Rioting and Death Mark Philadelphia Street Car Strike
Police clash with strikers across Philadelphia as Market Street and other main avenues see repeated battles. Three boys shot, one man killed, arrests made, and dynamite damages a Philadelphia Rapid Transit barn. O. O. Pratt, strike leader, released on bail after urging against a sympathetic strike.
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Philadelphia
Market Street
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Frankaford
Second
Third
Richmond
Wyoming Streets
Kruger
Ashhurst
Kensington
City Hall
Baldwin Works
Reading Terminal
Stuart
Union League
Reyburn
Poliutmen
Philadelphia Rapid Transit
St Ridge Avenue
Boy Jumps From Trestle in Stamford River Rescue
Charles H. B. Dixon twelve-year-old leaped from a trestle west of Stamford Railway Station into the Rippowan River after ice prevented escape from an oncoming freight train. He reported breaking ice to reach shore and suffered no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford, Conn
Stamford
Charles HB. Dixon
Rippowan River
Six drinks for middies bill passes in Maryland House
Annapolis Md A bill making centers of intoxicants legally responsible for sales to midshipmen St John’s students and minors has passed the Maryland House of Delegates. Captain J M Bowyer head of the Naval Academy pressed for the change noting prior owner liability exemptions made the law a farce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
St. John’s
J. M. Bowyer
Naval Academy
Maryland House of Delegates
Frisco to Stage 45 Round Belt Bout Jee Johnson
San Francisco will host a July 4 championship battle between James J Jee and Jack Johnson for a pursuance of $101 000. The official announcement followed a conference with Tex Rickard Eddie Graney Supervisor John L Herget Ian Fitzpatrick and Jim Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
James J. Jee
Jack Johnson
Tex Rickard
Eddie Graney
John L. Herget
Ian Fitzpatrick
Jim Griffin
Telegraphic Ticks and Taft Aide Actions Across Nations
The report notes Knox policy shifts in Nicaragua and Taft meetings with Gov Hughes and NY Republicans on party issues. It mentions a Devonian steamer dismantled by lightning in Massachusetts Bay, Keene admitting involvement in pools, Saenz killed in Managua, Unger dies of rabies in NYC, Marek arrested for bride fraud, Paymaster Auld exonerated by court-martial, and heavy security around Tatton’s NYC visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Nicaragua
Liverpool
Massachusetts Bay
Taft
Tughes
New York State
James R. Keene
Saenz
America Aus
Managua
Frederick Unger
New York City
Joseph Marek
Springfield
Mess
Auld
Cowles
Navy Department
Senate Food Inquiry Appoints Sherman to Investigate Cost of Living
Vice President Sherman named to a select committee with Senators Lodge Gallinger McCumber Smoot Crawford Simmons Clarke of Arkansas Mitty to probe rising living costs. Separate items note a doughnut illness scare in Laurel Maryland and mis-delivered cooking oils causing several hospital cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington, D. C
Sherman
Senators Lodge
Gallinger
McCumber
Smoot
Crawford
Simmons and Clarke
Arkansas
Greece Denies Hostilities After Tsamados Elected President
In Athens former Minister General Tsamados was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies. An official statement denies abroad reports of army and navy hostilities and suggests foreign warships did not plan to bombard Piraeus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Tsamados
Chamber of Deputies
Piraeus
Minnesota Wins Supreme Court Rail Tax Victory
The United States Supreme Court affirmed Minnesota court rulings, allowing a four percent gross earnings tax on railroads including Great Northern and Chicago Great Western. The decision grants Minnesota $800,000 in arrears and $200,000 annually in revenue, establishing the state’s authority against railway exemptions and clarifying territorial charters. George T. Simpson Bal EDT proclaims the victory as the state’s most significant litigation, with closing arguments by Simpson and George W. Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Minnesota
Great Northern Railway Company
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Ramsey County
Minn
Great Northern
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Company
Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Chicago Great Western
Union
South Carolina
Kansas
Kesche
Supreme Court of
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Madison
Kan
Kangas-Missouri
Inc
Alabama
