Reform Plan Pushes for Republican Convention Delegates
Fifty Republicans from eleven states urge a 1913 national convention in Chicago to overhaul rules. They seek proportional representation by Republican vote, state contested delegations, and direct elections of delegates, arguing to curb a alleged stolen convention and unify the party under primary-law respect. Illinois Senator Wrenen Sherman leads the conference and a three member committee will present the proclamation in Washington.
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Chicago
Congress Hotel
Albert J. Cummins
Iowa
Republican Organization
Chicago National Republican
National Committee
National Republican Committee
Party National Organization
Washington
Robert Luce
Massachusetts
William E. Borah
Idaho
W. 8S. Kenyon
Town
W. F. James
Michigan
J. A. Troutman
Kansas
Borah
Cummins
Herbert 8S
Hadley
Missouri
Crowds Force Cincinnati Traction Crews to Flee
In Cincinnati on May 13 mobs attacked streetcars. One Avondale car was set afire by gasoline and a match, crew of ten deserted. two other Avondale cars faced jeering crowds and had trolley ropes cut. On West End John Street cars, rocks and bottles wounded crew of sixteen as police arrived. no serious injuries reported. Company vows to keep operating amid fears of more trouble.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Traction Company
Avondale Line
Hunt Street
Broadway
Avondale
Seventh
Sycamore
Central Avenue
West End
Court Street
Traction Company
Princeton Wins Boat Race at Cambridge
Princeton defeated Harvard and Pennsylvania by a quarter of a length in the varsity rowing event at Cambridge Massachusetts. The race was a postponement from the prior Saturday due to high winds.
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Harvard
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Mass
Princeton
Senator Stillwell Indicted in New York Bribery Case
State Senator Stephen J. Stillwell, recently acquitted by the senate on bribery charges brought by George A. Kendall of the New York Hank Note company, was indicted for bribery by the grand jury before which he appeared.
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New York
Stephen J. Stillwell
Senate
George A. Kendall
New York Hank Note Company
Diplomat Wed In Secret Secret Marriage Revealed
Washington May 14 Diplomatic circles learned that Frederick Luth chancellor of the Swiss legation married last November to a Louisiana lady in a quiet ceremony. The surprise union was disclosed amid diplomatic chatter and public curiosity.
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Washington
Monnay
Frederick ©. Luth
Legation
Louisiana
Three Suffragettes Arrested in Dublin Window Smashes
Three militant suffragettes were arrested in Dublin on Monday for smashing windows in a post office. Each woman carried a large reticule full of stones and a hammer when brought to the police station.
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Dublin
Tariff Bill Passed Amid Protest in Congress
The under wood tariff bill cleared the House 281 to 139 with five Democrats voting no and two Republicans voting yes. Republican senators plan public hearings in the Senate, while Democrats push full committee hearings for all objectors. The measure moves to the Senate amid broad manufacturer merchant producer and foreign opposition.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Hroussard
Louisiana
Eptopinal
Dupree
Broussard
Watkins, Elder
Morgan
Lazare
Anwell
Loulsiana
Charles 8. Smith
New York
Kelly and Rupley
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Nolan
California
Cary and Stafford
Wisconsin
Multiple Early May News Briefs From North American Transcripts
A series of brief notices report election of C. B. Funk as president of Rume ly agricultural implements, a Buffalo school commissioner candidate’s defeat driving a suicide, a Vancouver shipboard fatal fire killing six, a boating accident causing six drownings in Beloit, a freight-train wreck with no injuries, and former inspectors Dennis Sweeney et al receiving one year in prison and $500 fines for graft obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Funk
Rumely Company
International Harvester Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Kosmowski
Hecker
Vancouver
B. C
Ophir
Brunswick
Canoe Pass
Ladner
Fraser River
Wausau
Wis
Herman Roehl
Gus Janke
Eleanor
Gertrude
Walter
Gustav Janke
Beloit
Chicago & Northwestern
Big Hill
Dennis Sweeney
John J. Matha
James K. Hussey
James F. Thompson
President Wilson Advises California Postponement on Alien Land Bill
Secretary Bryan on behalf of President Wilson informs Governor Johnson of a Japanese protest against the California land bill and urges delay. The note offers cooperation to systematize efforts to correct evils in alien land ownership if postponement suits the governor’s judgment.
