Hearst backs Supreme Court labor rulings in signed letter
William R. Hearst writes in the American that the Supreme Court decisions on labor questions are not reactionary. He endorses the rulings on employers liability, boycotting and blacklisting, and supports refining Sherman act wording to clearly apply to product of labor. He urges labor support for proper measures and practical results.
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New York
William R. Hearst
American
Supreme Court
Congress
Hearst
Warrant Issued for Abraham Rosenthal in Reading Murder
A warrant was issued for Abraham Rosenthal brother in law of Lewis B Clawson the shirt manufacturer killed in his Reading office on Saturday Police say they have evidence to convict if brought to trial Rosenthal believed in Philadelphia and may return amid widespread speculation Police report Rosenthal allegedly rivaled Clawson for a Reading girl and stirred jealousy in Mrs Clawson by spreading tales about Lawson
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United Press
Reading
Abraham Rosenthal
Lewis B. Clawson
Rosenthal
Philadelphia
Clawton
Clawson
Battle of the Ballots Begins at Early Hour
Voters gather as polling opens with rival factions contesting ballots across multiple places. Officials report early turnout and security measures in effect at key precincts.
Quiet vote to shape final tally in city election
Polls opened across the city with brisk morning turnout as voters queued in many precincts. Mayor Hainer and police urged calm amid chatter of active policing and late returns expected from Washington Street window bulletins.
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Hainer
Cooper & Butler
Washington Street
Londoners balk at bringing insane Caldwell to trial
After Robert Caldwell, key witness in the Cruce case, was committed to a New York insane asylum, Britain's foreign office says it will not pursue perjury charges if Caldwell is truly unbalanced. It will urge independent sanity checks and may drop the case or seek US action to overturn the order.
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United Press
London
Robert Caldwell
Cruce
New York
Foreign Office
Caldwell
United States
Prohibs to Hold Convention Here Thursday Morning
Prohibitionists meet in county convention at the courthouse Thursday at 10 to select candidates for spring primaries. Two assembly nominees, one for state senate, one for congress, one for county treasurer, and one for county commissioner will be chosen. They expect influence in the assembly race due to many Republican candidates.
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Court House
Assembly
State Senate
Congress
Death notices for multiple residents listed in concise format
Death records include R. B. McClain age 70 of West Middlesex Robert M. Rhodes age 50 of 318 West Madison Avenue John L. Hays age 43 of South Sharon Mrs. Mary Fairweather of New Castle Dido Ferand age 24 of Hillsville and Carl Beckwith age 13 days of 18 West South Street.
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R. B. McClain
West Middlesex
Robert M. Rhodes
Madison Avenue
John L. Hays
South Sharon
Mary Fairweather
New Cas
Dido Ferand
Hillsville
Carl Beckwith
West South Street
Senator Stone Attacks G O P Prosperity Policy In Senate
Senator William J. Stone of Missouri assailed the Aldrich financial bill and the Republican tariff and currency system. He argued the nation suffers from a patchwork financial plan and bank control over currency to the detriment of workers, urging government regulation and an interest tax on deposits.
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United Press
Washington
Aldrich Financial
Senate
William J. Stone
Missouri
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Stone
Secretary of the Treasury
Eleventh Hour Liar Gets In His Work
Chauncey Davis, candidate for mayor, denied reports he had withdrawn from the race. He said he learned of the rumor late Monday night and rushed to reassure supporters in the Fifth ward and elsewhere that he would be in at the finish. He accused an unnamed rival of starting the rumor to aid that candidate.
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Chauncey Davis
Davis
Mr. Davis
Creditors Agree on 25 Percent Settlement for Rabinovitz
Rabinovitz brothers creditors met in the office of Referee in Bankruptcy E M Underwood Tuesday morning and agreed to a settlement yielding 25 percent of their claims. Considerable costs were saved by the agreement.
