Battle fleet shifts as Cuba tensions rise in 1912 era notes
The Navy Bill passes in Congress at about 119 million dollars with other items trimmed. U.S. ships are sent toward Cuba amid fears of a sovereign black republic. Taft confirms non intervention while protecting Americans if needed. April exports rise to 176.1 million from 154.9 million.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Hickman commissary to close as flood relief ends
Hickman Kentucky relief depot will shut in a few days with about 100 still drawing rations. Those receiving aid will get ten days’ supply. some families remain in tents at the South Hickman camp.
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South Hickman
Roosevelt Scores Sweep in New Jersey Primary
Roosevelt wins across all New Jersey congressional districts and the state at large. He secures all twenty eight delegates and tops the presidential vote by about sixteen thousand, signaling strong showings in Ohio and Texas conventions as Taft and Roosevelt vie for national delegates.
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New Jersey
Chicago
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Texas
Taft
Dr Harvey W Wiley Stricken With Grip in Washington Home
A report circulated that the pure food champion faced pneumonia while confined to his room in Washington. Saturday he was expected to be out again in a few days. Henry Bond, Brattleboro manufacturer and Baptist layman, was elected president of the Northern Baptist subvention at Des Moines Iowa.
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Washington
Henry Bond
Brattleboro
Baptist
Des Moines
National Team Wins Second International 100-Mile Sweep Stakes
Joe Dawson driving National wins the Memorial Day classic at Indianapolis in 4 21 06, finishing ahead of Teddy Tetzlaff in Plat and Hughie Muyes in Mercer. The event draws 24 cars from American German English and Italian factories with Ole Burman injured but released.
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Joe Dawson
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Teddy Tetzlaft
Fiat
Stutz
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Mercer
Charles Merz
Dawson
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Schacht
Zengel
Jenking
White
Horan
Lozier
Ole Burman
Lexington
Harry Knight
David Bence-Brown
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Pawson
Ray Harroun
Wasp
Harroun
Grocer Narrowly Escapes Auto Hit by Freight Train
John H. Painter a well known grocer had a narrow escape when his automobile was struck by a north bound Lake Erie freight train on a siding. He did not see the engine and the car crashed into the rear end of the tender.
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Offten
John H. Painter
Lake Erie
Missing Boy Found in Greensburg Freight Yards
Leonard Smith twelve found after disappearance in Shelbyville. Police located him in Greensburg freight yards and returned him to Shelbyville. Authorities previously reported kidnaping by two tramps aboard a Hig Four train. He is the son of Gashion Smith, aged twelve.
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Shelbyville
Leonard Smith
Gashion Smith
Greensburg
Elopers In Jail In Auburn May 27
Boyd Fitzsimmons and Mrs. Pearl Myers known as the Butler elopers are jailed in Auburn awaiting trial on desertion charges. They were arrested near Danville Illinois after leaving together.
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Auburn
Boyd Fitzsimmons
Pearl Myers
Butler Elopers
An Arthy
Danville
Ill
Gleary Files First State Rep Campaign Expense Account
Indianapolis May 27 James F Gleary defeated Republican nominee for state representative filed the first itemized expense account in the primary campaign His sworn affidavit states little money spent and no promises made reflecting a frugal bid with minimal spending and no concrete commitments.
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Indianapolis
James F. Gleary
Larely
Cett
Cleary
Murder-Suicide Reported Near Huaneville
A man named Stephen J Boomet, 37, killed his wife with a hatchet in Branchville area yesterday then died by turning a stick against himself. Police say the couple, from Huaneville, had serious quarrels prior to the incident.
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Huaneville
Poisoning Report Shocks Uniondale Residents
A poisoning incident in Uniondale has alarmed residents with several affected persons. Local authorities state the case involves suspected toxic exposure and ongoing investigations are underway to identify the source and ensure public safety.
Supreme Court Rules for Drys in Local Option Case
The Indiana Supreme Court held that the drys may use any lawful means to block saloon licenses and that adopting one plan does not bar other legal actions. The ruling affects French Lick township where six saloons would be shut down. the case traces to a 1911 local option election and a remonstrance against licenses.
