Waite Defense Makes Case In Murder Trial
New York May 26 The Waite murder case opened the defense's turn as Dr Arthur Warren Waite seeks to avoid the electric chair by arguing insanity at the time of his father in law John B Peck's death from arsenic. Witnesses described Waite's erratic and nervous history, with alienists to prove mental disease, while Waite himself is set to testify.
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
Justice Shearn
Supreme Court
Allenista
John B. Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Waite
Peck
Walter Devel
Walte
Devel
Dr. Wailey
Frank A. Waite
Frankk Waite
Arthur
University of Michigan
South Africa
Clara Peck
Frank Waite
Pellevue
Warren W. Waite
Miles Waite
Privonera
Ann Arbor
Arthur W. Wake
Mr. Waite
Dr. Waite
Universty
Dr. Walte
Trial Witness Describes Waite’s Dual Character
New York testimony on Dr Arthur Walte’s alleged Jekyll Hyde nature and the “little man from Egypt” as a theory for insanity at the time of the murder. Mrs Margaret Weaver Horton testified with apparent sympathy while Waite’s lawyer began cross examination. Mrs Clara Louise Peck Waite sat behind the jury in mourning as the case proceeded.
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New York
Margaret Weaver Horton
Arthur Warren Walte
Polsoner
Walte
Jekyll-Hyde
Egypt
John EK. Peck
Kenyon Creates New Hurdle in River and Harbor Fight
Washington May 25 The Senate river and harbor battle led by Kenyon Sherman and allies against the pork barrel escalated today as Newlands Nevada joined the opposition. He warns that leaders backing the bill will undercut his flood control plan and threatens senatorial opposition. Kenyon may push a proposal allowing the president to cut any item deemed unnecessary, a move that could force Democratic supporters to fight hard.
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Washington
Senate
Kenyon
Sherman
Congress
Newlands
Nevada
Thin
Milbuster
Land Bill Passes in Oregon Legislature May 26
The Oregon annual rain land vant bill advances from the House by a vote of 218 to 8 and moves to the Senate. The measure, aimed at federal government lands, carries an estimated value of 330 and faces further processing.
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Oregon
Canre
Peace Views Heard by White House Guests
President Wilson told callers neutrality and peace in Europe must rest on mutual understanding among belligerents to safeguard interests of all nations. He offered no definite plan and gave no sign of an immediate U.S. push, though he would consider good offices if conditions promising peace were met.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
White House
United States
Militia Members Face Trial in Texas Muster Case
Washington May 26 The secretary of war announced that 116 Texas national guard members who did not appear for muster into federal service will be court martialed immediately under the Dick law. The May Chamberlain bill oath issue was noted, but the case proceeds under the existing law. General Crowder offered a supplementary view that the May Chamberlain act would not remove the offense. No new call for border militia will be needed once the Hay Chamberlain bill is signed. The War Department also said General Funston did not request border troops from Louisiana Arizona or Oklahoma.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
Texas National Guard
General Crowder
War Department
Funston
Louisiana
Ariona
Oklahoma National Ward
Border Service
Gener
Coast Artillery
Cleavy Plans Outlined in Naval Bill
Washington May 2 The naval appropriation bill totals 241 million dollars. The committee reports a 91.8 million dollar increase to improve preparedness and allocates 808.9 million for new ships including five battle cruisers. It notes a need for cruisers and calls for docks at Philadelphia and Norfolk. Ammunition funding totals about 14 million plus 11 million for cruiser ammo. The bill forecasts a highly efficient fleet and manpower additions of 16 679 sailors in the next fiscal year.
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Washington
DD. C
House
Padgett
Naval Committee
Philadelphia
Norfolk la
Pearl Harbor
H. T
San Francisco
Boston
Jyrente
French method for sweet flour from fried beet sugar
French process creates a sweet flour from fried sugar beets with a content about 2 percent pure nitrogen.
Committee Fails to Remove Bar from Methodist Discipline
Saratoga Springs May 26 The Methodist central conference refused by a vote of 436 to 360 to remove from church discipline the clause punishing members who play cards dance and attend theaters A report on remarriage by ministers of divorced persons tightens rules and a tobacco abstinence plea is urged The temperance panel condemns polygamy and the social evil urging prohibition laws and community efforts for the mentally deficient and youth education
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Saratoga Springs
Methodist Central Conference
Methodist Church
Committee On Temperance and
Parente
Establish Quarters For Four Candidates For President
Chicago May 26 Headquarters for four Republican presidential candidates opened today Elihu Root New York Senator John Weeks Massachusetts Charles W Fairbanks Indiana and Theodore FE Burton Ohio Charles M Pepper publicity representative of the Root boom arrived and took possession of the rooms reserved for New York s favorite son candidate George H Moses New Hampshire opened headquarters in presidential row for Weeks Burton headquarters were opened by G W Mooney and the Airborne boom was launched by James Goodrich the Republican nominee for governor of Indiana
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Chicago
Elihu Root
New York
John Weeks
Massachusetts
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Theodore FE. Burton
Ohio
Charles M. Pepper
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Greece
Senator Weeks
Burton
G. W. Mooney
Exiled Napoleon's Home Scene Of Bombardment
Rome reports an Austrian aeroplane and gunboat destroyed in a clash with an Italian gunboat in the upper Adriatic. Austrian crew captured. A villa at Porto Ferrajo, Elba, where Napoleon stayed, was bombarded from the coast. The episode centers on the strategic harbor and the distant submarine move from Pola. Fraternities at the University of California have been prohibited from...
