Secretary Wilson Warns Against False Government Guarantees
Secretary Wilson of the Agriculture Department denounces manufacturers misleadingly advertising U S government guarantees for their food and drug products. He says serial and guaranty numbers are misused to imply official government backing and vows action to stop the deception.
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Washington
Department
Wilwon
Department of Agriculture
United States
Wilson
Wives Mothers Daughters Protest At National Peace Congress
In Carnegie Hall New York the fourth session of the first national Arbitration and Peace Congress heard women from across the country protest the continuance of wars among civilized peoples. Mrs Anna Garlin Spencer of Providence presided as delegates wore white badges. Morning talks focused on the relation of women to the peace movement. afternoon sessions covered commercial and industrial aspects and youth engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carnegie Hall
Anna Garlin Spencer
Providence
Hotel Astor
Bonilla Goes Into Exile From Honduras
The gunboat Prince ton left Amapala Saturday with Honduran President Bonilla aboard to be landed at Salina Cruz Mexico under an agreement with Nicaragua and El Salvador requiring his exit. The surrender of Amapala is being carried out peacefully by Nicaraguan forces.
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Washington
Navy Department
Princeton
Amapala
Bonilla
Honduras
Salina Cruz
Mexico
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Figuera
Salvador
Central America
Disorder in Douma disrupts Russian lower house session
In St. Petersburg the Vv. Shulgin, a reactionary deputy from Volhynia, was expelled by Vice President Posennsky for calling left party members bomb throwers. The session, focused on interpellations, featured repeated disturbances as Posennsky struggled to control the chamber replacing President Golovin.
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St. Petersburg
V. Vv. Shulgin
Volhynia
Posennsky
Seston
Golovin
National publicity law meeting at Victoria hotel
Perry Belmont presided over a discussion on adopting an effective national publicity law requiring publication of contributions and expenditures of national and congressional committees. Guests included William J. Bryan and Samuel Gompers of the AFL, with many state representatives in attendance.
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New York
National Publicity Law Organization
Victoria Hotel
Perry Belmont
William J. Bryan
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Woman Faints From Starvation Near Bowery And Howiston
A woman named Annie McDermott aged 50 collapsed from starvation at the Bowery and Howiston Street corner Tuesday. A crowd helped, she regained consciousness at St. Vincent's Hospital to say she had no home no friends and no money, and she led herself up half an hour after arriving.
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New York
Bowery
Howiston Street
St. Vincent's Howital
Teller
Annie McDermott
Miners End Two-Year Dispute In Goldfield Pact
Goldfield Nevada workers ratified a two year agreement granting the Miners Union jurisdiction over all miners, mill and smelter workers, setting an eight hour day and wage scale as of March 1 1907. The pact limits strikes to two thirds approval and bars town labor disputes from halting operations.
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Miners’ Union
Wnion
Miners
Mineral Union
Selec
Girl Shot and Killed by Deputy Sheriff in Goldfield
Miss Carrie Burton aged 20 was killed near the Goldfield post office when a deputy sheriff Fred Gleason’s revolver discharged as his horse reared. The bullet struck the girl in the shoulder and severed the jugular vein. Gleason was arrested and soon discharged as blameless.
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Goldfield, Nev
Carrie Burton
Goldfield
Fred Gleason
Gleason
Proposal 10 Unites Pacific Northwest Railroad Bodies
Helens Mont It and more than probable that railroad companies across the northwestern states will unite to form an association for better understanding. A Seattle meeting will soon perfect the organization. Chairman B T Stanton of the Montana railroad commission reports progress from Olympia and Portland meetings.
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B. T. Stanton
Montana Railroad Commission
Jost
Weahington
Oregon
Montana
Olympia
Wash
Portland
Northwest
National Association of Railroad Comhanioners
Trade accord settles Macedonia gendarmerie dispute
Constantinople reports a protocol accepting a 36 percent rise in customs duties to fund the Macedonian budget with 76 percent of the revenue set aside for the region. Ambassadors await approval from the United States and others while Ambassador Leishman prepares to press a school question.
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Constantinople
Porte
Macedonia
United States
Leishman
Bad for the Fruit in Colorado After Snowstorm
Denver reports a sharp temperature drop after a weekend snowstorm, with 14 below zero in Denver and Pueblo. Fruit across eastern Colorado was damaged, especially near Grand Junction where temperatures plunged to 80 degrees and fruit condition was described as grave. other crops may benefit from the moisture, with damages potentially reaching several million dollars.
