Street Car Strike Paralyzes Philadelphia Transit
Philadelphia shuddered as strikebreakers and out of town motormen tried to move street cars but none left barns after 8 pm. Police clashed with crowds at West Philadelphia barns while Mayor Reyburn vowed to deploy 16 000 extra officers and keep lines running if needed. The Central Labor Union pledged support. threats of a broader strike loomed with Saturday parade planned.
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Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Reyburn
John J. Murphy
Central Labor Union
Rapid Transit Co
Broad Street
Power House
Metal Workers
Nne
Lestie Snow
Sixteenth and
Snyder Avenue
Snow
Boone
Gambling Bomb Shocks Chicago Theaters. Wrecks Wabash Building
A five story brick at 261 Wabash avenue was wrecked Monday night by a gambling bomb the twenty eighth in Chicago in the past year. The blast rocked the nearby Sinois and Studebaker theaters injuring two patrons and causing about 25000 dollars in damage. Police theorize rival gambling outfits instigated the dynamiting to eliminate competition.
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Chicago
Timois
Studebaker
Wabash Avenue
Sinois
Grain Docks Burned at Port Costa on San Francisco Bay
Fire destroyed Nevada grain docks at Port Costa on the bay late Monday night. The loss exceeds 1.6 million dollars, with 900 tons of grain and 100 tons of hops wiped out. The docks cover grain from California destined for foreign ports.
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San Francisco
Nevada
Port Costa
California
End of a Veteran
The body of a man found hanging in Bronx park Sunday was identified Monday as John Schmidt a Civil War veteran who had become despondent as Memorial Day approached after failing to secure money. Panama Shocks By Earthquake. Panama June 1 a slight tremor was felt at 3 pm and another stronger movement at 7 pm Monday with no damage reported and unusually hot weather. Boys Blown Up New York June 1 A detonating device caused an explosion.
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New York
Bronx Park
Mondey
John Schmidt
Panama
Tacoma High school stadium under construction in Tacoma
Contractors have started a $100,000 stadium project for Tacoma High School. They are bonded to finish by August 15, enabling use for fall athletic events tied to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in Seattle. The stadium sits in a natural amphitheater in a gulch beside a cliff edge.
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Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Tacoma Builds World’s Only Public School Stadium
A Tacoma high school stadium on Commencement Bay is planned as massive 39 row amphitheater for 30 000 spectators. The reinforced concrete structure will include baths and dressing rooms with arches, a 400 foot track and a field suitable for football baseball and tennis.
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Commencement Bay
Tacoma
Puget Sound
Olympic
Cascade Ranges
Mount Tacoma
Point Defiance
United States
End Porto Rican Impasse By Taft Recommendations
The piece argues Congress should enact Taft’s recommended laws for Porto Rico to avert government paralysis. It criticizes anti imperialists and defends granting limited self rule while warning of graft and misguided taxation without consent. It urges swift action to avoid harm from delayed appropriations.
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House of Delegates
Congress
Executive Council
House of Deputies
Taft
Chicago Tribune
After the Principals in Sugar Dock Fraud
The sugar trust discharged seven indicted employees at its Williamsburg docks amid calls to identify real principals behind a long running fraud. The scheme doctored weights to cheat the government of millions in duties, with the company admitting over 2 million looted and suggesting higher officials may have instigated or concealed the scheme. The public and the justice department demand a full disclosure of responsible executives.
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Sugar Trust
Department of Justice
Williamsburg Docka
Pekin Hero to be Chaplain Washington
Lieut. Calvin P. Titus of the Fourteenth United States Infantry, famed bugler at Pekin in 1900, will become a chaplain. after a brief resignation, he will be ordained before formal chaplaincy, with the War Department not yet detailing the ceremony. Titus, born in 1879, earned a Medal of Honor for his actions in China and graduated West Point in 1905.
