Eleven New Yorkers Accused of Violating Labor Law
The United States district attorney plans to arrest eleven heads of manufacturing and contracting firms in New York for conspiring through an employers' association to import foreign workers in violation of the contract labor law. Four English tile setters linked to the case have been detained on Ellis Island since January, with Secret Service aid, after an eight month probe.
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Secret Service
New York
Sept. H
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Elhe Island
Limuts
Employers’ Association
England
Germany
Dis Island
Luiis Taland
Died on quest for food in Greenpoint family destitute
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports Charles Fredericks a 49 year old mechanic of 1139 Manhattan avenue Greenpoint left home seeking money for food. He collapsed on the sidewalk and died en route to hospital. His wife and five children were found destitute and unable to bury him. Police sent the body to the morgue.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles Fredericks
Manhattan Avenue
Greenpoint
Twents
Vanderbilt seeK control of Rochester street lines
Rochester N Y Sept 24 W K Vanderbilt Jr and Horace F Andrews visited Rochester amid rumors the Vanderbilt interests seek to gain control of the city street railway and suburban lines held by the Rochester Railway and Light Company. The system is part of a consolidation controlling gas and electric franchises with stock held by E W Clark Co and Hodenryl Walbridge Co. They deny any option on the property has been given.
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W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Horace F. Andrews
Vanderbilt-Andrews Syndicate
Vanderbilt
Syracuse
Rochester Railway and Light Company
Street Railroad
Gas and Electric Light
E W. Clark & Co
Philadelphia
Hodenryl, Walbridge & Co
New York
Rock Island seeks Pacific outlet via Sonora extension
Railroad circles report Rock Island Co plans an outlet to the Pacific Coast of Mexico and considers extending its line through Sonora. The Sierra Madre road, already advanced in work, may be taken over to provide the outlet. In Corsica two people were killed and several wounded in rioting during a municipal election. Mores September furniture sale promotes underpriced furniture for every room with a carpet and rug special.
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Rock Island Railroad
Sierra Madre
Mexico City
Rock Island Company
Pacific Coast
Mexico
Sonora
Rock Island
Ajaccio
Corsica
Mores
Harvard Lecturer Killed Near Chocorua
Dr James R Chadwick a Harvard College lecturer from Boston was found dead early today near his summer residence at Chocorua New Hampshire seven miles from West Ossipee. Coroner Hodson deemed death accidental noting head and hip bruises from a fall on the cottage roof while seeking air.
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West Ossipee
N. H
James R. Chadwick
Boston
Harvard College
Chocorua
BE. W. Hodson
Tamporth
Chadwick
Platt Still in Politics Despite Health Denials
Kansas City, Sept. 4. Senator Platt of New York arrived in Kansas City from Denver in his private car Courier and left tonight for the East. He denied reports on his health and retirement, saying future developments would show he remains a factor in New York and national politics.
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Senator Flatt
New York
Denver
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacfic
Courier
Platt
Roosevelt to Return Saturday for Annual State Affairs Talk
President Roosevelt will end his Sagamore Hill summer and travel to Washington by rail and boat arriving around 6 PM Saturday. He plans a major national address focusing on life insurance regulation, Venezuela relations, and Santo Domingo fiscal policy, with cabinet data due in November.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Executive Force
Long Island City
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congress
Venesusla
America
Santo Domingo
Departments of Agriculture and the Interior
Department of Justice
Beef Trust
Panama Canal
Russia
Japan
Colbyites Choose Lentz For Campaign Leader
The Colby limited franchise committee assigns Maj. Carl Lentz, defeated Republican boss, to lead the Colby campaign this fall. Orange supporters doubt this move signals machine backing. Reformers’ act is viewed as strategic engineering, with Lentz still lacking a county committee majority and needing consultation as head.
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Washington
Orange
NM. J
Colby Limited Franchise Committee
Carl Lentz
Boas
Colby
Colbystep
Lkely
Essex County
Officers of St. Andrew convention elected in Chicago
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew adjourned in Chicago as officers for next year were chosen led by President Robert H. Gardiner and a slate including G Henry Davis Edmund Billing C C Payson Robert Carleton Francis M Adams Edgar E Criswell B C Mcallister Percy White G Frank Shelby and G H Randell. A roundtrip fare priced at $1.00 was set for Harpers Ferry Charlestown Winchester with travel via Baltimore and Ohio departing 8:30 a.m. Sunday October 1 for an illustrated journey.
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Chicago
the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Memphis
Robert H. Gardiner
Gardiner
G. Henry Davis
Philadelphia
Edmund Billing
Boston
C. C. Payson
Robert Carleton
Francis M. Adams
Brooklyn
Edgar E. Criswell
B. C. Mcallister
Indianapolis
Percy G. White
G Frank Shelby
Denver
G. H. Randell
Cleveland
Bomb Attack Kills Four on Peking Mission Train Car
At Peking rail station a bomb in a private car killed four minor officials and wounded over twenty as a mission train prepared to depart to study foreign government methods. Prince Tsai Teche and Wu Ting-fang were injured. the assailant was blown apart. Government offices and rail lines are now guarded. The edict appointing the missions was issued July 16.
