New York Democratic Panel Backs Uninstructed Delegation
New York Democratic state committee voted to send uninstructed delegates to the national convention with minimal dissent. Charles P. Williams opposed, favoring William J. Bryan who turned forty eight years old that day. The body approved a plan to meet at Carnegie Hall on April 14 to elect four delegates at large.
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New York
Conners
Democratic State Committee
Charles P. Williams
Lyons
William J. Bryan
Williams
Bryan
New York State
Thomas W. Finucane
Rochester
Carnegie Hall
Fletcher C. Peck
Williames
Danish carpenter seeks voyage home after back injury
Jacob A. Kilts and others plan to send Wiege Peterson, a 25 year old Danish carpenter, home to Copenhagen across the ocean if a ship’s surgeon can accompany and care for him. Peterson, who fell last August breaking his back, wishes to be with family and faces a dangerous voyage for a life with loved ones. He remains at St Marys hospital Jamaica awaiting support.
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New York
Jacob A. Kilts
Wiege Peterson
Peterson
Copenhagen
St. Mary's Hospital
Jamaica
Ahip
Scale Committee Indorsed at United Mine Workers Convention
Indianapolis March 20 The United Mine Workers convention spent the day on the scale committee report adopting all sections without amendments. Proposals to change the report were defeated. The last seven sections remain for discussion and adjournment. The report was defended by Mitchell Lewis Wilson and Walker.
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Indianapolis
National Convention of the United Mine Workers of America
Scale
Mitchell
Lewis
Wilson
Chairan Walker
Wage Scale Debate Among Miners and Operators
The passage notes a proposal to adjust wages for outside and inside labor, allow differences in findings, and set biennial settlements while insisting on immediate rehabilitation of the interstate agreement. It states the measure received little encouragement as miners pressed to present the issue before the country and operators on all questions decided by the seal committee.
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98 & Unit
Seale
Two Young Men Hurt After Promenade Incident in Bloomfield
In Bloomfield Indiana on March 20 Anson Babb and James Boruff of Owensburg were returning with two girls when Boruff fired into the ground striking Babb in the thigh. Babb claimed the shot was an accident then struck Boruff with a heavy blow. Boruff was wounded on the head and Babb jailed. Both families are prominent.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Anson Babb
James Boruff
Owensburg
Here
Babb
Boruff
Rabb
Liberty League opens downstate anti saloon campaign
Bloomington Illinois March 20 The Illinois Liberty League formed to fight the Anti Saloon League opened its downstate campaign with a mass meeting. S. G. Heiskell three times mayor of Knoxville Tenn spoke arguing prohibition failed in the south and elsewhere. Heiskell noted Knoxville voted out the saloons last November but liquor consumption rose or stayed steady and called local option a mistake to be regretted by every township voting to oust the saloons.
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Bloomington
Thellinois Liberty League
G. Heiskell
Knoxville
Tenn
Heiskell
Bank Robbery Reported at Hoffman Oklahoma
Two robbers believed aligned with the Tyro Kan gang entered the Davia bank in Hoffman Oklahoma, forced bank officials to surrender cash, then fled on horseback after collecting currency. The incident occurred thirty miles southwest of Muskogee on March 20.
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Muskogee
Okla
Tyro Kan
Davia
Hoffman
Here
Initiative Adopted By Ohio House On Referendum Plan
Columbus March 20 The Ohio House approved by 100 to 16 the senate joint resolutions to submit to voters a constitutional amendment establishing the initiative and referendum in state legislation.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Hen Story: Buff Cochin Lays Two Eggs Daily
Columbus Indiana March 20 Henry Ogden near Elizabethtown reports a Buff Cochin hen that has laid two eggs per day for the past week.
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Columbus
Ind
Henry Ogden
Elizabethtown
Labor Delegation Demands Labour Law Reforms In Congress
A national conference led by Samuel Gompers urged Congress to pass labor protective laws. Speakers Cannon and Fairbanks signalled support for an employers liability act while opposing court overreach and urging amendments to the Sherman antitrust law and injunction controls.
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Washington
Cannon
Fairbanks
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel Gompers
Cannon Responds on Employers Liability Bill Appeal
Speaker Cannon urged that Congress may enact an employers liability law in line with court rulings. He noted many bills await committee action and predicted eventual House and Senate consideration. The vice president pledged to bring the petition to the Senate promptly and fairness to justice.
