Rail workers seek raise as 90 lines face dispute
Chicago October 25 railway wage dispute widens with 40 000 engineers and firemen demanding a $60 000 000 yearly increase across 90 western railways They seek to merge the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen into one union while contracts expire November 10 The carriers warn of arbitration and a wage cap citing high operating costs and larger duties in the west with tougher conditions than the east
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Chicago
Western Railways
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Lokomotive Firemen
Chiafa
Stoke
Carter
Isister
Railroada
Publc
General Managers’ Association
Messrs
Stone and Carter
Rocky Mountain Territory
Mountain District
St. Louis
Thaw Indicted in Conspiracy Over Escape
New York grand jury returns a conspiracy indictment against Harry K. Thaw and four associates over his escape from Matteawan State Hospital in August. Also named are Richard Butler Michael O Keefe Roger Thompson and Eugene Duffy, accused as Thaw’s companions in the automobile raid. Bench warrants issued and sent to detectives as extradition efforts proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Thea ‘Matteowan State Hospital
William Travers Jerome F
Thaw
New Hampshire
Richard Butler
Michael ‘O'Keefe
Roger” ‘Thompson
Eugene Duffy
Duchess County
Wyver
Storms kill twenty in Louisiana and injure hundreds
Twenty or more people die and about a hundred are injured as a series of Louisiana storms w over Thursday cause extensive damage worth millions. In New Orleans damage tops half a million with no fatalities. A 500 foot wide tornado devastates areas around the Hington plantation near Luling before moving on. Washington names George Fred Williams of Boston as minister to Greece after Prof Garrett Droppers declines.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Hington Plantation
Luling
Greece
Washington
George Fred Williams
Boston
Wilson
Garrett Droppers
Williams College
Mrs Sulzer's Kin to Wed in Philadelphia
A marriage license was issued in Philadelphia to Miss Ernes tine V. Roedelhalm sister of the wife of William Sulzer deposed governor of New York and Walter M Frieden burg of Edge Hill road Cleveland Ohio.
Confederate Pension Plan Diverts Cotton Tax Funds
Washington Oct 22 A plan to move sixty million dollars from the Civil War cotton tax now in the treasury to pensions for Confederate soldiers and their widows was presented to Senator Ransdell.
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Washington
Confederata
Senator Ransdell
Roosevelt in Brazil Meets High Officials and Diplomats
Theodora Roosevelt arrived in Rio de Janeiro and was greeted with a military welcome and a large reception. He and Mrs Roosevelt were saluted by bands as President Hermes Fonseca sent a representative. Brazil’s cabinet ministers, Argentina’s minister, and many officials joined a formal welcome including diplomats and military officers.
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Rio Janeiro
Theodora Roosevelt
Hermes Fonseca
Edwin V. Morgan
United States
Brazil
Senhor Barros-Moreiro
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Achilles de Pedernieras
Washington
Jose Carlos Rodriguez
Antonio Coutinho Gomes Pereira
Antonio Olyntho de Magalhaes
The
Historical Institute
Naval Arsenal
Bougeta
Roosevelt
Margaret Roosevelt
Republic
Argentina
Legation
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
High Court of Juatica
Suicide of Trust official shocks Philadelphia
Philadelphia gives tragic note as J Hogan Furst secretary treasurer of Lock Haven Trust and Safe Deposit company leaps from seventh floor of Orthopaedic hospital. The brief dispatch notes a single fatal incident with no further context.
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Philadelphia
J. Hogan Furst
Lockhaven Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Sfth
Orthopaedic Hospital
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Boston
Vigo
Spain
Portugal
Canal Zone Earthquake Shakes Colon at Nine O Clock
An earthquake lasting about 16 seconds occurred in Colon at 9:08 am. Houses rocked and clocks stopped but no serious damage was reported.
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Canal Zone
Colon
293 Believed Dead From New Mexico Mine Disaster
Dawson New Mexico Oct 25 after a second sleepless night the town crowd gathered at the No 2 shaft of the Stag Canon mine awaiting the final toll of the worst local disaster 38 dead and 23 living have been recovered as rescue crews dig through rock and dirt while relatives wait in shelters and fear poison gas may claim more miners.
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Dawson
N. M
J. C. Roberta
Federal
Pankhurst Freed After Ellis Island Detention in New York
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst the English suffragette leader was landed at the Battery after detention at Ellis Island where she had been ordered deported as an undesirable alien. She spoke to a large crowd before leaving Hills Island on a government tug. President Wilson fixed Thanksgiving for November 27 in a national proclamation.
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New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
Manhattan Island
Ellis Island
Battery
Delays Hanging to Feast in Somerset Murder Case
Somerset Pa Oct 26 A three hour reprieve from Sheriff Charles Hochard postponed the execution of murderer John W Maus. He was granted time to eat a roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings before the hanging.
