Strikers and Guards Fight in San Francisco Riots
In San Francisco on May 9 1 700 United Railroads motormen and conductors strike sparked a riot as armed strikebreakers in car uniforms confronted by 3 000 to 6 000 onlookers. Glass broke and several wounded with police and guards exchanging long bursts of gunfire.
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Los Angeles
Cal
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Louck
Man kills wife and himself over wedding ring
In Washington on May 9, William O. Rice, 25, a Baltimore and Ohio telegraph operator, shot and killed his wife after a quarrel over a wedding ring. He then shot at his year old baby, the bullet striking the child, and Rice killed himself.
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Washington, D. C
William O. Rice
Baltimore and Ohio
Fie
Henderson Leads Drive to Ban Punch Bowls at Receptions
Mrs. John B. Henderson wife of the former Missouri senator launches a push to abolish punch bowls at official receptions and wine dinners. Her action follows a noted winter event where old wines from the Henderson cellars were poured onto the ground.
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Washington
John B. Henderson
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Kicks In on Express Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission issues its first ruling on express rates in a case brought by the Society of American Florists. It finds the New Jersey to New York City express rate excessive and directs a reduction to 60 cents per 100 pounds, noting agents at origin points are paid via a percentage of gross receipts, down to about 20 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Society of American Florists
United States Express Company
New Jersey
New York City
Franklin Lane
Lane
Express Company
Vaccination Exposé Aims at Tuberculosis Cure
Washington May 9 The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis held its third annual session. Dr Charles Hunted Dunn of Boston spoke on immunizing people against tuberculosis by vaccination. He reviewed progress and said humans show reasonable natural resistance and a vaccine may be found to make it absolute.
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Washington, D. C
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Charles Hunted Dunn
Boston
Gilded Young Patient Draws Atlantic City Attention
Miss Yveline Gaurard seven year old girl from Paris and New York, staying in a New Jersey hotel suite with nurse and attendants while convalescing from illness. Her parents in Paris follow daily cable greetings as she remains the center of interest on Broadway.
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Gaurard
Paris
Narses
Quick Jersey Justice for Girl’s Negro Assailant
Edward Gipson pleaded guilty to an attack on Miss Dorothy Paris of Wenonah. Judge Starr sentenced him to twelve years in state prison plus a $3,000 fine and costs, describing him as a disgrace to his race. The trial lasted under twenty minutes.
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Edward Gipson
Dorothy Paris
Wenonah
Starr
Gibson
Ex Explorers Bullock Workman Reach Himalayan Heights
Dr and Mrs Bullock Workman, famed climbers, report from India their ascent in the Himalayas reaching 21 300 feet with Mrs Workman climbing to 23 300 feet. They describe rarefied air causing sleeplessness and avalanches far larger than those in the Alps. They note Mongolian inhabitants at 10 000 feet farming rye and barley and a village at 12 000 feet with huts and livestock while wildlife thins above 15 000 feet.
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Bullock Workman
India
Himalayas
Alps
Himalays
Youth Shotself After Failed West Philadelphia Hold Up
Herod S. Jones aged 16 attempted to rob two trolley conductors with accomplices in West Philadelphia. Fearing a policeman’s death, he shot himself in the street. His companion Geddis was arrested at home. Jones came from a prosperous family. a dispute with his father preceded the act. The mother asked his plans as he left, and he replied I don t know and I don t care.
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Philadelphia
Herod S. Jones
G. HH. Geddis
Jones
Strike Menaces the Trans Ocean Shipping
New York May 9 a serious tie up of trans Atlantic shipping now appears imminent as the result of the strike of the longshoremen Practically all the companies operating big passenger and mail steamers between New York and Europe are affected in addition to many southern and coastwise steam ship lines According to the strike leaders 10006 men have quit work.
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New York
Europe
Jeaders
Big Trust Drops Iowa Plant Into Scrap Heap
The piece notes the closure of another Iowa plant as Big Trust abandons operations. It reflects on its prior scale as a major glucose facility and hints at broader industrial decline and employment impacts.
