Subscriptions Rates And Notices In The Daily Journal
Indianapolis readers learn subscription details for the Journal including carrier and mail prices with and without Sunday editions, plus reduced club rates. The notice lists distribution points in Chicago, Louisville, St Louis, Washington and Savannah and notes postage guidance for mail subscriptions. It also reports on public sentiment in Savannah regarding Captain Carter and mentions Lord Strathcona's remarks on American emigration to Canada and capital movements. The piece touches on grand jury gift practices in Baltimore and outlines expected Anglo American commission meetings planned for July.
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Lord Strathcona
London
Canada
United States
Joint High Commission
Commission
Queec
Washington
Fairbanks
Faulkner
John ‘W. Foster
Sereno E. Payne
House
John A. ‘Kasson
Iowa
State Department
T. Jefferson Coolidge
France
Chandice T. Anderson
New York
College education as handicap in business debated by executives
The United States Steel Association president Schwab claims college education is a handicap for young men entering business, drawing wide attention. The Cleveland Plain Dealer interviews prominent executives who largely agree, noting exceptions and that time spent in college is not a universal drawback for success.
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Schwab
United States Steel Association
Cleveland Plain Dealer
J. Pierpont Morgan
America
Notable Education Paths of Business Leaders
The speaker notes a path through Rosten High School and the University of Gottingen in Germany. He argues that many successful businessmen did not attend college, yet asserts they could have succeeded as well with such education. The passage contrasts formal schooling with practical achievement.
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Rosten High School
University of
Gottingen
Germany
Indications Point to Nationwide Machinists Strike Threat
The article discusses an impending strike by machinists demanding a nine hour day and a 25 percent wage increase. It notes many employers have raised wages but resisted shortening the workday, cites eight hour legal standards in several states, and explains historical context from the 1889 American Federation of Labor convention. It weighs economic implications of shorter hours versus universal adoption and competitive impact.
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Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
American Federation of Labor
Detroit
Market Gains in Railroad Stocks Spark City Debate
The column notes railroad shares across a wide range have risen beyond intrinsic value, driven by unprecedented national prosperity and reorganizations. It cites Atchison, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago Burlington & Quincy, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, and others, arguing improvements and stronger syndicates lift prices while dividends rise. The piece also discusses government plans to study Arsenal relocation and potential upgrades including a military post or university use near Indianapolis.
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Atchigan
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
Burlington &Quincy
Chicago & Northwestern
Eeeneee
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. P
Rock Island & Ae
Missouri Pacific
Northern Pacific Union Pacific
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
United States
Hanna
Objective to press for a permanent military post in our country
The passage argues that our people should focus on convincing authorities that there is no better location for a permanent military post. It discusses how British papers recognize American manufacturing supremacy and insist on adopting American methods to withstand competition, noting printing machinery as an exemplar. It reflects on editorial influence and national productivity dynamics.
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United States
New York
East
Chicago
Milwaukee
Arsenal
Cty
University of Indianapolis
Standard
Daily Telegraph
Daily Chronicle
London
Daily Mail
the Mail
Sudden Inspiration In The Newsroom Gossip
A series of fleeting quips from periodical pages moves through social mores and neighborly manners. Notes on tenant anonymity, gifts for a wedding, and a mob scene in China show sharp wit and troubling violence in a single columnish slice.
A Chinaman with whiskers signs the page
A ten year old, reading an autograph album, found a blank page then inscribed his own entry: A Chinaman with whiskers. The moment captures a playful, if dated, schoolboy humor linked to a June day memory from The American Boy.
Industrial Consolidations and Price Cutting Root Causes
James Logan argues in the North American Review that industrial consolidations correct reckless competition. He cites six cases where firms lacked cost data and priced below cost, while successful firms thrived by maintaining fixed quality standards and fair wages.
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James Logan
United States Envelope Company
North American Review
Mr. Logan
Bryan as a Lawyer in the Ripley Goebel Case
A Loutaville Post column argues that Governor Bradley and Ripley statements cannot prove Taylor’s guilt in the Goebel assassination plot. It critiques Mr. Bryan for calling hearsay conclusive evidence and questions his legal judgment and impartiality as a former Democrat bigshot.
