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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1910
Page
3
Philadelphia reports escalate as the United Business Men's association seeks arbitration with the Rapid Transit Company amid a bitter strike. Mayor Reyburn and Police Director Clay face denouncement after Broad Street violence, with witnesses confirming police initiated the disorder.
City reels as mayor Reyburn and councilmember Clay clash with Republican factions over trolley and rail plans. Police arrest drivers and shop workers while authorities curb trains to push transit by streetcars. Widespread rioting arrests spark fear of fresh clashes tonight.
President Taft ordered immediate inquiry into the Philadelphia carmen strike with the commerce and labor department to report. E Greenawalt of Pennsylvania union appeals for federal intervention and arbitration, telegrams sent to Senators Penrose and Oliver urge use of influence.
Bathers in New England faced a deadly season in 1909 with 694 drownings from May through September. Of these, 273 were children, according to figures compiled by the United States Volunteer Life Saving corps.
Bridgeton New Jersey March 12. Baby Ethel Sutton five is placed with the Children’s Home Society after a court battle with parents and relatives. Vaudeville performers William Beecher accused of whipping the child as she danced on stage in Chicago. Juveni le court took charge and later released her to safety. The case drew threats from the grandfather and a tense scene as the child left for a good home. In New York a boy drowns after diving into icy East River waters during early spring swimming.
Charles Reade Jr a bricklayer out of work beat his mother Mrs Sarah Jane Reade to death with a small four jagged footstool at her Jersey City home. The act ended a month long spree and marked an outbreak of insanity observers said.
Washington March 12 The Senate District of Columbia committee ordered the Rockefeller Foundation incorporation bill favorably after a statement by Starr J Murphy representative of John D Rockefeller The bill was amended to avoid tax exemption for the foundation in the district and territories while maintaining a federal charter backing for the charitable entity.
Chicago grain speculator James A. Patten faced jeers at the Manchester exchange and a hostile crowd pursued him through streets. He took refuge in a business office before being escorted away by police as the mob dispersed. The disturbance sprang from Patten's link to last year's cotton price rise at the cotton polls.
Thomas McK Laughlin brother in law of President Taft dies in his Pittsburg home after rising for a walk. Doctors cite cerebral hemorrhage as the cause. Laughlin, part of the local steel family, was a favorite of Taft who visited often and planned to be Taft’s guest next May.
The death of Mrs. Harriet Cole in Minneapolis reveals she spent 175000 seeking her husband who vanished from Lowell Massachusetts in 1898. After a world-wide hunt she found him in 1901 in Illinois working as a farm hand. Also noted is the death of James W Reynolds, New Mexico secretary and former acting governor, on a Rock Island train near Tucson.
The ad promotes Pape's Diuretic for backache and kidney bladder issues. It claims relief from rheumatic pains nervousness headaches and insomnia after a fifty cent treatment. It credits Pape Thompson & Pape of Cincinnati as a trustworthy firm.
The Bermuda event on March 1 features a bridge prize scheme linked to Mark Twain. A local sponsor planned a kiss prize from Samuel Clemons after a woman proposed Twain provide the first prize in the form of a kiss, while women still host the bridge party.
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