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Rome
Paris
Adriatic
Porto Ferrajo
Elba
Pola
Italy
Naepoleon
Riba
Porto Perrajo
Swallow Frog Pays $25 Fine
Kansas City Kansas story about John Arnold, 45, who drank water from a spring near Quindare pumping station, swallowed a small frog, caused a ruckus, and staggered to town. He was jailed and fined $25 for drunkenness and cruelty to animals after a surgeon used a stomach pump.
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Kansas City
Kan
John Arnold
Quindare
Arnold
Town
Mr. Frog
Sir Roger Casement and Bailey Indicted by Grand Jury
Dublin crowds watch as Sir Roger Casement and Daniel J. Bailey are indicted by a Dublin grand jury after a brief preliminary hearing. The case follows Casement’s alleged Sinn Fein connections and German ties. The royal commission resumed in Dublin with Neville Chamberlain testifying on police methods and Sinn Fein origins from 1905 onward.
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London
Roger Casemen
Sinn Fein
Daniel J. Bailey
Dublin
Royal Commission
Neville Chamberlain
Sinn Fein Society
Sire George
Ulster Volunteer Movement
Irish National Volunteers
Washington Sunk by Submarine, Lloyds Announces
London May 2 reports the British steamer Washington of 5080 tons has been sunk by a submarine, per an official Lloyds Shipping Agency announcement. The vessel left Newport News April 12 and New York April 14 for Genoa, arriving May 2.
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London
Washington
Lloyds Shipping Ogency
Newport News
New York
Genow
Additional tax vow in London on securities sale
May 25 London Heginald McKen na chancellor of the exchequer will move in the House of Commons for an additional income tax of 2 pence per pound on income from securities the treasury will buy to compel sale of American securities.
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London
Heginald McKenna
Exchequer
Treasury
Mexican Leader Held in Chains After Raid Capture
Marathon Texas May 26 Lieut Col Natividad Alvarez longtime bandit leader and fellow raider Manuel Torres were brought to Alpine custody in heavy manacles. Alvarez denied talking though admitted a role in the Deemera store sack and Torres, a Wester lok, recounted a tale of hardship before joining the raid and crossing the Rio Grande to Boquillas.
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Marathon
Tex
Natividad Alvarez
Hoquillas
Manuel Torres
Shoemaker
Alpine
Alvarez
Deemera
Tores
Bell
Maniel
Bacramento
Durango
Rio Grande
Boquillas
Interior
Mexico To Hold Municipal Elections In Carranza Plan
El Paso reports a Mexico City message stating the Carranza administration will restore constitutional government with free municipal elections first, followed by state and congressional polls and finally the presidential vote. A decree from Chihuahua bans bullfights cockfights and other sports deemed immoral.
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el Pass
Tex
Carranza
Mexico City
Andrtes Garcia
Aleo Fevired
Chihuahuay
Enriquez
Jews Back Palestine Purchase Plan as Zionists Rally
Henry Morgenthau stated the Turkish government would sell Palestine and Zionist leaders in New York welcomed the idea. Provisional Alorat committees led by Louis Irandois pledge to raise 25 million dollars to establish an independent Jewish state in Palestine.
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New York
Henry Morgenthau
Palestine
Alorat Party
Louis [ Lrandois
Western intercollegiate meet opens with small Illinois entry
Chicago hosts the western intercollegiate conference Lennla meet opening today with lone representatives from the University of Illinois Wisconsin Ohio State Northwestern Chicago and Kenyon College Gambier Ohio and College of Cedar Rapids Ia The three day event lists Chicago as the strongest contender for the meet.
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Chicago
May
Lone
Universitien of
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Northwestern
Kenyon College
Gam-bier
Ohio
Coollege
Cedar Trapids
University of Chiccago Ie
Case to Jury in Dolly Muters Ledgerwooll Matter
Chicago May 26 The case of Dolly Ledgerwooll Muters charged with obtaining a portion of her deceased husband Pied Mattert in an attempt to secure support is expected to go to the jury today. A guilty verdict could carry from nine to five years imprisonment and a $2000 fine.
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Chicago
Mra
Dolly Ledgerwooll Muters
Hota
Germans Retake Fort Douaumont in Bloody Fight
Reports from Verdun describe renewed German pressure around Fort Douaumont with crown prince units driving into French trenches near Mauldement and hill area while French counterattacks north of Verdun recapture trenches. Berlin and Paris claim recapture of Douaumont and nearby quarry as heavy fighting continues.
