Eight Hour Day Debate Faces Female Workers In Ohio
Marion opponents seek to block an eight hour day for women quoting employers pressuring workers to sign petitions. Mary McDowell argues for humanitarian concerns over wages and contracts as Columbus and Cincinnati officials warn constitutional issues and business impacts. Ohio labor leaders point to improved productivity with longer hours while employers across the state oppose.
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Columpus
senate labor committee
ani
Jes Ella Haas
Dayton
Fd Hutchins
Cincinnati
Ohio Federation of Labor
Too somen
Mise Mary McDowell
Chicago
legislat
eve
Hamel J. Ryan
Columbus
the Moore
Ohio’ Manufactrers’ association
Thomas Cogan
Fred Davenport
Newark Rior changes Mind in L Brun Trial
Sevark O. faced jury in Newark as a young prisoner in a lynching case pleads guilty to a lesser charge connected to a July lynching. The prosecutor noted the change as voluntary. Timmons becomes third to face trial after two prior manslaughter convictions with lengthy sentences.
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Timmons
Labor unions raise large fund for Los Angeles labor fight
The American Federation of Labor reports unions across the country contributing to a fund of 5110.00% to back a campaign against the Merchants and Manufacturers association in Los Angeles. Organizers say the effort aims to defend unionism and could spread to other cities if successful. Samuel Gompers and other national leaders sign the appeal sent to local unions.
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Washington
justice and liberty
United States
Los Angeles
California
Merchants & Manufacturers’ association
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
National Association of Manufacturers
Samuel ompers
Carrollton Sheriff Mystified Over Jail Escape
Carrollton C February 16 Sheriff W E Athbaugh is mystified as Sam Marrow and John Champer escaped last night from Carrol county jail after he locked the door on the breakfast check. The pair, held on a grand larceny charge for a September cellar break in, had been jailed since.
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Carrollton
W. E. Athbaugh
Sam Marrow
John Champer
Carrol county
Jatt
Fate of the Legislators Ousting Hamilton County Republicans
Cincinnati report says Democratic contestants plan to seat Hamilton county Republicans after a contest committee hearing next Tuesday. Fate of the Senate contest remains doubtful as committees show little interest. A test vote on fraud evidence passed unanimously, signaling momentum for seating decisions this week.
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Senate
Cincinnati
Hamilton county
Columbus
house committee
Democrate
Annexation talk shakes Taft as Clark sparks Canada feud
Washington dispatch reports a Bennet resolution urging annexation of Canada to the United States sparks White House alarm over reciprocity. Taft seeks to quiet alarm while Clark stands by his “spread eagle” remark, prompting England and Canada reactions and jockeying in Congress and Parliament.
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BULLETIN
Washington
Canada
house
Representative Bennett
Republican
New York
Dominion of Canada
United States
Bennett
England
Champ Clark
petard
Clark
Taft
Fordney
Representative Fordney
Michigan
Bull
senate
White House
Smooth
Utah
Anance committee
London
Khng
the Globe
America
Moreton Frowen
Frowen
Tominion
British isles
Food science claims miraculous solution to living costs
A Chicago meeting reports Dr. Hermann Hille revealing transmutation of inorganic to organic chemicals enabling manufactured food from air and earth. He predicts eradication of tuberculosis cures and no need for traditional agriculture, claiming wealth from new chemicals and extensive public disclosure planned. In Pittsburgh, women missionaries open a world foreen mission jubilee led by Miss Henry W. Peabody.
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Hille
Chicago
Hermann Hille
Oak Park
Chicago Medical society
earth
Wuerzburg
Heidelberg
Pittsburg
Henry W. Peabody
Boston
Prison Probe Deepens With Possible New State Penitentiary
Columbus agents push a deeper probe into penitentiary conditions citing idle inmates and faulting past management. The committee may examine contractors as Mansfield reformatory is praised for its state rather than contract labor. A new penitentiary could be built on Morgan Station land as a reform plan amid Wertz law debates.
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Columbus, Fen
Reynolds
reformatory
Mansfield
Columbus
Morgan Station
Tern
penitentiary investigating committee
Duncan's translucent costume stuns Carnegie Hall crowd
New York February 16 4 009 spectators gasped at Miss Duncan's terpaichorean Wagner performance at Carnegie Hall. Clad in minimal silk the dancer appeared in near naked form sparking praise for refined art amid controversial attire.
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New York
Maude Allan
Gertrude Hoffman
Isadora Duncan
Miss Duncan
Wagner
Carnegie hall
Navigator killed by long hat pin in trolley car
Boston February 16. A well known navigator Captain Andres England died after being jabbed in the cheek with a long hat-pin on a crowded trolley car. Poisoning set in and the victim died in agony as a bill on hat-pin length was introduced in the legislature.
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Boston
Andres England
England
Akron Dinner Sparks Controversy Over Ape Guest
Lucy Sawyer, daughter of Major William T. Sawyer, faced an angry crowd after condemning her Monday dinner party in honor of Consul, an ape. She quipped about entertaining an ape and compared Consul to titled gentlemen such as earls, dukes, and princes, provoking local reaction.
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Akron
Lucy Sawyer
William T. Sawyer
Conant
Fden
Adam
Armistice Ignored Reports from Central America
Minister McCreery informed the state department that despite an armistice agreed by the Honduran government and General Bonilla, fighting continues near the Nicaragua border. Communications in the southwest of Honduras are interrupted.
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Washington
McCreery
state department
Bonilla
Nicaru- Kuan
Honduras
Public spirited Cincinnati leader admits defalcation
Robert Reynolds, longtime Cincinnati booster and president of the Cincinnati Ice Delivery Company, confessed to a 4700 shortage from 1906 to 1908, resigned, and promised to make good. Directors will hold him to his word with no prosecution as he turns over insurance policies and securities. London rate cut to 3.5 percent at Bank of England today.
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Cincinnati
Robert Reynolds
Cincinnati Ire Delivery Company
Reynolds
Reynold
Cinccinnati
Taft
Roosevelt
Funeral for Archbishop Ryan Draws Mass of Dignitaries
In Philadelphia the funeral of Mont Rev Patrick J. Ryan, archbishop of Philadelphia, drew thousands to St Peter and Paul Cathedral. Cardinal Gibbons led rites, with over 4,800 present and ceremonies including the divine offices, music by St Charles Seminary students, and a solemn procession to the crypt.
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St. Charles’ Seminary
Philadelphia
Patrick J. Ryan
St. Peter and St. Paul
logan square
Mosignor Falconio
Fisher
Mc Devitt
cag
Ajnal
Keran
Borneman
Prendergast
Glennon
St. Louis
St. Charlies’ seminary
surplice and cassock
cergymen
Gibong
Falconio
Poet of Sierras Nearing the End
Joaquin Miller, famed poet of the Sierras, lies near death in Oakland at Fabiola hospital from general senile debility. Doctors provide no recovery hope as Miller, unconscious much of the time, speaks of California’s gold days. His daughter Juanita Miller travels from New York to Oakland after receiving the news of his condition.
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Calif
Joaquin Milley
Sierras
Fabiola hospital
haere
California
Naughter
New York
Juanita Miller
Joaquin Miller
Oakland
Jo again Miller
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