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Washington
California
Bryan
Wilson
Johnson
California Assembly
Maron Chinda
Mrs Thaw Returns to Stage After Sculpture Plans
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw abandons sculpting to tour music halls and vaudeville theaters in England and America under Marinelli Agency. She signs for about $6,000 weekly and plans a London master hall debut within weeks, then travels to Paris to study sculpture before London engagement.
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Mymouth
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Marinelli Agency
England
America
London
Ecen
Paris
Memorial for Schurz Dedicated by Civil War Vets
Civil war veterans who fought with Carl Schurz helped dedicate a memorial on Morningside Drive at One Hundred Sixteenth Street. Joseph H. Choate presided as speeches by Borough President McAneny Count von Bernstoff the German ambassador and Congressman Richard Sartholdt. Veterans present included Generals Osterhaus Porter Dodge Ames Wilson and Lieut General Miles.
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New York
Carl Schure
Morningside Drive
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Joseph H. Choate
McAneny
Count von Bernstoff
Richard Sartholdt
Schurz
Ex Senator Cullom Ill in New Washington Home
Former Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Maolm ta 1ot ill at his residence, after catching a cold and being confined to bed. Apprehension grew Sunday about his condition echoing a prior winter attack that briefly sidelined him. May 18 report notes two men burned to death and three others escaped a fire destroying the Chatham Planet building in Chatham Ontario.
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Washington
Shelby M. Cullom
Maolm
Lincoln Memortial Commisaion
Chatham, Ont
Arc
Chatham Planet
Cook seeks inquiry into north pole claim and rival Peary
Dr Frederick A Cook accuses government officials of a propaganda of character assassination and calls for a commission of polar explorers to investigate his claim and Admiral Peary's. He names Gen. A. W. Greely Capt. Otto Sverdrup and Prof. Georges Leclerc as possible members.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Frederick A. Cook
Wilson
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Cook
Oe Meombora
A. W. Greely
Otto Sverdrup
Norway
Georges le Eolote
Telgium
Vincent Astor Stricken Upon Return to Arncliffe Home
Vincent Astor arrived at Arncliffe in Rhinebeck in collapse and feverish condition. He cancelled a reception for the senate committee on military affairs. He is reported suffering from a severe cold. In Kalamazoo Michigan a prospector Marney Cryan, age sixty, was found dead in the river with pockets filled with stones.
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Poughkeepsie
Vincent Astor
Arncliffe
Hhinehbeck
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Forncliffe
Astor
Kalamazoo
Mich
Marney Cryan
Missing six-year-old in Burlington search aided by Scouts
Burlington New Jersey May 14 police continue to search for six year old Albert Smith son of Alfred Smith believed kidnapped. He has been missing since May 9 with assistance from the Boy Scouts.
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Burlington
Boy Scouts
Albert Smith
Alfred Smith
Honor Memory of Schura Civil War Veterans Ceremony
May 12 in New York honored Civil War veterans who served with Carl Cohurn. A marble monument to him stood at a Riverside Drive and East 116th Street corner as the ceremony took place Saturday.
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Schura
New York
Carl Cohurn
Eens Drive
One Hundred and Sixteen Street
Emperor Robbed on Train in Berlin Return
May 18 report in Morgen Post states the emperor was robbed of two alligator handbags on a returning train from Strassburg. The bags contained personal articles.
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Kaleere
Berlin
Morgen Post
Strassburg
Interstate commission reverses Dursea free transport ruling
Washington May 18 The Interstate Commerce Commission rescinded its decision that Dursea was not part of a railroad official family and thus not eligible for free transportation on railroads.
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Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dursea
Prospects Good Secretary Mellor Files Report
Secretary Mellor has filed a report detailing crop conditions and prospects. The document outlines current moisture levels, stand counts, and expected yields for key grain and forage crops across the region.
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Secetary Mellor
Rainy April Boosts Nebraska Crop Prospects
Lincoln reports indicate widespread favorable conditions for a record crop across Nebraska. Wheat shows a promising stand with May 1 cover, oats are in excellent condition, corn 90 percent plowed, and alfalfa thriving. Fruit yields look unprecedented with blossoms abundant and mild winter aiding orchard health.
