Transcontinental Auto Race Opens From New York
Ten American cars depart New York under Seattle exposition auspices for an 84000 mile speed endurance contest to Seattle. Mayor McClellan starts the race with Taft wire transmitting the moment. Checks at six cities include Poughkeepsie Syracuse Buffalo Toledo Chicago St Louis. Prizes total 11000 dollars for top finishers. entrants may include Renault Bens and Tsotta among others.
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New York
Seattle Automobile Eel
Exposition City
Wity Hall
McClellen
White House
Washington
Taft
McClean
Automobile Club of America
Ita
Kansas City
Seattle
Pacific
Tornado Rips Brownwood Area. Towns Demolished
Brownwood Texas reports a deadly tornado that destroyed most of the town and left hundreds dead or injured. The storm also struck Zephyr and surrounding Brown County communities, causing widespread demoralization and communication outages as officials assess casualties and damage.
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Brownwood
Texas
Tulus
Brown County
Aldrich Leads Tariff Talks Narrowing Food Duties
In Washington on May 31, the Senate set many tariff sections while agricultural items moved forward. Senator Aldrich withdrew finance committee amendments raising house rates on bacon ham lard and beets. The lemon rate rose to two cents per pound while salt pork duties fell from twelve to ten cents per hundred in bags and from ten to eight cents in bulk.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Finance Committee
House
Longest baseball game sets 26 innings in drizzle
Bloomington and Decatur of the Three Eye league battled in a 26 inning game today. Decatur won 2 to 1 after a long rain delayed start with 10 innings played in a drizzle. The record long ball game marks a world's professional record.
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Bloomington
Hill
Decatur
Taft's son preserves removed tonsils as trophy
Washington May 31 Young Charley Taft the president's son shows a peculiar trophy a hermetically sealed bottle containing his tonsils saved after a tonsillectomy performed at the Eye Ear and Throat hospital He asked that the removed tissue be kept for inspection and the doctor complied now the small trophy sits proudly with the boy as a novelty keepsake
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Washington
Charley Taft
Hig Cronicare
Charley
Charles
Boys Prank Costs Two Lives in Chicago Shooting
Chicago police say two youths Omert Howitson age 22 and Peter Dumont age 10 sparked a deadly shooting spree. A detective was wounded and a bystander died after the buggy ride incited gunfire during the chase. An officer later killed Joseph who was mistaken for a culprit.
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Chicago
Omert Howitson
Peter Dumont
Herman
Maintake
Joseph
Monster Airship Is Controlled Easily
Bertin May 1 Count Zeppelin with Balloon Zeppelin H descended at Goepenger at noon after a nearly 40 hour flight covering about 900 miles and exceeding prior aviation records for time and distance. The descent allowed engine overhaul and fuel checks after a minor mishap when the craft brushed a tree. The airship and car were unharmed though crowds pressed close.
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Bertin
Count Zeppelin
Zeppelin H
Goepenger
Hills Pays Fine Tribute 10 Heroes
Memorial Day exercises honor ten local heroes at the cemetery despite weather concerns. The First Baptist Church laid a wreath and speakers planned a brief program with a reading of a public address.
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Hills
Hillu
Strikers Dynamite Waker Town Cars
Sympathizers of striking street railway workers dynamited two trolley cars in Philadelphia injuring passengers. The attack followed a night of rioting that halted traffic as strikers reinforced by reinforcements from power houses reportedly spread.
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Philadelphia
Columbia Avenue
Jim Hill sizes up situation in wheat
Seattle message quotes James J. Hill disputing Patten’s influence on wheat. He projects U S population near ninety million and a 630 million bushel need, adds current production around 650 million with exports limited to twenty million, and predicts eastern Washington wheat moving east within five years.
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Jim Hill
Seattle
Wash
James J. Mill
Patten
Washington
Carnegie Trust to Form New Bank From Merged Trusts
New York May 21 Wastablishment of a new forty million dollar banking institution will follow the Carnegie Trust company annual meeting and officer election. The reorganized bank will keep the Carnegie Trust name and stems from the purchase of The Van Norden Trust Company and two ward banks, with over 34 000 depositors.
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New York
Carnegie Trust Company
van Norden Trust Company
Nineteenth Ward Bank
Twelfth Wark Bank
Mrs Boly Widow of Hains Survives Public Trial
In New York on May 31, Mrs William Boly widow of Homan gain Hains appeared in court after a public trial. Details of the case and its outcome were discussed as reporters noted her statements and the proceedings surrounding the matter.
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New York
William Boly
Homan Gain Hains
Meyerte
Buing
Orphee Wins Pro Marathon In Slow Time
Louis Orphee of France wins the ten thousand dollar professional marathon in New York, finishing in two hours fifty nine minutes fifty seven seconds. He trails the record by twenty minutes ten seconds as fourteen other runners compete.
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New York
Louis Orphee
France
Lincoln’s Son Suffered Heat at Hodgenville Statue Unveiling
Robert T. Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, was lightly affected by heat near the end of the statue unveiling ceremony in Hodgenville during a Louisville, Kentucky event on May 1.
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Lincoln
Louisville
Robert T. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgenville
Taft Honors Regular Army With Gettysburg Memorial
Gettysburg Pennsylvania May 31 President Taft unveiled a granite shaft honoring regular soldiers of the Civil War at Gettysburg. He praised the regular army and opposed reducing the standing force. En route his train paused in York for a tariff bill brief address. The Gettysburg ceremonies featured a troops review.
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Gettysburg
Congress
Helen Taft
Taft
United States
York
Boy Dies in Slimy Mud at Pitt Avenue Fifty Excavation
Elmer Carlisle aged 17, son of H. B. Carlisle, choked to death in ooze and mud at the bottom of an excavation on Avenue Fifty in Los Angeles. A companion risked his life attempting a rescue, another ran for help and collapsed from shock. Rescue attempts with dynamite failed to free the body.
War on Red Light in Minneapolis Starts Crusade
Minneapolis May 31 The Civic Federation began a campaign to wipe out the red light district. Many houses already closed as proprietors fear the new state law making it a felony to accept earnings from dissolute women. Property owners who take rent from these women may face prosecution.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Red Light
Civic Federation
Federation
California Bank Law Takes Effect Tomorrow
California's new banking law provides strong safeguards for depositors in the state's financial institutions and becomes effective tomorrow as announced from Sacramento.
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California
Sacramento
Cal
Child Lives With Bullet in Brain in Grover
A seven year old girl, Laura Parker, daughter of Grover merchant G. W. Parker, is in critical condition at St. John’s hospital after a accidental shooting at their Grover Colorado home. Her fifteen year old half-brother Mowberry Orris was handling a 4 caliber gun when it discharged, sending a bullet through her forehead. The girl was transported to the city for surgery by train with her mother. Doctors fear the outcome though they hope for recovery.
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Mttle
Laura Parker
G. W. Parker
Grover Merchant
St. John's Hospital
Theogirl
Mowberry Orris
Kees
Parker
Grover
Colorado
Stewart
BuJington
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