Injunction Issued Against Unions and Business Men
Judge Dickinson of the district court in Omaha issued a sweeping injunction against business men and proprietors. It bars refusing to sell union made goods and boycotts, orders the Business Men's association to cease meetings against unions, and blocks new or similar litigation aimed at breaking up labor unions. The city, with about 3,300 on strike or locked out and many businesses closed, faces a near standstill.
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Omaha
Dickinson
District Court
Business Men’s Association
The Supurous Runway M When Yar Wright Was Director
A fragmented reminiscence recounts Yar Wright leading the Supurous Runway M, noting era and leadership during Wright's tenure. The readable text hints at project scope and organizational context.
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Yarwright
Life Lost in Peoria Fire
Peoria Illinois May 13 Edward Schrad ski a 17 year old son of A Schrad ski proprietor of the Masonic Temple building lost his life in a blaze that started in the building Three upper floors were occupied by various concerns and many narrow escapes were seen The loss by fire is 75000 dollars
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Peoria
Ill
Edward Schradski
A. Schradski
Masonic Temple
Notable Deaths and Conflicts Across the World
Obituaries note the death of Hon. David Mills in Ottawa at 75 and Mrs. Willa Leech of Denver at 46. Reports cover Turkish advances near Nevro kop, a Bulgarian band captured, and a Chicago court stenographer G N Benedict's suicide. Also: Arkansas monitor grounded, Berlin machinists strike, and the Baltimore mayoral contest posturing.
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David Mills
Justice Laurier
Ottawa, Ont
Nevrokop
Turkey
W. G. McNeier
Edward McCool
Decatur
Ill
McCool
Kid Broad
Ben Schneider
New Orleans
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Philadelphia
Louisville
T. B. Demaree
Toledo
Ohio
Michigan Central
South Dakota Agricultural College
Iowa Agricultural College
Brookings
Illinois Photographers’ Association
C. J. Vanvender
Aurora
Grand Council of Illinois Red Men
Bloomington
G. N. Benedict
Chicago
Monitor
Arkansas
St. Genevieve
Willa K. Leech
Denver
Illinois
United States
Quincy
Colon
Colombia
Bogota
Panama Canal Company denies payment proposal
William Nelson Cromwell, general counsel of the New Panama Canal Company, publicly denies reports that the firm offered to pay 12 million dollars of the 40 million to be received from the United States. He says reports have no foundation and expects Colombia to ratify the treaty. He adds that President Marroquin’s resignation would not affect Colombia United States treaty obligations.
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Washington
William Nelson Cromwell
New Panama Canal Company
United States
Marroquin
Cromwell
Colombia
Exchange of Arms Opinion Affirms Militia to Army Guns
Judge Advocate General Davis issues an opinion for General Crozier confirming a law for exchanging militia arms for modern army guns. The ruling resolves a conflict with the appropriation act and holds the $2,000,000 appropriation available for supplying arms as for other militia purposes.
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Davis
Washington
Crozier
Federal Salt Company Convicted of Sherman Law Violation
In San Francisco Judge De Gaven presided as the Federal Salt company was convicted of maintaining a monopoly in violation of the Sherman anti trust law. The firm, organized in New Jersey in 1900, established operations in California and secured a coastal monopoly, raising prices from 2 to 6 dollars per ton to 30 to 35 dollars.
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San Francisco
de Gaven
United States District Court
Federal Salt Company
New Jersey
California
On Track of the Millionaire in Missouri Bribery Case
Governor Dockery has asked Secretary Hay to press France to arrest and return Ellis Wainwright, St. Louis brewer, for trial on bribery charges linked to a franchise. The move follows a state indictment against the millionaire.
