Strike Begins At Shipyards In Chicago Amid Unrest
About 200 shipyard workers at Chicago Shipbuilding on One Hundred and First Street and the Calumet river walked off seeking higher pay. Wages averaged $2.50 to $3 a day for nine hours. Contractors planned to hire non union workers if needed, risking wider building trades stoppage. Arbitration board cooled the conflict and the sash and door material strike was called off with 200 men returning to work.
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Chicago
Chicago Shipbuilding Company
One Hundred and First Street
Calumet River
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Builders’ Association
Joint Arbitration Board
Commercial Sash and Door Company
Stamps to Aid Gompers Defense Fund Plan Adopted
Stamps like the Red Cross plan will be issued by organized labor to raise funds for the defense of Samuel Gompers and his associates convicted of contempt of court. The stamp centers a facsimile AFL seal with the words A Free Press and Free Speech.
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Red Cross
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Jail for Union Officer Declared by Connecticut Supreme Court
The Connecticut Supreme Court rules Frank J. McGee of Worcester Massachusetts must serve one year in jail. He was arrested in New Haven in 1907 on intimidation charges for blocking non union workers from entering the McLagan Foundry during a strike.
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Supreme Court of Connecticut
Frank J. McGee
New Haven
Conn
Supreme Court of the State
Worcester
Mass
Boilermakers’ Union
McGee
McLagan Foundry Company
Coal Strike Not Feared In Looming Wage Talks
New York March 5 no date set for wage conference between miners and anthracite coal railroads. Company representatives show calm over strike risk citing ample coal on hand to last for a period of time.
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New York
Street cleaner finds gems worth $50 000
Otto C. Heinze sends a man to Omaha to identify a string of sixty three matched gems found by Greek cleaner John Savis. The jewels believed to be the Knickerbocker hotel loss from November 26. Savis admits finding them in hotel sweepings and placing them in a waste receptacle. The gems are valued at $50 000 and Heinze offered $1,000 for recovery.
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New York
Otto C. Jeinze
Omaha
John Savis
Knickerbocker
Savis
Heinze
Maloney-White Marathon Aims at Irish Championship Tonight
New York March 5 An amateur champion from Ireland prepares for a notable race tonight as part of a broader Irish athletic interest. The event draws attention within local sports circles and signals growing cross border engagement in long distance running.
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New York
Ireland’s Patrick White Meets Mel Maloney In Marathon Showdown
In New York tonight Patrick White of Ireland, a top marathon runner, faces former amateur champion Mel Maloney in a professional 26 mile 385 yard race at the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory. Maloney enters his pro debut with a $2,500 purse, $2,000 to the winner.
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Patrick White
Ireland
Mel Maloney
Maloney
Boston
White
Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory
Attack on Von Buelow and defense of William in new book
Berlin reports a severe attack on Chancellor Count von Buelow and a defense of Emperor William tied to alleged imperial indiscretions of last year in a newly published book. The work reportedly critiques the imperial cabinet and questions policy decisions.
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Berlin
von Buelow
William
Curzon's Cousin Weds San Francisco Woman in California
Arthur Curzon cousin of Lord Curzon former viceroy of India marries Mrs Evelyn Pittman of San Francisco in San Jose after an automobile trip. The couple, who reside in Hamilton Ontario, left for Los Angeles with Sidney Curzon, the bridegroom's elder brother said to have been sent to prevent the match.
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San Francisco
Sat Francisco
Arthur Curzon
Lord Curzon
Viceroy
India
Evelyn Pittman
San Jose
Curzon
Hamilton
Ont
Los Angeles
Sidney Curzon
Earthquake Shakes Isthmus hurling cracks across Chiapas
City of Mexico reports a March 5 quake on the isthmus with Morozintla Chiapas seeing cracked buildings and earth fissures. Shocks also felt at Tonala San Cristobal del Las Casas and Tabasco towns. natives terrified but damage not extensive.
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City of Mexico
Morozintla
Chiapas
Tonala
San Cristobal del Las Casas
Tustla
San Juan Bautista
Tabasco
Widow of Bishop Potter Dies After Eight Months
New York March 5 Mrs Elizabeth Scriven Potter widow of Bishop Henry C Potter is dead She survived him only eight months Her first husband Alfred Corning Clark left her an estate of several millions Her charitable work brought her into contact with the bishop.