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Peking
Prince Tsai Teche
Wu Ting-fang
United States
Hmdress
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Tsai Teche
Eix
China
New Reform Party
Legation
Wang Tai Shei
Wang Kai Kah
Mexico Is Prosperous Trade With Europe and US Grows
Mexico City reports fiscal year end June 30 with imports totaling 85.78 million dollars led by the United States at 48.81 million. Britain sent 10.42 million, Germany 9.21 million, France 8.84 million. Silver exports total 65.62 million, gold exports rise to 18.70 million. Overall exports reach 208.62 million, gold value about 104.8 million. Trade with the United States expands as prosperity remains high and the outlook for next year is bright.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
China Reorganizes Army Plan for 500000 Trained Men
London dispatch reports Shanghai says a reorganization will divide China into twenty military districts each with four infantry regiments one cavalry regiment and engineers and artillery. Men enlisted for nine years and by 1910 half a million trained troops expected for field service under Yuan Shikai commander in Pechili.
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London
Morning Post
Shanghai
In Tchang
Berlin
Yuan Shi Kai
Pechill
China
WANG TAT SHEI PROMO WRST SECRETARY OF LEGATION NAMED MINISTER TO BRITAIN
Wang Tai Shei, the first secretary of the Chinese Legation, has been designated as the Chinese Minister to the court of Great Britain. Chentung Luang-Cheng, the Chinese Minister to the United States, will today formally notify the State Department of the contemplated change in the legation.
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Wang Tai Shei
Legation
Great Britain
Chentung Luang-Cheng
United States
State Department
Flag on British Soil Seizure and Commander Islands Occupation
Reports from St. Petersburg say the American steamer Montara was seized near Wikolskos by Japanese forces and the Commander Islands were later occupied with the Japanese flag raised. The prize court at Yokohama had not yet ruled on Montara's capture, and the case involved Baron Bruggen of the Kamchatka Trading Society and Rear Admiral Kataoka.
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Montara
Baron Bruggen
Kamtchatka
Wikolskos
Bering Island
Commander Islands
Commander
Griscom
Takyo
State Department
Nikolaievsk
Yokosuta Naval Station
Prige
Yokohama
Siberian
Great Britain
United States
Army Captain Godfrey death by own hand at Fort McPherson
Capt Godfrey assistant surgeon A. and A. at Fort McPherson shot himself after telling wife he would return in a minute. He was 35, West Point graduate, son of Col. Godfrey, recently reassigned from Washington. Remains to be buried at Marietta National Cemetery. In Albany a trolley collision killed motorman Thomas Loftus and injured another.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Godfrey
Fort McPherson
Be, Godfrey
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kans
Washington
Sixteenth Infantry
Philippines
West Point
Seventeenth
National Cemetery
Marietta
Albany
Sotorman
Albany and Hudson Electric Railway
Thomas Loftus
Rensselaer
Dynamite jailbreak fails in Somerville jail siege
Hack Lahey gang attempts escape by blasting a four by four foot hole in the jail corridor wall at 6:30. Special watchman William Moore barely misses debris as explosions echo for miles. Deputies, police, and hundreds of citizens swarm the scene to force prisoners back to their cells. Lahey Harrington and Regan are described as desperate highwaymen.
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Washington Post
Somerville
N. J
Hack Lahey
Somerset County
William Moore
Moore
John Anderson
Totten
Anderson
Heck Laddy
Red Harrington
James Regan
Lahey
Harrington
Regan
Finderne
C. M. Sterling
William McManus
Middlesex County
Haston
Three Killed In Wreck Near Susquehanna Pa
An Erie train eastbound collided with a crossing engine near Susquehanna Pa killing engineer Frank Robbins of Susquehanna and injuring wireman Burt Mullapaugh and baggage car foreman Samuel Hempstead. The as-yet unnamed hostler fled, and investigators cite negligence at the round house as the cause.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Erie
Susquehanna
Burt Mullapaugh
Samuel Hempstead
Clark Summit
Round House
Hostler
Thostler
Miss Roosevelt Attends Japanese Schoolboys Sports in Seoul
Misa Alice Roosevelt and guests today watched Japanese schoolboys athletic events in Seoul. The party was greeted by the Japanese educational committee and plans to picnic and ride in the hills after a strenuous tour of Japan, Manila, and China.
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Seoul
Misa Alice Roosevelt
Japan
Manila
China
Arrests for Labor Violations in Today’s Issue
Arrests for labor law violations headline page one. The issue also notes a bomb killing four in China and a jail mystery in New London.
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China
New London
Virginia
Prince Louis
Beard
the Zoo
Wall Street Review
Hounded to Death Charge Hits Washington Officials
Louisville Sept 24 Capt Thomas H Upperman longtime government clerk at Jeffersonville Indiana depot and later Delaware City died suddenly of angina pectoris. Dr David C Peyton friends claim he was driven to death by Washington officials amid Democratic political scheming to place him where he would know less. Congressman W T Zenor and other prominent Democrats opposed the transfer.
