Newfoundland policy clash tests United States rights
News from Jobs reports Washington dispatches claiming Newfoundland merchants control policy and block U S crews. Officials say Britain supported Newfoundland until recently, then abandoned the colony and yielded to the United States. The colonial ministry vows to fight to end, patrolling with Fiona and Neptune, voiding concessions and boosting local fishermen to thwart outsiders.
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Washington
United States
Newfoundland
Gardner
Houcester Board of Trade
State Department
Great Britain
British
Fiona
Neptune
Cousin of Lord Sholto Sought on New York Larceny Charge
Henry Alfred Douglas Schultz claims kinship to Lord Sholto Douglas of England and has been arrested in St. Louis on New York police claims of grand larceny. A warrant exists and Schultz awaits transfer as he was staying at the Jefferson Hotel. He offers to return to New York voluntarily, insisting on innocence.
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St. Louis
Henry Alfred Douglas Schultz
Sholto Douglas
England
New York Polices Department
Schultz
New York
Bsas
Jefferson Hotel
Call for bids on Panama Canal contract issued
Washington Oct 10 Invitations to complete the Panama Canal have been issued by the canal commission and the contract form is public. Chairman Shonts distributed a letter to the secretary of war outlining why contracting the work is advantageous to the government. The letter cites unprecedented industrial competition for labor and foremen and argues the government could not quickly assemble a capable contracting organization.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Canal Commission
Shonts
Secretary of War
Leter
Commission
Tew
United States League Contractors Control Inefficiency
A fragment references inefficiency in management now controlled by league contractors within the United States. The note implies systemic issues in oversight and accountability affecting operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leange Contractors
United States
Cigarette Bribegiver Baker Held Abroad in Canada
Indianapolis October 10 Sheriff Radward Sourbier reports that “Cigarette Biker” ex legislator of the cigarette interests no longer lives as a millionaire in Canada. Baker’s whereabouts are unknown. he was in Hamilton Ontario until June when he vanished. A letter from him was postmarked Londonderry Ireland.
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Indianapolis
Erstville
Parks
Indiana
Canada
Radward Sourbier
Hamilton
Ont
Baker
Pakers
Sourbier
Cigarette Trust
Finiilton
Mutoo
Sourhier
Krew
Londonderry
Ireland
Theatrical Firm Partner Henry Behman Dies in New York
Henry Behman of the Hyde & Bet tan theatrical firm died at home from pneumonia after a ten day illness. He was 47. The Linde & Behman firm controls multiple theaters in Brooklyn Newark and Pittsburg with Hyde & Rehman's theater in Pittsburgh.
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New York
Henry Behman
Hyde & Bettan
Behmin
Linde & Behman
Brooklyn
Newark
N. J
Hyde & Rehman
Pittsburg
Brooklyn mayor allegedly mortally wounded in jealous shooting
Hinton West Virginia October 10 A joke on his wife led Charles Smith mayor of Brooklyn to be called to the gate where Mrs Smith fatally wounded him with gunfire to the stomach and lung then turned the weapon on herself. The husband may die and Mrs Smith is also fatally wounded.
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Hinton
W. Va
Charles Suith
Brooklyn
Battle Creek
Mich
Festus FP. Pitcher
Athelstan
Penover
Kenosha
Wis
Tle
Kalamazoo
Chi
Judge grants injunction in Riverside Ironworks dispute
Topeka reports a temporary injunction by Judge Pollock restraining Iron Molders Union of Kansas City from interfering with Riverside Ironworks. The company says workers brought to replace strikers are being intimidated and annoyed by the union.
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Topeka
Kan
Pollock
United States District Court
Iron Molders’ Union of
Kansas City
Riverside Ironworks
World Series Game Opens With League Edge
Record crowd in Chicago views the first game of the Series where the League beats the American 2 to 1 on a cold day. Veterans from the Army Canteen gather as the crowd spills into every available space. In Washington the United Spanish War Veterans favor restoring the arms canteen and plan to push the issue before Congress next winter.
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Chicago
Army Canteen
Washington
Congress
National Legislative Committee of the
United Spanish War Veterans
Miners and operators reach tentative Wenona Wolverine pact
In Bay City Michigan on October 10 a tentative agreement outlines concessions for chain mining at Wenona and Wolverine mines in Saginaw county. About 200 miners are affected and will vote on the proposition this week.
