Interior Secretary Ballinger Faces Heated Senate Hearing
Washington May 7. An earlier dramatic question by HH T Jones challenged a Ballinger statement as Brandeis pressed for names to be dropped. Ballinger warned of more take killing if he remains, while Brandeis argued over questions on land office documents and locators versus entrymen.
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HH. T. Jones
Giaiter
Glavis
Ballinger
Interior
Interior Department
Brandeis
Chmningham
Brandies
Mae
Tam
Kelly and McGoorty Draw In Milwaukee Bout
Hugo Kelly of Chicago and Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh battled ten rounds in Milwaukee with no decision allowed under rules. The bout was considered even with the glow of a close contest despite the official result.
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Goten
Milwaukee
Hugo Kelly
Chicago
Eddie McGoorty
Oshkerh
Badger Athletic
OVCN
Great Britain Mourns King After Funeral
Britain mourns King Edward as funeral rites conclude and King George accedes. Crowds fill streets and Buckingham Palace windows darken while new monarch pledges to uphold constitutional government and comfort for his father’s death. Royal moves to Windsor and planned mausoleum at Frogmore are noted.
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Great Britain
Edward
George
Soveritgy
Windsor Castle
St. James Chapel
Frogmore
Victoria
Belgium
Spain
Portugal
Italy
St. Paul's
Westminster Cathedral
Tiritain
Aspha
Itig Touti
Denny
Unatimoua
Kokumin
Hyde defense delayed by deposition ruling
In Kansas City on May 7 a dispute over Mrs John M Cleary’s deposition delayed the Hyde defense. The state asserts the Hydes were at the Swope house on Nov 21 the night of dinner with Dr and Mrs Hyde. The court rejected the deposition and adjourned after brief testimony from Dr J W Perkips until Monday.
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Kansas City
John M. Cleary
Mre
Hyde
Ther
Hydes
Swope House
J. W. Perkips
Famine Follows Tremblor Wake In San Jose Coastal City
A devastating quake near Tremblor collapses San Jose costal city killing 1,000 and leaving hundreds homeless. Despair and relief efforts spread as authorities, overwhelmed, call for aid while survivors crowd makeshift hospitals and camps on surrounding hills. Martial law governs the stricken district.
Priest Is Lifted to Administer Last Rites in Fatal Fall
In Louisville on May 7, Rev. Charles Raffo was raised eighty feet to the fifth floor of an unfinished elevator to offer last rites to Martin Wiggenton, a dying ironworker who had fallen from the eighth to the fifth floor. Wiggenton died before rescue could reach him despite efforts by a hook and ladder crew.
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Louisville
Charles Raffo
Martin Wiggenton
Wiggenton
Father Raffo
Maude Adams Benefits Orphans in Salt Lake City
Miss Maude Adams and her company raised 2000 for the Orphans Home and Home Finding Association during a benefit performance in Salt Lake City. The donation came as part of a larger effort to reduce the 8000 remaining debt on the $60000 home recently erected by the charity.
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Salt Lake City
Orphans’ Home and Home Finding Association
Skude Adama
Mise Adams
Associaion
Federal Income Tax Has Fighting Chance
Albany May forecast shows a possible passage for a federal income tax. A poll indicates 23 of 50 senators pledge support, 27 oppose, and the rest doubtful, affecting the fate of the resolution next Wednesday.
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Albany
N. Y
Worldwide mourning as King Edward VII dies
Paris reports France mourns the loss of Edward VII as a creator of entente cordiale and a promoter of peace. Rome and Berlin also note sorrow with official condolences and potential royal and political implications. Across Tokyo and other capitals, newspapers laud his role in fostering international harmony.
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Paris
Edward VII
France
Edward
Hugope
England
Fableres
London
Wite
Holm
George Yvan
Union Pacific Wins Right Of Way Case In High Court
Denver May 7 The United States supreme court of appeals ruled in the Stuart Murray case affirming the railroads right to a 400 foot wide right of way from the Missouri River to Nevada border The decision is expected to influence the Greeley case and involve land valued in the millions The railroad asserts prior right under a government grant and Federal judge Lewis previously ruled against Stuart and Murray The circuit court briefed word that the decree recognizes the railroads right and reasons remain unstated
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Denver
United Staten Henrt Court. of Appeals
Union Pacific
Miessuri
Nevada
Stuart Aid Murray
Greeley
B. Stuart
Charles Murray
Lewis
Stuart
Murray
Muray
Railroa
Colorado
Agaid
Hodges
Union Pactfie
Pailroad
Circuit
Halley’s Comet Emerges as Bright Early Sky Object
Cheyenne observers reported Halley’s comet visible before dawn with enhanced brightness over two weeks. The tail reportedly stretches tens of millions of miles, with the body moving about 1.3 million miles per day toward Earth, as experts predict a close approach in early May before veering away for decades.
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Hulley
Halley
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Chamber
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New York Herald
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