Roosevelt 10 Take the Stump Delivers Temperate Campaign Address
Theodore Roosevelt returns to the White House then conducts a long Washington visit. He announces plans to campaign for Bull Moose in Pennsylvania for Pinchott and in California for Johnson, urging temperate language toward Republicans and outlining a new campaign effort with the Progressive movement.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Wilson
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Diplomatic Corps
Convention
Senator Lodge
Gilbert H. Grosvenor
National Geographical Society
New York
Col
Progressive Congressional Committee
Munsey Building
Bull Moose Party
Senator Penrose
Spain
Wilson Grants Labor's Demands on Anti-Trust Bill
The Wilson administration reached a deal with organized labor on special privileges in the pending anti-trust bill. Labor leaders say the amendment exempts unions from Sherman Act prosecutions and they will drop opposition to the administration’s program, praising concessions by the Democrats.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Euy
House
Democratic Party
Metz Seeks Panama Canal Commemorative Silver Quarter
Rep Herman Metz introduces a bill to issue a silver 25 cent piece commemorating the opening of the Panama Canal. The coin would be minted starting January 1 1915 and continue through the year. One side would feature the canal opening design, the other symbolizing peace.
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Rep. H. Metz
Washington
Panama Canal
Herman Metz
Cape Cod Canal Tolls Fixed for Cargo and Passenger Vessels
The Boston Cape Cod and New York Canal Co sets tolls for its new canal. Vessels with bulk cargo over 800 tons pay 7 cents per ton for a single passage. Passenger ships or mixed passenger and freight vessels pay 10 cents per ton.
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Boston
Washington Declines Protest Over Huerta Arms Landing
U S officials say Puerto Mexico is open port and landing 15 million rounds and 250 machine guns on the Ypiranga and 1 million rounds plus rifles on the Bavaria do not warrant protest. Officials cite Vera Cruz as the only port occupied and say no understanding with any government covers such landings. ABC mediators draft a broad settlement plan for the Mexican situation to guide President Wilson, not officially released.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Ypiranga
Puerto Mexico
Bavaria
Huerta
Hamburg-American Line
Lansing
State Department
Garrison
War Department
Daniels
Navy Department
United States
Mexican Port,” Said Counsellor
Justice Lamar
Lehmann
ABC
Niagara Falls
Wilson
Ontario
Carranza
Mexico
Mexico City
Saltillo
Senor Zubaran
Inventor Haas Ends Life in Hartford Barn
William N. Haas aged 81 a German born inventor who helped perfect the Goodyear welt shoe machinery hanged himself in a barn behind his Hartford home after years of suffering from ulcerated teeth. He earlier worked in Worcester mass where he gained a reputation as a skilled mechanic and with partner William Pease helped develop the Goodyear welt process earning royalties that made him rich though he died penniless due to profligate spending.
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Hartford
Conn
William N. Haas
Haas
Germany
Worcester
Mass
William Pease
Violent quake shakes Panama near Big Slide
An earthquake shock felt just after 10 25 PM caused residents to rush into the streets. No damage to canal locks or fixtures and the Cucuracha slide remained unaffected.
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Panama
Cucuracha
Rural Credits Bill Defeated In House Committee
Washington action by the House committee on banking and currency ends any push to pass the rural credits bill this session. A motion to advance the bill was defeated by an overwhelming vote.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Storm and heat fatalities in Greater New York area
A fierce storm in the metropolitan district caused seven deaths and twelve injuries. Three men were killed by lightning in Brooklyn Newark and Two Bridges. Four people died from heat and twenty one prostrations were reported across Manhattan Brooklyn and Queens.
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Greater
New York
Brooklyn
Newark
Manhattan
Queens
Indictments Hit 400 Strikers in Colorado Battle
Denver reports Canon City Grand Jury indicted about 100 strikers and organizers on murder and destruction charges connected to the Chander battle that left one non union miner dead. A Legislative committee appointed to probe the coal strike said operators and strikers are quiet.