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Rabinovitz Brothers
E. M. Underwood
Thomas flyer leads New York to Paris race across Erie to Cleveland
The Thomas flyer, American contender, left Erie at 7 a m for the west while the De Dion trailed at 8 05 a m. The Protos representing Germany departed Buffalo at 11 a m in the round the world endurance run. Mon tigu Roberts drove the Thomas car into Cleveland at 11 40 a m after a fast coast from Euclid.
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ERIP
Thomas Flyer
Erie
de Dion
Zust
Ripley
N. Y
Buffalo
Protos
Germany
Moto Bloc
Geneva
Cleveland
New York
Paris
Montigu Roberts
Cincinnati Flood Threat Recedes in Cold Weather
Cincinnati Ohio February 18 The cold weather has checked the threatened flood along the Ohio River. Water level remains below danger line and is expected to fall within twenty four hours. River stage this morning at forty seven feet with little suffering in low lands.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
McCaskey Warns of Traction Service Cuts in Youngstown
M. RB. McCaskey of the traction company informs Youngstown council that if further stops are required in the city, limited cars will be removed and slow service used between Warren and New Castle.
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M. RB. McCaskey
The
Traction Company
Youngstown
Russia fears war with Turks grows in St Petersburg
Russian officials acknowledge serious war threat with Turkey as staff preparations continue and the czar's military strength in the Caucasus, troop transport capacity, and Tartar tribal sentiment become focal concerns amid interpellations expected in the Douma.
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United Press
ST. Petersburg
Turkey
Japan
Douma
Caucasus
Winters and Dunn Wed at Croton Avenue Parlors
Lawrence Henderson Winters of New Brighton and Carrie Etta Dunn of Sharon married by Alderman Green at his matrimonial parlors on Croton avenue this afternoon.
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Lawrence Henderson Winters
New Brighton
Carrie Etta Dunn
Sharon
Alderman Green
Croton Avenue
Court Upholds Injunction In Lovejoy Mortgage Case
Judge Shaffer grants permanent injunction preventing Elizabeth Cochran and others from interfering with a $100,000 mortgage on Francis T. F. Lovejoy’s East End Pittsburgh home. Allegations claim blackmail and nonpayment. Cochran’s whereabouts are unknown and she failed to appear.
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Francis T. F. Lovejoy
Pittsburg
Librarian Annie Wallace Receives Carnegie Gift
Atlanta librarian Annie Wallace, engaged to Max Franklin Howland of Boston, receives a $100,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie. The gift is a deposit of United States steel bonds placed with a Hoboken Trust company, yielding $6,000 annual interest.
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Atlanta
Andrew Carnegie
Annie Wallace
Max Franklin Howland
Boston
Wallace
Carnegie Library
Carnegie
Hoboken Trust Company
News election bulletins on Cooper and Butler's windows
The News will display election returns on the windows of Cooper and Butler's Washington street clothing store this evening to allow many watchers to follow the count as it progresses.
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Cooper & Butler
Washington Street
Terrible Revenge on Traitors and the Black Hand Murder Tactics
A historical report describes Tony’s methods resembling the Black Hand as he used killings to intimidate men into joining the order. The piece contrasts ritualized intimidation with violent acts aimed at coercion and loyalty.
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Tony
Black Hand
Tong murder trial reveals witness in Hop Sing case
A witness testifies he participated in Hop Sing Tong deliberations planning a August Chinatown raid that left four dead. He says the society met at Harrison Avenue with a small panel to rally members, offer rewards, and seek hatchet men in New York Philadelphia and Chicago. Three defendants are named as tongue members in favor of the plan.
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United Press
Boston
Chinatown
5S Shoy Pooy
Hop Sing Tong Society
No. 75
Harrison Avenue
Pooy
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Morse Denies Perjury Charge In New York Case
Charles W. Morse pleaded not guilty before Justice Dowling to a perjury indictment and was released on a $10,000 bond after a prior $20,000 bail in related larceny cases. The hearing was set for one week later as Morse claimed he unwittingly lied about knowledge of a $100,000 loan to E. R. Thomas from the National Bank of North America.
