World News Chronicle Mixed Par against Dawn of New Era
A sweeping 1920s style digest notes Dr Amador Panama’s first president dying, James Hazen Hyde jailed in Paris, and Ro Shepherd monument unveiling in DC. It covers Hepburn act impact on coal roads, the Second National Peace Congress in Chicago, and global political shocks from Turkey to France. It mentions Roosevelt’s Africa lions tally, weather fades in West, street chaos, and major urban fires in Cordell and La Crosse with losses.
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District of Columbia
Alexander Ro Shepherd
Supreme Court
Chicago
Taft
Ay 4
Barber
Synmond Match Company
Fk Ro Stettinius
Arate
Peace Champions II Session Opens in Chicago
The second national peace congress opens in Chicago with delegates from states and Europe. President Taft sends a letter praising peace efforts as crowds hear welcomes from Governor Deneen and Mayor Busse. Dr A Eugene Bartlett urges a sustained education campaign for global peace amid talks on war costs and defense.
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Chicago
Robert Treat Paine
Boston
American Peace Society
Charles Deneen
Fred A Busse
Eugene Bartlett
Taft
Lake Sailors Strike Ties Up Great Lakes Traffic
Seamen at sea and in port walk out as Lake Carriers Association reports widespread stoppage. About 40 workers quit aboard several ships causing delays and a major disruption to lake freight and port operations.
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Great Lakes
Boata
Lake Carriers Association
Perets
Erihe
Owen
Roosevelt party bags four lions in East Africa hunt
Theodore Roosevelt and son Kermit hunted near Nairobi in British East Africa. Four lions were killed with the elder Roosevelt taking three on the first shots and Kermit finishing the fourth. About two hundred native followers joined the expedition amid high enthusiasm from beaters and accompanying hunters.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Mau
Nairobi
British East Africa
Kili
Naphili
Hilla
Foc Selous
Selous
Roosevelt
GRAFT SENTENCES IN PITTSBURG
Seven men convicted in municipal graft cases received prison terms in Pittsburg. W W Ramsey former National Bank president got one year and six months plus a $1000 fine. Captain John F Klesno councilman received two years and $1000 fine on bribery and one year six months on conspiracy. Joseph C Wasson and William Brand former councilmen each got one year six months and $400 fine for conspiracy. Bolger the bookkeeper two years and a $400 fine. Charles Colbert and John Colbert each two years and $400 fine for attempting to bribe a jury. Walsack former bank master not sentenced pending further testimony.
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Pittsburg
Frazer
Persens
W W. Ramsey
National Bank
John F Klesno
Joseph C Wasson
William Brand
Sear
Bolger
Sears
Umy
Charles Colbert
John
Olbert
Ramser
AA Walsack
Bank Aster
Ois
Cabannees Win Suit Custody of Their Son in Divorce
J Cabanne granted divorce from Minnie Leonard Cabanne E Brandenburg and custody of their son. Brandenburg of New York had recently taken the boy to San Francisco. Cabanne returned from the West City with the child. Case fought on default with no defense. petition claimed desertion. Mrs Cabanne contends she obtained a divorce in British Honduras before her marriage to Brandenburg.
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James Shepard Cabannee Jr
Haw
Minnie Leonard Cabanne
E Brandenburg
Broughton Brandenburg
New York
San Franciso
Cabanne
Cabanne How
British Honduras
Brandenburg
National debt grows as April expenditures outpace receipts
The monthly debt statement shows debt at month end April 30 near 1.1 trillion with cash in treasury about 1.725 million and demand liabilities around 1.448 billion. April receipts total 2.004 million and expenditures 23.0 million. Coinage in April totals 1.614 million with 2.41 thousand gold and 1.172 silver. National bank notes outstanding total 697.648 million, down year and up for the month.
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National Bank
Movement to shift summer hours gains Cincinnati interest
Prominent Cincinnatians back a national effort to adopt earlier daily start times in summer modeled on England. The plan would move standard time two hours forward from May to October so workers start at 5 AM and finish at 3 PM, granting two extra daylight hours for recreation.
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England
United States
Entire train jumps track near Topom injures Burgess
A Wabash line train bound for New York left the tracks at 3 am Sunday near Topom. The entire train ran about a thousand feet along the roadbed before derailing into a ditch. All cars left the track with some overturned. Burgess of New York suffered slight bruises.
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Kden
Otnie
Burgess
New York
Woman awarded damages after ferry accident in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia jury awarded a woman 20000 in a suit against the Delaware Hover Ferry Company. She rode a ferry docking at Roaighn Ponthamden when a jolting movement crushed her left foot between the boat and the gang plank. The case stemmed from claims of 15000 for negligence.