Georgia
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
St. Paul
Crass
George T. Simpson
Smofice
Young
George W. Peterson
Ex convict banker Johnson found dead in river
John F. Johnson once president of the State National Bank and four six year federal prison terms was found dead in the Wabash River in Logansport Indiana. Authorities say he likely died by his own hand after embezzling about 350000 from the bank and later working in brokerage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Johnson
Logansport
Ind
Wabash River
State National Bank
Columbus
Johnson
Robert Watchorn Appointed to Los Angeles Housing Commission
Robert Watchorn formerly Commissioner of Immigration at Ballis Island was appointed to the Housing Commission by Mayor Alexander in Los Angeles California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Watchorn
Immigration
Bllis Island
Housing Commission
Alexander
Los Angeles
Cal
Senate Passes Diplomatic and Consular Bill
In Washington D C the Senate passed the Diplomatic and Consular Bill without debate or amendment. The measure carries an appropriation of 4 219 481 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court rules Arkansas foreign corporation fee unconstitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court voids Arkansas Wingo act requiring a capital stock based incorporation fee on foreign corporations. The decision aligns with the reasoning used to strike similar Kansas law. The ruling is cited from the same constitutional grounds as other state attempts to restrict or tax out-of-state companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Arkansas
Supreme Court of the
United States
Negro killer battles police after deadly Toronto shooting
William Withers, a Black man, murdered two women, Mrs Davis and Mrs Washington, with an automatic pistol in Toronto. He barricaded himself in a house near Broad Ylow Avenue and fought police for two hours, firing at officers before dying as they entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
Trme
Davis
Washington
William Withers
Himelf
Ot Street
Broad Ylow Avenue
Withers
New York Pastors’ Graveyard Highlighted in Sermon
The Rev. Dr. William Carter of Madison Avenue Reformed Church in New York warns that the city is a graveyard for ministers. He cites health collapses, suicides, and discouragement among large-church pastors, urging congregations to support and uplift their clergy and renew personal piety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
William Carter
Madison Avenue Reformed
Fifty Seventh Street
Dr. Carter
Oaly
Carter
Kansas City
Abbott E. Kittredge
Madison Avenue Reformed Church
Jesus
Cancer research push eyed by New York lab head
Albany report urges state funding for human trials and patient maintenance to study cancer. notes experiments on animals show potential cures via repeated inoculations and heightened immunity. Also cites fish cancer in trout and a regional US distribution pattern linking trout range to human cancer clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Harvey R. Gaylord
State Cancer Laboratory
Buffalo
Gaylord
Pennsylvania Graft Witness Found Dead in Harrisburg
John Stott, key witness and secretary to the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings, was found dead in his Harrisburg home bathroom. The death adds to a graft case indicting multiple contractors linked to Capitol furnishing contracts and prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
State Capitol
John ©. Stott
Stott
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Capitol
Bar of Justice
Minor mentions and political notes in scattered items
A collection of brief items reports Cuban editors sentenced in Havana over Wheling President Gomez. Athens hopes Italy will convene a Powers conference on Crete. a Hoboken prisoner denied marriage. Senator Frank P. Flint declines reelection. food price causes blamed on storage houses railroads farmers and middlemen. Aldrich proposes a Washington budget commission. Hatters plan to take Banbury cotting case to the Supreme Court. Justice Gott clears a murder verdict in a related case. labor leaders predict large scale work stoppages involving 970 000 workers across building trades railroads and others in the coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Gomez
Athens
Italy
Emil von Mueller
Hoboken
Frank P. Flint
California
Aldrich
Washington, C
Hatters
Banbury (Conn
United States Supreme Court
Gott
Delense
Jos “i
Commission Rule Carries in Sioux City and Eau Claire
