Troopers Relieve Strife in Pennsylvania Town After Outbreak
Mounted state constabulary arrested six strikers and patrolled a Pennsylvania town to quell a reign of terror triggered by a streetcar dispute. Troopers on horseback guarded Riggs Traction President as crowds dispersed, while police faced calls to remove the police chief amid ongoing tensions and Easter train service notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Charles
Vostrestis
Ihelo
Pennington
Cape
All American Spelling Bee Plans in Cleveland
The National Educational Association proposes a national spelling contest in Cleveland during the upcoming session starting June 29. The executive committee approved the plan and invited superintendents nationwide to select grammar school pupils as contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educational Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Yonkers Rail Workers Strike Demands Rise in Pay
Yonkers New York April 17 Yonkers men taik strike against Yonkers City Railway Company. Workers threaten action Sunday unless Receiver Sutherland grants a wage increase to ten hours per day and ten? dollars daily. Earlier strike last autumn halted trolley traffic for a week.
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Pennington
John Walace
Yonkers
Yonkers NY
Mostor
Alaska Miners Eye Record Spring Gold Output
Bankers and miners in Seward Peninsula anticipate the largest spring production in Alaska history, potentially reaching 3 million dollars. Reports from camps cite unusually rich dumps from winter work, with a new tin find reported near Brook Mountain promising further gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Seward Peninsula
Brook Mountain
Insane Girl's Plight Amid Doctor Suspicion
New York reports a Newark girl Annie Heinchel missing from 4 Washington Street. Found wandering in Passaic with injuries and disheveled condition. Mother had accused an asylum doctor of abducting her daughter and hiding her for years. The patient remains without her reason.
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Newark
Passaic
New York
Annie Heinchel
Washington Street
Hein
Mos Hemchel
Anne
Russian Force Routs Kurds Near Tenkoran In Mountain War
Russian troops invading Prigan territory near Tenkoran rout Kurdish raiders at Belesnyar, killing 34 and wounding 50. One Russian officer and seven soldiers are wounded. Belosyyar village burned after house to house search for seized Persian arms. Russians bombarded Kodzhbeklu and Zaran, extending fighting into Kharadagh mountains with Cossacks, sharpshooters, and machine guns.
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Tiflis
Prigan
Tenkoran
Belesnyar
Belosyyar
Neghboring
Kodzhbeklu
Zaran
Azed
Kharadagh
Pastor Tomson's suicide shocks Woodbury NJ church
Rev George W Tomson of Woodbury New Jersey, engaged to Mrs Fannie Kenworthy, shot himself after a public announcement of the engagement. Miss Helen Moore, a former Sunday school teacher, denounced him. investigators label death as action by the clergyman during temporary mental an ich. The coroner’s jury noted no other motives or threats, with three tickets to Boston found among his effects signaling a planned wedding trip.
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Washington Post
Woodbury N J
Newton Hotel
George W Tomson
Mret Presbyterian Church
Fannie Kenworthy
Tomson
Misa Helen Moore
Boston
Luence Kenworthy
Kenworthy
Woodbury
Helen Moore
Mr Tamson
Philadelpha
Miss Moore
Mrs Tomson
Naise
Clayton Lakewood
Paterson
Elizabeth Johnson
Church Ladies’id Society
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Samuel
G H Allister
The
Ehruch
T EB 'Parker
Philadelphia Rush Hospital
Ethel Johnson
Shaabeth Johnson
Freebrary
Mother
Atlanta
James Hunter Jr
Gloucester County Yard
Lakewood
Alex Rogers
Duncan Campbell
Milford
William Astill
Clayton
Rumors On Tobacco Trust Dissolution Denied
Richmond reports and officials in New York deny that the American Tobacco Company is to dissolve. Rumors cite possible reorganization and the split of the American Cigar Company into the Federal Cigar Company to produce machine-made cigars while retaining hand made goods.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Ameican Tobacco Company
the Trust
Friends
Washington
Trig
Amerean Tobacco Company
American
United Cigar Stores
American Cigar Stands Company
American Snuff Company
American Licorice Company
American Tobacco Company
Heomee
Sepleat
New York
American Cigar Company
Federal Cigar Company
Luckett
Whitlock
Jersey City
Lancaster
Federal Company
Prince of Wales Tour Plans Shift From Washington to Canada
London reports no truth to a U S claim that the Prince of Wales will visit Washington after Québec's tercentenary in August. A special tour to Cape May via the Eastern Pennsylvania Railroad departs Washington on April 18, offering $13.50 round trip including transportation and a 13.4 day stay at New Hotel Cape May.
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Fkrom
Atlante City
Pennsylvania
Atlantic City
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Chester Wilmington
Baltmore
Wwasmington
Cape May
Washington
Conewae
Kramer
Florist
PAS. H.D
Bth & G
London
United States
Prince of Wales
Québec
Eastern Pennsylvania Railroad
New Hotel
Japanese Spy Scare Hits Milwaukee Recruiting Office
A man who gave the name H. Hamgshi attempted to enlist in the United States Marine Corps in Milwaukee on April 11. He first claimed Filipino heritage, then admitted he was Japanese, and fled as a sergeant searched for the oath of allegiance.
