Short says Western Federation of Miners can fund strike months
Calumet Michigan James A Short, representing Samuel Gompers, returned to the copper country to observe the strike for the American Federation of Labor. Short asserts the Western Federation of Miners has ample funds to sustain the strike two or three months and provide support, with indications the AFL is aiding the Federation of Miners modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet. Mich
James A. Short
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Western Federation of Miners
Short
American Federation
Federation of Miners
Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan Report
Grand Rapids figures show 38 clergy in the diocese with 61 parishes and missions. The year saw 436 baptisms 377 confirmations and 6811 communicants, 168 marriages and 279 burials. Sunday school included 2293 children and 264 teachers. Contributions totaled 484,479 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Episcopal Diocese of
Western Michigan
Cramton Seeks Action On Confederate Flags At Lansing Museum
Lansing Michigan congressman Louis Cramton asks the attorney general what steps Alabama officials must take to recover Confederate flags held in the Lansing museum. The attorney general says likely legislative action is needed, but a trade could occur if Alabama has Michigan flags to swap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Louis Cramton
Lapeer
Alabama
Michigan
Flint council blocks repeal petition for spring charter vote
The Flint common council on Monday night denied a petition by 700 voters to resubmit the city charter at the spring election. The proposition failed at a special election last July, and mandamus action to compel submitting the proposition at the spring election is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint, Micn
Common Council
State debate, wage question trips up East Lansing
The Towa State College debating team beat M A C at East Lansing over a question on establishing a minimum wage for uniskilled labor. The Pontiac Federation of Women’s Clubs and the Grocers and Butchers’ Association favor a public market to reduce living costs. Michigan National Guard officers head to schools of instruction across the state, with cavalry to Fort Sheridan, medical and signal corps to Fort Leavenworth, artillery to Tobyhanna PA, and infantry to the Grayling state camp site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa State College
East Lansing
Pontiac Federation of Women's Clubs
Grocers and Butchers’ Association
Michigan National Guard
Cavalry
Fort Sheridan
Medical Corps
Signal Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Tobyhanna, Pa
Grayling
Quiet Deaf Mute Wedding Ties Lulu Myer Albert Reynolds
Two ministers and a civilian joined in a quiet ceremony for Lulu Myer of Battle Creek and Albert Reynolds of Coldwater. Rev Taylor of Kalamazoo used sign language while Elder George A Tenney officiated aloud for hearing guests. Tenney's deaf mute son echoed the prayer in sign language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Lulu Myer
Albert Reynolds
Coldwater
Mr.aylor
Kalamazoo
George A. Tenney
Tenney
Michigan News in Brief State bonds vote planned April
In Battle Creek voters will decide on a 209000 bond issue. Bad Axe gains A E Sleeper as a Pere Marquette director. Saginaw Ladder Co. plant fire causes 335 loss. Decker Sanilac post office opened with Otto W Nizue postmaster. Michigan convicts to work on 215 acre Lowden farm near Jackson. Yale saloon ordinance approved amid pickle factory contracts for 100 acres cucumbers. Kalamazoo man Thomas Marvin killed crossing trains. Immigrant labor need pegged at 65000 for spring work. Wexford county schools to receive walnut trees for rural schools. Alpend veteran Herbert W Lyman dies in shanty fire. Bay county register John A Stewart dies after long illness. Grand Rapids Rosso confectionery burned after note to leave 506 in a Bugsy. Port Huron ships readying for navigation by April 15. Lapeer school chief A F Wilson resigns for Ypsilanti Normal. Kalamazoo Parsons College president W F Parsons dead. Hillsdale founder Jacob J Deal dies aged 87. Fort Huron okays ice snow on sidewalks. Recount petitions must file before election board rulings. State dairy official Smith has a quarter horse. meat seized in Boyne City. Kalama zo burn victim Thomas Mackey dies. Licenses process details clarified by AG Fellows. Govt farm admin Eben Mumford says no funds before July. Bay City contractor Frank Ryan trial ends with hung jury. County road rules on bridges 30 ft+ span require county maintenance. smaller bridges local township.
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John A. Stewart
Register of Deeds
Bay County
Bay City
James Rosso
Grand Rapids
Port Huron
A. F. Wilson
Lapeer
Ypsilanti Normal
W. F. Parsons
Parsons Business College
Kalamazoo
Ann Arbor
Jacob J. Deal
The
Deal Huggy Co
Hillsdale
Dodge Bros Challenge New Income Tax Law in DC Suit
Detroit manufacturers John F and Horace K Dodge file suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia challenging sections of the new income tax law. Attorney Fred A Baker argues the provisions unfairly favor corporations over individuals and partnerships.
