Congestion of population debated at New York forum
At the American Museum of Natural History conference on congestion of population, experts described how crowded districts push children to streets and juvenile courts, with women workers earning little, and urged public land purchase outside cities to ease housing. Speakers urged stricter child labor laws and enforcement, and discussed the social toll on families across the country.
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American Museum of Natural History
Museum
New York
Florence Kelley
the Nations
Lfe
Mary T. Bissell
New York State Consumers’ League
Bissell
England
Edward T. Devine
Charity Organization Society
Kelley
Cties
Bronx
Brooklyn
Richmond
Henry R. Seager
Columbia
Walter Laidiew
Mies
Mary von Kleeck
Miss van Kleeck
Dallas
Tex
Ted
Burden of Congestion Hurting City’s Child Life
Mr Williams laments the strain on children in crowded areas and urges the charitable and religious to address congested city life. Miss Julia Richman, district superintendent of public schools, details the evils of part time problems in congested districts, noting physical, intellectual, and especially moral harms.
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Williams
Julia Richman
Maryland Best Showing for Battleship Class Ships
Mare Island Navy Yard reports the cruiser Maryland won the trophy for the best showing among battleship class ships at Magdalena Bay. The Maryland led a 1 target practice order over Tennessee Pennsylvania West Virginia and Washington, with St. Louis achieving the highest 6 inch gun average and Maryland tied for second with Charleston.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Maryland
Chauncey Thomas
Magdalena Bay
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Washington
St. Louis
Westinghouse Extension Granted Amid Debt Deal
Pittsburg March 11 Through a quiet agreement signed by a majority of creditors an extension of time on George Westinghouse personal debts totaling about 1000000 is granted. Westinghouse must add 19000 collateral. one third of the debt due next January 16 and the remainder in the following two years, with the extension effective after the last creditor signed Saturday.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
George Westinghouse
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Westinghouse
Count Wichmann Discharged In Tenderloin Taxi Case
Patrolman Siegel testified at night court that John C C Wichmann of Berlin rode a text cab from 3 AM to 10 AM and refused to pay a $30 fare. The count denied the bill but promised payment after a remittance from Berlin. Magistrate Herrman discharged him.
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Siegel
Tenderloin
Herrman
John CC. Wichmann
Berlin
Germany
Imperial Hotel
Wichmann
U. S. S. Abarenda Arrives at Navy Yard
The United States collier Abarenda docked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday without its first officer and seventeen crew. On February 20, A Dickson, ship's carpenter and alleged British navy deserter, killed W.R. Weichert, the first officer, with an axe at San Juan navy yard. Civil authorities detained the murderer, four officers and thirteen crew as witnesses.
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United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
A. Dickson
W.R. Weichert
San Juan Navy Yard
Arsenic Killed Baker Inquest Reveals Poison Link
Hackensack March 11 special inquest testimony links Walter Farnsworth Baker’s death to arsenic poisoning. Boston experts Dr Boos Dr Harrington report arsenic prior to death with two to three hours for symptoms after a champagne supper. Embalming fluids tested show no arsenic. Coroner DeMund questions ex-coroner Lees amid tense exchanges.
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Hackensack
Walter Farnsworth Baker
George BK. Magrath
Suffolk County
Mass
Boston
Bright
William F Boos
Massachusetts General Hospital
Baker
Boos
Koester
Dr Boos
Phrysician
Ricarde
Bogota
Charles Harrington
E. E. Smith
A. E. Lees
de Mund
Lees
Hurd
Haker
DeMund
Baker Case Inquest Delays Three Weeks After Illness Testimony
Testimony from Harry Lees describes Baker's illness upon the Hurds’ arrival at Browne's and Hurd's insistence on dressing and a doctor. Dr Underhill testified Baker was medically sound in Boston last September. The inquest adjourned to Friday and will not resume for three weeks.
