Royalty Hosts Roosevelt at Windsor Luncheon After Funeral
At Windsor Palace King George hosted a royal luncheon after King Edward's funeral. Col Roosevelt dominated the gathering, answering royal questions on kingship while 120 royals attended. Roosevelt and family stayed at Rest Park then to Col Arthur Lee’s home before returning to Washington.
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London
Roosevelt
George
Windsor Palace
Edward
Col
Col. Roosevelt
Ambassador Reid
Arthur Lee, Mpp
Washington
Gen. Shafter
Cuba
Guildhall
Funeral Pageant Crowds Silence Police and Courts
London May 21 The Edward VII funeral crowd aftermath sees 269 pickpockets arraigned in police courts while hospitals treat over 700 injured spectators. A loot haul rumored at $500,000 prompts warnings to leave valuables at home as fatal injuries rise from falls and crushes.
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London
King Edward
Queen Mother
King George Friendship Shifts Teutons Toward Alliance
BERLIN May 21 German sentiment shifts toward potential Anglo German industrial alliance. Officials hope ties could ease wartime taxes and remove a lingering war bogy. The change is not due to increased sympathy for the Kaiser but to practical interests and past English loyalty to King George.
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Berlin
George
Germany
England
Kaiser
Edward
Fidward
Aldrich Secretary Reported Dead by Own Action
M J McManus described by police as Aldrich aide and secretary died by asphyxia at the Roland hotel in New York on May 21. Elks announce a 40 acre farm prize at Streator lodge No 591 fair the week of May 31 in Michigan near St Helen donated by John.
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M. J. McManus
Aldrich
Roland Hotel
ELKS
Streator Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
Fruit Belt
Michigan
St. Helen
Elk Lodge
John
Expulsion of Jews in Russia Reported Brutal
Reports from Venice dated May 21 claim Jews are being expelled from the Russian pale with extreme brutality. Semitic leaders say Kiev expulsions continue under Stolypin, with troops enforcing the policy and outrages against women and children widely observed as police and troops stand by. Secret agents purportedly incite mobs while censorship hides the full scope of the exodus.
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Russia
Kiev
Stolypin
Expulsions of Jews Reported in Russian Cities
Nerbert Friedenwald, secretary of the American Jewish Committee, announced a cablegram describing forcible expulsions from Kiev and Moscow. The number affected is estimated at 25,000 to possibly 50,000, with increasing hardship and expected immigration to the United States amid little chance of government relief.
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Nerbert Friedenwald
American Jewish Committee
Russia
Kiev
Moscow
Friedenwald
Pale
United States
Germans Hear News of Mass Jewish Expulsions
Berlin reports say the German Jews Benevolent association cites information of unquestioned reliability that expulsion of Jews from Kiev Moscow and other Russian cities continues on a large scale despite official denials. Some 6 000 driven from Kiel and likely as many from Moscow with total expulsions estimated at 40 000. Children and babies are often taken from mothers while adults stay.
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German Jews Benevolent Association
Kiev
Moscow
Kiel
Dougherty Seeks Release On Writ Of Error
Peoria Illinois May 21 Newton C Dougherty former Joliet penitentiary superintendent seeks his release on a writ of error after Illinois Supreme Court voided the parole law in the Joseph Joyce decision.
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Peoria, Ill
Newton C. Dougherty
Joliet
Llluois Supreme Court
Joseph Joyce
Ballinger Case Ended Over Politicized Inquiry
Washington reports that the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation ended after administration advice to terminate early. The probe has stretched 16 weeks, with about 30 witnesses, costing roughly 17,500 dollars in printing, stenography, and travel. Vertrees cited political considerations and potential collateral evidence involving the Justice Department.
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Washington
Nelson
Seattle
Wash
Brandeis
P. ©. Richardson
Vertrees
J. P. Taylor
James M. Sheridan
Cunningham Coal Claims
Hughes
Don M. Carr
Ballinger
Kisses Children Then Drinks Acid
Bloomington Ind May 21 After kissing his children good bye Tilghman Lentz a 2 Washington township farmer swallowed strychnine Friday night and died within an hour Lentz had been jailed for driving his family away from home with a revolver Worry over his inability to give a peace band caused him to plan his self destruction Five years ago Lentz was shot in the breast by Joseph Fulkerson his nearest neighbor Lentz and his brother Gorman had gone to Fulkersons house to white cap him when Gorman Lentz was shot dead and Tilghman was wounded
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Bloomington
Ind
Tilghman Lentz
Washington Township
Lentz
Joseph Fulkerson
Gorman
Fulkerson
Gorman Lentz
Tilghman
Chivalry Scene at Terminal Door Sparks Laughs
A brief stage sketch shows a tiny hero and a large portly heroine struggling with a swinging terminal station door. The door swings back striking the woman, then she eases through and the audience applauds as the phonograph plays My Wife's Gone to the Country.