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Bishop
New York
Elizabeth Scriven Potter
Henry C. Potter
Bishop Potter
Taft and Roosevelt Farewell Parade and Departures
President Taft and New York Governor Hughes will review the belated Seventh New York infantry in Washington. Roosevelt and Taft exchange a warm farewell near the Capitol as the former president and family are noted in the Senate gallery.
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Washington
Taft
Hughes
New York
Seventh New York Infantry
National Executive
New Yorker
White House
Taft and Roosevelt Share Breakfast Cheer in Snowy Morning
Taft and Roosevelt meet at breakfast, trading quips about a cold day and a blizzard as they recall his presidency. The two former leaders laugh together in a scene described as playful and friendly amid a whiteout backdrop.
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Mr. Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
Waddell files divorce suit over dog attack claim
In St Louis March 5 George Edward Rube Waddell petitions for divorce alleging a violent temper and an incident where his wife allegedly set vicious dogs on him after he threatened to leave due to her associations. The petition states Mrs Waddell resides in New Hampshire.
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St. Louis
George Edward
Rube) Waddell
Taft Takes Oath as First Chief Executive in Senate Chamber
William Howard Taft becomes the first chief executive to take the oath of office in the Senate chamber in seventy six years marking a historic ceremony.
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Sherman
Mr. Taft
Senator Knox
Fuller
Taft
Roosevelt
Senate
William Howard Taft
Chamber of the Senate
Alimony to Continue For Life If Lemp Remains Unmarried
Judge Hitchcock modifies a divorce decree for Lillian Handlan Lemp, ordering $6000 yearly alimony paid for life while she stays unmarried. The motion for a new trial was overruled.
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St. Louis
Hitchcock
Lillian Handlan-Lemp
Swims 200 Yards in 2 15 at New York
Charles M. swims 200 yards in 2 minutes 15 seconds during a New York event on March 5. Results highlight a strong sprint performance by the swimmer.
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New York
Charles M
Daniels Sets World Record in 200 Yard Swim
Daniels breaks the world record in the 200 yard swim with a time of 2 15. The prior record was 2 15 15 held by Daniels.
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Daniels
Four Newsprint Machines Ordered for International Falls
BE Backsus contracts with Pusey Jones to supply four newsprint paper making machines for International Falls Minnesota. Delivery is set for January 1 1910 with a combined output of 200 tons per day. Two machines will be 152 inches wide and two will be 182 inches wide. Each machine runs at 600 feet per minute.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
BE. W. Backus
Pusey, Jones & Co
Wilmington
International Falls
Minn
Isaac Stephenson Re-Elected to Senate in Wisconsin
Madison Wis March 5 United States Senator Isaac Stephenson was re elected by the Wisconsin joint assembly on the twenty third ballot receiving 63 of 123 votes after a long contest. The Stephenson camp prepared for the ballot following a Wednesday loss.
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Madison
Wis
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Senate
Joint Assembly
Wisconsin Legislature
Stephenson
Merger Formed to Manufacture Airships
Wealthy members of the Aero Club of America announce a new company to manufacture airships. A merger of U S interests in airship experiments is formed with a factory planned at Hammondsport New York.
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New York
Aero Club of America
Hammondsport
N. Y
Rescued by Breeches Buoy From Stranded Schooner Miles M Merry
Moriches life savers on Long Island used the breeches buoy to救 the captain and crew of the wrecked schooner Miles M Merry after the vessel stranded on the beach weeks earlier. A furious gale had put rescuers at risk.
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New York
Moriches
Long Island
Miles M. Merry
Another Baldwin Heir Revealed in Will
The late E. J. Baldwin's will discloses a third daughter, Mrs. David F. Selby, wife of an Oakland candy manufacturer. She is stated to receive $50,000.
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San Francisco
E. J
Baldwin
David F. Selby
Oakland
Saloon Bomb Wreck in Jamaica Long Island
A saloon run by an Italian on Jamaica Long Island was wrecked by a bomb around midnight. The front of the building collapsed but the proprietor was not present and likely would have been killed. Two men who had been ejected earlier in the night were arrested.