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Forbes
Denver
Canon City
Chandier
Wilson Explains Business Slump and Trust Push
President Wilson argued the downturn in business is mainly psychological and urged Congress to pass the administration anti trust program this session. He rejected a postponement petition from industry groups and urged patriotic cooperation to support gradual reform.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
National Implement & Vehicle Association
Ohio Manufacturers’ Association
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
White House
Illinois
Democratic Party
Hazing incident ends in student’s death at Annapolis
Annapolis Md. William R Bowlus of Middletown a Maryland National Guard member and St Johns Military College junior died after a hazing party led to a fatal shooting by a freshman who fired through a door Five freshmen Fendall Marbury Henry L Valdez George H Weaver Reginald Jones and John W Noble were arrested with bail set at 1500 each They face a June 9 hearing Marburys father W T Marbury Baltimore leading lawyer will defend his son and the shooters refused to name who fired.
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Annapolis
William R. Bowlus
Middletown
Maryland National Guard
St. John’s Military College
Fendall Marbury
Baltimore
Henry L. Valdez
Havana
Cuba
George H. Weaver
Auburn
N. Y
Reginald Jones
Camreise Md
John W. Noble
Pres
Young Marbury
W. T. Marbury
Maryland
Bowlus
Three Drown in East River Motor Boat Accident
W R Munro 45 year old heating contractor and his wife Emma 36 are among three people who died when their motor boat overturned in a swell in the East River. Walker Munro 30 sister in law from Boston and the fourth passenger Eugene Schlickton of Rockaway Beach survived after rescuers recovered bodies.
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W. R. Munro
Swell
New York
East River
Munro
William R
East Elmhurst
Emma
Walker
Boston Mass
Eugene Schlickton
Rockaway Beach
William Munro
Carnegie Company Wins $568,305 Patent Case
After eighteen years of litigation a decree in U S Court orders Cambria Iron Company of Johnstown to pay Carnegie Steel Company $568,305.93 with interest from May 1, 1912, and costs. The decision ends a long infringement suit over patent rights in Pittsburgh.
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Carnegie Company
Pittsburgh
United States
Carnegie Steel Company
Cambria Iron Company
Johnstown
Cambria Company
Denver Millionaire Plans 6 Million Gift for German Hospital
William Barth announces he will bequeath six million dollars to establish a hospital in Denver to be known as the German Hospital. He sues his daughter and son-in-law for alleged cheating and disinherits his granddaughter as part of the dispute.
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Denver
William Barth
Barth
Labor Provisions Split Over Anti-Trust Measure
The House passed Section 7 of the anti-trust bill with a labor provision in dispute. Democrats insist the labor clause does not exempt unions from anti-trust prosecutions, while Republicans dispute this reading. Niagara Falls talks on Mexico show Huerta ready to quit if pacification occurs.
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Wilson
Nelson
Wisconsin
Interstate Commission
Ferris
Oklahoma
Dem
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Strike Vote on 98 Railroads Negotiations Continue
Fifty five thousand engineers and firemen on ninety eight western railroads will vote on whether to accept current wage terms for another year or demand the original wage increase. Negotiations with railroads covering 140000 miles halted until July 14 pending the vote result. Employers say the proposed increase would total 27400000 dollars and cannot be granted.
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Western Lines
Stand
Chicago
Western
Wilson rejects blanket labor exemption in Clayton amendments
President Wilson states that labor unions do not receive blanket exemption from the Sherman act in the Clayton antitrust bill amendments. He clarifies that labor action will still be subject to antitrust scrutiny despite proposed changes.
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Washington
Wilson
Salvage Doubts Plague Empress of Ireland Wreck
Commander Tweedle of the British cruiser Essex says salvage is impossible for the Empress of Ireland valued at 2 million dollars. He suggests divers work the hull and dynamite the ship to recover bodies and about 1 million dollars in silver bullion.
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Rimouski
Quebec
Tweedle
Goulds and Speyer & Co Advance to Avert Missouri Pacific Receivership
Speyer & Co and the Jay Gould Estate agreed to buy outright any 6 percent notes not yet deposited for extension, preventing Missouri Pacific receivership. They extended depositing time to arrange a $6,000,600 funding, with Goulds and Speyer advancing $5,000,000.
