World events summarized from across the globe
Secretary of State Bryan urges Governor Johnson to withhold anti alien land bill signings in California to respect treaties with Japan. Republican Ways and Means members condemn proposed tariff revisions as delusion and snare. Saskatchewan premier Walter Scott visits Washington advocating Taft Canadian reciprocity. Wilson accepts fish commissioner Bowers resignation, appoints Hugh S. Smith. James Hamilton Lewis sworn into Senate as last member elected by a legislature. Open caucus policy and press access approved by House Republicans. Willis Moore, weather bureau chief since 1905, removed amid probe into potential cabinet ambitions.
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Bryan
Johnson
California
United States
Japan
Ways and Means Committee
House
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Seventeen year old killer confesses to multiple murders
Domestic Herman Coppes, a seventeen year old former inmate, confessed to police that he shot and killed Mrs Sleep, ax murdered her two infant children, then dumped all three bodies into the cistern beneath the kitchen. The report spans additional case items from Greenwich to Paris and political events.
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Herman Coppes
St. Charles
Manny Sleep
Higin
Ill
California bills target aliens in land ownership
Sacramento reports two new bills in the state senate addressing alien land ownership in California. Aimed at restricting landholding by aliens ineligible to citizenship, the measures propose prohibiting land acquisition by aliens and by corporations majority-held by aliens for more than one year. Washington and Sacramento react with concern over possible Japanese discrimination and treaty-right implications.
PROF PECK DANGEROUSLY ILL IN ITHACA HOSPITAL
Prof Harry Thurston Peck once of Columbia University lies dangerously ill with nervous prostration at the Ithaca city hospital. His former wife Mrs Cornelia D Peck is at his bedside providing care. The second Mrs Peck sent a sympathy message saying she is too poor to visit.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Cornelia D. Peck
Congressional Doings in the Senate and House
Washington April 22 suffragettes spoke before the senate woman suffrage committee. Senator Chamberlain introduced a resolution on canal treaties with Great Britain. The senate Republicans caucused while the Democrats met in session. A judiciary committee considered changing the Inaugural date. Senator La Follette proposed a constitutional amendment allowing ten states to prop ose an amendment, ratified by popular majorities in a majority of states. The senate confirmed Walter Hines Page as ambassador to Britain John F Osborne of Wyoming and Dudley Field Malone of New York as assistant secretaries of State John Basett Moore of New York as counsellor of the state department. Adjourned until two oclock Thursday. In the house a resolution was adopted stating contempt proceedings against Charles C Glover for attacking Representative Lima of Tennessee. The bill for extra session expenses and the new department of labor was passed. More than 100 private bills and resolutions were introduced.
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Washington
Senate Woman Suffrage Committee
Chamberlain
Ore
Gon
Great Britain
Senate
Republicana
Finbancé
Democrats
Judiciary
la Follette
Walter Hines Page
John Fi. Osborne
Wyoming
Dudley Field Malone
New York
John Basett Moore
State Department
House
Charles C. Glover
Lima
Tennessee
Department of Labor
Hunger Strike Bill Moves in Commons in April Debate
London reports that a hunger strike bill aimed at milder treatment of militant suffragettes was introduced March 26 by Home Secretary Reginald McKenna. He urged urgent action and spoke of forcible feeding to avoid, for now, detention. Amendments were rejected or withdrawn as McKenna used closure. The bill allows temporary discharge of prisoners in poor health, and, after debate, passed committee unamended.
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London
House of Commons
Home Secretary
Reginald McKenna
House
McKenna
Home
W W Band Invades Town Grand Junction In town
Sixty militant Industrial Workers of the World arrived in Grand Junction and clashed with police after demanding food. Led by Jack McDonald they marched to headquarters and then at a restaurant refused to pay for a large meal sparking a police call. Citizens plan posses to drive the visitors from the city.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Industrial Workers of the World
Grand
Kidnapped Boy Found After Yearlong Search
Eight year old Robert Dunbar, kidnaped last August near Opelagas Louisiana, has been found and identified by his father in Columbia Mississippi. A man named W C Walters in jail on kidnapping charges admitted he received the boy from a North Carolina widow over a year ago. The Dunbars and friends have spent thousands in the search.