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Jamaica
L. I
King Edward Delays Trip to Biarritz Due to Gale
London reports King Edward postpones his voyage to Biarritz because of a gale on the channel. Queen Alexandra, recently ill with a cold, is much better.
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Edward
Biarritz
London
Channel
Queen Alexandra
Many Called Few Chosen In Calhoun Case Jury Seat Unfilled
San Francisco March 5. Attorneys in the Patrick Calhoun trial for United Railroads exhausted the seventh special venue without finding a salesman to occupy the twelfth jury seat. Record shows 508 citizens of 1,350 summoned had been questioned.
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Calhoun
San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Governor Declines Sunday Baseball Vote in Indiana
Governor Marshall sends special message to the legislature stating he will neither sign nor veto the Brokey Sunday baseball bill and will let the courts decide its constitutionality.
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Indianapolis
Marshall
Taft Nominates Cabinet Members to Senate
President Taft began work at 9 30 this morning and sent to the senate the nominations for his cabinet in a special dispatch from Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Evening Journal
Taft
Senate
Crooks Pirates and Hulls Athetess Team Scores
The record shows Crooks Pirates with players Wilson Cunningham and Hulls Athletess posting series scores across three games each, totaling points 159 152 177 488 for Crooks and 149 145 174 468 for Hulls Athletess with individual lines for players.
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Crooks
Wilson
Cunningham
HULL
Cattle and hog market report Chicago March 5 1909
Official receipts yesterday 29438 shipments 8057 estimated receipts today 35000 market marks slow mostly ten cents lower. Hog prices ranged light 610 to 645 mixed packers 610 to 655 heavy shipping grades 620 to 660. Cattle and sheep values listed with beef beves 465 to 725 cows and heifers 200 to 508 stockers and western cattle 410 to 560 native and western sheep and lambs quoted. Closing Chicago market activity more active at decline with cattle and sheep steady to lambs weak.
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Texas
Waterways Commission Appointed Amid Congressional Change
Senators Gallinger Burton Piles Smith Simmons Clarke and Representatives Alexander Lorimer Stevens Wanger Sparkman Moon named to Waterways Commission under rivers and harbors bill as the Sixty-first Congress begins. Speaker Cannon assails Minority Leader Clark while pledging duty and best judgment for the nation.
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House
Washington
Rivers and Harbors
The
Waterways Commission
Gallinger
Burton
Piles
Smith
Simmons
Clarke
Alexander
Lorimer
Stevens
Wanger
Sparkman
Moon
Senate
Taft
Congress
Clark
Payne
Cannon
Closed doors at Maine chapel sparks protest in Chicago
The Rev. Johnston Myers of Immanuel Baptist church locked the Maine chapel leased from Trinity church, Wentworth avenue and Twenty-Third place. Rev. J. M. Wheaton preached outside after the janitor refused to open the doors, amid a dispute over Marie chapel’s title.
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Bishop Neeley
Chicago
Johnston Myers
Immanuel Baptist Church
Trinity Church
Maine Chapel
Wentworth Avenue
J. M. Wheaton
Servia Replies to Russia Abandons Claims on Defense
Paris March 5 Servia abandons all claims leaving the matter to the powers for settlement. Servia insists on retaining 12,000 reservists for defense but may disband them if Russia requires. It is believed Russia will approve the reply.
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Paris
Russia
Servia
Navy yards to close at Pensacola and New Orleans
Secretary Newberry follows the general board’s recommendations and orders the closing of the Pensacola and New Orleans navy yards. Little work remains at the yards, and their continued operation is deemed unnecessary. The property will be placed under marine control.
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Washington
General Board of the Navy
Newberry
Pensacola
New Orleans
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C. Heinze
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Department of the Interior
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London Daily Telegraph
Panama
New York Regiment
Senate Chamber
Philippine Constabulary
Capitol
Teddy
Crown of Diamond Institutes
Horseman
Howe
Frederick W. Carpenter
William J. Loeb
Port
Crooks’ Pirates
Hull Steck Smith
Beach- Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S
Chicago, Ill
Sixtieth Congress
Senator Burton
Navy Yards
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