Race Equality Banquet in New York Sparks Interracial Hope
At a Cosmopolitan Society dinner in Pecks restaurant New York twenty white women dined with black men and women under a push for racial equality and intermarriage. Speakers urged equality, with notes on education, democracy, and using the ballot to end caste, while not all attendees supported integration.
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New York
Cosmopolitan Society
Greater
Pecks Restaurant
Fulton Street
Coal Rey Madison
Peters
Andrew Ridun
Veters
Mary White Gsington
St George
Exrees
Wiliam JI Freria
Flarvard
Boston
South
Hampton Holt
Jia Aiht
Wiss
Ovington
Isabel
Mettin
San Juan
Coamopolian Club
Miss Ovington
Republic
Willard
Evening Post
Tridon
Villard
Ferris
Colored Collegan
George Frager Miller
Roosevelt Tait
Bryan
Republican Party
Vic President
Humphries
Cote Ored Republican Club
Jofn Spaigo
Barber
Chicago
Spok
Taft
O M Waller
The
Police Dismissals Shock Pensacola Union Strike
Pensacola Florida April 28 Twenty five policemen, the entire day watch, were dismissed tonight for refusing to board cars of the Pensacola Light and Traction Company and protect nonunion workers as instructed last Saturday by the chief of police. The provisional state troops, on duty here for ten days, left for their homes today.
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Pensacola
Fia
Pensacola Lhetrie Company
State
Army Orders List of Leaves and Assignments
A long, mixed Army orders list shows numerous officers receiving leaves of absence or new duties across installations such as Fort Sam Houston Columbus Barracks and Washington Barracks. It also notes ship movements and naval personnel orders, with ancillary medical anecdote about delirium tremens patients.
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Joseph W Benham
Signal Corps
Robert WM Danford
Blfth Field Artillery
William
John Francus Hospital Corps
Vandiver
Georgas H
Rt Sta Morgan
John
Cdmunda Signal Corps
General Hospital
Washington Barracks
le Wald
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
William EC Vos
Fa Slocum
Raymand
Fort Sam Houston
Harry L Bailey
Fort Thomas
Henry , Fisher
Fort Slocum
Chia
Culberson Blocks Elkins On Commodity Clause Fight
Senate debate grows heated over amending the commodity clause of the railroad rate law set to take effect May 1. Senator Elkins and Representative Culberson clash as Culberson objects to relief measures while urging penalties for railroads failing to furnish cars. If no action by Friday, railroads face heavy fines per interstate freight car involved.
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Elkins
Senate
Culberson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Mr. Elkins
Mr Culberson
Tllkins
Fexus
Cubeisuon
Attorney General
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roads Face More Charges Over Coal Transport Monopolies
Interstate Commerce Commission reports allege Utah and Colorado rail lines controlled by the Denver and Rio Grande system exploited land grants and coal mine leases to build monopolies. The Oklahoma and western routes are accused of exorbitant charges and blocking new lines, risking intensified control over public coal lands.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Staten of Colorado
Utah
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Utah Duel Company
Pleasant Vally Coal Company
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
Gould System
Colorado Duel and Iron Company
Kehrasha
Wyoming
Aomot
Peace Envoys Itinerary Redirected to Costa Rica Opening
Strained relations between Mexico and Guatemala alter plans for Willam J. Buchanan and Senor Creel. They will skip five Central American capitals, instead traveling to Cartago to attend the Central American Court of Justice opening in June. They will depart Salina Cruz, aboard the gun boat Albany, bound for Punta Arenas, Costa Rica.
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Mexico
Guatemala
Willam J . Buchanan
United States
Senor Enique
United Staties
Cartago
Costa Rica
Central American Court of Justice
Mr Buchanan
Creel
Washington
Salina Cruz
Albany
Punta Arenas
Navy dismisses surgeon after court martial ruling
Acting Assistant Surgeon Leopold H Schwerin attached to the torpedo destroyer flotilla on a voyage from Hampton Roads to Magdalena Bay was found guilty by a court martial and sentenced to dismissal from the navy. He was charged with neglecting to attend First Class Fireman J T Robinson aboard the Hull, sending a hospital apprentice instead, and misrepresenting his personal attendance in a report to Commander Cone. The Navy Department approved the sentence.
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Leopold H Schwerin
Floila
Hampton Roads
Magdalena Bay
Navy
San Juan
Porto Rico
Schwerin
J T Robinson
Schworch
Cone
Navy Department
Subpoenas Issued in McIntyre Firm Probe
In New York on April 2 Judge Hough granted an order for examination of members of T. A. McIntyre & Co. by a U.S. commissioner. Subpoenas seek details on missing $200,000 in securities and the firm’s customer accounts. McIntyre Jr. reports poor health but expects to return soon. many securities are said to have been pledged as security or bought on margin.