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Harry Lees
Baker
Rialto
Browne's
Hurd
Lees
Charles E. Underhill
Boston
Bakers
Walter Baker
Rogeta
Jewels Valued at 2500 Dollars Stolen at Earle House
A hotel employee is suspected of robbing the apartment of Edward P. Bigelow at the Earle House 193 Waverley Place on Tuesday evening. Police say a hotel attendant used a pass key to enter the room while the family dined. manager David H. Knott declined to discuss the theft.
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Edward P. Bigelow
Earle House
Waverley Place
David H. Knott
Mercer Street
Minister Dies Aboard Ferry In Jersey City
Police believe the man is Rev John B Davenport of Hartford Connecticut. He boarded the Newark ferry from Cortlandt Street to Jersey City and died after being brought to the ferry master's office. Papers indicate he was bound for Pittsboro. A lawyer's brief in a bank receivership case was found with his belongings along with a Bible and playing cards. He was taken to Jersey City Morgue for identification.
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John B Davenport
Hartford
Jersey City
Race riot erupts as Greeks clash with Negro workers in Belhaven
In Belhaven eastern North Carolina the Interstate Coope ration Company replacing Negro labor with Greeks sparked a nighttime riot. About sixty armed Negro workers attacked the Greeks, driving them into a swamp. Five Greeks said fatally wounded. Beaufort County officials sought military aid, with the Washington Light Infantry ordered to the scene.
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Charlotte
Interstate Cooperage Company
Belhaven
Beaufort County
Washington Light Infantry
Tobacco men threaten retaliation over cattle poisoning notes
Lexington March 11 Trouble feared in Bath County over notes threatening to poison cattle of Society of Equity members if tobacco plants are harmed by night riders. Typewritten notes mailed from Mount Sterling, each with a white powder envelope. Citizens raise $1,000 reward for arrest and conviction of the senders.
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Lexington
Bath County
Society of Equity
Mount Sterling
The Labor-Socialists vs Home Owners threat warned
A lengthy polemic argues Labor-Socialists seek to strip thrifty home owners of savings and property through new laws and injunction weakenings. It urges readers to join the National Citizens Industrial Assn of America to defend against perceived class-based expropriation and to fund organized opposition.
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National Citizens Industrial Ass'n
St. James
Ass'n
Square
Labor Trust
U.S
Wm. H Hunt
Butte
Montana
Nat'l Citizens Industrial
St. James Building
N. Y
C. W. Post
Battle Creek
Mich
Peace in the Balkans in Italian Russian policy stance
Rome reports Minister Tittoni told the Chamber that no friction exists within the Triple Alliance over Balkan railroad plans. He noted Austria intends to extend its line from Bosnia to join the Turkish line at Mitrovitsa, a move Germany and Britain acknowledge under the Berlin Treaty. Italy supports rail links Adriatic port to Danube Black Sea, and lines connecting Larisso to Salonica and Monastir to Valona, viewing them as reforms in Macedonia and part of a broader European concert harmony.
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Rome
Signor Titteni
Chamber of Deputies
Balkans
Triple Alliance
Baron von Aehrenthal
Austria
Bosnia
Mitrovitsa
Adriatic
Danube
Black Sea
Larissa
Greece
Salonica
Monastir
Valona
Tittoni
Macedonia
Changes in the Congo System Provokes Radical Opposition
Brussels reports Premier Schollaert announced amendments to a colonial bill meant to give parliament control of the Congo budget. The changes disappoint radicals and socialists who oppose the treaty of annexation, while the native labor tax remains unsuppressed.
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Brussels
Schollaert
Congo
Three Die in Egypt Auto Race Disaster
In Heliopolis Egypt during the first automobile races, a car struck a fallen cushion and left the course. A policeman and two spectators were killed while fourteen were injured. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught with the Khedive departed and the contests were abandoned.
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Cairo
Egypt
Heliopolis
British Steamer Cresswell Sunk in Elbe Collision
The British steamer Cresswell, Captain Appleton, en route from New York to Hamburg, was sunk in the Elbe near Gluckstadt after colliding with an unknown steamer. The vessel of 205 tons net was built at West Hartlepool in 1 and owned by Jones & Prosser of London.
