Police Insist on Strict Order in Chicago Riot Crackdown
Chicago May 6 inspector Lavin stated the chief’s instructions would be carried out to the letter to arrest every man seen following a wagon tied to struck employers. Flying squadrons of deputies and armed police mingled with crowds to curb riot activity. rain dampened the strike mood while authorities prepared for arbitration and increased wagon escorts.
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Chicago
Lavin
O'Neill
Employers’ Teaming Company
Employers Charge Police Shield Strikers In Strike Crisis
The Employers' association accuses police of shielding strikers and failing to quell rioting while Mayor Dunne is blamed for not handling the police. A $50 reward is offered for arrests of anyone interfering with workers replacing strikers. State Street merchants plan 1100 wagons guarded by deputies or local police as a teamsters crisis looms today. Governor Demren pledges troops if Sheriff Barret requests them. retail deliveries today will dictate troop action.
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Peabody
Citoyennes
The
Hide and Leather Association
Team Owners’ Association
Chicago
Federation of Labor
Police Department
Sheriff’s Office
Barrett
Employers’Association
Employers’ Association
Dunne
Teamsters
State Street
Demren
Crowe Not Promised Immunity Hunted in Omaha
Pat Crowe is reportedly in hiding in Omaha or Council Bluffs as police hunt. Edward Cudahy says no immunity was promised to Crowe and vows prosecution if captured. Also reports Lincoln governor commuted the life sentence of George W. Davis the colored man who served ten years for a Rock Island wreck near Lincoln in 1894.
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Crowe
Omaha
Neb
Pat Crowe
Council Bluffs
Willy
Edward Cudahy
Lincoln
Mickey
George W. Davis
Rock Island
Davis
Senate rejects gas bill and Chicago gains electric sale power
In Springfield on May 6 the senate refused to reconsider the dead state gas regulation bill while approving a measure allowing Chicago to sell excess electric light current to the public for commercial use. The move enables Chicago to fix gas and electricity prices. meanwhile grand juries in Indianapolis indict Harry Stiner and Ralph Stubbs over cigars and related papers with $75 bonds, aiming to take the case to the supreme court for a test. Capt Hobson wedding notice comes from Birmingham, announcing Grizelda Hos- nelson engagement.
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Springfield
Senate
Chicago
House
Indianapolis
Harry Stiner
Ralph Stubbs
Supreme Court
May Wedding Plans and Jury Disagreement in Kentucky
Lexington May 6 jury in Judge James Hargis case charged with complicity in James Cockrell assassination announced at 1 p m that it had disagreed and was discharged. Also reports of a jealous murder in Sharon Pennsylvania and a Russian naval raid near Vladivostok.
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Lexington
James Hargis
James Cockrell
Deputies Ordered to Shoot If Interfered With Wagons
Deputy sheriffs guarding wagons received orders to shoot if anyone resists arrest. Fifteen deputies rushed to Em ployers' Teaming barns to enforce the measure. The move follows a wave of labor unrest with unions pressing strikes and firms mobilizing independent drivers to bypass boycotted stores.
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Peters
Employers’ Teaming
Franklin Street
Jackson Boulevard
Union Traction Company
W. D. Mabon
Karpen Bros
Kinley Manufacturing Company
Cuba Declines British Favored Nation Trade Offer
Havana May 6 The Cuban secretary of state O Farrill and minister Carden sign a friendship and commerce treaty with Great Britain after expunging the favored nation clause. The pact ends a yearlong negotiation as President Palma rejects giving Britain future trade advantages akin to those enjoyed by the United States.
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Havana
Great Britain
Cuba
O’farrill
Carden
Palma
United States
Harriman Interests Control Union Pacific Stockholders Meet
Harriman interests held complete control at the Union Pacific stockholders meeting in Salt Lake City. The proposal to issue 100 million dollars in preferred stock received a large majority approval.
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Harriman
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
President Harper Hosts Ottawa Dinner Gathers Canadian Leaders
President W R Harper of Chicago University attends the annual dinner with Canada's prime minister and the Canadian club in Ottawa Ontario on May 6. The Goshen News hints at Kitty Smith the armless girl profiting from her book sales with 25 cent shares, noting others take early portions via contracts before proceeds reach her.
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Harper
Ottawa
Ont
W. R. Harper
Chicago University
Canada
Canadian Club
Goshen
Kitty Smith
South
Whitley
Kitty
LaPorte High awards track medals from last year meet
LaPorte High School finally awarded medals from the Northern Indiana track meet. Knapp earned a gold medal for the top individual record and three bronze medals for four first places across events. Nusbaum Virgil and Diener won second place ribbons.
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LaPorte High School
Indiana
Elkhart
Smith
Knapp
Nusbaum
Virgil
Diener
LaPorte Athletic Association
Bookkeepers
Crescents
Allendale
Maroons
Deltas
Riverside
Ramblers
Cigarsmakers
Papermakers
East Elkhart
Band Mer
Cooper If
Ed Waters
Niles
Elkhart High School Athletic Association
North Indiana Athletic League
Barney
South Bend
Goshen
Michigan City
Hammond
LaPorte
Crown Point
Plymouth
Avasen
Slater
Capt. Sutliff
Louis Knapp
C. Q O. Duplessis
Chicago Athletic Club
W. A. Draper
Notre Dame
Whiting High School
Harry Clement
Ned Pounder
Don Knapp
Clement
Pounder
George Shaffer
Don Hunker
Surrender rumors and local paper purchase in Missouri
A nephew of Geronimo claims Miles did not capture the Apache and later surrender rather than continue fighting. Funston is said not to have captured Aguinaldo. Historical figures Grant and Cornwallis are referenced with forceful surrenders. R. A. Chase and Ronald Thomson of Plymouth have bought a daily and weekly newspaper in St. Charles Missouri. Chase will run the plant with Thomson joining Monday. St Charles, a city of about 10 000, is seen as fertile ground for the paper. Sarah widow of Daniel Morss of South Bend died Friday aged nearly ninety three.
