Shonts Accepts Chairmanship of Isthmian Canal Commission
T P Shonts president of the Toledo St Louis and Western railway will head the Isthmian Canal Commission. He discussed the move with Cromwell Morton and Edwards and met the president at the White House who outlined commission difficulties. Shonts, a long time railroad executive born in Crawford County Pa, is a Monmouth College graduate and brother in law to John Drake.
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Washington
T. P. Shonts
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
Isthmian Canal Commission
Shonts
William Nelson Cromwell
Morton
Ked Wards
Insular Affairs Bureau
War Department
White House
Edwards
Horace G. Burt
Union Pacific Toad
Theodore P. Shonts
Crawford County
Monmouth College
Illinois
John Drake
John W. Gates
Gould Declines Dominican Revenue Chief Post
Dr. William E. Gould of Baltimore declines Secretary Taft's offer of a subordinate role and supports selecting G. R Colton as chief of the Dominican collection service. He cites Colton's Philippine experience and familiarity with the local population as key to better revenue results.
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Washington
Taft
G. R Colton
Colton
William E. Gould
Baltimore
Philppines
Ple
San Domingo
Gould
Mrs Jona Hill Taken Ill While on Jekyl Island Trip
Mrs Jona Hill wife of the Great Northern railway president fell suddenly ill while with her husband on Jekyl Island across from Brunswick Georgia. She started north at 3 am on a Seaboard Florida limited private car for New York as her husband seeks rapid transfer to Lakewood New Jersey for treatment though officials say the illness is less alarming than initial reports.
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Norfolk
Jona, Hill
Great Northern Railway
Jekyl Island
Brunswick
Seaboard Air Line Florida Limited
New York
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Portsmouth
Lakebrood
N. J
Secretary Morton Cancels South and West Trip
Secretary of the Navy Morton must abandon his planned journey with the president due to an ear ailment. An ear specialist recommends immediate treatment to remove the condition, which has troubled him for over a year.
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Morton
Secretary of the Navy
Cincinnati Ironworkers Strike in City Parish
Cincinnati workers walked off the job by the hundreds on April 3 demanding higher wages and better conditions. The strike disrupted daily work across multiple shops and drew attention from local officials.
Three Thousand Men Affected
The Thomas ton company raised wages 10 percent for its workers. The firm operates furnaces at Hobendau Alburtis Hellertown and Island Park and ore mines at New Jersey with about 620 workers affected.
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Easton
Thomaston Company
Hobendau- Alburtis
Hellertown
Island Park
New Jersey
Steel Trust Raises Wages Across United States
Notices sent to United States Steel Corporation companies announce a wage increase effective April 1 affecting laborers unskilled mill hands and lower paid mechanics. The rise totals about 9 million dollars. tin plate and sheet steel contracts ending June 30 are not changed for now, with higher scales expected after expiry.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Nebraska anti trust bill targets beef packers passes legislature
The Junkin anti trust bill, known as aimed at the beef packers, has passed both houses in Lincoln Nebraska and will be signed by the governor with an emergency clause. It seeks to stop packers from driving prices down in localities to kill independent butchers, effectively applying the Sherman law to Nebraska.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
Gladden Replies To Rogers Over Rockefeler Gift
Dr Washington Gladden denounces H H Rogers of Standard Oil in a Columbus Ohio letter. He argues the ten commandments stand stronger than church deacons and condemns rebates and evasion of law as wrongful, urging ministers not to condone wrongdoing under cover of legality.