Sioux City Iowa adopts commission form of government after two weeks of debate. In 5000 votes the plan wins by 747, carrying every ward. Eau Claire Wisconsin also approves the commission plan by 1867 yeas to 994 nays, first in the state to adopt this form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Im ‘Ooty
Eau Claire
Wis
City Commission
De Castellane Parents sue Princess de Sagan in Paris
The Marquis and Marquise de Castellane sue Princess de Sagan Anna Gould for $12,600 in back annuities from a 1908 marriage settlement. They allege the couple agreed to $5,600 yearly support until divorce, when the countess refused to contribute to her husband's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess de Sagan
Paris
France
Marquise de Castellane
Anna Gould
Jottings From A College Toward National Sports News
Swarthmore College announced a move toward Navy basketball with a 3 to 16 score. Dr James Dwight of Philadelphia was elected president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association. Tommy Burns and Bill Lang were lined up to fight for the Australian title. The Navy and Warward eight oared boat race is set for April 21 on the Severn. Seven Brooklyn baseball players signed contracts while Jake Daubert held out for higher pay. Eddie Grant, after leading the league in salary value, joined Philadelphia for a substantial increase. At the National Baseball Commission meeting in Cincinnati August Werrmann denounced syndicate baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swathmore College
Navy
James Dwight
Philadelphia
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Tommy Burns
Bill Lang
Australia
TM Navy
Warward
Severn
Brooklyn
Jake" Daubert
Eddie Grant
Waener
National Baseball Commission
n—Clincinnati
Ohio
August Werrmann
Baseball
Eight Counterfeiters Guilty Sentenced in New York Court
Eight counterfeiters were found guilty after a 25 day trial in the United States Circuit Court. Judge Ray imposed sentences from 15 to 30 years with fines up to $1000. Notable figures included Lupo and Morello. The band operated from a Highland Falls farm producing small denomination notes ringed through Harlem and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
United States
Ray
Atlanta (Ga
Tegnazio Lupo
Italy
Giuseppe Morello
Lupo
Giuseppe Palermo
Giuseppe Colechio
Nicolo Sylvestre
Antonio Cecula
Salvatore Cine
Vincenzo Giglio
New York
Morello
Mirabeaux
Towns
Petrosino
Palermo
Highland Falls
N.Y
Harlem
Brooklyn
Whm
Antonio Conito
Lamb
Idle by shut down at Pawtucket thread mills
Labor troubles at J. and P. Coats Ltd thread mills in Pawtucket have forced an indefinite shutdown. About two thousand five hundred workers, starting with 125 backboys demanding a ten percent raise, have staged a gradual walkout. The local manager will forward the demand to Scottish owners for a decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. T
J. & P. Coats, Ltd
Scotland
Woman Dies After Fall on New Street in West Caldwell
Mrs. Phoebe Crane Gould, nearly 84, died from injuries after a fall on the new street near her home in West Caldwell New Jersey. Her husband William Gould died twenty years ago. Her father, Major Nathaniel St Crane, built the Morris Canal from Boonton to Newark and held large land tracts in Issix and Morris counties.
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West Caldwell
N. J
New Street
Phoebe Crane Gould
Het
William Gould
Nathaniel St. Crane
Boonton
Newark
Issix
Morris Counties
Young kicker dies after eight foot challenge
George Tiarrett nineteen year old high kicker of Alda Ned won a contest to touch a mark eight feet above the floor. He burst a blood vessel during the attempt and died of hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tiarrett
Alda
Ned
Miss Swenson Dies Aboard Ship on Atlantic Passage
Plymouth England reports Miss Mabel Swenson daughter of Is Swenson then American Minister to Switzerland died aboard the steamship Ammerika during the New York City voyage. Cause listed as tuberculosis the body embalmed to be landed at Cherbourg as Mr Swenson and family travel to Berne
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
England
Mabel Swenson
Swenson
Twly
Switzerland
New York City
Cherbourg
Swengan
Bernt
Street Car Crash Kills Two in El Paso
Two people die and others injured when a street car jumps a fuse causing flames and panic. Victims include A. V. Smith aged 32 and Miss Maggie Riley of Canada. several are lightly hurt and at least one person jumped from the moving car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
A. V. Smith
Maggie Riley
Canada
Infant dies in house fire in Pittsburg
