Liners Defy Strike Sail With Small Loads
Steamship lines and longshoremen clash over wages as a large port strike disrupts freight and speeds. Some ships sail with partial cargo while passenger traffic remains strong, and violence erupts briefly as strikebreakers are attacked before police restore order.
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Hoboken
New York
Rotterdam
Noordam
Gustav H. Schwab
Lower Bay
Lloyd Line
Bush Terminal
South Grooklyn
White Star Line
West Street
Catania
Hamburg
Baltic
Brasile
la Veloce
Jersey City
Manhattan
Blucher
Grosser Kur
la Savoie
Quebec
Pretoria
Amsterdam
Altai
Cunard Line
West
11Th Streets
Brunswick
Lord Kelvin Affirms Atomic Theory Against Transmutation Claims
Lord Kelvin declares radium research does not disprove atomic theory nor support alledged metal transmutations. He notes Ramsay’s copper-from-alkali claim remains unsupported by experiments and stresses the stability of atomic theory in light of radium work.
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The
Tribune
Tribune Association
London
Lord Kelvin
Ramsay
Thaw Home Mortgage Reports $100000 Loan
Lyndhurst the Thaw home in Pittsburg is mortgaged for 100000 at 5 percent with Fidelity Title and Trust Company as trustee. The note, drawn March 7 1907 in New York, was witnessed by Clifford W. Hartridge and John P. Meagher and kept secret in a transcribing room of the Allegheny County Court House.
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Pittsburg
Clifford W. Hartridge
Harry Thaw
John P. Meagher
Commonwealth
County Recorder’s Office
Allegheny County Court House
Ellen Terry
Allegheny Court House
William Thaw
the Register of Wills
Fidelity Title and Trust Company
Orphans’ Court
Trust Company
Harry Kendall Thaw
Eleven Thousand Die While Fleeing German Advance
Cape Town May 7 reports that fifteen thousand Herrero tribesmen attempted to move northeast to establish a Lake Ngami settlement but only four thousand reached the destination. eleven thousand perished from starvation during the march while fleeing German troops.
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Cape Town
Feud Breaks Out anew in Kentucky Killing
In Sugar Island Creek Middlesboro May 7 John Howard and Martin Green were killed Eleanor Howard fatally shot James and George Green wounded. The fight between the Greens and Howards stems from an old feud and may renew hostilities in Bell County where officers are on scene.
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Middlesboro
Sugar Island Creek
John Howard
Martin Green
Eleanor Howard
James
George Green
Jim Howard
Goebel
Greens
Howards
Bell County
Anglo German Agreement Reached on South African Disputes
Berlin May 7 Germany and Great Britain have an understanding on their South African controversies. The negotiations in London between Herr von Lindequist and Dr Jameson led to a mutual expectation that future differences will be settled amicably.
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Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
London
Herr von Lindequist
German Southwest Africa
Dr. Jameson
Cape Colony
Bloodshed in Frisco Rioting as 1700 Unionists Clash
In San Francisco on May 7 a riot broke out as 1,700 United Railroads union motormen and conductors struck, with more than twenty injured and several fatally. Police and guards fired as crowds attacked cars at Turk and Fillmore, sparking hours of fighting and arrests.
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United Railroads
Turk and
Fillmore Streets
Moon
Fillmore Street
Turk Street
Turk
Buchanan
Fillmore
Relef
Moony
Jones
Mullaly
United Railways
Police Dinan
Costly chicken farm rises in Squirrel Hill district
Pittsburg May 7 R B Mellon banker erecting a nine acre chicken farm on ground valued at 450000 at Shady and Fifth avenues adjoining Charles M Schwab's former residence now D M Clem son steel man The venture aims to supply fresh eggs and tender chickens for the Mellon household nearby.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
R. B Mellon
Squirrel Hill
Shady
Fifth Avenues
Charles M. Schwab
D. M. Clemson
Melon
Lenroot Exits Wisconsin Senate Race After Ballot
Madison May 7 Irvine L Lenroot of Superior withdraws from the United States Senate contest. The joint ballot produced no result with Esch 19 Stephenson 17 Lenroot 17 Cooper 14 Hatter 12 leading. Lenroots followers to tonight continue to back him. Four ballots show Stephenson 18 Esch 15 Lenroot 14 Cooper 13 Hatten 12 scattering 7.
