Labor unrest rocks French post office union move
Paris May 7 labor strife widens as the Post Telegraph and Telephone association becomes a national syndicate. The move, seen as a plan by the General Federation of Labor to seize government control, prompts railroad workers to vote a general strike while many postal workers break away or back the effort. Leaders claim government inaction risks a broader revolution though observers doubt the republic is in danger.
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Paris
General Federation of Labor
Congress of Railroad Men
Havre
Lyons
Post Telegraph and Telephone Association
Clemenceau
Central Post Office
Aged Veteran J. W. Hayden Dies in Iowa City
J. W. Hayden, a Civil War veteran and pioneer resident of Iowa City, aged 63, died after more than 40 years in the area. He is survived by five daughters and three sons.
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Iowa City
J. W. Hayden
Hayden
Convict Bucket Shop Men in Cincinnati Case
The jury found Louis W. Foster and five co defendants guilty in a federal case accusing bucket shop operators of using the mails to defraud. The government argued no actual stock changed hands, only gambling on future stock prices. Penalties include a $1,000 to $5,000 fine and up to eighteen months in prison, or both.
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Cincinnati
Louis W. Foster
Federal District Court
Minnesota Senator Clapp Seeks Tariff Revision Downward
Senator Clapp of Minnesota told the Senate the Republican promise is tariff revision downward and warned that if Congress fails to lower rates the people will elect men who will. He said the American people have determined on this revision and any deviation would disappoint them.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Clapp
Minnesota
Republican Party
Congress
Democratic Party
Man Dead in Davenport Fire at 810 West Third Street
Firemen found 60 year old Willam Crane dead in the rear of his burning Davenport residence at 810 West Third Street yesterday afternoon. The blaze caused by a gasoline stove explosion is suspected. Crane appeared to have suffocated while attempting to extinguish the fire.
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Davenport
Willam Crane
West Third Street
Crone
Crane
Montezuma Sets First Street Pavement Plan
Montezuma Iowa May 7 Special Montezuma to install two miles of pavement first street paving in the city. The Commercial club spearheaded the drive and petitions from property owners were gathered within ten days. Pavement will surround the courthouse square and run along main thoroughfares making Montezuma one of the best paved small cities in the state.
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Montezuma
Iowa
Court House Square
Government Crop Report Shows Winter Wheat Decline
The Agriculture Department reports winter wheat to be harvested over about 27.871 million acres, 8.1 percent less than 1908, and rye below average with May 1 conditions at 83.5 percent for winter wheat and 88.1 for rye. The May 1 figures show lower area planted and revised yields, with markets buoyed by the crop report.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Tragic Fall Of FourYearOld From L Train Window
Chicago reports a fatal accident as four year old Paul Maurice Monfort climbed onto an elevated car seat and fell through an open window to the street. He died two hours later. his mother Mrs Achilles W Monfort screamed and rushed to the station as bystanders and a porter aided in rescue attempts.
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Chicago
Ill
Paul Maurice Monfort
Achilles W. Monfort
Paul
Lightning Fire Destroys Letts Area Barn
A lightning strike hit the George Hawkins barn five miles north of Letts on May 6 destroying the barn and its contents. Hay, machinery, and livestock valued near 3000 dollars burned. insurance partially covered the loss.
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Letts
George Hawkins
Executors sue United States Express over lost diamond ring
H W Huttig and W R Jayne as executors of Maria G Griffin estate sue United States Express for 750 claiming loss of a diamond ring in transit from Alexandria Egypt to Muscatine. Petition states all items arrived except the ring and an oral contract to transport all Mrs Griffin's goods was alleged.
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H. W. Huttig
W. R. Jayne
Maria G. Griffin
United States Express Company
Euterpean Fraternity Meeting Postponed to May 17
The Euterpean Fraternity postpones its Monday night meeting to Monday evening May 17 due to a Musical Union concert next Monday at the First Methodist church. The May 17 session will close this spring’s series and no further programs are planned until fall.
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Euterpean Fraternity
Musical Union
First Methodist Church
Window Display At Cherry Shoe Store Attracts City Visiters
Muscatine residents who visited downtown in recent days were drawn to the Cherry shoe store window. The display features a remodeled interior with new mirrors and flooring and a line of shoes that presents a handsome view.
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Muscatine
Cherry Shoe Store
Morse’s Vast Fortunes Lost to Creditors, Morse Says
Charles W. Morse, once a top capitalist with an estimated $30 million fortune, has no stocks bonds or real estate left. In Tombs prison for banking law violations he testified that he transferred all property to creditors to cover debts.
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New York
N. Y
Charles W. Morse
Tombs
Morse
Consolidated Steamship Company
Indictment for sugar underweighing frauds in New York
Federal grand jury returns indictments for conspiracy against Oliver Spitzer Brooklyn docks supervisor for the American Sugar Refining Co. and six other company employees alleged to be implicated in sugar underweighing schemes in the recent government suit.
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New York
N. Y
Federal Grand Jury
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining Co
Brooklyn
Carlisle Business Center Destroyed by Early Morning Fire
Fire in Carlisle obliterated the business district including the opera house four stores an undertaking shop and a lumber yard with Des Moines sending a chemical engine. The total loss reached about 30000 partly insured.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Carlisle
Here
Seattle injuring crowds at guard armory meet deadly condition worsens
Seattle May 7 None of the sixty injured in last night's athletic meet accident at the new National Guard armory has died. Captain Maurice W Thompson adjutant general of Washington and wife are in critical condition.
