Porto Rico Quorum Defect Halts House Action on Taft Message
Washington May 11. The house failed to act on the president's Porto Rico remedial legislation due to only 165 members present, four committees formed, and a dispute over whether the message should go to insular affairs or ways and means. Senator Aldrich and Beveridge clashed in the senate over tariff information while Taft urged amendment of the Foraker act to address island governance and funding.
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Washington
House
Porto Rico
Cannon
Committee On
Garrett
Tennessee
Payne
Senate
Committee
Taft
Congress
Legislative Assembly of
United States
Executive Council
Legislative Assembly
Philippines
Hawaii
Foraker
Assembly
House of Delegates
Council
Isle Tarif Bill in House Report by Payne
Washington May 11 The Philippine tariff bill was reported to the house yesterday by Chairman Payne of the committee on ways and means who gave notice that he would call it by Thursday next.
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Isle
Weston Pedestrian Reaches St Marys After Breakfast Break
Topesa Kansas May 11 Edward Payson Weston the pedestrian arrived at St Marys after a 30 minute breakfast stop on his westward journey.
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Weston
Kansas
Topesa
Kan
Edward Payson Weston
St. Mary's
West
Pleads for Captain Hains in Killing Trial
In Flushing on May 11 the defense closed for Captain Hains charged with killing William Annis. His mother kissed him in court as the defendant claimed the act of God guided his hand and argued the state must prove sane beyond reasonable doubt.
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Flushing
John F. McIntyre
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William &. Annis
Hains
John Hains
Mr. McIntyre
Capt. Hains
Annia
Boyle Couple Sentenced in Whitla Abduction Case
James H Boyle was jailed for life at Western Penitentiary Pittsburg for abducting Billy Whitla. Mary Boyle, known as Mary Doe, drew 25 years and a $5000 fine plus costs. Both collapsed in court. they were carried to jail with no handcuffs.
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Mercer
James H. Boyle
Pittsburg
Billy" Whitla
Boyle
Court House
Chess
Livermore
Youngstown
Welgel
Anderson
Lved
Mrs Longworth to Tour Ohio in Auto Tour
Columbus May 11 Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth plans a trip through Ohio or may stay long in the state. She has applied to the state automobile department for an operating license.
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Longworth
Ohio
Columbus
Alice Roosevelt-Longworth
State Automobile Department
Fifteen Families Homeless After Prairie Fires
Fifteen families are homeless in the Rush Lake district of Saskatchewan after prairie fires. Two children died and several others were badly burned in the blaze. Local residents and authorities are assisting victims and assessing the extent of damage.
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Winnipeg
Man
Rush Lake
Sask
Gird on the sword rites mark Mehmed VI’s accession
May 11 Constantinople reports Mehmed VI ascended the throne yesterday with the girding on the sword ceremony in Ayuob Mosque. Foreigners were kept at a distance as diplomats watched from blocks away. The sultan traveled by launch from Dolmabagtsche to the mosque and then to Topkapı Palace to kiss the robe of the Prophet. Government relief efforts expand in Adana with $150,000 sent, while Armenian leaders urge punishment for murderers and restitution for stolen property and forced conversions.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Mehmed VI
Ottoman Empire
Ayuob
Bultan
Dolmabagtsche Palace
Sheikuligsiam
Ferid Pasha
Arsharini
Patriachate
Adana
Smyrna
Army of Liberty
Strike Protest Fails in Buenos Ayres May Day Action
Buenos Ayres on May 11 reports the May Day strike protest ended yesterday after authorities fired on a gathering. The action aimed to protest the authorities’ handling of demonstrants.
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Buenos Ayres
Florida House Reconsiders Beard Disfranchisement Resolution
The Florida House set a May 19 rehearing on the Beard disfranchisement joint resolution that limits the franchise to white male citizens. The vote to reconsider occurred on May 11.
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Tallahassee
Fla
House
Florida
Roosevelt Bagged Rhino on Nairobi Expedition
In British East Africa Col Roosevelt kills a bulging rhinoceros at fourteen paces as part of a hunting party near Machakos. Roosevelt and son Kermit tally fourteen more game varieties with fifteen species reported, including forty five skins readied for the Smithsonian.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Mr Roosevelt
Kermit
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Play Congress in Session Opens in Pittsburg
Pittsburg hosts hundreds of leaders in education hygiene and civic reform as delegates attend the third annual Playground Association of America congress. Dr Luthey Halsey Gulick presided at the opening reception with Mayor Magee and Buelan Kennard delivering welcomes. Five days of sessions begin with topics including a festivals committee report proposing dramatic and folk dancing festivals to replace Fourth of July noise and New Year riot concerns.
