Indicted Union Leaders in Chicago Conspiracy Case
Twelve labor leaders tied to the Chicago strike were indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy. The list includes Cornelius Shea and Harry Lapp among others from Teamsters and related unions. Indictments await arraignment with bonds to be set. many names were initially kept private.
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Chicago
McEwen
Cornelius P. Shea
International Teamsters’ Union
Hugh McGee
Ion
Montgomery Ward & Co
Packers Force Strike Ties Chicago Labor to Boycott
A decision by employers to sock out 2300 teamsters tied to packers wholesale grocers and ice dealers, with possible lockouts if orders are not followed. Meetings at Armour & Co involved Swift Co and others as unions consider arbitration and federal intervention.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Armour &Co
F. E. Wilson
Nelson Morris & Co
Co. O. Young
Swift & Co
T. J. Connors
Armour & Co
Max Sulzberger
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
Flour and Feed Dealers’ Association
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Union
Federation of Labor
Polce
Sprague, Warner & Co
Panhandle
United States
Chicago Federation of Labor
United States Treasury
W. T. Dus
Department of Lakes
United States Army
Fort Sheridan
Washington
Ogden party train wreck in Greenville
A special Ogden educational train collided with a switch engine in Greenville South Carolina. Four deaths occurred including flagman Charles M. Coope and several dining car staff. many passengers were injured. The party, led by Robert C. Ogden, planned stops to Asheville Richmond and Hampton before continuing to New York.
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Greenville
S. C
Ogden
Southern Railway
Charles M. Coope
J. Little
W. W. Cummings
J. F. Haynes
Columbia
Henry W. Farnam
Yale University
H. W. Longfellow
John F. McCoy
W. C. Kershaw
Jersey City
C. B. Wilcox
D. R. Rohns
Farnam
Charles B. Aycock
North Carolina
A. S. Draper
New York State
Dwight Kellogg
Arthur B. Kinsolving
Seth Low
Robert Treat Paine
George Foster Peabody
Bishop McVickar
Rhode Island
New York
Paris
Washington
Asheville
N. C
Richmond
Hampton
Robert C. Ogden
John Wanamaker
South
D. C
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charles W. Ide
Brooklyn
Willis D. Wood
R. M. Ogden
East Orange
N. J
Manhattan
St. Clair McKelway
Brooklyn Eagle
McKelway
Robert Abbe
Ernest Hamlin Abbott
Joseph N. Blanchard
Boston
John Graham Brooks
Cambridge
Mass
Edward H. Clement
Boston Evening Transcript
Samuel N. Crothers
A. 8. Draper
Dorchester
J. G
Mrs. Thorp
Carolina M. Wood
James Wood
Mount Kisco
Bowen Summoned Home As Loomis Sends Order
Washington April 29 Bowen, a minister in Lima, is recalled amid charges raised by Loomis. Hicks urged for Chile post while Barrett remains in Bogota. Bowen may go to Chili if vindicated. Hicks to Chill provisionally.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
John Hicks
Oshkosh
Wis
Peru
Harrison
Chill
Bowen
Loomis
Russell
Bogota
Caracas
Barrett
Panama
Chili
Mr. Hicks
Hicks
Taft
Canal Zone
Magoon
Congress
Santiago
Amos Parker Wilder
Madison
Wilder
Spooner
Albert Shaw
David E. Thompson
Brazil
Mexico
Conger
Tornado Kills a Score in Laredo Texas
A tornado hit Laredo and New Laredo across the Rio Grande causing twenty one deaths and extensive damage. Homes were flattened and walls collapsed with four family fatalities in one adobe house. The Mexican National Hospital roof blew off and teachers at a local seminary nearly perished. Emergency efforts include tents for the homeless and restoration plans for telegraph and electric service.
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Laredo
Tex
Bermuda
New Laredo
Rio Grande
Laredo Seminary
Easley
Mexican National Hospital
Mexico
Lampasas
Mexican National Railroad
H. J. Hamilton
United States Marine Hospital Service
Webb County
Texas
San Antonio
Nuevo Laredo
International
Great Northern
Burglar Falls to Death in East 9th Street Burglary
A young man attempting a burglary was lowered from a roof by accomplices when a rope parted. He plunged into an airshaft between flats 317 and 319 East 9th Street, his head crushed and body broken. Detectives report top-floor occupants were out, and the others escaped.
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S9th St
Angeline, Smith and Jacobs
Wealth in Oil Lease
Ex-Congressman Joseph B. Showalter of Butler owns an Oklahoma and Indian Territory oil and gas lease covering 60 000 square miles. It has drawn offers of 1 per acre. Six to eight wells now yield forty to two hundred barrels daily, with more drilling underway.
