Two Killed as Big City Strife Spurs Labor Walkout
A mass sympathy strike looms as Central Labor Union votes to back a citywide stoppage. Streetcar clashes erupt injuring multiple people, with 14 year old Hart Verenda among the dead and several injured. Police intervene amid rioting and property damage downtown.
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Amontan
Aun
Jackson Streets
Uni
Vane
HART
Sears
William Seret
Sidewak
Stuldren Azehbustioy
Turbulent Sky: Comet Discovery Sparks Global Watch
Astronomers led by Prof Picoux report a new comet dating back to Confucius era, with Halley as a reference, while observers in Washington and Massachusetts chase it nightly. Despite poor weather, aim to sight the brilliant traveler as it nears the sun, with observers noting its rapid, faint emergence and worldwide excitement.
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Washington
Geneva University
Switzerland
Confucius
Prof Pidoux
United States
Pidoux
Naval Observatory
Massachusetts Avenue 14
Halsey
Naval
Asaph Hall
Atst
Isibte
Tle
Rosses
Epsus
Alleged dynamite plot linked to Philadelphia rapid transit strike
Early today police arrested Copeland and two others in Philadelphia on charges tied to a dynamite plot against a rapid transit car on the Tacony line. Explosions shattered nearby windows as police and railway workers trade blame. In Bethlehem Pa police kept order after a violent labor clash, nine percent of arrestees were Hungarian strikers as state police maintained a light presence.
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Lys Famengers
Philidetplys Rapid Teem
Charles Ro Copel
Meney
Willem Td
New York
Trate Beaton
Silcox
Phiadelphia Hapid
Ure Central
Woodland Avenue
Copeland
Oi Mier Union
Rapid Fast
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Pa
Bethlehem Steel Company
Third Street
Ballinger Pinchot controversy haunts Washington hearings
Testimony before the joint Senate House committee on the Ballinger Pinchot dispute reveals Pinchot's charge that Secretary Ballinger aided by recallable letters misled the President on conservation policy. Interior counsel possesses correspondence between Taft and Pinchot. The president's stance, awaiting further evidence, and potential public remarks from Pinchot loom over the inquiry.
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Forester
Taft
Ballinger
Joint Committee
Senate and House
Ballinger Pinchot
Gufford Pinchot
Cunningham
Pinchot
Secretary of the Interior
Fatt
Pinshet Asperaion
Bellinger
Gallinger
Wilson
Pepper
Family fed on garbage lives in squalid Vermont farmhouse
Burlington authorities exposure reveals a family of six endured for years on garbage in a secluded Vermont farmhouse. Aged parents and three children ages 4 7 and 14 were taken into care after two widowed women Mrs Mattie Ripples and Mrs Emery Leavitt and their father showed severe neglect and insanity linked to the diet and living conditions.
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Burlington
Bex
Han Dally
Mattie Ripples
Emery Leavitt
Floods threaten northern Ohio towns and mills
Flood conditions flood northern Ohio with Crawford county largely submerged. Fremont and Youngstown face major damage as the Mahoning and other rivers swell. Widespread inundation risks famine in remote areas unless relief arrives. Akron prayers for river flood control as ice jorges break apart.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fremont
Ital
Youngstown
Mahoning
Akron
Cuyahoga
Crawford County
Pittsburg Pa
Allegheny
Monongahela
Prohibition Push Cites Aberdeen Well as Turning Point
A minister in Mississippi urged his congregation to embrace prohibition, claiming the artesian well at Aberdeen sealed the saloon's fate. He argued Mississippians, now drinking and weak in spirit, must move to a prohibition state citing the well as a watershed event.
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Lawyer Williams to discuss mail rate jurisdiction before ICC
Fayetteville Arkansas lawyer Nathan B Williams will appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission to argue the commission’s jurisdiction over mail matter rates carried by express companies. He filed a complaint against Wells Fargo & Co about express mail rates and initiated a suit in Arkansas courts to determine Post Office Department authority. The matter has reached the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Fayetteville Ark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
William
Wells Fargo & Co
Post Office Department
Wiliams
Arkansas
Court of Appeals of
Eighth United States Circuit
Once Famous Hotel Man Expires in Pittsburg Hospital
John W Schlosser once ran the Duquesne Hotel in Pittsburg and rose from waiter to millionaire. He died in West Penn Hospital after a brief stay. Friends doubt suicide, noting stomach analysis for cancer. Senator Quay and Miss Annie Welcker linked to his fortunes and early Washington years. His wife and family connections, including two daughters in Pittsburg, are cited in reports.
