Roosevelt Plea On Conservation Sparks Washington Conference
The May 14 gathering in Washington united governors, justices, cabinet members, and industry leaders led by President Roosevelt to address the rapid exhaustion of natural resources. Key figures included Carnegie, Mitchell, and Chamberlin, with Bryan and Johnson among invited guests. The president warned that wasteful methods threaten coal, iron, forests, soils, and waters, urging renewal and prudent use to sustain national power and prosperity.
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Washington
Dusitlal Fe
Tharp
Roosevelt
Tie Wien
United States
Abe Eabinet
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Chick
Andrew Carnegie
Jrow
James J. Hi
John Mitchell
Inbex
T. C. Chamberlin
University of Chicago
I. C. White
West Virgina
William Jennings Bryan
George Gray
Delaware
Gov
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Brownsville Bill Timeline Shifts in Senate
In Washington, Senator Foraker dropped efforts to push the Brownsville riot troops restoration bill this session and set December 16 as the voting date. Senator Culberson proposed May 16 but was tabled by 42 to 27. The Senate later approved December 16 as the voting time by 62 to 6.
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Washington
Senate
Foraker
Brownsville
Senator Culberson
Culberson
Tars in Midst of Fete in San Francisco May 14
Officers and men of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets in harbor face another round of festivities. Observation cars carry sailors around the city after travel fatigue. Pacific coast boxing finals are decided in the evening. Fleet illuminated in the bay.
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San Francisco
Harbor
United Railroads
Bay
Gov Gard of Lanao slain in Philippines
In Manila on May 14 Governor Allen Gard of Lanao died from bolo wounds suffered at the hands of Moros after a series of operations failed to save him. Gard, who came to the Philippines in 1901 as a schoolteacher, was born in Maryland. his father William E. Gard resided at 71 Wall Street, New York.
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Manila
Allen Gard
Lanao
Gard
Philippines
Yale University
Maryland
William E. Gard
Wall Street
New York
Bishop Horstman Stricken With Heart Failure in Cleveland
Canton Ohio May 14 Rt Rev Ignatius F. Horstman bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland was stricken with heart failure Wednesday after celebrating mass at St Delu's church His condition is described as very serious and he is under medical care in Cleveland.
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Canton
Ignatis FP. Horstman
Catheolic Mocese
Cleveland
St Delu's Shargh
Death Toll Soars In Yangtse Flood At Hankow
Seattle May 14 dispatch reports a 26 foot tidal bore on the Yangtse flooding Hankow. Nearly 10,000 lives are feared lost as junks sampans and river steamers are wrecked and debris fills the river. Hundreds of boats and shelters are swept away with drowning amid wreckage. The disaster follows earlier cables noting floods and thousands dead.
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Seattle
Wash
China
Yangtse-Kiang
Hankow
Titan
Shanghai
Beattle
Indicted Aldermen Tangle in Bribery Case
In Reckford Alabama three present aldermen face grand jury indictments and ex aldermen Dr BE C Dunn John Nash and H Woolsey are charged with taking a bribe from Central Heating and Power Company to pass a franchise ordinance. In Waterloo Iowa Maude Fleming, 25, shot her father to stop his assault on her mother. the attacker died from a bullet to the brain.
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Reckford
BE. C. Dunn
John Nash
H. Woolsey
Central Heating and Power Company
Waterloo
Maude Fléming
Mont Fleming
Tornado Kills a Dozen in Nebraska Across Cities
A May tornado swept eastern Nebraska killing twelve people and injuring about twenty as it hit Omaha Bellevue Fort Crook Louisville Richfield and Springfield. Bellevue college buildings suffered heavy damage including loss of the tower and unroofed halls. Fort Crook saw damaged barracks and wrecked town buildings as soldiers aided debris removal while a military band played on.
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Omaha
Neb
Sarpy Counory
Belleyue
Louisville
Richfield
Springfield
Nebraska
Bellevue
Park Hall
Lowry Hall
Rankin Hall
Fort Crook
United States Weather Bureau
Crookstown
Sponsor for the Michigan Named in Washington Report
Miss Carol Barnes Newberry daughter of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry has been named sponsor for the battleship Michigan. Launching will occur Tuesday May 26 at the New York Shipbuilding yards in Camden New Jersey. Governor Warner of Michigan and his staff will attend and Mr Newberry plus a party of friends will travel from Washington to witness the event.