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Madison
Wis
Irvine L. Lenroot
Superior
United States
Esch
Lenroot
Stephenson
Cooper
Hatter
Hatten
Scattering
Italian Volcanic Activity Surges at Stromboli and Adria
Messina May 7 Stromboli has been intermittently active since April 28 with cinders and stones and loud explosions from the crater. Nearby vegetation is destroyed as residents flee. Mount Adria shows strong activity over the last ten days with cinders lava and smoke from a new crater.
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Messina
Stromboli
Mount
Adria
Excavations at Pastum Uncover Ancient Roadway and Doric Temple
Naples reports the Postum dig reveals a 25 foot wide roadway with flanked sidewalks and deep wheel ruts from heavy chariots. A Doric temple to Neptune spans 120 feet uncovered, detailing ancient urban layout and religious architecture.
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Naples
Postum
Neptune
Discoveries on Palatine Hill Unearth Ancient Necropolis
Rome reports excavations on the Palatine Hill reveal a necropolis containing remains from the ninth to the fourth centuries before Christ. Notably, evidence from the seventh and fifth centuries is missing, prompting scholars to investigate causes for the gap.
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Rome
Palatine Hill
Christ
Six day Tour to Gettysburg and Washington
A six day tour to Gettysburg and Washington offered by the Pennsylvania Railroad leaves May 2. The eR in New York covers all necessary expenses for participants.
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Gettysburg
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Will of James Henry Smith Read After His Death in Japan
The will of James Henry Smith who died in March in Japan on a world wedding trip was read at his Fifth Avenue home after a funeral at St. Bartholomew's Church. The estate is about 30 million dollars. executors expect no contest and the will was executed in Scotland on September 13, 1906 following his marriage to the former wife of William Rhinelander Stewart.
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James Henry Smith
Japan
St. Bartholomew's Church
Mr. Smith
No. S71
Fifth Avenue
William C. Whitney
Scotland
William Rhinelander Stewart
Smith estate heirs named as executors and heirs
Mr. Smith's will outlines $3,000,000 to his wife in lieu of dower and life interests for Anita Stewart and May Lady Cooper, with about $2,000,000 to other blood relatives. The residuary estate, nearly $20,000,000, goes to George G. Mason and William S. Mason if no posthumous child. Executors include Sir George Cooper and George Simpson Eddy. Special bequests total $1,600,000 to hospitals and various relatives. The will sets sale of 871 Fifth Avenue and a Tuxedo Park residence as parts of the plan.
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Anita Stewart
Lady Cooper
Mr. Smith
George Grant Mason
William Smith Mason
George G. Mason
William S. Mason
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Aberdeen
Evanston
Sy. Luke's Hospital
Orthopedic Hospital
Fifth Avenue
Harry Payne Whitney
Whitney
Smith
Tuxedo Park
Orange County
N. Y
Goshen
Sir George Cooper
Hursley Park
Winchester
England
George Simpson Eddy
Herman S. le Roy
Annie Armstrong Smith
May
George Cooper
Victor Rossbach
John Mills
George Alexander Smith
William Pickrell
Phoenix
Ariz
George Simpson
Cage
Lucy Mason Vase
William Farr
Kenosha
James C. Keith
Vancouver
B. Downe
John Piggott
John Kehoe
Wiliam Davis
St. Luke’s Hospital
Orthoprmedice Hospital of
New York
Eddy
Thomas Eddy
Chivker Estate
Real and Peace
In & Sons
Daughare
Mutiny in steerage aboard Maori King at San Diego
The British steamer Maori King carrying 921 Chinese and 212 Russian steerage passengers from Vladivostok and Shanghai faced mutiny as tensions flared between Chinese and Russian travelers. At Quarantine in San Diego officials guarded the vessel after fights left fourteen wounded. Captain Duncan and British Consul Hitchcock sought guards to complete the voyage.
