Strikes Reach Cincinnati as Troops Sought to Quell Unrest
Mayor Hunt urged Governor Cox and Adjutant General Wood to send militia by 10 oclock to handle the strike chaos. Three men hospitalized in dangerous condition after car assaults. cars wrecked and operations halted as violence spread through Madisonville and Brighton with missiles hurled from construction sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Hunt
Cox
Wood
Ohio
Traction Company
Madisonville
Avondale
Brighton
Brishton
Elberon Avenue
Sid Pear
Amalgamated Association of Electric Street
Case of Adopted Child Awards Damages in Foster Case
Special to Tag Northwestern Madison May 17. An award by the Industrial Commission orders Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company to compensate Sadie Julien's supposed adoptive parents Joseph and Mrs Julien for her death. The girl, employed by the company, slipped and died after weeks of treatment. She was not legally adopted but lived as their daughter. The couple received weekly payments and support from the company. the award subtracts these from the derived annual compensation. The Ju llens are not her biological parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Madison
Sadie Julien
Joseph Julien
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Milwaukee Company
Electric Company
Sadie Jullen
Joseph Dallen
Pas
Joseph Jallen
Mrs Guy Wilson Dies After Parental Aimed Shooting
Mrs Guy Wilson of Sparta Wisconsin dies after four days of suffering from bullet wounds inflicted by her father William Hosne. Her husband, also shot, remains in serious condition as the funeral of her parents takes place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apedal
Ta Crosse
Wis
William Hosne
Guy Wison
Sparta
Carnegie to Visit Kaiser in Berlin
Berlin May 17 Andrew Carnegie plans a visit to Berlin to congratulate Emperor William on twenty five years of peaceful reign. He will dine at a hotel with senior officials and dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Andrew Carnegie
William
Tudey Res
Father-in-Law Slapped as Divorce Case Cites Cruel Treatment
In Marinette Wisconsin on May 17 a divorce suit by Mrs Lucy T Rudolph against Carl Rudolph noted the husband slapped his father-in-law in the wife’s presence. The defense disputed the claim but Judge W B Quinlan granted the wife a decree of divorce on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Marinette
Wic
Lucy T. Rudolph
Carl Rudolph
Rmas
Alenesa
W. B. Quinlan
Cuban Aviator Rosillo Wins 10000 Dollar Prize Across Florida Straits
Cuban aviator Domingo Rosillo completed the Key West to Havana crossing in two hours and twenty five minutes, winning a ten thousand dollar prize offered by the Havana city council. He beat a prior attempt by Augustine Parla who withdrew due to wind and gear issues, while J A D McCurdy had flown earlier but crashed near Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Domingo Rosite
Florida Straita
Key West
Rosillo
J.A. D. McCurdy
Florida Straits
Augustine Parla
Sparta Death Probe Ties Prisoner to Child’s Fatal Fall
Sherin Welch travels to Waupun to probe suspicions linked to Avold Rentz, already serving a life term for the Harmon murder. Rentz reportedly was seen with eight year old Charles Foltz before Foltz’s fall and death last fall. Authorities seek Rentz’s statement on the Foltz case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Sherim Welch
Waupun
Avold Rentz
Harmon
Charles Foltz
Foltz
Rentz
United States weighs recognition of Huerta regime
The administration is expected to take a definite stance on recognizing the Huerta government in Mexico as relations with the United States remain strained. Several foreign powers have already recognized Huerta, prompting the U S to appoint a new ambassador, to present credentials to Provisional President Huerta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huerta
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Mexico
Powe
Sal
Unite States
Henry Lane Wilson
New Tactics of Militants Reported in May Campaign
Associated Press reports in Tendon on May 17 that militants altered tactics by aiming to destroy a tenant residence at Cambridge instead of unoccupied houses. Inter-office work suffered damage, one neighboring university laboratory was hit, and a canister of gunpowder and slugs was found at Baxmeoor station on the London Northwestern Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tendon
Mieiau
Labor Commissioner Neill Resigns to Join Private Firm
Dr Charles P Neill United States Commissioner of Labor since 1905 resigns to join American Smelting and Refining Company as organizer and head of its labor department The move follows his recent appointment as Commissioner of Labor Statistics in the new Department of Labor The resignation cites accepting a position outside government service and relates to Erdman act wage dispute arbitration links through Daniel Guggenheim and William Loeb Jr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Neill
United States
Department of Labor
Neill
American Smelting and Refining Company
Labor Department
Daniel Guggenheim
William Loeb, I Jr
Guggenheim Corporations
Bank of Menasha to Build New Downtown Structure
The Bank of Menasha plans a new brick and Bedford stone bank building on Main and Square streets. It will have a 38 foot frontage on Square and 53 feet on Main, with a main bank floor and an upper office level. Estimated cost around $25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Square Street
Tariff Bill Moves After Senate Committee Decision
