Empress of Ireland collision sparks rescue search
Relief vessels race to aid after the Empress of Ireland collides with the Hanover thirty miles east of Father Point. About 1,200 aboard Empress of Ireland and 1,306 third class on Hanover. fear of great loss as signals cease and lifeboats circle the area. Rescue ships Eureka and Lady Evelyn respond, with Salvation Army passengers aboard heading to an international convention in London.
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Fifteen thousand quit work in big coal fields long struggle in sight
Special to Commercial Tribune Milwaukee May 28 Inmates of the Soldiers Home at West Allis were seized with concern today when staff physicians announced Bernard D. Bennett 39 a Philippine war veteran is suffering from leprosy He has been isolated It is supposed he contracted the disease in the Philippines He came to the home from Hot Springs North Dakota two weeks ago.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Mates of the Soldiers
Bernard D. Bennett
No Time to Grey Humanity Exclaims Rebel General Execute 35 Officers
Tepic reports by General Alvaro Obregon state that 35 Federal officers were executed after capture by Constitutionalists. The action followed a plea from Rear Admiral Howard to spare lives, but Obregon said punishment is necessary to deter future trouble and recalled Huerta after Madero's murder.
Locusts Return to Eastern Ohio After 17 Years
Millions of seventeen year locusts invade Eastern Ohio for June and July. Officials of the State Agricultural Commission foretold the arrival. N E Shaw reports widespread emergence, the first since 1897. Farmers are advised to spray trees with lime sulfur wash for protection.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Agricultural Commission
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Co. G. Williams
Presbyterian Assembly backs federal divorce law
In Chicago on May 28 the 126th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church adopted a resolution favoring a federal divorce law. Rev A M Eells of Cairo Illinois led the move, arguing current state laws cause distress. The committee proposed delaying amendments to state laws, but Eells pushed for immediate action. The assembly expected to adjourn tomorrow.
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Acquittal in Poland NY murder case due to criminal imbecility
Jean Gianini a sixteen year old boy charged with killing Lida Beecher near Poland NY is acquitted on grounds of criminal imbecility. He is ordered confined to Matteawan Asylum for the criminal insane after a confession and prior misconduct noted by authorities. The case drew lengthy jury deliberations after yesterday evening’s hearing.
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General Bennett H. Young Enters Kentucky Senate Race
General Bennett H. Young of Louisville announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate from Kentucky to fill the late Senator Bradley's unexpired term. Governor Mac Creary is expected to appoint a successor to Bradley to serve until the November election for a full term ending in March 1915.
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United Confederate Veterans
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Coxey Loses Socialist Governor Bid in Ohio Primary
In Columbus May 28 General Jacob S Coxey of Massillon loses the Socialist gubernatorial nomination to Scott Wilkins, with Wilkins 953 votes to Coxey 360. E L Hitchens tops Robb for US Senate, N Wyckoff and others win state posts, convention to meet tomorrow with Debs and Wilkins among speakers.
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United States
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Cleveland
M. J. Hynes
Cincinnati
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Newton Wyckoff
Martin's Ferry
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Fred A. Hinkel
Hamilton
Scott Wilkins
St Louis Celebrates 150th Anniversary With Pageant and Masque
St Louis marked the 150th anniversary of its founding with a pageant of thirty key events and a symbolic masque. The event, directed by Percy Mackaye, was briefly interrupted by heat but resumed on stage. The pageant and masque will be repeated Friday Saturday and Sunday nights.
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Miners Threaten General Strike Over Union Dues at Kanawha
Fifteen thousand miners in the Kanawha coal fields will strike on June 1 if operators do not permit union dues to be collected through union offices. The United Mine Workers convention in Charleston, West Virginia, endorsed a strike after rejecting the check off and continuing wage talks.
Long Battle Expected by Local Coal Men
Local coal men fear a near halt in Kanawha district mining after reports from Charleston West Virginia that wage talks between mine owners and miners have broken off. Western Sales Manager C R Moriarty of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Co says only Kanawha mines may be affected and that Cabin Creek and Paint Creek districts will stay steady under existing contracts. He spoke with company representatives in Charleston late last night.
Cadet William Bowlus Dies After Hazing Incident at St Johns
At St Johns Military College in Annapolis Md cadet William R Bowlus of Middletown died from a pistol shot amid a hazing melee. Five freshmen were detained and three more were later arrested as the college investigates the hazing system and the events leading to the room confrontation.
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Early war talk on miner strike check off dispute
Mr Moriarty notes that miners and liners remain divided over the check off system. While an agreement exists on most points, the wage deduction to send to the union secretary is opposed by both sides. He states the matter concerns union affairs rather than operational concerns.
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Mrs George Ford Dies in South Bend at 68
Mrs George Ford wife of former congressman Ford and daughter of late James Oliver plow manufacturer died today after a long cancer illness. She was 68 years old and considered among Indiana's wealthiest women.
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Kentucky backs two ship program in Senate petition
Senator Ollie M. James filed a Covington area petition urging a two-battle-ship-per-year plan to safeguard U S against rival nations. Signers include James Augur and William Pyle among others from Covington Ludlow and surrounding Kentucky towns.
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William Pyle
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Jury begins evidence in Foster Mann act case in Mobile
Federal Grand Jury in Mobile starts hearing witnesses in the Mann act case against Joel M. Foster a Browns Mills New Jersey poultry magnate accused of transporting Delilah Bradley a 17 year old girl from New Jersey to Mobile. Delilah and her father testified while the girl expressed distress after recounting her flight and alleged enticement.
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Langley Folly Flies Again in Langley Shuttle Return
Special Dispatch reports Glenn Curtiss flew Langley’s crude “Folly” at Hammondsport validating Langley’s aviation theory. The old machine, once at the Smithsonian, rolled from its hangar and lifted Curtiss briefly, underscoring Langley’s pioneering role while noting the neglect and government curbs that limited his life’s work.
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Commercial Tribune
Elmira
N. Y
Samuel Pierrepont Langley
Hammondsport
Glenn Curtiss
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Potomac River
Elam Tells Hotel Tragedy Story at Kansas City Trial
Dr W T Elam of St Joseph testified in a murder trial about killing W Putnam Cramer a Chicago advertising solicitor in a Kansas City hotel room after Cramer admitted intimacy with Mrs Hiam Elam said he drew a letter from Cramer to his wife and then fired when Cramer attacked him The case will go to the jury tomorrow Elam is in Detroit
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W. Putnam Cramer
Chicago
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Detroit
Nearing Draft of Peace Protocol Amid Mexican Mediation Talks
Washington reports indicate progress at Niagara Falls in mediating Mexico's crisis. President Wilson, Secretary Bryan and officials discuss a provisional peace plan with Huerta, envisioning a neutral junta including a provisional president and four cabinet ministers.
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