Maritime strike hits ports from Havre to Hamburg
Reports detail a widespread strike as crews of eight Messageries Maritimes ships and Transatlantic lines refuse to work and disembark. Other ports including Brest Toulon Nantes Rouen Algiers and Hamburg report allied stoppages with unions delaying sailings and transport to America and Corsica amid international concern.
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Lana
Messageries Maritimes Company
Transatlantic Company
Roma
New York
Clyde Strike Still Acute In Glasgow Seamen Crisis
The Clyde seamen strike remains acute in Glasgow on May 31 with uncertainty over full liner crews. If liners cannot sail, commands face heavy costs to maintain passengers awaiting service.
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Algiers
Glasgow
Clyde
Longshore Strike Fails to Concede as Line Rehiring Offer
Five ex White Star Line workers met IMCO officials on May 29 with a firm stance that no conciliation will be accepted. The company would only rehire returning workers at pre strike wages, a rule said to apply across all thirty five lines. A Labour Dept mediator had attempted settlement but was rebuffed. The Longshoremen's Union Executive Committee plans decisive action, with doubt growing that the strike can be won.
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White Star Line
International Mercantile Marine Company
Michael J. Reagan
State Labor Department
Clergy Slayings Suspects Sought. Arrests Expected Elsewhere
Capt. McCafferty heads the Detective Bureau and expects arrest within 24 hours of two of three Armenians linked to Father Caspar Vartarian’s death. The body was found in a trunk at 333 West Thirty seventh Street in Chicago area, with suspects Paul Sarkisian and John Mooradian named. Officials indicate arrests will occur outside Philadelphia, likely in a distant town, with Sarkies Ermoytan seen in the city recently.
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McCafferty
Father Caspar Vartarian
West Thirty-seventh Street
John Mooradian
Paul Sarkisian
Philadelphia
Chicago
Capt. McCafferty
Sarkies Ermoytan
One Suspect Cleared in Staffeldt Murder Case
Police found Leon Graham not implicated in the Amelia Staffeldt murder. Graham had been held for an attack on a five year old girl and lied about knowledge of the Staffeldt crime. A Blissville Standard Oil employee confirmed Graham worked last Wednesday, the day of the killing.
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Leon Graham
Elmhurst
S. A
Amelia Staffeldt
Graham
Standard Oil
Blissville
L. L
Staffeldt
Queens County
John Luck
Henry Becker
McCafferty
Detective Areau
Mother's Heroism in Long Branch Fire Claims Two Daughters
A Long Branch villa fire killed Ruth and Marion Schiffer and injured Mrs. Schiffer and the children, while father Walter Schiffer and servants escaped. The blaze at The Shrubbery followed a card party. several servants, guests, and nearby villas were damaged as fire crews fought to save the family.
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New York Times
Long Branch
N.J
Walter A. Schiffer
Kerbs
Helmerdinger Villa
William Bull
New York
Schiffers
Yale
Ocean Avenue
West End
Rothschild
Majestic Hotel
Thee Schiffers
Mr. Schiffer
Miss Waxelbaum
Piazza
Lawr
Cohn Villa
Marion
Helmerdinger
Ruth
Monmouth Hospital
I’ricer
Mr. Citizen
L. Wolf
Philadelphia
Cohn
Sussex Residents Buy Lake Pochung to Prevent Outsiders
A group of residents from the upper part of Sussex County New Jersey purchase Lake Pochung also known as Decker toy to stop outsiders from acquiring the property and altering its use.
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Btock Company
Lake Pochung
Sussex County
N. J
Decker Toy Fae NS
Tenement Likely To Fall On Hamilton Street
Sixteen Italian families camped on Hamilton Street await permission to return to the decaying four story tenement at 1644 Hamilton Street. The building shifted twelve inches and developed dangerous cracks after construction undermined its foundation. Fire crews and police evacuated residents as officials ordered the street closed and demolition planned.
