Horrors in steerage as women face abuse aboard ships
A government report based on immigration commission agents shows steerage passengers endure crowded berths, foul conditions, and daily abuse by crew and stewards. Accounts describe vile language, forced proximity, and little privacy, with calls for government inspectors aboard ships and enforcement of stricter steerage standards.
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Endus
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Engers
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Immigias Mission
Accammenis
Tyre
Reform plan targets prison life conditions and water access
Report describes grim prison conditions with limited shared washrooms for men, scarce water access, and strict rules blocking washing. Instances of women attempting to fetch drinking water to wash are noted, but were stopped by stewards. Genator Dillingham leads immigration commission proposing reforms in a measure introduced in the Renate.
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Genator Dillingham
Renate
Will of Charles N. Crittenton Funds Missions and $200,000 to Exployees
The will of Charles N. Crittenton, founder of the Morence Crittenton missions for women and children, fled for probate in New York on December 1. It leaves half the residuary estate to the missions and distributes a large portion of the other half among eight longtime employees of the C N Crittenton Company. Estimates place the estate between 2 to 5 million dollars. gifts to employees are said to total at least 200,000. The will, dated August 2, 19, names Thomas E B Delano as executor. The testator, who started his drug business in 1861, funded the Florence Crittenton missions after family tragedies, with branches now worldwide.
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New York
Charles NI Crittenton
Morence Crittenton Missions
California
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Crittenton
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N. Crittenton Company
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Bronx
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Macene
France
Tokyo
Shanghai
Mexico
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Pacific Coast
Inventor claims monoplane voyage from Worcester to New York
Worcester figure Thilinghast describes a 300 mile air trip in a flying machine with pauses for repairs. He says he flew from Worcester to New York then New London and Boston in one night, circled Boston harbor, and returned to start before daylight. He promises a bigger demonstration later.
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Washington Post
Worcester
Mass
Wallace D. Willinghast
New York
New London
Boston
Xam Hot
T Shell
Thilinghast
Masked bandit robs woman on Hamburg Express train
An American woman traveling from Berlin to Glogwitz in Silesia was robbed in a dining car by a masked man who seized her purse containing 75 dollars and a jeweled brooch valued at 5,000. He pulled the emergency cord, fled, and was pursued by police dogs who later found him.
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Germany
Washington Post
Berlin
Gletwitz
Silesia
Biepenber
New York
Hamburg
Giglwits Express
Tedey
Prohibition Reform Rally Hearings Quietly Urge Dry Nation
Rev A P Baker argues prohibition gains from revenue records and state trends to end liquor business nationwide. He cites 400000 people in dry areas and 63 years of rising abstinence, urging church leadership and government action. Delegates plan to meet Taft and Knox while promoting abolitionist goals at reform conclave events in Washington.
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Model License League
Louteville
Model Licenas League
P A Baker
Antisaloon League of America
Wiret Congregational Church
United States
United States. His Statistics Tekken From Internal Revenue
Baker
London
Knox
Dr Crafts
T D Crother
Hartford
G Rowland Monroe
Newark
Cora F Stoddard
Boston
Brat Congregational Church
S WU Woodrow
First Congregational Church
Margaret Dye
WCTU
Wilbur F Grafts
Samuel 2
Hat‘ea
M D Ellis
Frances W Graham
Italians Hold Ball at Third Annual Festives in City
Ambassador Des Planches, central figure at the Comiteto Colombiano ball, presided as Italian community leader in formal attire at Rifles Hall Monday night. Mayor Des Planches attended the Carnegie dedication earlier, with Senor Lorenzo del Giorno chairing the arrangements as the Italian society reported its most successful event yet.
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Mayor Des Planches
United States
Comiteto Colombiano
Na- Honal Rifles Hall
Signor
Carnegie Institution
Earler
Lorenzo del Giorno
O'Laughlin Sees New East War Likely
John Callan O'Laughlin former Assistant Secretary of State spoke to the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church Men’s Club in Columbia road Monday night. He cited two pillars of U S diplomacy the Monroe doctrine and the open door and urged protection of China’s integrity. He warned that conflict between Japan and Russia over Manchuria could recur, predicting another war between those powers.