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United Press
New York
Charles W. Morse
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Morse
National Bank of North America
E. R. Thomas
Providence Life Money
Ice King
Grand Jury
H. J. Britt
Kresel
Britt
Extermination of Black Hand Men Proclaimed Near Finish
Harrisburg reports say the Black Hand society nears defeat after 32 state police raids. About 270 men captured as authorities wage a multi month battle against criminal gangs in the anthracite regions preying on foreign-born citizens. Police have also targeted Allegheny County amid threats against prominent men.
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Harrisburg
Black Hand Society
State Police Department
Allegheny County
Ohio River gas line swept away by flood near Beaver
A large gas main across the Ohio river near Beaver owned by Manufacturers' Heat and Light company supplying Beaver valley towns was carried away by the Monday flood.
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Ohio River
Beaver
Manufacturers
Heat and Light Company
Beaver Valley
Father Denies Love Affair Behind Daughter's Suicide Attempt
Katie Whitlock, 17, tried to leap into Neshannock Creek on Water Street as family tensions between her and sister Laura escalated. Police released her after detaining at the mayor's office. father William Whitlock, invalid and caring for three recent surgeries, says lack of funds and a push for independence led to the act, denying a love affair as cause.
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Waterstreet
Katie Whitlock
Neshannock Creek
Laura
Katie
William Whitlock
John Street
Parker's Landing
Armstrong County
New Castle
Higgins
South Mill Street
McKees
Affinities Must Wait Full Year Ruling Shocks Court
Chicago report shows Judge Marcus Kavanagh ordering a twelve month wait before a divorcee may wed an affinity. He grants revocable divorces in the cases of George W. Oelker and wife Minnie A. Thon and husband. The decree reserves the right to revoke if either party remarries within a year, making the affinity a bigamist across states.
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Chicago
Marcus Kavanagh
Kavanah
George W. Oelker
Minnie A. Thon
Kavanagh
Illinois
Fire Destroys Electrical Cable Plant in Bridgeport
Bridgeport factory of the Electrical Cable company, the sole local plant operating time and a half, was gutted by a blaze at 4 30 this afternoon. Estimated damage set at 25000 dollars.
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Bridgeport, Conn
The
Electrical Cable Company
Bridgeport
Desertion and alimony items in Lyman divorce case
Court heard petitions in Julia Lyman versus William Lyman with alimony and counsel fees cited due to anticipated jury trial costs. Esther Gallagher granted divorce from Jefferson Gallagher for desertion, dated October 1888 to July 3, 1904. Master appointed in Bridget ONeil case and various election officials named.
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Julia Lyman
Willam E. Lyman
Union Township
Esther Gallagher
Jefferson Gallagher
H. Akens
Bridget O'Neil
James T. O'Neil
North
Beaver Township
Bessemer Limestone Company
C. J. Lago’s Hall
George B. Nye
B. L. Dix
Samuel G. Saklem
John Glasser
John K. Munich
New Wilmington
G. Martin
John Connor
Daniel E. Sullivan
Thomas Bestwick
John T
Charles Floyd Roberts
John C. Roberts
Philadelphia Typewriter and Supply Company
Smith, Hutton & Kirk
Peru Prepares to Greet Fleet Arrival in Callao
Lima reports Peru set for a fiesta with the United States battleship squadron. Excursions will run from Lima and Callao, port crafts greet the fleet, and a supply ship Panther joins Glacier and Culgo in port ahead of the February 20 entry. Callao harbor entry declared a national holiday.
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United Press
Lima
Peru
United States Battleship Squadron
Callao
Palominos
Panther
Culgo
Root Seeks Tariff Experts for France Trade Panel
Secretary Root is selecting three tariff experts to join a commission under the recent trade agreement with France. One member will come from the Department of Commerce and Labor, one from the Treasury, and one from Agriculture. The panel to be named within a week or two.
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Washington
Root
France
Department of Commerce and Labor
Treasury Department
Department of Agriculture
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Cochran
Sister
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C. H. Akens
Bridget O’neil
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