Move to Save Lives' to Protect Their Employes
Railroads plan a nationwide safety campaign after an Interstate Commerce Commission report shows high rates of killed and injured workers. W E Spaulding of the Frisco system drives a division committee network to report hazards and push safer practices to cut fatalities and damages.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. E. Spaulding
Frisco
Moes
Loni
Ocrty
United States
UN Iil
Spalding
Faiiroad
Ite
Cara
Spaulding
Massachusetts House rejects Butler statue bill again
Boston May 4 The Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee voted not to pass the bill to erect a statue of late Major General Benjamin F. Butler either in the State Capitol or on the Statehouse grounds. Earlier the committee on museums and libraries had adverse reports, but the full House sent the bill to Ways and Means. The bill provided for a 6000 appropriation to fund the statue, a proposal that has failed to pass in prior years.
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Boston
Benjamin F. Butler
State Capitol
House Committee On ‘Ways and Means
Bisté
House
Ways and Means
Hitler
Frente
Our big art catalogue will give sou al particulars
A brief plea appears to urge completing an art catalogue submission. The note requests details for inclusion and references a deadline or prompt to write for the catalogue. It conveys urgency and a direct call to action aimed at the recipient.
Commercial cars gain ground in American industry
Industry observer notes 652 461 autos in country with production rising to 10 000 per month and 30 000 1912 forecast. More than 200 American pleasure car firms and 280 truck makers exist, with commercial vehicles reaching 25 451 in use. Commercial trucks are expanding business, rivaling railroads and telegraph, yet the horse will not vanish.
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Ttig
Commercial Car Journal
United States
Holves Oo
Rar
Foljumbe
Father Pleads For Son In Counterfeiting Case
Patrick J. McGrath of Brockton was sentenced to seven years in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for counterfeiting. He pleaded with the judge to spare his son Joseph A. McGrath, age 17, who helped his father, confessing the elder McGrath had forged counterfeit money for six years.
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Boston
Patrick J. McGrath
Brockton
Atlanta
Dodge
United States District Court
Joseph A. McGrath
McGrath
Plan for Indiana auto tent show travels nation wide
Indiana Automobile Manufacturers Association weighs a traveling tent circus to showcase Hoosier cars. President J J Cole proposes a special train carrying one or two models from each company for four day to week exhibitions in multiple cities with advance newspaper promotion. Plan aims to unite manufacturers and boost Indiana made vehicles ahead of the 1915 model year rollout.
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United States
Indiana Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Indiana
J. J. Cole
Cole Motor Car Company
Cole
Shix
Manufacturers’ Association
Two KILLED IN A DUEL IN KENTUCKY
A Special to The Wishingted Fest reports that on Kettle Creek near Tompkinaville Kentucky May 4 Albert Stephens and William Maybury were found slain after a duel. Each man was shot four times. Stephens opened fire and fired on Maybury who returned fire. The two men, believed to have planned a private settlement, died without witnesses.
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Tompkinaville
Kettle Creek
Albert Stephens
William Maybury
Sephens
Maybury
New Cruiser El Hang Launch at Camden Yard
Chilean and American naval officers witnessed the launch of the Chinese cruiser El Hang at the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden N J The Fei Hung will serve as a training ship at 8 5 2 feet long with 2600 tons displacement and armament of 2 3 inch guns four 4 inch guns and smaller calibers The ceremony included Miss Chang Yuyi daughter of Chang Yin Twng the Chinese minister in the United States and a party of officials and officers from both navies
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Philadelphia
New Republic
el Hang
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Delaware River
Chang Yuyi
Chang Yin Twng
United States
Shipbuilding Company
Lake Superior Iron and Steel renamed Algoma Steel Corp Ltd
May 4 report states the Lake Superior Iron and Steel Company at Sault Ste Marie Ontario becomes Algoma Steel Corporation Ltd. Capital rises from 1 million to 20.6 million with 290 thousand shares issued of which 150 thousand are preference. The new group includes the Algoma Steel Company Algoma Commercial Company Algoma Iron Works Lake Superior Power Company F bom Limestone Company and the Cannleton Coal and Coke Company.
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Toronto
Ontario
Lake Superior Iron and Steel Company
Sault Ste. Mare
Algoma Steel Corporaton, Ltd
Spain- Querries
Algoma Steel Company
Algoma Commercial Company
Algoma Iron Works
Lake Superior
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Hut Delve Modela
Borland-Grannis Company
Michigan Avenue
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Glyan
Boba Red
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Bagel
Maxwell
Mercury
United Motor Washington Company
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Eastern Motor Sales
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Gibbe
Staunton
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Hull
Irving-Way-Hill Co
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Aler
Plan Automobile Circus
Emerson & Orme
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Wiss Chang Yayi
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Celtic
Queens
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la Provence
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