Senate plans to end espionage by Secret Service
Washington dispatch reports Senate leaders aim to curb the Secret Service, limiting its work to currency counterfeiting and related crimes. The inquiry will examine agency expenses and operations, with Chief Wilkin and agents testifying, as Rep Watson compares the effort to a boy taunting a bulldog.
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Five Cents a Week Triggers Girls Strike in Paterson
In Paterson on December 18, about 250 workers at Ackerman Cros risk factory on East Twenty first Street struck after being offered five cents less per week than demanded. The workers protested when pay envelopes showed only six dollars and five cents. Leader Tillie Landau urged staying away until the extra cent was granted. Strikebreakers were noted among the firm’s staff and pickets planned to patrol the mill vicinity.
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Workers Strike Over Wages In Stated Picket Lines
The article quotes Misa Landau lamenting five cent wage differences as crucial for workers. She says the wage level amounts to subsistence, noting that living on such pay drives workers, especially women, toward moral risk as the strike expands amid company pressure and police involvement.
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Ackerman Lobbies to Save Lincoln Stamp Image
Plainfield reports Senator John Kean and Rep. Ernest R. Ackerman urged preservation of Lincoln on the five cent stamp as Washington appeared on the one cent issue. President Roosevelt replied, Postmaster General Meyer said plates were completed, making the change final. Ackerman, a Royal Society member, serves on the Lincoln celebration committee.
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Prisoner in Vault Rescued After Four Hours of Suffocation
In Hoboken, Havren, assistant city clerk, was locked inside a city hall vault and unable to escape as carbonic acid buildup grew. Frank Bennett and William Fitzgerald eventually heard muffled knocks, opened the door, and rescued him unconscious. recovery expected though the timeout was perilous. In Newark, Sonia Linden, 14, died from lockjaw after a rusty nail pierced his foot during play, with splinters and dirt found in the wound following surgery.
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Christmas Tree Vandals Endanger State Forest Preserves
The State Forest and Fish and Game Commissioner warn protectors to watch for vandals who may raid state preserves for Christmas trees. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle notes the booming evergreen trade strains supply, with young trees sacrificed by mercenaries. It calls for artificial trees as a substitute and suggests redirecting Christmas focus to Christian origins.
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Puzzle word fits three places to describe Schwitzer diagram
Answer to Swiss puzzle of yesterday explains how Mies Schwitzer produced the Swiss from two pieces cut from the design held in her right hand.
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Skilled Yardsmith of Plainfield Rival to Belgian Master
Plainfield honors James Cran a Pond Tool Works blacksmith whose deft iron work rivals Belgium’s Van Boeckle in artistry. A former marine forge crafts a five stem rose spray from sixty pieces, while Cran’s career spans Scotland to New York and Kansas, with writing for journals. Foam not beer says Illinois Supreme Court in liquor case, rejecting five gallon measurement for foam.
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