Paris in turmoil as 6000 workers rally and riot police clash
Paris bears an armed camp as about six thousand strikers at Labor Exchange and the confederation of labor face around 50,000 troops and 12,000 police. Mounted and infantry units patrol the capital while raids, arrests, and bomb finds mark a widening crisis.
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Paris
Labor Exchange
Confederation of Labor
Prefect LePine
Boulevard Magenta
Place de la Republique
Place de L’toile
Pitace de la Republique
St. Martin Canal
Bank of France
Champs Elysee
Quay D'Origny
LaPine
Metropolitan Railroad
Omnibusses
May Day unrest fades after officers shot in Warsaw
Warsaw authorities report three policemen killed last night as feared May Day outbreaks failed to materialize. No further violence reported as city braces for investigations and security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Anarchists Expelled From Paris Labor Hub
May 1 Paris reports many anarchists expelled including Stephane Suerizsocoff and a woman. M Levy secretary of the Confederation of Labor and M Krementin a wealthy anarchist arrested. Delegates from all trades assemble at labor headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Stephane Suerizsocoff
M. Levy
Confederation of Labor
M. Krementin
Pope Pius XI Finds Blessing in Telephone Inside Vatican
Rome reports Pope Pius XI enjoys the Vatican telephone link with Venice and Rome. He calls his three sisters near the Vatican walls twice daily and stays in daily contact with Cardinal Merry del Val.
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Rome
Vatican
Pius N
Venice
Tese
Vatican Walls
Cardinal Merry del Val
Denmark Butter and Meat Trade Volumes Report
Denmark with a population near 9.5 million sells about 40.0 billion dollars worth of butter annually and roughly half that value in bacon and hams. The data reflect sizable dairy and meat demand within the country.
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Denmark
Roosevelt Defies Pressure on Standard Oil Inquiry
A Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt will not suppress the Garfield led Standard Oil report. The study alleges rebates of up to 50 percent by railroads and collusion with big lines. Railroads and Standard Oil sought delay, but Roosevelt plans a direct House transmission with a Campbell resolution.
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Chicago
Washington Dispatch
Tribune
Standard Oil
Roosevelt
Bureau of Corporations
Garfield
Standard Oil Company
Senate
America
White House
House of Representatives
House
Campbell
Metcalf
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Aldrich-Elkins
30 More Pulajanes Killed in Saar Island Clash
Janila reports 30 Pulajanes killed in an encounter on Saar Island during a conflict with Fili pinos rebels. The Mora detail notes a disastrous recent defeat of the rebels.
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Janila
Mora
Island
Saar
Pulajanes
Eruption Reported in Iceland's Mount Heels
Steamers arriving at Leith from Iceland report Mount Heels in eruption but describe the disturbance as not serious. The report comes from Edinburgh dated April 30.
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Edinburgh
Leith
Iceland
Mount Heels
Morgan Buys Oppenheim Collection of Bronzes and Stones
Pierpont Morgan purchases the celebrated Oppenheim collection in Paris comprising bronzes, Munich stones and wood carvings with Italian Falence and Byzantine enamels and terra cottas. Announcement of the deal first emerged from Cologne.
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Oppenheim
Paris
Pierpont Morgan
Europe
Munich
Cologne
Frisco Considers 100 Million Deficit Relief Plan
A New York syndicate offered 100 million dollars to rebuild burned San Francisco sections. Senator Newlands reported the plan, bond and mortgage funded, under discussion by the local finance committee. The city also weighed foreign aid offers while banks aided recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ena
Seale
New York
meaSs
W. E. Tierrin
Southern Pacific Railroad
United States
Newlands
Nevada
Citizens’ Committee
Japan
United States Mint
Busi
Taft explains relief funds limits to Phelan
Secretary Taft informs James D. Phelan that federal funds for relief and Red Cross efforts are limited to subsistence, quartermaster stores, medical supplies, and troop transportation. He cites congressional authorizations and notes available funds, urging coordination through government agents and reporting current needs.
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Relief Committee
Washington
D. C
Phelan
San It
Cisco
Taft
New Haven
San Francisco
William H. Taft
Relief and Red Cross
Devine
James D. Phelan
Tafft
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Ironston
San Franccisco
Congress
War Department
Townr
Red Cross Society
Still in Need of Food in San Francisco After Quake
San Francisco on May 1 reports warm weather aiding thousands who live in parks and camps with tents and bedding. Authorities worry about food supply while electric lights return to streets and arc lights expand. Streetcar service is restored as crews clear debris and repair rails.
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San Francisco
Hearst Resolution Seeks $2500 Aid for California Sufferers
Representative Hearst of New York introduces a house resolution to appropriate 2500 dollars for California sufferers. The measure proposes relief aid to those affected by current conditions.
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Washington
House
Hearst
New York
California
Ship Sinks Five Drowned Off Beach End
The Briton steamer Blanefield sank off Beach End after a collision with the British bark Water Oeras. Five persons are reported drowned. The incident occurred near New Haven England on May 1.
