President Wilson urges graduates to serve humanity abroad
At Annapolis, President Wilson addresses 154 Naval Academy graduates about America's mission to aid humanity not conquer. He praises restraint at Vera Cruz, urges officers to project civilization through force only when needed, and notes the lasting impression will be self control and public welfare.
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Annapolis
Wilson
Naval Academy
United States
Vera Cruz
Navy
America
Admiral Fletcher
Mg Be
Vera Crug
Emeeree
Pleba
Fullam
Washington
Rear Admiral Caperton Long Heads Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Rear Admiral William Banks Caperton, a Tennesseean, has overseen the Atlantic reserve fleet based in Philadelphia until several ships were sent to Mexican waters for the Vera Cruz demonstration. His flagship is The Tennessee and he nears retirement on reaching the sixty year limit after over 40 years in service.
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Ce Ee
William Banks
Caperton
Philadelphia
Vera Cruz
Tennessee
Narragansett Station
Immigrant Ladies Earn Literacy Certificates at City Plant
Forty young immigrant girls employed in a muslin garment factory received literacy certificates at graduation exercises the first of their kind in the city. A year ago they could not express thoughts in English or write their names. now they complete a social extension of the public school system.
WIFE FORGIVES GIRL TRAPPED WITH HER HUSBAND
In Chicago on June 5 Municipal Judge Sullivan commended Mrs. Adeline Lyle for forgiving a woman she trapped at her home with her husband. Mrs. Lyle declined to prosecute and offered to pay the woman's fare to Oregon. She said she would forgive her husband and send the woman home at her own expense.
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Chicago
America
Sullivan
Adeline Lyle
Hundreds Drown As Japanese Hurricane Devastates Coast
A powerful storm on June 5 battered western and southern Japan. Hundreds of boats wrecked and many lives believed lost. The steamer Mongo Ma rescued numerous seamen as hundreds of houses in Nagasaki were blown down.
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Tokio
Western and
Wouthern
Japan
Nagasaki
Pastor Marries for Protection, Says He Was Beloved
In Zanesville on June 5, a 60 year old pastor explains his marriage as protection from female members of his congregation. He cites unwanted affection and whispered endearments from women, noting one woman proposed marriage. Trustees confirm the pastor’s account and moral concerns about unmarried pastors.
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Zanesville
Saloons in Strikefield Are Closed
Denver June 5 Governor Ammons, under a labor strike order, signed a proclamation closing all saloons in adjacent strike territory after a conference with Major Symmonds and District Attorney G A Carlson. The effect covers a broad area though much of the region is already dry. The act stems from Colorado’s recent legislature session giving the governor authority to close saloons during strikes or disturbances.
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Denver
Symmonda
Northern
Colorado
Ammons
G. A. Carlson
Fort Collins
Boulder Field
Symmonds
Ultimatum Against Flirting Issued at Walker Sanitarium
In Walker Minnesota on June 6 the hospital head Dr Bemoh warned patients to stop flirting, stating scientific observations show love in sanitarium patients lowers recovery prospects and urged inmates to focus on health.
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Walker
Minn
Bemoh
Women of the Windy City Demand Vote for Senator
Chicago formal demand by women for the right to vote in the United States Senate elections is planned before election officials. The petition argues the 1913 suffrage act granting presidential electors also implies senatorial voting rights. Prominent suffragists Grace Wilbur Trout Catherine Waugh McCulloch and Jane Addams lead the committee backing the move.
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Chicago
United States
Grace Wilbur Trout
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Jane Addama
Man Jumps From Train During Mental Episode in Tracy
Peter Matson, 45, of Grand Rapids Michigan, leapt from Union Pacific Train No 17 near Tracy while temporarily de mented. He suffered only a cut on his right hand sewn by Dr A W Barber who aided on arrival. Authorities took him into custody before continuing his journey.
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Peter Matson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Union Pacific
Tracy
A. W. Barber
Matson
Minister and ex‑fighter charged with murder in Missouri
Lawrence W. Planner a West Plains minister and former prize fighter is jailed charged with the murder of Otis F McConnell a linotype operator. The men argued over labor questions and Planner allegedly struck McConnell who died six hours later Planner formerly lived at Woodburn Illinois.
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West Plains
Lawrence W. Planner
Yeaterday
Otis F. McConnnell
Planner
McConnell
Four Injured as Cyclone Hits Hobsp ers Farm
In Hobsp ers Iowa a cyclone struck the Allen home injuring Mrs Neth Hoogsterp and three children. Farm hand 8S Cransen is missing. A passenger train was stopped by wreckage from the storm.
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Hobspers
Iowa
James Allen
Neth Hoogsterp
Cransen
Illinois Qualifies Three in Quarter Mile for Conference Meet
Illinois today qualified three men in the quarter mile for the conference meet to be held tomorrow. The Goellin relay quartet is believed to have the best chance in the relay race if the Goelitz ruling stands.
