Federation of Labor Policies to Remain Unified
Minneapolis reports detail the American Federation of Labor political stance and campaign fund, noting no separate party but urging labor-friendly legislation. President Gompers outlines gains in strikes, union growth, and the movement into political arena with a focus on Panama Canal employment.
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Federation OF Labor
Minneapolis
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Federation
James Duncan
Sam
American Federation
Eget Alon
Mittee
Minn
Gompers
Panama Canal
Treasury
Lennon
John B. Lennon
Everlasting Hills
New Canal Plan A Concrete Maritime Highway Across Isthmus
A plan for a concrete maritime highway across the Isthmus of Panama, bottom 30 feet above sea level, would pass rivers beneath and substitute for ditches. Submitted to President Roosevelt by Alexander Hogeland, the proposal is now with the canal commission, aiming to reduce flood risk, eliminate chagres dredging, and avoid artificial lakes. Hogeland holds patents underpinning the project.
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Louisville
Isthmus
Panama
Roosevelt
Alexander Hogeland
United States
Hogeland
Canal Commission
Chagres
Gatun
Shaw To Aid Wall Street In Money Market Step
Secretary Shaw visited the sub treasury in New York to discuss the money situation and possible government aid. He said no material change since Saturday and would not take relief measures. His main duties related to the customs house as he planned to return to Washington tonight.
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New York
Shaw
Sub-Treasury
Wall Street
Washington
Fire kills two Moore men in Paoli home
Vincent Moore aged 55 and son Raymond Moore aged 11 burned to death when a house fire trapped the family. Three other members escaped by leaping from a second story window and were injured. In Galesburg a man named Perry Darnell was struck and killed by a Santa Fe train nearby Williamsfield.
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Galesburg
Ill
Perry Darnell
Williamsfield
Santa Fe
Negro veterans discharged by Roosevelt order at Fort Reno
El Reno Okla Nov 13 The three negro companies of the second battalion of the 26th infantry were disarmed by order of President Roosevelt. They face dismissal for alleged refusal to name men who shot up Brownsville Texas last summer. Veterans like Charles Dade and First Sergeant Israel Harris shed tears as arms were packed. Twelve men held in San Antonio since the riot will be discharged at Fort Reno.
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el Reno
Okla
26Th Infantry
Fort Reno
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Texas
Charles Dade
Israel Harris
San Antonio
Philadephia
National
Congress On
Washington
Prominent Victims in Cleveland Boiler Explosion
A Lake Shore railroad power house boiler blast in Collinwood Cleveland killed five men and seriously injured four others as they worked near a dynamo foundation. Steam and scalding water caused the fatalities in the mouth of a nearby subway. Engineers cited a mud ring in the water filter as the cause.
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Lake Shore Railroad
Collinwood
Cleveland
Power House
Suits Filed Against Four Standard Oil Subsidiaries
Ohio Attorney General Wade Ellis filed circuit court suits in Lima against Ohio Oil Solar Refining Buckeye Pipe Line and Standard Oil of Ohio, seeking to oust them from Standard Oil of New Jersey control and end alleged trade restraint and anti trust violations. Meanwhile a national committee advanced uniform divorce bill plans in Philadelphia to harmonize statutes across states.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lima
Wade Ellis
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Standard Oil Trust
Ohio Oil Company
Solar Refining Company
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company
Findlay
Standard Oil
Senator Cullom Recovers From Indigestion at Navy Dept
Senator Cullom suffered a slight attack of indigestion and nausea while at the navy department today. He received physician attention and is resting easily with a belief he will soon be fully recovered. Reichstag in Session reports Berlin unrest and resumption of proceedings.
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Washington
Senator Cullom
Navy Department
Six Men Die After Boiler Explosion in Cleveland
Six workmen were fatally scorched when a boiler exploded at a Cleveland plant on November 13. The blast wounded several others, with officials investigating the cause as fire and pressure failure. Local authorities and rescuers rushed to the scene, while hospital staff tended injured workers.
Dumont Tests Aeroplane Flight Over Alps at Aix
Milan’s balloon Milano crosses Mont Blanc and reaches 16,000 feet before landing at Aix-Les-Bains after a 175 mile 3 hour voyage. Santoxs Dumont then flies his aeroplane 285 yards against the wind in 21 15 seconds before a large crowd at the Paris exhibition.
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Milan
Milano
Aix-Les-Bains
Mont Blanc
Paris
Santoxs Dumont
Janes
Springfield man held to federal grand jury on mail fraud charge
Harry K. Morris of Springfield Illinois was held to the federal grand jury on $4000 bond for sending improper letters through the mails to the daughter of J H Burton of Whitewater Wisconsin. He had been arrested twice before and tracked the woman across the country causing extreme annoyance and allegedly attacked her character to others.
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Harry K. Morris
Springfield
Chicago
J. H. Burton
White
Wis
Morris
Miss Burton
Presbyterians Meet to Form National Church Body
Indianapolis November 13 Prominent Presbyterians from across the country are arriving for a national convention opening with a banquet aimed at organizing a fellowship to unify several men’s Bible classes within the church. The effort targets about 400,000 members. London November 13 reports from Gibraltar about preparations for an Anglo French naval demonstration off Tangier are officially denied.
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Indianapolis
London
Gbraltar
Tangier
More Indictments for Railway Men
Kansas City dispatch reports federal grand jury indictments against Davis H. Kresky a Kansas City freight broker and W A McGowan Nickel Plate agent for conspiracy to violate the Interstate Commerce Act in securing concessions on export shipments of four Henry Hartley a Kansas City cotton seed meal dealer is charged with accepting commissions and rebates on interstate shipments
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Kansas City
Federal
Davis H. Kresky
W. A. McGowan
Nickel Plate
Henry
Hartley
Castro near death as rebels active in Venezuela
Nov 13. Latest advices from Caratas confirm President Castro’s illness nears climax and doctors doubt recovery. Venezuela rebel Montilla is again in arms and has defeated government troops twice, threatening Barquisime. Severe disturbances are feared if Castro dies.
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Willemetad
Caratas
Castro
Venezuela
Montilla
Inarma
Barquisime
Poison From Ear Of Corn Causes Farmer's Death Near Kewanee
Benjamin Matthews a 45 year old farmer from near Kewanee Henry County died of blood poisoning after a minor hand wound while picking corn three days earlier. The death was reported from Kewanee on November 13.
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Kewanee
Henry County
Benjamin Matthews
Corm
Rich Mexican to Give $10,000,000 for Poor Homes in Mexico
Iledro Alvarado, Palmilio mine owner from Parrel Chihuahua, rich beyond $150 million, plans to distribute $10 million or more to Mexico’s poor within 20 days. He will provide private homes and land to the impoverished, educate children, and support trades or plantation work, aiming to lift 10,000 Mexicans to independence. He intends to visit General Diag, offer to liquidate government debt, and continues his long record of charity by funding churches and schools while pledging annual gifts.
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Galveston
Texas
Iledro Alvarado
Palmilio
Parrel
Chihuahua
Mexico
México
Senor Alvarado
Diag
Alvarado
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