SPECIAL LAWS FOR LABOR MENAGE SAYS VAN CLEAVE
New York May 18 The National Association of Manufacturers session centered on labor problem. Van Cleave opposed special labor legislation warning it threatens national welfare. He urged tariff commission revival with manufacturer support. Augusta campaigns fight tuberculosis delivering red and yellow sheets urging talks at home.
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van Cleave
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Eliss Javon
Wight
Howeve
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Augusta
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
HAINS TO PRISON CAPTAIN TO SERVE KILLING TERM
Captain Peter Wains Jr left Queens county jail for Sing Sing to begin an 8 to 16 year sentence for killing William Annis. He appeared dazed and spoke to no one as he was led away. Attorney Eugene N. L. Young said no certificate of reasonable doubt would be sought, but an appeal to higher courts would be pursued.
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New York
Peter ©. Wains, Jr
Queens County
Sing Sing
William Annis
Maing
Eugene N. L. Young
Halas
Fire Fiend Is Charged With Many Grimes
Chicago May 18 Four fires today believed incendiary caused one death and $100000 in losses, heightening search for Andrew Hanson, a pyromaniac who escaped Elgin asylum. Since his escape there have been 19 fires of questionable origin totaling near $500100.
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Chicago
Andrew Hanson
Elgin
Hanson
Whisky price advances two cents in higher grain cost
Cincinnati report notes a two cent rise in the basic whisky price. The increase is attributed to higher grain costs, per a chamber of commerce announcement dated May 18.
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Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Veto of Breidt bill shifts power on prison terms
Springfield May 18 Governor Deneen vetoed the Breidt bill that would let juries fix maximum sentences for convicted criminals on grounds of unconstitutionality. Attorney General Stead’s opinion says the amendment exceeds the original act. The measure was supported by State's Attorneys Association and Chicago groups. Deneen also signed three bills including emergency $60,000 for the 16th General Assembly, and hospital maintenance and insanity hospital erection funds.
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Springfield
Deneen
Breidt
Senate
Stead
Attorneys’ Association of Mlinois
John EB. W. Wayman
Cook County
Charles R. Henderson
University of Chicago
Civic Federation of Chicago
16Th General Assembly
Illinois Northern Hospital For
Elgin
Illinois Eastern Hospital
Kankakee
Head of Carriers Dodges Meeting
Detroit May 18 Representatives of the board of arbitrators from New York Ohio Indiana Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan met here today to seek a settlement of the Great Lakes marine strike Delegates attended from the Marine Engineers Beneficiary association Lake Seamen's union Marine Cooks and Stewards union and Marine Firemen President William Livingston of the Lake Carriers association who faces the strike was conspicuously absent
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Detroit
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Minois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Great Lakes
Marine Engineers’ Beneficiary Association
Lake Seamen's Union
Marine Cooks Lana Stewards’ Union
Marine Firemen
William Livingstom
Lake Carriers’ Association
President fills places in nominations for posts
The president announced the nomination of William G. Washburn as civil service commissioner replacing James T. Williams who resigned. Washburn, a New York resident, was named to the post and the president also sent Walter Be. Clark of Washington, a newspaper man, to the senate as governor of Alaska to succeed Hoggat who resigned.
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Washington
William G. Washburn
James T. Williams
Washburn
New York
Senate
Walter BE. Clark
Alaska
Hoggat
Widow Denied Insurance After Duelist's Death
New Orleans May 18. A widow or heirs of a man killed in a duel cannot collect insurance money. Court denies the claim citing a policy void under duel related death. The ruling follows Augusta Ga. to Reach People canvassing.
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New Orleans
Augusta
United ‘Usasta
States Court of Appeals
New York cigar maker shot at his doorway linked to Petrosino
Pioggio Puccio a New York cigarmaker and ally of Lt. Joseph Petrosino was shot dead as he tried to enter his East Seventy-fifth Street apartment. Police say the killer fled toward the roof after a shot from above. Puccio had helped organize Petrosino’s funeral and widow’s benefit. He had received death threats but refused to back down.
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New York
Petrosino
Sev
Oral Hours
Joseph Petrosino
Palermo
Pioggio Puccio
East Seventy-fifth Street
Puccio
Maner V Penn Mutual Life Insurance Case In Texas
A northern Texas case styled Mrs. Lee Maner versus Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company involves a $100,000 policy. The lower court’s decision was sustained on appeal.
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Imman
Texas
Lee Maner
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mows Lawn and Dies: Galva Man Expires at 68
Henry C Morton coroner of Henry county and a prominent western Illinois figure died at his Galva home after over exertion while mowing his lawn. Morton aged 68, was among the region’s wealthiest residents and had served as coroner for the county.
