Bowen Outwitted Allied Powers in Venezuelan Peace Talks
Herbert W. Bowen, Venezuela's plenipotentiary at Washington, recounts how Britain Germany and Italy could have secured favorable treatment in their claims via a simple request. His Blue Book details the protocols and Bowen’s dual powers, the note to the British ambassador, Roosevelt's arbitration invite, and Bowen's upcoming posting while awaiting a larger promotion after The Hague mission.
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Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Venezuela
Hague
Herbert W. Bowen
Castro
Bowen
Mr. Bowen
Roosevelt
Hay
Mr. Hay
United States
New York
Caracas
Parkhurst Compared Convict to Emancipated Slave
In Atlanta Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst of New York delivered the National Conference of Charities and Corrections sermon. He likened the convict to an emancipated slave and argued emancipation did not by itself make a citizen or morally transform the freed man.
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Atlanta
Charles H. Parkhurst
New York
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Parkhurst
President Roosevelt Spends Quiet Sunday in California
President Roosevelt, in California at Hotel Del Monte, enjoyed a restful Sunday. He greeted Colonel Ward and staff, shared breakfast, and rode horseback along the famed seventeen mile drive. Governor Pardee joined the party by carriage as ideal weather graced the outing. The president planned a 8 a m departure for the North and declined a Sunday troop review at Fort Monterey.
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Hotel del Month
Cal
Roosevelt
Colonel Ward
Pardee
Ft. Monterey
Werd
Greek prince betrothal to Battenburg princess confirmed
London May 10 confirms the betrothal of Prince Andreas fourth son of King George of Greece to Princess Alice eldest daughter of Prince Louis of Battenburg. Arranged during King Edward's coronation period. Princess Alice is Victoria's favorite great-grandchild.
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London
Andreas
George
Greece
Alice
Prince Louis of
Alarming Strike on Mobile & Ohio Threatens Jackson
In Jackson Tennessee on May 10 the strike on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad worsened. One man was killed, two trains wrecked, and business crippled as authorities investigated a switchyard wreck. A brakeman Will Yarboro was shot on a locomotive tender and died. Strikers deny identity of shooter. The company seeks a federal injunction to call in state militia for protection.
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Jackson
Tenn
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
T. C. Gaston
Union
Will Yarboro
Yarboro
Bethel Springs
Here
Okolona
Miss
Pringle
Bethel Yarboro
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Pershing Reports Taraca Victory and Aftermath in Mindanao
Captain Pershing and his column returned to Camp Vicars Mindanao after a successful expedition east of Lake Lanao. Prisoners captured at Taraca took oaths of allegiance to the United States and were released. nine Dattos and one Sultan were among those killed. Population estimates for Taraca and the Lake Lanao district are higher than previously thought with 30 000 and 100 000 respectively. Four natives were sentenced to death for the murder of three American marines at Olongapo last September. The ladrones situation improved while Albay Province remains unsettled but other recently disturbed districts are quieter.
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Manila
Captain Pershing
Camp Vicars
Mindanao
Lake Lanao
Taraca
United States
Pershing
Olangapo
Subig Bay
Albay
Tarkington Over Typhoid Crisis in Indianapolis
Author Booth Tarkington has passed the crisis of a serious typhoid fever in Indianapolis. His temperature ranged from 100 to 102 degrees for four weeks. A long rest and convalescence are planned as doctors expect marked improvement in coming days.
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Indianapolis
Booth Tarkington
Plague Fears Hit Guayaquil as Peru Ports Declared Infected
Guayaquil officials declare Callao and Pisco infected with the bubonic plague. Banks and merchants pool funds to clean the city while Cosmos Line steamers Herodot and Leastris are refused entry. Ecuadorian troops block Peruvian frontier and Payta port closes to ships from Callao.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Callao
Pisco
Peru
Cosmos Line
Herodot
Leastris
Board of Health
Payta
Mystery of New York dynamite box on Cunard dock
Police probe a box of dynamite left on the Cunard Line dock in New York on May 10. Officials differ on hoax vs real threat while noting potential explosion risk. Superintendent Murray warns lack of detonators makes explosion unlikely, but clockwork indicates five hours run and about thirty more to fire. Authorities vow to pursue suspects and deter repeats with penalties up to twenty years.
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New York
Cunard
George E. Murray
Bureau of Combustibles
Inspector McClusky
Greene
W. W. Burt
Fidelity Trust and Safety Vault Company
Burt
Bauer
Garden and Green Streets
Mr. Burt
Bill’ Thorne
Renick
Twelfth Ward
Greene, Chenault and Hedger
Hager, Vreeland
Morgan Chinn
Train wreck near White Pine leaves engineer dead
Southern passenger train No 12 derailed one mile west of White Pine Tennessee at noon. Engineer Robert B Holloman of Knoxville died crushed beneath his engine. Seven others injured including Ed Fraseleton W B Staley Ben Whiteside F P Abernathy Sylva Smith Horace Webb and the colored passengers. The train traveled at about thirty miles per hour and damaged rails spanned 200 feet causing over six hours delay.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern
Asheville
N. C
White Pine
Robert B. Holloman
Ed Fraseleton
W. 8. Staley
Ben’ Whiteside
Twelfth Convention Opens with Patriotism Sermon
The General Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution opened its twelfth convention in New York with a service at St. Paul s Church. Rev. Robert Morris Kemp preached a sermon urging preservation of American patriotism and protesting aristocracy by birth or wealth and marriages to titled foreigners.