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Washington Post
New York
Judgs Hough
United States District Court
Irving L. Ernst
C. C. Burlingham
T. A. McIntyre & Co
United States
Thomas A. McIntyre
Omslow
N. C
Thomas A. McIntyre, Jr
McIntyre
Leon
McIntyre ‘Gay
Pension Increase Legislation Questioned After Sunday Signature
President Roosevelt signed a bill to increase pensions for Civil War widows on Sunday April 19. Attorney General Bonaparte says the bill would have become law in ten days without the signature, so the action may be valid. The precise moment of enactment remains unclear, whether Sunday April 18 or ten days later.
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Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Gould Denies Knowledge Of Suits In Matrimonial Split
Mrs. Gould denies knowledge of lawsuits involving her husband Frank Jay Gould. He had gone to Hot Springs for a rest and was expected back Thursday. She claims no reconciliation occurred and asserts there was nothing to reconcile. Gould left Hot Springs for New York with lawyer William Worthrop and declined further statements.
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Hot Springs
Aversa
Washington Post
York
Gould
Fifth Avenue
Frank Gould
Hly
Mrs Gould
Frank Jay Gould
Lnte
New York
Plaza Hotel
Mr Gould
Kew Lark
William Worthrop
Fitchmond
Man Gives Up Seat to Girl Dies on Subway
Hugo Berg aged sixty eight long in frail health gave his seat to fifteen year old Misa Ethel Danvers on a northbound subway from Fourteenth Street to Fifty-Ninth Street. After two miles he grew pale and collapsed across the girl’s lap. He died before medical help arrived. Berg, employed in a piano factory, had a history of heart trouble and lived with his widow and two daughters. He preferred local trains to save time despite danger to his condition.
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New York
Hugo Berg
Misa Ethel Danvers
Mr Berg
Frent
Fourteenth Street
Miss Danvers
Fifty-ninth Street
Sixty-sixth Street
Dr Derby
Roosevelt Hospital
Hergta
Campaign to Fight Consumption Reaches Washington
Deputy Coroner Dr Larkin W Glazebrook leads a citywide TB prevention drive urging education and prevention. A lecture program targets grades seven and eight while a committee raises public awareness, promoting fresh air diet and timely treatment as keys to cure. Dr Kopf from New York to meet local physicians and teachers on prevention.
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Kopf
Washington
General Committee
Larkin W Glazebrook
Hatreat Northwest
Colorado
California
Asheville
Glazebroo
Dre Glazebrook
Charles W Richardson
Sterling Ruffin
John D Thomas
W H Randolph
S H Kopf
New York
Kopf Wil
Piblic
Berlin
Free rides mark city transfer under Mayor Johnson
Special to The Washington Fest notes Cleveland celebrated Mayor Tom I Johnson's success in transferring all street railway lines to Municipal Traction Company control at a three cent fare. About a million free rides were given today, with four rides per person, amid crowded cars and several minor accidents as children were drawn from home onto the transit system. A group of young children waited at Central Police Station for guardians after being lured onto the cars.
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Cleveland
Municipal Traction Company
Tom I
Virginia town stays dry in local option vote
Woodstock in Madison district, Harrison County, voted to remain dry after two years dry and earlier efforts to go wet. A larger dry majority prevailed than in the prior election. Tea district also voted to stay dry for two more years. Braunton on April 28 reports Basiec City voting by 4 to continue dry by a 23 point margin.
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Washington Post
Woodstock
Madison
Henandoah County
Braunton
Basiec City
Two British Navy Mishaps Involving Gala And Britannia
Night maneuvers off Kentish Knock left the Gala torpedo boat destroyer cut in two and sunk with engineer Trent Frink Fletcher missing as the Ribble and Scout Attentive aided in the collision. Five injured on the Britannia during a full speed boiler tube explosion, four severely and one flight, with communications limited until morning.
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England
Gala
Kentish Knock
North Sea
Ribble
Sheerness
Trent Frink
Fletcher
Portsmouth
Britannia
Spithead
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Rhroor Shipbuilding Company
Quincey Mass
BR P Pringe
T T Craven
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G C Pegam
United States Naval Hospital
R R Riggs
New Fort Lyon Cole
Vixen
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Alleen
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Mare Island
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New Orleans
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Commerce Commission
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Mrs. Could
Frank
Schlitz
Milwaukee
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co
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Dr Glazebrook
Virginia
Basic City
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Smith Premier
Smith Premier Typewriter Coo
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