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Columbus
Washington Gladden
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
J. D. Rockefeller
Rogers
Wise urges ethics over Rockefeller gift in Gladden probe
Dr Stephen S Wise argues the prudential committee of the American board for foreign missions should decide Rockefeller’s gift on ethical grounds. He praises Gladden and warns against lowering American moral standards by accepting funds, urging a principled boycott if needed. He stresses the broader national welfare from ethical choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Ore
Stephen 8. Wise
Prudential Committee
American Board For Foreign Missions
John D. Rockefeller
Washington Gladden
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
India
Vanderbilt in police court arraigned on speed law charge
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was arrested in Harlem for alleged speed law violation. He was held in 500 bail after arraignment in police court following a long chase by a bicycle patrolman.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Harlem
Year's Sentence for Bribery in Milwaukee District
Ex-Supervisor Jacob Schutz was denied a new trial by Judge Williams and sentenced to one year in the house of correction. He was convicted of accepting a bribe in connection with an official matter in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Jacob Schutz
Williams
House of Correction
Bomb kills Lodz police chief in street attack
In Lodz Russian Poland on April 3 a bomb thrown at Police Commissioner Szabalovicz as he approached a suspicious man blew off his feet and wounded him in the chest. An accompanying officer wounded the assailant with a sword as the attacker died. The blast shattered windows and echoed five miles away. Szabalovicz, hated by socialists over December killings, may die. the attacker was found with a loaded revolver.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Szabalovicz
Second District
Konstantinowsk
Zawaski
Russian Peace Rumors Stir Markets On Sakhalin Cession
Reports from St. Petersburg claim Russia may cede southern Sakhalin to Japan and place Manchuria and Korea outside Russian influence. The Eastern Chinese railway could be sold for 125 million dollars to Japan or a syndicate. Stocks rose on the rumor, with Imperial Russia tours advancing and the new internal loan selling at a premium.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Sakhalin
North Pacific
Asia
Japan
Manchuria
Korea
China
Peasant Uprising Hits Weirra District Lithuania
In Weirra district mobs pillage estates and destroy landowner houses. One proprietor was shot as peasants wreck vodka shops and terrorize locals. Police are powerless and troops were deployed as telegraph and telephone lines are cut.
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St. Petersburg
Weirra
Lithuania
Weira
Russian fleet sighted near Perim in Pacific squadron line
The British cruiser Prometheus reports having passed on March 30 a Russian squadron of five war ships four transports and a hospital ship. The vessels likely belonged to the Russian Second Pacific squadron commanded by Admiral Nebogatov.
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Island of
Perim
Prometheus
Second Pacific Squadron
Nebogatoft
Masked ransacks provoke Helsinki unrest
In Helsingfors on April 3 the renewed lodgings raids by masked men bind and gag inmates and search premises. The public suspects police involvement, but the police deny the accusation firmly.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Front Situation Unchanged Says General Linovitch Dispatch
A March 31 dispatch from General Linovitch reported no change in the front's situation as of April 3.
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St. Petersburg
Linovitch
Russian Internal Loan Reported In St. Petersburg
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says another internal loan of 100,000,000 dollars will be issued soon. London confirms the news and notes the move as part of Russia s financial measures.
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London
St. Petersburg
Trains Leave St Petersburg for Viadivostok with War Supplies
More than ten trains loaded with provisions and war material depart St Petersburg daily bound for Viadivostok as military supply lines continue to move southeast.
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St Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Viadivostok
Three Arrests For Bank Embezzlement In Elyria
Cashier Kaneen assistant cashier Walker and bookkeeper Dana Walker were charged with embezzling funds from Citizens' Savings Bank of Lorain. They were arraigned before Justice E C Lord, pled not guilty and waived preliminary hearing. Bonds set at six thousand dollars each after defense urged lower amounts.
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Justice Lord
Passenger Train Derails Near Fort Plain
A West Shore local passenger train derailed near Fort Plain Utica April 3. The locomotive broke its couplings and fell into the canal about forty feet below. Engineer George Wilkinson of Utica and fireman F. J. Wright of Little Falls were killed. express messenger John Hines injured. No passengers were hurt.
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Utica
N. Y
West Shore Road
Fort Plain
George Wilkinson
F. J. Wright
Little Falls
John Hines
Soft coal wage scale renewal likely to avert strike
Philadelphia April 3 reports that soft coal operators and workers are near agreement to renew the wage scale. A joint conference with miners will be held in Altoona on April 4 to finalize the deal, preventing a threatened strike of 50,000 miners in the bituminous district.
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Philadelphia
Altoona
Prairie fires blaze across Rosebud Reservation near Norfolk
Two great prairie fires on the Rosebud reservation consume many square miles near Norfolk Nebraska. One fire began at W. H. Bakers claim during a burned fireguard. another started in the Sully flats. Fires raged for days with limited communication hindering a full count of homes lost and possible victims.
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Norfolk
Neb
Rosebud Reservation
W. H. Baker
Sully Flats
Rail steamer lines set steerage rates in Pacific trade
Officials for E. H. Harriman J. J. Hill and other owners agreed on steerage fares. Canadian Pacific ships to Chinese and Japanese ports would charge 51 dollars through Vancouver with Hill line at Seattle and Harriman line here. The Japanese line at Seattle and Boston Steamship Co. may charge 43.50 dollars.
