Congestion of Population Discussed At New York Forum
A conference at the American Museum of Natural History examined how congested districts affect children and labor. Speakers cited sweatshops, child labor at home, health risks, and calls for laws and enforcement to curb factory and home-based work in New York and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
Lfe
New York
Florence Kelley
the Nations
Consumers’ League
Baron Mayor Des Planches
Chevalier B. Attolico
Royal
Everage
England
Earward T. Devine
Charity Organization Society
Kelley
Bronx
Brooklyn
Richmond
Henry R. Seager
Columbia
Walter Laidlaw
Mary van Kleeck
Miss van Kleeck
Dallas
Tex
Impact of congested city life on children
Mr Williams warned that child life suffers in the Juvenile Asylum era of crowded districts. Miss Julia Richman, district superintendent, described evils of a part time problem and congestion, noting physical, intellectual, and especially moral harms in the city.
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Williams
Julia Richman
Maryland Best Showing At Magdalena Bay Competition
Mare Island Navy Yard reports the cruiser Maryland captained by Chauncey Thomas earned the top trophy for battleship class ships at Magdalena Bay practice. All class vessels scored better there than at Eastern coast target practice, with Maryland leading over Tennessee Pennsylvania West Virginia and Washington. In 6 Inch gun practice the St Louis had the highest average while Maryland and Charleston tied for second.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Maryland
Chauncey Thomas
Magdalena Bay
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Washington
St. Louis
Westinghouse Receives Debt Extension Deal
Pittsburgh March 11 Through a quiet agreement signed by nine percent of creditors George Westinghouse obtained an extension on personal debts totaling about eight million dollars. He must post extra collateral of ten thousand nine hundred dollars. One third of the debt is due January 1 next year and the remaining two thirds in each of the following two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
George Westinghouse
Koston
New York
Philadelphia
Westinghouse
Count Wichmann Discharged After Taxi Fare Refusal
Patrolman Siegel reports taxi ride from 3 AM to 5 PM with a $0 fare. Magistrate Herrman questions the charge of no account. Berlin representative Count John C. Wichmann, staying at Sperial Hotel, could not pay but promised remittance from Berlin and was discharged.
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Siegel
Tenderloin
Herrman
John C. Wichmann
Berlin
Germany
Sperial Hotel
Wichmann
Deserter Linked Murder Taints Abarenda at Yard
The United States collier Abarenda docked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard without its first officer and seventeen crew. On February 20, A. Dickson, ship's carpenter and alleged British deserter, murdered WR. Weichert, first officer, with an axe at the San Juan navy yard. Civil authorities detained the murderer, four officers, and thirteen crew as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
A. Dickson
WR. Weichert
San Juan Navy Yard
Arsenic death tied to Walter Baker in Bogota inquest
In Hackensack March 11, expert testimony linked Walter Farnsworth Baker’s death to arsenic poisoning. Drs Magrath Boos and Harrington testified arsenic entered before death, estimating a 15 to 20 grain dose. Embalming fluids showed no arsenic, and the inquest featured tension between ex-Coroner Lees and Coroner De Mund.
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William F Boos
Massachusetts General Hospital
Baker
Boos
Koester
Sid
Ricarde
Bogota
Boston
Bees
Charles Harrington
E. E. Smith
Bogote Baker
A. E. Lees
Che
de Mund
Lees
Mt Tees
Hurane
Hurd
Haker
DeMund
Baker Case Inquest Delays Into Three Weeks
Testimony describes Baker ill at Browne's and Hurd pressuring him to dress while denying a doctor. Harry Lees recalls Hurd denying care and Baker seeking relief. Dr Underhill found Baker sound in Boston last September. Inquest adjourned to Friday, then postponed 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 Stolen From Earle House
A hotel employee is suspected of robbing the apartment of Edward P. Bigelow at the Earle House 193 Waverley Place. Police say a room attendant used a pass key to enter while the family dined. jewels valued at 2500 dollars missing. David H. Knott declined to discuss the incident.
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Edward P. Bigelow
Earle House
Waverley Place
David H. Knott
Mercer Street
Minister Dies in Ferry House on Newark Ferry
Police identify a man believed to be Reverend John B. Davenport of Hartford Conn after he collapsed on the Newark ferry en route from Cortlandt Street to Jersey City. Found in his pockets were a lawyer brief in the Davenport case, a Bible and playing cards. The body was taken to Jersey City Morgue for identification.
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John B. Davenport
Hartford
Race Riot Erupts Over Greek Labor Return to Belhaven
In Belhaven eastern North Carolina the Interstate Copperage Company replacing Negro labor with Greeks touched off a night riot as about sixty armed Black workers attacked Greek laborers on company property. Five Greeks reportedly fatally wounded. Beaufort County officials sought military protection. Washington Light Infantry ordered to the scene.
