Rojestvensky Faces Pacific Route Amid Far East Tensions
Tokyo reports stir as Admiral Rojestvensky plans to exit the China Sea north of Luzon, avoiding Formosa toll and torpedo risk. Cronstadt reinforcements, Slava and Emperor Alexander II, prepare for dispatch. Haichou occupation signals German aims in Shantung. Continued coverage on second page.
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ST. Petersburg
Far East
Admiralty
Tokyo
Rojestvensky
Hon-Kohe Bay
China Sea
Pacific
Ballintang
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Formosa
Straits
Cronstadt
Pare
Page
Slava
Russia
Germany
Haichou
Shantung
Hoang
China
Socialist influence in labor unions sparks industry debate
Special Dispatch from Atlanta May 16 notes the tenth annual meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers drawing 3000 members in the Grand Opera House. President Parry warned against socialism, arguing government control over capital harms private ownership and warns against union influence on industry.
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Parry
National ‘Manufacturers’ Association
Atlanta
Commercial Tribune
National Association of Manufacturers of the United
D. M. Parry
Indianapolis
Mr. Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
Association
Chicago
Employers’ Association
Teamsters
Teamsters’ Union
Armour Car Lines Earns Monopoly Claims Before Senate
President George R. Robbins of the Armour Car Lines testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee in Washington on May 16. He admitted 20 to 30 exclusive railroad contracts for fruit transport and said the firm enjoyed a private status not subject to interstate commerce laws.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commercce
George R. Robbins
Armour Car Lines Company
Armours
Bbins Star Witness
Robbins
Armour
Elkins
Bilkins
Pere Marquette
Col George W Clark Dies in Washington D C
Colonel George Woodhull Clark of Cincinnati died of heart disease yesterday at the Hotel Regent in Washington D C after a short illness. A Civil War veteran and railway supply agent with offices in the Merchants Library Building he left Cincinnati with his wife on May – he was 55. He enjoyed friendships with President Roosevelt and will be buried here or in Washington.
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George Woodhull Clark
Cincinnati
Regent
Washington
D. C
Mercanthe Library
Clark
Roosevelt
Permit Denied for Burial of Leg Belonging to Murphy
The Health Department refused a burial permit for Henry C. Murphy's amputated leg of Covington iron worker aged 49 after an accident at St Mary Hospital. Wright street residents wish to bury the leg at St Joseph Cemetery. undertaker told to inform sexton no permit needed.
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Health Department
Henry C. Murphy
Wright Street
Covington
St. Mary Hospital
Wright
St. Joseph Cemetery
Sona
Masked Men Kill Her Husband and Wife Arrested
In Calhoun County near Brookville, May 3 masked men shot Henry Blackshire dead in front of his wife and son. Mrs. Blackshire, neighbor Robert McCloskey, and Louis Hendricks are jailed in Parkersburg on complicity charges. Hendricks says Blackshire wife offered money to kill her husband and sought life insurance payout. Public sentiment threatened lynching of Mrs. Blackshire amid the murder case.
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West Virginia
Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Henry Blackshire
Brookville
Calhoun County
McCloskey
Chadwick Homestead Auction Set for Thursday in Cleveland
Cleveland bidders and others are expected to attend the sale of the Chadwick homestead by Trustee Nathan Loeser. The property is appraised at 40 000 dollars. Mrs Cassie L Chadwick’s bankruptcy hearing was postponed to June 6 due to illness.
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Cleveland
Chadwick
Nathan Loeser
Cassie L. Chawick
Aunt Patty, 100, Honored with Dinner in Columbus
"Aunt Patty" Allen turned 100 today, born a slave in Amelia Virginia. Mrs. John G Deshler hosted the dinner. Aunt Patty helped in the Greene family births and remained a revered figure for the Deshler lineage.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, O
Patty” Allen
Amelia
John G. Deshler
Patty
Deshler
Greene
Leap to Death in Darkness on L and N Bridge
T. E. Garver reports seeing a man leap from the L and N Bridge near Newport toward Cincinnati about six last night. The man, about 40, six feet tall, with dark hair and mustache, dropped into the river after climbing the railing. Garver and two others failed to rescue him. no note or identification was found.
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T. E. Garver
Broadway
Newport
Cincinnati
L. & N. Bridge
Garver
Kirke La Shelle Dies at Home in Bellport
Bellport L I May 16 Kirke La Shelle theatrical manager died at his home from diabetes after about a week of illness. Born in Illinois in 1862 he started as a Chicago newspaper man and entered theatre in 1891 writing The Ameer Princess Chic and collaborating on The Virginian among other works.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellport
L. L
Kirke la Shelle
Mr. la Shelle
Illinois
Chicago
Sluggers Strike and Fatality Rattle Chicago Unions
In Chicago Bricklayers’ Hall police raid dozens of unionists arrested after a nonunion driver was slugged. John Mitterman, fearing the same fate as Charles Carlstrom, killed himself. The Terra Cotta Brick Teamsters union dispute drew testimony on attacks on nonunion workers and a federal injunction.
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Chicago
Charles Gilhooley
C. J. Carlstrom
Grand Jury
Commercial Tribune
Federation of Labor
John Mitterman
Carlstrom
Mitterman
Mr. Meckel
Patrick McMahon
Terra Cotta,Sand ,and Brick Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
McMahon
John H. Donahue
United States Express Company
Gompers Seeks End to Chicago Teamsters Strike
President Gompers meets with team owners and union leaders in Chicago as pressure mounts to settle the walkout. Mayors’ comments and the threat of troop calls amplify the push for a quick agreement to allow deliveries to non boycott stores.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Gompers
Teamsters
Dunne
Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Sisters Duel With Revolver and Knife in East Front Saloon
Two sisters Effie Jenkins and Susie Jenkins Bowers fought over a man, using a revolver and a knife in Joesting's saloon on East Front near the Silver Moon resort. Both women were hospitalized with stab and gunshot injuries. Susie Bowers is charged with shooting to kill.
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City Hospital
Effie Jenkins
Ewell
Susie
Bowers
Joesting’s
Effie
Hannacke
Trinkler
Susie Bowers
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Ray Sey Ae
Formosa Stants
Shanghai
Madagascar
Libau
David M. Parry
R. F. Maddox
Chamber of Commerce
J.M. Terrell
James G. Woodward
John Temple Graves
Atlanta News
William McCarroll
New York
Armour Car Lines
Senate
Mr. Elkins
Dolliver
Com
Col. Clark
Sello Chadwick
Loeser
Columbus
Gilhooley
Self
C. J.carlstrom
Fred L. Meckel
Donahue
Union
Bompers and
Gauses
Employers’ Association and
President Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Express Companies
W. J. Gibbons
Cab and Livery Wagon Drivers’ Union
Liverymen’s and Undertakers’ Associations
Frank Amberg
A. B. Parrago
J. O. Sullivan
Harvey Edgerton
Gibbons
Amber
Mr. Amberg
Sullivan
Night
Silver Moon Resort
Susie Jenkins
van Horn Alley
Clarence Ewell
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