World Briefs Cover Taft Japan and Titanic News
Taft informs the U S senate the State Department has no evidence of any land acquisition by Japan or intent to acquire land. Titanic searchers resume or halt missions as storms shift bodies to Halifax. many missing and 100000 homeless in Louisiana levee breach. Various political, labor and legal developments across the globe and United States, including anti injunction measures and recalls of witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
U. S. Senate
Department of State
Mexico
House
Clayton
Judiciary Committee
Fijian town of Funa Point destroyed by massive wave
Foreign news from Australia via the steamer Mara ma reports Funa Point leveled by an 18 foot tidal wave with about 200 dead. In Smyrna, the steamship Texas struck a floating mine at the harbor entrance, causing heavy loss of life amid the Turkish Italian war.
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Funa Point
Victoria
B.C
Australia
Texas
Smyrna
Asiatic Turkey
Taft and Roosevelt win equal Massachusetts delegates 14 each
Massachusetts delegates split between Taft and Roosevelt with 14 each in both parties. Foss gains eight Democratic at large while Champ Clark leads in the Twenty eighth district. Roosevelt renounces eight at large, promising to vote for Taft at the national convention. Democratic delegates pledge to Champ Clark until he withdraws or is released.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Foss
Champ Clark
Oyster Bay
Colorado
Woodrow Wilson
Titanic survivors set to sail for England on June 6
Personal Mrs Edward 8 Robert and Georgette Madill with Elzabeth NI Allen of St. Louis, rescued from the Titanic, will sail to England on June 6. Homer Davenport, famed American cartoonist, dies in New York at forty five after a brief illness. The will of Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant is filed in New York leaving his entire estate to widow Ida Houcre Grant, with provisions for the children of Ulysses S. Grant and Princess Cantacuzene by the general’s mother's will, to be settled on the widow’s death.
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Edward
Robert
Georgette Madill
Elzabeth NI. Allen
St. Louis
England
Homer Davenport
New York
Frederick Dent Grant
Ida Houcre Grant
Capt
Ulysses S. Grant
Cantacuzene
Philippine Constabulary and Scouts Ten Thousand Strong
George Clinton salutes the Philippine constabulary and scouts as a loyal force of nearly 10,000 under American and Filipino officers. He notes their courage in field engagements against outlaws, praises battles from Samar to Manila, and highlights the push for Krag rifles. He also covers budgetary strain in Congress, public buildings spending, and shifts in mourning customs for former officials.
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George Clinton
Washington
United States Senate
Japan
Mexico
Philippines
Americana
Filipino Constabulary
Filipino Scouts
Islands
United States
Filippinos
Constabulary
Ita
Army
Philippine Constabulary
Scouts
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Philippine Constabullary
Samar
Jones
Bowers
Congress
Uncle Sam
Panama Canal
Big Suffrage Move Leads New York Parade to Carnegie Hall
In a historic New York suffrage march, 20,000 women moved from Washington Square to Carnegie Hall. The procession featured cavalry in breeches and boots, a band of African American performers, and Chinese participants, with notable figures like Miss Annie Tinker and Miss Inez Mulholland among the riders. The 28-cent hats were a signature dress element. The march began at three and proceeded for hours after Mrs. Blatch gave the order.
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New York
America
Washington Square
Carnegie Hall
Annie ‘Tinker
Albert Plimpton
Myrtle Jin
Tinker
Inez Mulholland
Mabel Lee
Amusement Ban Is Lifted by Methodist Bishops
The Methodist Episcopal Church bishops reported to the general conference in favor of lifting bans on dancing card playing gambling and attendance at horse racing theaters and circuses. They argued Americans are too far advanced for church-imposed amusements and urged individuals to follow conscience. A Missouri representative pushed a resolution condemning Secretary James Wilson and opposing Taft administration, adopted 544 to 241 after a heated floor fight. tied to the Brewers' congress with Wilson as honorary chairman.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference of the Church
Missouri
James Wilson
Taft
Brewers’ Congress
Wilson
J. W. Anderson
W. FP. Burria
W. E. Christy
Pope's Delegate in U S Arrives in New York on Koenig Albert
Archbishop Giovanni Bonzano apostolic delegate to the United States arrived in New York from Naples aboard the Koenig Albert and received a ceremonious welcome. He was met at quarantine by Mgrs Layalie and Hays for Cardinal Farley, Coadjutor Bishop Mundelin of Brooklyn, and other leading priests from most U S dioceses.
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New York
Giovanni Bonzano
United States
Naples
Koenig Albert
Mgrs
Layalie and
Hays
Farley
Mundelin
Brooklyn
Shriners Gather for Largest Mystic Shrine Convention
About 6000 visitors converged on Los Angeles for the yearly Mystic Shrine convention opening Saturday. The event, the largest in the body's history, strains city accommodations as it runs until May 11 with auto tours and entertainments on the schedule. Indian Superintendent William H. Stanley is dead at his San Jacinto home from a bullet wound amid an Indian pow wow on the Coahuila reservation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William H. Stanley
San Jacinto
Coahuila Reservation
Sixteen-Year-Old Girl Marries Forty-Six-Year-Old Man
Margaret Steauben, sixteen, who had vanished from Mount Clemens two weeks ago, wed Laurence E. Miller of Marlboro New Jersey. Miller is forty six years old.
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Man
Mount Clemens
Mich
Margaret Steauben
Laurence E. Miller
Marlboro
N. J
Miller
New York New Haven Erie Acquires Dominion Atlantic Line
Boston May 6 announcements were made that the New York New Haven Hartford railroad has acquired the Dominion Atlantic Line of steamers operating between Boston and Yarmouth Nova Scotia.
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Road
Ship Line
Boston
Dominion Atlantic Line
Yarmouth
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Beulah’s Dusty Despair and a Frisky Kittens Remark
A playful vignette features Beulah who endures lumbago from sweeping and ashes while a sister questions the maid’s help. Aunt Beulah proclaims she would rather bear the pain than the dust as a smart little boy jokes about the situation, highlighting domestic chaos and family humor.
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Beulah
Saazon
The Old Plea He Didn’t Know I Was Loaded
A Coffee drinker explains how caffeine in coffee and tea caused indigestion headaches vomiting and weight loss. After trying Postum he improves, stops coffee and gains weight. The letter claims Postum from Battle Creek Michigan cured him and invites readers to look for the road to Wellville book.
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Addom
Coffen
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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