Briefly Told Happenings of the Past Week in Washington
A week of notes from Washington reports temperance appeals by Secretary Daniels to large audiences. Justice moves to reindict New Orleans, Texas, and New York men on a suspected cotton-crop conspire. GOP leaders discuss calling a national convention after the extra session adjourns. President pardons Atlart Schoence for bank fund misappropriation. he repaid $1,400. Taft eulogizes Edward Everett Hale at Arlington Street Church ceremony. Estate appraisals show a total value of 3,672,726 with jewelry valued at 104,653. District of Columbia contempt rulings in Buck's Stove case staged for Supreme Court appeal. Daniels seeks more detail on Lieut Hill’s death at Annapolis. Keefe’s immigration post resigns. Wilson commends his service. Naval affairs panel votes to support Tillman bill reestablishing midshipman allotments by Congress members.
Long Beach pier collapse kills thirty five at shore end disaster
A shore end of a double deck pier collapsed at Long Beach California killing 35 people including 27 women. The catastrophe sent hundreds plunging 20 feet onto the sand and destroyed part of the city auditorium.
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Long Beach
Cal
City Auditorium
Personal Nat Goodwin Marries Miss Marjorie Moreland
Actor Nat Goodwin wed Miss Marjorie Moreland at his Ocean Park Los Angeles home. Moreland becomes Goodwin’s fifth wife as the couple tie the knot in a quiet ceremony.
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Nat Goodwin
Marjorie Moreland
Goodwin
Ocean Park
Los Angeles
Cal
Miss Moreland
Roosevelt libel jury sworn in Marquette
The Theodore Roosevelt versus George A. Newett libel trial jury was completed after examining fifty-two veniremen. Jurors hailed from several nationalities and trades, including Swedish, Irish, Finn, German, miners, lumbermen, and ore company workers. Roosevelt watched intently as attorneys Pound and Belden questioned jurors for voir dire amid a courthouse crowd.
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Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
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Iahpeming
Teamater
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Robert Bruce
Powell
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Gwyn
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Marquatta
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Negaunee
Bingle
Gust Poiten
Wells
William Sharp
Nagaunee
England
John A. Johnson
Marquette County
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Ely
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Thomas Howard
Chocolay
Veniremen
United States
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Detroit
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Pound
Belden
Roosevelt
James A. Garfield
George A. Shiras
Thia
Venireman
Garfield
Shiras
Eduor Newett
Cavalry
Cal gary boxing tragedy and global conflict updates
A ten round light heavyweight bout ends in tragedy as Luther McCarty dies eight minutes after a knockout blow in Calgary Alberta. Reports from Saloniki note Greek defeats and halted hostilities. Curacao police arrest suspects over an assassination plot against Venezuela's President Gomez. Royal Berlin wedding unites Princes Victoria Loulas and Ernst August with the Kaiser creating ducal and grand ducal titles. Federals ambushed by Constitutionalists near Sacramento with 100 killed or wounded. Constantine leaves Athens with Alexander and army leaders after renewed Bulgarian Greek clashes.
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Calgary
Alberta
Luther McCarty
Arthur Palkey
Constantine
Greece
Alexander
Athens
Saloniki
Bank Robber Caught in Toledo After Bank Heist
A man named James Evans of Chicago robbed the Northern National Bank in Toledo with a bent umbrella rib. He took two rolls of bills totaling $1000 from the teller window, and $31 was found on him as he tried to blend with bystanders. He was chased by bank employees and captured by a police officer.
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Toledo
James Evans
Chicago
Northern National Bank
Evans
Congressional Doings Plays Out In Senate Actions
Washington May 27 The senate adopted the Overman resolution for a federal inquiry into a tuberculin cure used by Dra Karls and Sylvia Var Ruck of Asheville N C The Kern regulation for an inquiry into conditions in West Virginia coal fields was debated at length Overman introduced a resolution to remove 25000 fourth class postmasters from the civil service The South Carolina senator offered a Jim Crow sleeping car law and a resolution to investigate the Sully cotton corner in 1910 A naval affairs committee inquiry into an armor trust was adopted The house was not in session TheWays and Means committee continued selecting majority members of the house committee.
