Japanese Advance Near Kirin Foreshadows Vladivostok Siege
St Petersburg May 8 news says Field Marshal Oyama presses Gen Linivitch east and west of the railroad as if preparing a general offensive in Manchuria. Russian posts fall back along a 100 mile front from Singtmantsu to Kirin while Japanese reinforcements and supplies arrive for a possible investment of Vladivostok. Linivitch reports Japanese cavalry driving back Russian outposts as Kirin and Erdagon become focal points of a widening clash on the Manchurian front.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Oyama
Linevitch
Singtmantsu
Liao River
Changtu
Mandarin Road
Kirin
Kamal Pass
Tie Pass
Lino River
Mongolia
Vladivostok
Harbin
Linovitch
Kuanchangtsu
Huaitaihsien
Tumen River
Mukden
War Office
Ernest
Rojestvensky
Togo
Lineviteh
Gunshu Pass
Linieviteh
Foreign Office
France
Russia
Bessarabia
Erdogon
Shahedzi
Erdagon
Canadian Pacific Express Wrecked Near Mongton New Brunswick
The Canadian Pacific express was wrecked this afternoon about 20 miles east of Mongton New Brunswick. No word had been received on the casualties at the time of report.
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Mongton
N. B
Canadian Pacific Express
English Coxey's Army Begins March
One hundred picketed boot workers from Northamptonshire, joined by a band, started on foot from London to present grievances to the war office. They expect unemployed supporters to swell the ranks at each stopping place.
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London
Northamptonshire
War Office
Hundred killed as mobs riot over frontier clash
Persian frontier reports say Ardebil governor recalled to Teheran after attempt to move Beljasuwara post into Russian territory. A clash with frontier guards left about 100 Russians killed. In Katherinburg a mob killed two police officers in revenge for a drowned worker. Printers win strike with Sundays and holidays observed. only Novoe Vremya prints a morning edition.
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St. Petersburg
Ardebil
Teheran
Beljasuwara
Katherinburg
Russia
Novoe Vremya
French deny they broke neutrality
Paris reports a semi official note stating the French government has not disregarded neutrality rules. It says civil and military agents were given precise instructions and have diligently extended enforcement, countering a Hongkong dispatch claiming violations.
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Paris
Hongkong
Step to Own Street Railways of City
Chicago May 5 The city won in traction litigation as Judge Grosscup denied Union Traction's bid to block city use of Adams street line of Chicago Passenger Railway. Franchise expired. City plans Adams street line as the start of municipal street railway ownership.
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Chicago
Grosscup
Union Traction Company
Adams Street
Chicago Passenger Railway Company
Hobson to Marry May 25 in Tuxedo Park
Birmingham announces engagement of Grizelda Houston Hull of Tuxedo Park New York to Capt Richmond Hobson. Wedding set for May 25 at the bride’s parents home with limited attendance due to Capt Hobson’s father’s death. Also notes a Cornell freshman boat capsizing on Cayuga Lake and a student circus at Ann Arbor raising about 4000 dollars for a clubhouse.
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Miss Hull
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Birmingham
Ala
George H. Hull
Grizelda Houston Hull
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Cornell
Ithaca
Cayuga Lake
Ann Arbor
Mich
Clearlea
Power to set rates sparks heated Senate hearing
J R Nutting of Sickles and Nutting wholesale hardware for Davenport Iowa and New York City urged the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee against granting wide rate powers. He warned such authority could burden the Midwest, harm distributing centers, and lead to inferior service while promising to reveal how a new tariff would affect citizens interests before any bill becomes law.
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Washington, D. C
J. R. Nutting
Corporation of Sickles & Nutting Company
Davenport
Iowa
New York City
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
Esch-Townsend
Decision Final in Chinese Exclusion Case
Washington May. Supreme Court rules that the secretary of commerce and labor decision is final in Chinese exclusion cases. Ju Toy, child of Chinese parents, claims U S birth after a temporary visit to China.
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Washington
May S
Ju Toy
Supreme Court
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
China
Markets fall on neutrality fears and strikes reported
Paris and London markets show a general low mood as Japan challenges French Far East neutrality, with stock exchanges flat across the board. In Toronto a Grand Trunk railway machinists strike involves about twenty five hundred workers. Washington Duke dies in Charlotte May 8.
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Paris
France
Far East
London
Stock Exchange
Toronto
Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal
Port Huron
Wife Testifies Against Husband in Hoch Trial
In Chicago on May 8 a novel event occurred at the Hoch trial as Mrs Fischer Hoch, Hochs last wife, testified against her husband in the biribeaberd case. The testimony followed Hoch’s marriage ceremony to the survivor. Also reported a painter James K Hasburg, 34, killed himself at the Home for Incurables on Fifty sixth Street and Ellis Avenue.
