Happenings of Past Week Spark Washington Peace Shame
Washington Secretary Bryan stirred a sensation at the Washington Peace Society meeting celebrating The Hague Tribunal anniversary by attacking armor plate and battleship builders as war scare merchants seeking higher dividends. Bold political shifts surface in tariff votes and suffrage moves, with reports from across government and courts.
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Bryan
Washington
Washington Peace Society
Hague
Illinois Historical Society elects officers at Springfield
At the fourteenth annual convention in Springfield Illinois State Historical Society names Dr Otto L Schmidt of Chicago as president and elects a board of directors including Edmond J James J W Burnham and George W Smith. Clark E Carr of Galesburg named honorary president for life. Also reports on Spanish War Veterans encampment in June and Decoration Day observances.
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Springfield
Clark E. Carr
Galesburg
Illinois State Historical Society
Otto L. Schmidt
Chicago
W. T. Norton
Alton
L. Y. Sherman
Richard Yates
George A. Lawrence
Edmond J. James
University of Illinois
J. W. Burnham
Bloomington
E. B. Greene
Champaign
Jessie Palmer Webber
Charles H. Bammelkamp
Illinois College
Jacksonville
J. O. Cunningham
Urbana
George W. Smith
Carbondale
E. H. Bowman
William A. Meese
Moline
James A. James
Northwestern University
Evanston
Richard V. Carpenter
Belvidere
Hdwin C. Page
Dekalb
J. W. Clinton
Polo
Andrew Russell
Walter Colyer
Albion
Jessie Palmer Weber
United Spanish War Veterans of
Illinois
Camp Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln's Home
Fair Grounds
City Parke
Charles N. Neal
Philippines
Comrades of the Society
Lincoln Camp Home
No. 64
United Spanish War Veterans of America
G. A. R. Hall
Oak Ridge Cemetery
C. A. Hyers
H. C. Edwards
J. 3. Fairchild
Calvary Cemetery
Michael Kelly
Old Salem
John S. Vorhis
Death of Foreign Very Rev Reginald Webster During Golf
The Foreign Very Rev Reginald Godfrey Michael Webster died suddenly while playing golf with Bonar Law in London. Born in Cork on April 5 1860 he was dean of the Chapel Royal Dublin and was ordained in 1883.
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Reginald Godfrey Michael Webster
Chapel Royal
Dublin
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Cork
Nelson Heads Music Teachers
Constitutional amendments and officer elections dominated the Ili nois Music Teachers association convention in Bloomington. Papers by Chicago dramatic critics opened the session as Edgar A. Nelson of Chicago was elected president with E R Ledermann of Centralia as vice president and Herbert O. Merry of Tagcoln as secretary treasurer.
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Ilinois Music Teachers’ Association
Bloomington
Chicago
Edgar A. Nelson
E.R. Ledermann
Centralia
Herbert O. Merry
Tagcoln
Meet to Boost Good Roads Bill in Springfield
Representatives of ninety one state organizations meet in Springfield to endorse the good roads bill and propose two amendments to the measure. Governor Dunne is urged to support the platform adopted at Peoria, including a plank on convict labor. Secretary of State Woods issues certificates of incorporation for three firms and a county farm bureau.
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Good Roads Club
Illinois Farmers' Good Roads Club
Springfield
Sinois Highway Improvement Association
George Anthony
Kewanee
Phil S. Haner
Taylorville
John 8. Culp
Bethalte
A. J. Lovejoy
Roscoe
Joab Goodall
Marion
Charles F. Dike
Crystal Lake
W. TF. Aten
Ray
James A. Stone
Bradford
B. F. Shanley
Ottawa
Illinois
John
Culp
Phil
Haner
Commission
The
Forty Seventh General Assembly
Good Roads Committee
House
Dunne
Peoria
State
Woods
Lafe Germain Shoe Company
Belleville
Lafe
Cornelius
John Germain
H. O. Stone & Co
Chicago
Dwight 3. Bobb
James B. Wescott
A. B. McCoy
Tazewell
R. B. Orndorff
J. M. James
Alien land bill signed sparks US Japan friction in 1914
California Governor Ham Johnson signed the alien land law amid protests from Japan and opposition from President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. The measure takes effect August 10, with immediate diplomatic tension and hints of a new treaty as Tokyo weighs its response.