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Denver
Weather Bureau
Pueblo
Colorado
Grand Junction
Continental Divide
Daughter of Chicago contractor held on grand larceny charge
Ella Bransfield aged 26, said to be the stepdaughter of Jas T Bransfield a Chicago railroad contractor, was arrested in New York on a grand larceny charge. Police say Bransfield claimed he gave her $500 on April 9 to deposit in a bank and she left the city with a man. J F Busiger of Chicago was also arrested as a suspicious person.
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New York
Jas, T. Bransfield
Chicago
Ella Bransfield
Bransfeld
J. F. Busiger
American hailstorm hits Texas towns and crops
Reports from Houston describe a severe hailstorm that struck Carthage Yorktown and Clayton. Stones as large as eggs damaged crops houses and livestock. Yorktown saw twelve inches of hail on the ground and a twelve mile wide path damaged fruit trees and roofs. Crops will need to be resown.
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Houston
Tex
Carthage
Yorktown
Clayton
Jamestown Exposition Opens This Week Incomplete Buildings
Norfolk in late reach as Jamestown tercentennial exposition readies to open this week with President Roosevelt planned to lead a ceremonial program. Many pavilions and displays remain unfinished though grounds and structures are about 80 percent complete, and foreign fleets are to be showcased.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
Stevens Talks Canal Timeline For Isthmus Project
John F. Stevens former chief engineer and canal commission chairman discussed Isthmian Canal conditions with the president. He projected six to seven years to finish, estimating completion by January 1, 1915 after contingencies, about two years earlier.
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Washington
John F. Stevens
Iethnnian Canal Commission
Brutal Attack on 17-Year-Old Shopper in San Francisco
Miss Ethel Herger ton, 17, employed in a Market Street candy store, was attacked on her walk home. A man who offered to guide her beat her, scratched her face, fractured her skull, and attempted to choke her. She bit his fingers during the struggle. doctors fear possible death.
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San Francisco
Ethel Hergerton
Market Street
the Park Emergency Hospital
Remarkable lamb with two mouths and two stomachs in Utah
Ephraim Utah resident Lara Christensen, a noted west side farmer, owns a lamb at two months old with two mouths and two nostrils. The creature has four functional organs, each performing normal lamb duties, and appears healthy and growing.
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Ephraim
Utah
Lara Christensen
West Side
Church Fight Erupts During Portsmouth Service
Rival factions of the Free Will Baptist church in Portsmouth, Oregon clashed during Sunday worship as a faction opposed to Pastor Rev Freeman Chase attempted to conduct service with an alternate minister. Fists flew, women fled in fear, and onlookers screamed as police refused to intervene.
Five Thousand Men on Strike in Western Canada
Practically all eastern British Columbia and Alberta coal mines closed as 6000 men quit work. President Mitchell allegedly ordered a return to work, but district officials dispute this. The Winnipeg board of trade urges bringing in cheap Chinese labor to replace striking workers, while railways restrict freight.
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Mitchell
Board of Trade
Vancouver
HB. C
British Columbia
Alberta
United Mine Workers of America
Sherman
Lindsay
Crow's Nest Coal Company
Patterson
Ssstatant
Flne
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fernie
Frank
Kootehay
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Plot to kill President Roosevelt investigated by secret service
New Jersey report alleges Pennsylvania anarchists with Hazelton ties planned to assassinate Theodore Roosevelt. Chief Adams, who later killed himself, provided the tip via Jan Bartula, a claimed band member. Secret Service and Chelf Flynn in New York continued interviews corroborating Bartula’s account.
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Newark
N. J
Pennsylvania
Hazelton
Roosevelt
United States Secret Service
Adams
Secret Service
Jan Bartula
Audenried
Sald
Czolgoaz
McKinley
Chelf Flynn
New York
Manchuria Handed Over By Powers After Evacuation
Pekin reports the Russian and Japanese have evacuated Manchuria under the Portsmouth treaty, retaining only railway guards. Towns returned to Chinese authorities as Chinese troops take over evacuated garrisons, with plans to organize administration and deploy disciplined forces in the three Manchurian provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hellingklang
Manchurian
Manchuria
Chicago Wife Denies Pushing Husband From Window
Mrs. Joseph Smalley of Chicago was arrested and charged with killing her blind husband by pushing him from a third story window. She stated on Friday that he forced himself out while temporarily insane and that she did all in her power to restrain him, claiming others misread the events in the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Smalley
Ashe
France Aims Blow at Our Coffee Industry
Washington reports explain Paris plans a decree imposing maximum duties on coffee imports from the United States and Porto Rico. Officials say France seeks to pressure Congress over reciprocity and may target American trade through Europe. Porto Rico faces a likely loss of its main market if France maintains high duties.
