Opening day of federation club convention marked by decor and debates
Hundreds fill Simpson Auditorium as the General Federation of Women's Clubs opens in Los Angeles. A secret society delegate rejection and a Salt Lake City president candidacy stir talks while floral displays and welcomes from Gov Gage and Mayor Snyder set a formal tone.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Simpson Auditorium
Board of
Roberts
Salt Lake City
Utah
Board of Directors
C. H. McMahon
General Federation
Denison
Author's Club
California
Ruffin
Anna West
Massachusetts
Associated Press
Chester P. Darland
Henry T. Gage
M. P. Snyder
Kate A. Bulkley
Oakland
California Federation
Josiah Cowles
Lowe
Rudolph Hiankenburg
Philadelphia
Association
Helmuth
New York
National Council of Women
Linda Hull Larned
Syracuse
N. Y
National Household Economic Association
Frederick Shoff
Philadelheh
National Congress of
Ere
Committee On Rules and Regulations
Douglas
Oklahoma
Charlotte Severance
Woman's Club
Severance
Liemis Denison
Robert Burdette
Pasadena
United States
Platt-Decker
Denver
Dennison
Women's Club
Los Angeles Club
Francis
Federations, Nurses, and Foresters Meet Across Cities
Reports from May 1 across Chicago Los Angeles and Washington detail diverse meetings. Nurses’ Associated Alumnae convened in Chicago with clinics and a Friday night banquet. The Sons of the American Revolution held a Washington session with a one year officer term amendment. Foresters in Los Angeles elected officers with a tight race for supreme vice ranger between Ohio and California contenders.
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Chicago
United States
J. B. Murphy
Mercy Hospital
Julia C. Lathrop
Lexington Hotel
Washington
Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution
Mount Vernon
George Washington
William M. Bunker
California Society
Congress
London
Los Angeles
Cal
Supreme Court of Independent Order
Foresters
Supreme Vice
J. H. Cameron
Ohio
H. G. McElfresh
California
Army Relief Society elects Mrs Lamont president in New York
At the annual meeting in New York the Army Relief Society of the United States chose Mrs Daniel S Lamont as president for the coming year. Delegates from about thirty branches attended. Last year the society aided one hundred widows of regular army soldiers. The educational branch operates extensively.
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New York
Army Relief Society of the United States
Daniel 8. Lamont
St Louis Exposition Postponed by World War I Era Opinion
Statement by President David R. Francis of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company indicates postponement of the St Louis World's Fair from 1904 to 1906 due to exhibitors, government plans, and manufacturing delays. Directors favor postponement. executive committee urges Congress and the President to enact the change. Carter telegram confirms receipt.
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ST. Louis
David R. Francis
Taft
National Commission
Congress
Carter
Cockrell
Senate
Executive Committee
Denver Woman Fatal Poisoning Linked to Despondency
In Denver this afternoon Mrs John L Kings wife of a local dairy foreman killed herself and her two children aged eight and twelve before dying. Despondency is listed as the cause of the tragedy with all four victims dead.
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Denver
John L. Kingsbury
Trial by court martial for Maj Edwin F Glenn ordered
President through Secretary Root orders Major Glenn of the Fifth Infantry tried by court martial in the Philippines for water cure allegations. Court to convene May 12 at Catbalogan Samar with a detailed panel including Brig. Gen. Grant and several colonels. General MacArthur and Aguinaldo testimonies discussed. Manila debates on witness attendance and timing. Times reflect U S stance on war conduct and Roosevelt’s defense of the army.
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Smith
Root
Edwin F. Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Senate Philippines Committee
Glenn
Catbalogan
Samar
P. I
Frederick D. Grant
Almond B. Wells
First Cavalry
Alfred C. Markley
Thirteenth Infantry
Henry C. Ward
Fifteenth Infantry
Argalus G. Hennissie
Eleventh Cavalry
P. Henry Ray
Seventh Infantry
William L. Pitcher
Eighth Infantry
John C. Dent
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Frank de L. Carrington
William W. Weatherspoon
Bernard A. Byrne
Robert N. Getty
Abraham P. Buffington
Harvey C. Carbaugh
War Department
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Bilippines
General Chaffee
L. A. Conger
Eighteenth Infantry
Palmer H. Lyon
Volunteers
Presidente
Igbarras
Davis
Paris
The
Temps Today
Jacob H. Smith
Manila
Roosevelt
Senators Demand Aguinaldo Testimony Amid Philippine Debates
In Washington on May 1 the Senate debated the Philippines bill as Carmack pressed for Aguinaldo Mabini and other Filipinos to testify. Funston's claims about Luna's killing were discussed, with Tillman and Dubois urging Aguinaldo's appearance. The Philippine bill was laid aside and motions for information and witness return were considered.