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Somerset
John W. Maus
Bherif
Charles Vs
Hochard
Morro Castle Detention Heightens Mexican Tensions
News from Vera Cruz reports the U S Ward liner Morro Castle seized by the Mexican gun boat Zaragoza. The detention endangers Americans as Mrs John Lind, wife of the U S envoy, is aboard and held by authorities amid political strife with Huerta's government.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Zaragoza
Morro Castre
United States
Felix Diaz
Morro Cuatle
Huff
Morro Castle
Havana
Huerta
John Lind
Wilson
Sulzer Named by Progressives for Sixth Assembly
William Sulzer, impeached former governor, nominated for the New York Assembly by the Progressives in the Sixth district. He left Albany quietly after the nomination, signaling acceptance at the party meeting. President Wilson sent his first veto message to Congress regarding restoring Adolph Unger to West Point.
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Albany
N. Y
William Sulzer
Sulzer
Wilson
Washington
Congress
Adolph Unger
Weat Point
Strikere Hurt Seven Officers at Red Jacket Riot
Seven deputy sheriffs were injured during a riot at the Mineral Range depot in Red Jacket Calumet Michigan as they escorted strikebreakers to the mines. Three officers were reported seriously hurt in the clash between strikers and authorities at the depot.
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Strikere
Calumet
Mich
Sherifs
Red Jacket
Will Follow The Election President To Say Foreign Interference
Washington Oct 27 The United States plans to warn all nations that any foreign meddling in Mexico will be treated as unfriendly. The note to be issued defines policy toward Huerta’s regime and reiterates that recognition in the hemisphere requires law and order. Officials expect a formal declaration after Mexican elections but may hold it until later if Bowars and other signals suggest restraint.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Bryan
John Bassett Moore
State Department
Mexico
Lionel Carden
Huerta
Mexican
Foreign Office
Lionel
Jusserand
Morro Castle
Felix Diaz
Vera Cruz
War Department
Monterey
Saltillo
Hipolito
Iberri
Robbery Loot Totals 16000 From Attica Post Office
Rob berg blew open the Attica Ohio post office safe seven miles west of Chicago Junction destroying the two story brick building and securing about 15000 plus county fair funds in the loot reported today.
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Chicago Junction
Attica
Here
Wilson backs Glass-Owen currency plan in House passage
Washington October 27 President Wilson aide says he favors the Glass-Owen currency measure after it cleared the House. He believes the bill as drafted meets the country’s current business needs and supports its approval.
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Vanderlip
Washington
Wilson
Teacher Killed in Auto Crash Near Hammond
Miss Allee Gerhard of Algona Wisconsin, a Chicago Heights public school teacher, was instantly killed when her companion Ralph Johnson drove their car into a ditch in the Hammond area on October 27.
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Hammond
Ind
Allee Gerhard
Algona
Wis
Chicago Heights
Ralph Johnson
Optimist and a man who lays up sunshine folly
The text blends fragmented remarks about sunshine on a rainy day and a quip on secret society candidates riding the goat. It mentions Turkey wool production and endorses Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills with a William Wright signature, claiming relief for constipation and biliousness.
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Wright
Wm. Wright
Clergyman Endorses Dodds Kidney Pills Remedy Testimony
The Rev Edmund Heslop of Woonton Pa suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs dizziness and dragging sensations. After using Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling disappeared and he felt improved. He notes continued faith in the remedy and urges correspondence about Dodds Kidney Pills 50c per box from Dedde Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
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Edmund Heslop
Wieton
Rev
B. Heslop
Rev. H. Heslop
Dedde Medicine Co
Buffalo
Ady
Life's Winnings: From Hunt for Fortune to Mortgaged House
A man leaves to seek wealth at twenty one and returns around sixty with a house and lot bearing a $1,200 mortgage and a life insurance policy valued at $2,000, as reported by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Oll From Trees and Chinese Wood-Oll Tree Guide
A U S Bureau of Plant Industry circular by David Fairchild promotes extensive cultivation of the Chinese wood-oll tree in the United States. Since 1906 it has been grown here in small amounts, with five million gallons of wood oil imported from China last year, impacting the U S varnish industry.
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David Fairchild
U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry
China
United States
Sewing machine piano promises work while you play
A French collaborator of Thomas Edigon unveils a sewing machine that doubles as a piano. Each note on the keyboard completes a stitch, letting dressmakers sew as they play. A waltz might sew three handkerchiefs, Beethoven’s symphony could finish a trousseau, and Paris plans schools to train master piano machinists.
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Thomas Edigon
France
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