Socialists Parade in Brooklyn for Idaho Officers Murder Case
More than 6,000 socialists and labor unionists marched through Brooklyn with Marseillaise hymns and banners defending Moyer Haywood and Pettibone. A Manhattan rally echoed the protest with red badges and speeches denouncing Roosevelt and Harriman. In Tokyo 600 shipyard workers were discharged and disorder spread as police and troops struggle to restore order.
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Brooklyn
New York
Marseillaise
Moyer
Haywood
Pettibone
Steunenberg
Idaho
Congress Hall
Roosevelt
Harriman
Manhattan
Union Square
Tokio
Kuraga
Yokosuka
Prisoners Go On Bread and Water Strike in Alton Jail
Eight stalwart prisoners in Alton jail, fined for offenses, were ordered to sweep streets but went on strike. They were confined and put on bread and water. A fat man bragged he had not worked in 24 years and acted as leader.
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Alton
Open Shop Wins Debate Between Iowa and South Dakota
In Vermillion South Dakota on May 4 the open shop principle won the intercollegiate debate at the university chapel. The decision was unanimous with Iowa and South Dakota State University teams competing. Iowa affirmative team members were Julian E. Butterworth Herbert O. Field and Adolph Scheel. Judges included A R Van Horn F E Haynes and I S Struble.
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Vermillion
S. D
Iowa
South Dakota
University Chapel
Julian E. Butterworth
Herbert O. Field
Adolph Scheel
Harry P. Isley
Deadwood
Arthur Sherrin
Watertown
R. F. Lyon
A. R. van Horn
F. E. Haynes
Sioux City
I. S. Struble
Struble
Western Electric Halts Union Access as May 10 Strike Looms
Union leaders allege Western Electric warned subcontractors at the Hawthorne plant that union members would be barred from gates starting May 10 in a move seen as an anti union act. Company officials deny the claim calling it labor rhetoric. The walkout could halt work on major buildings including the county courthouse as switchboards are installed across contracts.
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Chicago Chronicle
Western Electric Company
Associated Building Trades
Hawthorne
Nce
Western Electric
Workers at Plant Strike After Jolt in Construction
About 250 men at the plant are out and an order was issued yesterday for the carpenters to quit work. The move signals retaliation by workers who warn of disruption by calling out every trade working on the building.
Dream of Death Shakes Denver Yard Hand John Conley
John Conley fifty but a yard hand at Union station was killed after a dream-precipitated lunch at home. He stepped aside as a locomotive backed toward him and was struck by a second engine. His daughter Agnes recalled the vivid dream of danger and his plea for help. He had lived in Colorado twenty five years with his wife and seven children.
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Denver
John Conley
Union Station
Conleys
Seventeenth Street
Agnes
Eighteenth Street
Conley
Colorado
Maryland
John
Mrs. Conley
Hayes
Mary
Denver Dry Goods Company
Union Pacific No. 11
M. J. Murphy
T. C. Silstrop
Admit Bribery Former Milwaukee Supervisors Testify
Otto Seidel a former Milwaukee county supervisor now tannery machinery maker in Tennessee testified in the Schultz graft trial that he was paid 450 for voting to sell the old county morgue site to the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light. August Puls a former supervisor swore he received 750 for the same purpose. Both said A V Klefisch committee clerk paid them in Chicago presence of Schultz. Klefisch recently acquitted. Seidel and Puls said the money came from Chicago and that Klefisch remarked it came hard. Seidel had served on the board since 1904 and later as register of deeds. He denied taking money when testifying before the grand jury in 1902.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Otto Seidel
Milwaukee County
Tennessee
Schultz
Old County
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
August Puls
Seidel
Puls
Register of Deeds
Grand Jury
Building Trades Council Considers Action Amid Looming Strike
Trades Council in Denver held a secret meeting and hinted at a citywide building trades strike if mill and wood workers’ walkout is not settled. The council backed the workers and condemned owners who refuse to grant a closed shop. timing of any unfair order remains undisclosed.