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Dra. Karls
Sylvia Var Ruck
Asheville
N. C
Kern
West Virginia
Civil Service
Smith
South Carolina
Sully Cotton Corner
Naval Affairs Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Gompers Is Critically Ill In Atlantic City
Washington reports Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is in a critical condition at a sanitarium in Atlantic City New Jersey Medical staff say no relapse yet but his family physician is expected from Washington A nurse says he has not relapsed but is being looked over by the physician and nurse in charge
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
N. J
Gompers
Ward
J. S. Allen
Washington Hospital
Empress Sadako ill but not critical in Japan
Emperor Yoshihito remains better while Empress Sadako falls ill with a cold from her vigil at the bed side. Japanese officials and prominent figures urge patience and calm for a friendly US Japan solution, avoiding inflammatory remarks. In New Haven Taft warns Americans are unprepared for war, criticizing attitude toward military policy.
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Tokyo
Yoshihito
Sadako
Japan
United States
New Haven
Conn
Willan H. Taft
Kent
Lown Yale
Pier collapse at Long Beach adds two to toll
Two more victims, C. Bush and J. B. Kilbourne, were named among the dead from the pier collapse that sent 350 people into the beach forty feet below. The death toll reached thirty seven, with the disaster blamed on vibrations from the Empire day parade crowd marching into the mammoth auditorium.
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Los Angeles
Cal
C. Bush
J. B. Kilbourne
Mammoth Auditorium
Long Beach
Gibson Trial Nears End as State Closes Case
Goshen New York May 27 The state closed its case in the second trial of Burton W Gibson on the charge of causing the death of Countess Rosa Szabo The attorney will not testify and his lawyers deem it unnecessary with a jury verdict expected possibly by tomorrow night The defendant has not taken the stand
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Goshen
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
New York
Rosa Szabo
Gibaon
Oil Burns Three To Death In Ohio Home Fire
Parkersburg West Virginia May 27 Mrs James Marshall her sixteen year old son James and her daughter Iny were burned to death at their Little Hocking Ohio home when a kerosene can exploded while she kindled a fire. Three other children were severely burned and the residence was destroyed.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
James Marshall
James
Iny
Little Hocking
Wilson assails tariff lobby in Underwood debate
President Wilson denounces paid advertising and letters from sugar and wool interests that aim to sway support for the Underwood tariff bill. He says public opinion should curb lobby power and notes progress toward passage, with a currency bill outlook favorable and a message due to Congress next week.
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Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
President grants stay of sentence for Dr Theodora Kharas
President Wilson granted an indefinite stay of sentence to Dr Theodora Kharas of Elmira New York who was convicted in Omaha Nebraska of using the mail to defraud. She was sentenced to four months imprisonment and a $400 fine for selling stock in a company promoting an invention. Congressmen Bremmer and Baker of New Jersey told the president the venture had proved successful and the stay saved her from falling behind.
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Wilson
Theodora Kharas
Elmira
N. Y
Omaha
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Maa
Kharas
Dr Mary Walker Aids Clerk In Epileptic Senate Rescue
Washington May 27 Dr Mary Walker famed Civil War nurse and physician aided A C Cray a senate clerk who collapsed in an epileptic fit in the senate office building restoring him to safety and providing medical care.
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Washington
Mary Walker
United States
Senate
A. C. Cray
Student Falla Elila Self Lille France Exam Failure Tragedy
A medical student named Cuviller at the Lille university reportedly took his own life after failing an examination. The incident occurred on May 27 and is described as a result of disappointment and academic stress.
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Falla
Elila Self
Lille
France
Cuviller
University Hare
Just Like a Man
A man with inflammatory rheumatism is cared for by his patient wife. He grumbles about her fault while a friend visits. He jokes that his wife sits near him to keep the air damp, following the doctor's advice to avoid damp places. The exchange ends with a lighthearted quip about the air being moist due to his wife’s crying.
Valuable Beetle Escape Captivates Washington Student
A Washington student of history pinned a fine beetle with a diamond scarfpin to a library table. After dinner, the beetle escaped, flew about, and vanished through a window with the pin still attached. Neither the bug nor the pin has been seen since.
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Washington
Bug
Harper's Weekly
Ringing a Change on Street Numbers
A neighborhood note quotes O'Reade saying they will resubmit to have new street numbers placed on houses on their block after the office post asked if they would move. The exchange highlights plans to update addressing rather than relocate.
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Office Post
O'Reade
Judga
Like magic Grape-Nuts changes digestion and strength
A newspaper reader from Chicago extols Grape-Nuts and Postum claims it cured years of dyspepsia, coated tongue, and loss of appetite after trying many medicines. He says after four packages his stomach improved, he can eat with relish, and he feels stronger with benefits to body and brain.
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Postum Co
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