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Chicago
Illinois
Morrow
Goellin
Coles
Goelitz
Gunboat Smith Social Stunt Ahead of Carpentier Bout
London June 5 Gunboat Smith the American fighter known as a society sensation prepared to fight George Carpentier French champion in London for 20 rounds on July 16. He hosted a large Waldorf hotel reception with managers Dick Burge and Jim Bulkley present as London papers framed the event as a major social function. The fighter pledged victory by knockout and praised his condition.
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London
Two French Aviators Die in Plane Explosion near Dijon
In Dijon France two French aviators Lieutenant Gironne and Sappore Rioux were killed when an aeroplane from the military aviation station exploded over the forest of Cacquette. Peasants witnessed a flame burst and heard the explosion as the aircraft broke apart and its fragments fell among the trees.
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Dijon
France
Gironne
Sappore Rioux
Cacquette
Anti-Trust Hearing Nears End as Senate Committee Advances Bills
Washington June 4 The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee nears the end of a long anti trust hearing and will begin drafting bills to report next week. The panel likely will receive four portions of anti trust legislation approved by the House and, once reshaped, will ask the conference to pass.
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Washington
Senate
Wyoming Weather Outlook Amid Showers
Weather bulletin from Washington reports Wyoming will have showers on Saturday and Sunday followed by fair conditions. Temperature and precipitation details remain limited in the transmission.
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Washington
Wyoming
Three administration trust bills pass House in late session
In Washington on June 5 the House approved three administration trust bills and sent them to the Senate. The Covington Interstate Trade Commission bill passed without a vote, the Clayton omnibus anti trust measure went 275 to 654, and the Rayburn railroad capitalization bill was 325 to 12. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill and other supply measures followed as adjournment looms, with Senate plans for a program in the near future.
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House
Senate
Rayburn
Trade Commission
Murdock
Interstate Commerce Committee
Rapp Accused in Divorce Case Details Depositions
In Chicago on June 5 depositions outlined alleged visits by William Rapp Jr to Mrs Katherine Bean in her apartments. Detectives traced the pair from a New York area, with witnesses including a janitor and a messenger stating they saw them enter a hotel. The court barred questions on earlier marriages.
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Chicago
William Rapp, Jr
Katherine Bean
Rapp
Schumann Heink
New York
Napp
College graduate dies poor after life of wealth
Charles A. Lytle once a prosperous businessman and alleged son of General William H. Lytle died penniless in a San Francisco county hospital. Illness, pride, and seven years since his wife’s death left him destitute, and he was found semi conscious on the streets before being admitted to the hospital.
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San Francisco
Cal
Charles A. Lytle
William H. Lytle
Lytle
Brig Gen Tasker Bliss Shapes Border Defense
Brig. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss commands on the Mexican border awaiting Brig. Gen. Bell and his brigade, bringing a long record from the general staff to artillery and colonial campaigns. Bliss has served as a military attache in Madrid and led units in Spain Cuba and the Philippines while shaping camp sites and troop deployments. He is a prominent Washington clubman active at Army and Navy and Metropolitan clubs.
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Tasker H. Bliss
Mexico
Bliss
Mexican
Bell
Spain
Lewisburg
Naval War College
U. S
Madrid
Cuba
Philippines
East
California
Washington
Army and Navy
Metropolitan
Chevy Chase
Louisiana aims to restore New Orleans horse racing
A Louisiana House city affairs committee voted unanimously to return horse racing to New Orleans. The redrafted bill calls for a regulating commission and allocates ten percent of racing proceeds to charity. A pari mutuel betting machine was demonstrated in the house hall as lawmakers learned how the system could operate.
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New Orleans
Honolulu Board Delays Leper Transfer to Molokai
Honolulu officials report federal authorities requested Joby Ro Early be sent to Molokai for segregation as an alleged leper. Local opposition to the plan has emerged, and it is doubtful Early’s transfer will be permitted.
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Honolulu
Honolulu Board of Health
Washington
Porns Gion
Joby Ro
Molokai
Karly
Blowall
Ammunition Lands at Tampico in Neutrality Question
Reports from Washington say the American schooner Sunrise delivered ammunition at Tampico for the Mexican constitutionalists without U S interference. Officials declined comment but sources indicate Washington knew of Sunshine’s presence days earlier. Mediation circles fear US moves may threaten the peace process.
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Washington
Sunrise
Galveston
Tampico
United States
State
Navy Department
Huerta
Badger
Washngton
Sisters wed and licenses mix up wives in San Mateo
Mrs John F Barrett and Mrs Robert D Savage, sisters, learned after their January double wedding that their legal names were Mia Barrett and Mie Savage. The licenses listed the wrong spouses, creating a potential repeat ceremony, but the county clerk said name transfers on the licenses can fix the tangle.
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San Mateo
Cal
John F. Barrett
Robert D. Savage
Rrett
Mia
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