Rail strike in England may paralyze business
London reports a general railway strike imminent after a union vote and a resolution by representatives of railway workers across the United Kingdom. Officials warn of widespread disruption to industries and potential food supply strain as thousands walk out.
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England
United Kingdom
London
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
Richard Bell
M. P
Amalgamated Society
Railway Servants
Massachusetts Court Bans Voting Machines For State House Race
The Massachusetts supreme court ordered a writ of mandamus prohibiting machine use in a state representative election. It held that the constitution requires written voting. The decision favored Nicholy against election commissioners and questioned the constitutionality of the machine under state law.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Malcom E. Nicholy
Ward 10
Steel makers seek end to cutthroat steel competition
Representatives of major steel producers met in Pittsburg over the past week to discuss reviving the old billet pool. The meetings were conducted in tight secrecy, with belief that an agreement was reached to spare the steel trade from ruinous competition.
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Pittsburg
Harden Moltke Case Moves to Court Phase
Berlin officials announce the state's attorney will bring charges against Herr Harden editor of Die Zukunft to the bench office judges to fully clear up the matter from all standpoints.
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Berlin
Harden-Moltke
Herr Harden
Die Zukunft
Fuller
Court Stays Sentence in Gillette Perjury Case
New York news reports Dr Walter R Gillette former vice president of Mutual Life Insurance convicted of perjury before the grand jury is granted a certificate of reasonable doubt by Supreme Court Justice V J Dowlin. An order for release from Tombs prison on $15001 bail followed, and the elderly prisoner was freed within hours.
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Gillette
New York
Walter R Gillette
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Well’s Island
Spreme Court
V. J. Dowlin
Tombs
Bribery Trial Held Up at Crucial Point
San Francisco November 1 The gubernatorial holiday proclamation left the Tirey L Ford bribery trial suspended at a crucial point as Judge Lawlor must delay due to the holiday and expected daily proceedings. The case nearly reached the jury but awaits a change in the financial situation.
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Tirey L. Ford
San Francisco
Lawlor
Ford
Illinois Senate Passes Oglesby Primary Bill After Amendments
Illinois Senate approved the Oglesby direct primary measure with last night amendments, striking out electors and national convention delegates and removing party machinery from operation. The bill now goes to conference as Speaker Shurtleff may call the House back for further consideration.
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McGoorty
Cook County
Chicago
Springfield
Shurtleff
Searhouse
Ogiesby
House
Campbell
Daniel A. Campbell
Shurtlett
Conference Committee
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Cannon
Juul
Lish
McCormick
Pemberton
Potter
Stubblefield
Tiffany
Anderson
Bartley
Billings
Burton
Cunningham
Dunlap
Glack
Hamilton
Hay
Helm
Henson
Hull
Jandus
Jones
Landee
Lundberg
McElvain
McKenzie
McShane
Putnam Rainey
Schmitt
Yen
Broderick
John Brennan
Deneen
McHinery
Imperial Tobacco Buys 1907 Crop In Henderson Area
Imperial Tobacco buys the entire 1907 tobacco crop pledged to the American Society of Equity in Henderson Webster Hopkins and Crittenden counties. The deal covers 16 000 000 pounds and pays farmers the highest prices since the war. Equity factories and workers are taken over. deliveries begin as tobacco is ordered and English gold ships immediately.
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Imperial Tobacco Company
American Society of Equity
Union
Webster
Hopkins
Crittenden
Imperial Company
England
Bubonic Plague Fatal for Three in Seattle
Seattle physicians report Mrs. George Osborne died early today with bubonic plague listed as the cause. If confirmed, the illness would raise Seattle plague deaths to three, authorities said.
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Seattle
Wash
George Osborne
McLean Escaped But Not For Long
Dispatches from Tatuan report Caid McLean escaped in the night but was recaptured and chained by order of IRatsuii. The brief note conveys a native account of the incident occurring several days earlier.
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Madrid
Tatuan
Caid McLean
Iratsuii
Leaders Elected as Clearings Show Gain
St. Petersburg returns slow progress in parliamentary elections with M Beluieff Octobrist exporter and Milukoff Rech editor among the elected. Rodri cheff believed elected. Moscow names Golovine and Maklatoff. Guishkoff Conservative leader vows conciliatory policy toward constitutional democrats and Rodzianko slated for presidency amid royal favor. Obbers murder eight in Pskoff. bank robberies in Russia. Dun's Review notes U S bank exchanges up 2.5 percent. Roosevelts cabinet holds talks. Portsmouth Peoples Bank fails to open despite solvency.
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St. Petersburg
M. Beluieff
Professor Milukoff
Rech
Constitutional Democrats
M. Rodricheff
Moscow
M. Golovine
M. Maklatoff
M.guishkoff
Prince Paul Dolgoronkoff
M. Guishkoff
M. Rodzianko
Ekatrinossy
Chamberlain
Denisivo
Cities Made Day People Registered Will Some Time Ago
Knoxville and Bristol in Tennessee report saloon closings after Pendleton law enforcement. Knoxville saw over ten saloons close as residents voted March for prohibition. Bristol’s last 13 of 25 remaining saloons shut, leaving the city dry. Finland’s parliament approved nationwide liquor prohibition, celebrated by temperance groups.
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Finland
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Bristol
Yeipe
Helsingfor
America
Financial Stress Stops Rail Work In West
Portland reports widespread halts to Harri man line construction as financial conditions drive retrenchment. Nevada layoffs reach 350 workers while Oregon and Idaho projects cease, with thousands discharged. General Manager J P O'Brien cites adverse legislation and tight finances as the cause.
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Portland
Harriman
Nevada
Oregon
Idaho
J. P. O'Brien
Flora Zabelle Sings While Husband Hitchcock Is Absent
Flora Zabelle in The Yankee Tourist delivery hides sorrow over Raymond Hitchcock missing since Wednesday. Hitchcock, facing six indictments and an abduction charge, is believed en route to Canada with two companions. Police seek extradition and possible new charges may arise if he is captured.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Flora Zabelle
M. M. Mangasarian
Chicago
Wallace Beery
Canada
Hitchcock
Bennington
Gilbert B. Keeler
New York Central
Grand Central Station
North Adams
Mass
Manchester
N. H
Rutland
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