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Cal
Vladivostok
Shanghai
Mazatlan
Guaymas
Duncan
Coronado
le Sun Lai
China
Hitchcock
Foraker Men Rejoice in War Over Primaries
Senator Dick returned from Cincinnati after conferring with Senator Foraker George B Cox and other Foraker leaders. He said no compromise with Taft forces was discussed signaling a formal war. Foraker supporters plan state headquarters in Akron and oppose primaries this year, delaying vote for over a year.
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Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Senator Dick
Cincinnati
Senator Foraker
George B. Cox
Foraker
Taft
Akron
Harris
Walter Brown
Toledo
Republican State Central Committee
Taft to visit South Dakota in June
Secretary Taft plans a June 15 to 22 trip to South Dakota as a guest of Senator Kittredge. He will visit Sioux Falls and Fort Meade in the Black Hills. A reception is planned by the Sioux City Commercial Club during a brief stay on June 17.
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Tribune
Sioux City
Iowa
Taft
South Dakota
Senator Kittredge
Sioux Falls
Black Hills
Fort Meade
Kittredge
Commercial Club
Tena
Roosevelt
Ex Supreme Court Justice Aims for Oswego Assembly Seat
Oswego County Republicans and independent Republicans plan to nominate Maurice L. Wright, who left the Supreme Court bench a year and a half ago, for the State Assembly. Supporters expect Wright to win big if nominated against Assemblyman F. G. Whitney, leveraging his city ties and cross-party appeal.
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Tribune
Oswego
N. Y
Oswego County
Supreme Court
Maurice L. Wright
Judge Wright
F. G. Whitney
France Japan China Pact Backed By Tokyo Minister
Paris May 7 M Kurino Japanese minister said the Franco Japanese understanding includes a house guarantee for China's independence and integrity. He called the compact conservative and pacific and hoped it would dispel the Yellow Peril and Japanese ambitions. He expected signing in Paris within a month and public release with no concealment.
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Paris
M. Kurino
Tete
China
Pacific
M. Rurino
Stricken Dumb In Court Paralyzes Young Lawyer
Ernest C. Cregory, a young lawyer from South Norwalk, lost his voice suddenly in Norwalk town court while appealing for a dent. Experts fear the vocal organs are paralyzed and he may be permanently mute, after previously having a clear, promising career.
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the Tribune
South Norwalk
Conn
Ernest C. Cregory
Norwalk
Gregory
Mr. Gregory
Canal excavation near 1,000,000 cubic yards goal
A cable report from the Panama Isthmian Canal Commission shows April excavation in Culebra Cut at 70,527 cubic yards and at the Gatun lock site at 108,000 cubic yards under Lt. Col. Goethals direction.
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Washington
Panama
Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Culebra
Gation
Pope's escape from wall collapse near Vatican
The Pope narrowly escaped harm as part of a Renaissance Garden wall near the Vatican Museum was propped up after a section gave way. He had walked daily in Zitella alley, whose walls now face collapse and preservation questions.
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Rome
Vatican Museum
Zitella
Great Bear Spring Water Ad Claim
Advertisement touts Great Bear Spring Water purity as its famous attribute.
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Great Bear
Advt
Woodruff backs Hughes utilities bill as New York politics tension rises
Albany May 7 State Chairman Woodruff endorsed the Governor's public utilities bill while calling for no fixed party stance. Senator McCarren mobilizes opposition in both houses as Assembly Speaker Wadsworth opposes governor removal power.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Woodruff
McCarren
Otto Kelsey
Senate
Assembly
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Mr. Woodruff
New York
Brooklyn
Senator Page
Rules Committee
Mr. Merritt
Wadsworth
Kelsey
Hooker
Tully
Franchot
Fancher
Raines
Demone
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Costly Chicken Farm
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Tth
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Pastum
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Yale
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George Grant Mason, Jr
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