Senate tariff action shifts to finance subcommittees for two weeks with wool and cotton schedule hearings. Dentron and Curtis propose admin reforms giving the treasury secretary power to set import valuations for ad valorem duties. Wilson’s tariff program appears poised for final passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Simmons
Dentron
Curtis
Treasury Department
Hill
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Wilson
Penrorela Follette
Ransdell
Thornton
Louisiana
Penrose
Shafreeth
Thomas
Colorado
Mots
Penrose-La Follette
Republican Party
Penrose and
la Follettre
Manitowoc Junior Prom Sets City Record Dance Night
Manitowoc Wisconsin May 15 360 couples attended the junior high prom described as the most elaborate school function in the city. The event featured outside decorators and a ten piece orchestra. The committee barred the turkey trot and other freak dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
City parade showcases 19 departments in six mile procession
In New York on May 17 an estimated 12 000 city employees gathered for a six mile street parade that featured floats and vehicles from nineteen city departments. Police and fire departments previously held annual parades, but this event marked the first joint procession across multiple units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Npy
Associated Press
New York
Green Bay Wins Favor as Fair Site
Members of the state sale committee toured Green Bay and Brown County fairgrounds near Depere today and were shown advantages of the city as a future state fair site. The Commercial club officers guided the trip and then the committee members headed home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Commercial Club
Brown County
Depere
Fran’ Depere
Hixon annex opens as top La Crosse manual training school
The Hixon annex in La Crosse Wisconsin, built at a cost of 100000 donated by Frank P Hixon, opened with modern conveniences. It houses manual training rooms a large gymnasium and a swimming tank measuring twenty two by twenty five feet. Four hundred steel lockers and a sixty eight horsepower motor system equip the facility. The school plans to enroll 27 students with four instructors and a special athletics teacher for compulsory gym work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Hixon
Fll
Fone
Progressives win seats on major House committees
Progressives will hold representation on fourteen of the sixteen most important House committees and will hold thirty seven committee seats overall. Chairman Underwood of the Ways and Means committee and Leader Murdock agreed on the plan, with Rivers and Harbors and Agriculture as the only major panels without Progressive members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Progen
Washington, D
House
Underwood
Waya and Means
Lealer Murdock
Rivers
Harbors
Agricuture
Mad Pig Attack Sends Black Creek Farmer to Madison
Anton Schmidt, a Black Creek farmer, was bitten by a mad pig and rushed to Madison for treatment. The same report notes three cows bitten by a mad dog and confirms the animal was harmed by the dog as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Appleton
Wis
Anton Schmidt
Schreidt
Aled
Fishermen Find Lifeboat Off Kanosha Wisconsin
Special to The Northwestern reports fishermen thirty miles off port recovered a lifeboat found to be from the steamer John M Truby. Initial beliefs suggested a link to a Great Lakes disaster, but the boat’s origin remains under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanosha
Wis
Great Lakes
John M. Truby
Oshkosh WIS Celebrate Second Regiment Officer
City page items highlight local events and social notices. A reported incident mentions a girl severely injured by a car near the fairgrounds, with ongoing coverage of public meetings and community announcements. The piece notes church and charity appeals, including a plea for social justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Star Fair
City Club
Tad Ta
War with Japs would assure strong allies
London's Pall Mall Gazette warns war with Japan would rally Australia New Zealand and western Canada to the U S side while cautioning against underestimating the likelihood of conflict. It cites opening of the Panama Canal and Japan's internal politics as influencing factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Australia
New Zealand
West Canada
Uncle Sam
Associated Prear
London
Canada
United States
Newspanel
Japan
California
Canal
Panama Canal
Tokyo
May
Ume
Nagai
Waseda University
Tourtaka Hinata
Kenzo Hayashi
America
Arizona
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Johnson
Coubt
Washington
Great fire in Budapest leaves thousands homeless
A massive blaze in central Budapest today destroyed many buildings. About eight thousand people were rendered homeless and a child died. Numerous others were injured, and extensive financial losses resulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
City club urged boat loan for fish fry transport
Stephen C. Radford chairman of the Ashfry committee calls on launch and automobile owners to loan boats tomorrow and early next week to move fish fry from Oshkosh state fish hatchery to reefs and marsh areas. hatchery manager promises details soon and aims to supply enough boats for the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen C. Radford
Ashfry
Oshkosh State
City Club Hears on Unpaved Streets Improvement
At the Athearn luncheon the City club discussed methods to improve unpaved city streets with Engineer George Randall and Charles A. Wakeman highlighting the split-log drag results. A petitioned garbage ordinance was reviewed for circulation to gather one fourth voter signatures before presenting it to the commission council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Club