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Denver
Building Trades Council
Morrison Centennial Service Celebrates Missionary Work
Christian churches worldwide held a Morrison commemorative service marking 100 years since the start of Christian missionary activity in China. Robert Morrison, born in 1762, arrived in Canton in 1807 as the first Protestant missionary with the London Missionary Society, founded a college, prepared a Chinese grammar and dictionary, and translated the Bible into Chinese.
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New York
Morrison
China
Robert Morrison
England
Canton
London Missionary Society
Lunatic Goes Free After Outwitting Officer at Asylum
In Council Bluffs Iowa on May 2 an insane patient at St. Bernard’s asylum deceived authorities and walked out with Officer Steve Maloney from Omaha. The patient claimed to be the guard and free the officer, locking Maloney in a private room before vanishing. The officer was released after Omaha’s police captain was contacted. the lunatic remains at large.
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Council Bluffs
Steve Maloney
Omaha
St. Bernard's Insane Asylum
Maloney
Editorial Writer Arthur McEwen Dies in Bermuda
Arthur McEwen chief editorial writer for the New York American died suddenly in Hamilton Bermuda from heart disease aged 56. He had traveled to Bermuda for health reasons and expected to return to New York soon leaving a wife and two children. Born in Scotland he worked in California Virginia City and San Francisco before moving to New York a decade ago.
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New York
Salt Lake Tribune
Mark Tavain
Dennis McCarthy
Edward Hart
McEwen
San Francisco
Sheriff Fires At Fugitive As He Exits Barn Near Norfolk
Sheriff Clements shot four times at Herman Bocie as he left his barn near Norfolk Nebraska after Bowing to flee. Bocie fled toward Elkhorn creek while eluding capture and is suspected in the killing of Frank Jarmer in an immoral resort. Bocie previously killed George Ives and was acquitted on self defense.
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Norfolk
Neb
Clements
Herman Bocie
Elkhorn Creek
Bocie
Bowie
Frank Jarmer
Jarmer
George Ives
Tilden
Here
Financial Insanity Frees Wakefield Man in Boston Trial
Harry E. Lane, once a Wakefield businessman, was acquitted in the U S circuit court after two days on counts of concealing assets from a bankruptcy trustee. Experts described a spending mania but the judge ruled Lane legally sane and denied commitment to an asylum.
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Boston
Mass
Harry E. Lane
Wakefield
United States Circuit Court
United States ‘District
Ham
Lane
Dodge
Murderer Granted a New Trial in Wyoming
The Wyoming Supreme Court granted Noah T. Richardson a new trial for the murder of Allie Means. His previous trial records disappeared, preventing a standard appeal, so the court ordered a new trial while deferring formal appellate steps.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
State Supreme Court
Noah T. Richardson
Sundance
Allie Means
Richardson
Supreme Court
Copper Find Shoshone Mine Delights Gold Crown
In the Copper mountain district at Grass Roots Shoshone on May 4 a drilling hole ten feet below the surface uncovered a body of nearly pure copper ore. The find surprised Gold Crown Mining company officials as the shaft was being sunk to tap a different vein.
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Grass Roots Shoshone
Wye
Gold Crown Mining Company
Copper Mountain District
Paralyzed By Lightning In Wyoming Man Recovers Hope
Lester M. Pratt from Kemmerer Wyoming is slowly regaining use of his arms after a lightning strike left him unconscious. Doctors believe he will fully recover.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Lester M. Pratt
Waterworks project to resume in Thermopolis
L A Holdredge, contractor for Thermopolis water system, says work will restart immediately despite a district court ruling declaring the $30,000 bond issue illegal. He will complete the contract tied up for a year and rely on the town for payment.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
L. A. Holdredge
Holdredge
Frontier days show offers $500 saddle prize
Union Pacific Railroad company donates a $500 saddle as first prize for the world championship rough riding contest at the annual Frontier Days celebration to be held August 25 26 and 27. The saddle, manufactured in Pueblo Colorado with a gold mount, will be the finest ever offered at Frontier Days show.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Pueblo
Colo
Fort Washakie Abandoned by War Department
Fort Washakie in the Shoshone reservation was formally abandoned at 12:10 Thursday. Military buildings will be sold to the highest bidder. Wyoming then has three remaining posts Fort Russell Fort MacKenzie and Fort Yellowstone.
