Miners May Walk Out Over Demand for Higher Wages
Wilkesbarre Pa February 19 The anthracite mine workers special committee will present to New York operators demands for a new contract The union seeks a 20 percent wage increase an eight hour day union recognition and dues collection from miners The operators led by George F Baer deny concessions The dispute centers on cost of living and pay by weight as mining extends into deeper veins
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Wilkesbarre
New York City
Roosevelt Strike Commission
Cancillation Board
John D. White
Dempsey
Kennedy
Fahey
George F. Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
Aviator Graham Dilmour Killed in Fall During Test
London reports aviator Graham Dilmour, famed pilot, died after his monoplane buckled during a test. He plunged from 380 feet while traveling about 60 miles per hour.
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London
Graham Dilmour
Compromise and Compliance Under Compensation Act
Springfield agencies report International Harvester and Swift & Co. will obey the workmen's compensation act with compliance deadlines set by May 1. In St Louis Edward Howard a 45 year old from Jackson Missouri died after a fall in an elevator shaft at the National Bank of Commerce building.
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Springfield
Ill
International Harvester Company
Swift & Co
David Ross
St. Louis
Edward Howard
Jackson
National Bank of Commerce
Conlon Defeats Burns In Historic Bantamweight Title Bout
Johnny Conlon of Chicago defended his bantamweight crown against Frankie Burns of New Jersey in a 20 round battle at the West Side Athletic Club Jefferson parish New Orleans before a crowd over 8000. Conlon won on a late round right jaw blows with Harry Stout's decision amid mixed cheers.
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New Orleans
Johnny Coulon
Chicago
Frankie Burns
New Jersey
West Side Athletic Club
Jefferson Parish
Conlon
Burns
Couton
Harry Stout
Labor chief John W. Irwin arrested in Chicago bond set
John W. Irwin former recording secretary of the Peoria local iron workers and a noted labor figure was arrested by U S authorities in Chicago. He was arraigned and released on a temporary five thousand dollar bond as his preliminary hearing was continued to Wednesday morning.
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John W. Irwin
Peoria Iron Workers
Chicago
Peoria
Indianapolis
Patrick H. O'Donnell
Irwin
Aithoven
United States
Legacies Exceed Million in French Inheritance
Paris reports 1910 fortunes show 29 estates over 1 million dollars with 10 between 2 and 10 million. Most legacies fall from 400 to 2000 dollars, while total probate property tops 1.0 billion across 373,801 estates.
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Paris
France
Trains Crash in Dense Fog Near Larwill Ind
Five workmen were killed and eleven injured when Pennsylvania Limited No. 5 collided with a work train near Larwill Indiana twenty five miles west of Fort Wayne. Dense fog obscured a flagman and caused the wreck. The Limited suffered derailments and three work-train cars were destroyed. Clyde H. Tavenner of the sergeant at arms office survived the Huntington wreck in Pennsylvania.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Pennsylvania Limited
Larwill
Here
Limited
Washington
Clyde H. Tavenner
Huntingdon
Cordova
Iil
Tavenner
Heir to Million Dollar Estate Drawn in Arkansas
William Springer of 1507 Rock Street Little Rock fifty five year old roving accountant and jack of all trades becomes heir to one half of a 2 million dollar estate left by Warren Springer who died in Chicago. Springer plans to travel to Chicago to claim the fortune after his father’s death.
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Little Rock
Ark
Warren Springer
Chicago
William Springer
Rock Street
Legleitner En Route for Chicago in Custody
Henry W Legleitner began his trip to Indianapolis in the custody of U S Marshal D C Bailey. The pair departed on the Burlington for Chicago and will be held pending further proceedings.
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Legieitner
Chicago
Denver
Colo
Henry W. Legleitner
Indianapolis
United States
D. C. Bailey
Pinchot Backs Roosevelt Nomination
Pinchot announces he will no longer support La Follette and will advocate Colonel Roosevelt for president, marking a switch in the 1912 campaign. The statement was made in Washington on February 19.
Attempted murder by nails shocks Wilkesbarre marriage bid
Stanley Vekamas, a Polish immigrant, is jailed in Wilkesbarre on charges of driving nails into his wife’s spine in a bid to kill her so he could marry another. Mrs. Vekamas remains between life and death at the city hospital.
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Wilkesbarre
Stanley Vekamas
Vekamas
City Hospital
Dictagraph Evidence in Hockin Case Revealed in Indianapolis
Government notes from a hidden dictagraph at the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers headquarters show daily transcripts of discussions among Frank M. Ryan and other officers. The device operated for months, until a clerk’s remark prompted its discovery, with stenographic logs slated for use at trials and details of funds and bonds discussed by the group.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Ryan
Herbert S. Hockin
J. T. Butler
Charles W. Miller
Open War Inquiry Expands Into War Department
Washington reports an inquiry into the War Department grows from tensions between Secretary of War and General Wood and Ainsworth. General Ainsworth is to testify before the House Committee on Expenditures regarding the Ray charges and other departmental matters. The House Military Affairs panel plans to review papers and orders related to Secretary Stimson’s letter accusing General Ainsworth of insubordination.