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San Francisco
J. C. Stubbs
R. P. Schwerin
E. H. Harriman
J. J. Hill
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
Hill
Seattle
Harriman
Bachelors Seek Wives Amid Rosebud Farm Openings
Letters from men across the United States and Canada flood United States Land Commissioner J. D. Keller of Bonesteel as 12 young women drawn to farming homesteads on the Rosebud reservation attract suitors. Inquiries pour in from plumbers to engineers, with most requests from New York, Maryland, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
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Keller
Cakcig
Bonesteel
Arisoma
Maine
New Mexico
Nevada
New York
Maryland
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Plumbers and plasterers strike in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on April 3 union plumbers and plasterers walked off the job with about 100 members of each trade quitting work. The plumbers struck over a $4.50 daily minimum wage, while plasterers demanded an eight hour day and Saturday afternoons off. Four master plumbers accepted the wage scale and kept crews at work.
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Minneapolis
Ice and Coal Drivers Strike in St Louis
A general strike of ice and coal wagon drivers was instituted in St Louis after a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters voted to force signing of a contract guaranteeing last year's wage scale.
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St. Louis
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Meningitis Death Toll Rises in New York City
The February state health board report shows cerebro spinal meningitis increasing with 186 deaths in New York City that month, up from 130 in January and 95 in December. The surge began in March of last year, with sporadic cases across many places.
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Albany
N. Y
State Board of Health
New York City
Two Way Rail Accident Kills Two In Wisconsin
In Oconto on the Wabeno branch of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad two men died when a freight car broke down in the middle of a train. The victims were Joseph Kubiak of Bay Shore Lumber and a youth named Miller who was illegally riding the train.
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Oconto
Wis
Wabeno
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Joseph Kubiak
Bay Shore Lumber Company
Miller
Robbery at Norfolk hotel robs jewelry salesman
Norfolk Neb April 3 Robbers plundered O L Ross St Louis jewelry salesman sample trunks securing 3000 dollars worth of diamonds and jewelry and escaping Ross left his room at the hotel for a few minutes and on returning found his sample cases rifled
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Norfolk
Neb
O. L. Ross
St. Louis
Ross
Cleveland Bricklayers Strike For Higher Wages
Between 400 and 500 bricklayers in Cleveland walked off the job across multiple contracting firms to press for higher pay. They demand an hourly rate rise from 50 to 55 cents.
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Cleveland
Brief Bits of News From March World Report
Cholera reported at Vladimir in European Russia. Sugar prices rise 10 cents per hundred pounds with granulated at 6.15. Robert J. Wynne sails for London as new American consul general. Milwaukee breweries strike 125 workers for higher wages from 6 5 to 7 7 cents per hour. Frank C Montgomery dies in Kansas City at 48. Joseph Kovetsch commits suicide by jumping from Wabasha Street Bridge. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison and daughter sail for the Mediterranean. St Petersburg reports schools to remain closed until autumn.
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Vladimir
Russia
Robert J. Wynne
London
Philadelphia
Milwaukee Breweries
Frank C. Montgomery
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City Journal
Kansas City
Posen
Austria
Joseph Kovetsch
Wabasha Street
St. Paul
Mississippi
Benjamin Harrison
President Harrison
White Star Line
Mediterranean
Italy
Oxford Defeats Cambridge in Sixty-Second Boat Race
London April 3. Oxford won the sixty second annual boat race against Cambridge by three lengths.
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Oxford
Cambridge
London
Lematha
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Panama
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Toledo, ST. Louis
G. R. Colton
Dominican Collection Service
James J. Hill
Cincinnati Ironworkers
Cincinnati
Steel Trust
Gladden
Rockefel
Ler
Rus
SIAN
Nebogatoff
Lorain (O.) Bank
Ida M. Tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
Ray Stannard Baker
John la Farge
William Allen White
Charles Wagner
McCurvure
East 23d Street
Bonesteel, S. D
Senate
Star Milwaukee
John T. Breen
Actwr
Huron
C. S. Jones
James Valley Bank Building
Nelson Goranson
Third Street
Nels Paulson
Tatlor
Scheel
Dakota Avenue
Express
Cleveland Bricklayers
Committee of Ministers
Parker
Los Angeles
North-Western
Woodmen of the World
California
Overland Limited
Chicago & North Western Ry
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