Hibben Urges Preparedness To Protect Nation
John Grier Hibben president of Princeton University amazes the International Arbitration Conference with a call to arms not for war but for enough preparedness to defend the United States. It marks the first time in twenty one years the conference heard such a speech.
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United States
Associated Press
Mohonk Lake
N. Y
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
International Arbitration Conference
Portugal 10 Remain Neutral in War
Lisbon reports the new Portuguese Cabinet will stay absolutely neutral. Local notes mention gloomy corn and cotton planting, women canning berries, church ice cream supper funding a new organ, and J H Burnet shipping green snap beans from his farm. An inquest was held for Ed Matthews, a derailment victim, and a Coaldale wreck affected the Tango mixed train between Somerville and Temple.
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Justice Ruby
Gause
Ed Matthews
Palestine
L. W. Kirkland
Fort Worth
State Medical Association
J. M. Cane
Dallas
Dan Lankford
H. M. Timmons
Gilmer
J. D. Peeples
Coaldale
Cameron
Milano
Somerville
Temple
The
Eagle
Esther
Labor News and Notes Japan Sees 870 Government Factories
Japan reports eighty seven government factories with sixty thousand men employed. article notes scale of state enterprises and labor force in public sector.
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Japan
Pivotal Rates and Global Comparatives Spark Labor and Tech News
In British Columbia the lumber industry sees Detroit fight its gas company for a rate of 75 cents, dropping to 5351/2 cents for high volumes. New York City exceeds Belgium, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland in telephones. South Dakota’s gold output reaches £185,224 in 1886 and 1914, Cripple Creek County totals $259 million by 1914. Washington unionists push to collect names for referendum petitions as last legislature’s work nears completion. Senate bill 867 bans even the suggestion of picketing. India names an expert to study white ants that threaten books and libraries.
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British Columbia
Detroit
New York City
Belgium
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Switzerland
South Dakota
Cripple Creek County
Washington
Government of
India
Relief Funds Totals 777000 for European Jewish War Sufferers
The American Jewish Relief Committee announced that funds totaling 777000 have been distributed to Jews in Europe and Palestine for war relief. Foodstuffs valued at 85000 were sent aboard the US steamship Vulcan to Palestine.
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Associated Press
Chicago, Ill
Europe
Palestine
American Jewish Relief Committee For
United States
Vulcan
Thaw Transferred from Tombs to Ludlow Street Jail
New York May 19 Supreme Court Justice Hendrick ordered Harry K Thaw moved from the Tombs to Ludlow Street Jail. Thaw’s lawyers cited rheumatism and throat trouble claiming insufficient exercise. He will not face a jury trial before June 7 as the appellate division weighs the State’s bid to block the trial.
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Ludlow Street
Associated Press
New York
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Appellate Division
Austria Offered Concessions to Italy in 1919 Reichstag
Berlin reports Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg outlined concessions Austria-Hungary would grant to Italy. The plan included ceding parts of Tyrol and Gradisca, making Trieste an imperial free city with Italian administration and university, recognizing Italian sovereignty over Avlona, and preserving Italian national interests in Austria while granting amnesty to political prisoners.
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Associated Press
Berlin
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Count Tisza
Vienna
Tyrol
Isonzo
Gradisca
Trieste
Avlona
Albania
Austria
The Devils Triumph A Tale Of Diphtheria And Typhus
A nineteenth century vignette describes seven devils dwelling in a house made clean with pure air. Diphtheria emerges from a tin can when a boy strikes it. A man drinking by a brook is struck by illness as Typhus claims the house on the hill. Mrs. W. H. Suddath.
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W. H. Suddath
Mule guides oil drill site in Hunt County pasture
In Dallas on May 19 a tale from E. H. R. Green associates explains a big mule led the men to the drilling spot in a Hunt County field. After a brisk prod to spur movement the crew drilled where the mule paused to graze.
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Dallas
Tex
Hunt County
E. H. R. Green
New York
Hetty Green
Green
Real Estate Transfers Brazos County 466 Acre Leased Lands
Mrs. E. V. Boxley et al transfer 466 acres in Brazos County Stephen Jones league to Tyler Haswell for 5200 dollars. Haswell then conveys an undivided one half interest in the same 466 acres to C Egbert Jones for 3000 dollars.