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France
St. Louis
America
Dockery
Polk
Hay
Ellis Wainwright
President Hints Tariff Revisions While Touring California
In San Francisco on May 13 President notes the need to reapply tariff policy details to meet shifting needs. He urges currency elasticity and stresses individual virtue as key to continued prosperity. The trip includes stops at Palo Alto and Burlingame with civic receptions and a Y M C A dedication in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Citizens’ Committee
Palo Alto
Leland Standford
Citizens’ Executive Committee
M. H. Deyoung
Pacific Coast
Vaness Avenue
Stolen Money Buried in Pot Confession in Pottsville
Philadelphia May 13 A United States Express Company express package worth twenty thousand dollars disappeared last Wednesday. Agent W G Murphy confessed to taking the money from the safe while drunk and forcing a sister to help him hide it in a cellar pot in Pottsville. A detective recovered two hundred dollars as the only missing amount. Murphy, 40, longtime employee, is jailed.
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Philadelphia
United States Xpress Company
W. G. Murphy
Pottsille
Murphy
Famine Drives Rebellion in Kwangsu Province
In Kwangsu, South China, hundreds die from famine. Destitution grows as families subsist on tiny rations. missionaries provide daily aid. The famine fuels unrest as the hungry, including women and children, are forced into selling themselves.
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Victoria
B. C
South China
Kwangsu
Illinois Dental Society Opens 39th Annual Convention
The 39th annual Illinois Dental Society convention opened in Bloomington on May 13. President A. H. Peck of Chicago delivered the annual address. Committee chairmen gave reports and technical subject addresses. Featured speakers included F. A. Weldar Belvidere A. H. Harrison Rockford E. H. Allen Freeport T. H. Bartlett Ottawa George W. Cook J. H. Probasco and U. S. Case of Chicago.
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Bloomington
Illinois Dental Society
A. H. Peck
Chicago
F. A. Weldar
Belvedere
A. H. Harrison
Rockford
E .H. Allen
Freeport
T. H. Bartlett
Ottawa
George W. Cook
J. H. Probasco
U. S. Case
Annual May Music Festival Opens at Iowa Wesleyan
The second annual May music festival began in Mt. Pleasant at the Iowa Wesleyan University auditorium with the graduating concert of the college conservatory class directed by Dr. Rommel. Piano graduates include Grace Mehler Lulu Randle Kate Beatty Oral Nealy and Fern Emerson. The audience filled the auditorium as visitors arrived by train. Afternoon concerts feature Chicago artists and an evening rendition of the Quest. Two symphony concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a performance of Stabat Mater are also on the program. Despite a $2000 cost the festival is expected to be financially successful.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan University
College Conservatory
Rommel
Grace Mehler
New London
Lulu Randle
Centerville
Kate Beatty
Delta
Oral Nealy
Grinnell
Fern Emerson
Kellerton
Chicago
Thehicago Symphony Orchestra
Iowa Retail Grocers Convention Opens in Cedar Rapids
The Iowa State Retail Grocers association holds a three day convention in Cedar Rapids with delegates from most cities. A pure food exhibition fills the auditorium as officers report rapid growth in membership and planning for next year’s legislation on exemption laws strict pedlar controls and pure food amendments.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Retail Grocers’ Association
Captain Daniel Dies Sudden in Glenwood
Captain R. H. Daniel a Civil War veteran and longtime Mason dies suddenly at his Glenwood home. A former board of education member and 30 year merchant, he was a staunch Republican. He leaves a notable local legacy in education and civic life.
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Gen. Byers
Glenwood
R. H. Daniel
Daniel
General Byers
Board of Education
Reform Party
Assurances Given Sympathetic With Russia Over Manchuria
In Pekin on May 12 the French minister reports that France has notified China of Russian assurances to the United States and China through Ambassador McCormick and Cassini. Chinese officials are said to be satisfied by these assurances. The Vienna feeling is sympathetic to Russia and eased by Washington's summaries of Hay Cassini and the Japanese minister talks.
