Labor Union Leaders Charged In Dynamite Conspiracy
Forty-six labor union leaders faced federal indictments for unlawful interstate transport of dynamite and nitroglycerin used in a five year campaign of terrorism against non union employers. Trials opened as defense urged quashing charges. defendants include Frank M. Ryan John T. Butler and Herbert S. Hockin. The span of explosions allegedly damaged property coast to coast from 1905 to 1911.
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Indianapolis
A. B. Anderson
Elijah Zoline
Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
Los Angeles Times
Frank M. Ryan
Treworkers Association
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Herbert 8. Hockin
Second View
McManigal
Hockin
Theodore Roosevelt Rejected as Juror in Mineola Case
Theodore Roosevelt was drawn as juror No. 7 in Michael Carmody v New York Central Railroad at Mineola L I but swiftly excused by plaintiff counsel John J Graham. He stated he was ready to serve but questioned why he should attend if not wanted, adding he would have given Carmody a square deal.
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Mineola
L. I
Theodore Roosevelt
Michael Carmody
New York Central Railroad
John J. Graham
Roosevelt
Carmody
RATTLESNAKE FARM PLANS IN LENOX MASS
A Connecticut syndicate has shipped 100 rattlesnakes from the Shagdike hills to Lenox Massachusetts to establish a 12 acre rattlesnake farm. Rattlesnake oil is valued at five dollars a pint and skins fetch good returns. The group projects at least five thousand snakes within months.
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Lenox
Mass
Shagtidike Hills
Connecticut
Swedish Lutheran Illinois Conference Opens Session in Cadillac
The Illinois Conference of the Swedish Lutheran church and its Michigan churches began its annual session in Cadillac Michigan with a large turnout of ministers and lay members from southern Michigan gathered for the proceedings.
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Cadillac
Mich
Illinois
The
Swedish Lutheran Church
Lower
Michigan
Local businessman endures 20 day fast in Dubuque
Dubuque Iowa March 12 Twenty days without food or drink except water are the record of L C Obseriter a local businessman He finished the fast with a square meal today having lost 17 pounds during the ordeal
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Dubuque
Towa
L. C. Obseriter
Obseriter
Virginia Canners Meet Opens Roanoke Convention
Roanoke Virginia hosts the third annual canners convention as leading representatives gather to order and guide the industry. Local officials and growers attend to discuss land, capacity, and market guidance for Virginia canning.
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Virginia Canners
Roanoke
Virginia
Cuban Veterans Defy United States in Cuba Rally
In Camaguey on March 12 General Fernandez Castor led veterans in a long night assembly. He pledged that Cuban veterans would fight as they did against Spain if the United States intervened. The gathering also called for an investigation into the wealth of all administration members, including the president.
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Camaguey
Cuba
Fernandez Castor
United States
Spain
Trust Violated the Tenth Commandment Trial Opens
United States District Attorney Wise opened the case against Washington B. Thomas of American Sugar Refining, John E. Parsons, and three associates charging criminal Sherman Act violations. Wise argued the defendants violated divine law by coveting, framing the trial as a moral offense beyond man-made statutes.
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New York
United States
Wise
Washington B. Thomas
American Sugar Refining Company
John E. Parsons
Moses
Gotham's Coal Bill A Staggering One
New York experts estimate the city’s coal bill for 1912 will top 100 million dollars based on January’s severe weather. New York remains the world’s greatest coal consumer with close to nineteen million tons used in the city last year.
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New York
Father Knickerbocker
Salt Lake City
Organizing Stock Growers Convene in Pine Bluff
Farmers and stock raisers from across Arkansas gather in Pine Bluff for a two day meeting to form a state stock growers association. The Arkansas State Veterinary Society holds its annual meeting concurrent with the event and Group 7 of the Arkansas Bankers Association meets Thursday.