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Bay City
Mich
Wenona
Wolverine
Saginaw County
Addicks' Following Slim at Delaware Republican Meet
Wilmington Delaware October 10 The Union Republican state convention met here with only twenty delegates present. At J Edward Addicks suggestion adjournment was taken for a time and the gathering was described as slimly attended.
Bomb Attack Wrecks Stolypin Villa Killing Twenty Seven
At Premier Stolypin s official villa in St Petersburg on August 25 a bomb was thrown from a carriage by two men in uniform. The blast killed twenty seven people including the impostor officers and left Stolypin uninjured but two of his children seriously hurt. The interior of the villa was destroyed.
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M. Stolypin
Russia
St. Petersburg
Stolypin
State Sues Standard Oil for Conspiracy in Ohio Case
The Ohio state case against the Standard Oil Company of Ohio for conspiracy against trade moves fast with a jury sworn in. Prosecutor W. L. David presents the case. defense attorney Virgil P. Kline contends the history is ancient and outside Hancock County jurisdiction. Documentary evidence, including the 1882 trust agreement and earlier pleadings, is read to the jury.
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David
Standard Ofl Company
Kline
Standard OW Company
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court
Hohenlohe Brother Supports Emperor Over Recollections
Prague Oct 10 Prince Phillip von Hohenlohe elder brother of Prince Alexander confirms the emperor’s reproach over the publication of Chancellor von Hohenlohe’s Recollections He agrees Alexander should not have published without consult and calls Alexander’s action an indiscretion in diplomacy per Baron von Holstein remarks.
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Prague
Bohemia
Prince Phillip von Hohenlohe
Prince Alexander
von Hohenlohe
Alexander
Prince Bismarck
Baron von Holstein
Foreign Office
National Evangelical Church to Hold Centennial Jubilee
Cedar Rapids Iowa October 10 The national conference of the United Evangelical church voted to stage centennial jubilee services nationwide next year in honor of the church's first conference at Kleinfeltersville Pennsylvania in 1967.
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Cedar Rapids
National Conference of the United Evangelical Church
Kleinfettersville
Tie Florists Protest Express Rates in New York
The Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists says express charges to New York from New Jersey and Pennsylvania have doubled since last May. They allege rates are unjust and ruinous, exceeding railroad costs, and petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to set fair express rates for transporting flowers.
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Washington
Oet
New York
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Torticulturiste
Con Plaint
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Jersey
Presh men Protection Tickets Backfire in University Sketch
In Ann Arbor a ruse selling “Sophomore Protection Tickets” at $1 failed when a counterfeit $5 bill was offered by a would be buyer. The freshman seller revealed the fake, voiding the ticket and ending the protection scheme.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Soph
Tragedy Near Gas City Leaves Farmer Looted by Train
Marion Indiana October 10 Thomas Kearns 46 a farmer was found beside the Pennsylvania tracks one mile east of Gas City both legs cut off by a train and killed in the incident.
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Marion
Ind
Thomas Kearns
Pennsylvania Tracks
Gas City
Chicago Market Report of Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Chicago markets show mixed to firm trends across hogs cattle and sheep. Estimated receipts 21000 hogs and 18000 cattle with westerns strong as demand fluctuates. hogs steady to higher and cattle advancing on westerns while sheep and lambs remain strong in latest quotes.
Magoon Arrives in Cuba Amid Amnesty Proclamation
Havana October 10 Magoon the newly appointed provisional governor arrives as Taft issues a sweeping amnesty decree pardoning all involved in the Villuendas killing and the Guanabacoa guardsmen murders. U S marines are instructed to avoid active suppression of disorder and to act with restraint while Cuban factions resolve tensions.
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Havana
Charles Tf. Magoon
Cuba
Taft
United States
Cienfuegos
Barnett
Villuendas
Clenfuegos
Guanabacon
Roosevelt remarks please Cuba policy but soften stance on sovereignty
Commentary in Havana notes President Roosevelt did not pledge early restoration of Cuban sovereignty. Insurgent leaders and Palma allies agree restoration is impractical, while some defend Palma's critique of peace commissioners as leaning toward new elections.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Nicholas M. Rivera
Diario de la Marina
United States
Cuba
Republic of
Havana
Palma
United States Peace Commissioners
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Indiana Legislature
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Ohio Oil Trust
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Hohenlohe
United Evangelical Jubilee
Eiapreas
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