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Washington Post
Louisville
Thomas H. Upperman
Jeffersonville
Ind
Delaware City
David C. Peyton
Washington
Upperman
Tess
Delaware Mty
W. T. Zenor
Riot at St Stanislaus Church Over Parish Finances
In Adams Massachusetts a mass riot broke out at St Stanislaus Church during high mass as about 300 parishioners clashed with Rev M F Kopytiewicz over parish finances. Police used clubs and revolvers to disperse the crowd, six arrests made, the invaders forced from the building, unrest tied to financial disputes.
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Dolley
Judge Calhoun Probes Venezuela French Cable Row
Former U S judge W J Calhoun investigates the crisis over the French Cable Company in Venezuela Caracas Sept 28 following the expulsion of M Brun and the closing of land stations The French chargé d affaires M Taigny protested to Caracas Sept 19 and Sept 20 citing unresolved relations with Paris The Venezuelan note rejects dealing through M Taigny while noting documents supporting the court actions
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Caracas
Venezuela
W. J. Calhoun
United States
M. Brun
M. Taigny
Calhoun
M. Tatgay
Senator Crane Returns From Sickbed After Eye Injury
Pittsfield Sept 24 Senator Crane left his Dalton home yesterday after a week with a sore eye. While brushing his hair at Mount Pleasant farm Windsor a bristle caused a slight cut on the right eyeball inflaming the eye and injuring the other eye. Dr R H Blanchard Pittsfield treated him and said no serious damage occurred though his eye remained bandaged.
Cortelyou at Bretton Woods Mount Washington weekend guest
Hon. George E. Cortelu accompanied by M. A. Dignam of Lawrence Mass is spending Sunday at the Mount Washington Hotel Bretton Woods N H having arrived from Portland Also George W Perkins of New York is a week end guest at the mountain hotel The Royal Blue Traine line is noted nearby in New Baltimore and Ohio Terminal Twenty third Street New York convenient to hotel theater and shopping district
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Bretton Woods
Mount Washington
N. H
George E. Cortelyou
M. A. Dignam
Lawrence
Mass
Portland
George W. Perkins
New York
Baltimore and Ohio Terminal
Twenty-third ‘Street
Royal Blue Line
Baltimore
Ohio BR. BR
Liberty St
Woman Fends Off Break-in. Man Shot at New London Home
Stephen M. Crocker, from a well known New London family, was shot at the Bindless residence after forcing entry and terrors in the early hours. Mrs Bindless wrestled a revolver from her husband to protect herself and daughter Stella. A misfire ricocheted, then Crocker was shot in the body during the struggle. He collapsed at home and was taken to Medial Hospital in serious condition. The Bindless couple reported the incident to police.
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New London
Conn
Stephen M. Crocker
Medial Hospital
George Bindless
Crocker
Bindless
Cuba at Peace Again After Elections in Havana
Cuban Minister Fenor Quesada received a dispatch from Havana stating no disturbances since the local incidents at Cienfuegos, perfect order throughout the republic, and ample measures to guarantee it. Elections for the boards were held with strict legality and, in almost all boards, the Moderates won.
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Fenor Quesada
Havana
Cienfuegos
Boston Police Fail to Solve Dismembered Body in Suitcase
Police from Boston state, aided by State and Winthrop officers and many volunteers, have completed three days of investigation into the dress suitcase pulled from Winthrop Cove last Thursday. The suitcase contained the dismembered body of an unidentified woman, and no clues have emerged to identify her or explain the death.
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Boston
Winthrop
Winthrop Cove
Funeral ruse unmasked as Frank Hennessey returns
Special to The Washington Post from Paterson New Jersey describes a funeral setup for Frank Hennessey son of Mrs Mary Lyons of 63 Marshall street. Mourners gathered and arrangements were ready when Hennessey alive with two brothers appeared. A telegram to his mother claimed he had died in Saratoga causing a funeral farce. The family learned he had been living in Saratoga and had come back.
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Washington Post
Paterson
Frank Hennessey
Mary Lyons
Marshall Street
Saratoga
Tennessey
Movng Reagon
Nichols
Boys Battle Eagle to Save Dog in Newark
Felix and Edwin Ritters, twelve and thirteen, fought to stop a five and a half foot eagle that swooped on their dog near Vailsburg. Edwin grabbed the bird by the neck as the creature tore his clothes, until Felix killed it with a baseball bat.
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Newark
N. J
Vailsburg
Felix
Edwin Rittera
Edwin
Gallatin's Yacht Goes Ashore in Chatham Bay
The steam yacht Riviera of Frederic Gaila tin New York went ashore in Chatham Bay last night but was floated today by a life saving crew. On board were the owner his son his son's wife Captain O A Oakes and 27 crewmen. The 400 ton vessel bound from Greenport L I to Bar Harbor. The accident was blamed on the lookout mistaking Chatham light for Handkerchief lightship.
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Mass
Riviera
Frederic Gailatin
New York
Chatham Bay
O. A. Oakes
Greenport
L. L
Bar Harbor
Oakes
Chatham Light
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