Shorty Anderson Stars in Bramwell Loss Despite Three Singles
Gary defeats Bramwell 16 to 1 after a fast start. Rodgers struck out 10 for Gary with three extra base hits while Shorty Anderson of Bramwell had three singles and drove in the lone Bramwell run in the third.
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Bramwell
Shorty Anderson
Rodgers
Corrigan
Pedigo
Burkholder
Fisher
Drew
Smith
Wilson
Michener
Esser
Snyder
Anderson
Kurfert
Hewitt
Kelly
President Roosevelt plans inland waterway trip
President Roosevelt intends a three or four day trip down the Mississippi next from central Illinois or Iowa to Memphis if feasible. He would be accompanied by members of the inland waterways commission who will be guests of the Lakes to Gulf Deepwater Association. The trip aims to acquaint him personally with the inland waterway commission’s work and its importance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Middle
Illinois
Memphis
Inland Waterways ‘Commission
Lakes To Gulf Deepwater Association
Inland Waterway Commission
Seventy Miners Rescued From Roya Coal Mine
Seventy one men were rescued from the Roya coal mines near Madisonville Kentucky after being underground for a day and a half. A rope broke causing a cage to fall blocking the entrance. a second rope was lowered into the shaft and the workers were pulled out individually. All were unharmed.
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Madisonville
Roya
Cassie
Board defers paving contract until after bond election
The Board of Supervisors delayed awarding a paving contract for Higgin Henry Grant and Raleigh streets until June 5 after the June 14 bond election. Bidders agreed to keep their bids open, noting the outcome of the election could affect the project.
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Board of Supervisors
Higgin
Henry
Grant
Raleigh
Tme
Mayor Schmitz Binds City Hall To Committee Orders
In San Francisco on May 18 the seven member business committee announced it has influence over municipal actions. Mayor Schmitz reportedly agreed to follow any request from the committee, which has begun investigating the police department. A committee member described the pledge as sweeping and binding on city leadership.
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San Francisco
Cal
Committee of Seven
Schmitz
Heir to the Spanish Throne Is Baptized
The baptism of Prince Alfonso of Asturias, born May 10, took place May 18 in the private chapel of the palace. A procession followed from the royal apartments to the chapel with the royal babe carried by a nurse, escorted by Cardinal Rinaldini for the Pope and by diplomats and royal representatives.
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Madrid
Alonso of Asturias
Cardinal Rinaldini
Edward
Emperor Wiliam
Guide for Spring Shoppers in Daily Telegraph Ads
The Daily Telegraph advertises Bluefield stores offering real bargains and attractive sales. Shoppers are urged to notice daily offerings and to tell merchants they saw the ad, highlighting the paper as a key community shopping guide.
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Daily Telegraph
Harvard Triumphs in Track Field Meet Over Yale
Harvard defeated Yale 81 to 25 in New Haven. Princeton beat Columbia 83 to 34 at Princeton, showcasing strong performances by competing teams and venues.
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Harvard
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Princeton
Columbia
Baseball Results News Dispatch
Virginia League Richmond 6 Lynchburg 0 Portsmouth 3 Norfolk 2 Roanoke 3 Danville 0 National League Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 1 Brooklyn 2 Boston 1 Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 2 New York 6 St Louis 2 American League Chicago 3 Boston 2 Cleveland 5 Washington 4 St Louis 3 New York 4 College Games Princeton Freshmen 0 Yale Freshmen 1 Harvard 0 Princeton 1 Army 6 Navy 5 Cornell 5 Pennsylvania 1
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Associated Press Dispatch
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Lynchburg
Portsmouth
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Roanoke
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
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Cleveland
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Yale
Harvard
Army
Navy
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Pennsylvania
Foraker Attacks Brown Over Bossism Claim
Senator Foraker denounces Chairman Brown of the Ohio Republican committee as dictatorial and offensive. He notes his presidential choice will be named by the Ohio convention and will follow that decision.
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Washington
Senator Foraker
Brown
Ohio Republican Central Committee
Ohio
J O'Brien Named Ambassador to Japan in September
The state department announces J J O'Brien, currently minister to Copenhagen, will succeed Luke E Wright as ambassador to Japan in September after Wright requests relief.