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Cannon
Congress
Court of Just Resort
House
Senate
Senate Debates Railroad Valuation Plan and Pension Bill
In Washington on March 20 La Follette pressed a plan for physical valuation of railroads while avoiding critique of the president and Cortelyou. The omnibus claims bill returns to committee after debate. The House passes a pension appropriation bill at 150.889 million, the largest amount ever for the measure.
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Washington
LaFollette
Senate
Acta
Cortelyou
Gore
Okla
United States
House of Representatives
Sequel of a Riot at Berlin Arrests
Berlin reports forty seven arrests linked to the suffrage demonstration held Wednesday as the city remains tense over the protest events.
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Berlin
An Aryan club designation and coast visit claim
Washington reports President Roosevelt designates J F C Archibald of Collier's Weekly for Ananias club membership amid Archibald's claim of a commission to tour the Pacific coast and report conditions. The White House denies any commission.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ananias Club
J. F.C. Archibald
Collier's Weekly
Pacific Coast
Archibald
Beebee Breaks World Amateur High Kick Record
Harold B. Beebee of Malden set a new world amateur running high kick record at St. Mark's School winter games in Kentucky Southboro Mass. His kick reached 9 feet 1 1/4 inches, surpassing the old mark by half an inch.
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Kentucky
Southboro
Mass
Harold B. Beebee
Malden
St. Mark's School
Bee
Would-Be Suicide Saved at Central Hotel
Miss May Stern aged twenty eight of Lapeer sent a note to Carlos Hill saying she had taken poison and urged him to hurry. Hill and a deputy sheriff rushed to the Central hotel in Port Huron and found her semi conscious in her room. She will recover.
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Port Huron
Mich
Marc
May Stern
Lapeer
Carlos Hill
Central Hotel
Hill
Chicago Market Reports March 20 1908 Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices
Chicago markets show strong prospects with heavy receipts and firm to higher quotes. Hogs bulk 485 to 495 for light and mixed packers 470 to 485 for heavy ships grades, 465 to 470 for rough. Cattle and sheep also steady to strong with beef, cows, steers and stockers listing firm ranges. Western cattle and lambs quote 4 60 to 7 60 in various categories.
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Texas
Chicago business ad hints at four square deal
A Chicago ad fragment promises a four square deal to customers, signaling a plain sales offer amid brief wording. The terse note emphasizes value and straightforward terms without specifics.
Madame Gould Visits New York After Split From Castellane
Madame Anna Gould arrives in New York declaring she is not engaged and will not pursue marriage plans. She travels with her three sons Boal Jay and George and plans two months in the United States visiting sister Helen Gould and Niagara Falls. She emphasizes her heart remains in America and she will stay with Helen while in the country.
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New York
Anna Gould
Boni de Castellane
Helie de Sagan
Prince
Adrvorce
de Sagan
Madame Gould
United States
Kinewomoen
Paris
Boal
Jay
George
Helen Gould
George Gould
Tyler Morse
Fifth Avenue
Miss Gould
Helen
Count Bon
Niagara Falls
Uncle Sam
America
Europe
Cost of Education per Pupil in New York Schools
Auditor Henry K M Cook calculates per pupil costs for New York education items. Elementary sessions cost 33.33, high schools 105.29, training schools 180.12. Vacation playgrounds 1.46, evening roof playgrounds 1.12, truants’ supervision 257.45, public lectures about 0.11, baths around 0.15.
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New York
Henry K. M. Cook
Department of Education
Adoption by Lowell woman creates son of her own
Miss Wilhelmina Crawford aged twenty nine in Lowell Massachusetts adopts James Butler aged forty six in a superior court ruling. Crawford says Butler was orphaned as a boy and raised by her father's family before she felt a motherly bond and chose to take him as her son.
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Lowell
Mass
Wilhelmina Crawford
Superior Court
James Butler
Miss Crawford
Butler
Murder in Russia claims leader of the Group of Toll
March 20. Dr Karavieff, head of the Group of Toll in the second Duma, was shot at his Ekaterinoslav home by two men. He had recently received threatening letters from a reactionary group saying his death sentence was signed.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Dr. Karavieff
Toll
Ekaterinoslav
Fire destroys Chinese laundry in Pittsburg suburb
A Chinese laundry at Ben Arosa, a Pittsburg suburb, burned out. Proprietors Pop Lee and Jim Young are believed killed in the blaze.
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Pittsburg
Ben Arosa
Pop Lee
Jim Young
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