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Pittsburg Hospital
Washington
Annie Welcker
Senator Quay
Bim Gan
Celes
John W Schlosser
West Penn Hospital
Schlosser
Motel Duquesns
Pittsburg
America
Quay
Schlinger
Duquesne Club
Bthloaser
Milas Annie Welcker
Plitspurs
Publishers Urge Higher Rate To Cover Handling Costs
Debates over second class mail rates hinge on whether postage should reflect handling costs. Postmaster General Hitchcock argues a higher rate for second class could still allow 1 cent letters, with magazines and newspapers sharing rural free delivery costs. He cites 2700 publications, average haul distances, and annual losses to justify redress and potential public benefit.
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Postoffice Department
Publishera
Hitchcock
Hitebéark
Crushed at Sunday School in Franklin church accident
In Franklin on February 27 Miss Mary Crawford, 13, was fatally injured in the First Baptist Sunday school room when a heavy door drop or pin caused a crushing accident. The incident occurred during a Bible class led by Gen Charles Miller, producing panic and fainting among attendees.
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Franklin Pa
Mary Crawford
First Baptist Church
Charles Miller
Childrens
Crawford
Gen Miller
Mias Crawford
Bishop Rowe Urges Alaska Land Conservation and Funds
The Rt Rev P T Rowe, Bishop of Alaska, told Epiphany Church congregants that vast Alaska lands are being sold cheaply through flawed Congressional action. He urged immediate mission funding and stronger protections, arguing mineral wealth belongs to the people and must be kept from exploitation by ineffective laws and officials.
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Alaska
P T Rowe
Epiphany Church
Episcopal Mlasiona
Rowe
Washington
Congress
Bishop Rowe
Alaskas
Cagea
Baron Killed in Duel Between Austrian Officials
A duel in Vienna yesterday between Dr Oscar Mayer and Baron Hermann Widerhofer ended with Widerhofer's death. Mayer claimed the shot was accidental due to the pistol misfire and that he had only intended to wound Widerhofer in the foot.
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Oscar Mayer
Hermann Widerhofer
Mayer
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PAYS MURDERER LIFE POLICY IN QUESTION
The case concerns Mew Lok Pe and the claim to pay a life policy on Adoton Berthey alias Big Bull Travis a burglar executed in Trenton New Jersey for murder The insurance company refused the payout arguing death by execution was not contemplated in the contract and that Berthey’s own act broke the chain of coverage A check was sent to the widow after the refusal and the matter faced ongoing contention with large insurers.
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Adoton Bertehey
Big Bull Travis
Primh
Trenton
Lagl
Bertebes
Act Inkins
Hansens Resume Trip and Church Speech Claims
The document reports Hansen alleging that war rhetoric was improved by Protestant presence. A preacher praises the effect of Archbishop Ireland being barred from Lincoln Day banquet after a toast to the King of Italy. The speech was delivered at Fairbanks, prompting the remark on church influence and political restraint.
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Italy
Methodia
America
Vatican
Ireland
Ieouce
Ronwefel
Transcontinental auto tour heads toward Mecca and Rome
On February 7 in Los Angeles W S Hansen his wife and son began a cross country automobile journey with a road guide. The circuit included Rome as a destination with mentions of Methodism issues and Catholic Church tensions in Italy. Plans include flight attempts and aviation notes with William W Southard and John H Skindles testing biplane and monoplane trials from Baltimore to Washington and Benning to Pimlico.
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Los Angeles
Pela
Washington
Cal
W S Hansen
Saratoa Springs
Odiet
Bob Timple
Rome
Metci
Charles Wo Raw
Tripie Sali
Sieas
Italy
Vatican
Fairbanks
Pope Banks
Sharon
William W Southard
Baltimore
John H Smudley
Maryland
Pimlico
eBnning
District of Columbia
Southard
John Hi Skindles
Benning
British Hoax Targeted Admiralty Aboard Flagship
Secretary Meyer received an anonymous telegram warning of a hoax played on the British admiralty. Reported London prank involved a supposed Abesinian princess entertaining officers aboard a dreadnought and a claim of a royal visit to Weymouth. The message warned of similar jests aimed at Washington officials.
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New York
Washington
London
Hhe Curtosl
Navy
Dippel to Go May 1 Retirement Delayed at Met Opera
Special to The Washington Post reports the Metropolitan Opera Company will delay the retirement announcement of manager Andress Dippel until May 1. Internal disputes with Giusto Gatlli Casazza and opposition from certain directors are noted, with rumors of a wealthy patron seeking control for social advancement and criticisms of Dippel over Cavera at the New Theater and road performances.
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Washington Post
New York
Metropoltan Opera House
Andress Dippel
Opera House
Dippel
Giuto Gatli Cazazza
Die It
Opera
Taft Spends Spring Travel Day Outside Washington
President Taft took advantage of the springlike weather in Washington yesterday and motor moved into the countryside north of the city with a group including Bourne, Hays, Hammond, and Capt. Rea. He walked back to the White House in the morning, with Bosient and Towen present.
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Washington
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Oreron Johu
Hays Hammond
Capt Rric
White House
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