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Washington
Fred A. Baker
Detroit
John F
Horace K. Dodge
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
William H Osborn
Internal Revenue
Marquette Plans New Orphanage At $77,000 Site
Marquette Michigan reads of a planned major orphanage costing seventy seven thousand dollars. The three story facility will sit on eight acres in the southern part of the city and house the peninsula’s orphan population. When ready the existing Asinins facility in Uiraga county will transfer its children to the new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
Siichigaum
Peninsula
Assinins
Uiraga County
Oldest Elk in Country Dies at 159 in Michigan
Fenton Michigan tale of Daniel OConnell aged 159 the Owosso lodge 753 member dies at his Argentine township home. He drew national notice at the 1910 Detroit Elks convention pressing Woodward avenue lights and leading the parade. Funeral held at Deerfield Catholic burying ground with Elks conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deerfield
The
Elks
Port Huron Faces Key Bond Proposals At April 6 Election
Port Huron Michigan voters in St. Clair County head to the polls April 6 to decide bond issues totaling 500000 for county road construction and 40000 for a new county home at Goodells. Proposals include charter amendments and a new armory for the local militia company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
County of
St. Clair
Goodells
Town and state brief from midweek items
Simon Kelley died when a heavy tree limb struck him near Kimball as he helped fell the tree. Alexander Zagelmeyer former Bay City representative died in Detroit at 56. George R. Griggs of Flint sues the Saginaw Flint Electric Line for 25000 damages after a sidewalk strike. A consignment of 55000 speckled trout fry was received from Northville hatchery for Pennoyer Creek near Newaygo. The funeral of Albert A Graves former Port Huron mayor and business figure was held under Masonic auspices. D Beebe of St Joseph County obtained an injunction in Kalamazoo County stopping work on a 10000 drain. Hillsdale College named a team to debate Kalamazoo College in Hillsdale April 24 on a wage law for unskilled labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Zagelmeyer
Bay City
Detroit
Bay County
George R. Griggs
Flint
Saginaw-Flint Electric Line
United States
Northville
Pennoyer Creek
Newaygo
Albert A Graves
Port Huron
Masonic Lodge
D. Beebe
St. Joseph County
Kalamazoo County
Hillsdale College
Valuable Gift of Books to Library of Congress
Washington library receives a second gift from Jacob H Sehit of New York adding over 4 000 Hebrew volumes to his prior 10 900. The collection spans Jewish thought from biblical to modern times including Bibles with commentaries Mishna Talmud Midrash codes of law Cabalah liturgy philosophy philology and history with many first editions and rare items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mossday
Jacob H Sehit
New York
Cale
Fire Rips through College Hall at Wellesley
A major blaze in College Hall in Wellesley Mass forces 250 students and 100 staff to flee. No injuries reported. losses estimated at 1.5 million dollars as sessions suspend and trains run to send students home. Residents lose rooms and belongings while survivors navigate smoke filled halls to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Mass
College Hall
Death of Inventor George Westinghouse Observed
More than 50,000 Westinghouse plant workers in Pittsburgh and worldwide honored the memory and work of George Westinghouse who died in New York after a 15 month illness of heart disease at age 84. Major plants in East Pittsburgh Wilmerding Swissvale and Trafford City joined the tribute alongside extended works in Hamilton Ontario Manchester London Havre Paris Hanover St Petersburg Vienna and Vado.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse
George Westinghouse
New York
East Pittsburg
Wilmerding
Swiss Vale
Trafford
Hamilton
Ont
Manchester
London
England
Havre
France
Hanover
Germany
St. Petersburg
Russia
Vienna
Austria
Vado
Italy
Michigan Threshers Form Incorporated Association
In Lansing the Michigan Threshers association members chose officers and voted to incorporate. Hollanders in western Michigan marked Prayer Day with church attendance. Justice Sutliff pledged to marry the first couple free if elected, his daughter Lillie and Percy Overpack were the couple. A second vote approved spending 710000 to build a new Kinde school after an initial defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Threshers' Association
Lansing
Michigan
Netherlands
Charles Sutliff
Elsie
Lillie
Percy Overpack
Wall from Missouri Athletic Club fire collapses in wind
In St Louis a wall left by the Missouri Athletic Club fire toppled in a gust, killing four more and raising the death toll to about 30. Fourteen were injured when it crushed the St. Louis Seed Company warehouse, with around 40 people inside. Building Inspector McKelvey ordered 171 men to evacuate as the wall fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Athletic Fire
St. Louis
Missouri Athletic Club
St. Louis Seed Company
McKelvey
Market Quotations Live Stock and Hogs
Market slow with cattle receipts and varied live stock quotes. Steers and heifers range from about 6 to 8 dollars per hundred weight, with cows, bulls, stockers, and milkers showing multiple price bands. Sheep and lambs demand strength with top lambs near 7.80, yearlings around 6.3, and ewes around 3.45 to 5.88. Hogs steady to lower with tops near 8.75 and pigs around 8.55 to 9.74 per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Buffalo
Thousand Die as Floods Hit Kuban Coast in Storm
A tidal wave from the Sea of Azov flooded Stanitza and Achtyrskaya after a violent hurricane, killing about one thousand people. Over 150 drown in Yasenkaja as Temryuk dam collapsed on the Taman Peninsula, washing away dozens of buildings.