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Ste Ouls
Nccess
Philadelphia
Shire Jenne Ames
Delaware Hover Ferry Company
Roaighn
Ponthamden
Twenty Hurt In Train Crash Near Delano
Northern passenger train No 3 known as the Flyer west bound collided with a light engine at Delano. Two day coaches burned and about twenty passengers were seriously injured. Engineer Andrew W Watson of Saint Paul may be fatally hurt and is in St Marys hospital Minneapolis.
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Strat Northern
Delano
Andrew W Watson
Stanl O
St Mary’s Hospital
Minneapolis
Elk Leader William Cook Dies in Toledo Jump
Delirious from illness, Capt William Cook a prominent Elk and drillmaster of the Elks Cherry Pickers leaped from a fourth story window in Toledo Ohio and was killed instantly. His daughter tried to intervene but could not stop him.
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Delirous
William Cook
Elks Cherry Pickers
Toledo
Ohio
Ex-Secretary Metcalf Takes Active Role at Union Savings Bank
Victor H. Metcalf former Secretary of the Navy has assumed active management at Union Savings Bank Oakland California He is elected vice president and general manager of the bank.
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Victor H. Metcalf
Navy
Union Savings Bank
Oakland
Cal
Bank
Notable sports notes from racing and baseball updates
A mixed page reports Charles Lambie walking to Seattle after a wager, jockey Edda Dugan returning to New York seeking a license, and winners at various racecourses. It notes Vanderbilt's Northeast in a Prix de Palaisan win, Midhurst taking the Gadby 2 year old plate, and Frank Getch upsetting Mabmost for $14,088.05. It covers boxing results, Yale and Princeton crew prospects, Charley Comiskey naming Billy Sullivan Sox manager, and a seven night heel and toe world walking match with racing hours listed.
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Charlier Lambie Sto Paul
Seattle
Edda Dugan
New York
England
Vanderbilt
Nash Turner
Talcester Eng
Midhurst
Frank Getch
Mabmost
Turk
George Demsey
Columbus
Hugh McMahon
St Paul
Nottingham
H Pp. Whitney
J He Martin
Yale
Princeton
Carnegie Lake Charley
Comiskey
Billy Sullivan
White Sox
Fielder Jones
Chicago
H. O. Messier
G. BR. Schubert
Milwaukee
Persia Grants Constitution In Effort To Restore Order
The Shah signs and issues a proclamation declaring a constitutional regime essential to restoring order and welfare. Elections will follow a new electoral law to be published soon and completed by July 19, with deputies to assemble in Teheran. The move ends six months of revolutionary agitation for representative government.
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United States
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell
Schurman
Shah
Persia
Teheran
Corey Plans Copper Combine
William E. Corey of United States Steel Corp aims to form a large copper interests alliance to regulate production cut competition and reduce costs. He has support from Henry B. Rogers and Amalgamated Copper along with other major copper leaders, though doubts remain about feasibility after a gathering of forty key figures.
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William E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Traimng
Mr. Corey
Henry B. Rogers
Amalgamated Copper
United Metals
Trade outlook brightens as season spurs production
The weekly trade review notes improving conditions across industry and farming due to favorable weather and labor realignments. Increased demand for furnace outputs steel shapes and equipment signals higher production. prices for iron textiles and leather trend up. May bank settlements are paid, money demand rises, breadstuffs hit seasonal highs, farm expenditures expand for implements and improvements. Forwarding to the West for steel and machinery rises. outdoor work and quarry deliveries surge. leather and footwear contracts strengthen. April permits total 45 valued at 24375.0, vs April 1908 1052900. Bank clearings reach 295,991,221 up 16.9 percent from the prior year. The Chicago district reports 30 failures, with 7 entries over 35000 this week.
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Board of Trade
Chicago
Duns Weekly Review of Trade
Trade Outlook Improves With Optimism In Farms and Iron Trades
Improvement in retail trade and farming operations signals regained ground and a more hopeful business mood. Iron and steel demand rises with higher prices, coal and wool markets firm, leather selling better. tariff delays and crops growth bolster expectations for overall economic activity.
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United States
Canada
Brad Streets
Market Prices Across Regions for Cattle and Grain
Charted figures show Chicago Milwaukee Detrowm Buffalo New York Toledo prices for cattle hogs and sheep with varying grades. Grain futures list No 2 wheat corn oats and rye values across regions with equal emphasis on butter eggs and timothy hay.
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Chicago
Choice
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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Panama
Robert E. McCormick
Brookline
Mass
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Paris
Samuel Eberly Gross
Kattle
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Mayer Dabloun
Qmata
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Tan Tell
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Afria
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Omaha
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Sharon Hao
France
Turkey
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Iowa
Senate
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Icaran
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Ree
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Turkish Parliament
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Ibseo
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la Crosre
Kan
National Congress
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