Barnhart Defines Taft As Speaker In Cannon's Class
Indiana Representative Barnhart denounces party machines in the House and praises a bold executive who can deliver in Congress. He cites harmony with the president and party leaders, arguing representatives owe fidelity to public welfare over party lash. He stresses friendly ties among top leaders and criticizes partisanship without endorsing machines.
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Sun
Washington
Hibbs
Barnhart
Indiana
House
House of Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Taft
Senate
Crumpacker Objects To Red Cross Emblem Bill
Representative Crumpacker blocked action on a bill to ban manufacturing use of the National Red Cross emblem arguing the cross is a Christian symbol and should not be monopolized by any group. With no committee members present, Speaker asked Representative Mann to handle the measure as Crumpacker objected and the bill went over.
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Crumpacker
Washington, D. C
Denny
Michigan
Indiana
Mann
Illinois
Dr. Pierce
Woman Suffrage Roils General Federation Race in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on March 16, a brewing fight over woman suffrage threatens peace within the General Federation of Women's Clubs now meeting there. A presidential contest appears likely Tuesday with Mrs Phillip Moore as a possible opponent. Delegates from St Louis accuse Moore of previously avoiding strong stand on vital issues including suffrage, a key demand of the majority at the biennial convention.
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Phillip Moore
St. Louis
Moore
Cook in America to issue statement on silence
Dr. Fred A. Cook, the polar explorer, is in the United States with his wife and will issue a statement within two to three weeks, according to his sister-in-law Mrs. Wm. Lb. Cook of Brooklyn. She says he will explain everything and that neither he nor his wife have stayed at the Hotel Manhattan.
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New York
Fred A. Cook
United States
Wm. Lb. Cook
Brooklyn
Dr. Cook
Hotel
Manhattan
Wm. L. Cook
Explorer
Cincinnati Meat Shops Under Women Led Strike
In Cincinnati on May 16 thousands of yen and women launched a meat strike. Police struggled as women blocked butcher shops along Central Avenue and nearby streets. One man named Kahn was saved by police, Mrs. Wachs was dragged to the gutter, two arrests were made, and meat inside shops was destroyed.
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Central Avenue
W. & Street
Kahn
Wachs
Filipinos Seek Freedom As US Tax Burden Draws Ire
In Washington on May 16 Manuel L Quezon urged Congress to grant independence to the Philippines. He praised American reforms but denounced the heavy tax load and costly governance, calling for a stable government and self determination while expressing hope of eventual freedom.
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Congress
Philippines
Quezon
Cuba
Porto Rico
Rebels Face Brutal Reprisals in Albania Battles
May dispatches describe Albania as a smoking wilderness where Tuarkish troops hold control and avenge attacks. Thousands of villagers are shelterless, starving, and hunted, with bodies left unrecovered amid ongoing fighting and mass slayings.
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Belgrade
Albania
Uprising Feared in Chang Sha Amid Naval Order
Washington expects a revolutionary uprising in Chang Sha after advices from Lieut. Commander R O Bitler, commander of the guntest Helena. Foreigners are ordered to board the river gunboats of foreign powers for safety.
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Washington
Chang Sha
State Department
R. O. Bitler
Helena
Jenkins to Porto Rico judge nomination advances
Washington May 16 A senate judiciary committee vote favors confirming John J Jenkins of Wisconsin as United States district judge in Porto Rico.
Sugar Trust Secretary Before Court In Fraud Trial
New York May 16 Charles R Heike secretary of the American Sugar Refining company and named by the federal government as a top figure in sugar frauds went on trial in the United States circuit court on charges of complicity in weighing frauds at Havemeyer and Elder docks in Williamsburg Heike allegedly passed false weight reports as correct and endorsed checks to the sugar trust drawn on the treasury as refunds due to the government jury selection began alongside other former sugar trust employees in a blanket indictment with a separate trial asked but denied by the court.
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New York
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
United States Circuit Court
Havemeyer & Elder
Williamsburg
Heike
Sugar Trust
United States Treasury
United States
Stimson
Dennison
John B. Stanchfield
F. Augustus Heinze
Weike
The
Ernest W. Gerbsacht
Harry Walker
James F. Bendernagel
James E
Sparkler Seizure At New York Port Sparkers Seized
A bag of antique Spanish jewelry valued between 10000 and 20000 dollars is seized by U S customs after deputy surveyor Morales discovers undeclared pieces aboard the steamship Colon. Signor Morales and his wife, arriving from port, claimed 3000 dollars in jewelry and planned a Europe trip, with Morales saying the items were for remounting in Paris. The haul includes a large gold cross with a diamond, a 22-diamond necklace, two bracelets with 25 stones, a 51-diamond brooch, and diamond earrings.
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New York
Nicholas Morales
Signor Morales
Colon
Paris
Van Cleave Dies of Heart Disease in St Louis
James W. Van Cleave stove manufacturer and Buck Stove and Range president died Sunday of heart disease after three weeks of illness. Born July 15 1819 in Marion County Kentucky he moved to Louisville in 1867 with J W Van Cleave & Co then to St Louis to lead Buck Stove and Range. His death followed a long clash with labor unions cited by associates as a factor.
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Louis
James W., van Cleave
Buck Store and Range Company
Manufacturers' Association
National Council For Industrial Defense
Buck
American Federation of Labor
Borcott
van Cleave
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Federation
Borcotting
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
American Federationist
Federal Supreme Court
Marion Country
J. W. van Cleave
Drunkenness Charge Ties Boone Man to Jail Address
Robert Davidson of Boone county was jailed on a drunkenness charge after Sunday arrest. In court, the judge set a $1 fine plus costs and noted the defendant could be sent to Indianapolis via Sheriff Jaccob Woessner for about ten days.
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Robert Davidson
Boone County
A Noble Record Promotes Digestive Health and Vitality
The text extols a remedy that strengthens the stomach liver and bowels to energize digestion, enrich and purify the blood, destroy disease bacteria, and overcome skin and scrofulous afflictions, establishing sound robust health.
House chaplain prays for muckrakers in Congress
Washington May 16 Rev Henry N Couden blind chaplain of the house of representatives astonished members by praying for divine guidance to rake before their own doors before attending to the hitter in front of their neighbors homes. He urged purity at home to ensure national purity and asked help to cast out the beam from our own eye before judging others, condemning cant and hypocrisy.
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Washington
Henry N. Couden
House of Representatives
SLAIN BY SWEETHEART IN PA SHOTTING
Freeport Pennsylvania May 16 Henry Bronombaugh a Pennsylvania railroad conductor lies dying in hospital from three bullet wounds fired by former sweetheart Mary Welch at his doorstep. She reportedly said I am glad I shot him he deserted me. Local police report the shooting occurred on the residence step.
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Freeport, Pa
Henry Bronombaugh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mary Welch
Truce Banner Lifted to Aid Stand Patters in Senate
May 16 Washington. Regulars in the senate fear defeat on the railroad bill and seek possible concessions to insurgents to win an early vote. A truces has been made with Commins La Follette followers, with Farah Nelson and others acting as intermediaries to end the dispute by week’s end.
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Washington
Senate
Commins
la Follette
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