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Milwaukee
Wis
H. Hamgshi
United States Marine Corps
Hamaghi
Younce
Hamashi
Cent in stomach kills La Porte farmer after sixty years
In La Porte Indiana on April 17 a copper cent swallowed sixty years ago by James Huckins sixty seven year old farmer caused his death. The coin lodged in the lining of his stomach and remained for decades until an abscess formed and stomach acids began dissolving it, leading to poisoning and death.
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la Porte
Ind
James Huckins
McCarren Attacks Murphy Conners Plan But Seeks Unity
New York April 17 Senator Patrick H McCarren backs a broad conference of Democratic leaders from at least thirty five counties to oppose the recent State convention action that deprived districts of rights to appoint state committeemen. He calls the move an outrage and says restitution could still yield Democratic gains, while former Mayor Hugh J Grant declines to be a presidential elector, stating he was named without consent and will not serve. Cape May Getaway: Charming climate and $13.60 Penn Rail tour from Washington April 18 includes rail fare and hotel through Monday morning.
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New York
Patrick H McCarren
Kings County
Samuel A Hearsley
Lucas
McCarren
Hoffman House
Senate
John B Stanchfield
Elmira
Edward Coatsworth
Ene
Patrick McCabe
Albany
Tilden and Seymourn
Murphy and
Conners
Denver
Murphy Fields
Uender
Greater
Grant
Hugh J Grant
State Committee
T Alentor
Mr Grant
Taust
Cape May
Enater
Penn. R. R
Washington
Easter Dawn Welcomes Fleets In San Pedro Landing
Navy fleet reaches California ports for world voyage with Rear Admiral Evans praising Rear Admiral Thomas and confirming Sperry to take command later. Reports of desertion doubts, Navy orders reroute fleet movement for Easter and early May arrivals at San Pedro Long Beach Santa Monica and Renondo.
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Thomas
Sperry
Puget Sound
San Diego
Evans
Hot Springs
Admiral Evans
Thames
San Francisco
Charlie Thomas
Hampton Roads
San Dinego
Cal
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Long Beach
Santa Monica
San Tedro
Monterey
Santa Cruz
Mag- Getler
Admiral Sperry
Honolulu
Cheries M Thomas
Heet
Bennington
Loma
Fort Fosecrans
Close Fight in Oregon as Fulton Leads Early Returns
Partial returns from Oregon’s primary show heavy rain and a 30 percent turnout. Senator Fulton leads in Multnomah and nearby counties for the Republican U S Senate nomination, with H M Cake close behind. Result to be decided as hard-to-reach districts report. Secondary race centers on State legislature candidates aligned with the people’s June voters choice.
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Fulton
Washington Post
Oregon
United States
Multnomah
H M Cake
Duel With Shotguns Ends Fatally Near Mobile
In a near Mobile duel using double barreled shotguns, Martin Sheehan was killed while Swan Pilcher was uninjured and not apprehended. The scene unfolded as Rear Admiral Evans advised Dr R P Phillips during a visit from the baths. Read as part of a broader naval report, local streets and transit details appear alongside unrelated notices and advertisements.
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Mobile
Ala
Here
Martin Sheehan
Swan Pilcher
Evans
R P Phillips
Atlantic
Taft on Horseback in Moving Picture Show Stirs Sympathy
A Washington dispatch describes Secretary Taft riding at Fort Myer as part of a moving picture exhibit with Gen Bell and staff. The piece notes Taft’s horse’s extraordinary girth and dignity, the show’s lack of political signal, and public curiosity over the reenactment of Taft’s ride amid military reviews and with Mrs. Taft present.
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Fort Myer
Gen. Bell
Washington Post
New York
Washington
Taft
Old Guard
Fourteenth Street
Lawiff
Yorsar
Switzerland
Franklin Kell
Sresvetirs
Gen Bell
Dispatch
Secretary of War
Don
Partir
Tafts
Myer
Thirteenth Cavalry
Third Field Artillery
Charles P ‘Laft
Vandal Steals Marble Slab At Continental Hall
Thief frightened away after prying off a marble slab from the cornerstone at Continental Hall, site of the Daughters of the American Revolution building. A silver casket and contents may be intact, and police will trace clues from eyeglasses, a newspaper, and a hat left near the scene. Three attempts to remove the stone have occurred in a year, as investigators consider reconstructing the cornerstone.
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Memorial Continental Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution
Seventeenth
George W. Jones
Jamar
Phir
Daughters of the American Reolution
Ail Pirtasf
United States
Continental Hall
Dalting
Hetter
Va Yereman
Piper
Ythelstone
Jones
John Hurett
International Bureau of Amercan Rallics
Barret
van Ness Park
Barrett
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N. J
Focal
Balimore
Penna Krrr
Tobageo Trust
Prince
the Mikado
Marine Corps
M’carren
Brooklyn
Murphy
Tammany
Navy Department
Department
Hotel del Coronado
Fleet 5
Juns Grant
Grant Jr
Alexander Sharp
Misa
Jessie Burbeck
I M Atkins
Connecticut
Isabel Ingle
H Mapvfield
Miss Welen Updegraff
F Spencer
Ilinois
Point Lema
Wid
West
Marines
Bentley
U 8 Grant Hotel
Paso Robles
Itil the Secon
Wight
Haltimere
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Vandal Marshall
D. A. R. Cornerstone
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