Visibly Devastated Martinique Volcano Town
Washington reports May 11 cable from United States Consul Ayme at Guadaloupe describing Mont Pelee eruption damage in Martinique. City of St Pierre wiped out, Governor says 20,000 dead, 50,000 homeless and hungry, with need for food and Medical aid. Consuls and families killed. relief ships and Red Cross urged.
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Hay
United States
Ayme
Guadaloupe
Fort de France
Martinique
Consul Prentis
Paris
M. de Lanessan
Yesteray
Ernixer Suchet
St. Pierre
Suchet
le Precheur
Colonial Office
Mouttet
Dain
M. Blech
M. Labarthe
Brest
D’assas
Martnique
Chamber of Deputies
MM. Percin
le Clerc
Youths Sentenced for Life in Store Murder Robbery
Chicago reports Guy Locke age 18 and Edward Buffey age 20 were sentenced to life penal servitude for the murder during a store robbery in Le Carbet area. The disaster coverage describes lava blasts, survivors, and the French cruiser Suchet aiding evacuation amid St Pierre’s devastation.
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Chicago
Guy Locke
Edward C. Buffey
Peter Fasinski
le Carbet
le Pracheur
St. Pierre
Suchet
Fort de France
Pierre
Carom
Bee
Relief measures for Martinique take up in Washington
Washington May 12 delivers word that the president after a cabinet conference ordered the war navy and treasury departments to cooperate in relief efforts for Martinique sufferers. He prepared a message to congress urging immediate appropriation for relief. The house appropriations committee proposed 2000000?an increase over senate. The president urged 500000 immediate for Martinique relief. Senate message read and referred to foreign relations.
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Washington
War, Navy
Treasury Departments
Martinique
Congress
Martinlique
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Boutell Nominated by Ninth District Republicans
Chicago May 12 The Ninth district Republican convention renominated Congressman Henry B Boutell by acclamation after a brief session.
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Chicago
Congress
Henry
Boutell
Detroit Rail Workers Vote On Wage Increase Dispute
In Detroit on May 12 a mass meeting of Detroit United railway conductors and motormen began at midnight to consider the company’s response to a wage demand from 21 to 25 cents per hour. The firm offered 22 34 cents and proposed arbitration if the men rejected it. The union’s leadership urged arbitration, but sentiment ran high for rejecting the offer and striking. After an hour, the executive board recommended requesting arbitration under existing agreements.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railway
Governor Stone Dies After Illness in Wisconsin
Jesse Stone, lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, died at 1:15 p.m. after a lingering stomach cancer. A banker, capitalist, and manufacturer born in England in 1836, he left Parliament terms and state offices to serve as a Republican leader and delegate to national conventions.
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Watertown
Wis
Jesse Stone
Wisconsin
Sit P
Stone
Chicago
Linévin
Lincolnshire
England
Trepublican State Central Committee
How It Will Be Done Washington May 12 Cuba republic notes plan
The state department will inform the world on May 20 that U S military occupancy of Cuba has ceased and that Tennis Estrada Palma has been installed as head of the new Cuban government. No invitation to recognize the republic will be issued.
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Washington
State Department
Department
United States
Tennis Estrada Palma
Cuba
All sugar grades cut five points in New York market
Refined sugar prices across all grades were reduced by five points in New York on May 12. In Milwaukee, Judge Seaman named Wisconsin Fidelity Trust and Safe Deposit Company receiver for Milwaukee Automobile Company after creditors filed a petition. reported liabilities near 45,000 with assets about 80,000. Snow disrupted Cleveland after a May snowstorm with the thermometer at 35 degrees above zero, a late-season occurrence not seen since 1889 May 24.
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New York
Antimobile Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Seaman
Wisconsin Fidelity Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Milwaukee Automobile Company
Dio
Cleveland
Iss
Beef Trust Accused in Federal Antitrust Action
Chicago May 12 The government seeks an injunction to destroy a supposed giant conspiracy to control the meat trade. The suit targets Armour Swift Hammond Morris Cudahy Schwarzschild Sulzberger as dominant packers. Charges include price fixing bid rigging rebates and a black list to curb competition. The case before Judge Grosscup is set for May 20 with Bethea Morrison Pagin and W A Ihty as counsel.
