Delegates Arrive as Union Debates Arbitration Plan
Delegates to the anthracite mine workers convention in Wilkes Barre arrive for a two day session to decide whether to accept President Roosevelt s arbitration plan to end the strike and resume work this week. The main dispute centers on workers securing their old positions and the convention is expected to be closed to the public. President Mitchell will chair the opening session and National Secretary W B Wilson will be named secretary with district aides. A large Sunday crowd gathered at the military camp in West Side Park with no reported violence.
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Wilkesbarre
Anthracite Mine Workers’ Convention
Nesbitt Theatre
Roosevelt
Arbitration Commission
Mitchell
United States
W. B. Wilson
West Side Park
Susquehanna River
Dumas’s life traced from birth to fame in London Daily News
The London Daily News summarizes Mr. Davidson’s biographical sketch of Alexandre Dumas. It covers his birth in Villers-Cotterets, his noble father's complex history, and the novelist's early life from a country town to Paris. It notes Dumas’s hybrid heritage, revolutionary ties, and the shaping memories of Napoleon and the era.
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Dumas
Villers-Cotterets
Paris
Belgium
Rue de Lormet
Alexanders
Davidson
Maquis de la
la Vendee
Germany
Egypt
Napoleon
Mr. Davidson
Walter Scott
Marshal Brune
Murat
Madame Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
Greenwood
England
Waterloo
Louis Philippe
de la Pailleterie
Palais Royal
Villemessant
Faubourg St. Germain
Marais
Les Batignolles
Dantes
Chateau d'If
Monte Cr
Coal Prices Hint at Market Crash This Week
New York on October 18 reports suggest coal prices will plunge this week. Dealers anticipate a drop to around 12 dollars per ton for domestic sizes, with some predicting Monday as the start. By morning, week-delivery coal at 12 dollars appeared, far below earlier futures. sales at 14 or 15 dollars were scarce and 20-dollar levels disappeared. Retailers warn hard coal may not fall below 7 dollars per ton all winter.
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New York
Delegates Head to Wilkesbarre for Mine Workers Meet
Shamokin Pa October 1 sixty delegates led by John Fahy president of the Ninth district travel to Wilkesbarre to back Mitchell at the United Mine Workers convention. Fahy expects a unanimous vote to accept Roosevelt special commission services while local mines are prepared with repaired rail lines new timber and ventilation ready for restart once miners return.
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Shamokin
John Fahy
Ninth District
Wilkesbarre
Fahy
Mitchell
Roosevelt
Eight Scalded at Benwood Plant Blast Furnace
Eight men were scalded when a 12 inch steam pipe broke at the National Tube Works plant in Benwood. Four carpenters and four laborers on a scaffold were in the boiler room. the steam filled the room and the scaffold collapsed. Three to four men are expected to die tonight. others are gravely injured.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Riverside
National Tube Works
Benwood
Mad Mullah Casualties Report From Somaliland Campaign
London reports Col Cobbe commands a British force against the Mad Mullah of Somaliland. At Erego near Mudug the columns fought with heavy enemy losses, one hundred rifles captured, and Col Phillips, Captain Angus, and fifty men killed while about one hundred wounded including Captain Howard and Lieut Everett, who are recovering. The force proceeds to the stockade camp to renew the attack.
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Col. Phillips
Angus
London
Foreign Office
Cobbe
Somaliland
Dobbs
Erego
Mudug
Howard
Everett
Ashfield Boy Ro land Wyllie Found Dead in Pond
Ashfield October 1 The body of Roland Wyllie a 14 year old boy who vanished September 23 after being reproved by Miss Amy Stetson for misbehavior and supported by his foster father Alec Wyllie was recovered from a pond half a mile from his home. District Attorney Malone ordered an inquest and the internal organs will be sent to a chemist to test for poison. The death may be from poison or from foul play. The lad was known to be wayward and had run away before.
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Ashfield
Roland Wylie
Amy Stetson
Alec Wyllie
Malone
Dr. Eugene E Carpenter Dies at 44 in Columbus
Dr. Eugene E Carpenter 44 superintendent of the Columbus state hospital died tonight of apoplexy. He was a leading authority on mental diseases and regarded as a national expert in his field.
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Columbus, O
Eugene E. Carpenter
Columbus State Hospital
Carpenter
Roosevelt as Peacemaker Ends White House Carvings Strike
New York Oct 19 The prolonged strike by wood carvers contracted to decorate the White House is ended with the workers winning the demand for hand carving over machine work. President Roosevelt reportedly used his good offices to help resolve the dispute.
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White House
New York
Roosevelt
Fire destroys cranberry house of East Head Bog company
Tremont reports a fire today destroyed the cranberry house of the East Head Bog company with an estimated loss of 10000 dollars. The cause is unknown and the damage is covered by insurance.
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Tremont
East Head Bog Company
Yale Enrollment Reaches Record High This Year
New Haven Conn Oct 19 Yale university reports total enrollment for the current year at about 2786, up 100 from last year and the largest in the universitys history. The Sheffield scientific school shows the largest increase, followed by the law school.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
University
Scheffield Scientific School
Law
Eminent Lawyer Horace E. Smith Dead at 85
Gloversville N Y Oct 19 Hon Horace E Smith LL D Fulton county s most eminent lawyer died at his home in Johnstown this morning aged 85 years For ten years following 1879 Mr Smith was dean of Albany law
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Gloversville
N. Y
Horace E. Smith
Fulton County
Johnstown
Smith
Albany Law School
Wright Meets President Over Mine Dispute
Hon Carroll D Wright the recorder of the arbitration commission spent half an hour at the White House with President Roosevelt. They discussed the commission’s work and the current state of affairs as reflected in newspaper reports.