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Washington
Carol Barnes Newberry
Navy
Newberry
Gov. Warner of
Michigan
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Hidden Treasure Found in Stockton Ruin Near Stevens Point
Rose Tovey Doyte uncovered 680 dollars in bills and coins in a sack amid rags in a derelict Stockton house abandoned thirty years ago. Authorities believe the money was hidden by her grandmother who once lived there, dating back decades.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Stockton
Rose Tovey Doyte
Louisiana to seek ban on cotton futures trading
Baton Rouge May 14 Paula M Pott president of the Louisiana division of the Southern Cotton association announced here that a bill would be introduced in the Louisiana house of representatives prohibiting dealing in cotton futures.
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Baton Rouge
Paula M. Pott
Louisiana
The
Southern Cotton Association
Louisiana House of Representatives
Verdict for Cox Coal Company in Rail Road suit
A Dauphin County jury awarded 343,814.60 to Cox Coal Company of Harrisburg against Pennsylvania Railroad for breach of contract failing to build sidings in Cambria County. An appeal will be sought if a new trial is denied.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Cox Coal Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cambria County
Black Hand Gets Limit in West Virginia Conspiracy Case
Morgantown West Virginia May 14 Three foreigners alleged Black Hand members recently convicted in circuit court of conspiring to take property not theirs were sentenced to ten years imprisonment the maximum under the state statute Abruzzi Confers on Marriage Rome May 14 The duke of the Abruzzi arrived from Naples and proceeded to the Quirinal for a long conference with King Victor Emmanuel about his marriage to Miss Katherine Elkins daughter of Senator Stephen B Hiking of West Virginia
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Morgantown
W. Va
Circuit Court
Rome
Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Katherine Elkins
Stephen B. Hiking
West Virginia
Banks To Aid Gunness Mystery Probe
Laporte banks conferred to aid authorities in untangling the Gunness farm murder case. They will provide records of Mrs Gunness money dealings to help prosecutors and investigators verify transactions and locate missing individuals amid a broad inquiry.
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Laporte
Ind
Gunness Farm
First National Bank of
Citizens’ Savings Bank
State Bank of Indiana
Ray Lamphere
R. N. Smith
Lamphere
Smutzer
Mack
Ole O. Budsberg
Iola
Wis
Helgelein
Jennie Olsen
Laporte Financial Institutions
Minnesota
Stillwater
Andrew Helgelein
Pinkerton
Warsaw
Grand Jury
Bits of News Wide-Ranging Happenings Across Worlds
Theodore Allen dies in New York at 77 while suffrage plans unfold in canal boat tours. A New York salesgirl sues a patent firm over unauthorized use of her image for 6000 dollars. U S government bans leniency for Yaqui surrender demands. An American officer missing in Mindanao feared dead. The yack Valmora, after gales, heads to Digby for repairs. Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy transfers Chestnut Hill estate to trustees.
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Theodore Allen
Tong Knoch
New York
United States
Mexico
Frances Wynne
Arthur R. Whinbeck
Corps of Engineers
Mindanao
Manila
Valmora
William Hale Thompson
George R. Peare
Chicago
Digby
N. 5
Athuitic
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Henry Maker
Josiah H. Fernald
Archibald MacLellan
Chestnut Hill
Basten
Michigan solid for Taft at convention
Michigan's GOP delegates pledged an undivided vote for Secretary Taft at the national convention in Chicago. Idaho's Republican conclave ousted Gov Gooding and two senators, electing a layman slate led by James H. Brady to back Taft. Also reports in this edition note the German emperor at the Strassburg inauguration, a jail breakout in Yekaterinoslav resulting in 29 deaths, and weight lifter Warren Lincoln Davis fatally crushed during a lift in New York.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michiigan
Taft
Wallace
Idaho
Republiecius
Gooding
Heyburn and
Borah
Chicago
James H. Brady
Pocatello
New York
Warren Lincoln Davis
Markets Summary May Day Grain and Wheat Prices
Chicago markets show flour and wheat prices steady to soft. Spring wheat in various grades ranged around 4 to 6 dollars, with mixed export bag costs. corn and oats largely quiet but firm. Potatoes priced from fair to fancy, New York reports dull flour and wheat with rains in the southwest affecting July and September futures.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Commission House
Live Stock Trades and Prices From Chicago and Omaha Markets
Chicago May 1 live stock prices show cattle ranges from good to prime steers at 6.75 to 2.30, cows and calves mixed, and feeders around 1.25 to 8.73. Hogs steady to lower with heavy packers near 5.45 to 5.55, pigs 4.00 to 65.00. Omaha reports slower market, natives and western steers 5.00 to 7.00, cows 3.25 to 6.50, stockers 3.00 to 5.40, hogs 4.60 to 6.08, sheep steady with yearlings and lambs listed.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
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