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Geronimo
Miles
Funston
Aguinaldo
Grant
Lee
Cornwallis
Washington
R. A. Chase
Ronald Thomson
Plymouth
St. Charles
Chase
Thomson
Sarah
Daniel Morss
South Bend
Private Middlebury bank granted authority under new law
The auditor of state issued the first certificate of authority to a private bank in Middlebury named Exchange Bank with 10000 capital. President Joseph D. Mather and cashier H. M. Cole head the bank which must obtain prior approval by July 1 to remain private. The article also notes various local incidents and events including a child enticement in Goshen, a lightning death at Sturgis, a large steam pipe burst at Sanders-Eebert works, and details of the Presbyterian General Assembly at Winona Lake with schedule highlights.
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Auditor of State
Middlebury
Exchange Bank
Joseph D. Mather
H. M. Cole
Mary Beatty
Goshen
Charles Mather, Jr
Freeland Tank Factory
Sturgis
Freeland
Tate Jonathan
Mather
Mahlon Pearson
D. C. Booger
Louis Hunter
Charles Wilson
Sanders-Eebert Works
Goshen-Winona
Charles Defreese
Anderson and Daisy Hawk wed in Paducah ceremony
William D. Anderson formerly of Elkhart and Lake Shore conductor now based in Paducah Kentucky married Daisy Hawk last Saturday at the First Christian church. Rev. W. H. Pinkerton performed the ceremony. The bride, wrongly reported from Graves county, is from Kansas and is described as highly talented and gracious.
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William D. Anderson
Elkhart
Lake Shore
Paducah
Daisy Hawk
First Christian Church
W. H. Pinkerton
Kansas
Graves County
LaPorte Counts 4310 Pupils In Spring Enumeration
Neighborhood news notes a past enforcement shift and a 4310 student total, up 771 from last year, guiding state funds to districts. John Bachman, special policeman, fired on two men in a box car after they resisted examination, injuring Fred McMullin. Mishawaka residents suffer ptomaine poisoning from tainted cheese. Frank Rohm and Meritt of Elkhart tied to the incident.
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LaPorte
LaPort
John Bachman
Michigan Central
Niles
Fred MccMullin
Bachman
Mishawaka
Frank Rohm
Elkhart
Miss Merritt
Real Estate Transfers in Elkhart and Goshen Listings
A sequence of property transfers from Elkhart, Goshen, and York township shows multiple parcels exchanged. Names include Samuel E Mast, A Frank Tyler, Orlando Warren, George Compton, Nathan Tibbitts, Equitable Building and Loan, Meyer Jacobs, Eli Jacobs, Francis Bartholomew, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Mary Brookins, J W Fieldhouse, John Elkhart, Louise Strong, Frank Rigby, Delos Weaver, Austin McCloughan, B G Schaefer, and Ernest H Cripe with sale prices ranging from 1 to 5 500 dollars covering lots and acres across several townships.
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Samuel E. Mast
A. Frank Tyler
Elkhart
Orlando F. Warren
George E. Compton
Nathan A. Tibbitts
G .E. Compton
Equitable Building & Loan Assn
George IE. Compton
Moses J. Troyer
Meyer Jacobs
Eli Jacobs
York Township
Francis Bartholomew
Elizabeth Chamberlain
Jefferson Township
Mary Brookins
J. W. Fieldhouse
John Elkhart
Snowbound Black Hills and Global News Roundup
Snow covers the Black Hills with four to six feet of snow. J Pierpont Morgan meets with United States Minister Fleischmann after a reception. Ten thousand domestic workers in Tiflis strike. A New York judge quashes the conspiracy case against J Morgan Smith and his wife. Robbers steal 1900 dollars in cash and merchandise from Todd and Boesch in Alexandria Kentucky. W C Richardson of Cleveland orders a 280000 freight boat from American Shipbuilding Co. Hay plans U S voyage for early June. Herbert H W Metzger is hanged at White Sulphur Springs Montana for murder on Thanksgiving Day. James A Garfield leaves Los Angeles for Texas. Cherry Lass wins the Thousand Guineas at Newmarket. National Holiness League holds its first convention in Columbus Ohio. Roberts Parker wholesale grocer y house in St Joseph Missouri burned, loss 500600. Mexican National Bank buys gold bars.
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Black Hills
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
Fleischmann
Tiflis
Russia
J. Morgan Smith
New York
Todd & Boesch
Alexandria
W. C. Richardson
Cleveland
American Shipbuilding Company
Same City
Hay
Herbert HW. Metzger
White Sulphur Springs
Mont
Homer Ward
James A. Garfield
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Philadelphia
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Winona Hotel
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Illinois Central Railroad
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