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Columbia
Misa
Robert Dunbar
Opelagas
W. C. Walters
Walters
North Carolina
Dunbars
Titanic Case Is Dismissed in Limitation Action
New York April 22 The federal district court dismissed Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Limited s petition owner of the White Star liner Titanic for limitation of liability from the Titanic loss The court ruled liability is governed by British law which would make Titanic owners liable about 3 000 000 The company had sought U S law to fix liability
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New York
Federal District Court
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited
Great Britain
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
United States
Flood Threat Hits Mississippi Delta Towns
Flooding from a levee breach at Woodlaws north of Maryeville threatens Tisacquenna Sharkey and Upper Warren counties along with Mayereville and Rolling Fork. The Yazoo Mississippi Valley Railroad will suspend services and thousands of acres of cotton and corn will flood. No deaths reported.
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Vicksburg
Mies
Mississippi Delta
Tisaquenna
Sharkey
Warren Counties
Mayereville
Rolling Fork
Mississippi
Woodlaws
Maryeville
Payne Moves for a Tariff Board Measure
Washington April 22 Representative Payne of New York introduces a bill to create a tariff commission to negotiate reciprocal trade. The five member panel would report to Congress and the president, with terms set for six years and salaries of 7600 and 7000 dollars.
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House
Boy Slayer Was in Love Elgin Tragedy Details
In Elgin Illinois on April 22 Herman Coppes fourteen confessed to murdering Maud Sleep eleven year old Ida Sleep and Mrs Sleep at the Sleep farm near the city. Coppes said he loved Ida and after a reported kiss from Ida’s mother he vowed to wipe out the family. Within two months Mrs Sleep and her two babies were slain and burned.
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Elgin
Ill
Maud Sleep
Herman Coppes
Ida Sleep
Herman
Ida
Sleep
Upton Sinclair Weds Mary Craig Kimbrough in Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Va April 22 Upton Sinclair the writer of The Jungle wed Miss Mary Craig Kimbrough daughter of Judge and Mrs A M G Kimbrough of Greenwood Mississippi The bride a descendant of Governor Bradford of Massachusetts and a cousin of Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi were the couple tied in a ceremony here
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Fredericksburg
Ton Sinclair
Bussum
Holland
Misa
Mary Craig Kimbrough
A. McG. Kimbrough
Greenwood
Mis
Bradford
Massachusetts
John Sharp Williams
Miselasippi
Petrified waterfall in Algeria draws scientific interest
Scientists study a 96 degree calcareous mineral spring waterfall near Constantine called Hammam Meskhatin. The stone cascade, resembling a wall of water, is linked to Roman knowledge and a legend that Allah petrified tribes as punishment for disbelief. Local tale says undead stone dwellers emerge at night.
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Algeria
Constantine
Cure for Hand Eczema Promised by Cuticura Ad
Mrs Lawrence Kiehl of Abbotsford Wisconsin reports a yearlong eczema on her son's hands cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after six months of use. She says washing with the soap and applying the ointment, wrapped in cloth, relieved itching burning and sores. Advertises Cuticura products and a free sample with a 82-page Skin Book from Boston.
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Abbotsford
Wis
Lawrence Kiehl
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Keeper of Secrets of Kings Lord Knollys Refuses Autobiography Offer
Lord Knollys, retiring after serving as private secretary to King George and the late King Edward, has rejected numerous offers to write his autobiography. An American publisher once pressed him with a blank check for at least 60,000 words, proposing five million dollars. Knollys calmly observed that revealing all he knows would be far more valuable, leaving the publisher unable to press for indiscretions.
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Lord Knollys
King George
Edward
United States
Lord Knollyn
Judge cured by kidney pills in heart trouble case
A 63 year old Gray County probate judge Philip Miller of Cimarron Kansas reports years of heart trouble and dizziness eased after taking Dodds Kidney Pills for about a year He weighs 200 pounds and is able to work full duties He endorses the remedy and offers further correspondence and free household hints and anthem lyrics through Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY
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Gray Co
Philip Miller
Cimarron
Kan
Judge Miller
Dodds Kidney
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
Struggles Over Strawberries and Odd Ads Mentioned
A fragmentary page shows a barter line about strawberries priced at a quarter a box and an exchange with a dealer. The text also advertises a powder named Antineptia for foot issues and mentions various remaining garbled phrases and misprints from the era.
Fitting Fate in a Protruding Hatpin Moment
A curious scene unfolds with a prodding hatpin as fate intervenes. The encounter centers on a witty exchange and unintended consequences, highlighting sharp dialogue and timing amid a small, tense crowd.
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Cook'a Gymnasium
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American Bar Association
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New York City
the Daughters of the American Revolution
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Boy Slayer
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Mrs. Sleep
Upton Sinclair
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Rome
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