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Henry C. Morton
Galva
Kewanee
Ill
Henry County
Western Line
View Sensation In Lot Fraud Case
Sensational allegations about the conduct of Sylvester R. Rush special assistant to the attorney general and United States District Attorney Gregg of the northern district of Oklahoma are made in two petitions filed in the circuit court in Tulsa Oklahoma concerning the Muskogee town s lot fraud cases.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sylvester R. Rush
United States District Attorney
Gregg
Northern District of Oklahoma
Muskogee
Hisgen Leaves Independents to Join Democrats
Thomas L. Hisgen former independent party presidential candidate in 1908 announces he will align with the Democratic Party. He warns trusted wealth interests threaten reforms and predicts a battleground between radicals and conservatives shaping the 1912 landscape. He cites Roosevelt as a fading factor and argues trusts influence both major parties.
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Springfield
Mass
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independent Party
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican
Republican Party
William Howard Taft
Democratic Organization
Bryan
Houses of Congress
Standard Oil
England
Senate debate on Gore price probe tied to tariff bill
Washington on May 18 Senator Gore urged a finance committee probe into wholesale and retail prices to reveal responsibility for high costs. Aldrich and others noted the inquiry could not precede the tariff bill, while Stone pressed razor duty reductions matching the Dingley rates. Zinc duties were reformulated by the finance committee with Smoot to introduce changes. A new injunction bill from Kendall seeks limits on labor disputes and exempts unions from Sherman anti trust rules. Edmund Heller wins trophies in Nairobi event.
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Washington
Gore
Committee On Finance
Senate
Stone
Smoot
McCumber
BUI
Kendall
Iowa
Roosevelt expedition arrives in Nairobi with wildlife collection
The Roosevelt expedition arrived in Nairobi yesterday morning bringing about 50 specimens of animal and bird life for preservation. The cargo includes a rhinoceros, sixions, two giraffes, 20 smaller game species, and a variety of birds.
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Roosevelt
Nairobi
Fire Engulfs Akron Hower Block Damaging Nine Firms
A seven story Akron fire in the Hower block caused by basement flames destroyed the building and contents. Loss estimated at 1.5 million with 200 workers affected. Ten firms including Tiptop Move, Korach Skirt, Akron Candy, and others faced heavy losses. no injuries reported. Fire confined to the block after alarms. guests fled Arlington hotel briefly.
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Akron
Ohio
Tiptop Uiove Company
Korach Skirt Company
Akron Candy Company
Egg Baking Powder Company
Smith Pattern Company
American Cereal Company
Lombard & Reployel Engineering Company
Goodrich Company
Diamond Tire Company
Neel & Armstrong Company
Arlington Hotel
Hower
Congressional Summary of Senate Tax Debates and House Proceedings
In Washington on May 18 the Senate debated the constitutionality of a federal income tax, with Sutherland arguing against it and Depew backing the tariff bill. adjourned after discussions on the tariff schedule. The House, led by Speaker Cannon, did not reopen Civil War wounds, while Hollingsworth’s resolution about Jefferson Davis’s portrait led to publication of remarks in the Congressional Record. The Philippine tariff bill lacked a quorum for action, and a Burleson resolution directed the attorney general to report on actions affecting United States Steel’s Tennessee Coal and Iron deal. The House adjourned at 2 41 p m until Thursday.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Sutherland
Utah
Depew
HOUSE
Cannon
Hollingsworth
Ohio
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Texas
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Tennessee Pass Tunnel Caves Near Leadville
Nearly 500 feet of the Tennessee Pass tunnel on the Denver and Rio Grande railway caved in about five miles west of Leadville last night. No casualties reported, but traffic will be halted for several days.
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Denver
Tennessee Pass
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Leadville
Japan Refuses Warship to Protect Sealers in Bering Sea
A Tokio dispatch says Japan will not send a warship to the Bering Sea due to repeated seizures of Japanese by American and Russian vessels, sparking concern over protection of sealers.
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Japan
Bering Sea
St. Petersburg
Today
Tokio
Mrs Taft Ill With Nervous Condition During Potomac Trip
Mrs Taft became ill yesterday on a Potomac trip with President Taft and friends suffering a nervous breakdown. She was taken to the White House for treatment and is reported to be improving today with no cause for alarm.
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Washington
Taft
Ibecame
Potomac
White House
Bread Shortage Halts East Side Bakeries
New York May 18 a bread famine began with over 400 bakeries closing as wheat prices rise. About 700000 residents in the east side lose access to bread as bakery employees confront disruptions and closures.
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New York
East Side
Russian war chiefs freed after surrender sentences
St. Petersburg May 18. Lieutenant General Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, imprisoned for surrendering Port Arthur and at the Sea of Japan, have been released from confinement by order of Emperor Nicholas. Their health has been gravely affected during imprisonment.
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Stoessel
Nebogatoff
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Treat whites and negroes same on road
Washington on May 18 the interstate commerce commission ruled that unjust discrimination between white and colored passengers paying equal fares is not legally permissible by a railway. The commission also said railways may transport free men and express company materials on the railway line but not when used off the line.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
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May Great Lakes
Vin
Rush
Muskogee, Okla
Edrich
Perminsit
Aldrich
Carter
Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
British East Africa
Edmund Heller
Burns
Sir John Barlow
London
John Barlow
John
Denver & Rio Grande
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