Philadelphia Trolley Strike Turmoil Rages as Mob Attacks Cars
Amid violent clashes on Fifth Street and Germantown Avenue, a mob dragged a motorman from his platform and ducked him in a horse trough until unconscious. Police failed to act as crowds toppled poles, hurled bricks, and attacked strike breakers. Four officers injured. dynamite caps placed on tracks elsewhere. conductors dragged from cars and clothes ripped. Union leaders frame events as white ribbon day political action urging votes against GOP nominees. Writs for police arrests and habeas corpus for detained strikers issued. Recruiting offices report slow intake for Philadelphia positions amid ongoing turmoil.
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New York
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Troops Ordered to Quell California Lumber Strike
Sacramento dispatch reports Governor Gillett ordering four militia companies to McCloud after six hundred striking lumber workers seized the light and power plant. Firemen and engineers quit. McCloud without fire protection and power, $2,000,000 in danger. Troops left Sacramento by special train for the Shasta region tonight.
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McCloud
Gillett
Shasta
Bradbury
Pittsfield Trolley Strike Halts 30 Miles of Track
Pittsfield Massachusetts June 2 The Pittsfield Street Railway Company suffered a complete work stoppage as carmen went on strike. Workers demand a one cent per hour raise and a ten hour day. The company operates lines in Pittsfield and nearby towns Dalton Hinsdale and Cheshire. Hundreds face delays in outlying districts.
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Pittsfield Street Railway
Cmpany
Carmen
Dalton
Hinsdale
Cheshire
Brooklyn Carpenters Strike Sparks Citywide Work Action
The Brooklyn carpenters union ordered a general strike for eight hour day wages of 5 dollars. About five hundred carpenters halted work with more expected to quit. a broader sympathy strike by other trades could follow if the demand isn’t met before tomorrow. The Brooklyn headquarters at 255 Atlantic Avenue authorized continuation of the strike. Manhattan carpenters remain unaffected.
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Brooklyn
Atlantic Avenue
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Family of Cigar Manufacturer Accuses Hospital and Police
The family of Adolph Laine, a 78 year old retired cigar maker of Williams burg, exhumed his body from Potter's Field on Hart's Island and buried him in Holy Trinity Cemetery. Louis Laine, his son and National Biscuit Company cashier, accuses Harlem Hospital and police of gross neglect, claiming full description and identification papers were known and signed in the hospital property book. After losing memory, Laine wandered 36 hours before being taken to Harlem Hospital where his name was given, then buried two weeks later. Detectives only informed the Laine family last Saturday.
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Adolph Laine
Knickerbocker Avenue
Williamsburg
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Louis Laine
National Hiscuit Company
Harlem Hospital
Harlem
Manhattan
Williamsburg Bridge
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Kansas Needs 17000 Harvesters And 1100 Teams This Year
Kansas requires seventeen thousand additional harvesters and eleven hundred teams to handle the wheat harvest. There is a noted scarcity of teams. Harvest begins around mid June, about two to four weeks later than usual.
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Tribune
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Governor Post on Way Here From San Juan
Governor Regis H. Post was a passenger aboard the steamer Carolina which sailed from San Juan for New York on June 2, with no immediate report of purpose. The journey marks a notable transit of the Puerto Rico capital by the chief executive en route to the mainland.
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San Juan
P. R
Regis H. Post
Carolina
New York
The Tribune Summer Resort Issue Promises Vacation Guide
The Summer Resort number of The Tribune, out next Sunday, will be a veritable mine of information regarding where to go for vacations. Profusely illustrated. Consult it.
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No Progress On Tariff Night Sessions Voted
Washington June 2 The tariff bill stalls as Senate speeches clash over protection. No amendments or votes taken. Hale night-session plan adopted with daily sessions at 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Pressure to fix a voting date by June 19 grows amid debates by La Follette and Elkins.
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Finance Committee
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Elkins
Republican Party
Mr. la Follette
Wisconsin
Taft
Money
Rabies From Skunks At Health Officers Conference
Washington reports at the annual conference of state and territorial health officers that rabies is often contracted from bites of skunks wolves and other wild animals. Assistant Surgeon General Kerr showed a map of rabies distribution and urged dog muzzling as essential, equating it with restricting roaming cattle and horses. A committee to study prevention of rabies was adopted. The event also noted leprosy progress in Hawaii and a hookworm surge in the South with related child welfare observations.
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United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Kerr
Bennitt
Colorado
Wyman
United States
Hawaii
L. E. Coffer
South
Charles Wates
Stiles
Mayoral Direct Nominations Trail Hails Subways Vote Cards
The Municipal Democracy held its first campaign meeting at 225th Street and Seventh Avenue with about a thousand attendees. Cards listing twenty one mayoral candidates were distributed for signers indicating choice and views on city versus private subway construction. Responses favored municipal subway control and construction. Leading figures Frederic Leubuscher John J Murphy and John T Cronin spoke criticizing Tammany and Jerome.