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Pine Bluff Ark
Elks’ Theatre
Votes for Women Delegation Leaves for Albany
A 200 woman delegation departed New York by special train to Albany to lobby the legislature on the equal suffrage amendment bill. They aim to persuade lawmakers to act on the measure.
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New York
Albany
Blackfoot Girls Face Academy of Idaho Wednesday
The Blackfoot High School girls basketball team meets the Academy of Idaho at the University of Idaho gym on Wednesday March 13 at 4 30 pm. Blackfoot has won twice against Otello this season and both teams expect a strong performance in the last home game of the season.
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Blackfoot High School
Academy of Idaho
U. of I
Nasium
Blackfoot
Oeatello High School
Academy
Operators Refuse Wage Increase in Hard Coal Row
A New York sub committee of anthracite coal operators prepared to meet to draft a reply refusing the miners demands for a 20 percent wage rise. They argue miners already gain from automation on a sliding scale. Berlin riot injures policemen and strikers as 2000 miners attack 40 officers. authorities seek troops for coal districts amid widespread stoppages. In London, Asquith presides at a foreign office conference where a long deadlock in the British coal dispute shows signs of movement.
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New York
Anthracite
London
Foreign Office
Asquith
Dupre Proposal Seeks Silent Congressional Record
Washington March 12 The congressional record would be free of applause and other manifestations of approval if Representative Dupre of Louisiana succeeds in passing a resolution. The proposal aims to delete all inserted applause from the Congressional Record.
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Washington
Representative Dupre
Louisiana
House
Dupre
Patent Monopoly Confronts Congress in Patent Law Review
Washington lawmakers take up bills to curb patentees power over unpatented articles used in operating patented machines after Chief Justice White urged Congress to revise laws granting broad control. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling found yesterday that patentees enjoy nearly unrestricted privileges in patent use.
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Washington
Congress
White
Supreme Court
New York Plumbers Convene in Troy for 24th Annual Meet
At the opening session of the New York State Master Plumbers Association in Troy on March 12 President John H Moran welcomed members. The twenty fourth annual convention runs today and tomorrow at Germania hall with substantial local entertainment arranged.
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New York
Troy
N. Y
New York State
Master Plumbers’ Association
John H Moran
Germania Hall
British Columbia Parliament Nomination News
Victoria March 12 nominations for the dissolved British Columbia parliament took place today. The Me t Bride government plans a vigorous campaign with policy emphasis on railroad development as the chief issue.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Met Bride
Pre
California Hardware Men Open Eleventh Annual Convention
Nearly two hundred members attended the opening session of the California Retail Hardware association eleventh annual convention in Oakland California. The three day program promises an interesting lineup of events and discussions.
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California Hardware Men
Oakland
Calif
California Retail Hardware Association
Young girl sent back with mother in Utah case
Lillie Farrell Wilson, sixteen, was returned to Ogden after a Salt Lake search prompted by her mother Mrs. Robert Ashton. The girl had married Joseph F. Montgomery in Burdened Idaho earlier this year, discovered his bigamy, sought annulment, and planned to visit Elko Nevada before returning home.
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Ogden
Lillie Farrell Wilson
Salt Lake
Robert Ashton
Oak Street
Joseph F. Montgomery
Pocatello
Idaho
Montgomery
Joseph F. Wilson
Elko
Nev
Knox in Salvador Opens Civic Page with Parade
Rounds of official functions mark Secretary Knox's visit to San Salvador on March 12. A featured event is an army dress parade on Campo de Marte. Mrs Knox is taken on an excursion to Santa Tecla in La Libertad department by local ladies.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Knox
Campo d’Marte
Santa Tecla
Nueva San Salvador
Department of la Liberta
Former banker on trial in Oklahoma district court
Guthrie Ohio March 12 The case of Frank E Westfall a former Sapulpa banker indicted for making false reports to the state banking board opened for trial in the district court. After Sapulpa bank failure he fled to Arizona where he was arrested and brought back for trial.
