No Wrecks Marred Record of Captain Greene of Nebraskan
Captain Greene of the Nebraskan is noted for a flawless record in the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company service. Serving seventy three years, he sailed from San Francisco to Cape Horn and Mediterranean ports, later commanding the Honoluluan between San Francisco and Honolulu. In November the company used all steamers for freight to European forts, assigning him to command the newest fast vessel for a voyage to London with prior near misses noted in Denver.
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Greene
Nner
Nebraskan
Denver
Teventy
Becks
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Mediterranean
Honolulu
Tile
Loman
Taft: Labor Unions Shouldn’t Be Privileged Class
Former president and Professor Taft argues unions must be restrained as capital has been. He says labor groups are not a majority but well organized and deserving praise for progress. Yet he warns against special statutes eroding general laws and urges politicians to resist union threats.
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Tabor
Taft
Hig
Union League Club
Philadelphia
Leagues to Limit Armaments Denounce Lusitania Sinking
L Stollings worth Wood of the American League to Limit Armaments condemns the Lusitania sinking as bringing war close to individuals. He urges constructive action to abolish militarism and stresses that judgment must guide policy to serve humanity.
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Lusitania
L. Stollingsworth Wood
American League
Notable British and American figures long service and honors
Sires and sons mention Lloyd George of Manchester and A J Balfour at sixty six. F M Ball marks fifty years in the New York post office. Archibald M Fauntleroy to observe war hospitals in France Belgium and England. Whittier head of Stanford law, Chicago professor since 1902. Pryor, 87, in New York City. born 1828 in Virginia. served in US and Confederate congresses and the Confederate army. Gustav Hollaender, 68, led Stert conservatory in Berlin. 1,400 pupils from many nations last year.
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Mr. Lloyd-George
Manchester
A. J. Balfour
F. M. Ball
New York Post Office
Archibald M. Fauntleroy
Navy Hospital
Washington
Daniels
France
Belgium
England
Clarke Butler Whittier
Emlin McClain
Leland Stanford University
University of Chicago
Roger A. Pryor
New York City
General Pryor
Virginia
United States Congress
Confederate Congress
Gustav Hollaender
Germany
Stert Conservatory of
Berlin
Industrial Items in Early 20th Century Factories
The note highlights St. Paul white factories employing 2,500 workers and reports that 40 percent of New York City's factory workers had an eight hour day. It mentions the first inquiry into wages of working girls started in Massachusetts in 2011 and discusses securing benzol and tar from coke ovens to support artificial dyestuffs.
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St. Paul White
New York City
America
Massachusetts
Silk man to fly flag at half mast for Lusitania
Garret Mountain observatory overlooks Bella Vista home of Cathelina Lambert of Paterson New Jersey. Lambert, silk firm president, places flag at half mast nightly in silence for the Lusitania disaster until the United States seeks justice. He declares his half century of citizenship stirs indignation over the loss of American lives.
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Lusitania
Garret Mountain
Bella Vista
Cathelina Lambert
Paterson
N. J
Mr. Lambert
United States
Americans Flee From Famine Peril
Washington report: Brazilian minister in Mexico City wires Secretary Bryan of a special train to evacuate 150 Americans and numerous foreigners from famine ravaged Mexico City. In Sonora Villa forces flank and capture Silao, routing Carranza’s cavalry. Obregon surrounded at Trinidad with trains and supplies lost.
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Washington
Mexico City
Bryan
Carothera
Chihuahua
Villa
Silao
Carranza
Obregon
Trinidad
McAdoo denies reports of daughter nursing Paris
Treasury Secretary McAdoo rebutted European cable reports that his daughter Miss Nona McAdoo quit nursing at the American ambulance hospital in Paris due to a dislike for scrubbing floors. He said she returned to America only because she could not meet the mental and physical demands of nursing.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Europe
Nona McAdoo
American Ambulance
Paris
Katherine Britton
Washgton
Solon mayor resigns after shooting Solon editor
Solon Iowa June 4 Dr C W Wolf mayor of Solon jailed for shooting Frank Kreigel editor of the Solon Economy. Wolf has submitted his resignation to the city council and a successor may be rehired today. Kreigel's condition worsened and bail for Wolf not set. Wolf says Kreigel was aggressor amid long running feud over the local creamery business.
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Iowa City
C. W. Wolf
Solon
Frank Kreigel
Wolf
Kreiger
Kreigel
I. A. Bruch
Animal Oddities From Odd Facts
Owls cannot move their eyes. Greyhounds are one of the oldest dog types. African elephants have tusks in both sexes. Asian elephants have tusks only in males. The heron weighs about four pounds and can eat three and a half pounds of fish in one meal. Deep sea fish over 2000 fathoms have elastic throats and stomachs to swallow larger prey.
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Africa
Asia
Curious Cullings and a Rugless Floor Scene
A Brooklyn Eagle description notes a bare floor with a bed for a sick man, a broken chair, and a table. The piece mentions feehouses burning and 1200 tons of ice turning to ashes per a Boston Transcript report, and a Times misprint about Colonel Joy leaving $2,000,000 mainly in socks in old fashioned banks.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Boston Transcript
New-York Times
Joy
Cleveland
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Vertising
Umns
Captain Greene
American Press Association
Sires and Sons
Garry
Tadoo
Portland
Ore
John Dickinson Sherman
Chicago
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Federation
U. C
Sioux City
United Commercial
Iowa
Dr. Wolf
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