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BIG Trust
Iowa
New Trial Granted in Libel Suit Over Wife’s Allegations
A new trial in the $5,000 libel suit of Wa Kruder of this city against his sister in law Mrs. Viola Perkins has been granted and will proceed at the next district court session in Wabasha. Kramer alleges Perkins wrote defamatory statements to his wife. trial previously resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Since then Mrs. Kramer left her husband due to trial testimony.
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Jake City
Main
Wa Kruder
Ggiitsat
Viola Perkins
Wabasha
Kramer
Saves Five Years For Marriage License
Bloomington Illinois May 1 After saying for five years to secure the money to purchase a marriage license Cornelius Bowman of Coal City found himself five cents short when he went to pay for the permit to wed Anna Histek Deputy County Clerk Swenson supplied the six cents needed and the couple continued on their way rejoicing
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Bloomington
Lll
Cornelius Bowman
Coal City
Anna Histek
Swenson
Bucket shops near end as laws push closures
Bucket shops across the west and many southern states face imminent closure due to concerted legislation and prosecutions. Private wires cover nearly every state, with Indiana, Iowa and Missouri already enacting laws and bills pending in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and in Canadian northwest provinces.
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Chicago
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Canadian
Fish Manager Examines Clams in Iowa for Pearl Button Industry
Washington May report states Martin W. Everman assistant fish commissioner left for Iowa Indiana and western states to preliminarily investigate clam extermination in rivers affecting the pearl button industry He will later appoint a scientific commission to study clams and promote propagation methods for more material for the industry Everman will visit Muscatine Iowa early in the trip to survey conditions
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Washington
D. C
Martin W. Everman
Iowa
Indiana
Everman
Muscatine
States evidence in warship tube fraud case
In Pittsburgh May 9 James J Dunn Charles L Close and Frank L Emmett ex employee of Shelby Steel Tube Greenville Pa charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by supplying defective boiler tubes for warships Pennsylvan ia Louisiana Maryland Charleston Nebraska Minnesota Vermont Washington and Tennessee Emmett has pleaded guilty and waived a hearing turning state s evidence as District Attorney Dunkle expects sensational testimony in United States district court
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James J. Dunn
Charles L. Close
Frank L. Emmett
Shelby Steel Tube Company
Greenville
United States
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Maryland
Charleston
Nebraska
Minnesota
Vermont
Washington
Tennessee
United States District Court
Dunkle
Emmett
Hold up trio ages 15 and 11 caught in New York
Magistrate Gorman held three for court after they confessed to highway robbery. The oldest was 15 and the youngest 11. They had accosted 10 year old William Chalfont and his brother Wayne in an alley near Worty First Street Ogden, aiming to steal a nickel plated watch, but the boy fought back for his life.
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New York
Gorman
William Chalfont
Wayne
Wortyfirst Street
Ogden
William
Nine Million Dollars in Unclaimed Wages In Sunset Lines
Houston May 9 Not less than nine million dollars in unclaimed wage checks await claimants in the treasury of the Sunset lines of Texas. A laborer showing up within twenty days with proof can recover the funds. The railroad company differs from the United States where unpaid wages go to the general fund after a year.
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Houston
Tex
Sunset Lines
Texas
United States
General Fund
Bengal colleges amid political agitation in Calcutta University
The Bengal schools and colleges affiliated with the University of Calcutta have become hotbeds of political agitation prompting government action. Rioting in Rawalpindi targeted mission buildings including the American church and the Young Men’s Christian Association hall, with looting and assaults on missionaries and native Christians.
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McB Burns
Stinns
Accidental death suspected in Dover boy case
Dr. Marvin questions verdict as autopsy by Dr. Wilson places death four to six weeks prior. Relatives and Pinkertons questioned as body found after days exposed to cold and starvation in a marsh, with Horace missing since he wandered from a haystack. The coroner's inquiry continues with new theory of exposure and hunger.