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Chicago
P.C. Knox
S. C. Bethea
Federal Circuit Court
United States
Bethea
Rolomon H. Bethfawill
Grosscup
Bethel
HD Morrison
Oliver Pagin
W. A. Ihty
Heaft Trust
Armour, Swift, Hammond, Morris, Cudahy
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger
IT STRIKES BACK JAPAN AWAKENING STARTS IN GROCERY
Marion Indiana May 12 The Central Union Telegraph company enters the grocery business in this city after a merchants boycott. Most grocers disconnected their telephones while two kept service. The company plans a large new general store selling goods at cost under supervision of a division superintendent and a traveling agent.
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Marion
Ind
Central Union Telepho Company
Twins In Incubator At Chicago Lying-In Hospital
Chicago May 21 Two twin girls claimed to be the smallest babies in the world are in incubators at the Chicago Lying-In Hospital 204 Ashland Avenue They arrived forty days ago six weeks earlier than expected One weighs two pounds two ounces the other one pound eleven ounces Both are thriving under Dr Loring Collins Lil house physician They are swathed in wool and kept at 50 degrees while alternating milk feeds and sleep The doctor says there is no reason they should not reach 300 pounds as adults.
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Chicago
Ashland Avenue
Loring
Collins Lil
Port battle in Venezuela leaves rebels in control after seven hours
In Port of Spain on May 12 Venezuelan government troops under General Vicente Gomez attacked Carapatio with land and sea forces, but rebels held the port. After seven hours of fighting, government forces were repelled with 115 dead and 210 wounded. Gomez was wounded twice and the city endured shelling. The remainder of Gomez's troops escaped to Cumana. The scene in Campana was desolate with cables cut. Later text shifts to U.S. domestic business and stockyard disputes involving Swift & Co and other packers, with denials of price manipulation and rail rate concerns. The article forecasts further legal action and a June hearing on interstate commerce issues.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Vicente Gomez
Carapatio
Bermudez
Venezuela
Restaurador
Agesto
Zumbador
Gomez
Cumana
Gulf of Cariaco
Mey
Campana
Bailey’s View of the Matter Senate resolution on embassies
Washington May 12 The senate resolution by Bailey denounces embassies to coronations as contrary to U S policy and asserts the president has no power to appoint them Defeats California New Haven Conn May 12 The dual track meet on Yale field Saturday pitted Yale against California University with Yale 85 6 points California 42 6 points
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Bailey
Washington
Senate
California
New Haven
Conn
Yale Field
Yale
Mine Tie-Up Is Complete
Scranton, May 12. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers said the three anthracite districts are tied up and about 140,000 workers are idle. Orders to suspend operations have been obeyed in all districts. Delware, Lackawanna & Western officials said no lockout is planned and no coal has been sold since Saturday. other companies have followed suit.
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Scranton
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Lehigh
Sehuylkill
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Frome
Crowe Denies Kidnapping in Omaha Interview
A morning paper prints what it calls an interview with Pat Crowe linked to the Edward A. Cudahy Jr. kidnapping. Crowe says he was near Omaha and has visited since the crime, denies involvement, and blames James Callahan. He portrays police persecution and recounts his travels over the past year and a half.
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Omaha
Neb
Pat Crowe
Edward A. Cudahy
Crowe
James Callahan
Haiti Revolt Rumors Spark Armed Clash in Port au Prince
Port au Prince reports confirm a revolutionary mood after the president’s resignation. Three factions have armed themselves and prepared to strike. Congress halts as interior minister refuses troop withdrawal. fighting rages and the situation remains grave.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Congress
Track laborers strike for higher wages in Chicago
About a thousand Italian laborers employed on track elevation for the Chicago and Northwestern railroad struck today demanding wage increases.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Ince Relatives Die in Roraima Disaster at St Pierre
William J. Ince of Des Moines learns his aunt Mrs H J Ince and her son Samuel perished aboard the Roraima at St Pierre Martinique. They had been visiting New York and were returning to Barbadoes Celebrates nwd Centenary Waverly La Mrs Lucky Perry marks her 100th birthday at her son BE N Perry's home Georgia Vermont born 1802 one of twelve children and mother of nine with two surviving.
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Iowa
St Pierre
Des Moines
William J. Ince
H. J. Ince
Samuel
St. Pierre
Martinique
New York
Barbadoes
Waverly
Lucky Perry
BE. N. Perry
Perry
Georgia
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B. C. Swift
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Telephone Company
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Great Britain
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Cudahy
Hammond, Inc
Louis F. Swift
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