Russia in Sad Plight as Vladivostok Turmoil Spreads
From St Petersburg to Vladivostok and Warsaw, unrest surges across Russia as sailors face death sentences, a general strike looms, and mutinies spark fires and pillage. Count Witte endures strain amid martial law and stalled reforms. Local reports note rioting, burning farms, and shortages as authorities crack down.
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St. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Poland
Council of Workmen's
Russia
Council of Workmen’s
Social Democrats
Vladivostok
Navy
War Departments
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Spencer Eddy
San Francisco
Merchants Exchange
Gbernigoff
Ladneff
Onsul
Vladivosmilitary
Samara
Koslichi
Moscow
Warsaw
Witte
London
Daily Telegraph
Count Witte
Square Deal Used to Reopen Old Government Claims
Washington reports that the presidents call for a square deal is being applied to many old claims in the war department. Veterans seek reinstatement in the service or advanced retired rank and property claims previously rejected, insisting on a square deal and urging submission to the president.
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Washington
War Department
Conference Initiates Russian Jewish Relief Mission
London hosts a conference of leading English Jews under Lord Rothschild to dispatch a traveling commission to Russia. The group will compile statistics at a Berlin central bureau and fund relief via Rothschild banking partners. Archbishops Canterbury and Southwark condemn Russian outrages and urge action, as a Whitechapel meeting backs a resolution for an autonomous Jewish colony as a solution.
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London
England
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Lord Rothschild
Russia
Messrs. Rothschild
Canterbury
Southwark
Adler
Archbishop of
Antonius
Whitechapel
Demand Tally Sheets Ordered For Canvass Board
New York November 15 Counsel for the Municipal Ownership league secured from Justice Amend a court order directing County Clerk Hamilton to produce the original tally sheets before the county canvass board or show cause why he should not. A parallel order was issued against Queens County canvassers by Justice Dickey. Attorney General Mayer to seek indictments for election fraud. grand jury proceedings likely this week. Queens canvass investigations found an empty envelope. in Richmond a Republican and Municipal Ownership candidate shown 164 votes but credited 199.
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New York
Municipal Ownership League
Justice Amend
Supreme Court
Hamilton
Board of County Canvas
Board of County Canvassers
Dickey
Brooklyn
Convassers
Queens County
Mayer
Grand Jury
Richmond
Riots in Lemberg Over German Russian Poland Action
In Lemberg Austria last night street rioting wounded several students and police as about a thousand Polish students demonstrated against German and Russian consulates. Police fought back with force to disperse the march while consulates remained guarded. Count Potocki, governor of Galicia, visited the sites and voiced regret.
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Lemberg
Austria
Germany
Poland
Russia
Count Potocki
Galicia
Railroaders Protest Against Rate Legislation
Washington November 15 report of an earnest protest to the president by delegates from five major railroad labor groups engineers firemen conductors switchmen and train men contending that rate legislation would lower freight charges and earnings prompting wage reductions for railroad workers across the system.
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Washington
Taft Regrets Herrick Defeat and Favors Panama Work
Secretary of War Taft, aboard the Columbia at Hampton Roads, commented on Ohio politics and Panama during his Panama investigation trip. He praised Herrick's record but lamented defeat, urged reform, and highlighted improvements in canal construction under Shonts.
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Newport News
William H. Taft
Hampton Roads
United States
Columbia
Panama
Taft
Associated Press
Ohio
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Herrick
Sis
Evan
Pattison
Ageat
Chishawn
Civil Service
Shonts
Panama Canal Question To Be Decided In Days
Washington November 15 The Panama canal question whether it should be sea level or a lock canal will be decided within a few days. All members of the board of consulting engineers have retired to Washington and expect to meet daily until a final conclusion is reached.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Board of Consulting Engineers
Highest Court To Decide Chadwick Case Writ Planned
Mrs Cassie L Chadwick's counsel says a writ of certiorari is being prepared to appeal to the United States Supreme Court seeking a review of her case. District Attorney Sullivan expects no automatic stay of execution upon filing. the marshal would move to the penitentiary after the appellate mandate. Chadwick remains nervous, claiming no conviction and arguing overdrafts are common business practice.
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Court of Appeals
Supreme
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chadwick
Oberlin Bank
Coroner Probes Pierson Case After Rope Fiber Found
In Mount Vernon Nevada prosecutors and a coroner report finding rope fiber particles embedded in Stuart Pierson clothing and fibers in his yarn forks. The case centers on Pierson a Kenyon College student bound to a railroad track with the investigation continuing.
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Pierson
Mount Vernon
Stuart Pierson
Kenyon College
Stillwell
Starborough
Ft Ig
James
Besley
Cie
Biegin Theological Stud
Gambier
Bre
Word From Kishineff Describes Terrible Jewish Suffering
A report from Kishineff details dire conditions among Russian Jews, depicting widespread ruin in villages near Kishineff including Kalarasi and nearby towns. The dispatch, sent by Kishineff bankers to Arnold Kohn, vice president of the state bank, highlights mass poverty and displacement stemming from local distress.