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E. V. Boxley
Tyler Haswell
Brazos County
C. Egbert Jones
Boosts His Section in Pearsall Texas Report
The Eagle publishes a letter from Charlie Murray formerly of Bryan now in Pearsall praising local agriculture. He notes irrigation and dry farming onions thriving, corn and milo maize doing well with ample rain, cotton acreage down about half, and watermelons expected to be a major money crop with several trainloads likely to be shipped from the area.
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Charlie Murray
Bryan
Pearsall
San Antonio
Laredo
Bryan High physics class tours local facilities
The Bryan high school physics class with Prof. George Simpson visited the Bryan and College Interurban power plant the Eagle Printing Company and the ice factory yesterday afternoon. J D Mann explained machinery functions at the city power plant Saturday morning.
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Bryan High School
George Simpson
Bryan & College Interurban
Eagle Printing Company
Ice Factory
City
J.D. Mann
Edna Wickes
Lillian Hanneman
Myrtle McCullough
Ruth Ponder
Vera Reynolds
Frances Mike
Ora Conway
Gertrude Yeager
Hettie Edge
Ethel Evans
Fern Dansby
Frank Wittman
Willie Paschal Withers
John Lawrence Jr
Dean Osborne
Charlie Cole
Alex Harris
Leslie Ballard
Mexicans Fired on the U S Flag Near San Diego
The American fishing launch New Ancona arrived at San Diego with bullet holes in her hull after an attack by the Mexican patrol launch Ensenada. Captain Joseph Escolanius says the attack occurred Tuesday eight miles offshore between Ensenada and San Diego while the New Ancona flew the American flag. The Ensenada vessel reportedly exchanged fire, with eighteen shots fired on the New Ancona, and the Ensenada crew then withdrew.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
New Ancona
Joseph Escolanius
Ensenada
Escolanius
Lines Worth Remembering Poem Fragment
Brief literary quotation attributed to Harriet Winslow Sewall. Reflects on gloom and lack of light or joy around the speaker with a somber tone.
Britain seeks broader political basis in government
London reports Premier Asquith plans a reconstruction to include all parties in the Cabinet, with possible reshuffles. Lord Fisher rumored to resign but to remain in power, while Kitchener and Lloyd George figures surface as potential replacements.
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Lord Fisher
Lord Churchill
Dardanelles
Lord Kitchener
David Lloyd George
War Office
British Ship Drumsoe torpedoed and sunk in the Channel
The British steamer Drumsoe was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel. The crew and passengers were saved after a Norwegian steamer attempted a tow and later returned to rescue them. The incident follows Allied and neutral evasions of submarine threats as masts and mists hinder operations.
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iBy Associated Press
Cardiff
Wales
English Channel
The Jew in American History
A report on Jewish influence in Colonial and Revolutionary America from the American Jewish Historical Society meeting in New York. It highlights the Gratz brothers’ role in Ohio and Mississippi valley trade, ads studied in 1761 1789, Moses M Hays and Freemasonry, and Jewish loyalty to the new nation amid persecution.
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Republic
American Jewish Historical Society
New York City
Gratz Brothers
Philadelphia
Ohio
Mississippi
Harold Korn
New York
Massachusetts
Moses M. Hays
Friedenberg
Dublin stock arrives for Hermer goods in Bryan
Stock goods from Dublin have arrived and are being unloaded and combined in Bryan. The extensive enlargement of the Hermer store is nearly complete and a large floor space will display the new stock once shelves are ready. The upgraded shop aims to be among the up to date in Bryan.
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Philip Hermer
Dublin
Herme
Bryan
Justice and courts need counsel, even silent accusers demand lawyers
A concise adage notes that legal fairness hinges on representation, warning that a court without a lawyer cannot fully deliver justice. It emphasizes the value of counsel for all participants in legal proceedings.
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Dal
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Daly
Bryan, Texas
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Vick
Wilson
Cole
Fred M. Allison
W. W. Foster
Allison
U. S
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London
Asquith
Bureau
Kaiser
Ramsgate
England
Emperor William
John Smith
Rome
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Roumania
Athens
Garian
Sofia
San
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Germany
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Tsylvania
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