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Fort Duaumont
Verdun
Germany
Meuse
Adriatic
Berlin
Cumaleres
Paris
Fort Douaumont
Floudrempant
London
Port Denaumont
Cumieren
Kore du Mont
Cer
Vidun
Grey Says Peace Talks Impracticable Now In War Debate
London May 26 In the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey the British foreign secretary said peace negotiations are not yet possible and that a previous alliance agreement is needed before terms can be discussed He attacked government policy for allowing diplomatic etiquette to block peace parley and noted German statements to the American press may be used to counter public opinion He also warned a crisis could arise during the war where secrecy should not hinder Britain’s response to German ultimatums and disclosures.
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London
House of Commons
Wubjette
Arthur Ponsonby
Stirling
Scotland
Poseille
Edward Grey
Stave Wind Plain
Edward
Wea
Ponsonby
Faward Iey
Germany Rejects Polish Relief Plan Timeline
The Hague report via London cites authoritative German forces saying Germany will not accept the British plan to aid Poland’s civilian population through an American commission. It is considered unlikely that Polish relief will be achieved this year.
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The
Hague
London
Germany
Poland
Jefferson Hospital Offers Free Surgeries for Rejections
Philadelphia May 25 Aimed at boosting enlistment the Jefferson hospital plans free minor surgical operations to correct defects in applicants. Doctors removed enlarged toes from a rejected marine hopeful and expect enlistment once wounds heal.
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Philadelphia
Army, Navy and Marine Corpe
Jefferon Hospital
City Iil City
T Wally
United States Marine
Betty
Mexican general to discuss action against bandits with American commander
Paso Texas May 5. General J J Perehine commander of the American expeditionary force will confer with newly formed Mexican military leader Vateriel Cavila to plan pursuit of bandits along the Chihuahua border. The announcement states cooperation between nations to restore order.
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Paso
Tes
Vateriel Cavila
J. J. Perehine
Poonferoner
Defauth
Opton
Chihuahua
Women delegates fill baggage car for dance at federation meet
Nine thousand delegates alternates and visitors from across the nation and territories attend the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial session in New York at the Seventh Regiment Armory. A special baggage car was reserved for dancing as crowds overwhelm doors and staff. Governor Whitman attends and lauds the "new woman" while home economics and Texas delegates plan dinners and an Atlantic City excursion.
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New York
General Federation of Women's
Eata
Seventh Regiment
Home Economics Department
Texas
Tristens
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Atlantic City
Cuba
Porto Rico
Alaska
Philippines
General Federation of Women's Clube
Codena
Nol Police
Whitman
Mra
Percy V. Pennypacker
Federation
William Grant Brown
Pennypacker
Mies
Margaret Wilson
State of
Nine Days Needed to Pick Four Jurors
Woukeran May 26. Counsel for Wil Creet on trial for murdering Marian Lambert said the girl's parents have been subpoenaed and will testify on her mental state before death. The defense seeks to show a presumption of death by own action. Workegan May 4. Jury selection in Will Ornet murder case continues into at least the end of the week. nine days into the trial only one more juror tentatively accepted, four sworn, three excused by the defense.
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Woukeran
Wil Creet
Marian Lambert
Methodists Balloting on Dozen Editors
Saratoga Springs May 24 The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church began balloting for editors of more than a dozen religious magazines. Delegates nominate editors by sectional area but elections occur by the entire conference. The body also reports a reorganization of home missions and church extension under a single corresponding secretary, with seven day schedules anticipated for the session.
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Saratoga Springs
General Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church Today
Department of Home Missions and Church Extension
Kluck Celebrates 70th Birthday Amid War Wounds
Berlin reports Field Marshal Alexander von Kluck turning 70 with celebratory messages including one from Emperor William. His health has improved after a shrapnel wound last March during inspection of forward positions, and he again offers his services to the emperor. His forces were defeated at the Marne, halting the German advance into France in the early war days.
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Berlin
Sayville
Alexander von Kluck
Emperor Wiliam
Matsral
Marschal von Kluck
of the
Marne
France
Tex militiamen who refused service return home
No arrests have been made as Secretary Pyhors decision not yet officially communicated to General Funston. About 114 militiamen who refused to enter the federal army have returned to their homes in San Antonio Texas on May 5.
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San Antonio
Tex
Pyhors
Texas
Funston
Lafayette Wins Track Meet Against Swarthmore
Swarthmore Pa May 25 Lafayette defeated Swarthmore in a dual track event here yesterday by 84 to 44 points.
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Lafayette
Swarthmore Pa
Swarthmore
Trial closes in perjury case of Bilge Neathownl bank officers
Introduction of defense evidence in the Bilge Neathownl bank officers perjury trial ended today in Washington D C. The court was asked to direct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. The case likely will be ready for the jury tomorrow.
Committee Named to Hear Ship Purchase Case
The Renate commerce commission named a subcommittee of Senators Bimmons Mletcher Hawk head Jones and Lippitt to hold hearings on the administration ship purchase. Dr. Hearluga will begin work immediately.
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Washington, DG
Renate Commerce Commission
Bimmons, Mletcher
Hawkhead
Jones and Lippitt
Heare
Dr. Hearluga
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