Education and Art Hold Feminine Eye Meeting
Reports of chairmen and speakers at a two day conference in Music hall and Memorial hall cover forestry water ways health and civic betterment topics. Notable addresses by Mrs F W Gerard and Hon Joseph E Ransdell underscore national waterways and family forestry themes amid attendance of about five hundred at the General Federation of Women’s Clubs biennial convention.
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Music Hall
F. W
Gerard
Connecticut
William Hall
John D
Conference of Health Department
Broadway
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Star Todd Helmuth
New York
Business Men's Club
Irvin Davidson
Lafayette College
Pennsylvania
Dana Bartlett
Los Angeles
Cal
George O. Welch
Fergus Falls
Minn
Federation
Adolph H. Stadermann
Rufus P. Williams
Health Department
Williams
Kaiser Honors Roosevelt at Berlin Conferment
Emperor William attended the University of Berlin honorary doctorate ceremony for Theodore Roosevelt, who delivered a lecture on The World Movement. The event, held in a bare Aula, featured four watercolors and four books gifted by the emperor, with 400 guests and a formal university and royal entourage present.
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University of Berlin
William
Edward
Wiliam
Roosevelt
Germany
Emperor William
Mr. Roosevelt
Victoria
Civics Department Head Assumes Chair at Meeting
Mrs. Edwin F. Moulton of Ohio assumed the chair of the civics department and spoke briefly on its work. Rev. Dana W. Bartlett followed with an address criticizing civic misrule and urging reform through tenement housing, city planning, and juvenile justice initiatives.
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Edwin F. Moulton
Oh’‘o
Civics Department
Dana W Bartlett
Iit
Yao Jaw
Bill to Bar News of Prize Fights Proposed in Congress
Representative Smith of Iowa introduces a bill to prohibit mailing or bringing into the United States any picture description or record of prize fights and betting on them. The measure targets the Jeffries Johnson mill and carries penalties up to one year imprisonment or a $1000 fine.
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Associates Press Dispatch
Washington
Jeffries- Johnson “Mill
Smith
Iowa
District of Columbia
Eight high school students die in boat dam disaster
Eight Huntington high school youths and two boys die when a leaky boat sinks at the old Paper Mill dam near Huntington Mills Pennsylvania. Survivors recount frantic attempts to save the drowning party as grappling parties search the water and recover bodies.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Wilkfsbarr
Junington Mills
Huntington High School
Dodson
Minnich
Heny
Geo Dodson
Uriah Welitsell
Jay Koons
Harold Bell
Huntington Mills
Heinze Cleared of Two Charges in New York Trial
F Augustus Heinze is acquitted in New York federal court of misapplying Mercantile National Bank funds in 1907 and of over-certifying Otto Heinze & Co checks. Jury found him not guilty after nearly three weeks of trial. Stanchfield defended, Wise prosecuted, incident as Arthur Heinze denounced Wise and was ejected.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Otto Heinze & Co
United States Circuit Court
Heinze
Charles W
Corering
John B. Stanchfield
Henry A. Wise
United States
Arthur P. Heinze
Mr. Wise
Emery Wheel Bursts Injuring Worker at Hamilton Plant
In the Sani tary Manufacturing plant at Hamilton Ohio a emery wheel exploded injuring operator J. E. Johnson who was struck by a wheel fragment breaking two ribs and injuring his right ear. The blast damaged nearby equipment and caused minor injuries to another worker.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Sanitary Manufacturing Company
J. E. Johnson
Antedating of Glavis report now admitted
The Ballinger Pinchot inquiry reveals Secretary Ballinger read a letter by Attorney General Wickersham admitting antedating the summary of Glavis charges. Wickersham says the summary was prepared after discussion with the president and bore the date of presentation to the president. The committee seeks the memorandum Lawler prepared at the president's request. Pepper will question Ballinger about water power site withdrawals. Ballinger expected to finish soon with H H Schwartz to take the stand.