Mrs George Sydes was at the theatre when her home caught fire. An ten month old child perished and a two month old was saved. George Sydes Sr the father, an invalid, attempted to rescue his children as flames ignited blankets in a cot near the grate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
George Sydes
Eien
Uwentsy
George Sydes Sr
Army Major Sparks Debate Over Soldier Diet in Test
Major Charles Woodruff of the Army Medical Corps contests college experiments that fed troops a reduced diet. He cites severe effects on soldiers and claims extra meals were secretly taken, urging higher army rations and a fifty cent monthly food allowance. The piece also covers Beveridge tobacco coupon prohibitions and political chatter around Roosevelt and public investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles ©. Woodruff
Army Medical Corps
Woodruff
Inventor Must File Extra Drawings to Prevent Fraud
Washington bills reported by the House Patents Committee seek to change patent office procedure. Inventors must file additional drawings as directed by the Commissioner of Latents to guard against fraudulent alterations of the single drawing filed with an application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Patents
Labor disputes and benefits noted in early union reports
The report cites death benefits totaling 291 742 56 for carpenters, and labor disputes involving 17 873 workers amid 4909 cases. It mentions cooperation in Boston 1944, a proposal for mortuary benefits by the International Typographical Union, and a rise of unions in the United States. It notes child welfare congress plans for May in Washington and a drop in New York child labor violations. The Nat Nat Typ machinists form a nomeratorian under Typesetting Machin Engineers’ Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
International Typographical Union
United States
International Congress On Child Welfare
Washington, D. C
New York
Roosevelts Arrive in Gondokoro for Sudan Expedition
Colonel Roosevelt Kermit Roosevelt and Smithsonian African Scientific Expedition reach Gondokoro amid native welcome and bugle bands. They describe a grueling march through Aquarius and wild terrain from Nimule Uganda to Khartoum with plans to sail down the Nile to Khartoum and then Cairo, while Mrs Roosevelt is to join at Khartoum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gondokero
Soudan
Col. Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Smithsonian African Scientific Expedition
Gondokare
Kersha
Whic
America
Coronel Roosevelt
Kermit
Bar-el-Jabel
Reginald Wingate
Sirdar
Roosevelt
Pong- Thraneh-Rativeuwners
Nimule
Uganda Protectorate
Gondokoro
Kit River
Luturi Hills
Kadora
Khartoum
Nile
Cairo
Trysbant
Kintoum
Mark Slater Arrested in Detroit on Graft Charges
Detroit reports Mark Slater former State Printer of Ohio was jailed at Police Headquarters on graft allegations. He would waive extradition and claimed published statements overstated the charges. Slater had been working as an agent for a coal company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Mark Slater
Ohio
White
Slater
Honduras Debt Refunding Arranged by J P Morgan and U S
J P Morgan and Co backed by the United States Government arranged to refund Honduras railroad debt. Bankers to provide funds and Washington DC agent to supervise customs of the Central American republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honduras
J. P. Morgan & Co
United States
Washington, D. C
Pork Prices Climb to New Records in Major Markets
Live hogs at the stock yards rose to about 9.48 per hundredweight, a 74 cent daily gain, marking a Civil War era high. In Louisville Kentucky hogs sold around 9.60, the highest price since the Civil War, fueling expectations that the $1 hog could appear soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louisville
Loulaville
Senate Passes Bennet white slave bill and Gaynor signs county court house
The Bennet white slave bill advanced in the Senate while Washington D C Mayor Gaynor signed a county court house appropriation for Cityville Park New York. Leader J J Hagan pushed a presidential boom for Mayor Gaynor of New York City. United States Judge Marlin in New York City refused to grant immunity to Charles Belke of the Sugar Trust who testified in anti trust proceedings. The hunt for disease spread by the mouth and nose was tied to a theory from Pomerania. The jury in ex Congressman Binge Hermann’s land fraud case in Portland Oregon disagreed. Dr Jean Charcot’s French Antarctic expedition reached seventy degrees south discovering new land near Alexander Island. China plays down the Britain Russia consultation note on the Chine chow fu railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington D.C