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Washington
Calvin P. Titus
Fourteenth United States Infantry
Pekin
West Point
War Department
Lisat. Titus
Laws
Senator Cummins' lamp post remark sparks debate on tariff
A newspaper opinion scolds Senator Cummins for invoking lamp posts as a method to push tariff revision. It defends tariff reform but denounces demagogic language saying lamp post speech could undermine the cause and warns against fiery appeals. The piece suggests the slip was likely inadvertent.
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Cummins
Senator Cummins
America
Taft Promises Frugal Governance To Stabilize Treasury
Washington signals economy as the guiding principle for the new administration. President Taft aims to curb spending by borrowing only if needed to cover deficits and to demand deep cuts in departmental estimates for the coming fiscal year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Taft
Congress
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Voters Seek Clear Tariff Explanations From Officials
The public demands understandable justification for duties in the Payne and Aldrich bills. They oppose any representative accepting Aldrich’s claim that tariff matters are too complex to explain. No senator or representative should vote for a duty they cannot justify to constituents in the next campaign.
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Payne
Aldrich
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Republicans Decline Democratic Tariff Alliance Seek
Democratic offer of a working alliance with insurgent Republican senators on the tariff is respectfully declined. Cummins La Follette Bristow and other Republicans who attacked the Payne Aldrich schedules prefer to stay in control of the government for a few years more.
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Messrs. Cummins
la Follette
Bristow
Panama Canal Opening Marks World Shape Shift
The opening of the Panama canal would be a date of world importance. The project’s cost, whether 30 million pounds for a lock canal or double that for a sea level route, would be worthwhile. It promises a continuous U S coastline from Washington to Maine and effectively doubles naval reach by a 50 mile waterway, boosting commerce and ties between the United States and South America by shrinking sea distances.
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Panama Canal
United States
Washington
Maine
South America
Andes
Pacific Ocean
New York
Valparaiso
Liverpool
Hamburg
London Times
Great Americans Honor Secretary Knox on Birthday
A Philadelphia Inquirer tribute lauds Knox as one of the greatest Americans on his birthday dinner. The piece praises his achievements and character, aligns Taft with progress, and urges readers to maintain courage as prosperity advances.
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Knox
Philadelphia Inquirer
One Thing That Was Certain
A Limburger cheese maker, unable to ship in normal cars during an emergency, places 200 pounds of cheese in a rough box aboard a train. He sits in the baggage room, claims the box is his dead brother, and the baggage man remarks the brother is indeed dead.
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San Francisco
Tender But Not Loving Waiter Retorts To Complaining Customer
A waiter snaps at a patron upset by a steak, quipping that tenderness cannot be achieved through affection. The exchange highlights a blunt dining-room moment as the customer voices dissatisfaction.
The Captain's Repartee and Quick Wits on Deck
The trans Atlantic liner captain, irritable from ship troubles and teasing tourist questions, declines the cause of commotion off the starboard side with a dry joke about a catfish possibly having kittens. A dapper inquirer on the port side prompts the quip. A chafing dish joke follows with Mr. Sirius Barker proposing a green plantable bottom punch. The piece closes with a brief stage fright blip involving a leading lady.
American minister in London misreads access rules
Judge George F. Lawton recounts a Boston Record anecdote about an American minister abroad who tries to enter the House of Lords. When asked which lord he serves he replies Jehovah, prompting the doorkeeper to admit him, thinking he means a Scottish laird.
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George F. Lawton
Middlesex Probate Court
London
House of Lords
Lord Jehovah
Boston Record
Coma Misread Leads to Comedic Life Lesson
A young man revived from a coma insists he was alive due to cold feet and hunger noting heaven would be comfortable and the other place would not have cold feet. In New Orleans a mission worker encounters a reformatory inmate named Jim who admits to stealing a barrel of sweet potatoes with candid humor.
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New Orleans
Jim
Yassum
Iron Ore Fields Found in Finland Reporting Rich Deposits
Finland discovers significant iron ore fields in South Finland and the Ladoga lake district. A research effort has formed a company to explore mining potential and fund the venture.
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Finland
Nyland
Ladoga Lake
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