English and Canadian leaders meet to promote enduring Anglo American friendship
Delegates from Great Britain Canada Newfoundland and Australia join American representatives in a five day conference in New York to plan a December 1914 centenary celebration of the Ghent treaty. Chauncey Depew Lord Wear Dale Sir Edmund Walker and Mayor Gaynor attend as dignitaries in a session highlighting peace amid rising global tensions.
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Ny Morning Journal
New York
Great Britain
Canada
New Foundland
Australia
Gaynor
Alten Th Parker
Ghent
M. de Broyne
Lord Weardale
England
Sir Edmund Walker
Pilgrims’ Society
Chauncey M. Depew
Walter HH Page
Joseph If Choate
Arthur Lawley
George Houston Reid
Edmund Walker
Mr. Depew
Depew
United States
George Reid
Australi
City Hall
Carnegie
Washington
United States Congress
Parker
Wei
C. de Bruyne
Ghent Highlights Role as Neutral Ground in 1814 Peace Talks
The speaker from Ghent addressed the assembly in English praising Ghent for hosting the 1814 peace negotiations between two great powers. He asserts Ghent’s pride in commemorating that pivotal event and its role as neutral ground in history.
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Tist
Ghent
Socialist speeches ignite fatal riot in Huntington
A riot broke out at a socialist meeting in Huntington West Virginia after clashes over martial law in Kanawha county. One man William Taylor was shot in the head and gravely wounded as missiles flew and police used clubs amid arrests.
Danish Explorer Returns From Greenland Mission
Copenhagen reports Knud Rasmussen has returned to Thorshaven after a three year absence in Greenland. He departed Copenhagen in July 1910 to trace EsKimo migrations from North America and determine origin and to seek Crocker’s Island observed by Peary, with plans to explore inland ice.
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Copenhagen
Knud Rasmussen
Greenland
Thorshaven
Faroe Islands
Rasmussen
Crocker
Peary
Crisis Passes in Europe Evacuations and Diplomatic Move
King Nicholas transfers the Near East crisis to the powers for a diplomatic solution as evacuations proceed in Europe amid mounting tensions.
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Europe
Sgutari
Nicholas
Uffange Battle Reopens in House of Commons Clash
Debates flare as opponents of a measure point to outrages by women as proof they are unfit to vote. The House of Commons witnesses renewed confrontation over suffrage arguments and gender rights in a charged session.
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Uffange
House OF Commons
Immigration law needs revision at once says Dr. Mott
Distinguished American figure Dr Mott urges immediate changes to immigration policy and weighs in on a proposed post offered by the president. He also offers views on the Japanese land problem.
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DR. Mott
Pexing
Albanian Crisis Tied to Ottoman Withdrawals and Montenegrin Moves
Esad Pasha and Djavid Pasha face orders to pull back their forces to the Ottoman Empire as King Nicholas of Montenegro delegates Albania's fate to the European powers. Ambassadors report the Austro Italian threat to Scutari now moot, with another meeting planned to decide Scutari and Albania’s future. Nicholas also telegrammed Grey saying he surrendered and places Scutari’s destiny with the great powers.
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Morning Journal
London
Nicholas
Montenegro
Sentari
Esesad Pasha
Djavid Pasha
Sublime Porte
Scutari
Easad Pasha
Albania
King Nicholas
Edward Grey
Scutaril
Preparations Continue Against the Albanians
Rome May 6 reports the political mood has cleared and coercion of Montenegro seems unnecessary while military moves persist. Austria and Italy push to land sufficient forces in Albania to reestablish law and order.
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Rome
Montenegro
Austria
Italy
Albania
Newspaper Men In Contempt Of Court at Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas on May 5 reporters J Abernathy Claude McCaleb Jos J Fox and Charles F Peker were jailed for an hour for contempt after refusing to reveal sources for a published item about a man indicted for attempting to bribe a former county judge. District Judge R H Buck ordered their confinement.
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Fort Worth
Texas
J. ©. Abernathy
Claude McCaleb
Jos. J. Fox
Charles F. Peker
R. H. Buck
Segregation Not Proper Remedy for Vice Says Report
Chicago May 5 Segregation of commercialized vice is deemed a failure. A police campaign to end the social evil in Chicago is urged in a preliminary report by a special commissioner of the council. The commission cites domestic infelicity and lack of parental guidance as the first cause, noting many homes fail to teach right and wrong and respect for women.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Council
Woman suffrage debate opens in London House of Commons
The second reading of Willoughby Dickinson's women franchise bill sparks division in the Commons. Key points include age 25 voting eligibility, household registration, and protection from disqualification by marriage, with Liberal and Unionist support but broad cabinet disagreement.