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Associated Press Disputch
Washington
Ballinger
Interior
Lawler
Brandeis
Glavis
Interior Départment
King George Rises to Demanding Duties at Buckingham Palace
London May 12 King George accustomed to ease now laboring as royal duties surge. He spends hours daily at Marlborough House handling condolence messages receiving ministers and officials and arranging lying in state and funeral details while managing guests at Buckingham Palace and family matters.
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Associated Press Dispatch
London
George
Kingdom
Buckingham Palace
Leseplefeltinier
Nis
Marlborough House
Dynamite Car Derails, Two Die Near Tacoma
A car loaded with dynamite jumped the track at the Du Pon powder works fifteen miles south of Tacoma, killing two men in the blast. The incident occurred today as reported by the Associated Press.
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Tacoma
Wash
Associated Press
du. Pon
Marshall Urges National Law To Rule Divorce
Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall urged at the Indiana Council of the National Civic Federation meeting that states abolish divorce laws and replace them with a federal statute. He spoke in Indianapolis on May 12, stressing uniform national rules on divorce.
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Marshall
Indianapolis
Ind
Associated Press
Indiana Council of the
National Civic Federation
Thomas R. Marshall
Cincinnati Man Editor Elected at Miami University
Joseph M. Bachelor of Cincinnati won election as editor-in-chief of The Miami Student at the spring election held today at Miami University. The weekly college periodical awards this editorship as a major honor for the coming year.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Miami University Today
Joseph M. Bachelor of
Longworth to be star Taft orator in tariff board battle
Representative Nicholas Longworth will deliver the main house speech supporting a 250000 appropriation sought by President Taft. The funds would finance the tariff board to gather scientific information on production costs at home and abroad to implement the Republican platform. Longworth and Taft discussed the measure today.
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Longworth
Taft
Tariff Board
Republican Party
Sassi
Tears Startled Hyde Trial Counsel's Long Address
Kansas City May 12. Attorney Frank P. Walsh spoke for almost seven hours in court addressing Dr B Clark Hyde’s jury. He argued the key witness was Mrs Logan Swope and challenged links tying Hyde to Colonel Swope’s death. The defense and state scenes drew tears from jurors and observers as testimonies exposed alleged motives and residuary clause implications.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Frank P. Walsh
B. Clark Hyde
Walsh
Johnson
H. Atwood
Atwood
Hyde
Saltillo Sinking Probe to Examine 12 Fatalities
Federal investigation of the City of Saltillo disaster at Glen Park Mo will begin once the crew arrives. Captain Crane blames the fatal rush across the gang plank and notes women and a baby died as the boat listed. Nineteen survivors reached St Louis with little baggage.
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Associated Press Dispatch
ST. Louis
Saltillo
Glen Park
Crane
Harry N. Crane
Payne Opens Defense of Tariff Bill in House Debate
Special Dispatch reports Sereno E. Payne defending the tariff measure, arguing it lowers rates compared to the Dingley law and fulfills the Republican pledge. He cites reduced duties on farm products and raw materials while noting some necessary increases for revenue, and criticizes press and merchants for misrepresentation.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Sereno E. Payne
House
Taft
New York
Payne
Republican Party
United States
Europe
House of Representatives
Inslow
Maine
California
Canada
Congress
Engineer Dead Four Hurt In Freight Train Collision
In Ashland Kentucky a Chesapeake and Ohio double header freight struck a landslide six miles east of town. Engineer Richard Dwyer, 45, died. Injured were Emmett Diamond A D Gearhart Ploud Sharp and C J Lowry. The forward engine overturned after the slide and traffic was halted for hours.
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Kentucky
Richard Dwyer
Egineer
Emmett Diamond
Jayea
Voting on Railroad Measure To Begin and Be Kept Up
The Senate agreed to begin voting on the long and short haul amendments to the railroad bill at 4 o clock tomorrow, advancing the measure. The action follows Senator Elkins proposing the timed vote and keeping the debate active.
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Senate
Washington
Associated Press
Elkins
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