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Pekin
Conger
Manchuria
Russia
United States
McCormick
Cassini
Pektin
Washington
Hay
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Japan
Navy to Dispatch Cincinnati Albany Raleigh to Asiatic Station
The navy department expects the protected cruisers Cincinnati Albany and Raleigh to sail for the Asiatic station within days after repairs. Commander John A. Rodgers will command the squadron, joining the New Orleans and forming a cruiser group for Asian waters. The streamlined force may include Chicago Machias and San Francisco, with Kiel as a potential port of call.
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Washington
Navy Department
Cincinnati
Albany
Raleigh
Asia
John A. Rodgers
New Orleans
Asiatic
Contractors in Violation of Eight Hour Law Arrest Warrant
Police court issues arrest warrant for Sidney Clay James Bradley and Samuel Cowarden guardians of government excavation on reservoirs in Washington. Complaint by John Johnson claims 38 colored laborers from Richmond Virginia were brought to work for a dollar a day with board and lodging on an eight hour basis but worked ten hours a day and slept in a stable with horses while awaiting dismissal.
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Washington
Sidney Clay
James Bradley
Samuel Cowarden
John Johnson
Richmond
German papers downplay Russia Manchurian moves
Berlin reports in May treat Russia's Manchurian movements as likely over or not Germany’s concern. Papers echo government hints to both domestic and foreign audiences and ridicule U S and British reactions as artificial stimulation of interests.
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Manchuria
Germany
Berlin
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Young President Named at Chemical National Bank
New York May 12 The directors elected W H Porter formerly vice president as president to fill the vacancy from the death of President William Porter born in Vermont is about 43 years old and among the youngest bank presidents in the city
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New York
Chemical National Bank
W. H. Porter
William
Ottumwa Teachers to Receive 6 Percent Raise Next Year
In Ottumwa on May 14 the city plans a six percent raise for all teachers earning $45 or more monthly. Also in Ottumwa a pest house used as a pound for homeless dogs was repurposed and now awaits new occupants. A proposed ordinance to punish passing liquors to prisoners at the city jail is under draft. In Davenport a state federation of labor session debated a Minnick resolution to allocate meeting time for social and economic questions, but the committee non concurred and the convention upheld the committee by 71 to 43.
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Berlin
Beloit
Wis
George Roberts
Mint
Jim Dunkel
Otto Montke
Florence
Mexico City
James Mextullen
John Rogulski
Wausau
MecMullen
John Mitchell
Mine Workers’ Union
Pana
Frankfurter
von Tirpitz
Carthagena
Colombia
General Velez
Hamburg
Germany
Baltimore
Robert M. McLane
McLane
Ottumwa
Davenport
State Federation of Labor
Walter C. Minnick
Blind Students Graduate at Iowa College of the Blind
May day exercises opened the closing week at the Iowa College for the Blind in Vinton with the chapel program. Graduation events continue through Friday evening with pupil recitals by Ella M. Phillips Maud Law Manning and J. M. Miller and a sermon by Rev. Frank Loveland. The class closes after a strong year with record enrollment.
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Frank L. Loveland
Vinton
Brick and Tile Makers Strike Over Discrimination Claim
Pittsburg May 11 ten thousand members of the National association of Brick and Tile Makers of America have struck over alleged discrimination by Harbison-Walker refractories against union workers. It is said twenty six thousand union members in Pennsylvania and West Virginia will be out.
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Pittsburg
National Association of Brick and Tile Makers of America
Harbison-Walker
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Schissler Sentenced to 26 Years for Murder
Milwaukee May 11 Al Schissler who shot F William Reel of Watertown Wis on November 25 last was found guilty of second degree murder and has been refused a new trial. He is sentenced to 26 years in the penitentiary.
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Milwaukee
al” Schissler
F. William Reel
Watertown
Wis
Local doubts on rural route holdup tale in Gallatin
Citizens in Gallatin Tennessee dismiss the hold up story told by black rural route carrier Allgood. They believe he feared consequences from residents along the route who opposed a negro carrier.
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Gallatin
Tenn
Allgood
Gallatin, Tenn
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