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Secretary of the Agricultural Board
Nebraska
C. G. Marshall
State Horticultural Society
Property Escheats to State After Ulrich Heirs Die
Nebraska land holdings totaling 160 acres in Keya Paha County a Holt County quarter section land in Nebraska and Auburn realty were turned over to State Land Commissioner Beckman for use of the permanent fund. Cahoe’s remodelling find of gold caused a court case over misappropriated funds but he avoided trespass and larceny charges. Rentals during the interim must be collected by the state land commissioner. A separate note reports Auditor Howard beginning a fight against a new insurance code by challenging control of the insurance business and possible mandamus action.
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Lincoln
Neb
Keya Pasha
Holt County
Colorado
Gome Auburn Realty
Beckman
Joseph Ulrich
Nemaha County
Cahoe
Auburn
Ulrich
Howard
Mediation Board Appointments Named by Governor Morehead
By bill passage, Governor Morehead appoints J. M. Coffey of Lincoln to represent labor, Robert Cowes of Omaha for employers, and Hi E Reinche of Chadron for the public in a state mediation board. Reinche formerly served in the Chadron district’s lower house.
Axle of Record Making Car for Racing Speeds
The Oldfield 200 horsepower racer set a world mile record of 27.88 seconds. The front axle, built heavy with metal, handles quadruple stress as speed doubles and sixteenfold at 120 mph, explaining why many racing axles fail.
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Oldfield
Concrete strengthens old iron trestle approaches greatly
A historic engineering note describes strengthening wrought iron trestle approaches to the Danville railroad bridge and the St. Charles bridge by encasing Phoenix columns with concrete. Tests show reinforced compression members gain about 60 percent strength, addressing train weight increases.
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Danville
St. Charles
Recording Scale Seen in Michigan Patent
A Michigan inventor unveils a unique recording scale that weighs objects and prints the weight beside a movable name on paper. The device features a top printing mechanism, a shiftable carrier, a hanging hook for items, and a side dial for quick weight reading, with potential uses in factories and butcher shops for individual-record keeping.
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Michigan
English Inventor claims lighter welded armor plate
An English inventor reports a lighter armor design welded from multiple metal sheets instead of a single plate. He claims the new armor resists powerful projectiles better than current models in use.
Artificial stone now made
A method enables soft stones to be converted into hard impermeable material up to half an inch deep. The process saturates cavities with cement mortar, water glass, and calcium chloride, filling pores with insoluble silicate. A second method uses ammonium sulfate followed by potassium water glass, with quick absorption.
Engine That Outlasted Generations of Steam Power
An English iron works walking beam engine began 1854 with a four by eight foot cylinder and 14 RPM at 30 psi. By 1898 it was compounded with 120 psi, and in 1910 converted to a triple expansion engine operating at 200 psi superheated to 430 degrees. It once ran away at high speed, snapping rope-drive pulleys but suffered little damage.
Tool handle invention enables variable attachment by Archie McDermid
The Scientific American describes a tool handle invented by Archie McDermid of Deming New Mexico. The device allows the handle to be attached to a tool in any position for operator convenience. The saw design features two alike handles with a nut and screw rod engaging a lug to grip the saw.
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Archie McDermid
Deming, N. M
Scientific American
Potatoes and sugar dominate early 20th century trade and industry
The article notes starch gum from potato, the US using one fifth of world sugar, Sweden sugar imports, 5 million pounds of matches imported in early 1912, and 88 gold and silver leaf establishments employing 1553 workers. It covers a Michigan mill making artificial silk from vegetable fiber into hosiery, concrete durability with clean cinders, an acetylene signaling lamp, rich ruby mines in Upper Burma, an Arizona copper waste-water method, brine boosts for smokestack fires, fox fur value and breeding, canary birds in regulated equipment, and hazards from questionable atmospheric conditions for birds.
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United States
Sweden
Michigan
Upper Hurma
Arizona
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Legion
Congress
Gov. Johnson
Japan
Stanford White
Alma
Cullom
Bome
DR. Cook
Explorer
Commission of Polar Experts
Mellor
State Board of Agriculture
Names Board of Mediation
Barney Oldfield
Manville Bridge
Recording Scale
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