Athearn
Club Haa Fis
Commission Council
M. K. Reilly
Fond du Lac
Reilly
George Randall
Charles A. Wakeman
Wakeman
C. H. Nimes
Strike riot in Fond du Lac injures striker and strike breakers
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on May 17 Oscar Suche was beaten in a riot between carpenters union strikers and non union workers brought by Immel Construction. Strebe suffered a gash over the eye as contractors refused to concede to the union demands for the fourth time last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asvocimea Preas
Fond du Lac
Wis
Oscar Suche
Carpenters’ Union
Immel Construction Company
Strebe
Democrats Confer on Campaign Plans at Capital
The Democratic executive campaign committee met in Washington with temporary Democratic congressional committee officers to discuss plans for augmented representation on the congressional organization and to form a joint cooperative work campaign committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Democratic National Committee
Democratic
Xen- Alora
Governor Signs Interim Mayor Act in Wisconsin Cities
Special to The Northweastern Mansson Wisconsin May 17 Governor McGovern signed the act creating an interim mayor in absence of the elected official. The measure lets a governor designated replacement handle mayoral duties, aimed especially at commission cities including Appleton Oshkosh and Janesville. Assemblyman Nye authored the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goseenor
Northweatern
Mansson
Wis
McGovern
Appleton
Ouhkosh
Janesville
Nye Iq
Oakland official Harv Magill dies after fall at city hall
Associated Press reports in Oakland California that city clerk Harald Fe. Magill died after a fall while reaping from the fourteenth stairs of the new city hall. He had been in poor health for several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
Harald FE. Magill
Magill
Dietz Bond Granted After Coroner Jury Murder Case
Mino Augusta Dietz, held by a coroner's jury for the murder of her husband George New, a tailor, was admitted to bail today in the sum of 4,000. The report also contains a humorous aside about a rural Scottish optimist and a clipped Boston Globe anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Associated Preess
Chicago
Mino Augusta Dietz
George New
Walter H Page Faces London Labor Opposition
London reports a protest against Walter H Page's nomination as ambassador to Great Britain. A New York allied trades group accuses the Doubleday Page firm of opposing organized labor and seeks a public protest to both governments. Brady of the National Brotherhood of Bookbinders disavows Conway's actions and plans to inform President Wilson and Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associates Press
London
Walter H. Page
Unite States
Great Britain
W. Coffey
London Trades
Aliiied
Trades Council of
Greater New York
Charles L. Conway
National Brotherhood of Book- Linders
Doubleday, Page & To
International Typographical Union
Local No. 6
United Kingdom
National Brotherhood of Bookbinders
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
Peter J. Brady
Allied Printing Trades Council of
American Federation of Labor
Brady
Wilson
Ambassador Page
Conway
Printing Trades Council
London Trades Council
Doubleday Page
3Vitem
Official Suit Over a Hat Spreads in State Department
Washington May 17 A Panama hat bought six years ago by Wilbur J. Carr director of the consular service has provoked a dispute involving Hermann Dietrich former consul general at Guayaquil Dietrich claims Carr sent funds for a Japanese hat through Dietrich but the hat arrived late and without a bill Carr says he gave the hat away now Dietrich demands payment and seeks Carr’s discharge from the service and has filed a formal demand with Senator Stone noting the hat cost $86 with interest to $50 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associance Press
Washington, D. C
Panama
Wilbur J. Carr
State Department
Mr. Carr
Hermann Dietrich
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Carr
Dietrich
More Auto Robberies Reported In Chicago
Two pedestrians robbed and an unoccupied car stolen as auto thieves resume activity in Chicago. Police link incidents to two gangs, one of four men and the other of three. Victim Alexander was robbed of $15 in gold watch and raincoat near South Park Avenue garage. A second man did not report the crime. A running gunfight erupted with four officers as the other gang escaped on the northwest side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Precat
Chicago
PL Alexander
Alexander Way
South Park Avenue
Alexander
Scond
Shooting in Chicago Store Incident
In Chicago a department store detective William Doyle fired on a black pickpocket after the thief struck a woman. The assailant fled but was pursued and arrested as customers and clerks fled in panic. A store manager named Disawanger was struck near the ear by a stray bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerra Whetto
Upy Associated Press
Chicago
Wiliam Doyle
Doyle
Dayle
Alain Disawanger
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Millin
Guy Wilson
Carnegie
Kaiser
Axhter
Prinvun
Schoulbo
fRombh
LABOR
Charles FP Neill
City of
Menasha
Bank of Menasha
Con
Penrone
Menaure
Poindexter
Department of Parks
Central Park “Zoo
Man
Mad Pig
Viltiah Journal
Randall
C. A. Wakeman
Talka—Congreman
Iear Strebe
Bill
Mrs. Dietz
Scotland
Sam
Boston ‘Globe
Walter H.page
Hut
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