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Pittsburg
Playground Association of America
Carnegie Art Galleries
Luthey Halsey Gulick
Magee
Buelan Kennard
Playground Association
Committee of Festivals
Joke blast kills three at Petermann mine near Fredericksburg
At Wooster Ohio on May 11 an accidental or deliberate dynamite blast in a stove at the Peterman coal mine mouth killed Harvey Hubnut and Culter Kyle and seriously injured another man. The workers reported starting a fire in the stove before the explosion. no prior trouble at the mine is known and the reason the dynamite was placed in the stove remains unexplained.
Prominent Omaha Businessman Dies by Own Hand
Julius Mey er, longtime Omaha figure and Metropolitan club president, shot himself yesterday at Hascom park amid health-related despair. Diplomat and companion found dead in Vienna hotel room. Ali Bey secretary of the Turkish legation at Belgrade and Mile. Ludovica Milneck a lovers pair.
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Omaha, Neb
Julius, Meyer
Omaha
Metropolitan Club
Hascom’ Park
Vienna
Ali Fahay
Bey
Belgrade
Mile
Ludovica
Milnecka
Semlin
Ohioan Dies in London Heart Disease Claimed Cincinnati Man
London May 11 The death of David L. Einstein of Cincinnati Ohio was due to heart disease. He had suffered from the malady for some time.
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London
David L. Einstein
Cincinnati
Avmalady
Pardoned after 31 years in Fort Madison prison
Des Moines reports 70 year old William P. Glyndon has been granted a full pardon by Governor B. F. Carroll after 31 years in Fort Madison for an assault and murder of a 14 year old in Story county. Glyndon, a Civil War veteran once guard to General Sherman, says he is innocent and may return to eastern Ohio once the pardon reaches the warden. He has saved over $2,000 from pension and prison labor.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William P. Glyndon
Fort Madison
B. F. Carroll
Glyndon
Glynda
Story County
State Board of Parole
Ohio Company
Sherman
General Sherman
St. Louis
Ohio
Fatal Farm Tragedy Near Guthrie Center
An elderly German farmer Hermann Rohrer shot and killed his son-in-law August Lass after a quarrel and then killed himself. The pair were working in a field two miles south of North Branch when three shots rang out about 4 pm. Neighbors found both men dead on freshly plowed ground. Rohrer had set Lass’s clothing on fire before taking his own life.
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Guthrie Center
Hermann Rohrer
North Branch
August Lass
Rohrer
Lass
Avidogitly
Fire Destroys Fifth and Court Building in Des Moines
Fire from an unknown source at 11:50 last night gutted the Fifth and Court avenue building housing New York Wall Paper and Stationery, damaged Central State hotel and Swift & Co. building, with losses above 150000 insured. It is the second fire in the same structure within a month, with a prior blaze four weeks earlier causing about 5000 in stock loss but leaving the building intact.
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Des Moines
Fifth and Court Avenue
New York Wall Paper and Stationery Company
Central State Hotel
Swift & Co
Rorree
Father Vaughan Dies in Dubuque Illinois?
Rev. L. J. Vaughan a celebrated priest, former actor and dramatic lecturer, died after a lingering illness in Dubuque Iowa at Mercy hospital. Born in Wisconsin forty five years ago he led parishes including Cuba City and was a noted lecturer and author.
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Vaughan
Dubuque
Iowa
L. J. Vaughan
United States
Mercy Noeticat
Wisconsin
Cuba City
Federal Court Opens Today in Des Moines May Term
Des Moines Iowa May 11 Judge Smith McPherson arrives to open the May term of the federal court and remains in the city for about a month. He has been in the public eye for ten days due to charges raised by Representative Murphy of Missouri and spent much time in St Louis since the accusations. He held court in Kansas City yesterday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Smith McPherson
Congress
Murphy
Missouri
McPherson Hs
St. Louis
Kanags City
Heavy frost hits Topeka area with minimal fruit damage
Topeka Kansas reports a heavy frost across the region with a 34 degree minimum. Government observers say despite the severity the temperature was not low enough to cause serious fruit damage. It is the latest frost recorded in this section.
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Topeka
Kan
Senators Dolliver and Cummins Ongoing Congratulatory Deluge
Washington May 11 reports a flood of congratulatory letters and telegrams pouring in for Senators Dolliver and Cummins. The messages come from Iowa and across the country, leaving the senators perplexed by the volume. A separate casualty note from Columbus Kansas details four men killed in a Laflin Rand Powder Mills blast at Turk Station near there yesterday afternoon.
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Washington, D.C
Dolliver
Cummins
Iowa
Columbus
Kas
Laflin-Rand- Powder Mills
Turk’ Station
Here
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