Strike Breaker and Police Hit as Crowd Attacks Car
Indianapolis Nov 6 A street car siege by a crowd damaged the vehicle and injured seven strike breakers and two policemen. Bricks rain from buildings and a downpour of missiles halted downtown traffic as civic groups urged Gov Ralston to order troops. One striker Thomas Carleton later died from riot injuries. Strikers offered to waive union recognition and seek rehiring under a yearly contract, with Gov Ralston forwarding the proposal to Traction Company President Todd.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Gos
Halston
Thomas Carleton
Gov. Ralston
WG. Beatty
Central Labor Union
Central Bank Plan Backed in Senate Currency Fight
A proposed government controlled central bank in Washington and 24 regional reserve banks was urged by Senator Reed of Missouri. The plan has no capital stock for the central bank and would hold the government's gold reserve plus 4 percent of member banks' reserve. Regional banks would be capitalized at $1,000 each, with stock offered to the public.
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Washington
Reed
Isthmian rights defended in Colombia senate resolution
On the tenth anniversary of Panama’s separation, Colombia’s senate unanimously adopted a resolution reaffirming isthmian rights as irrevocable. It opposes causes hindering peace and defends equity and justice if those causes are removed.
Militant Suffragists Form Volunteer Fighting Corps
Sylvia Pankhurst announces in London the formation of a volunteer corps under Capt Sir Francis Vane to protect militant suffragists and labor unions. The group pledges readiness to use force if women are injured, drawing staff from war veterans and both sexes eligible for ranks. Police guard Lansbury home amid surrounding rumors of arrests and escapes.
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London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Ir Francis Vane
Militana
Sylvia Pankhurat
Bow Baths
East End
Francia Vane
Misa Zeke Emerson
Jackson, Mich
George Lansbury
Lansbury
Bethnal Green
Miss Daley Lansbury
Miss Pankhurst
Mr. Lansbury
Sir Francis Vane
Sir Francis
Sir Edward Carson
Woman Named Chief Counsel in Arizona Mining Case
Nov 6 report from Washington notes Mrs. H Sorin of Arizona appeared as sole representative of a mining corporation in a Salt case before the U S Supreme Court. She defended the case with her late father William Herring as co counsel in the appeal. The Arizona Supreme Court later ruled in her favor.
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Washington
United States
H. Sorin
Arizona
Sorin
Ariz
James H
William Herring
Oa Coureel
Herring
Supreme Court of Arizona
W C T U urges commute for Bristol woman
The National W C T U urged Connecticut Governor Simon Baldwin to commute the death sentence of Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield of Bristol for killing her husband. The resolution, by Mrs. Caroline Buill, warned that a woman’s hanging would stain the state. Another resolution called for a three to five mile prohibition zone around all government reservations.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Simon Baldwin
Connecticut
Bessie J. Wakefield
Bristol
Conn
Caroline Buiil
W. C
Ella. Hooven Thatcher
New Jersey
Warships to Mexico Coast and border patrol orders
Multiple US warships dispatched toward Mexico including the Pittsburg and California. Troops from the Tenth cavalry and Second can none at Fort Ethan Allen and Fore Bibis Texas to move by transport to Vera Cruz and Kirkpatrick. President Wilson disputes urgency of the note and confirms a Durango intervention plan while Huerta’s resignation is demanded.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Jobo" Lind
Wilson
United States
Huerta
Washington
Daniels
Pittsburg
California
Guayamas
Cowles
Wessels
Cellera
White House
Hope for cheap beef seen in coming Brazil cattle boom
Kansas City report quotes Richard Walsh who has built vast cattle ranches in Brazil and South Africa. He predicts relief from high beef prices as millions of beeves exit Brazil within five years. Walsh notes US packers have no investments there and two firms expanding ranches and packing houses will compete with American packers.
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Kansas City
Richard Walsh
Brazil
South Africa
Saya
America
Rhodesia
Brasil
United States
TAMMANY WILL COME BACK Strong pledge after election pick up
New York November 5 Charles Francis Murphy said Tammany Hall will come back stronger and not resign. He told reporters his organization would work harder to rejuvenate itself and doubted it was destroyed by the Tuesday results.
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Ecee" Murphy
New York
Tammany Hall
Charles Francis Murphy
Tammany
Mrs Belle Gunness Alive Rumor Circulates
Chicago police report a letter claiming Mrs Belle Gunness slayer of 15 people at Laporte Indiana is alive and living quietly near Hot Springs Arkansas. The sender, M J Merrill of the Palace hotel in Hot Springs, dispatched a description to him for identification. Maurice Spanrenberg promoted to captain after Volturno rescue. becomes Grosser Kurtverst’s first officer.
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Chicago
Hot Springs
Ack
Belle Gunnness
Laporte
Ind
Central Office
Ark
M. J. Merrill
Palace Hotel
New York
Maurice Span- Renberg
France Refuses to Intercede in Mexico Affairs
Paris reports France will not mediate between the United States and Mexico over Huerta. The French foreign office will act only after receiving clearer guidance from Washington and will avoid any steps that might displease the U.S. government.
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Paris
France
Huerta
United Staes
United States
Mexico
Washington
Woman Sues for 10000 Over Transfer Refusal
Mrs Emma Joy sues Wantington Railway and Electric for 10000 claiming a missed street car transfer caused illness. She says a transfer was refused after she rode one car to visit, forcing her to walk ten blocks and contract a severe cold believed worth at least 20000 in damages.
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Washington
Emma Joy
Wantington Railway and Electric Company
Funk admits repeating Lorimer testimony in crime trial
Clarence Funk, former general manager of International Harvester, testified in the Lorimer conspiracy case, repeating a misstatement about being approached by Edward Hines to fund a bid to influence Lorimer. He denied knowing Josephine Henning in the alienation suit and said he had never been inside the Grand Pacific hotel. German smugglers Schwert brothers fined 750000 dollars for alcohol smuggling from Switzerland to Germany.
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Chicago
Navy
Clarence 3. Fonk
International Harvester Company
Lorimer
Bo Edward Hines
Hines
Daniel Nona~hoe
Isaac Steve
Jage Pam
Punk
Funk
Marjorie Hamilton Cunningham
Maude Evans
Pom
Bin
Forlmer
Pam
John G. Henning
Josephine Henning
Grand Pacific
Bia Ife
Mrs. Henning
Hell
Cologne
Mit
Germany
Schwert
Offenburg
Switzerland
University Ruin and Damaged Bar After 116000 Dollar Fire
The university campus suffers ruin as a brown renat named Bars is badly damaged in a fire that caused an estimated 116000 dollars in losses.
Fire outbreak spurs panic among Tribune girls in Chicago
A blaze erupted in a real estate office on the twelfth floor of the Tribune building in Chicago causing panic as scores of girls fled down stairways. Firefighters extinguished the flames with limited damage. The incident underscores a period of building growth in Shanghai contrasts.
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Tribune
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