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Loutaville Post
Bryan
Bradley
Ripley
Taylor
Goebel
Mr. Bryan
France's Delcasse outlines policy amid Franco Italian ties
Paris reports M. Delcasse pledging a vigorous protest over Porte postal measures and recalling expeditionary forces in China after indemnities settled. He lauds Italy Russia ties and notes the Franco Russian alliance remains solid, with the Chamber debating the Rights of Man declarations.
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Paris
M. Delcasse
France
China
Chamber of Deputies
M. Castelin
Louis Martin
Charles Bernard
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
M. Bernard
M. Descanel
Iriday
No League Against Uncle Sam in British War Talk
London reports discuss German Austrian plans to form an anti American bloc. Continent presses seize on a possibly fake interview with J Pierpont Morgan claiming he and associates would swamp British trade and paralyze German competition. Officials offer no solid backing for such retaliatory moves.
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London
Great Britain
J. Pierpont Morgan
Germany
Russia
Cologne Gazette
Europe
America
Berlin Denies Austria Germany Move for European League
Government circles deny talks on forming a European commercial league against the United States. The idea is deemed impracticable due to racial and commercial differences. AP interviewees Ambassador Andrew D. White and Consul General Frank H. Mason say they have heard nothing on such negotiations and view the league as chimerical.
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Berlin
Austria
Germany
United States
Associated Press
Andrew D. White
Frank H. Mason
Unrest and Arrests Rise After Ottoman Posts Seizures
In Constantinople arrests followed post seizures by Ottoman authorities including a priest. Rumor says Reshad Pasha, ex-finance minister, fled the country. Vienna papers recount a Young Turkey plot to kidnap Abdul Hamid and declare his brother Prince Oeham ed Rechad Sultan, thwarted by the sultan's secretary Izzet Hey with several arrests.
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Constantinople
Mussulmans
Reshad Pasha
Vienna
Punter
Young Turkey Party
Abdul Hamid
Oehamed Rechad Sultan
Izzet Hey
Birth of Japanese heir sparks unprecedented public joy
Day Over the Birth of an Heir reports Tokyo and Osaka scenes of jubilation as loyalty runs high across Japan. The Osaka financial crisis is said to have been steadied by the nation's air of unity, aiding smaller banks in the area.
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Yokohama
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Osaka
Fire damage in Orange River Colony and Transvaal noted
A parliamentary paper reports 64 farm buildings mills cottages and hovels burned across the Orange River Colony and Transvaal from June 1800 to January 1941.
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London
Orange River Colony
Transvaal
Fire destroys 652 houses at Brest in Warsaw province
Fire in Brest, Warsaw province, razed six hundred fifty two houses and one percent shops. Property loss estimated with a lease value of 11,000,000 roubles. Local authorities report wide damage and economic impact.
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ST. Petersburg
Brest
Warsaw
Morgan postpones American visit per London dispatch
A London dispatch reports J Flerpont Morgan will not travel to America now. Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse, sister of Emperor William, gave birth to twin sons yesterday morning. The Woermann line between Hamburg and Africa ordered four new steamers. The King and Generals? visited King George of Greece aboard the Gre.
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London
J. Flerpont Morgan
America
Frederick Charles of Hesse
William
Woermann
Hamburg
Africa
King
King George
Greece
Presbyterians Prepare for 113th General Assembly in Philadelphia
Philadelphia hosts the 113th Presbyterian General Assembly starting Thursday with 300 commissioners from 2234 presbyteries and 21 synods. Deliberations include revising the Confession of Faith, establishing a supreme court independent of the assembly, and debating the Peagia overture. Rev. Dr. Dickey will open with a sermon. leading moderator candidates are Rev. Dr. Henry Colin Minton and Rev. Dr. George T. Purves.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
William H. Roberts
China
India
Japan
Africa
Siam
Korea
Mexico
South America
Supreme Court
Charles A. Dickey
Henry Colin Minton
California
George T. Purves
New York
Delegates Visit Otterbein Church in Baltimore Centennial
Delegates to the United Brethren Church centennial traveled from Baltimore to Frederick, about 500 attendees visiting Otterbein Memorial Church. The church marks founder Bishop William Otterbein, whose tomb lies beside the edifice. consecration services were led by Bishop Castle of Indiana.