Gaynor
Cityvil Park
New York
J. J. Hagan
New York City
Marlin
Charles Belke
Sugar Trust
Anti Trust
Pomerania
Beilly
Binge’ Hermann
Portland
Ore
Jean Charcot
Alexander Island
China
Russia
New Jersey Woman Lives With Animals in Hen Coop
Evelyn Wentworth Murray, widow and animal protection supporter, resides in a hen coop on her Somerville area property after her bungalow and cow barn burned. Neighbors note her attachment to the land and pets, with a request to rebuild denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Wentworth Murray
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Hass
Somerville
Movement to Free Toll Roads in Gloucester County
Gloucester County Freeholders in Woodbury take no action to convene with toll-road owners on a potential purchase. Freeholder Mungan argues the county owns more toll roads than any in the state and supports free roads, noting local towns would not seek near-term improvements. Two miners die at Newton zinc mine when a hauled bucket overturns near the top, tossing them out. Victims are John Tinsorinia and James Sagutta. King crabs wash up on Ocean City beach, catching residents by surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longworth
John R. McLean Fadin
Capital
Bourke—Cochran
Samoa
Ihey
Cochran
Gloucester County
Woodbury
Mungan
Taylor
Zinc Company
Newton
John Tinsorinia
James Sagutta
Ocean City
Peean
Building boom and public notices across Hunterdon region
In Clinton township authorities muzzle all dogs amid mad dog scare as Lenola sees rapid growth with new houses. Mrs Edward Warner learns of her son Edward's death in San Mateo and burial will follow. A S Clarke of Woodbury chosen church organist. Samuel Wyckoff dog killed after rabies signs. Miss Myrtle Insley named organist in Phillipsburg First M E Church. Henrietta Haines of Moorestown, eighty two, fractures shoulderblade after a fall. Glassboro opera house contract awarded to Thomas Munzan of Richwood for 78000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Township
Hunterdon County
Lenola
Edward Warner
Clarksore
Edward
San Mateo
Cal
A. S. Clarke
Woodbury
Christ P. E. Church
Samuel Wyckoff
Flemington
Myrtle Insley
Milford
M. E
Phillipsburg
Henrietta Haines
Moorestown
Glassboro
Thomas Munzan
Richwood
Fireside Tragedy Yields Ten Thousand Damages
Mrs. Josephine Gloonan won 10000 in Chicago for her husband Bartholomew Gloonan a fireman who died from a fall while responding to an alarm. Juries found the fall was caused by poor street pavement and awarded damages against the city. General Estrada faced a setback at Santa Clara Nicaragua though undismayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Gloonan
Chicago
Ill
Bartholomew Gloonan
Fire Department
Gloonan
Lustrada Chaismayea
Estrada
Santa Clara
Nicaragua
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O. O. Pratt
Lins Playes
Maryland
Jepy-Johnson
Mitty I
Laurel
Rickert
Patrick Calhoun
Lawler
Western Union Telegraph Company
Jersey Shore
Alfred Coffman
Pine Station
Elkins
Agnes Elkins
West Virginia
National Association of Master Bakers
Wilmington
Del
Benjamin White
Thomas ‘McCann
Layton Home
Prince Rubeus
Meridian
Prince Ruelens Victor Ruelens
London
Lillian Ida Hess Selter
New Orleans
Miss Draper
Mass
Margaret Preston Draper
Woo. Draper
General Draper
CABLE
Cooheery
Montreal
Lima
Peru
Ecuador
Menador
Ancud
Chile
Ministro Zenteno
Hatumet
Strait of Magellan
Labor Party
Lauber
Philippines
Manila
Blue Army
Gener Daniel Brush
Red Army
Templin M Potts
Blues
Gustave
Stockholm
London Tubes Phin
London Tube Railway
Kaiser
Berlin
William
Brest
Fear
aAre
Abruval
Turin
Duke of
Abruze
Vittorio Emanuels Theatre
Congo
Brussels
Meighan Congo
Watchorn
Tavaud
Berryman
Washing Star
State Laboratory
de Castellane
Ignazio Lupo
Atlanta
Miss Swenson
Jemp
Cur St
Babe
Beveridge
Japan
Diana
Tobacco Trust
Gilson
Gardzier
Hag
Egypt
Troosevelt
Gardner
White House
Elba
Europe
House
Wars and Means
Make
Senate Committee
A i” Se
Buglers
Herald -Roosevelt
Keriba
New Jersey
Julius Lubbert
Jersey City
Justice of the Peace
Lubbart
Patrick J. Murphy
Water Department
Wiliam Engel
Third Street
Elizabeth Mtsletzke
Engel
Atsee Sega
Charter Warren Birch
Charles G. Birch
Fairview Avenue
Plainfield
John Hummell
Young Hirch
Public Service Corporation
Hummell
Wells
Carrie Brown
Paterson
Miss Brown
St. Joseph's Hospital
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