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THE
Tribune
Butler
Penn
Joseph B. Showalter
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Man Surrenders After Conscience Sours in Paterson
Joseph Murphy thirty seven and from Scranton Penn walked to Deputy Revenue Collector Burke to be arrested He claimed to be wanted in Hazelton Pa for selling oleomargarine without license He posted 3500 bail and surrendered to U S Commissioner Nelson Murphy was held in county jail awaiting further action
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Penn
Murphy
United States
Nelson
Vandalism At New Jersey Courthouse Opening
At the Elizabeth New Jersey courthouse opening crowds snatched movable items. Bronzed doorknobs with county seal, washroom contents, a Bible, metal basin parts, a rug, a mono gram on a table and other valuables were stolen or damaged. Police were deployed to restore order. The building cost six hundred thousand dollars.
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the Tribune
Elizabeth
N. J
A Hooker Compromise Proposed by Albany Committee
Albany April 29 It is learned the Hooker Investigation Committee will seek a compromise at Monday’s meeting to avoid immediate removal by proposing a report favoring further legislative proceedings with a trial. If rejected the minority will push a report opposing outright removal. A compromise could win over Mead and Wemple in the minority.
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THE
Tribune
Albany
Hooker Investigation Committee
Justice Hooker
Mead and Wemple
Music dealer beaten by telegraph official over pursuing girl
Asbury Park NJ April 29 Lester C Reimer music dealer on Cookman Ave horsewhipped by Charles R Zacharias local Western Union manager and Monmouth Automobile Club officer near the post office. Zacharias lashed Reimer across the face then bystanders stopped him. Reimer had been bothering Marguerite Zacharias the sixteen year old daughter, who was sent to Irving College after warnings to stop. He allegedly renewed attentions upon her after she returned. Zacharias had threatened to shoot him.
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Tribune
Asbury Park
N. J
Lester C. Relmer
Cookmanave
Charles R. Zacharias
Western Union Telegraph Company
Monmouth Automobile Club
Cookman-ave
Murry St
Zacharias
Reimer
Marguerite
Irving College
Mechanicsburg
Venn
Zacharias Recenty
Wealthy Manufacturer Benjamin Kahn Killed by Pole in Union Square
Benjamin Kahn, a wealthy manufacturer, was killed Thursday morning when an auto truck toppled an electric light pole in Union Square. Within five hours his beneficiary received 5500 from health and accident insurance held with Casualty Company of America, 53 William Street, New York.
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Benjamin Kahn
Union Square
America
Williamst
New York
Connecticut Supreme Court rules double inheritance tax due
Stamford decision enforces Connecticut tax on Mrs Mary Frances Hopkins estate, though most assets were in New York. Executors had settled in New York. court rules they must pay both states’ inheritance taxes. The ruling impacts interstate estates involving Connecticut residents.
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Tribune
Stamford
Conn
Supreme Court of Errors of
Connecticut
Stamford Probate Court
Mary Frances Hopkins
Woolsey R. Hopkins
New York
Taylor
Tammany Fights Cheaper Gas in New York City
Tammany and McCarren legislators blocked the gas investigation report to oppose cheaper gas in NYC. The issue pivots to a party measure with potential Stevens committee probes into Tammany and gas interests. Lighting counsel says the bill reflecting committee recommendations will be fought to the last ditch.
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Tammany and McCarren
New York City
Tammany
Stevens
Planning the Attack on Gas and Electricity Rates in City
The Stevens commission's proposals face constitutional challenges as counsel hint at local versus general applicability. Hemmens calls the plan radical while Mathewson brands it incredible, arguing it would confiscate gas investments and force costly legal battles. The committee lays out price caps for gas at 7 cents per thousand and electric at 10 cents per kilowatt hour, plus inspection, pressure, purity standards, and a public service commission to oversee utilities.
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Stevens Commission
Highting
McClellan
Tribune
C. J. Hemmens
Electric Corporation
Charles F. Mathewson
Consolidated
Albany
Hemmens
Mathewson
Astoria
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Bronx River
New York
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
May Use Water Power Sparks New York Gas Debate
Albany April 20 gas price cuts become a party issue as Democrats block Stevens committee report. Bills aim to reduce gas to 7.5 cents and electric rate to 10 cents, with a public service commission to regulate power lines and gas. The Stevens plan would allow New York City to use water power for municipal electric generation under limits, while preserving local water supplies.
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Tribune
Albany
Tammany
McCasren
Stevens
Public Service Commission
Leggett Niagara
New York City
Tammany Hall
Murphy Brothers
Gaffney Partners
Oakley
McClellan
New-York
Dewey’s Port Wine and Grafe Juice Featured
An ad for DEWEY S PORT WINE AND GRAFE JUICE from T. Dewey & Sona Co at 133 Fulton Street New York promotes a tonic for the sick.
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DEWEY
T. Dewey & Sona Co
Fulton St
New York
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Roosevelt
Dr. McKelway
Chili—Barrett
Colombia
Laredo, Tex
Denude Courthouse
Annouver
M’carren
Trust
Senate
Supreme Court
Assemblyman
Merritt
Tammary
MR. Merritt
Consolidated Gas Company
New Amsterdam
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