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Atill
Hera
Hero
Hungry man turns alarm in Denver food distress case
Alfred Altman admitted setting off a fire alarm box to obtain food after being found by the box as fire wagons arrived. In police court he said he was starving and hoped the alarm would bring help. He was fined and jailed.
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Denver
Alfred Altman
Altman
Costa
Five Hurt In East Side Car Collision On Washington Street
A Friday night crash between two crowded Washington Street street cars injures five seriously and rattles more than 100 passengers. Motorman Andrew Smith failed to stop the forward car as it halted to let passengers alight at New Jersey street. The rear platform of the forward car and the vestibule of the second car were damaged, with a bent iron handrail. Injured include Mrs. George Griffin 48 N Sherman drive and Mints Delme Burbanks 120 N New Jersey street among others. all cars were taken out of service and passengers reassigned to later cars.
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George Griffin
Sherman Drive
Mints Delme Burbanks
New Jersey Street
Frank Tolle
Market Street
Andrew Smith
Miss Burbanks
Griffin
Miners Fail To Agree On Western Strike Wage Scale
President T L Lewis and the UMWA executive board did not take definite action on the Western strike. Striking miners and operators from Kansas Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma met with the board at Indianapolis but could not agree on a wage scale.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Western State Cyclone Reaps Several Lives
A Oklahoma cyclone roared through Pauli valley near Swanee on May 21 destroying Diaysville and severely hitting McCarthy and Madill. Reports say up to three killed, Miss Depew blown 100 feet, vineyards and farms wrecked, and relief teams dispatched to the isolated district as telegraph lines failed.
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Swawnee
Okla
Pauli Valley
Diaysville
McCarthy
Madill
Pauli
Depew
Tornadoes, hail devastate farms across Oklahoma region
A night of tornadoes and hailstorms Friday across Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri left five dead and caused widespread destruction. Houses and barns were wrecked, fences blown down, cattle and horses killed, and crops beaten into the earth, with thousands of dollars in damage.
Thoroughbred Cattle Killed in Storm Near Wabash
An electrical storm Friday killed four valuable thoroughbred cattle owned by John W. Harper south of Wabash Indiana. The storm also struck the Peabody Lumber Company's plant, stunning a team and a workman.
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Wabash, nId
John W. Harper
Peabody Lumber Company
Boy Kills Chum With Found Revolver in Playground
Chicago May 21 A 7 year old boy Eugene Wallace found a small caliber revolver in the street and used it to fatally shoot his 9 year old friend John Andeny on a school playground during a game of Indians. The incident occurred last Friday as children played.
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Chicago
Eugene Wallace
John Andeny
Clark Attacks Taft and Sees Republican Defeat
In a Democratic keynote, Champ Clark denounces the Payne Aldrich tariff and the tariff commission plan. He criticizes Taft and Aldrich, warns of executive power growth, and predicts a Democratic victory in November amid GOP disarray. The Indiana platform is cited as reflecting public tariff sentiment.
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Loch Acres
Taft
White House
Congressional House
Indiana
Clark
Aldrich
Boston
Payne
Daring Count De Lesseps Flies English Channel Solo
Dover reports Count De Lesseps crossed from Calais to Deal in a solo English Channel flight in a 3:30 pm start. He followed Bleriot’s route, outrunning trailing torpedo boats and vessels as crowds watched from shore. Paris greeted the feat. De Lesseps, a famed duelist and sportsman, had recently dueled Count Just De Poligny in Parc Des Princes with pistols and swords, ending without a resolution.
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de Lesseps
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Paris
Count Just de Poligny
Parc Des Princes
Count de Poligny
Mayor Shank Spares Theisz License Amid Family Hardships
Gasper Theisz a moonkeeper in 340 St Capitol Ave won Mayor Shank’s sympathy as he faced license revocation for leaving his saloon door open last Sunday. Theisz defended himself claiming bad luck and debts, while his wife and elder son were in an insane hospital. He had recent fines for a minor sale and for shooting at a man, with the revocation suspended for good behavior. Also tied up were hearings for George Egan and Charles Baase, with Egan ill and Baase fined $25 as hearing continued.
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Gasper Theisz
St. Capitol Avenue
Shank
Theisa
Theist
Shenk
George Egan
S. Capitol Avenue
Charles Baase
Prospect Street
Basee
Egan
Smoke Prevention Efforts Promoted by City Inspector
Jacob P. Brown city smoke inspector plans further meetings with manufacturers to discuss smoke problems. A productive meeting led several manufacturers to install automatic devices to control smoke and improve coal usage.
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Jacob P. Brown
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