Would Bar Dr Friedmann in Washington License Bill
District commissioners sent a protest to Congress against Senator Hughes bill for a special license to practice medicine in the District for German physician Friedrich Franz Friedmann who claims a tuberculosis cure. They argue he must meet standard qualifications and warn the proposal could weaken existing medical statutes.
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Washington
Hughes
District of Columbia
Friedrich Franz Friedmann
Congress
Testify on Sanity of Mrs Wells in Swanton Murder Trial
In St. Albans Vermont May 12 the defence in Julius Wells trial argued his wife Mrs Wells was insane if she killed their two children. Mrs Wells had testified she feigned insanity to divert suspicion from her husband and the husband’s trial will follow hers.
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ST. Albans
Julius Wells
Swanton
Louis
Wells
Witnesses Testify In Wells Family Case In Swanton
Dr. Sanderson testified to alleged temporary insanity in Mrs. Wells while Dr. Holcombe found no abnormality and noted past meningitis. Attorney Furman said Wells sought suit against the packing company for the condensed milk used. Neighbors and Lena Fisher described Mrs. Wells’s odd conduct, while several witnesses said the defendant treated his children well and the children showed affection toward him.
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C. L. Sanderson
Milton
Wells
Mrs. Wells
L. C. Holcombe
D. G. Furman
Swanton
Lena Fisher
Mr. Wells
Lightning strike kills five at Texas Pipe Line crew
Five employees of the Texas Pipe Line Company were instantly killed when a lightning bolt struck their vehicle as they drove to the oil field three miles from Collinsville Oklahoma. Two others were fatally injured in the incident on May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinsville
Okla
Texas Pipe Line Company
Luce Named Delegate Stirring Massachusetts Progressives
Massachusetts progressive Republicans dispute the selection of ex-Lt Gov Robert Luce as a Chicago conference delegate. Washington headquarters was asked to explain why a Taft supporter and stand-patter represents the progressive element in the state.
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Massachusetts
Robert Luce
Chicago
Washington
Luce
Taft
Long Peace Lesson Urges Fewer Battleships Abroad
The article reports Carnegie arguing that nations should build embassies abroad instead of battleships, noting a possible saving from not sending ambassadors. Peace delegates arrive in Washington to meet President Wilson and Secretary Bryan as they prepare plans for the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Ghent and a December celebration.
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Carnegie
United States
Mr. Carnegie
Washington
Ghent
Wilson
Bryan
State Department
Great Britain
Lord Weardale
Capitol
House of Representatives
Clark
House
Congressional Library
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Elihu Root
Carnegie Endowment
Secreary Bryan
Spring- Rice
Charles Reid
Australia
Charles A. McGrath
Eugene H. Outerbridge
Newfoundland
Co. de Bruyne
Andrew Carnegie
Object to Peace Day Protest to Mayor Gaynor
A New York delegation from the United Irish American Societies and the German Citizens League urged Mayor Gaynor to block Peace Day activities in city public schools slated for May 18. They argued such programs poison children against American patriotism and threaten harmony among diverse communities. The leaders said the Mayor would raise the issue with the Board of Education after leaving a detailed letter opposing the British American plans to mark a hundred years of peace.
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New York
United Irish-American Societies
German Citizens’ League
Gaynor
Board of Education
Summer Trip To The Pacific Coast And Rocky Mountains
Traveler prospectus offers a free Pacific Coast Tours booklet from the Burlington Route. Highlights include Colorado California Puget Sound Yosemite Yellowstone Glacier National Parks with maps illustrations and descriptive text. Agent Alex Stocks invites requests for complimentary copy and details on special excursion rates and services.
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Pacific Coast
Colorado
California
Puget Sound
Yosemite Valley
Yellowstone
Glacier National Parks
Burlington
Washington
Boston
Tel
Baxter Heads Mass Progressive Republicans in Taft Era
Charles S. Baxter leads the Progressive Republican organization in Massachusetts. He says he has received no invitation from Senator Cummins or other leaders to attend a conference. Luce's conference status remains unclear. Baxter, a Republican delegate-at-large to the national convention, backed Roosevelt and later Taft.
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Charles S. Baxter
Progressive Republican Organization
Senator Cummins
Luce
Baxter
Roosevelt
Bull Moose Party
Taft
Progressive Republican Organization of
Massachusetts
Chicago
Republican Party
Charles Sumner Bird
Fire in Harcourt Street block injures four in two blasts
A garage fire at 17 Harcourt Street in the Boyce Perrin Company building drew a crowd as workers removed cars. Two female bindery workers were carried out by colleagues after fainting from fright. A prior second story apartment fire in the Harcourt St Botolph corner area also resulted from an explosion, injuring four men before the flames were controlled.
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Harcourt Bindery
Helen O’brien
Longwood Avenue
May O’brien
Cambridge
Katherine Kenney
Boyce Perrin Company
Harcourt Street
Harcourt and
St. Botolph
Newton
Harry Pierce
Harcourt
Seegar
Darling
McGuire
Blaze and Rescue At Apartment House Garage Explosion
The event began with a gasfitter testing pipes on a second story balcony when a candle flare caused a gas leak to ignite. An explosion sent flames across the apartment building as two bookbindery workers and other staff helped the injured to safety. Firefighters and bystanders worked to control the blaze, with nine people treated for burns and the damage estimated at about $550.
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Samuel Seegal
Garden Street
George Darling
V. P. McGuire
Seegal
Murdock MacKay
Debated World Peace Teachings Stir American Identity
A historical quote criticizes school efforts linked to a so called peace day arguing they erase the word American in favor of Anglo-Saxon and align with Rhodes and Carnegie ideals. The speaker equates this to tearing up the Declaration of Independence and calls it Toryism opposite the Revolution.
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Rhodes
Carnegie
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