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Charlotte
Interstate Coperage Company
Belhaven
Beaufort County
Washington Light Infantry
Tobacco Men Threaten Retaliation Over Tobacco Plants
In Bath County Lexington March 11 notes threaten to poison cattle if tobacco crops are damaged by night riders. Typewritten letters mailed from Mount Sterling include a small envelope with white powder. Citizens raise $1000 reward for arrest and conviction of those sending the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Bath County
Society of Equity
Mount Sterling
There's a Labor-Socialist Threat to Home Owners
An activist tract argues Labor-Socialists seek to confiscate savings and property of thrifty home owners through laws and court actions. It warns of proposed bills narrowing injunctions, expanding unemployment and public benefits, and pitting classes. The piece urges Home Owners to support the National Citizens Industrial Association and vigilant public defense.
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Congress
Weader
Chicago
Gorpe
England
Busi
Ory
Labor
National Citizens Industrial Ass'n
Ass'n
Square
U.S
Wm. H Hunt
Butte
Montana
Citizens Industrial
St. James Building
N. Y
C. W. Post
Battle Creek
Mich
Peace in the Balkans rail plan assuages Triplice fears
Rome reports Foreign Minister Tittoni stating no friction within the Triple Alliance over Balkan rail extensions. He notes Austria aims to link its line from Bosnia to Mitrovitsa, supported by Germany and Britain, with Italy aligned to Russia in backing Adriatic to Black Sea links and a Monastir to Valona route. He urges treating Balkan rail projects as Macedonia reforms within the European concert.
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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 Riles Radical Parties
Premier Schollaert announced amendments to the colonial bill to give parliament control of the Congo budget but radicals and socialists oppose the treaty of annexation as the changes fail to end the native labor tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Schollaert
Congo
Three Die At Egyptian Auto Races In Egypt
Cairo reports the first auto race events at Heliopolis ended in tragedy when a car struck a fallen cushion and left the course. A policeman and two spectators were killed, fourteen injured. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught with the Khedive departed, and the races were halted.
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Cairo
Egypt
Heliopolis
British Steamer Cresswell Sunk in the Elbe Collision
The British steamer Cresswell of 205 tons net, commanded by Captain Appleton, sailing from New York on February 21 toward Hamburg, was sunk in the Elbe near Gluckstadt after a collision with an unknown steamer. Built at West Hartlepool in 1876, owned by Jones & Prosser of London.
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Hamburg
Cresswell
Appleton
New York
Elbe
Gluckstadt
West Hartlepool
England
Jones & Prosser of
London
Bavarian government orders expulsion of Mormon missionaries
Munich March 1 The Bavarian government orders the immediate expulsion of a number of American Mormon missionaries, marking a sharp restriction on foreign religious activity in the region.
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Munich
Turkish officers reportedly arrested near Transcaucasus forts
The chief of staff in Tiflis confirms the arrest yesterday in Elizabethpol of three Turkish army officers attached to the general staff. Several other officers were detained near the forts at Ihars and Batoum in Transcaucasia.
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Tiflis
Elizabethpol
Ihars
Batoum
Transcaucasia
Mulai Hafic’s Influence Waning in Morocco
Paris reports indicate Mulai Hafic loses grip as French victories rise and followers turn. Hafig’s five week absence from Mech-el-Chair fuels disaffection. south caids Glaont and Mrougi near terms with Abd-el-Aziz. Fez overseer Shereef El Kitani appears discouraged.
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Paris
Morocco
Mulai Hafic
Hafig
Mech-el-Chair
Glaont
Mrougi
Abd-el-Aziz
Shereef el Kitani
Fez
Ottawa aims export duty to draw U S mills to Canada
Ottawa March 11 Mr Lewis West Huron moved in the House to place an export duty on pulpwood to compel United States mills to come to Canada and manufacture domestically.
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Ottawa
Lewis
West Huron
United States
Canada
Former Panama Railroad official to lead Ecuador line
Panama March 11. Mr. Stewart, once train master of the Panama Railroad, has left for Guayaquil to become general manager of the Guayaquil and Quito Railroad. He is joined by fourteen other Americans formerly with Panama Railroad, with likely additional hires from the former Panama staff.
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Panama
Stewart
Panama Railroad
Guayqui
Guayaquil
Quito
Ecuador
Italian Somaliland Punitive Expedition Kills Hundreds
Rome reports from Italian Somaliland that a punitive expedition killed about four hundred tribesmen and sixty of the Mullah's soldiers. Italian losses were one man killed and two wounded, all natives.
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Rome
Fortoran Lottery Bill Passed by San Juan House
The House of Delegates voted by a large majority to authorize the insular government to operate a lottery under the insular treasurer. The bill provides for the allotment of a tam a month in prizes.
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San Juan
P. R. Marchil
House of Delegates
Mme Gould Sails from Cherbourg to New York on Adriatic
Mme Anna Gould and her children departed Cherbourg today aboard the White Star liner Adriatic bound for New York. She initially booked Kronprinz Wilhelm but canceled and rebooked at the last moment. She traveled by automobile from Paris to Cherbourg. On March 11 reports say Prince Helie de Sazan may also have sailed for the United States, though not confirmed.