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Washington
State Department
J. J. O'Brien
Copenhagen
Luke E. Wright
Japan
Wright
Roosevelt Cousin Buried in Washington Services Held
Washington May 18 The body of Capt George W Roosevelt cousin of the president and former consul general at Brussels was interred in Washington today with services at the cemetery chapel.
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Washington
George W. Roosevelt
Brussels
Former Minister to China C. H. Conger Dead
Pasadena Calif May 18 E H Yonger former minister to China died this afternoon at his home here.
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C. H. Conger
China
Pasadena
Calif
E. H. Yonger
Stranger shoots girl then self in Indianapolis tragedy
In Indianapolis on May 18 Chais Lewis shot and killed Anna Eaton, an inmate of a West Maryland street resort, then shot himself in the right temple and is not expected to survive. He was a complete stranger to the city with his first visit to the resort last Sunday. no witnesses to the tragedy and the motive remains a mystery.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Apache Kid Skull in Chicago Laboratory
The outlaw Apache Kid has been slain and his skull rests in a Chicago physician's laboratory. The killers' names are not disclosed, but known to locals. It is said the mounted skull will be sent to Yale University for anthropologists to study and report on the Indian's cranium.
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Chicago, Ill
Chicago
Prominent Club Man Shoots Carriage Driver
Washington May 18 Gaston C Phillips a prominent club man shot Frank B MacAboy a night carriage driver with whom he had spent the night Mac Aboy is dangerously wounded Phillips was arrested Phillips has lived in Washington for many years with many prominent local connections
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Gaston C Phillips
Frank B. MacAboy
MacAboy
Phillips
New York
Orchard interview not improper in Steunenberg case
Boise Idaho May 18—Prosecuting Attorney Koelsch completed his investigation of the circumstances under which Harry Orchard the principal witness for the state in the Steunenberg murder case was interviewed and presented a report exonerating from the charge of improper motives on all persons connected with the incident. He found the motive of the newspaper men was to obtain news. Judge Wood directed the report to be filed. Progress toward completing the Harvard jury is being made by expending peremptory challenges. The special venire of 100 talesmen was reduced to 26. A new venire may be called next Tuesday. The espionage system in use may cause trouble. Jack Simpkins whereabouts are unknown and both sides refuse to discuss him.
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Boise
Idaho
Koelsch
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
District Court
Grehard
Wood
William D. Harvard
Talesman
Cour
Russia
Hawley
Jack Simpkins
San Francisco Police Head Asked to Resign
The seven member committee seeking city government reform called for Chief of Police Dinan to resign citing his failure to protect city interests during the streetcar strike. The panel held a lengthy session in San Francisco on May 18.
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San Francisco
Committee of Seven
Dinan
Wage Increase Granted On Two Steel Rail Lines
Fifty five thousand dollars total raise announced for one thousand workers on the Elgin Joliet and Eastern and Chicago Lake Shore and Eastern railroads owned by United States Steel Corporation. Salary hike retroactive to May 1.
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Joliet, Ill
Elgin
Rear Admiral Converse Named Chief of Naval Construction Board
Washington May 18 Rear Admiral Converse was appointed chief of the naval board of construction and was succeeded as chief of the bureau of navigation by Rear Admiral Bronson.
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Converse
Naval Construction Board
Washington
Naval Board of Construction
Bureau of Navigaion
Bronson
Southern Baptist Convention Chooses Hot Springs for Next Meeting
Richmond Va May 18. The committee on time and place of the Southern Baptist convention decided to hold the next meeting at Hot Springs Virginia.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Hot Springs
Richmond
Southrn Baptist Convention
Grown Refuses to Discuss Foraker’s Latest Defi
Toledo report shows Walter F. Brown chair of the state central committee declining to comment on the political effect of Senator Foraker's latest challenge. He would not say if this will trigger a state convention or outline potential consequences.
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Grown
Foraker
Defi
Toledo
Walter F. Brown
State Central Committee
Taft Endorsement and Foraker Boss Criticism Arise
Secretary Taft will be endorsed and senators may face criticism. Chairman Brown defines a boss as someone active in politics who fails to do what the person using the term directs, and offers no further comments on the definition.