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Morning Journal
London
House of Commons
Willoughby Dickinson
Labor
Asquith
Reginald McKenna
Hobhouse
Arthur ©. Beck
Jin Accord
Viscount Wolmer
Lice
Charles B. Stuart-Wortley
Diamond broker wounded by robber in San Francisco store
In San Francisco a diamond broker Herman Saxe was shot by a well dressed robber who fled with 450 in gold 1165 in currency and diamonds worth 4000. Saxe wounded above the heart but has a chance for recovery.
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San Francisco
Herman Saxe
Saxe
Water user accuses Newell of neglecting duty at Sunnyside project
Washington May 5. Frank F Morris for Sunnyside Water Users accuses Director Newell of disregarding affidavits on Sunnyside project management. Newell says issues belong to interior secretary and notes no current complaints on project. Morris suggests transfer possible if deferred payments get time. Also Akron reports aviator Charles Carlson, 24, of Milwaukee, killed when crushed under his plane after a 206 foot fall.
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Washington
Frank F. Morris
Sunnyside
Newell
Reclamation Service
Secretary of the Interior
Morris
Walter
Akron
Ohio
Charrles Carlson
Milwaukee
Artillery rush to the Philippines sends ships loaded for war
Urgent orders from Washington delayed the Sherman’s departure to Honolulu as a large consignment of artillery and rifle ammunition was dispatched to the Philippines. Army wagons and laborers worked through the night, but officials said no special significance lay in the order. Later, Francis Landey Patton resigned as president of the Princeton theological seminary after 70 years, following his earlier tenure at Princeton University.
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Morning Journal
San Francisco
Washington
United States Army
Sherman
Honolulu
War Department
Philippine Islands
Army
Army Transport Service
Princeton
N. J
Francis Landey Patton
Princeton Theological Seminary
Patton
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson
Labor leaders' contempt sentences cut by appeals court
The U S Court of Appeals upholds the contempt judgments against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison in the Buck s Store and Range case but reduces the jail terms Gompers to 30 days and Mitchell Morrison to fines of 500 each The court notes the original sentences were excessive and discusses intent and future obedience Chief Justice Sheppard dissented noting contempt is a criminal offense and urging reversal Gompers illness delays informing him of the ruling
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Morning Journal
Washington
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Buck's
District Court of Appeals
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Appeals
Sheppard
van Orsdel
Mitchell disappointed at upholding of conviction
Mount Vernon N Y May 5 John Mitchell commented tonight at his home on the court of appeals action not reversing the supreme court opinion in the contempt proceedings with Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison He said he believed they should have been acquitted and he would appeal to the United States court of appeals if Gompers does likewise and counsel advises next steps Kills adopted child and herself
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
John Mitchell
District of Columbia Tribunal
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
United States Court of Appeals
California Land Law Tests Constitutionality in Hague Case
The Japanese embassy will protest the California alien land ownership bill now before Governor John Jad? no signature. The State Department supplied a copy for a formal protest to Secretary Bryan. The issue may require U S Supreme Court ruling and arbitration at The Hague, with the government defending California law against Japan if treaty questions fail.
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Washington
State Department
California
Bryan
Wilson
Johnada
United States
Japan
Department
Hague Tribunal
Supreme Court
Euch
Union
Divorced Wife In Charge Of Ex Husband
Ithaca N Y May 5 Harry Thurston Peck once Columbia professor of ancient languages has been ill for weeks. His divorced wife Mrs Cornelia D Peck and a trained nurse took him to New York and from there to Sound Beach Conn for treatment. His present wife Mrs Elizabeth Dubois Peck left for New York earlier. Peck remains in precarious condition with little hope of recovery. War session in lower house denounces the five power loan recently negotiated.
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Ithica
N. Y
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Ithica City Hospital
New York
Cornelia D. Peck
Professor Peck
Sound Beach
Conn
Elizabeth Dubois Peck
Peck
Connecticut
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Pennsylvania
Stevens
Minnesota
Gardner
Massachusetts
Peters
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Storthing Today
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Eouth
Essad Pasha
Windy City
China
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Student Christian Federation
Orient
Mott
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Philippines
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C. W. Hale
Hague
Peking
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