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Seattle
Wash
New National Guard
Maurice W. Thompson
State of Washington
Improved iron and steel trade lifts New York activity
New York May 7 reports from Dun's review show weather causing some trade interruptions yet overall improved iron and steel demand. The uptick is seen as boosting activity across business lines, despite lingering weather-related effects.
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New York
N. Y
Dun
Lillion Wins High School Oratorical Contest in Springfield
In Springfield Illinois on May 7 Wilbur Lillion of Normal captured first prize in the corn belt high school oratorical contest. Reinhold Lechleiter of Lincoln took second and Robert Bennett of Decatur was third on the winning topic Radicalism vs Conservatism.
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Springfield
Ill
Wilbur Lillion
Normal
Reinhold Lechleiter
Lincoln
Robert Bennett
Decatur
Officials Narrowly Escape Fiery Death
In Chicago on May 7, First Vice President Joseph Wood Second Vice President J J Turner and Chief Engineer Thomas Rodd of the Pennsylvania lines escaped from a fire that destroyed their train car. The occupants were asleep until Wood woke them and alerted Turner who escaped through a window. Turner's hand was cut by glass. Cause of the fire is unknown.
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Chicago, Ill
Joseph Wood
J. J. Turner
Thomas Rodd
Pennsylvania Lines
Wood
Rodd
Turner
Judge McPherson Maintains Injunction Over Missouri Rate Case
Judge Smith McPherson in Kansas City continued the temporary injunction restraining Siebert Jones from pursuing the St. Louis suit seeking a three cent passenger rate. He said the Missouri rate decree stands until reversed and declined to enjoin the state supreme court. He criticized remarks suggesting the decree was too broad and noted his readiness to let the Supreme Court handle related actions.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Philips
Siebert Jones
St. Louis
Missouri
McPherson
Major
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Job
Murphy
Congress
Hayti Prosperity Seen By American Minister
Henry W. Furniss the American minister to Hayti arrived in New York for a few months stay and declared conditions in Hayti have permanently improved and that the country is on the road to prosperity.
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Island
New York
N. Y
Henry W. Furniss
Indiana
Hayti
Wagner’s Story Deemed False by Wisconsin Panel
Madison May 7 The senate investigation committee ruled Frank T Wagner’s tale of bribery involving Assemblymen Farreel Towne and Ramsey and J H Puelicher through M J Regan as untrue and without foundation. A Plankington house room 153 inquiry found no transom linking rooms, refuting Wagner’s claim of seeing a money package.
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Madison
Wis
Senate Investigation Committee
Frank T. Wagner
Farreel
Towne
Ramsey
J. H. Puelicher
M. J. Regan
Plankington House
Wagner
Regan
Monument Unveiled for Longfellow in National Capital
Nations and Americans gathered in Washington as a statue of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was unveiled with ceremonies led by Chief Justice Fuller. President Taft could not attend due to an inflamed eye after a fly or insect sting, though he met with his cabinet and carried on with duties.
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Washington, D. C
America
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Longfellow Memorial Association
Taft
Longfellow
Hole in Boat Hull Sinks Hope For Montreal Sailors
The steamer Lake Champlain from Liverpool to Montreal put in at St John’s Newfoundland leaking from a bow hole caused by ice off Cape Race. One thousand passengers were aboard.
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St. Johns, N. F
Lake Champlain
Liverpool
Montreal
Cape Race
German Ambassador Von Bernstorff at Milwaukee luncheon
Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, was the guest of honor at a luncheon given today by the Deutcher club in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Count von Bernstorff
Deutcher Club
Last Call for Muscatine Boosters Train Edition Ads
The Journal urges Muscatine merchants to submit ad copy by Saturday noon for the Big Booster Train Edition. The edition accompanies a two day Muscatine merchants trip and will reach about 17 000 copies in town and with Journal subscribers, totaling nearly 100 000 readers in Southeastern Iowa. Phone number 27 provided to arrange ad submission.
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Journal
Muscatine
Iowa
Mrs Boyle on Trial as Mob Attacks Outside Court
Mercer Pennsylvania May 7 A crowded courtroom resumed the trial of Mrs James Boyle alias Mary Roe accused as an accessory in the kidnapping of Billy Whitla The boy testified identifying Mrs Boyle as the woman who cared for him in Cleveland A mob of hundreds of women attacked Mrs Boyle on the street after court adjourned while her husband James Boyle was convicted earlier in the day She defied the crowd and vowed to tell the truth as ministers and officials intervened to keep the mob from harming her
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Mercer
James Boyle
Mary Roe
Billy” Whitla
Billy
Whitla
Boyle
Miller
Huzzy
Mrs. Boyle
Stuart
Weather outlook for Illinois and Iawn
Fair and warmer tonight across Illinois and Iawn. Saturday will be partly cloudy and warmer, especially in the east. Sunrise is 4 49 a m and sunset 6 56 p m Moonrise 9 25 p m.
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Illinois
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