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Fort Washakie
Lander
Wyo
Shoshone Reservation
War Department
Wyoming
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
Fort MacKenzie
Sheridan
Fort Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming Eyes Kemmerer Mine School Move
Reports from state papers indicate eastern educators are initiating plans to establish a mining school at Kemmerer Wyoming. Backed by land acquisitions, state and private aid may follow to fund the proposed institution amid Wyoming’s growing coal iron copper gold and mineral industries.
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Kemmerer
Wyoming
Missouri River
Hills Happenings in Hot Spring with New Hotel Open
The Evans hotel opened yesterday to a full house of guests. New cement walks between the Evans hotel and the Highley drug store upgrade the main street area. A call for sealed proposals for a new State Soldiers Home hospital appears in the legal column, with local contractors urged to review details. Mrs. Danielson from Oslo, Minn., visits her Tremble relatives, and S. R. Smith measures up to improvements after a recent fire. The Battle Mountain Sanitarium band debuts under Oliver Magee as city meetings draw crowds. A Church of Christ is forming, and a women’s meeting is planned for Sunday. The Home hosts fiddler Atwood and dancers, with a lively evening noted. The big air compressor for the new machine shops arrives, promising more on-site repairs once installed.
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Thevans
Jones
Evans Hotel
Highley Drug Store
State Soldiers Home Hospital
C. V. Danielson
Oslo
Minn
J. J. Tremble
Battle Mountain Sanitarium
Oliver Guy Magee
Sioux City
Our City
Church of Christ
I. R. Crow
Johnnie Bigley
Sam McGee
Mr. Pinkerton
Notice to creditors in Citizens' bank receivership
Creditors are informed that on Monday the receiver will report to Judge Rice for Judge McGee and note protested claims. A referee will be appointed to adjust and collect claims to determine payouts to depositors. The message also records the burial of Mrs. Wilson and details a husband who deserted his wife and five children.
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Citizens’ Bank
Pettigrews and Evans Return from Florida Visit
Mr and Mrs C W Pettigrew and Miss Grace Evans returned Friday from a Florida trip, saying they enjoyed warm weather and are glad to be back in the Black Hills. The Ike Chase building on Sixth street is being demolished, a landmark from over twenty years ago. Sept D C Booth traveled to Sheridan Wyoming last week with young fish for mountain streams, predicting Sheridan will be Wyoming’s leading city in population and business within five years. Harry Hunter plans to move his family to a ranch north of Belle Fourche, with irrigation on the land and a projected value of 75 per acre in a few years. Fred Johnston aims to start for Copper Mountain country to work on mining property he located and developed last year, and his expertise as an assayer is noted. The Mail expects good returns from Fred before year’s end.
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Queen City Mail
C. W. Pettigrew
Grace Evans
Florida
Black Hills
Ike Chase
John Bell
Sixth Street
D. C
Booth
Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Harry Hunter
Belle Fourche
Harry
Fred Johnston
Copper Mountain
Fred
School of Mines
First Belle Fourche wool clip ships 6259 pounds to market
Belle Fourche reports the initial wool load from the Selway flock in Montana weighing 6259 pounds at Gass Hall's warehouse. The 40000 pounds total clip will arrive as freighters haul it in. James Davis, rancher north of Belle Fourche, notes fourteen gray wolf pups found near the O'Connor ranch after two dens were opened with help from Davis and L. W. Kendrick. Ranchers press a campaign to exterminate wolves after spring losses of colts and calves.
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Belle Fourche
Gass & Hall
Selway
Montana
James Davis
Helle Fourche
O'Comnnor
Dean Howell
Missouri
Mr. Davis
L. W. Kendrick
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Trades Council
Lunatic
F. Jarmer
Wyoming News
B. S. Bunch
Hulett, Wyo
HOT Springs
Edgemont
Lincoln
Edgemont News
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