Railway Pay Boom: Major Increases Across 15 Roads
New scale of wages inaugurated by Baltimore & Ohio in March expands pay across 14 other lines. Total rise estimated at 44.7 million dollars, with about 25 million going to trainmen conductors and yardmen. Roads cited include Baltimore & Ohio New Haven Boston and Maine Lehigh Valley Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk and Western New York Central Pennsylvania and Erie.
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Lehigh Valley
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
New York Central
Pennsylvania Lines
Erie
Say They Will Strike on 23 Roads if Not Paid More
Chicago May 2 Representatives of 3000 Freight Handlers union served notice on 23 railroads that they would strike Tuesday unless wages rose by three cents an hour. The railroads called a directors meeting to consider the demand.
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Union
New England Trades Hit by Widespread Strikes
Ten thousand New England workers are on strike or threaten action. Building trades crippled in Providence Pawtucket Newport and Auburn with carpenters and laborers walkouts. Similar strikes threaten in Fitchburg Gardner and Newminster Mass and Portland Maine. Springfield trolley men vote to strike for higher wages as officers seek settlement.
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Gardner and Newminister
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Springfield
Journeymen at Lafayette Seek Higher Pay and Shorter Day
May 2 report from Lafayette Indiana notes about 50 journeyman plumbers walked out on strike. Building projects in the city and Westside suffer due to the walk-out including two Purdue University buildings and the central fire station. Plumbers have earned $3.50 for a nine hour day and seek $4.00 for eight hours.
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Purdue
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Missouri Pacific Machinists Strike for Higher Wages
Missouri Pacific machinists in all shops walked out on Monday seeking a wage increase from 36 to 40 cents an hour. The company offered 39 cents, which was declined.
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Missouri Pacific
Strike at B. and O shops in Washington sympathy walkout
Washington May 28 machinists at the B and O Southwestern shops quit work at 10 o'clock Monday in sympathy with the B and O main line machinists. About 150 machinists apprentices and a few helpers joined the walkout in a show of solidarity.
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Traction Line City Route Dispute Before Public Works
The Indianapolis & New Castle traction line faced final arguments over city entry. Proponents pressed for the Nineteenth street route to save track length and time, while critics urged Twentieth street to protect residents and children. A decision was to be announced Wednesday.
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Mrs Alice Shelton Attempted Suicide By Iodine
Mrs Alice Shelton wife of Charles Shelton of 162 Bright Street tried to take her life Sunday by swallowing iodine. Distinctive doctors saved her life.
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Charles Shelton
Bright Street
Taft Visits Pittsburgh Fandom Fuels Pirates Game
President Taft arrives in Pittsburg amid fanfare to watch the Pirates face the Cubs. He attends the Founders day address at the Carnegie Institute and a Americas club banquet. A crowd threatens to cheer, while Taft greets students and speaks on American womanhood.
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Heinze Attorney Pleads For Quash In Mercantile Case
New York May 2 Fritz Augustus Heinze’s attorney demanded dismissal of the indictment charging over certification of checks tied to Mercantile National Bank affairs. Judge Hough excused him as he prepared arguments and Wallace, a former judge, was mentioned in the defense.
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Fritz Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Ban
Jurge Wm
Robbed as He Sleeps in Pendleton Train Trip
Railroad contractor G. W. Grant reported to police that after spending Saturday night in Indianapolis he traveled to Pendleton Indiana on Sunday and found he had been robbed of 150 dollars. He had started with 160 dollars and the thief left him 10 dollars. Grant said he slept in a hotel with his clothes on.
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Pendleton
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Sun Installments Signal Board Brings Kansas City Game to Fans
The Sun unveils a Compton system electrical baseball reproduction at its B Ohio Street office. From May 20, fans in Indianapolis will view a minute-by-minute signal board showing every pitch, base, and call from Kansas City, with bulbs lighting to indicate hits, outs, balls, and baserunners.
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Danville man jumps into pool to escape fire injuring himself
Danville Indiana May 2 Uncle Jimmy Duckworth was burning rubbish on his farm Saturday afternoon when his clothing caught fire. He reacted by jumping into a nearby pool and is in serious condition.
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Jimmy
Duckworth
Real Rabbit Runs Riot Downtown in Indiana City
Police on the east side of Illinois Street chased a brown rabbit that hopped across Washington and Illinois streets near Union Station in the early hours. Patrolman Larry Hanlon and Sergt. Sandmann pursued the animal toward Kentucky Avenue, ending its dash near a lumber pile by the Public Comfort station. the mystery of its origin remains unsolved.
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Roosevelt Snubs English Hostess in London
President Roosevelt, while in London, declines a reception by Mrs. George Cornwallis at a formal event, drawing attention from diplomatic circles. The incident marks a notable pause in cordial exchanges during his UK visit amid ongoing wartime talks and imperial relations.
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Mayor Shank Seeks Tax Audit To End City Fraud
Indianapolis mayor urges an investigation into tax collection to uncover how much money the city loses yearly to wealthier property owners while poorer residents pay their full share. He plans to press an advisory board to probe and expose “defrauded” funds and aims for a square deal for the public.