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Municipal Democracy
225Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Massachusetts
Frederic Cyrus Leubuscher
John J. Murphy
John T. Cronin
Jerome Hecklers
Leubuscher
Tammany
Cronin
Jerome
Purifying Champlain Streams Ends By Profit Motive
Ed ward Hatch jr solves pollution problem from J and J Rogers pulp mills at Au Sable Forks by turning waste into valuable by products. Chemist finds resinous by product from 60 percent of wood used, now in demand as substitute for corn meal and molasses, used in iron foundries tanneries and road surfaces.
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Lake Champlain
Edward Hatch, Jr
Hatch
J. & J. Rogers Pulp Mills
Au Sable Forks
Rogers Company
Court Allows Hitchcock to Testify in Panama Libel Case
In Indianapolis on June 2 the government won a point in its Panama Canal libel case against Charles R. Williams and Delavan Smith owners of The Indianapolis News. Judge Anderson continued the trial date to October 11 to hear witnesses including Frank Hitchcock and Norman Mack. The defense protested the delay, while the controversy centered on whether the 40 million dollar canal purchase was improper and who profited, with testimony noting Cromwell’s denials and anti graft rumors in The New York World. Postmaster General Hitchcock said he had received no notices about testifying in the case.
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Charles R. Williams
Delavan Smith
District of Columbia
Panama Canal
United States
Anderson
United States District Court
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Charles W. Miller
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
George B. Cortelyou
5. F. Morgan & Co
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Panama
William Nelson Cromwell
New York World
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Indianapolis News
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Douglas Robinson
J. P. Morgan
Walker Commission
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Nicaragua
Miller
Commission
Senate Investigation Committee
Senate Committee
Chicago
Winter
Smith
J. J. Will and Congress in Seattle Speech
J J Hill in Seattle declares Minnesota steamship will be Seattle home port despite British flag advantages. He notes labor competition hurts American ships, predicts rail links from Spokane to Vancouver, and calls for four to five year Congressional adjournment to foster prosperity. He cites lumber unease but offers no new policy on it.
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Minnesota
J. J. Hill
Vancouver
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Spokane
Pacific Mail Quits Panama Service August Third
San Francisco reports the Pacific Mail Steamship Company will withdraw its Panama service on August 3. Government efforts aim to assign a successor line to handle New York San Francisco freight, with California urging a federal Panama trade link. E A Drake of the Panama Railroad Company plans to discuss the issue with Secretary Dickinson in Washington.
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Isthmus
Panama Railroad and Steamship Company
Taft Congratulates Admiral Uriu At Washington Banquet
President taft attended a banquet in honor of Vice Admiral Uriu and the class of 81 from Annapolis. He praised Japan and the Emperor, recalled personal contacts with Japanese leaders, and lauded Uriu for his rise in the navy. The event featured many officials and diplomats and reflected strong U.S.-Japan ties.
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Weeks
Japan
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Dewey
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Ingersoll
Eliott
Marine Corps
Charles E. Vreeland
S. A. Staunton
T. B. Howard
C. ©. Marsh
A. L. Key
Loudenslager
Willis J. Abbott
J. H. Bradford
Hawthora
Doors Dedicated at Annapolis for Naval Academy Chapel
Vice Admiral Uriu of Japan attended the dedication honoring the class of 1868 as bronze doors for the new chapel were presented by Colonel Robert M. Thompson. Baron Takahira and family joined dignitaries from New York and Washington to view the doors designed by Evelyn Beatrice Longman and graced by the motto Not for ourselves but for our country.
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Uriu
Naval Academy
Robert M. Thompson
New York
Baron Takahira
Baroness Takahira
Baron
Baroness Uriu
Washington
Evelyn Beatrice Longman
Colonel Thompson
Admiral Marix
Mayor as magistrate sparks protests over arrests and police
In a heated debate Senator McCarren joined Justice Gaynor in denouncing police for photographing unconvicted prisoners and placing their images in the Rogues Gallery after release. Mrs. George E. Duffy defended her son George B Duffy amid threats of legal action against critics, saying the case hinges on justice and protection from libel. The piece closes noting upcoming Tribunal Summer Resort number on June 6.
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Gaynor Teterday
Rogues
Te Senate
George E. Duffy
George B Duffy
Garner
Bingham
George
Gaynor
State Kegulates Possible Pro The Brackett Bill on Saratoga Springs
Edward M Shepard, a commissioner appointed by Governor Hughes, outlines a tentative method for state acquisition of Saratoga mineral springs. He notes his lack of full knowledge and emphasizes a careful reading of the act, proposed process stages, and whether condemnation would be required, before any opinion.
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Hughes
Brackett Bill
Saratoga
Mr. Shepard
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