Labor Leaders Triumph as Supreme Court Frees AFL Officials
The U S Supreme Court reversed jail terms for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison finding the contempt rulings civil not criminal and only fines possible The decision calls last in the Buck s Stove case and allows civil proceedings against the leaders while noting the broader dispute over union activity and boycott tactics.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Sabeg
Thea Qupreme Court
United States
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the District
Buck’s Stove and Ranges Company
Buck's Stove and Range Company
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Organized Labor
St. Louis
Supreme Court of
J. W. van Cleave
Gould
District Supreme
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Alton Parker
Supreme Court
Alton 3B. Parker
Senate deadlock persists in pro tem vote stalemate
Washington May 15 continuation of the pro tem election deadlock as the ballot produced no choice. Senator Gallinger received 38 votes while Senator Bacon trailed with uncertain totals, signaling a continued stalemate in the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Gallinger
Governor in Tilt With Speaker Over Deep Waterway Bill
Governor Jean and Speaker Adkins clash over handling of the deep waterway bill in the Illinois House. The dispute centers on a third reading, raising new prospects for an immediate special session of the 47th General Assembly.
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Ill
Jean
Adkins
House
47Th General Assembly
Supreme Court Opens After Recess With 66 Cases Before It
Washington May 16 After a two weeks recess the supreme court met to announce decisions. Sixty six cases were before the court including dissolution suits against Standard Oil and American Tobacco. Spectators crowded the high court room as decisions were anticipated. Minnesota Rate Case moved to the United States Supreme Court with an appeal from a federal ruling voiding the two cent passenger law and maximum freight laws.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil
American Tobacco Corporations
Hi‘tle
Minnesota
Keenest Yeggmen Baffled by Heavy Vaults in Bank
Report describes the First National Bank block on Sycamore and Fourth streets under construction. The vaults feature multi inch steel walls, two inner doors, massive outer doors, and a six ton outer vault door. The steel is reinforced with concrete and will house 2000 deposit boxes with a seven story, fire and burglar proof design.
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First National Bank
Sycamore
Fourth Streets
Herring-Hall-Margin Safe Co
Hamilton
James Maing & Sona Co
H. A. Maine
J.E. Currie
Cummins for Vice President as Sherman Faces Opposition
Chicago May 15 The Tribune reports James Schoolcraft Sherman will not be renominated if Taft faction rivals win. Preferred second choices include Cummins Deneen or Hadley. Old Guard opposition and progressive split threaten Sherman at the Republican convention.
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Chicago
Tribune Today
John Callan O'Laughlin
James Schoolcraft Sherman
New York
United States
Republican Party
Taft
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Deneen
Ilinois
Hadley
Missouri
Old Guard
Mr. Sherman
Col. Roosevelt
Slain Woman Found Under Viaduct Near Elgin
A well dressed woman about 40, found under a railroad viaduct near Elgin Illinois, had a fractured skull, throat cut, and clothes burned. She bore no identification but possibly wore a Chicago shoe firm emblem. A murder is suspected.
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Elgin, T
Here
Sher
Chicago
Drafting Schedule For Wool Tariff In House Action
Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee began drafting the revised wool tariff schedule for caucus ratification. Conservative leaders press for unanimous approval of a compromise bill, while the House was not in session. Senate finance panel resumed hearings on the Canadian reciprocity bill and deadlock persisted over Frye successor.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Frye
Woman in Court on Stre tche
Mrs Dora Dorey alias Mrs Doxey pleads not guilty in St Louis county court Clayton to bigamy charge. Her trial set for Friday. She was carried in an ambulance by husband Dr Loren B H Doxey and had previously faced an acquittal in an Erder murder case.
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St. Louis
Dora Dorey
Clayton
Spectacle as Billy Sunday Converts Toledo Family
At a Toledo rally Charles J Way his wife and their young son a Chinese family converted to Christianity after Billy Sunday’s sermon. Thousands witnessed the scene as Way an immigration interpreter for the U S government and Toledo native connected with the former local office joined the mourners.
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Toledo
Charles J. Way
Great Tabernacle
Billy Sunday
Jesus Christ
Way
United States
Immigration Service
Cleveland
J. A. Fluckey
Forest City
Rumors of uprising alarm Canton and surrounds
Alarming rumors of a planned uprising in Canton and nearby districts spread. Europeans in Shinien plan to leave as tens of thousands flee the disturbed areas.
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Hongkong
China
Canton
Shinien
Mrs Taft Improves. President Heads to Capital
President Taft left for Washington this morning as Mrs Taft's condition showed improvement. Dr Evans said she was better and might join him Thursday. Mrs Taft had fallen ill Saturday night at a dinner in Harrisburg during the president's remarks, with a nervous disturbance noted as a recurrence of a two year prior ailment.
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New York
Taft Taft
Washington
Evans
Taft
Henry W. Taft
Proclaimed Ruler of Abyssinia Declared in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa May 15 reports Prince Sidi Jeaswa, grandson of Emperor Menelik II, proclaimed emperor of Abyssinia with a declaration that governance should begin immediately. The news notes the line of succession and the ceremonial proclamation in the capital.
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Addis Abebba
Abyssinia
Sidi Jeaswa
Empeor Menelix
Emyas
International Congress Opens With Delegates From 34 Nations
Charlemagne Tower presides as permanent president as representatives from 34 nations gather to protect industrial property. Plenary powers are authorized to negotiate treaties with a two year work period. US Great Britain France Sweden Switzerland the Netherlands and the International bureau at Herne will present issues. Commissioner Moore and Secretaries Knox and Fisher to speak publicly tomorrow afternoon.