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New Haven
England
Blanefield
Beach End
Troops and Miners Clash in Mt Carmel
In Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania a protest by foreign miners led to clashes with state troopers near the Commercial hotel. Troopers repelled the crowd with blackjacks, several miners and one trooper were wounded, and a bystander named Wilson was fatally shot. Lieutenant Smith was jailed on assault charges. Delegates to the Scranton miners convention were elected with most planning to stay uninstructed.
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Mt. Carmel
Smith
State Constabulary
Burgess
Union
Wilson
Wilkesbarre
Scranton
Oryl
Mitchell
Wyoming
Hartford Pays Up as Fires Insurance Losses Tally
Chicago May 2 Hartford Fire announces it has raised capital to pay all losses from the San Francisco fire and maintain its surplus. It increased capital stock from 1.25 million to 2 million by selling 7 506 shares at 500 each, raising 3.75 million. The report lists estimated California fire insurance risks and other large companies’ exposure.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Hartford
California
Firemen’s Fund
Home Fire and Marine
Pacific
London Assurance
Royal of Liverpool
Trans-Atlantic
Hamburg
New York
London
Lancashire
Phoenix
Brooklyn
Rhine and Mozelle
Strasburg
Liverpool
London and Globe
Royal Exchange
Bremen
Pennsylvania
Northern
Freeport
Ill
Aschen and Munich
Commercial Union of London
Insurance Company of North America
Caledonian of
Scotland
Germania of
Aetna of
North British and Mercantile
German American
Alliance of London
Union of London
Sun of London
Atlas of London
Home of New York
Palatine of London
Milwaukee Mechanics
Connecticut
Continental
Niagara
Twins Born on Street in Philadelphia April 30
Two baby boys arrived on Fourth Street above Spruce at noon, named or to be named Kossip. A Polish mother Mary Ann and a bachelor with two old maids offered aid. The twins were taken to Philadelphia hospital after first aid and a patrol wagon ride.
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Stork
Philadelphia
Kossip
Fourth Street
Spruce
Mary Ann
Poland
Pittsburg Gazette-Times Formed From Consolidation
Pittsburg papers the Pittsburg Times and Pittsburg Gazette merge under 627 interests, ceasing separate issues today. Beginning Tuesday the combined Gazette-Times will publish from the Gazette plant.
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Newsparers
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Times
The
Pittsburg Gazette
Gazete-Times
Gazette
Free seed distribution continues as house debates agricultural bill
May 3 report from Washington details a House session in which free distribution of garden and flower seeds was approved to continue. The agricultural bill faced extensive points of order over chemistry bureau provisions and food adulteration.
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Shington
Bureau At Chemistry
Gaines
Tennessee
House i Bedium
Cannon
Brooks
Colorado
Wood
Missouri
Ar. Murphy
Ozark Mountain
Mt Lamb
Bureau of Chemistry
House
Senate
California
Sherman
New York
Journal of the House
Williams
Arizona
Chense
Warrants Issued Over Mt Carmel Disorder
W Twenty four warrants issued today on complaint of United Mine Workers for arrest of Lieutenant Smith and state Constabulary members. They face assault and battery with intent to kill linked to yesterday's events. Warrants await calmer conditions before execution.
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MG Iganmels
Niky
United Mine Workers
Smith
State Constabulary
Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Mt. Carmel
Miners’ Scale Committee
Scranton
Miners’ Convention
Shamokin
Reading Railroad
New York
Muenter Believed Dead by Own Action After Cambridge Murder Charge
Chicago May 1 A view held by friends and Prof J M Crowe of the University of Chicago is that Marie Muenter died by suicide following the murder accusation in Cambridge Mass rather than by his own hand. Crowe notes Muenter’s temperament and grief over the charge suggest a self inflicted death as the likely outcome.
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Chicago
Marie Muenter
Cambridge
Mass
Muenter
J. M. Crowe
University of Chicago
Crowe
Professor Crowe
Harriman Addresses Seattle on Panama Canal Attitude
Washington message reports Harriman telling Seattle businessmen he is not opposed to a canal link but criticizes anti railroad agitation. He urges emphasis on land transportation alongside water routes, marking his first public statement on the Panama topic. He heads the Union Pacific and allied lines.
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Seattle
Wash
Warrman
Union Padge and Allied Lines
Harriman
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Opera
St. Germain
Bercy
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Notre Dame de Lorette
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Rouen
M. Georges Clérenceau
France
Interior
Bourse
American Express Company
Nolice
Henry R. Chamberlain
Courrieres
Waldeck-Rousseau
Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Fallieres
Seeeteee
Glemenceau
Brest
Toulon
Lemps
Mauvaise Strategie
Sail
Waveley
Liewin
Fontiff
Standard Oil and Railroads
Ter
North
Morgan
Syndicate of
William S. Taft
War
Clearfield
Buffalo
Rochester
Buffalo and Susquehanna
Falls Creek Coal Companies
Hartofrd
Vuenter
E. H. Harriman
Panama Canal
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