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Sacramento
Cal
Hiram W. Johnson
Japan
California
Wilson
Bryan
Johnson
Washington
United States
Viscount Chinda
Tokio
Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Mrs Longstreet Protests Postmistress Removal
Mrs Helen D Longstreet of Gainesville Georgia testified before the Senate committee protesting her removal as postmistress. She blamed the Georgia Railway and Power Company and Democratic spoilsmen and credited President Roosevelt as the first statesman of the land for appointing her.
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Washington
Helen D. Longstreet
Gainesville
Wilson
Senate Post Office and Post Roads Committee
Georgia Railway & Power Company of Georgia
Roosevelt
King Peter of Servia to Abdicate Upon Balkan Peace
Geneva report states King Peter of Servia, aged sixty nine, will abdicate as soon as peace returns to the Balkans. The strain of continuing the war against Turkey has harmed his health.
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Peter
Geneva
Switzerland
Peter of Servia
Balkans
Turkey
Gibson Is on Trial Again in Szabo Murder Case
Newburg New York May 21 The case of Burton W. Gibson a New York lawyer accused of murdering Mrs Rose Menshik Szabo at Greenwood Lake on July 16 last was called here Monday for its second trial.
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Gibson
Newburg
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
New York
Rose Menshik Szabo
Greenwood Lake
British Spies Granted Pardon Amid Royal Visit
Berlin reports Emperor William granted a pardon to three English spies in connection with King George of England's Berlin visit for Princess Victoria Louise's marriage.
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Berlin
Emperor William
George of
England
Victoria Louise
Balkan War Recalled From Seventeenth Century Letters
An Italian note recalls the Balkan conflict as ancient, citing a 1682 Viennese declaration of war by Sultan Mehemet IV to Leopold I and a 1633 Newes account showing Turks burning towns, massacres, and severities across Hungary and Austria.
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Vienna
Mehemet IV
Leopold
Poland
London Daily Chronicle
Turkey
Hungary
Austria
Unsympathetic Noah in a Flood Tale
A man recalls dying in a flood and recounts the horror to an elder, who dismisses the tale as he reveals he has just arrived. The punchline: the bored elder is Noah, surprising the storyteller with his identity.
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John Drew
Noah
Postum praised as best friend over coffee in reformer tale
A Knickerbocker woman Augusta De Peyster advocates charity for sailors and derides coffee as harmful, praising Postum as a healthful alternative. A Wisconsin reader testimonial extols Postum's health benefits and urges trying Instant Postum with the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Senate Finance Committee
Ransdell and
Thornton
Louisiana
Poindexter
Charles T. Burns
Weather Bureau
Willis L. Moore
Houston
Burns
Underwood
Senate
Post Office Department
Chamberlain
John Nicholson Anhut
John W. Russell
Matteawan Asylum
Harry K. Thaw
Cayuga Lake
Cornell
Martha McCormick
Troy
Mary Cornelia Mallett
Middletown
Brainard Bailey
Reinhart C. Zimmer
Rochester
Greater
Bureau of Social Hygiene
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
William St. John, Ranney
Santa Fe Railroad
Los Angeles
San Quentin
Tokyo
America
Fay D. Slate
Mount Auburn
Friedrich Friedmann
Kareken Yagilan
Sarkes Yagilan
Worcester Mass
State Inspector of Health
Melville G. Overlock
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Mattle Creek
Mich
Michigan
Vandalla
Cleveland
Cincinnati
J. A. Milholland
Charleston
General Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Bowling Green
J. M. Lewis
Birmingham
Ala
York State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Charles H. Hyde
City
Hyde
Northern Bank
Carnegie Trust Company
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Ammons
Colorado
Boxing Commission
United Trades and Labor Council
Buffalo
W. Frank Cattell
Council
Jacksonville, Fla
H. P. McNeil
Emory Spear
Georgia
McNeil
Plush Lee
George Wrightman
Clarence Upkide
Fond du Lac
Wis
McGovern
Wrightman
Santa Barbara
Susan Wissler
Nayton
Wyo
White House
Mme Sarah Bernhardt
Actors
Palace Theater
New York City
Frederick A. Smith
Fifth Army
Texas
Cuba
Atlanta
John W. Stone
Illinois Historical Society
McGreedy
James Irwin
Butler
Richard M. Lewin
J. E. Dalby
Robert A. Bullard
State Board of Health
J. A. Egan
State Board
Combine of Highway Commissioners
Victoriano Huerta
Champer of Deputies
Herberto Barron
Madero
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
Paciflc
Nicaraetuan
Nelson
Gov. Johnson
U. S
Ambasador
Mrs. Longstreet
Gainesville, Ga
Augusta de Peyster
Knickerbocker
Miss de Peyster
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Wellville
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