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New York
General Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
St. Paul’s Church
Robert Morris Kemp
America
Boiler explosion at Indiana hominy plant leaves two dead
May 10 Indianapolis report says Ernest Shelton died at St. Vincent's Hospital after a boiler explosion at the American Hominy Company's plant. Two men are dead and six others injured, with Shelton severely burned and in agony until hours before death. the remaining six injuries are expected to heal.
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Indianapolis
Ernest Shelton
American Hominy Company
St. Vincent's Hospital
Shelton
Fremont mob clashes over colored men in May 10 incident
A white man is killed and another wounded after a confrontation with three colored men in Fremont Ohio. A crowd forms seeking lynching, militiamen and deputies quell unrest, prisoners moved to Norwalk amid fears of further violence.
Banker’s daughter slain in bank robbery at Medford
Miss Nelile Sturtevant 39, daughter of a wealthy banker and bank assistant at the Cooperative Bank, was shot Thursday evening by a robber who seized her purse containing ten dollars. The killer’s identity remains uncertain with an Italian suspect only loosely connected. The family holds no clear identification and notes she was devoted to church work and her parents.
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Commercial Tribune
Medford
Mass
Nelile Sturtevant
Miss Sturtevant
Co-operative Bank
Concessions Secured by Hanna in Pacific Railway Crisis
Omaha May 10 Union labor with Senator Hanna secure a great victory over railroads ending the year’s strike on the Union Pacific. Harriman promises no piece work on Southern Pacific if boiler makers delay strike. Hanna urges arbitration ahead of a Civic Federation session in New York.
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Commercial Tribune
Omaha
Neb
Hanna
Union Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Mark A. Hanna
Civic Federation
Southern Pacific
Harriman
San Francisco
Burt
John McNeil
International Brotherhood
New York
Rock Miners Seek Back Pay After 10 Percent Wage Advance
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on May 10 rock miners in the Wyoming region gain a 10 percent wage advance from April 1 along with coal miners. Some received the raise over the weekend others will be paid this week. They pursue 10 percent back pay from November 1 and await the Conciliation Board meeting in Wilkes Barre or Scranton to resolve issues.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming
Scranton
Strike Settled Quickly at Louisville Packing Company
The 250 workers at the Louisville Packing Company staged a walkout Saturday morning but returned to work after discussions revealed a misunderstanding about union recognition. After last night’s conferences the strike ended and employees resume work tomorrow.
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Louisville
Louisville Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Fire Devastates Ottawa Lumber District and City Homes
A major blaze in Ottawa Ont on May 10 destroyed hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber. Arson suspect John White, released from prison, was charged with starting the fire. Two earlier blazes preceded the main fire and water supply was cut off by a damaged main. Fifteen million feet of lumber burned, mainly owned by J. R. Booth, with $300,000 in lumber losses. buildings loss varied.
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Ottawa
John White
Hull
Parry Sound
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa River
Margaret and
Preston Streets
Rochesterville
St. Jeanne, Baptiste
David Mills
J. R. Booth
Outeliia
Turkish Government Apologizes Over Salonica Arrests
In Constantinople on May 10, the Turkish government apologized to the Bulgarian diplomatic agent for domiciliary visits by police last week in which about sixty Bulgarians were arrested and papers seized. The Bulgarian agent threatened to leave unless satisfaction is given. It is confirmed that the Porte asked Austria and Italy to withdraw their warships from Salonica.
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Constantinople
Salonica
Porte
Austria
Italy
Chenault Charges Fraud In Louisville Primary
Election irregularities claim widespread manipulation by Democratic bosses in Louisville after a heated primary. Defeated Auditor candidate Chenault plans to contest results with calls for investigation as tallies showVotes shifted and ballots counted beyond registry numbers across several precincts.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
John Chenault
H. F. Tarr
Fortieth
Broadway
Market Street
Fountain Ferry Park
Machine
Chenault
Hager
Chinn
Greene
Jett Arrested in Bed for Jackson Murder Case
Curtis Jett was arrested at his mother's Madison County home by Sheriff Woodson McChord and Deputy J T Stokely on a murder warrant from Sam Jett. He was taken to Winchester jail after a tense confrontation, later vowing to beat his uncle when released, while neighbors and officials discuss testimony and possible accomplices.
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Dick Pettiford
Mason
Cees
Norwalk
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Curtis Jett
Madison County
Woodson McChord
J. T. Stokely
Clark County
Sam Jett
J. B. Marcum
Hagins
Jett
Richmond
Stokely
Winchester
Jackson
Cothrill Boys
Kentucky
McChord
James Cockrill
Breath
Itt
Ed Callahan
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