
Nashville
Mobilization of Army Held to Be Failure
Representative Kahn of California introduced a resolution calling for a ten member congressional committee to investigate the army and its mobilization on the Mexican frontier. He cites a lack of organization and questions the readiness and efficiency of mobilizing divisions quickly, noting spending over 100 million dollars annually on the military establishment. A Surgeon General report is cited claiming high non effective rates during May compared with the prior year.
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Washington
Kahn
California
United States
War Department
Texas
Torney
London Ablaze As Coronation Nears In Gala Week
London on the eve of coronation week is transformed with color and fabric as streets fill with a cosmopolitan throng. Rehearsals proceed for Westminster abbey ceremony with a 450-voice choir drawn from cathedrals across England.
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London
Westminster Abbey
England
Democrats in Danger Seek Adjournment and Wool Tariff Fight
Washington dispatch reports Democrats unable to muster votes to adjourn in time to avoid consideration of the pension calendar as they confront the wool tariff revision. Representative Payne of New York impeaches Democrats for abandoning free trade in the Payne Aldrich tariff measure. Senate committee acts favorably on a campaign publicity bill expanding coverage to primaries and senators. Meat storage hearing concludes with testimony that properly frozen meat can be kept for six years.
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Underwood Kaia
House
Underwo
Wool Tariff
Serena E. Payne
New York
Underwood
Payne
Foster
Illinois
Mays
Florida
Treasury
Mann
Harrison
Clark
Noahy
Senate Committee On Privileges and
Senate Committee On Manufactures
Chicago
Chemistichardson
Armour & Co
Warburton
Washpire
Tony
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