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Gutherie
Ohio
Frank 8
Westfall
Sapulpa
State Banking Board
Sapulpa Bank
Arizona
Cena
Bryan stresses recall as evolution in Ohio constitution talks
Columbus reports William J. Bryan endorses initiative referendum and recall before the constitutional convention. He argues the recall shifts decision making from officials to the people, distinguishing it from impeachment by nature of the trial body.
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Columbus
Ohio
William J. Bryan
Ohio Constitutional Convention
Bryan
Chink in Politics Gets Hard Jolt
Georgetown announces Leo Gow a Chinaman candidate for alderman on the Booster ticket. He receives notice from Thomas F. Shumaker, chief naturalization examiner, that his naturalization papers are void because issued after the federal statutes were changed.
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Georgetown
Colo
Leo Gow
Thomas F. Shumaker
Department of Commerce and Labor
German Aviators Injured In Emergency Monoplane Landing
Berlin march 12 two German army aviators were seriously injured when their monoplane motor failed at altitude during an observing mission and they made an emergency landing smashing the aircraft Lieutenant Engner and Lieutenant Sclmitz were aboard at the time.
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Berlin
Engner
Sclmitz
Boiler Manufacturers Meet Opens Twenty Fourth Convention
New Orleans March 12. The twenty fourth annual convention of the American Boiler Manufacturers association opened with a large representative attendance. Nearly all prominent boiler manufacturers and suppliers from the United States and Canada are represented.
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New Orleans
American Boiler Manufacturers’ Association
Canada
Largest range steer shipped to Chicago from Billings
A steer weighing over 2600 pounds was sent from Billings to Chicago, claimed as the largest range steer to market. It brought a record $200, after being fed on alfalfa, sugar beet pulp and syrup, with the sale noted in a March report.
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Billings
Mont
Chicago
New Hampshire Delegates Chosen For Constitutional Convention
Concord voters selected delegates at a special election to meet in June in Concord to frame a new state constitution for New Hampshire.
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N. H. Condon
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Federals Fight At Farreon Amid Rio Grande Border Raid
Texas telegraphs report Mexican federal troops battling revolutionists near Torreon and winning. Rebels crossed the Rio Grande into El Paso county and stole five horses and saddles near Fabens. Texas senators urge Taft and Culberson to seek more troops for the border.
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Fabens
Texas
Washington
Taft
Culberson
el Paso
Rio Grande River
United States
Fabons
Louisiana Democrats Move Toward Presidential Primary Plan
In New Orleans on March 12 the Democratic state central committee met to decide the matter of presidential primaries for selecting delegates to the Baltimore convention. A growing demand for a presidential preference primary appears likely. Republicans plan to name delegates under the convention system with sentiment split between Taft and Roosevelt.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee
Baltimore
Taft
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor Opens Eleventh Convention
Delegates from across the state answered roll call at Pittsburg as the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor opened its eleventh annual convention. President E. E. B. Green of Lancaster called the session to order at 10 o clock this morning, with sessions expected to continue through the week. The large attendance and important agenda promise a notable gathering.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor
E. E B. Green
Acit
Lancaster
Hooper Renominated as Tennessee Republican Ticket
Nashville march 12 Republicans assembled to nominate a full slate of state officers. Governor Ben W Hooper’s renomination is assured. The convention considers the May second state convention for national delegates with Taft’s position clear while Roosevelt supporters push missionary work for his candidacy.
Western Land Show Opens in Los Angeles
The great land show opens in Los Angeles attracting thousands of visitors including eastern land seekers. Exhibits cover eleven western states with government displays on agriculture irrigation and forestry. The event closes March 28.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Maren
United States
Gathering of Laundry Men Opens State Convention
Dubuque Iowa March 12 The annual state convention of the Town Laundry Men opened here today with a large attendance representing nearly every section of the state. The local laundry men have prepared an issue of two days of the convention which will close with a banquet tomorrow evening.
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Dubuque
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