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Hamilton Street
Tenement House Department
Madison Street
Fake conductor fakes lead to badge theft and arrest
In Essex Market Court two men named James E. Lewis and George Matthews faced Magistrate Barlow after detectives charged them with robbing a intoxicated Bowery man. A badge bearing 1449, stolen with conductor James Wal’s uniform from 38 Maple Street Brooklyn, tied Lewis to the crime as he piloted Wall’s car and collected 18 dollars in fares. Brooklyn authorities took Lewis into custody.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Essex Market Court
James E. Lewis
George Matthews
Barlow
Finneisen
Granville
Bowery
Lewis
James Wal
Maple Street
Brooklyn
Wall
Man Commits Suicide Amid Horoscope Prediction in New York
John Frederick Finch, 32, of 230 East Eighteenth Street, shot himself in the right temple on May 30 after a fortune in his horoscope foretold harm. His body was found in his room last evening by landlord Francis Scherb when the door was forced open. Coroner Harburger noted a .32 caliber revolver in his hand and a bullet wound, with a letter signed "May" found among his belongings. The horoscope had been mailed from Stamford, Connecticut.
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John Frederick Finch
East Eighteenth Street
Finch
Francis Scherb
East Twenty-second Street
Cummings
Harburger
Stamford
Conn
Tramp Held After Hudson Railroad Switches Left Open
Four main line switches on the Hudson Railroad were found open near Albany as trains halted. A tramp identified as Tom Hodgkins admitted he had left two switches ajar and was detained for the Grand Jury.
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Hudson Railroad
New York Times
Albany
Cableskill
Tom Hodgkins
Hodgkins
Funds Needed to Maintain Tuberculosis Training Annex
The Post-Graduate Hospital Directors report three years of a successful annex on East Nineteenth Street educating physicians in home care for tuberculosis patients and aiding cures. About $5,000 yearly funded by an anonymous donor has ended. they urge new donors to sustain the program.
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East Nineteenth Street
Hughes Approves Canal Plan Bill
Albany May 31 Gov Hughes approves Senate Finance Committee bill requiring all barge canal work plans be submitted by the State Engineers to the barge canal Advisory Board of Engineers before going to the State Canal Board.
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Hughes
Albany
Gov.Hughes
Senate Finance Committee
Barge Canal Advisory Board of Engineers
State Canal Board
Meat contamination in canned foods alarms Albany readers
Albany reports reveal preservatives and trichina embryos found in various canned meats including roast beef potting ham and luncheon meats. The Health Commissioner notes canned foods may include fibrous tissue fat skin and glands alongside preserved meat components.
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New York Times
Albany
Porter
State Commissioner of Health
Haddon Hall
Grady Heads New York Senate As Adjournment Follows
Albany May 31 Democratic Leader Thomas F Grady presided over the New York State Senate without a chaplain and with a brief adjournment after a rapid sequence of procedural moves. An in-session shuffle used a clerk to stand in for the missing senator, and both houses adjourned until Monday night.
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Albany
Democrac
Thomas F. Grady
State Senate
Senate
Grady
Forty-sixth
Armstrong
Rochester
Page
Assembly
House
G. H. Whitney
Revival of Corning Keuka Lake Ontario Railroad Franchise
Albany May 31. Gov Hughes heard two bills by Senator Raines to revive the Corning Keuka & Lake Ontario Railroad franchise. One would legalize its articles of incorporation and the other revive the charter. Erie Railroad interests questioned the special-bill status and officials from Corning supported the measures.
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Albany
Corning, Keuka & Lake Ontario Railroad Company
Gov. Hughes
Raines
Court of Apogot
Ross M.well
Erie Railroad Cany
Reuben Lyoncrath
Hann
Sheppard
Yates
H. W. Darin
Business Men's Association of Corning
Commissions Prepare for Ending as Public Utilities Bill Takes Effect
Albany May 31 The State Railroad Commission and the State Commission of Gas and Electricity wind down as the Public Commission prepares to assume duties. The two boards will split duties with one serving New York City and the other the rest of the state. Members plan weekly meetings in June to complete pending cases before turnover.