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Baltimore
United Brethren Church
Frederick
Otterbein
Otterbein Church
William Otterbein
Bishop Otterbein
Bishop Castle
Indiana
Too Fast for Mansfield
Richard Mansfield, wary after a past wreck, forced the Chicago and Alton line to slow to twenty miles an hour on a St. Louis to Kansas City run. Conductors and dispatches were sent to slow the special, delaying freight and many Alton trains as the crew kept speed down until late night and the Missouri destination passed midnight.
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Kansas City
Richard Mansfield
Chicago & Alton
St. Louis
Alton
Mansfield
East St. Louis
Roadhouse
Manafield
Shirer
Supreme Court denies mandamus to publish Johnson murder testimony
The Supreme Courttoday refused to compel Judge Boston G. Young to allow publication of testimony in the Johnson murder cases at Upper Sandusky. The motion was denied and the order remains in force during trial of remaining gang members under indictment.
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Columbus
Supreme Court Today
Cleveland
Boston G. Young
Johnson
Upper Sandusky
Billy Rice May Die in Chicago Hospital Night Transfer
Delirious from erysipelas and nearly blind the old time minstrel Billy Rice was removed from the National Hotel to the County Hospital in Chicago. Friends say the condition is grave with little hope of recovery after illness began about three weeks ago.
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Chicago
Billy” Rice
National Hotel
sopDery Rice
One Strike Averted Illinois Central and Machinists Reach Pact
Chicago May 14 after a three hours conference the Illinois Central Railroad and its union machinists reached a largely compromise agreement. The nine hour day was recognized with extra pay for longer hours while overtime and apprentice rules were adjusted. Wages would rise about 9 percent with minimum scales up to 29 cents and a maximum near 33 1/2 cents per hour. Apprenticeship ratios were set at one apprentice per shop and one for every four journeymen.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Rodrick
Central
Harahan
Wabash Shops Strike In Fort Wayne Over Pay Rise
About 13 machinists helpers and apprentices in the Wabash shops walked out after officials refused a 3 cent an hour raise to 20 cents for a nine hour day with time and a half for overtime and double time after midnight and on Sunday. Master Mechanic McKee could not predict the outcome but noted higher pay in the past two years and that the company can endure a suspension of mechanical work for some time. No disturbance occurred and none is expected.
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Psara
Arkazia
Austria
Seville
Spain
St. Petersburg
Maxim Gorkie
Wengeora
Nicholas
Russia
Odessa
London Standard
London Daily Mail
Geneva
Herr Krupp
Hannibal
Westphalia
Frankfurter Zeitung
Emperor Mushito
Japan
Viscount Watanabe
Marquis Ito
Marquis Satonji
Mucter
Nuance
Sir Thomas Lipton
London
Atlantic
Thomas Lipton
Watson
Fife’s
Bristol
England
Avonmouth Dock
H. C. Cooke
New York
Elder, Dempster & Co
Jamaica
Parliament
Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
McKee
Springfield Rail Shops Hit By Wage Strike At Wabash
About 1000 machinists at the Wabash Railroad shops in Springfield strike for 29 cents an hour, overtime time and a half, and a nine hour day. Blacksmiths join in sympathy. roughly half of the 300 workers may quit. Master Mechanic Doebler doubts a full shop shutdown.
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Springfield
Doebler
O Connell criticized as NMTA IAofM clash over wages
New York May 14 Henry F Devens secretary of the National Metal Trades Association issued a statement explaining the 1900 joint agreement with the International Association of Machinists. The accord set arbitration for grievances and a 54 hour week starting May 20 but did not fix wages. Devens recounts a May meeting where IAOM urged a 12 1/2 percent wage rise. He notes NMTA authority limits and warns against alleged Wednesday orders as a breach of faith harming labor and business relations.
