Danes Murphy alliance alleged in Albany testimony
Witnesses describe talks and meetings allegedly linking Theodore Roosevelt era Republican William Barnes and Democratic leader Charles Murphy. Testimony recalls 1910 direct primaries debates, adjournment scenes, and cross-party conversations in Albany with Barnes cited meeting Republican and Democratic Senators.
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Commercial Tribune
Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Barnes
Charles F. Murphy
Belgian Wrongs Must Be Righted Before War Ends
At the International Congress of Women in The Hague delegates debated peace and justice. Belgian delegate Mrs Hamer insisted no peace without righting Belgian wrongs, pledging no mediation without justice. The gathering urged governments to end bloodshed and pursue a permanent, just peace.
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Ithe Hague
Netherlands
Dove of Peace
International Congress of Women
Augspurg
Munich
Jane Addams
Chicago
Rosika Schwimmer
Women's Suffrage Association
Imite. Hamer
Florence Holbrook
Amy ‘Lillingston
London
Tilbury
Miss Addams
Bridal Group Attends Duke Biddle Wedding at Holy Trinity
Society members from across the country filled Holy Trinity Church Philadelphia for the marriage of Miss Cane Biddle to Angier Buchanan Duke of New York. The event was hosted at the Drexel Biddle home with ties to the Coxe family of Pennlyn near Ambler.
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Margot Ellis Scull
Elizabeth R. Reath
Angier B. Duke
Ruth Coxe
Ellen D. Yuille
Hope T. Beale
Mary L. Duke
Charlotte Harding Brown
Holy
Ler
Duke
Elizabeth Roberts Reath
Hope Truxton Beale
Margot Scull
Virginia Thaw
Flower Girl
Turks Pressed Back After Fierce Battle
London reports a renewed and serious effort to seize the stronghold has failed as Turkish forces are forced back after a fierce engagement. The second major offensive is described as launched with determination and high stakes in the ongoing conflict.
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London
British Forces Lose Heavily in Gallipoli Action and Zeppelin Activity
British troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula engage Turkish defenses with heavy casualties reported on both sides as French and British forces push inland near Kum Kaleh and Seddul Bahr. Zeppelins raid Suffolk. Allied airmen retaliate by bombing Ostend and targets in Germany.
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Narro
Dardanelles
Cape Kum Kalehy
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Ardanelles
Seddul Bahr
Cape Tekeh
New Zealand
Sari Bair
Gaba Tepe
Cape Helles
Morto Bay
Kum Kaleh
Yeni Shehr
Tne
Kum-Kaleh
Maidos
Uzsok
Stry
Suffolk
England
Belgium
Ostend
Germany
Steamer Victoria Reports Distress Off Coronado Islands
A steamer Victoria was in distress and badly leaking off the Coronado Islands near San Diego. Radiograms said the American-Hawalian Steamship Amer an stood by and had evacuated fifteen passengers.
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San Diego
Cal
Coronado Islands
Ameran
Railroaders Win Partial Victory for Rate Boost
An arbitration award raises pay for 64 000 locomotive engineers firemen and hustlers on 98 Western railroads with 140 000 miles of line. Effective May 10 for one year the ruling postpones final settlement of wage disputes and faces opposition from brotherhoods who call it a failure under Newlands law.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Illinois Central
Great Lakes
Brotherhoods of Enginemen
Newlands
E Railroad
Iron Workers Strike Over Wage Increase in Chicago
In Chicago on April 30 twelve hundred bridge and structural iron workers began a strike after contractors refuse a raise from 68 to 70 cents an hour. The action involves a large labor force in the construction trades and signals a broad labor dispute in the city.
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Chicago
Contractors’ Association
Teuton Wins His Freedom By Strategy
German Captain John Bushel, 30, freed from internment after deceiving Canadian agents and spying on German American groups in Buffalo Cincinnati and St Louis He trailed suspected plots against Canada while lax Canadian immigration was noted He accepted $200 monthly but resigned after six months and refused to return to Canada He speaks many languages and once worked as a Toronto clerk
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Buffalo
N. Y
John Bushel
Toronto
Secret Service
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Canada
Sherwood
Bushel
Campbell
Welland Canal
Commission House
Change of venue denied in Roberts impeachment appeal
Special Judge Elmer Williams overruled motions for a change of venue in the appeal of Mayor Donn M. Roberts from the impeachment order, but granted a motion for a new judge. Roberts, convicted in the election fraud case, is in Leavenworth Federal Prison.
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Commercial Tribune
Terre Haute
Ind
Elmer Williams
Donn M. Roberts
Germans Laughed At Falaba Survivors, Says Peak
B T Peak, second engineer of the British steamer Falaba, rescued after the March 28 sinking by a German submarine off the Irish coast, to the Admiralty charges the u boat crew laughed at survivors and ignored appeals for help. He says he clung to an oar after being washed from a lifeboat and heard the Germans mock the drowning.
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Lomndon
B. T. Peak
Admiralty
Peak
London
America Leading World in Commerce Expects Vast Trade Boom
Philadelphia April 30 The American Academy of Political and Social Science opened its annual meeting with talks on postwar foreign trade expansion and unemployment. Secretary of Commerce Redfield warned of a vast rise in US commerce, while economist Theodore Price cautioned against complacent industrial inertia. Leaders urged federal state cooperation to create jobs and debated immigration limits. Theodore Marburg proposed a league of nations to prevent future wars and settle disputes between nations.
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Philadelphia
United States
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Redfield
Theodore H. Price
New York
Mr.Redfield
The
Academy
America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank J. Warne
Washington
Europe
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
Belgium
South America
Ohio Heroes Share Gifts of Carnegie Awards Report
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission honors fifty two acts of heroism across the region with gold silver and bronze medals. Ten heroes died and pensions totaling 6360 yearly plus 30500 for homes and other needs are allocated in assignments pending commission approval. Ohio recipients include J Homer Owan Findlay Henry Sparks Owensboro Joe Perkins Claude A Jones Otis Hall A Willis Hammerle and others with medals and survivor pensions.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
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Kentucky
Indiana
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Findlay
Henry J. Sparks
Owensboro
Ellis E. Gipe
Joe R. Perkins
John B. Rose
Saxton
Perkin
Williamsburg
Claude A&a. Jones
Ethel
Lloyd Bechtel
Cory
Ind
Jones
Muncie
Otis IF. Hall
Terre Haute
A. Willis Hammerle
George M. Devinney
Wheeling
W. Va
Bell Mount
Villa forces ready for new battle in Mexico
Dispatches from Washington report the Villa Obregon clash looms near Aguas Calientes as Obregon moves north from Celaya. Villa mobilizes about 35 000 troops at Aguas Calientes and gathers ammunition in preparation for a decisive engagement.
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Villa
Aguas Calientes
Obregon
Vera Cruz
Celaya
Zapata
Leon
Deadly fire devastates Colon city center
A large blaze in Colon destroys 22 city blocks, leaving ten dead including two policemen, hundreds injured, and 10 000 to 12 000 homeless. Estimated $2 million in losses. looting arrests reported as guards and Coast Artillery assist. Continued on Page 2.
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Colon
United States Coast Artillery
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