Survivors recount Empress of Ireland disaster accounts
Montreal survivors tell vivid experiences of the liner Empress of Ireland sinking after collision. Wisconsin couple Henry and Mrs Freeman describe their dash for safety, swapping life belts, swimming, and rescue by boats from Star stud. Bellhop Charles Spencer details Captain Kendall saving him and others amid chaos.
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Montreal
Que
Henry Freeman
Wisconsin
Chateau Frontenac
Millions for Pupils Commission Demands National Aid
Washington June 6 The commission on national aid to vocational education urges Congress to authorize 7 million dollars annually to states for trade and agricultural training. It calls vocational education the nation’s greatest need and says 1,000,000 youths must be educated yearly to sustain workers and offset rising living costs. The report links prosperity to industrial and agricultural strength and foreign trade competitiveness.
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Washington
Commission On National
Congress
Budget Bill Details Large Panama Canal Allocation
Washington reports the sundry civil bill for the next fiscal year totals 107,686,759.20 with major allocations including 20,718,000 for continuing Panama Canal construction, 1,125,900 for canal fortifications, 3,050,000 for the Interstate Commerce Commission, and 193,600 for Ellis Island immigrant station. Other items include 6,900,000 for rivers and harbors, 7,885,000 for public buildings, 400,000 for Lincoln Memorial work, 200,000 for customs at the Panama Exposition, a 39,000 epidemic aid fund, and 16,000 for infantry barracks in Hawaii with a 560,000 rise for Philippines and Hawaiian coast artillery housing.
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Washington
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
House
Panama Canal
Interstate Commerce Comminssion
Ellis Island
Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Commission On Industrial Relations
Penitentialiea
Fort Leavenworth
Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hawaii
Sea Coast Artillery
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Boston widow Jennie Eaton wed again in Washington
Mrs Jennie M Eaton widow of Rear Admiral Joseph G Eaton and D Henry Ainsworth of Morristown Arizona married in Washington on Wednesday. The ceremony was by Ray L Morgen Chambers. The couple went to a summer resort for their second honeymoon. Eaton was acquitted in Boston last October after a drawn out trial for poisoning her second husband. The admiral died at Norwell Massachusetts on March 7 1913 under suspicious circumstances. Ainsworth was divorced from his wife eight years earlier in Illinois. He gave his age as forty nine and the bride as forty.
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Washington
Jennie M. Eaton
Boston
Joseph G. Eaton
D. Henry Alnaworth
Morristown
Ariz
Ray. L. Morgen Chambers
Ainsworth
Ilinois
Convicted British Subject Ends Life in Jail
Arthur Fowler, a British subject convicted of murdering John Jeames, was found dead in the county jail in Dayton Ohio. He secured a strap and banged himself against the cell bars.
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Dayton, O
Arthur Fowler
John Jeames
Fowler
Muncie Prepares for Saloon Ban After Court Ruling
Muncie Indiana a city of nearly 30000 population will be without saloons after Saturday according to the ruling of Judge Frank Ellis in the Delaware circuit court An appeal will be fled at once
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Muncie
Ind
Frank Ellis
Delaware Circuit Court
No Verdict in $150 000 Suit In New York
The jury in a breach of promise case valued at $150 000 failed to reach a verdict against Arthur I. Hoe the son of a printing press builder and he was discharged after a reported big agreement.
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New York
Mae A. Sullivan
Arthur I. Hoe
Shamrock IV Sets Sail For Trial Spin
In Portsmouth England on Thursday Sir Thomas Lipton's new challenger Shamrock IV sailed from Spithead for its first experimental spin, with Shamrock II as escort.
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Portsmouth
England
Shamrock LV
Thomas Lipton
Spithead
King and Queen Hold Court as Suffragist Interruption Occurs
London June 6 The king and queen held court at Buckingham Palace. A suffragist, dressed in court attire, knelt before the monarch and cried out for restraint on force, then was removed and handed to police. The woman’s identity is unknown and inquiry continues. The scene caused astonishment but the royal party ignored the interruption.
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London
Buckingham Palace
36 Plumbers Are Held In Sherman Antitrust Case
Indictments returned against 36 officials and members of the National Association of Master Plumbers and state groups in Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Missouri Nebraska and Iowa accuse conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. Names include W J Hilliard W C Haviland F A Patterson B D Hornbrook J P Cunningham and others across several states.
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Des Moines
National Association of Master Plumbers
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
W. J. Hilliard
Elmhurst
Union State Association of Master Plumbers
W. C. Haviland
Aurora
F. A. Patterson
Springfield
Ill
Ilinois Association
National Association
B.D. Hornbrook
J. P. Cunningham
Wilkerson
Kansas City
Joseph Dixby
Omaha
Neb
George 2. Wentz
Lincoln
J. RB. Coningham
Wiliam A. Decker
Grand Raplidg
Mich
De Saulles resigns as U S minister to Uruguay
John R. De Saulles announces in New York that he resigns from his post as United States minister to Uruguay. He will abandon diplomatic goals for now and seek work in New York real estate, signaling a shift in career plans amid a period of political and social transition.
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New York
John R. de Saulles
United States
Uruguay
Rochester
N. C
Federated
German Catholic Societies
New York State
Hobson
Vera Cruz
Mex
Huerta
Military Academy
Globe Cantina
Kern Jr. with Infantile Paralysis Meets President on Crutches
In Washington June 6 President Wilson greeted John W. Kern Jr., son of Senator Kern, who had infantile paralysis and arrived at the White House on crutches while a long line of callers waited to shake hands.
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Wilson Greate Bay Cripple
Washington
President Willon
John W. Kern, Jr
Kern
White House
Senator Owen Urges Commission to Settle Colorado Strike
Washington June 6 A federal commission to settle the Colorado strike troubled was proposed to President Wilson by Senator Owen who announced his intention of introducing a bid for aural body.
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Washington
Colorado
Wilson
Owen
Constitutionalists seize Vera Cruz towns amid Mexican turmoil
News from June 6 reports three towns in Vera Cruz and Colima fallen to constitutionalists, with Aguilar’s forces capturing Tantima and Tantoyuca. Guadalajara surrounded as Obregon’s insurgents advance. Tampico blockade threatens arms supply to rebels. Mediation at Niagara Falls fraught as U.S. and Huerta face U.S. policy limits.
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Mexico City
Arma
Huerta
Blanquet
He Delares
Tampico
New York
Antilla
New Orleans
Washington
United States
Mexico
Bryan
Niagara Falls
Navy Department
Department
State Department
al- Waya
Durango
Mex
Tantima
Tantoyuca
Vera Cruz
Candido Aguilar
Colima
Nam
Guadalajara
Obregon
Carranza
Niagara Valle
Ont
A B.C
de Ganja
Naon
Suarez
Wilson
Niigara Falls
Constitutionalista
Thia
Causa
Niagara
Constitutionaltet Junta
Nominee Boaz Long Named Minister to San Salvador
President Wilson sent to the senate the nomination of Boaz W. Long of New Mexico, head of the Latin American affairs division in the State Department, to be minister to San Salvador.
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San Salvador
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Boaz W. Long
New Mexico
State Department
Salvador
Superior Court Clerk Dies by Own Action in Indianapolis
R. B. Scott, 52, clerk of the Superior Court No. 3 in Indianapolis, committed death by his own act. The health failure was given as the cause. he was unmarried. The incident occurred June 5.
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Superior Court
Indianapolis
Ind
R. B. Scott
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Arthur Ferraday
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Sir Henry Irving
B. Abbott
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