Dynamited trolley cars in Cleveland strike violent scene
A street railway strike in Cleveland escalates as dynamite blasts damage multiple cars on East One Hundred Fifth Street and Euclid Avenue. One passenger likely fatally injured. others hurt or shocked. Police rescue survivors as strikes threaten broader disruption. two more lines report bombings with no serious injuries.
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Holmes Murder Case Stuns Chicago Police
Chicago officers deploy three thousand policemen and all detectives to hunt the killer of Robert C. P. Holmes, Commonwealth Edison purchasing agent. Holmes was lured to a dark alley by a distressed woman’s screams, attacked from behind, strangled, and robbed of money, a diamond stud, rings, and cuff buttons.
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Robert C. P. Holmes
Commonwealth Edison Electrical Company
Paris
Anti injunction bill not to pass this session of Congress
Washington May 22 no bill to modify federal court powers on injunctions will be passed this session. Republicans ruled such a measure unwise after a caucus vote split on adjournment and recess motions. Sherman York’s adjournment motion carried while Fassett and Tawney failed. Mr sett fainted in the chamber and recovered with cold compresses as votes continued. Cannon predicted eight to ten days for final adjournment.
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New York
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Minnesota
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Senate tackles currency, finance commission proposal yields
Washington May 22 The senate closes a busy session with a broad agenda including a likely final stance on the currency bill. Aldrich reports a joint resolution to form a national monetary commission of nine senators and nine representatives to study banking and currency, passed without debate. Rayner pushes a court inquiry into charges against Colonel W F Stewart. Senate also approves deficiency and military academy funding, and a bill regulating DC and territorial child labor.
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Roosevelt Reviews 32 Million Public Building Bill
President Roosevelt has taken notice of the 32 million dollar public building bill and asked Secretary Cortelyou to prepare a report. The memo will assess current funds, future completion costs, and expert opinions on each project to guide a possible signing or veto.
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Boy Dies After Line Drive Hit During Hazelwood Game
Pittsburg May 22 A baseball game at Hazelwood endedtragically when eleven year old Ralph C Barr was struck in the heart by a line drive and died almost instantly.
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Hazelwood
Ralph C. Barr
Perjury Charge Follows Dismissal of Platt Divorce Suit
Mae C. Wood, seeking an absolute divorce from United States Senator T. C. Platt, is jailed on a perjury charge after Justice O'Gorman dismissed her complaint. He ordered bail set at 5,000 and committed her to the Tombs awaiting grand jury action.
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T. C. Platt
Supreme Court
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Platt
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Atlantic battleship fleet anchors in Bellingham Bay
Seven battleships of the Atlantic fleet lie in Bellingham Bay on May 22 as electric lights illuminate the harbor. The city government welcomes the fleet and local residents host the crew during shore leave.
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Wash
Bellingham Bay
Lusitania May Break Record on New York Run
In thick fog the Cunard liner Lusitania neared Long Island and looked set to break the Queenstown to New York record by three to eight hours, surpassing the previous time.
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Cunard Line
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Jury fails to reach verdict in Ruef bribery case
San Francisco May 22 The jury after forty three and a half hours deliberation could not agree on a verdict in the bribery trial of Abraham Ruef former San Francisco political boss and graft figure.
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Abraham Ruef
Easterners Finish Presenting Evidence in Paper Inquiry
Eastern manufacturers of news print wrap up their testimony before the special House committee on the wood pulp and print paper question. Western mills will be heard next as the cost to produce paper and sagging demand are cited.
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House
Chiff Paper Company
Niagara Falls
International Paper Company
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Boston
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Texas Editor Indicted for Editor Murder Case
El Paso publisher J. F. Mitchin of the El Paso Evening News was indicted by a grand jury in special session for the murder of M. M. Harrell who was shot Wednesday night in El Paso Texas.
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M. M. Harrell
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