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Moore
Knox
Fisher
Injunction Stops Cattlemen's Meet in Des Moines
Judge DeGraft granted an injunction delaying tomorrow's directors meeting of the Wyoming Cattle Company, an Iowa concern, after government-ordered fence removals on 37,000 acres in Laramie county Wyoming. Attorney General Cosson sought to protect Iowa stockholders amid two factions. a receiver is asked.
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Des Moines
DeGraft
Wyoming Cattle Company
Iowa
Laramie County
Wyoming
Cosson
Millionaire on Trial for Bribery in Pittsburgh
Frank N. Hofstatt of New York, wealthy banker and car maker, went on trial in criminal court on a bribery charge linked to a councilman graft inquiry. He previously faced a conspiracy count with a hung jury result.
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Pittsburg
Frank N. Hofstatt
New York
Supreme Court Holds Indian Rights Inferior to Whites
Washington may 15 three centuries of civilization have not brought the full blood Indian to equal rights with whites the supreme court of the United States declared in upholding a 28 year restriction on the gate of Indian lands. Auburn new jersey may 15 350 carpenters strike as journeymen refuse 5 cent raise and Saturday half holiday.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Auburn
N. J
Supreme Court asked to hear Alaska coal land case
Washington May 18 The government asked the Supreme Court to advance for hearing next October the Alaska coal land case involving the indictment of Charles F Munday and A W Shielden tied to Stracy claims It also asked for hearings next October on Hyde and Schneider convicted of conspiracy to defraud public land on the Pacific slope the validity of the Sherman act indictment against James A Patten and others for cornering the cotton market
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Washington
Government
Supreme Court of the United States
Alaska
Charles F. Munday
A. W.W. Shielden
Stracy
Frederick A. Hyde
J. H. Schneider
Pacific
James A. Patten
Traveling man of Des Moines killed by train near Falls Hine
Des Moines May 15 R W Fields a traveling salesman from Des Moines was instantly killed when struck by a Rock Island train at Falls Hine near here today.
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Des Moines
R. W. Fields
Rock Island
Falls Hine
Three Youthful Bathers Drown at Blue Lake
Onawn Iowa May 15 three youths drowned in Blue Lake near the shore. The victims were Thomas Bristow Idoird Huff and Mack Boyle. None of the youths could swim.
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Onawn
Blue Leake
Here
Thomas Bristow
Idoyd Huff
Mack Boyle
Do Not Free Bride 10 Be Do Not Free Bride 10 Be
Judges disagree over jurisdiction to grant marriage freedom for Miss Leah Toole who is in county jail on a vagancy charge. Judge Platt and Judge Caldwell refuse to issue freeing orders, Sheriff declines to release without court orders. Licenses listed: Alfred J. Welsch and Florence Nunnemacker.
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Judge Platt
District Court
Judge Caldwell
Polce Court
Miss Leah Toole
Miss Toole
Caldwell
Shores
Temperature Report From May Fifteenth
The record notes the maximum temperature reached 79 degrees at 3 29 p m and the minimum 14 degrees above zero at 6 a m The data is supplied by Buchanan Optical Co Syndicate Block It reflects May fifteenth conditions with a night hour reading and temperature figures for the day.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate Block
Igfaom
de TE
Ee Se FM Wheela
Ticklad With a Feather
A brief quip about a wife who is unusually tickled by an ostrich feather bought at a bargain sale, as cited by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Ticklad
Tickliah
Abe
Philadelphia Ledger
Couple Separated by Chicago Fire Reunited in Pittsburg
Peter C. Sharp of this place and his wife Anna Catherine Sharp of Oakland Cal will reunite here this week. Mrs Sharp is en route to Pittsburg. The pair were separated by the 1871 Chicago fire when Sharp, a Keokuk grocer, was apart from his wife visiting relatives.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Peter C. Sharp
Anna Catherine Sharp
Oakland
Cal
Peace note strengthens peace talks in Mexican conflict
Telegraphs from Mexico City to Diaz indicate progress toward peace as Judge Carbajal receives instructions to negotiate with insurrectos. Indirect assurances suggest cabinet reorganizations and shared governorships, while troops move to reinforce Sonora towns and weaken Hermosillo as the government shifts focus to Guaymas.
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Mexico City
de la Harra
National
Diaz
el Paso
Mexico
Carbajal
Rafael Hernandez
Madero
Juarez
Insurrectos
Hermosillo
Nogales
Mex
Guaymas
Hermoasillo
Sonora
Col. Diaz
Agua Prieta
Third National conference on city planning opens in Philadelphia
The Third National conference on city planning opens in Philadelphia with delegates from numerous American and European cities. Exhibits include replanning of Chicago development of Washington and improvements in New York Boston Minneapolis Denver Des Moines and other cities. Alfred J. Welsh, Jesup. Florence Nunemaker, Jesup.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington
New York
Boston
Minneapolis
Denver
Des Moines
Wealthy Matron Stuns Philadelphia in Green Tights
Mrs. Willie Carter of Bryn Mawr London and Newport appears in green tights in a thronged hotel lobby. She walks corridors with wrap off, drawing crowds as she acts Rosalind in As You Like It. Planned European trip follows the scene amid social gossip and speculation about her husband.
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Philadelphia
Willie Carter
Bryn Mawr
London
Newport
England
Mrs. Carter
Mra Carter
Mra
Carter
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