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Elbe
Hamburg
Cresswell
Appleton
New York
Gluckstadt
West Hartlepool
England
Jones & Prosser. of
London
Bavarian government orders expulsion of American Mormon missionaries
Munich March 11. The Bavarian government orders the immediate expulsion of a number of American Mormon missionaries.
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Munich
Turkish Officers Arrested Near Transcaucasia Frontiers
The chief of staff in Tiflis confirms the arrest of three Turkish army officers attached to the general staff yesterday in Elizabethpol province near the Turkish border. Several other officers were seized near Kars and Batoum forts in Transcaucasia.
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Tiflis
Elizabethpol
Kars
Batoum
Transcaucasia
French Morocco Reports Move Against Hafiz Power
Paris reports from Morocco say Mulai Hafiz is losing influence as French victories grow and Hafiz’s absence from Mech-el-Chair for five weeks fuels disaffection. Key southern leaders Glaowt and Mrougi near terms with Abd-el-Aziz while Shereef El Kitani at Fez grows discouraged.
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Paris
Morocco
Mulai Hafiz
Hafiz
Mech-el-Chair
Glaowt
Mrougi
Abd-el-Aziz
Shereef el Kitani
Fez
Ottawa Export Duty Aims to Spur Canadian Palmwood Milling
Ottawa on March 1 moves to place an export rate on palmwood to pressure United States mills to relocate manufacturing to Canada. Mr. Lewis West Huron is noted in the report as the mover of the policy.
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Ottawa
Lewis
West Huron
United States
Canada
Former Panama Railroad master joins Guayaquil and Quito Railroad
Mr Stewart, former train master of the Panama Railroad, has traveled to Guayaquil to become general manager of the Guayaquil and Quito Railroad. He is accompanied by fourteen other Americans formerly employed on the Panama Railroad, with more likely to join the Eenader road.
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Panam
Mr. Stewart
Panama Railroad
Guayquil
Guayaquil
Quito
Eenader Road
Italians Kill Hundreds in Somaliland Expedition
Reports from Italian Somaliland state a punitive expedition killed four hundred tribesmen and sixty Mali soldiers. Italian casualties were one man killed and two wounded, all among natives.
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Rome
Puerto Rico House Votes to Open Lottery Bill
San Juan March 11 The House of Delegates passed by a large majority a bill authorizing the insular government to operate a lottery under the insular treasurer. The bill provides for prizes totaling a monthly allotment of to be distributed.
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San Juan
P. R
House of Delegates
MME GOULD SAILS TO NEW YORK ON ADRIATIC
Cherbourg March 1 Mme Anna Gould with her children sailed today from Cherbourg to New York aboard the White Star liner Adriatic. She cancelled Kronprinz Wilhelm engagements and booked Adriatic staterooms at the last moment after coming to Paris by automobile. It is reported Prince Helie de Sagan also sailed for the United States today but unconfirmed.
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Cherbourg
Mme
Anna Gould
New York
Adriatic
Paris
Prince Hélie de Sagan
United States
Filipino resolution withdrawn in Manila Assembly
In Manila on March 11 Juan Villamor introduced a resolution asking Congress how long before Philippine independence would be granted. It met ridicule from nearly all Assembly members and was withdrawn. A commission appointed by the Assembly is preparing instructions for the Washington Delegates on tariff reform and other matters.
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Manila
Juan Villamor
Washington
Congress
Bodies Found At Hamstead Colliery Traps
At Hamstead colliery near Birmingham rescuers recovered thirteen bodies from twenty six entombed miners. No survivors have been located and search efforts continue for any remaining victims.
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Hamstead
Birmingham
Firedamp Kills Five in Lukas Mine near Hege
An explosion of firedamp in the Lukas mine near Hege, Dortmund-Prussia, claimed five miners today. The incident occurred in the Lukas mine, with authorities reporting five fatalities and ongoing probes into the blast.