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Japan
Russa
John Callan O’leushin
United States
Mount Fleasant Congregational
Columbia Road
China
Argentine
Chile
Brazil
Russia
Manchuria
O'Laughlin
Spain
New York Paris Phones Link In Experimental Telephony
London report cites Daily Mail that in a few weeks a system will be installed linking the Eiffel Tower Paris and the Mutual Life building New York. The DeForest etherle telephony method will be employed to carry spoken conversation.
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Mutual Life Tower
London
Daily Mails Authority
Enifel Tower
Paria
Mutual Life
New York
Early the Leper Attends Medical Society Discussion
John R. Early the so called leper sat in the audience as Dr Duncan Bulkley and other physicians debated his case at the Academy of Medicine. Early described his Washington quarantine and a warning letter from Dr Woodward while legal minds urged congressional action and a committee was set to pursue a clean bill of health.
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Webbington
New York
John R. Early
Washington
Society of Medical Jurng Prudence
Academy of Medicine
Barry
Duncan Bulkley
Nia
Tae
Bulldeg
Farly
Woodward
John Re
Bulkley
Harly
Wishington
Boikiey
Congress
Taily
Sociery
Gen James Casement Dead in Painesville Ohio
Gen James Casement veteran of the Civil War and railway builder died after three days of pneumonia in Painesville Ohio. He helped build the Union Pacific to Cheyenne and the Nickel Plate from Cleveland to Buffalo and served in Costa Rica on a government project. He was an electoral college member for Taft.
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Ohio
James Casement
Raiiboné
Lake Erie College
Casement
Lake Shore
Union Pactic
Cheyenne
Cleveland
Buffalo
Costa, Rica
Wiliam H. Taft
Ryan May Engage in Racing at Oak Ridge Virginia
Special to The Washington Post reports Thomas F Ryan, who last summer bought several thoroughbred horses, plans racing next season. He currently has yearling foals at Oak Ridge in Virginia and shows strong interest in pursuing racing, building a private track with a modest grand stand on his estate after necessary earthworks and cuts.
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New York
Thomas F Ryan
Virginia
Ryan
Dedication of Carnegie Institution Building Evening Guest Leaders
A Washington ceremony honored founder Andrew Carnegie and the Carnegie Institution of Washington with a gala dedication of the administration building on the Avenue of the Presidents. Senator Root, John Billings, and Dr Robert Woodward led addresses while guests including diplomats and scholars toured exhibits and praised the institution’s research.
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
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P Streets
Andrew Carnegie
John Billings
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Flan Root
Robert Woodward
Carnegie Institution
Woodward
Instituton
Geophysical Laboratory
Carnegie Rose
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Carnegie
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Bryce
Sherman
Baron Mayor Des Planches
Yench
J F Jusserand
Joaquin Nabuco
Brazil
Elihu Root
Organization de Robert 8 Woodward
Diplomatic Corps
Washington
P Street
Interstate Strikes and Government Arbitration Reform
Representative Steenerson explains a proposed Erdman act amendment to speed arbitration in rail labor disputes. He argues for federal remedies including court review limits and a potential government operation of critical lines during major emergencies, citing recent strike threats and fuel coal impacts.
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Pal
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Bt ‘Paib
Knapp
Interstate [Commerce Commission
Neill
Igommalsgioner
Ixbor
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Erdman
Circuit Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Decuit
mpDi
United States
Olney
Chicago
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Northwest
Duluth
Great Prairie
Re River Valley
Washington
West Virginia county road engineers meet in Parkersburg
The first convention of West Virginia county road engineers convened in Parkersburg by State Commissioner Charles P Light to organize a state body and advocate public road improvements. Former Governor A B White is among principal speakers as Parkersburg Automobile Club hosts a banquet for attendees.
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