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Chicago
James K. Hasburg
Fifty-sixth Street
Ellis Ave
No More Favors For Mrs Maybrick
Washington reports that Ambassador Choate cabled the state department that the British foreign office refused to grant further clemency to Mrs. Maybrick after her application for a complete pardon.
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Washington, May
Choate
State Department
Foreign Office
Maybrick
Important bills passed both houses age of consent and city finance
A long list of measures approved by both chambers covers raising consent ages to 14 for girls and 17 for boys, park bond authority up to 5 percent of district valuation, pigeon shooting prohibitions, minimum tax limits for counties and cities, policy penalties for gaming, county clerks as ex officio town officers, fire insurance sprinklers, capital stock tax exemptions, mine safety, state architect fees, firemen pension funds, Chicago lighting powers, direct primaries, railway safety, branch library bonds, teachers certificates, loan shark restrictions, interurban rail rights, legal holidays, embalming rules for deaths from disease, civil service, bond referendum procedures, and tax collector compensation.
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Dixon
South Park Commissioners
Grant
Chicago
Templeton
Lundberg
Fuul
Juul
Mines and Mining Committee
Campbell
Fire Department
Chicago Lighting
City of
Railroads Committee
Boards of Directors of
Berry
Acton
Ilinois
Giackin
Civil Service
Norden
All- Ten
Eruption Fear Grips Hawaii As Kilauea Warns of Massive Blast
Reports from Honolulu describe Kilauea’s three mile crater roaring with lava as officials fear a possible explosion that could hurl magma skyward and threaten Hawaii's 25,000 residents. The eruption could trigger a larger Mauna Loa blast, risking the entire island with lava flows and panic in Hilo and coastal fishermen observing an unprecedented lava display.
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Honolulu
Kilauea
Hawaii
Nene
Mauna Loa
Hilo
Kilnauea
Killauea
Supreme Court Rules for Board in Quotation Case
The U S Supreme Court decided the tension between private firms and boards over the right to use continuous quotations. The Board of Trade of Chicago prevailed over the C C Christie Commission of Kansas City and the Kinzy Company of Chicago. The ruling supports the board's contentions on quotations use.
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Washington
May S
Supreme Court of the United States
Board of Trade of Chicago
C. C. Christie Commission Company
Kansas City
Kinzy Company of
Chicago
Board of Trade
German Column Meets An Ambush In German Southwest Africa
A German column in the mountains east of Gananis, German Southwest Africa, was attacked by Herero forces on April 27. Sixteen Germans were killed or wounded, natives were beaten, and 15 men were killed.
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Africa
Berlin
Gananis
Mane
Robbers Torture Woman In Pittsburgh Bank Plot
Mrs Frederick Rudler of Coulter Pennsylvania was tortured by two masked men who burned her feet with burning paper dragged her by the hair and beat her until she disclosed the hiding place of seventy four dollars. She cannot recover. Bars Japs From White School in San Francisco as the board of education adopts resolutions opposing mixed white and Mongolian pupils and favors separate schools for Chinese and Japanese children.
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Pittsburg
Frederick Rudler
Coulter
San Francisco
Cal
Board of Education
Sunday Planning for Teamsters Contest Amid Chicago Strike
Chicago amid the teamsters strike reported a quiet day with minimal rioting. Over 1,000 wagons moved, guards protected deliveries, and strikers began receiving benefits of 7 and 3 dollars. John and Richard Fruen were fatally stabbed in a street fight as tensions mounted ahead of President Roosevelt's Chicago visit.
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Harder
Chicago
Rike
Roosevelt
John
Richard Fruen
Sunday Quiet As Roosevelts Visit Looms Headlines Keep Fight On
Chicago May day details show preparations for a intensified week of conflict as President Roosevelt visits. A graft and blackmail inquiry by Mayor Dunne’s commission proceeds with team owners and labor unions at odds. The Federation of Labor seeks grand jury action against Employers’ Association leaders while threatening to pull union deposits from banks linked to the fund. Herbert W. Bowen arrived New York refusing to discuss Venezuela affairs. The Chadwick case in Cincinnati was set for federal court hearing on October 8.
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Springfield
House of Representatives
Illinois Legislature
Trautmann
44Th
Senate
Chicago
House
Board of Trade
Teamsters
Peabody Coal Company
May
Roosevelt
Dunne
Federation of Labor
Employers’ Association
Labor Federation
Vetes Dalen Hoycott
Tom Hanks
Chadwick
Cincinnati
Federal Court
President Roosevelt Leaves Denver for Washington Return Trip
President Roosevelt departed Glenwood Springs at 8 o'clock this morning on the return journey to Washington. The special train is due to reach Denver by 6 40 this evening.
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Glenwood Sprays
Colorado
Roosevelt
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Joseph Hartmann
Lewis
Gottschalk
Hartman
Shurtleff
Mitchell
Oglesby
Joint Committee
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Charlotte, N. C
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Mrs. Maybrick
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Couter, Pa
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