Stillman's Fate Stirs Congress as Saltillo Falls
Washington May 22 Congressional pressure rises over the Stillman case as the administration faces inaction. Rebels hold Saltillo while diplomacy fractures. fear grows of an imminent assault on Mexico City. Villa is said to command up to one hundred thousand troops for a final push toward the capital.
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United Press
Washington
Silliman
Foreign Relations Committees
Saltillo
State Department
Man
Bryan
Niagara Falls
III A. B.C
Huerta
Mexico City
Capitol
Carranza
Joseph Vasconiante
Pacifica
EL Paso
Mexico
San Louis Potosi
Queretaro
Villa
Becker case jury deliberations end with expected verdict
Justice Seabury finished his charge to the Becker jury at 12:30 PM. Prosecutor Whitman expects a conviction. Becker's attorneys say state witnesses are discredited while observers believe the evidence is strong and a guilty verdict is probable.
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New York
Justice Seabury
Becker
Whitman
Dredges to Open Arkansas River Navigation This Summer
Sand dredges costing 250000 each will be deployed on the Arkansas river within six weeks to cut through sand bars and create a twenty foot channel. They will operate from the river mouth to Ozark, with possible work up to Fort Smith, aiding Little Rock Pine Bluff navigation and a new river port.
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Little Rock
Arkansas River
Pine Bluff
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Ozark
Fort Smithed
Bryan
Militants Stir London Court and City Demonstrations
May 22 London militant suffragists crowded Bow Street Police Court as 66 militants and two sympathizers were arraigned. The scene turned violent with a guard fight, a shoe thrown at the magistrate, and the room cleared. Elsewhere a vandal damaged five National Gallery paintings with a meat chopper.
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United Press
London
Bow Street
Marseillaise
Presbyterian Assembly in Chicago Eyes Home Mission Board Overhaul
About 800 delegates from across the United States and abroad gather in Chicago for a ten day session at Fourth Presbyterian Church to push reform of the Home Missionary Board. Leaders say board centralization harmed church voice. Rev. E. P. Hill eyed as potential successor to retiring secretary Rev. Charles L. Thompson. Delegates report lively politics but no open campaigning for a city candidate since rebuke. Schaaf, a Nebraska pioneer, dies aged 56. funeral planned in Omaha.
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Chicago
Home Missionary Board
The
Presbyterian General Assembly
United States
Sesson
Presbyterian Church
Oliver R. Williamson
Fourth Presbyterian Church
John Timothy Stone
Williamson
E. P. Hill
McCormick Theological Seminary
Charles L. Thomp
Hill
Thompson
J.T. Stone
Assembly
Actinlc
Ideles
Dot
Lst
Work on Fayetteville Springdale Road Nears Completion
The Good Roads Committee of the Business Men's Club led by Bruce Holcomb advances East Road to Springdale with a grader and tractor. Five miles in Prairie Township are nearly done, with two miles toward Springdale graded and ready for light finishing. A new straight road section near Clear Creek will be completed in days, and old paths near Appleby Farm replaced at extra cost. The project aims to spur countywide road improvements, with total costs under 50 per mile.
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Good Roads Committee
Business Men's Club
Bruce Holcomb
W. J. Lewis
W. J. Reynolds
W. N. Yates
Tom Shelton
Springdale
Prairie Township
Red Hill
Springdale Road
Clear Creek
Appleby Farm
Puy- Mteville
Fayetteville
Former President Mellen tells ICC on rail deals and politics
Washington May 22 former President Mellen of the New Haven told the Interstate Commerce Commission that he favored buying e instead of the e00 though the government be forced to pay exorbitant prices He said new charters mean more dealing with politicians and costly politics He admitted paying a hundred dollars a share for the Rutland Wire and agreed to buy stock of the Worcester Street Railway if a piece of legislation passed He said it was held up but he did not want to antagonize politicians He claimed he scattered free passes and gave away millions when rebates were legal to shield Morgan from blame
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Washington
Mellen
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rutland Rail Wpe
Warchester Street
Morgan
Convention Faction Drama Looms Over Arkansas Primary
Little Rock May 22 With the State Democratic Convention two weeks off politicians plot the Kirby contest plan centering on Poinsett county to control convention officers and sway Gov Hays. Clarke supporters counter and Kirby managers push to name presiding officers and central committee heads as factions maneuver ahead of the convention.
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Little Rock
Kirby
Clarke
State Central Committee
Judge Kirby
Poinsett County
Hele
Ernor
Hays
Judige Kirby
State Democratic Central Committee
Gov. Hays
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Montague
George Cooper
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T. C. Skaggs
England
Aha
Nebraska
Gram
J. M. Borders
Miss Pettit
Goode
Turner
J. G. Kemp
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Goshen Bridge
East Springdale
Gran
J. E. Hobbs
Drew Richardson
Henry Burth
Sevier
Joseph II. Steel James
Lake
Hobbs
K. Pool
Thompson, Ark
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H.C. Breese
West Bartlesville
Jordan
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