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Tiet
Pease Marvin
Marvin
Ir .Marvin
Unitih de Weeters
Hanrace
Mr. Pearce
Pinkerton Detective Force
Oliver Pleasanton
Pinkerton
Robert L. Richards
James H. Wilson
Looks Like Gold Found in Cemetery Dig
Brooklyn man Thomas F. Crough uncovered a vein of yellow particles while excavating for a tombstone foundation at Linden Hill cemetery in Queens. He sent a boxed earth sample to Manhattan for assay and claims to have found pay dirt though he will not discuss the result.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Linden Hill Cemetery
Queens
Thomas FF. Crough
Crough
Manhattan
Husbands Return Makes Wife Insane
Ashland Indiana May 8 Mrs Ella T Wymann Van Wyth believed dead husband Alexander van Wyth returned to her after thirty five years apart and she has become hopelessly insane The husband recalls a 35 year old marriage to Ella in Martin County and his Navy service He later remarried twice after her presumed death and bore four children with the second husband and more with the third.
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Ashland
I.y
Alexander van Wyth
van Wyth
Ella T. Wymann
Martin County
United States Navy
Herbert Pyle
Wheeling
W. Va
Elmer Wyatt
On Verge of War Mexico Guatemala Relations Cut
The state department reports termination of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Guatemala. The outcome is awaited with apprehension.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
Guatemala
Turkish Troops Annihilated in Yemen Battle
A Constantinople dispatch reports seven battalions of Turkish troops were practically annihilated in a battle with rebels in Yemen, Turkish Arabia. The notice confirms heavy fighting and losses in the region.
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London
Constantinople
Yemen
Arabia
Mystery Rumors Haunt New York Estate Case
In Malta View Concord New York today reports reveal a plot surrounding the estate of Mary with allegations of a conspiracy at a residence. Mrs AueUSES Stetson a New York leader is said to be linked to activities at the house with Calvin Arye described as her agent in a power struggle to replace Moldy as leader.
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New York
Min Mary
Concord
Aueuses Stetson
Christian Fo Tenegeule
New York City
Pehsand View
Calvin A.rye
Amestown Fair Seeks 400000 Loan for Exposition
Norfolk Va May S. Barton Myers governor of ways and means says the Jamestown Exposition Company plans a loan around 400000 to cover building and landscaping needs. He notes the company owns land and permanent infrastructure making mortgage bonds possible if directors approve.
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Norfolk
Jamestown Juxposition Company
Barton Myers
Ways and Means
Exposition Company
Babies in carload shipments find new homes in Louisiana
New Orleans reports 117 babies transported toward foster homes in southwest Louisiana. With 60 infants in one car, 57 went to Opelousas for distribution within St. Landry parish. G Whiting Swayne supervised along with two nurses and two Sisters of Charity, aided by Mrs Bowen.
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New Orleans
New York
Louisiana
Thifty
St. Landry Parish
G. Whiting Swayne
Asylum
Sisters of Charity
Bowen
Cook serves subpoenas by posing as a cook
Chicago May. Mrs Elinor Lipman court stenographer demonstrated doors open to a cook she hired to obtain ready admittance to tenants. She served subpoenas on neighbors who refused to testify and now the women must appear in court revile her.
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Chicago
Elinor Lipman
Broken Promise Suit by Woman Aged 76
In Chicago on May 8, 76 year old Mrs. Dean Hopkins of Joliet sues Adolphus Yonker for 50000 dollars for breach of promise. She says she believed herself engaged to Yonker for five years before his sudden marriage to Mina Killmer, six years younger.
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Chicago
Dean Hopkins
Joliet
Ast Adolphus
Rich Woman Dead Murder Suspected
Police investigate the death of Mrs. Sophia Altmeyer found at her East Wighty First Street home. The aged and wealthy woman is the suspected victim in what authorities term a possible murder.
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New York
Sophia Altmeyer
East Wighty First Street
Italians Convicted in Black Hand Trial at Wilkes-Barre
Eleven of thirteen Italians on trial in Wilkes-Barre were found guilty when the sealed verdict was opened. Two defendants were acquitted. The case centers on the attempted bombing of a home owned by an Italian named Rizz over extortion demands by the Black Hand.
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Wilkesbarre
Rizz
New York Exchange Logs Small Premium Despite Market Quiet
The New York Exchange reports a five cent premium on a quiet trading day with limited activity and subdued pricing across major issues. The brief note notes marginal shifts but few standout movers amid steady volumes.
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