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Shank
May Day Peaceable by Threat of War
Paris May Day passes peacefully as Premier Briand is credited for preventing disturbances. He deployed 20 000 soldiers in the Bois de Boulogne and other points where outbreaks were feared, averting serious disorders and bloodshed.
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Briand
Bois de Boulogne
Europe shuns Roosevelt as glad hand overwhelms
Copenhagen reports Roosevelt requests lighter entertainment program for rest as he nears The Hague. The Politiken notes he pressured Copenhagen to trim events, a stance echoed by officials in other cities. The ex president finds Europe travel exhausting after long days of sightseeing and speeches.
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Restaurant Keeper Files for Bankruptcy in Indiana
Franklin E. Bull of Zionsville filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court on Saturday. He lists liabilities of 3788.72 and assets of 1334.65.
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Zionsville
Cracksmen At Work In State Again In Azalia
Special to The Sun. Azalia Indiana near Columbus saw a store and post office robbed at 3 am Monday when $100 and $10 in stamps were taken along with notes and papers. The same gang is suspected after recent safes opened at Irgak Mn Westport and Greenfield. An automobile may have been used. tools were stolen from a nearby blacksmith shop and a lantern from the Southern Indiana depot. The robbers left the lantern in a shoe box and the smith’s teeth behind. The entry was via a broken front door and residents heard the explosion. The Azalia post office and store had been robbed years earlier by the Reno gang.
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Southern Indiana
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Reno
Special Delivery Stamps Recovered From Barn Loot
In Greenfield Indiana May 2 robbers at the local post office left behind 350 special delivery stamps and two registered letters belonging to Mrs John Howard and Mrs John A Riley found in the barn of Wm R Hough The recovered stamps are valued at 2000 dollars and complete the loot warehouse after the burglary was reported.
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John A. Riley
Wm. R. Hough
Vault Not Locked Sparks Robbery at Strickler & Son Store
In Franklin Indiana on May 2 a burglary shattered the inner vault door of Strickler and Son's store. The thieves, likely local, blew the inner door and escaped with about $500 in cash diamonds and valuable papers after finding the outer door apparently unlocked. Local talent is suspected.
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Ind
Strickler & Sone
Flavus Takes Hair and Leaves Death in Indiana
In Princeton Indiana May 2 nine flavus cases are reported as the first in the United States in 16 months. The outbreak began at the local orphans home with afflicted children for years though the full nature of the malady was revealed only recently. The disease is contagious and causes total hair loss before leading to fatal illness, usually consumption. It is considered incurable and very rare with only one other Indiana case in two decades.
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Indiana
Boy Threatens Parents Over Mafia Plot in New York
In New York City 12,000 police searched for 12 year old Arthur Gulden who was allegedly harassing his parents with "black hand" notes demanding $200 placed under a rock in St. Mary's Park. The boy claimed he planned to go to Texas with the money and warned of a terrible death if refused.
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New York City
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Texas
Exquisite reformers mocked by mayor in Kokomo sermon
Kokomo Indiana May 2 Mayor Puckett responding to church critics condemned the Prohibition party as retarding temperance work and accused league leaders of rum power portraying them as exquisite reformers with narrow winded zealots who favor campaign funds over prohibition and family welfare.
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Roosevelt Disputed U K Tale On Taft Plans
Washington reports a Washington Post story claiming ex president Roosevelt outlined views and 1912 intentions. Friends deny the tale as groundless noting Roosevelt plans to stay out of politics until after Europe return and have no confirmation from White House or Roosevelts allies.
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President Questions Roosevelt Endorsement Report
In Pittsburgh on May 2 the president’s mood darkened when shown the Washington Post piece claiming ex President Roosevelt endorsed the Taft administration. He offered no definite comment and suggested the report was untrue, while Secretary Knox also declined to comment.
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Hale's Son Attacks Editor in Portland Office Row
Col. Fred Hale son of Senator Eugene Hale horsewhipped George T Libby editor of the Six Town Times in Portland Maine after resenting statements about his mother. Hale a First district congressional candidate assaulted Libby in the newspaper office. no arrests were reported.
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Halls Investigates Counterfeit Case
Captain Tom Halls of the United States secret service investigates Carl Whitenberg aged 18 of 1626 Arrow avenue who was arrested Sunday in Riverside park by Special Officer Parmeter for allegedly trying to pass a counterfeit silver dollar on a driver.
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United States Secret Service
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Arrow Avenue
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Whittenberg
Millions of Acres Opened for Entry
The Interior Department opened for entry and settlement the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana totaling 1,000,000 acres the Cour d Aleta Idaho 200 000 acres and the Cheyenne river and Standing Rock adjoining reservations in North and South Dakota 1 500 000 acres.
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Department of the Interior
Flathead Indian Reservation
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Cour d‘Aletie
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South Dakota
Black Hand Kills One Injures Many In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on Monday a Black Hand raid killed one woman and wrecked a house, injuring several others. Police were swift to the scene as investigators began probing the case and tracing possible suspects.
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Quake Reported Across Central Long Island
Reports of a distinct earthquake shock came from Garden City Hempstead and Mineola on Sunday afternoon. The tremors began around 4 p m and were noticed at several points across central Long Island New York.
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