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New York
Henry F. Devens
National Metal Trades’ Association
United States
Canada
International Association of Machinists
Devens
O'Connell
Wilson
International Association
Washington, D. C
Machinesis
Allied Metal Trades to Strike May 20 Over 9-Hour Day
In Washington on May 14 representatives from the machinery and allied metal trades unions, after two days of talks, decided to strike on May 20 in shops refusing a nine-hour day with wages raised to keep daily pay equal to the current ten-hour scale. Participants included James O’Connell, president of the International Machinists.
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Washington
Machinery and Allied Metal Trades National and International Unions
James O'Connell
International Chinists
Mulho
Labor union calls for nine hour day in metal trades
America and Samuel Gompers lead a conference of the Metal Polishers Buffers Platers and Brass Workers Union of North America. They authorize demanding a nine hour day without pay reduction by May 20 with potential short strikes if needed. Firms in New York Chicago Indianapolis Omaha sign agreements, signaling broad acceptance.
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America
E. J. Lynch
Metal Polishers’, Buffers, Platers’ and Brass Workers’ Union of North America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Bar
O'Connell
The
Macht
New York
Chicago
Indianapolis
New Today
Omaha
Mason Builders and Bricklayers Threaten City Work Stoppage
In New York on May 24 the Herald reports growing tensions as the Mason Builders' Association and eight bricklayer unions prepare to halt all major construction. About 5,000 bricklayers may lose jobs, with wider trade impact, after a dispute over waiting time and a decision favoring bricklayers on a different contract. Mr Reilly, the builder, and his association allies refuse to pay for idle time, deepening the labor standstill.
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New York
the Herald
Mason Builders’ Association
Thomas J. Bellicey
Joint Board of Arbitration
Mr. Reilly
Reilly
Joint Arbitration Board
Steel Trust and Its Employer Policy Shift
Pittsburg May H reports that the United States Steel Corporation may open wage talks to outside companies at its war conferences and let them participate in annual settlements. Amalgamated Association officials say wage conferences should begin after Milwaukee convention. President Schwab’s Youngstown statement suggests individual companies will conduct their own wage talks.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated Association
Milwaukee
Shaffer
Amalgamated
Schwab
Youngstown
Combine
National conventions at New Orleans and St Louis draw many delegates
The fifth annual convention of the Inter state Cottonseed Crushers Association opened in New Orleans with 300 members. Other gatherings include the Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World in Columbus, delegates from twenty one states at various unions, and a restaurant hotel employees and bartenders convention in St. Louis. Delegates from across the U S and Canada attend church and missionary meetings, with routine business dominating sessions and several notable foreign attendees.
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Interstate Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
New Orleans
Sovereign Camp
Woodmen of the World
Columbus
J. C. Root
Omaha
Western Unitarian Conference
St. Louis
Church of the Messiah
Ministers’ Institute
Union
Catholic Knights of America
P. J. O'Connor
Savannah
United States
Canada
National Association of
International Bartenders
Women’s General Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Monmouth
Ill
India
Egy
J. T. Logue
Cleveland
The
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Boston
Geo. O. Howard
Cuba
Alexander MacKennal
Bowdouin
England
Congregational Union of
England and Wales
Royal Neighbors of America
Springfield
Supreme Oracle
E. D. Watt
Supreme Recorder
Winnie Fielder
National Convention of the Order of Railway Conductors
St. Paul
Ladies”ee
Capitol
Moore
Clark
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
New York Staats Zeitung
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
San Francisco
Far East
Honolulu
Yokohama
Kipaghang
Shanghai
Knights of the Royal Arch
Cincinnatii
C. 8. Rogers
Hot Springs
Ark
Order
John Hay
Chicas
John Valerius
Joseph Westerkamp
Joe Miller
Ben H. Schroeder
Louisville
National Conference of Charteries and Correction
Washington
C. C
Ellison
Fort Wayne
Nothy
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