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Washington
Paris
United States
Porto Rico
State Department
United States Senate
Germany
Americcan Congress
Europe
France
Express thief caught in St Paul robbery
Police arrested John Gunderson early Wednesday for holding up Fred Zimerman at the Pacific Express office Tuesday night and robbing the office safe of a $25,000 package. He seemed intoxicated, claimed not to recall the crime, and said he could not remember where the money was hidden. Gunderson had been employed by Northern Pacific Express and was recently discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunderson
Northern Pacific Express Company
Back to the Farm Colony Forms in Routt County
A Denver project plans a Carey Act settlement in Routt County Colorado in the Little Snake valley opening this summer. Fifty thousand acres will form an up to date farming community with each man owning his 160 acre farm. Warren R Given a former newspaper man has taken options on forty selections.
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Denver
Little Snake River Valley
Routt County
Colorado
Feeding the Hungry in Shanghai Famine Relief Effort
Shanghai famine relief commits to feeding about 400000 people through June with daily grain arrivals. April purchases total 8150 ounces millet 140000 bags Nour 250 tons potatoes 6000 bushels wheat for planting. Chinese official relief has ceased and obstruction hinders aid amid doubtful promises.
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Shanghai
Famine Relief Committee
Graina
China
Thaw Case Influences New York Senate Bill
In Albany the Thaw case prompts Senator Agnew to introduce a bill amending the criminal code on pretrial sanity inquiries. The measure allows either defense counsel or the district attorney to seek an order from any justice of the court with the indictment to commit the defendant to a state hospital for observation.
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Albany
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Senate
Agnew
New York
Night Raiders Wreak Havoc on Tennessee Plant Beds
In Clarksville Tennessee authorities report night riders have salted and destroyed tobacco beds amid threats of violence against workers hauling for growers not in the growers' association. The disruptions threaten an unusually light crop.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Trein
Growers’ Association
Deadlock for Spooner's Senate Seat in Wisconsin
In Madison a deadlock blocks the U S Senate seat vacated by John C Spooner after multiple Republican caucuses and two ballots. Ten candidates compete, led by Isaac Stephenson with 19 votes, tied with Bech Lenroot and H A Cooper at 18 ahead of Matton, Baenseh, and Winkler. Democrats back George W Bird. Social Democrats back J Rummler.
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Madison
Wis
United States Senate
John C. Spooner
Isaac Stephenson
Marinette
United States
Robert N. LaFollette
John J. Bech
LaCrovse
Irvine L. Lenroot
Superior
Assembly
LaFoillette
H. A. Cooper
Racine
William C. Matton
New London
Emil Baenseh
Manitowoc
F. C Winkler
Inauguration of Porto Rico Governor Regis H Post
Regis H Post was inaugurated governor of Porto Rico on Thursday succeeding Beekman Winthrop who became assistant secretary of the treasury. Chief Justice Quinones administered the oath as the island’s supreme court executive council and house of delegates attended along with foreign consuls. The ceremony was described as brilliant and elaborate, marking Post as the fourth civil governor since 1900 and the 125th to hold the office in 400 years.
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San Juan
P. R
Regis H. Post
Porto Rico
Beekman Winthrop
Charles H. Allen
Peavy elevator case: Interstate Commission rules against Union Pacific
The Interstate Commerce Commission finds the Union Pacific Railroad's agreement with heavy elevators unlawful. It says the arrangement exceeded actual elevation costs and constituted a rebate. Commissioner Marian prepared the decision. Clements and Lane dissented.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific Ailroad Company
Union Pacific
Marian
Clements
Lane
Mystery of $10,000 Mail Robbery Solved in Delaware
In Wilmington Delaware authorities arrest Edward A Nelson an Atlantic National Bank employee in a postal currency disappearance case. Nelson confessed and most of the $10,000 was later found buried under his house.
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Wilmington
Del
Atlantic National Bank
Chemical National Bank of New York
Edward A Nelson
Nelson
New Mexico Governor Resigns as Curry Named Next Governor
Governor Hagerman of New Mexico resigns amid charges preferred. President appoints Captain George Curry, governor of Samar province, Philippines, as the new New Mexico governor. Curry enlisted with the Rough Riders from Tularosa, New Mexico and was known to the president from that service.
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Washington
Hagerman
New Mexico
George Curry
Samar Province
P. I
Curry
Rough Riders Regiment
Tularona
N. M
Cursed Old Glory Incident Shocks Tonopah Residents
Samuel Tregoning cursed the American flag then raged against the constitution in Goldfield. He was rearrested and released by Deputy Sheriff Hart Knight who had just been sworn in. Tonopah Sun editor L. Branson urged the governor to revoke the sheriff’s commission.
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Tonopah
Nev
Goldfield
Samuel Tregoning
Miners Union Hall
Hart Knight
L. É. Branson
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Unite Railroad Commission
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Panama Canal
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Famin Relief Committee
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