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Washington
Aguinaldo
Senate
Carmack
Philippine Committee
Mabini
General Funston
Luna
Taft
Foraker
Culberson
Secretary of War
War Department
Mr. Carmack
Associated Press
Robert M. Collins
Manila
Philippines
Republican Party
Burton
Funston
Tennessee
Patterson
Major Gardener
United States
MacArthur Testifies on Filipinos View of U.S. Army Actions
Major General MacArthur told the Senate committee that Aguinaldo and the Filipino people believed U S army actions were sympathetic to their aims. He said Filipinos opposed Spain and that any force against Spain aided the United States, while Americans sought to repudiate direct cooperation. He noted Merritt faced strict orders not to commit the government and accused Aguinaldo of trying to force a record.
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United States Army
Manila
United States
MacArthur
McKinley
Spain
Aguinaldo
Rawlins
Gardener
Philippines
Washington
Congress
Secretary of War
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Culberson
General Merritt
Merritt
General MacArthur
Waldersee Says U S Energy and Millions Felt in Far East
Count Von Waldersee in Dresden asserts American energy and wealth are shaping China and that closer political ties with the United States will influence world politics. He notes English Japanese alliances, Russia’s rising sea power, and German French cooperation in China while predicting tensions in East Asia and continuing alignment with Russia.
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Berlin
China
Count von Waldersee
Dresden
Saxony
United States
East Asia
Russia
Burma
Tonkin
Yang-tse Valley
France
Germany
Bailloud
Morgan May Go Ahead Concluded From Fourth Page
Promoters justified by ability and track record. Morgan earns via stock in successful consolidations. Levy Mayer argues compensation reflects enterprise scale and organizer skill, not ordinary wages. Uncertainty over underwriting and value of Morgan's role noted.
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Morgan
Morgan Corporation
American Tin Can Company
Coroner's jury verdict on Santa Fe wreck at Cama Mo
Kahoka Mo May 1 The coroner's jury returns the verdict on the Santa Fe wreck at Cama Mo identifying cause as a defective switch and defective track affecting train No 4 California limited.
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Kahoka, Mo
Santa Fe
Cama
May Day Strike Paralyzes Pittsburg Building Trades
Pittsburg district sees nine trades halt work with 12 400 ordered out. By day’s end about 6 000 idle tomorrow as employers rush to meet wage demands. Structural iron workers led walkout while bricklayers carpenters and others sign early scales. planing mills resist. some signings by nonmembers.
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Pittsburg
William J. Kelly
M. O'Sullivan
H. P. Naughton
Strikes Spread Across New England and Beyond
May 1 reports show widespread labor unrest from Cape Ann granite cutters to Connecticut builders and Providence teamsters. About one thousand idle in Providence as wages lag, woolen weavers strike across twelve plants, and Bridgeport carpenters join the action. In Hartford, carpenters seek an eight hour day at eight dollars, with contractors beginning to sign agreements. In New Britain, thirty carpenters face lockout amid union contract disputes. Pittsburgh sees the National Association of Blast Furnace Workers and Smelters pushing for twelve to eight hour shifts and a reduced ten hour workday under the same pay, signaling a shift to a third crew and more support staff.
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Boston
New England
Cape Ann
Barre
Connecticut
Providence
American Woolen Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Hartford
New Britain
Pittsburg
National Association of Blast Furnace Workers and Smelters of America
United States Steel Corporation
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Bessemer Association
Independent Furnaces
Buffalo Strike Paralyzes City Labor Scene
More than two thousand skilled workers including carpenters plumbers and iron workers walk out in Buffalo New York on May Day 1912 demanding higher wages while some contractors concede. Elsewhere in Springfield miners resume work after a meeting with operators and state officers and a joint conference is planned. Copenhagen port workers join a sympathy strike with dock laborers in most Danish ports except Esbjerg where dockers stay at work. In Chicago truck teamsters settle a strike as J C Pennoyer Teaming grants overtime at cents per hour.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Springfield
Ill
Miners’ Union
Copenhagen
Steamship Owners’ Federation
Esbjerg
Jutland
Chicago
J. C. Pennoyer Teaming Company
Philadelphia
Port Huron
Mich
Federal
Paterson
N. J
Reading
May Day Celebrations Hit No Disturbances Across Continent
Dispatches report May Day largely celebrated by working people with no disturbances. In Toronto Ont 1908 workers from trades including bricklayers lathers and carriage and wagon workers joined a wage strike action to demand increases, with several crafts like jewelry workers and steerer of wire wood and metal lathers mentioned among those striking.
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London
Continent
Toronto
Ont
Multiple State Strikes Hit Construction Firms in Region
In Jersey City 1200 machinists and mill workers strike for 2.50 for eight hours. Duluth carpenters demand eight hours and higher pay. Albany foundry workers shut two foundries with broader walkouts feared. Utica laborers rally for wage boosts. New York carpenters painters and helpers stage statewide stoppages. Bay City carpenters halt work. 170 affected. Rochester coal wagon drivers, all Drivers, strike in show of labor pressure.
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Albany
N. Y
Utica
New York
New Jersey
Bay City
Mich
Rochester
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