Senator Foraker Resents State Chairman Brown Dictation
Senator Foraker denounces Ohio Republican Party leadership as dictatorial and offensive. He states his presidential choice will be named by the next Ohio Republican convention and will abide by that convention's decision. He urges a fair process and notes state officers may have preferences but must defer to the nominating body.
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Washington
Forakeer
Brown
Republican State Central
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Lee
Cote Cornet
Plot to breach jail walls halts mass escape plan
Chicago May 18 A jail plot to blow a hole in the county jail wall to free sixteen prisoners was foiled by Jailer Whitman. Leader Charles Hansen life-sentenced for murder warned guards and hid nitroglycerin in a fruit can. Hansen confessed that insiders and outsiders were involved and was sent to Joliet. others were removed from the jail.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Whitman
Teader
Charles Hansen
Luke Fitzpatrick
Hansen
Joliet
Whiteman
City Committee Calls for Police Chief Dinan Resignation
In San Francisco a seven member committee seeking to restore confidence and reorganize city government held an executive session. A resolution urged Police Chief Dinan to resign over failure to protect city interests during the street car strike. Mayor Schmitz pledged to carry out any committee recommendations, while Rudolph Spreckels and Francis J. Heney declined involvement.
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San Francisco
Committee of
Dinan
Schmitz
Rudolph Spreckels
Francis J. Heney
Electricians Strike in Sympathy With Carmen
San Francisco May 18 electricians in United Railroads shops joined the Carmen strike. Electricians at San Francisco Gas and Electric Light will not strike to honor union contracts. Governor Gillet met aides at Forty building headquarters. Adjutant General Loulek says the move complicates matters. Calhoun can replace all sixty electricians who quit.
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United Railroads
Carmen
San Francisco Gas and Electric Light Company
Covernor Gillet
Loulek
Sam
Electricians Union
Calhoun
Benatar Puraker campaign faces convention challenge
Fragmentary notes discuss political effort by Benatar Puraker and Patt, questioning grounds for a convention. Text mentions exposure concerns and procedural questions about operative age definitions and fore applying tests, with names and terms garbled.
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Benatar Puraker
Sweeping denial in answer to Eddy suit
Legal brief outlines denial of conspiracy to seize Mrs. Mary Bitke property. Respondents say no trust deed transfer to Baker and others. deny misappropriation or wrongful control claims. Also notes ship arrival and duty assignment in unrelated naval dispatch.
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Om.ord. Ni
Ted
Mary Bitke
Eady
Fay
Theney M. Baker
Archibald McCjeltap
Dovfah
B. Mermaid
Atee
Mone
Attacks on Cotton Mill Spark Widespread Indignation
A brutal assault on a cotton mill by armed raiders in imperial uniforms leaves managers and workers dead or mutilated. Walls are pitted with bullets, machinery destroyed, and unarmed employees slain as chaos erupts, with officials pursuing the robbers who seized the mill wagon and fled.
Markers for Graves of Confederate Dead
The War department will award contracts to supply white marble grave markers for Confederate soldiers and sailors who died in Federal prisons and hospitals in the North during the Civil War. Colonel William Bilicott, Confederate Army officer and former representative from South Hero, is named commissioner to supervise. The markers extend about 85 feet from Route 4 to the north and east toward Canton.
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Washington
EMG
Crionel Wiltem Bilicoit
Herotina
Hautes Be
Biggest Warship Named for Smallest State
Secretary Metcalf announced that a Dreadnought class battleship will be named for Delaware, the smallest state. The second battleship’s name is likely New York, while the cruiser New York will need a new name, possibly Uttea, honoring Metcalf’s birthplace.
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Washington
Metcalf
Delaware
New York
New Position Created For Admiral Converse
Secretary Metcalf creates a new role and lauds Rear Admiral George Alfert Converse on relinquishing as chief of the bureau of navigation. President Roosevelt sends a letter of regret while Brownsson succeeds Converse as head of the position.
