Conger Returns to Seat as N Y Senate Divides
Senator Conger resumes his seat in the New York Senate after filing bribery charges against Senator Allds. The Ten Eyck conferees vow a fight to keep Conger, citing his exposure of Allds. Allds’s belongings are packed for shipment to Norwich, Connecticut, while President pro tem Cobb plans to move into the former office.
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Albany
Conger
Allds
Senate
Ten Eyck Conferees
Jotham P. Allds
Senate Finance Committee
Public Buildings Department
Norwich
Cobb
Reaffirm 1908 platform on two big issues
Indiana Republicans stand by the 1908 tariff plank and oppose the Payne Aldrich law. They stress testing the tariff commission concept before more saloon legislation and favor local option while avoiding retreat. Beveridge’s anti Payne stance boosts GOP confidence as Massachusetts outcomes loom large.
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Fe Oguart
Indiana
Overidge
Beveridge
Taft
Diana
Ator Beveridge
Benator Beveridge
Itndiana
Leveridge
Aduct
Reens
Massachusetts
Labor Leaders See Governor in Peonage War
A coalition of national and local labor leaders charges United States Steel with oppressive 12 hour days seven days a week and harsh hospital rules. They urge governors of Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania to fund legal action while presenting grievances to the federal justice department. Governor Marshall plans to meet and hear further testimony as the conference continues.
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Gompers
Organized Labor
United States
Indiana
United States Steel Corporation
Andrew Carnegie
Frick
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington, D. C
Frank Duffy
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Neale
Indianagolis
Jacob Fischer
Journeythan Barbers
International Union of America
Wm. D. Huber
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
John Hughes
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Chas ii, Koster
Central Labor Union
Indianapoli
Clarence Gaumer
B. F. Carrigan
Edgar A. Perkina
Typographical Union No
P. J. McArdie
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Pittsburg
Chas. BE. Sawyer
Tin Plate Workers International Protective Association of America
Wheeling
W. Va
J. J. McNamara
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers of America
B. G. Ballard
Gary
Owen Miller
American Federation of Musicians
St. Louis
Jas. M. Lynch
International Typographical Union
J. W. Gays
Geo. A. Tracey
San Francisco
Cal
W. J. Spires
Geo. J. Knott
Chicago Typographical Union No
Chicago, Il
Will J. Edwards
Amalgamated Association Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Federation
Federal Department of Justice
Gov
Marshall
Gompert
FP. J. McArdle
Amalgamated Iron Steel and Tin Plate Workers’ Association
Ballard
MM. Phe
Woman Extols Her Japanese Husband in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on El Molino Street two Japanese men with American wives face local protests as neighbors fret over their presence. Mrs Katsutara Taniyoshi praises her husband an attorney in Judge Noyes office for daily attentions and support while describing her mixed family.
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Roosevelt
Sons of Nippon
Katsutara Taniyoshi
Sergeant Reprimanded After Head Strike Incident
Police Sergt. Frank Anderson was found to have struck Prank Downs, age 50, on the head with a mace. Superintendent Hyland investigated and reprimanded Anderson. Hyland also advised Downs to answer questions to avoid trouble.
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Supt. Hyland
Anderson
Stpt
Hyland
Downs
Court affirms woman holds Cherry county treasurer post
In Lincoln Nebraska the supreme court ruled Miss Gertrude Jordan elected treasurer of Cherry county may hold the office. The predecessor challenged her right saying statutes barred a woman from the job. Judge Jacob Fawcett dissented warning of precedent and urged broader targets for women’s election.
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Lincoln
Neb
Gertrude Jordan
Cherry County
Supreme Court of
Nebraska
Miss Jordan
Jacob Fawcett
Earthquakes Strike Calabria Causing Panicked Fleeing
Severe earthquakes hit Calabria with the fiercest shocks at Catanzaro and Meleto. Towns including Sortano Giasperina Monteleone Monterosso and Borgia reported damage as residents fled to the countryside. The events followed by Etna eruption and recall the 1908 Messina quake.
State Faces Flea Invasion Threat in California
Sacramento reports Dr. W F Snow of the state health board has opened no formal inquiry into a colony of trained Persian fleas in San Francisco. The danger is that escaped fleas could multiply, infesting California with hungry insects, despite quarantine policies against foreign pests.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
W. F. Snow
State Board of Health
San Francisco
United States
Death Certificate For Man At Work
New York March 30 coroner was summoned to issue a death certificate for Michael Bitilis aged 56 who died from accidental gas poisoning. Dr Ames of Hudson Street hospital pronounced him dead while Weston the coroner’s physician investigated at 343 Water Street.
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New York
343 Water Street
Michael Bitilis
Fle
Ames
Hudson Street Hospital
Weston
Michael Builis
Mike
Oak Street
Dr. Weaton
Kennedy Glans Elope Three Times In Spokane Within Year
Spokane report notes three elopements in one year within the Kennedy family. Maude Kennedy and C. H. Pugh wed at Coeur d’Alene with minimal witnesses. Mrs Webb Morrill, formerly Kennedy, eloped during her marriage. Edward Kennedy, elder son, also married at Coeur d’Alene, keeping the nuptials secret for weeks.
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Spokane
Kennedy
Maude Kennedy
C. H. Pugh
Coeurs Alene
W. E. Powell
Baptist Church of
Ferrell Expects Republican Nomination for Public Instruction
Prof. Samuel C. Ferrell of Shelbyville says he has been warmly received across Indiana as a Republican candidate for superintendent of public instruction. At the Tenth district convention he was hailed as a native and greeted enthusiastically, though he now travels in the Sixth district. Ferrell once lived in La Porte and Porter counties, strengthening his ties to the Tenth district and boosting his state convention prospects.
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Ferrell
Laporte
Porter
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