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Supreme Court
Orange Circuit Court
French Lick
Proctor
French Lick Township
Board of County Commissioners
Circuit Court
Wet Goods Destroyed in Kosciusko County Raid
In Warsiy Indiana May 27 the temperance beer and other confiscated liquors were destroyed by Sheriff Kintzel after a raid on several poor rooms. The items had been seized weeks earlier by the Kosciusko county sheriff.
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Ind
Kosciusko County
Kintzel
Italians on Strike at Huntington Over Pay and Hours
A week of quarrel ends with a strike by Italian laborers employed by the Wa bash at Huntington. They demand shorter hours higher pay and more spotted vegetables in season.
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Huntington
Wabash
English heir Cecil Vivien leaves Evansville to claim title
Cecil Vivien an Englishman sails from Evansville for London England to pursue a hereditary title and estate valued at about 60000 dollars including London property and three country houses. He was reported missing by family and previously arrested here two months ago on a charge of deserting a child.
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Cecil Vivien
London
England
Vivien
Thompson changes plea to not guilty in murder case
Wallace Thompson 22 of Camden Ind refused his guilty plea for first degree murder after detailing how he beat Roy Kimner to death with a paving brick in Loganport circuit court. He declared he would stand trial.
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Roy Kimner
Wallace Thompson
Camden
Ind
Indiana News In Brief Summary
St Paul-Fish dynamiters operate along Flat Rock river. Alexander Baker fined one dollar and jailed ten days in Indianapolis for overdriving a horse hired at a livery barn. Purdue Acacia fraternity to build a $26000 chapter house. Dr Ed S Diggs bitten by insect. swelling threatens dangerous poisoning. South Bend Morris Kellner found guilty after defense offers no testimony. sentenced to two to fourteen years. Merle Row, 21, postal carrier at Harris.
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Lafayette
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South Bend
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Government suit over oil lands exposes alleged SP conspiracy
Attorney General Wickersham says government’s oil land case against the Southern Pacific has revealed sensational disclosures. Testimony alleges a criminal network among high SP officials to seize 6000 acres of Elk Hills oil lands in Kern County from the United States under the 1866 grant. Ebberlin, acting SP land agent, allegedly saved secret papers after the San Francisco quake.
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Southern Pacific Companies
California
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United States
Willis N. Mills
Elk Hills
McKittrick Oil District
Kern County
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Congress
Charles W. Eberlin
Eberlein
San Francisco
Favors Election of a Negro Bishop at MBE Conference
The Minnesota branch of the MBE approves a constitutional amendment creating a bishop of race provision. The vote was 520 to 45 and the amendment will be reviewed at the 1916 conference for final action.
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Minneapolis
Minn
MBE
Presidential Line-Up in Ohio Seeks Delegates
In Columbus on May 27 revised returns show Harmon with .23 district delegates in Ohio and Wilson with 19, Roosevelt 34, Taft 8. Each state convention will nominate all additional delegates at large.
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Ohio
Taft
Roosevelt
Columbus
Harmon
Wilson
Desperate Burning of Man in Tyler Street Colonnade
A Black man, Dan Davis, was burned alive on a Tyler street after confessing to assaulting a local young woman a week earlier. Two thousand spectators witnessed the death, reported from Tyler on a Saturday dawn.
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Dan Davis
Tyler
Tex
Carrie Johnson
Wilbur Wright Dies in Dayton at Home
World famed inventor and aviator Wilbur Wright died at his Dayton home yesterday morning after several weeks illness from typhoid fever. He was in his early years of fame and had contributed to aviation history as a pioneering figure.
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Wilbur. Wright
Dayton
Handshake With Teddy Costs $15 in Rahway Stop
New York says George E. White paid $15 to shake hands with ex President Roosevelt during a Rahway stop. A pocket was picked during the event.
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New York
George E. White
Roosevelt
Rahway
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