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Washington
Carroll D. Wright
Arbitration Commission
White House
Roosevelt
Europeans Expelled From Fez Despatch Reports
A Tangier dispatch to the Liberal says all Europeans have been expelled from Fez. The report notes authorities acted quickly in the Moroccan city and local European residents departed under orders.
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Madrid
Tangier
Morocco
Fez
Fire destroys Atkinson & Co chocolate factory
Fire tore through the Atkinson & Co chocolate and cocoa factory in Brooklyn this morning. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 75000 dollars and prompted swift emergency response from local units.
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New York
Atkinson & Co
Brooklyn
Race riot in Littleton leaves white men dead
In Littleton Alabama a race clash ends with three white men and eight Black residents killed. A posse, led by Sheriff Andrew W. Burgen, fought the crowd after a white woman was attacked. The town remains under Black control, with a coal company powder magazine captured and occupants fortified.
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Birmingham
Ala
Littleton
Andrew W. Burgen
Texas Negroes Kill a City City Marshal
Blossom Texas October 19 City Marshal Ben Hill was killed at a negro festival last night while attempting to quell a negro riot. Three negroes were shot by the rioters who killed the marshal. The shooting was carried out by two brothers who remain at large.
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Blossom
Tex
Ben Hill
Massachusetts Democrats Hold Ratification Meeting in Tremont Temple
Boston October 19 Massachusetts Democrats filled Tremont temple for a ratification meeting with a torchlight procession. Hon Josiah Quincy presided as W T A Fitzgerald opened the event. Speakers included John DeWitt Warner Herbert C Joyner W S McNary Charles S Hamlin Thomas Gargan and Edward Everett Brown.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Tremont Temple
Josiah Quincy
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
John DeWitt Warner
New York
Herbert C. Joyner
Massachusettts
W. S. McNary
Charles 8. Hamlin
Thomas Gargan
Edward Everett Brown
Pelham Man Missing From Munising Construction Job
Ches ter A Richardson birth 25, M I T graduate, vanished a month ago from Munising Michigan where he supervised a paper mill project. Relatives from Pelham New Hampshire joined Chicago search. Dean Alfred E Burton MIT aids investigation.
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Chicago
Chester A. Richardson
Pelham
N. H
Munsing
Mich
Richardson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dean Alfred E. Burton
Missine
Son of Spring Valley Water President in Bellevue Hospital
Harold Shafter Howard, son of the Oakland California company president and cousin of Gen. Shafter, was taken to Bellevue hospital insane pavilion at a travel companion's request. Gen. Shafter will arrange sending him home. Howard spent two years at Harvard and studied at southern schools after leaving the university. He suffered an attack of nervous prostration.
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New York
Harold Shafter Howard
Spring Valley Water Company
Oakland
Cal
Shafter
U. S. Army
Bellevue Hospital
Howard
Harvard
Cholera Toll Rises Across Egypt, Consul Reports
Washington dispatch from Consul Smith in Cairo notes since the 12th inst. 705 cholera cases and 636 deaths registered across Egypt. The update reflects a severe outbreak in the region.
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Washingtons
State Department
Smith
Cairo
Egypt
Sudden Explosion Injures Billerica Worker
Philip Gregway of 686 Merrimack Street suffered a severe blast while excavating for work in Billerica. He sustained multiple injuries including a compound forearm fracture, finger amputations, severe facial lacerations, and possible eye removal. Doctors report he is progressing but remains in danger and may lose an eye. He is unmarried with no known Lowell relatives.
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Philip Gregway
Merrimack Street
Gregway
Billerica
St. John’s Hospital
Lowell
Turks Now Masters of Struma Valley
Sofia Bulgaria Oct 19 report Turkish troops occupy Kresna Pass and now master the Struma valley with insurgent positions untenable all along the valley indicating Turkish victory in the region.
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Struma Valley
Sofia
Bulgaria
Kresna
Struma
National value of wealth devoted to science
The article argues wealth should fund science and public health, not selfish ends. It cites Professor Dewar on chemistry in England and Germany, noting German advantage in trained chemists and industry. It warns that health and medical research are crucial national assets, urging wealthy men to invest in lasting monuments through science for public welfare.
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British Association
Dewar
Germany
United Kingdom
England
For Rent Listings in Tyngsboro Belvidere Centralville
In Tyngsboro a pleasantly located house with an acre of land and fruit trees. $10 per month. Belvidere offers a well kept three room tenement at $6 to $7 per month. Centralville has a pleasant three room tenement at $5.50 and a five room unit at $7.50.
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Tyngsboro
Belvidere
Centralville
Doan's Kidney Pills End Backache Claims
A Lowell resident endorses Doan's Kidney Pills as effective for backache and kidney symptoms. He notes relief after use and urges others to buy from Ellingwood & Co. drug store. Price 50c. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, NY, agents for the U.S. Remember the name Doan's.
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Lowell
J. D. Ellis
John Street
Doan
Ellingwood & Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Doan’s
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DR. Carpenter
YALE
Ely
Texas
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Philp Gregway
Fails & Burkinshaw
Middlesex Street
Sapolio
Parker
E.o.graham
Nurseryman
Rochester, N.Y
Hartford Publishing Co
Hartford
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