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Goulds and
Speyer & Co
New York
Missouri Pacific
Speyer and Co
Jay Gould
Speyer Gould Syndicate
Huerta Open to Resignation And Armistice Terms
Envoys inform Carranza that Huerta will resign if an armistice is agreed and the Junta rules are retained with agrarian reform included as conditions. The note signals potential political change after ongoing negotiations.
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Carranza
Huerta Says He Will Withdraw On Peace Conditions
President Huerta states he will leave the government only if Mexico can rely on public opinion and governed acquiescence as the basis for peace and stability. He adds that neither pride nor personal interest will阻 prevent withdrawal once the conditions are met.
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Huerta
Mexico
Tales of heroism told by survivors of Empress of Ireland
Survivors across the Empress of Ireland disaster recount harrowing escape moments near Quebec. Dr James F Grant’s cool treatment saves many. a young Gracie Hanagan survives after sinking and rising on a wood fragment. Major Attwell and A McIntyre describe life belt saves, icy waters, and chaotic deck conditions.
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Quebec
James F. Grant
Victoria
B. C
Gracie Hanagan
Salvation Army
Gracie
Watchman Arrested Over Dynamite Plot at Agriculture Building
Daniel Vinton Jauch alarmed staff by shouting a blast threat then admitted bringing four sticks of dynamite into the Department of Agriculture basement beneath the Houston office. He claims to be the sole caregiver for his mother in Springfield Ohio and sought a hero’s reward and better job.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Daniel Vinton Jauch
Jauch
Springfield
Ohio
Vanitie Wins First Cup Defender Tryout Race
New York reports Vanitie captained by Alexander Smith Coch won the first cup defender race ahead of Resolute. Vanitie crossed finishing line under fresh wind, tail near water, after strong close hauled sailing. Resolute finished 16 minutes 48 seconds behind.
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New York
Alexander Smith Cochran
Vanitie
Bank Robbed of 2500 Dollars in Mahomet heist
Five robbers entered Mahomet in a suspected stolen auto and blew open the safe at Bury's Bank taking 2500 dollars in currency. Deputies pursued by car but the trail was lost near Monticello as villagers fled in fear.
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Champaign, Hl
Mahomet
Bury
Monticello
Italy Sends Sympathy Over Irish Disaster
Rome expresses condolences to London for the Express of Ireland disaster. King Victor Emmanuel and the Italian government extend sympathies. The Pope and Cardinal Merry del Val conveyed condolences via the apostolic delegate in Canada.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
London
Express
Ireland
Merry del Val
Canada
No American Delegates Attending Salvation Army Convention
Seattle May 30 no United States delegates to the Salvation Army world convention on the Empress of Ireland. Ten delegates from Oregon Washington twenty four from California and fifteen from Colorado Montana and Utah will sail from New York for London on the steamship Olympic tomorrow according to Salvation Army officers.
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Seattle
United States
Salvation Army
Oregon
Washington
California
Colorado
Montana
Utah
New York
London
Olympic
Quote about friendship and faults from Cyrus the Great
A compact reflection notes that friendship carries faults and loyalty, warning that bearing a friend's flaws without complaint preserves trust and personal integrity. The saying emphasizes mutual support and restraint in judgment within close relationships.
Empress of Ireland Disaster Details Released
Montreal May 31 official account of the Empress of Ireland disaster arrives via wireless from Captain Kendall. He reports the liner stopped by dense fog and struck amidships in a vital area by the collier Storstad.
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Montreal
Kendall
Walsh
Canadian Pacific
Storstad
Empress Gone Down Prompted RescueTrain Dispatch
Intelligence relayed to Captain Walsh that the Empress had gone down, and a special train departed at 8 30 Friday morning from here to Father Point to bring back survivors.
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Walsh
Father Point
One Old Salt Happy
A humorous quip features a sailor addressing mermaids about wading beneath an American warship, noting it’s now safer than wading among broken bottles. The judge’s remark frames the sea life scene with nautical witticism.
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Father Neptune
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Child
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