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Taft
Foraker
Brown
No Serious Shortage in Wheat Yield Likely
Henry Clews notes stock market dullness shifting to wheat and cotton. A backward spring hurt wheat, acreage shrinkage, but favorable weather could restore losses. large previous stock supports bulls, and foreign crop reports are mixed. Cotton stays strong due to high demand and expected modest acreage rise while hay and oats benefit from wet conditions.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Thaw’s Second Trial Set For September in White Murder
New York May 18 Harry K Thaw will face trial for the murder of Stanford White in September before Justice Greenbaum in the supreme court He will be defended by Martin W Littleton former Brooklyn borough president Thaw has dropped Delmas Henry McPike and Hartridge and kept O Reilly and Peabody Littleton said the defense would begin at the start of the September term John Hanser was fined 100 for showing moving pictures purporting to depict the Thaw White tragedy.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Martin W. Littleton
Brooklyn
Thaw
Littleton
Delmas
Mr. Littleton
John Hanser
Sunday School Day to be Generally Observed
The city notes Sunday May 18 in the United States as Sunday School Day to honor the World Sunday School Convention in Rome. Churches plan pulpit messages on the outlook for the movement and the international convention next year in Louisville. Leaders across religious bodies stress Sunday schools as essential for evangelization and church growth.
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New York
Rome
United States
Louisville
Famous Author's Son Acquitted of Treason
St. Petersburg report says Count Leo Leonovitch Tolstei, son of the famed writer, faced treason charges over his father's political pamphlet but was acquitted. The decision ends a controversial case tied to literary dissent and state censorship debates.
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St. Petersburg
Leo Leonovitch Tolstei
Five Die by Own Action and Two Failures in Attempt
Chicago reports show five personal crisis incidents resulting in death by self harm and two attempted self destruction cases yesterday. Police logged the incidents and investigated the circumstances.
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Chicago
Wills Declines to Head Presbyterian Temperance Panel
Dr. David Wills Jr of Oswego New York resigns as chairman of the temperance committee for the Presbyterian general assembly sparking a sensation and signaling a likely bitter fight over the temperance report. Opposition to the Anti Saloon League grows as churches distance themselves from league backing.
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David Wills
Presbyterian Assembly
Columbus
David Wills, Jr
Oswego
N. Y
Presbyterian General Assembly
Kare
Wills
Anti-Saloon League
League
Friends of the League
Board of Ministerial Relief
The
Merriam
Newton
N. J
Evansville Street Car Strike Grows More Serious
Evansville Ind May 18 The street car strike is more serious tonight than at any time since it started. No cars have been running since 5 o'clock. The street car company will run cars tomorrow despite Mayor Boehne's advice. Long strike-breakers arrived from St Louis and more are expected. Every policeman in the city has been on special duty during the past twenty four hours.
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Evansville
Ind
Boehne
Leong
St. Louis
No New Developments in Longshoremen's Strike
New York report notes few changes in the longshoremen dispute on May 18. Company agents say former workers are returning, while union leaders deny it. Pier congestion suggests disruption persists and White Star Line hired replacements for yesterday's strike-breakers.
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New York
White Star Line
Washington Police Seek Youthful Murder Suspect
Washington police hunt for Rafael Altman fifteen year old after a street scrap led to a fatal stabbing of playmate Ernest Langley. Langley died en route to hospital and Altman may be hiding in Washington or headed to Knoxville Tennessee to reach his father.
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Washington
Rafael Altman
Ernest Langley
Knoxville
Tenn
Altman
Langley
Appalling Death toll from plague in India released
Government reports for six weeks ending May 11 show plague deaths across India reaching 451,892. The Punjab records 286,777 deaths in that period, highlighting the overwhelming toll of the outbreak.
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India
Simla
British India
Punjab
Tax delinquent list notice and property sale warning
City taxes will be returned to the auditor for delinquent lists not paid in May. If names are not paid, property will be sold. D. G. Lilly Treasurer Office 107 Princeton Avenue. May 19 1931 notice guards absence agent will sell Midway lots May 10 1907 W. D. Roberts agent
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D. G. Lilly
Treas
Princeton Avenue
C. T. Martin
Midway
W. D. Roberts
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