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New York
Kishineff
Fett
Shate Bank
Onisheoot
Kalarasi
Ned
Ron
Tulegrans
Parlmutter & Skug
Russia
Arnold Kohn
State Bank
Jailed Plot Foiled As Woman Discovers Breakout Plan
Mrs. H. Britton visited Marion county jail and spotted convicts Jarnest Smith and Harry Green boring through a wall to escape. They threatened inmates with death and filled their pockets with pepper but were overpowered before escaping. The capture prevented a wholesale jail delivery.
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Marion, O
H. Britton
Jarnest Smith
Harry Green
Smith
Divers Find Remains Of Rio de Janeiro Shipwreck
Divers in San Francisco report success in locating the remains of the Pacific Mail steamship Rio de Janeiro, wrecked at the harbor entrance years ago, bringing closure to the long search by recovery crews and harbor authorities.
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San Francisco
Thivers
Pacifc Mail
Rio de Janeiro
Aldermen Appeal to President Over Atrocities Reported
New York aldermen adopt a petition to President Roosevelt asking him to use his influence to halt atrocities in Rua, Ala, noting no diplomatic precedent for intervention. The move signals local pressure on the administration amid rising concern.
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New York
Roosevelt
Ruaala
Hyde on the Stand Feared Influence of Odell
New York reports James Hazen Hyde, former Equitable vice president, testified before the Armstrong committee. He described conspiratorial charges against Henry T. Frick and F. H. Harriman over possible removal abroad, while detailing a $685,000 Mercantile Trust loan and alliances to influence the investigation and a potential diplomatic ambassadorship.
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New York
James Hazen Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Armstrong Committee
Jewislature
Exheas
Hyde
Mercantile Trust Company
Equitatle Laife
J. W. Alexander
Mr. Hyde
Alexander
Mr. Jordan
Finch
Listle
Se Mereanne Trust Company
Mivw
Alexander Sity
Ted
Sqorrbnaan
Tiphe
Live
Jiyele
Dia
Phairitiah
Oded
Harriman
Lvde
Qile Trust
Harrigan
McUshtos
Henry €.Ch
F. H. Harriman
France
Frick
Mr. Frick
Blyde
Uarriman
AFL convention summary reports unity and reforms
Pittsburg November 15 The executive council report led the second day with Gompers relinquishing the chair to United Mine Workers leader Mitchell. Duncan read the findings urging a legislative committee, warning against inter union disputes and noting immigration concerns with calls for stricter laws as one million immigrants arrive yearly. Messages hailed from labor unions and San Francisco Mayor Lehmitz was congratulated on reelection.
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Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Gompers
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
James F. Duncan
Western Federation of Miners
Eugene Lehmitz
San Francisco
Ten Women His Victims in Dayton Case
Dayton detectives believe Dr. O C Hauzh’s women victims now rival the number of Witghoff’s. They have traced ten women duped by marriage or promise of marriage. Some were murdered while others were deserted.
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Dayton, O
Islanders elect reps to oppose Cuban treaty ratification
Havana November 15 American residents of the Isle of Pines elect representatives to travel to Washington to contest ratification of the treaty that would cede sovereignty of the island to Cuba. The move aims to block or delay the accord and preserve local governance.
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Havana
Isle of Pines
Washington
Cuba
Bodies Found Lashed to Boat Spar near Port Clinton
The bodies of Dark and Clinton Wadsworth were found on the shore five miles west of here lashed to a boat spar. They perished sometime during the night as a storm raged along Lake Erie near Port Clinton Ohio.
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Port Clinton
Dark
Clinton Wadsworth
Here
Paris Woman Dies After Rio Grande and Rock Island Crash
Miss Margaret Ludwig of Paris France dies in St Marys hospital from injuries suffered in the collision between the Rio Grande and Rock Island here.
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Pueblo Col
Margaret Ludwi
Paris
France
Rio Grande
Rock Island
St. Mary's Hospital
Annual Seed Distribution by Department of Agriculture
Washington November 14 The annual distribution of venerable and flower seed by the department of agriculture will begin December 1. Before planting it is estimated the entire amount amounting to 8,000,000 packages will be in the hands of the people in all sections of the country.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Torpedo inventor Robert White dies in Berkshire incident
London reports the torpedo inventor Robert White has died at Shriveham, Berkshire. A separate Berkshire case notes a 19-year-old David Gitwaler confessing to burning his younger brother to spite their mother after the elder’s death.
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London
Robert Whitehead
Shriveham
Berkshire
David Gitwaler
Tho Yen Old
David
Chicago Grain Market Signals Best Wheat Rally on Weather
The Chicago wheat market closed bullish with gains led by favorable conditions. Cold wet weather in Argentina aided demand while corn and oats traded near steady levels as prices solidified through the session.
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Chienan
Fred Munday
Argenta
Pittsburg Markets November 14 Prices by Commodity
Market report from Pittsburg on November 14 lists prices across corn oats hay eggs butter cheese cattle hogs and sheep. Prices are given for varieties such as yellow corn oats timothy hay seeded eggs New York Ohio Wisconsin cheeses and various cattle and hog classifications. Weak OCR yields many garbled figures and units but key items include prime to fancy cattle calves hogs and wethers with typical price ranges for each category.
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Europe
Patti
Son
Woman
Wall of Prison
Odell
H. G. Frick
E H
Union Pacific Pool
John Mitchell
Chicago Grain Market
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