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Ekaterinod
Russia
Stanitza
Achtyrskaya
Sea of Azov
Kuban
Yasenkaja
Temryuk
Taman
Achtyrskaja
Caillaux Wife Kills Figurehead in Paris Shootout
Paris Prime Minister Joseph Caillaux's wife Henriette Caillaux shot Gaston Calmette director of Figaro in the paper's office at 6:25 PM. Four bullets struck Calmette, who died later at a Neuilly private hospital. The attack followed Calmette publishing Caillaux’s letter to his mistress in a political campaign.
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Paris
Mme
Henriette Caillaux
Joseph Caillaux
Finance
Gaston Calmette
the Figaro
M. Calmette
Neuilly
M. Caillaux
Beymer Plans Gasoline Line Interurban From Bad Axe to Detroit
Detroit backer C. E. Beymer promotes a 110 mile air line gaso electric interurban from Bad Axe to Detroit. The Detroit Mt. Clemens and Northern road backs the plan and Verona township grants a franchise. Seventeen cities would be served led by Capac Brown City Mt. Clemens Bad Axe.
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Bad Axe
Mich
C. E. Beymer
Detroit
Mt. Clemens
Beymer
Verona
Capac
Brown City
Oldest US man Henry Dorman dies at 116 in Lamar
Henry Dorman died on his 116th birthday at his Lamar home Monday night. Born January 10, 1799 in Steuben County New York, he enlisted in 1863 as a private in Co. F Seventh Michigan Cavalry and fought at Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
United States
Henry Dorman
Steuben County
New York
George Washington
Co. F
Michigan Cavalry
Gettysburg
Assurance to Unite Express Employees on Bankrupt Plan
New York Assurance given Sunday night to employees of United States Express Co. at a Jersey City meeting. If the company goes out of business, provisions will be made by other express firms. Plans included laying aside a fund to aid former workers unable to find new jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York—Assurance
United States Express Co
Jersey City
Express
Conklin Reappointed Civics Head at WM Normal College
Superintendent W E Conklin of Hastings is named head of the civics department for the summer session at Western Michigan Normal College Kalamazoo the eleventh time. Stanley Gerlioski of Oval Wood Dish Co Traverse City fell into a boiling tank and crawled out alone likely to live. Battle Creek high school fire is deemed incendiary by Fire Chief Weeks and the school board amid links to three Y M C A blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W E. Conklin
Hastings
Western Michigan Normal College
Kalamazoo
Stanley Gerlioski
Oval Wood Dish Co
Traverse City
Battle Creek
W. P. Weeks
Board of Education
Detroit Wheat and Market Prices Report
The Detroit market lists May wheat at opening $1.01 1/4, July at 91 1/2, closing 91 1/2. Prices cover corn, oats, rye, beans, cloverseed, timothy, alfalfa, hay, flour, feed, apples, tomatoes, cabbage, dressed hogs, potatoes, onions, honey, live poultry, cheese and more with varied per unit quotes and shipment terms. Strong entities include Detroit, wheat, corn, oats, rye, beans, cloverseed, timothy, alfalfa, apples, tomatoes, cabbage, hogs, potatoes, onions, honey, poultry, cheese.
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Detroit
Timothy
Bermuda
Michigan Flats
New York
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Man and
Rob Sate
Construction Company
Ewart Opera House Association
J. R. Postal
Geo. A. Glerum
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B. W. Wells
State Board of Agriculture
E. H. Ryder
Night Watchman
Grand Rapids. Mich
William Bergen
Puller Construction Co
Pantlind Hotel
Bergen
Episcopal Statistics For Diocese
Flint Council
State News
Michigan News
A. E. Sleeper
Pere Marquette
Saginaw Ladder Co
Decker
Sanilac County
Otto W. Nizue
Jackson
Yale
Hud Ave
Thomas Marvin
Carton
W. H. Faunce
Wexford County
Herbert W. Lyman
Alpend
City Commission
Fort Huron
Fellows
Election Board
Smith
State Dairy and Food Department
Boyne City
Thomas Mackey
Fiast
Eben Mumford
Frank Ryan
State Highway Commissioner
Dodge Bros. OF
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Upper Peninsula
Daniel O'Connell
Fenton
Simon Kelley
Kimball
Library OF Congress
Jacoyw H. Schiff
Kinde
Big ST. Louis
Figaro
U. S. Express
General Markets
Apples
Steele
Spy
Greening
Baldwin
Hothouse
Gaple
Clare, Mich
LEWIS
Fifth Street
J. T. Brown
Igan Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Clare and Vicinity
Florence Downer
Dunlop
J. B. Roe, D DS
North Western University
Chicago
H. E. Neelands
Otce
Elden
Black Bell
Unier
James A. Reeder
West Fifth Street
Pheas
A.E. Mulder
D.D
Tatman
University of Michigan
Clahe
Wmicad
G. A. Reading
Law Department
Clare County Savings Bank
W. S. Cooley
A. J. Farmer
Strindberg
A. Thurston & Son
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