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New York Times
Albany
State Railroad Commission
State Commission of Gas and Electricity
Public Commission
Public Utilities
Whch
New York City
Railroad Commission
Full Crew Bill Repassed For Amendments
Albany May 31 Assemblyman Baldwins full crew bill requiring railroad companies to hire at least three brakemen on freight trains of twenty cars or more has been recalled from the Governor for amendments. Witnesses at a hearing before the Governor last Wednesday argued the measure may be redundant and some roads use block systems making an extra brakeman unnecessary. The bill likely will receive important amendments next week.
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Albany
Baldwin
Ivins Named Chair Of Recount Committee
William M Ivins accepts the chairmanship of the Recount Committee appointed by John De Witt Warner to oversee the recount process. A committee of 800 is formed to manage the bill and its procedures.
Canal Commission wary on dry canal amid shifted lake area
Panama reports of a dry canal due to underestimation in flooded area drew calm from the Panama Canal Commission. New surveys show lake surface may top 200 square miles, but officials say a larger lake would still supply water and a higher dam could be built if needed.
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Panama
Seas
Joint Stock Company
Tom Cringle
Blackwood's Magazine
New York Times
Washington
Chargres River
Panama Canal Commission
Cable Dispatch
Canal
Canal Commission
T Cmte
Making Naval Vacancies
Admiral Evans will preside at a Navy Department meeting of high grade officers to weed out enough personnel under the Naval Personnel act. Twenty-two vacancies must be created this year, with five Captains, four Commanders, four Lieutenant Commanders, and two Lieutenants retired or placed out of active service by year end.
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Washington
Admiral Evans
Navy Department
Naval Personnel Act
Roots Jusserand hold talks on tariff pact with France
Secretary Root and Ambassador Jusserand conferred at the State Department on a proposed agreement regulating tariff duties between the United States and France. Details were withheld, but further meetings are planned. Opinion centers on whether a Dingley act section three arrangement is feasible and if a reciprocity treaty will gain Senate approval.
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Washington
Root
Jusserand
State Department
America
France
Secretary of State
United States Senate
Retired Coghlan to Transfer Command at New York Navy Yard
Rear Admiral Caspar Goodrich will succeed Rear Admiral Joseph Coghlan as commandant of the New York Navy Yard today. Coghlan, retired months ago, holds over due to lack of flag officers, with a saluting transfer from the Hancock expected around 9 AM.
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Caspar Frederick Goodrich
Joseph Bullock Coghlan
New York Navy Yard
Coghlan
Navy Department
Hancock
Illinois
Naval Academy
Navy Yard
Mantia
Raleigh
New York
Admiral Goodrich
Santiago de Cuba
Spain
Manzanillo
Naval Institute
Endicott Board of Fortifications
Pacific
Viscount Wolseley
Hel-el- Kebir
Annapolis
Connecticut
Fireworks in Court Sparkers Case in Essex Market Court
Policeman Moses Bloom filed a formal complaint in Essex Market Court over sparkers a brand of fireworks used to celebrate the Glorious Fourth. The case questions whether sparkers fall under city ordinances while the Bureau of Combustibles and Federal rules influence the decision. The defendant Wolf Neustadt sold them in the closed season and Magistrate Barlow ruled they were not real fireworks.
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Essex Market Court
Moses Bloom
Eldridge Street
Bureau of Combustibles
Wolf Neustadt
Neustadt & Brother
Ludlow Street
Barlow
Pipelines Open to Independents in Ohio Court Ruling
Ohio Circuit Court rulings open Standard Oil pipeline privileges to independent producers and allow prosecutions for Valentine act violations without indictments. Buckeye Pipe Line must take oil offered by independents at a fair price. decisions seen as major state victory against Standard Oil.
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Cleveland
Findlay
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Valentine
Ohio
Buckeye
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
National Petroleum Association
C D. Chamberlain
William E. Wall
Association
Common Pleas Courts
David
Hancock County
Banker
Common Please
Circuit Court
New Yor Society for Self Culture Receives Court Approval
Supreme Court Justice Davis approved the certificate of incorporation for the New Yor Society for Self Culture. The society aims to spread knowledge of real social courtesy among its members and others and to encourage observance of related social usages.
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Supreme Court
Davis
Yor Society
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