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Prussia
Dortmund
Hege
China Japan Tatsu talks pressed over arm embargo and seizure
In Peking on March 11 China and Japan negotiate over the Tatsu dispute with China insisting on stopping arms imports and asserting the right to confiscate the ship and cargo. China says the Tatsu discharged cargo in Chinese waters and seeks an equitable settlement while apologizing for lowering the Japanese flag.
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Peking
China
Japan
Chun-Chow
Kin-Chow
Canton
Russia raises legation to embassy in Tokyo
In St Petersburg March 1, Iswolsky the Russian Foreign Minister spoke at length on the Portsmouth treaty. He argued Russia gained nothing of its heritage but regained influence by connections with Japan and other powers. He asserted Japan desires better relations with Russia and cited treaties with France and Britain as peace guarantees in the Far East.
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Russia
Japan
France
Great Britain
Far East
Germany
United States
Cigar strike in Cuba ends as factories reopen
Havana reports the four January cigar factory strike settled and hundreds of workers back at work. Two more factories expected to resume. Western Pinar del Rio field labor distress cited, sugar districts promise road work relief, cane harvest may lag and sugar crop shrink. Governor Mageot orders extended road building to aid relief efforts.
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Havana
Pinar del Rio
Mageoot
Damages Awarded to Negro Bandmaster in Berlin Case
Sabak-el-Cher, a Sudanese bandmaster in the Crown Prince's Regiment of the 1st Grenadier Guards, won court damages after Eric H. Peterson criticized him in a letter to the Deutsche Zeitung. Peterson was fined for the remark which questioned a black man leading white soldiers. Sabak has been praised by Emperor William for his band's performances.
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Berlin
Sabak-el-Cher
1St Grenadier Guards
Eric H. Peterson
Deutsche Zeitung
Sabak
Petersot
Emperor William
Fire destroys nipa shacks in Sampaloc Manila
Fire in Sampaloc district Manila on March 1 destroyed two hundred native nipa shacks. Damage estimated at $10.00 in gold. Fifteen thousand homeless natives are being cared for with no danger of suffering among the refugees.
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Manila
Sampaloc
Police Kill Six Peasants in Voronez Clash
In Kochetovka village a police detachment killed six peasants and wounded many during an attempted arrest of two members of a revolutionary group. Peasants rallied to defend the accused.
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Voronez
Kochetovka
Mer
Officers of steamer Windsor drowned in Western Australia
Victoria dispatch reports that captain Joseph Walters Devt W. Jones chief officer and John Jenkins chief engineer were drowned after the Windsor wrecked on a reef near Western Australia while refusing to leave the freight steamer. All other officers and crew were saved. The Windsor had been bound from Fremantle to Hong Kong with sandal work.
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Victoria
Mareil
Windsor
Reef
Western Australia
Joseph Walters
W. Jones
John Jenkins
Gineer
Australia
Fremantle
Hong Kong
New Colombian Cabinet Formed in Washington Visit
Washington reports a new Colombian cabinet lineup. Mr. Varges, who represented Colombia at the recent Has? conference, has been named Minister of Foreign Affairs in the administration of the President of Colombia.
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Weskington
Washington
Colombia
Varges
Glasgow Talks to Extend Iron Tube Trust
Negotiations opened with Italian manufacturers of jet tubing to join an international group including American, English, Scotch, and German producers. The move aims to broaden the tube industry alliance across major nations.
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Iron Tube Trust
Glasgow
Toe International Tron
Saloons Face Grand Jury In Excise Law Probe
Hudson County grand jury met in a special session to hear excise law violations. Witnesses included Samuel Wilson of the Civic Righteousness Federation and three volunteer detectives Elias B. Mertkle Walter Hoffman and C H Grimnalis who filed forty complaints against saloonkeepers chiefly in Jersey City for Sunday law breaches.
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Hudson County Grand Jury
Samuel Wilson
Civic Righteousness Federation
Elias B. Mertkle
Walter Hoffman
C. H. Grim~nalis
Jersey City
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Workiweman
Chicago
Mve
Busi
Near East
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Panama
Ecuador
Mme, Gould
Tatsu Negotiations
Shanzhai
Tokio
M. d'Iswolsky
Pacific
Cuba
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