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Cherbourg
Mme
Anna Gould
New York
Adriatic
Paris
Héliie de Sazan
United States
Resolution on Philippine independence withdrawn after ridicule
In Manila on March 11 Juan Villamor introduced a resolution asking Congress how soon independence would come for the islands. The measure drew ridicule from nearly all Assembly members and was withdrawn. A commission appointed by the Assembly is drafting instructions for Washington delegates on tariff reform and other island matters.
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Manila
Juan Villamor
Washington
Congress
Bodies Recovered from Hamstead Colliery Tragedy
Birmingham march 11 rescue team at Hamstead colliery reports thirteen bodies recovered from a 26 miner entombment with no survivors found.
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Hamstead
Birmingham
Firedamp Blast Kills Five At Lukas Mine Near Hege
An explosion of firedamp at the Lukas mine near Hege in Dortmund Prussia killed five men today. Rescue efforts followed as miners were reported missing and authorities investigated the disaster site for causes and safety lapses.
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Prussia
Dortmund
Hege
Tatsu Negotiations Pit China Japan Standoff
The Peking talks on the Tatsu press toward a settlement based on China's demand that Japan halt arms imports to China. China keeps its claim to seize the Tatsu and cargo, admits error in lowering the Japanese flag on the Tetsu, and cites force majeure while awaiting a joint inquiry within three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Japan
Tetsu
Chun-Chow
Kin-Chow
Canton
Russia raises legation in Tokyo to embassy amid peace pledge
In St. Petersburg on March 11 the Duma passed a bill advancing the Russian legation in Tokyo to embassy status with a salary of 35, Iswolsky the Foreign Minister delivered a long speech. He argued the Portsmouth treaty cost Russia little of its historic inheritance and claimed Japan and Russia both seek peaceful coexistence. He cited treaties with France and Britain and Russia's alliance with France as stabilizing the Far East, noting friendly ties with Germany and the United States.
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Russia
United States
Cigar Strike in Cuba Ends. Factories Resume
Havana reports the four factory strike that began in January over manpower cuts has been settled and hundreds of workers are back at work. Two more factories may resume tomorrow as western Pinar del Rio field labor distress grows and road work is expanded for relief. Sugar districts face labor shortages risking large cane areas and a reduced harvest.
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Havana
Cigarmakers’ Union
Pinar de Rio
Magoon
Damages for Negro Bandmaster in Crown Prince’s Regt
Sabak-el-Cher, a Sudanese bandmaster in the Crown Prince's Restment of 1st Grenadier Guards, won damages after suing over a letter that criticized a black man leading white soldiers. Eric H. Peterson was fined for the remark published in the Deutsche Zeitung. Sabak has won praise from Emperor William for his band’s performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Fire destroys nipa shacks in Manila with 15000 left homeless
Manila dispatch reports a blaze in Sampaloc district on March 11 destroying two hundred native nipa shacks. Damage is estimated at 100000 in gold. Fifteen thousand refugees are being cared for with no imminent suffering noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Sampaloc
Peasants Killed in Voronezh Police Raid at Kochetovka
In Voronezh region on March 11 six peasants were killed and many injured when police tried to arrest members of a revolutionary group in the village of Kochetovka. Peasants rallied to shield the suspects.
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Voronezh
Villase
Kochetovka
Officers of steamer drowned in Western Australia wreck
Victoria B C dispatch reports the Windsor wreck on a Western Australia reef with Captain Joseph Waiters, Devin W Jones, and John Jenkins among the drowned crew. Other officers and crew were saved. The ship, bound Fremantle to Hong Kong with sandalwood, wrecked after refusing to leave the freight steamer Windsor.
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Victoria
B. C. Marehil
Windsor
Western Australia
Joseph Waiters
Devin W. Jones
John Jenkins
Australia
Fremantle
Hong Kong
New Colombian Cabinet Formed in Washington
Washington dispatch reports the Colombian President has named a full cabinet. Mr Vargas, who represented Colombia at the Hague conference, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colombia
Vargas
Negotiations Opened With Italian Makers for Tuse Trust
Glasgow March 11 negotiations have opened with Italian manufacturers to include them in the international trench tube combination joining American English Scotch and German makers in a broad alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Tuse Trust
Glasgow
Tren Tmbe
Saloon Enemies Before Grand Jury
The Hudson County grand jury held a special session to examine excise law violations. Superintendent Samuel Wilson of the Civic Righteousness Federation and three volunteer detectives testified and presented forty complaints against saloonkeepers, mainly in Jersey City, for breaking the Sunday law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson County Grand Jury
Samuel Wilson
Civic Righteousness Federation
Elias B. Meinkle
Walter Hoffman
C. H. Grianalis
Jersey City
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Ferry House
Labor Trust
Near East
Bavaria
Mulai Hafig
Mme. Gould
Tatsu Negotiations
Shanzehai
Tokio
M. d Iswolsky
Pacific
Cuba
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