02 May 1911
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1911
Page
1
Rebels seize five towns in Kwangtung province as blood runs through Canton highways. Loyal troops struggle to crush uprisings led by Wu Sun who advocates western dress and destabilizes Manchu rule. authorities report widespread pillaging and fierce fighting in the western half of the province.
Chinese revolutionaries devastate Canton westward with arson and killings. Rebels seize towns, loot shops, and cut telegraph lines as gunboats shell rebels and troops clash in the streets. American gunboat Wilmington holds Canton. Meantime Pennsylvanian florist Alien Myers sues railroads for damages over locomotives passing his greenhouses.
The court notes that copyright and advertising uses require permission when using a person’s likeness in promotional material. It warns advertisers not to misrepresent consent or exploit a subject without proper authorization. The ruling emphasizes protecting individual rights in commercial imagery.
In York Pennsylvania on May 2 4 a man suffered fatal injuries after a wicker basket damaged his back. The accident occurred while handling the basket causing a severe skin abrasion and subsequent blood loss leading to death.
A sudden work stoppage by Pennsylvania railroad shopmen in Pittsburg and nearby areas demands reinstatement of discharged union members. About 2010 workers implicated across Derry Youngwood and Conemaugh regions quit after reporting for duty. police mobilized as fellow workers in Harrisburg await Camden conference results.
May day unrest in New York features six parades and several thousand workers, with machinists striking for an eight-hour day. Some shops run on eight hours while others remain at eight hours. Union officials warn of a possible sympathetic strike involving up to two thousand workers if demands are unmet.
Customs officers and police, aided by Scotland Yard tips, pursue $300,000 plus jewelry stolen in Europe. A European gang, led by an alleged ringleader known as Yoence, is expected to move a large shipment into New York as part of a planned sale.
A fresh photograph captures President Taft during his recent stop in Georgia. The image shows him greeting officials and accorded crowds, highlighting the presidential tour's focus on regional engagement and visible accessibility.
President Taft announces a long western and southern tour in September. He will speak in Kansas City, Hutchinson Kansas, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Chicago, and Chattanooga on his path to campaign for renomination. The Chicago and southern stops mark the public kickoff of his circle tour.
In Columbus on May 2 Governor Harmon urged a legislative investigation into bribery among assemblymen. The assembly directed Attorney General Hogan to join Franklin county’s prosecuting attorney in a grand jury probe, with 20 to 50 members expected to be indicted. Evidence included a logograph hidden under a couch, recording bribes of 1 to 500 dollars from operators posing as manufacturers.
Paris reports that King Alfonso of Spain is gravely ill with tuberculosis. L Intransigeant cites urgent treatment measures and possible winter residence in Switzerland where climate aids the condition. Senator Kittredge is critically ill. former States Ben A Roy Rinebeck of South is mentioned amid scattered notes. The Frederick county's great advertising medium.
At the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission spring meeting in Pilesburg Pa thirty five awards were issued including nine silver and twenty six bronze medals and a total of $34 000 in cash and pensions. George W Muir of Grand Rapids Wisconsin received $1000 with a bronze medal though now ill with tuberculosis. Awards totaled six thousand for worthy acts, two thousand two hundred for mortgage relief, three thousand seven hundred for other debts, four thousand for home purchases, fourteen thousand for education, three thousand two hundred for death benefits and one thousand for health restoration. Nine fatalities were recognized with awards to family members and twenty rescues led to medals and cash.
Four years after George Michael Fetzer vanished from Boggs township Bellefonte Pa readers learn his body lay behind a thicket near his home. The rifle bullet hole in the skull and the discharged gun suggest death but whether it was accident or self inflicted remains undetermined.
New York May 2 Chamberlain H Hyde was indicted for bribery in a case involving pressure on the Northern Bank to loan 130000 to the Carnegie Trust company. Hyde was not arrested as his counsel Samuel Untermyer pledged his arraignment and appearance.
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