Seamen's bill advances in Senate amid praise for Fernseth
The La Follette substitute for the seamen's servitude bill passes the Senate after a lengthy debate that becomes a tribute to Andrew Fernseth, head of the Seamen's Union. Senators lauded his years of work in Washington to improve sailors' working conditions and outlined three shipping reforms: greater seamen freedom and enhanced safety.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Senate
Andrew Fernseth
Seamen's Union
Fernseth
L la Follette
Williams
Congress
Fletcher
Cascarets Claim Quick Cure for Sour Stomachs
An old advertisement promises Cascarets will cleanse the stomach reduce sourness and foul gases, ease belching and heartburn, and regulate liver and bowels by morning. It touts a 19 cent box for temporary relief and urges care for children.
First White House Veto Denies West Point Reinstatement
President Wilson sent his first veto to Congress disapproving a joint resolution to reinstate Rudolph Unger of Mansfield Ohio as a cadet at West Point. He cited insufficient preparation and stated reinstatement would undermine academy discipline despite sympathy for his efforts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Rudolph Unger
Mansfield
Ohio
West Point
Unger
Representative Sharp
West Point Military Academy
La Follette Seaman's Bill Faces Senate Debate
The La Follette substitute to the sea labor bill would improve shipboard quarters and safety, ease restrictions on sailors in foreign ports, and push treaty abrogation against foreign ships. Efforts by Burton and Bacon to amend failed as La Follette attacked EBT and Chamberlain, accusing officials of serving ship owners.
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Congress
Taft
Senator Burton
Bacon
LaFollette
EBT
Chamberlain
United States Commissioner of Navigation
Cleveland
LaFollettee
Legislative Department
Government
Woman Kills Self After Daughter Dies in Fire
In Wilkes Barre on October 24 Mrs. John Most shot herself after her three year old daughter died from clothing catching fire caused by matches the day prior.
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Wilkesbarre
John Most
Seattle Rats With Bubonic Plague Point Coast Guard Action
Officials report seven rats infected with bubonic plague found in Seattle waterfront this month. Surgeon General Blue orders active measures and dispatches extra surgeons to Seattle. Ship fumigation and special precautions move to prevent spread to other coast points.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Seattle
Blue
Official mounted photos of troop wreck photos for sale
Boyles' Studio offers official mounted photos of a troop wreck depicting removal of dead and dying. Each image costs 25 cents with a 1¢ to 23¢ 31¢ pricing line.
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Boyles’ Studio
Woman and Child Shot Death Tragedy Near Here
Distressing incident ends in the arrest of Ray Seawebun for the murder of Mrs. D. T. Dillon and her 12 year old daughter. Dillon’s wife was wounded, and the assailant, Culberson, a former husband, allegedly fired upon the couple at their homestead prompting aid.
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Ray
N. D
Seawebun
D. T. Dillon
Dillon
Culberson
Fire drill proves most successful
Sixteen hundred Pine district grammar school pupils evacuated in three minutes when fire was found on a lower floor. The three story building was destroyed, and the South Manchester public library and fire residence were burned. Loss estimated at $200,000.
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Associated Press
Manchester
Conn
Pine District Grammar School
South Manchester Public Library
King of Loan Sharks Must Serve Sentence
New York dated October 24 Daniel Tohl a man nicknamed the King of Loan Sharks must serve six months in jail after the supreme court denied his appeal from a conviction for violating the law charging a bonus of five dollars for ten dollars for three months. He may appeal to the court of appeals but must begin serving the sentence pending that outcome.
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New York
Daniel Tohlman
Ur- Sury
Supreme Court
Ortober
Court of Appeals
New Haven Road Faces Problem
Boston and Maine railroad must meet 27 million dollars in six months or face a receiver. New Haven chair Howard Elliott urged regulators that freight rate increases could produce needed income. If Boston and Maine fails, New Haven loses its investment. Morris McDonald explains 60 thousand dollar vote for ex president Mellen was for unpaid salary.
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Boston
Boston and Maine Railroad
Howard Elliott
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
New England Public Service
Boston and Maine
New Haven
Morris McDonald
Boston and
Maine
Charles S. Mellen
Mellen
Allan Ryman Dead at 43 in Kansas City
Allan 43, president of the Mutual Life Insurance Co, died in Kansas City yesterday from peritonitis.
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Kansas City
Ryman
Allan
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boy Killed in Riot Between Striking and Nonstriking Workers
In Philadelphia on Oct 24 a clash between striking garment workers and nonjoining operatives left Abe Kaplan 19 dead and several injured. Police dispersed the mob after bricks, shots, and hatpins were used. two alleged strikers were arrested with one blamed for the fatal shot.
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Philadelphia
Abe Kaplan
Kaplan
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