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Washington
War Department
Wood
Ainsworth
House Committee of Expenditures
B. B. Ray
Helm
Hay
Typhus Follows Flood in Spain Leaving Thousands Homeless
Madrid reports an outbreak of typhus among flood refugees in Seville with hundreds struck. The government promises relief but conditions remain poor as villages in the Guadalquivir valley are wiped out and hungry wild animals add pestilence risks.
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Madrid
Seville
Quadalquiver
Women’s suffrage gains ground in Britain
London February 19 the chances for woman suffrage grow brighter. Although Premier Asquith opposes granting the franchise to women the sentiment of the house of commons is favorable to some form of female enfranchisement and the prime minister has agreed to abide by the result if such sentiment prevails.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Millionaire's Son Hurt in Pasadena Car Crash Claim
Paul Greenlee, son of Mrs. Clara M. Russell Greenlee, is at his mother's home in Pasadena with a mysterious wound he says came from an automobile accident. His husbanded oil wealth father is linked to Pittsburgh. The incident occurred near Monk's Hill, at 1430 North Marengo Avenue.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Paul Greenlee
Clara M. Russell Greenlee
Pittsburgh
Monk's Hill
Pasadena
North
Marengo Avenue
Yuan Urges Sun Yat Sen as Nanking Provisional President
Yuan Shi Kai telegraphs to Wu Ting Fang and Tang Shao Yi urging Sun Yat Sen's election as president of the republic. He cites health and warns a presidency would ruin him. The Nanking assembly approves a new provisional constitution and a delegation heads north. General Homer Lea, Sun Yat Sen's military adviser, has rallied from serious illness.
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Shanghai
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Wu Ting Fang
Tang Shao Yi
Sun Yat Sen
Republic
Nanking
North
Homer Lea
Picture Men in Protest Over City Cinema Age Limit
Chicago February 19 meetings by the Motion Picture Exhibit League of America and film exchange companies formed committees to oppose an ordinance amendment raising the unescorted admission age for movie shows from 14 to 16 years.
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Chicago
Motion Picture Exhibit League of America
Moving Picture Film Exchange Companies
Death of Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
Vienna reports the death of Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal Austro-Hungarian foreign minister after a month with leucocythaemia a blood disease with organ impact. No recovery hopes were entertained.
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Vienna
Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
Tokyo to borrow 45 million for city tramways and utilities
The Japanese government arranged a loan of 45 million dollars likely to be participated by English, French and possibly American bankers. The funds will be used to purchase all tramways, electric lighting plants and other public service corporations serving the city that are owned by private capital.
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Tokio
Persians Fail to Detain Cairns and Staff at Engels
Persian authorities at Engels failed to detain F. K. Cairns and other Americans who formerly served on the staff of W. Morgan Shuster, the former treasurer general of Persia, continuing their status in St. Petersburg reporting.
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Cairns
Aids
St. Petersburg
Engels
F. K. Cairns
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Sugar trust report attacks stock holders and Sherman acts
Washington reports the tie in the K Sueur trust inquiry after weeks of hearings in Washington and New York. The committee condemns the sugar combine for keeping consumer prices high while allowing profitable stock unloadings. It accuses the A Sugar Refining Co of Sherman law violations and criticizes the inquiry as incomplete and biased. Philadelphia reacts, saying the committee overstated its case and misrepresented market share.
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Washington
K “Sueur Trust
New York
Sendai
Tiginsil
Ar Sugar Refining Company
A Sugar Refining Company
Philadelphia
James M. Beck
American Sugar Company
Congressional Committee
Release Senator on Bail Amid Bribery Trial Remnants
New York February 19 former state senator from E ion pleaded guilty on charges of ? defraud Samuel Fr Haslett. Bail set at 6000 he left court with his wife May Yerba. He faced trial last year on bribery in race track legislation, at which he was acquitted.
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New York
Prankher
Eion
Peat Guiity
Tong
Samel
Fr. Haslett
Brooklyn
Wah
May Yerba
Florida land fraud indictments target Mortola Farm case
Federal jury returns verdict against the Mortola Farm and Orchard Co and officers W B Guilford B Guilford and A B Morton in a Florida lands mail fraud case. Boston parent office linked. First in a series of indictments arising from alleged misrepresentation of Florida property. Widow inherits estate valued over 1 million in New York. James Tolua Pyle’s will leaves James Pyle & Sons to widow.
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Mortola
New York
James Tolua Pyle
James Pyle & Sons
U Turer
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