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Washington
Metcalf
George Alfert Converse
Bureau of Navigation
Board of Construction
Metentlf
Roosevelt
Williard Herbert Brownsson
Aq Jatic
Converse
Pacific Fleet Sets Torpedo Target Marksmanship Records
In San Diego May 18 the Pacific Fleet won most naval trophies across classes except battleships. The Prelite reportedly set world torpedoing moving target records while Charleston excelled with a starved gun and several master guns. The cruiser trophy went to the Deaton. Former Minister Conger Dies in California.
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Prelite
Imaten
Charteston
Vines Wee
Deaton
Federal court verdict awarded damages in securities case
May 18. A Philadelphia federal court awarded $2,625 in damages to Hi Dermpele against the Winder block company over property injury from the Winder block plant. The ruling held the plant harmed adjoining land and set a precedent for future property damage claims.
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Hookune
Volled
Tales
Dermpele
The
Baptized Alfonso Panto Gabe Alphabet Raines
A baptism ceremony is noted with the names Alfonso Pio Cristine Eduardo Francisco Guellermo Carlos Enrique Fernando Antonio and Prince of Asturias. The fragmentary text lists several given names alongside royal linkage references.
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Alfonso
Princes of Church Bless New Born Heir in Madrid
Alfonso Prince of the Asturias was baptized in the royal palace chapel Madrid on May 18 in the presence of the royal family, foreign ambassadors and dignitaries. Cardinal Rinaldini officiated with donors and guards around the ceremony while crowds gathered outside the palace.
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Prince of the Asturias
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Arson? Unclear. Woolwich arsenal relief plea amid dismissals
Workers at the Woolwich arsenal staged a march to Trafalgar Square protesting Haldane's policy of discharging a large portion of the workforce. About 10,000 people gathered as Labor MPs spoke and a resolution urged the government to recognize the drop in output. King Edward read a reply noting the dismissal harms but promising mitigation and referral to Haldane. The crowd shouted it was not satisfied.
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Negro Guilty in Fort Reno Court Martial Case
Corporal Knowles of the Twenty-fifth Infantry found guilty of murderously assaulting Captain Edgar Macklin at Fort Reno on December 31. The court martial findings go to General McCaskey for sentence. Knowles to be reduced to number status until further order. Sentencing may send him to Leavenworth or Alcatraz. Meanwhile Evansville faces a serious streetcar strike with police on constant duty. strike breakers arrive as the city braces for possible car service disruption.
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Corporal Knowles
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Twenty-fifth Infantry
Edgar BR. Macklin
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McCaskey
Leavenworth
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San Francisco Bay
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Evansville
John W. Poehne
Roosevelt plans Mississippi river trip with inland waterways group
President Roosevelt considers a three to four day journey down the Mississippi from Iowa toward Memphis with the Inland Waterways Commission. He would join governors and the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water Association for a broad discussion of river improvements and transportation benefits for the Midwest and nation.
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Graft Shakeup Planned for Kansas City Police
Governor Folk probes alleged irregularities as Kansas City police face a complete reorganization. The board of police commissioners will meet next Tuesday to begin the inquiry and likely remove senior officials including John Halpin and Dr. G W Longan.
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Board of Police Commissioners
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John Halpin
Panic at Port Gibson school graduation parade
A stage rush during Port Gibson graduation ceremonies caused a panic. About 300 attendees surged toward exits, leaving three dead and over twenty injured. Names of the deceased and injured could not be confirmed at press time.
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Morning Journal
Fort Gibson
1.T
Port Gibson
Polly Aban
Lauma
Alora Urandan
Sensational Interview Provokes Idaho Prisoner Insists Motive Pure
A controversial interview with an Idaho prisoner draws claims of sensationalism and questions motives, while the subject denies any improper intent and asserts a disciplined journalistic approach. The piece highlights press ethics and public interest amid intense scrutiny.
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Prosecutor Clears Officials in Orchard Interview Probe
Boise May 16 Prosecuting Attorney Koelsech files a report exonerating all persons connected with the Harry Orchard interview in the Steunenberg murder case. The judge orders no action and the matter is closed. The report states interviews were pursued to obtain news and not to influence jurors or threaten witnesses.
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Koelsech
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
District Court
Orchard
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