Philadelphia Riots Trigger General Strike Drive
Philadelphia labor unions vote to back street car men with a general sympathetic strike set for next Saturday after a day of rioting. A child and several others were killed or seriously injured as crowds clashed with police and troopers across the southeast, with women participating in the disturbances.
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Philadelphia
Traction Company
Central Ybor Union
Central Labor Unions
Rapid Transit Company
Association of
Fifth
P. R. T. Run
Newminion
Etimes
Ress
Asou
Fifth and Jackson
Charles McKenna
Methodist
John FP
Frederick
Abraham Skinsky
Raymond Trainor
Edward Moore
Girard Avenue
West Philadelphia
Eleventh
Eighth Street
Washington Avenue
Fourth
Seventh
South
Fighth
Fitzwater
Three Hung for Arson in Kursk Market Fire
A timber merchant named Levkin and two peasants were condemned to death by a military court in Kursk for setting a market fire. Testimony said Levkin offered one dollar per dwelling to be burned, and the torch was used on ten sleeping houses.
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Kursk
Russia
Levkin
Former Chief Justice Dead
Morgantown N Y Feb 28 R L Guffy former chief justice of the Kentucky court of appeals died at his home here
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Morgantown
N. Y
R. L. Guffy
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Crisis at Bethlehem Steel Works Quieted by Police
South Bethlehem February 28. State constabulary and 300 deputy sheriffs with 1600 rounds of ammo guard Bethlehem Steel Works as strikebreakers return to work. Coroner Gowen’s jury is sworn to investigate Joseph Szambo’s death. Austria Hungary minister in Washington aiding inquiry.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Works
C. M. Schwab
Gohen
Joseph Szambo
Austria Hungary
Washington
Pinchot Testimony Describes Ballinger Controversy
Former forester Gifford Pinchot testifies before the Ballinger Pinchot congressional committee. He aims to present a consecutive account as part of the investigation, stating a desire to tell his story clearly.
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Forester
Ballinger Pinchot Congressional Committee
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger-Finehot
Congressional Committee
A. M. Byers to Double Pittsburg and Girard Plants
The A. M. Byers company, a leading iron pipe maker, plans to double its Pittsburg and Girard plants. The firm recently increased capital from 100000 to 1500000 and will add a 4000 horsepower facility at Pittsburg. The Ohio plant will also be expanded with existing paddle furnaces and finishing mills doubled. Weather Illinois fair today and warmer tomorrow.
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Pittsburg
A. M. Byers Company
Girard
Ohio
Arrest of Hoped Convict Reveals Revel in Crime
Attorney defending Secretary Ballinger in land cases is named in the report as the criminal activity of a convicted man exposed by his arrest.
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Ballinger
Leave Woman in Snow After Two Hours the Remains Revived
In Brookville Indiana on February 28 Miss Olive Sanders was found in a snowbank near a barn after being miscounted as dead. In a warm room with the undertaker present she revived two hours later once the coroner arrived and the body was moved for burial preparations.
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Brookville
Ind
Olive Sanders
Sanders Place
Miss Sanders
Train kills two children in sleigh accident at crossing
William Carrier and his wife stood by a railroad crossing in Brookville Pennsylvania as a freight train struck their overturned sleigh. A five year old son and an eight year old daughter were thrown in front of the locomotive and killed before the father could rescue them.
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Brookville
William Carrier
Carrier
Carrier Wa
Paris Flood Charts 14.6 Million Dollar Loss
Official flood damage reports from eighteen of eighty six departments total fourteen million six hundred thousand dollars. Paris accounts for ten million of the direct damage while indirect losses remain uncalculated and incalculable.
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Paris
Jackson Loses In A Round In Navy Yard Bout
Jackson of the Montana boxer sparred with Smiley of the Saleth in a sail loft clash at the navy yard. Knocked down three times in the first round he remained game until the referee halted the fight.
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Norfolk
J. Jackson
Montana
Smiley
Avy Yard
Judge Landis' Mother Nearing Death in Indiana
Logansport Indiana February 28 Mrs Mary Landis mother of Judge Kene Landis of Chicago Charles B Landis of Delphi and Frederick T Landis of Logansport former members of Congress is critically ill and death is expected at any time.
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Judge Landis
Logansport
Ind
Mra
Mary Landis
Kenesaw M. Landis
Chicago
Charles B Landis
Delphi
Frederick T. Landis
Congress
Ballinger's Role in Water Power Policy and Forest Service Scandal
The speaker accuses Secretary Ballinger of reversing conservation policy on water power sites, restoring access to private entry, and deceiving the president. He cites Glavis and Cunningham coal cases to claim Ballinger endangered public property and betrayed public trust, urging congressional action.
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Ballinger
Cunningham
Glavis
Forest Service
Emperor Nicholas Visits St Petersburg After Tsarskoe-Selo Exit
Emperor Nicholas left Tsarskoe-Selo for St Petersburg and called on King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, signaling a diplomatic move during the ongoing tensions in the region.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Tsarskoe-Selo Palace
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Market summaries show hogs cattle and grain price directions
Chicago markets report hogs and cattle with receipts and shipments for last and current days. Hogs price ranges rise to about 9 40 9 95, cattle steady to 10 higher, sheep steady, with grains and feeds quoted in Washington City market prices.
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Texas
John A. Babcock Case at North American Live Stock
Case involving John A. Babcock and the North American Live Stock Commission Company at U and Stock Yards Chicago. The dispute concerns business dealings and financial obligations between the parties as presented in the chancery or court filings of the period.
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North
Stock Commission Company, U. & Stock Yards
Chicago
Tll
Noted Chicago Crook Eddie English Captured After Parole
Felon Eddie English, famed for aliases, was arrested before a planned Chicago crime spree after a month of parole from Joliet. Police say he planned to extort prominent locals, including Dr B H Chamberlain and Dr D K Pearsons, with a $17,000 demand, and a list of wealthy targets was found.
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Chicago
Eddie English
English
Yancey
Joyce
West Side
B. H. Chamberlain
Washington Boulevard
Baltimore
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Grace Wilson
Isog
Tie
Sophia van Dine
Harvey van Dine
D. K. Pearsons
Hinsdale
Lst
Potter Palmer Jr
Hobart
Chatfield
George S. Isham
Dexter Fairbank
Harold PF. McCormick
Albert de Wolfe Erskine
George F. Kerry
Kellogg M. Felton
D. Fargo
George H. High
Chauncey J. Blair
Cubs Leave on Spring Trip
Chicago February 28 about half the ex world champions Cubs under Manager Chance and Treasurer Williams have left Chicago for West Baden. Notable absentees include James T Sheekard Floyd Krob Jimmy Archer and Heine Zimmerman.
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Chicago
Cubs
Chance
Williams
West Baden
Silent Gang
James T. Sheekard
Floyd Krob
Jimmy Archer
Heine Zimmerman
Mr. Chance
Yellow flag raised again on cruiser Washington
Port Townsend Washington February 28 The yellow flag is raised again on the cruiser Washington after a quarantine release three days ago following a suspicious fever case reported aboard the warship.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Washington
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