Hibben Urges Preparedness At Arbitration Conference
John Grier Hibben president of Princeton University amazed the International Arbitration Conference at Mohonk Lake New York by calling for US preparedness to protect against war though not for war. It marked the first time in twenty one years the conference heard such a speech.
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Associated Press
Mohonk Lake
N. Y
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
International Arbitration Conference
United States
Portugal 10 Remain Neutral In War
Lisbon reports that the new Portuguese Cabinet will stay absolutely neutral in the war. The section notes gloomy corn prospects and ongoing cotton planting. Local social life covers church ice cream supper funds for a church organ and snippets on residents, a freight train wreck near Coaldale, and a local farm shipping beans.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
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
Hagle
Esther
Labor News And Notes Japan Faces Large Factory Workforce
Japan has eighty seven government factories with sixty thousand men employed across the sector, reflecting a substantial state driven industrial workforce.
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Japan
Historic BC lumber trade and regional economic notes
The text covers BC lumber industry pricing, Detroit gas rate battles, New York City telephone surplus, gold production in South Dakota and Cripple Creek County by 1914, Washington unionist petition drives, Senate bill 3867 banning picketing, and India's expert study on destructive white ants.
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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 aid Jews in Europe and Palestine
Funds totaling 777000 have been distributed to Jews in Europe and Palestine by the American Jewish Relief Committee for war sufferers. Foodstuffs valued at 85000 were sent aboard the United States steam ship Vulcan to Palestine.
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Associated Press
Chicago, Ill
Europe
Palestine
American Jewish Relief Committee For
United States
Vulcan
Thaw Transferred to Ludlow Street Jail
Supreme Court Justice Hendrick signed an order moving Harry K Thaw from the Tombs to Ludlow Street Jail. His lawyers claim rheumatism and throat trouble limit exercise. A jury trial is set for June 7 after a delay to allow the appellate division to rule on the State's bid to block the trial.
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Associated Press
New York
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Harry K. Thaw
Ludlow Street
Thaw
Appellate Division
Mule as Oil Prospector Highlights Hunt County Drill Spot
In Dallas on May 19 associates of E. H. R. Green of New York described using a mule to locate an oil drill site in a Hunt County pasture. After startling the mule and letting it graze, the team chose the first stopping point as the drilling location.
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Dallas
Tex
Hunt County
E. H. R. Green
New York
Hetty Green
Green
Real Estate Transfers In Brazos County
Mrs. E V Boxley et al transfer 466 acres in Stephen Jones league Brazos County to Tyler Haswell for 5300. Haswell then conveys undivided one half interest in the same 466 acres to C Egbert Jones for 3000.
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E. V. Boxley
Tyler Haswell
Stephen Jones League
Brazos County
C. Egbert Jones
Austria Offered Many Concessions in Peace Efforts
In Berlin on May 19 Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg cited Vienna's proposed concessions to Italy to ease tensions with Austria Hungary. The plan included ceding parts of Tyrol and Gradisca, making Trieste an imperial free city with an Italian university, recognizing Italian sovereignty over Avlona, and respecting Italian national interests in Austria plus amnesty for political and military prisoners from the ceded territory.
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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 Devil's Triumph
A cleaned house with pure air drives seven devils from the dwelling. They settle near a brook in a tin can and a stagnant pool, creating a devils' school until a child’s carelessness releases a demon named Diphtheria. A man drinking by the stream is struck by disease and death follows, as Typhus takes hold in the hilltop home.
Onions and crops praised in Pearsall section letter
Charlie Murray from Bryan now in Pearsall writes the region between San Antonio and Laredo is in fine shape. He notes abundant rain, thriving corn and maize, dry farmed and irrigated onions, half the cotton acreage of last year, and watermelons as a major money crop with several railroad shipments anticipated.
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Charlie Murray
Bryan
Pearsall
San Antonio
Laredo
Bryan High Physics Class Tours Local Industry
The Bryan high school physics class with Prof. George Simpson toured the Bryan & College Interurban power plant the Eagle Printing Company and the ice factory yesterday afternoon. They received thorough explanations of machinery operations and were shown details by plant staff. The Saturday morning visit to the city power plant was led by manager J D Mann. The class roster includes Edna Wickes Lillian Haman 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 and Leslie Ballard.
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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 at Sea
The American fishing launch New Ancona arrived at San Diego with a bullet ridden hull after a Tuesday clash eight miles off Ensenada San Diego shore. Captain Joseph Escolanius said Ensenada patrol fired eighteen shots while the crew hid behind nets. A Mexican officer aboard Ensenada was later reported dead from gunshot wounds.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
New Ancona
Joseph Escolanius
Ensenada
Escolanius
Lines Worth Remembering
Poem fragment quotes Harriet Winslow Sewall on light and joy, noting bleak surroundings. A reflective line underscores resilience and memory.
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Harriet Winslow Sewall
Broader government basis debated as Asquith plans Cabinet broadened
London reports premier Asquith proposes a reconstruction to include all parties in the Cabinet. Rumors say Lord Fisher may resign but stay in power, while Kitchener could become generalissimo and Lloyd George may take the War Office. Other items note Allied gains at the Dardanelles and various war developments amid外交 interests and naval actions.
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Associated Press
London
Asquith
Lord Fisher
Lord Churchill
Dardanelles
Lord Kitchener
David Lloyd- George
War Office
Jews in Colonial and Revolutionary America Highlighted
At the American Jewish Historical Society meeting in New York City the first day featured papers on Jewish influence in early America. Topics covered include the Gratz brothers of Philadelphia in Ohio and Mississippi trade, 1761 to 1789 mercantile ad ventures, Moses M. Hays introducing Freemasonry, and the general loyalty of Jews to the United States during the Revolution with few Loyalists.
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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
Hermer Store Expands Stock in Bryan
Dublin stock arrived and is being unloaded to join Philip Hermer’s already growing Bryan inventory. The Hermer building addition nears completion, adding floor space for the large combined stock and new goods placed on shelves. The upgraded store aims to be one of the area’s up to date retailers.
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Philip Hermer
Dublin
Hermer
Bryan
Man Demands Justice Yet Fears Court Without Lawyer
The Dallas News notes that even those seeking justice dread facing court proceedings without legal representation, highlighting the pressure to secure counsel in legal battles.
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Dallas News
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Mule
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X Daly
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Haswell
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Vick
Wilson
Cole
Fred M. Allison
W. W. Foster
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