Fragmented miscellany spans nations and eras
A sweeping, imperfect scan of world topics includes almond trees in France, irrigation plans for Peru, Chicago moving vans pricing by minute, and data on teachers and endowments in the United States. It notes Berlin mail wagons, German light measures, a human relic near Edinburgh, and various crime and science tidbits.
Manitoba bill targets white women in Chinese and Japanese owned businesses
A Manitoba legislature bill proposes prohibiting the employment of white women and girls in any factory or place of business owned or managed by Chinese or Japanese individuals. The measure aims to restrict minority influence in local industry.
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Jeocialature of
Manitoba
Saskatchewan brothers wed two wiglers after bureau match
Two Delglunm born brothers farming in Saskatchewan returned home to marry two wiglers. Through a nutrimen bureau they courted by correspondence and then chose which sister would be Georgette after meeting them.
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Delglunm
Saskatchewan
Wiglers
Georgette
Diplomatic Posts Filled by Wilson
Washington assigns nominations for minister to Cuba Wim E Gonsales of South Carolina minister to Nicaragua Benj L Johnson of Colorado minister to Costa Rica Edward Hale of North Carolina assistant treasurer of the United States at St Louis Wm Vandiver collector of internal revenue to Oregon Milton A Pane lands office reviews Wade Fowler Te aover of uhno moneys Otto R Meyers of Kingon NC registrar of Colorado land board and Mr Jefferson from Steamboat Springs Colo noted as physician and former state cancer official.
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Washington
Wilson
Cuba
Wim
E. Gonsales
South Carolina
Nicaa
Benj. L. Johnson
Colorado
Costa Rica
Edward Hale
North Carolina
United States
St. Louis
Wm. Vandiver
Oregon
Milton A. Pane
Wade H. Fowler
Teaover
Uhno Moneys
Otto R. Meyers
Kingon
N. C
Jefferson
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Colorado Land Board
Ewilliam EB. Gonsales
Columbia
8. C
Ambrone
Jose Gonsales
Major Hale
Peneal
Manchester
Land
Bryan
Venezuelan plot to murder Gomes nipped in bud
Details of Venezuela's political disturbances show a planned assassination at the inauguration of the Venezuelan Automobile Club thwarted by General Delgado Chalbaud's imprisonment and Gen Manuel Corao's warning. The president, Juan Vicente Gomez, faces a tense campaign and potential further unrest amid a loyal army and prosperous merchants.
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Manuel Corao
Baty
Miraflores Palace
Chalbaud
Gomes
Caracas
Gomez
Venezuela
Federal Council
France
Congress
Ocean lines in an agreement
Washington reports from Chairman Alexander of the House committee show that competition among coastwise lines has nearly ended and most American port lines operate under agreements. The panel found at least 30 domestic and 76 foreign trade accords to fix rates, regulate traffic, and pool business across Atlantic and Pacific routes with major lines in conferences or cooperative settlements.
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Washington
Alexander
House
Ond Trust
Iony
Europe
Africa
South America
Caribbean
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Danish Prime Minister and Cabinet Resign
Copenhagen reports Prime Minister Chris thin and the entire cabinet have resigned following recent elections in which the ruling party faced an unfavorable vote. The government sees the step as a response to the election results.
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Copenhagen
Christhin
Relics of McKinley to Be Auctioned in San Francisco
San Francisco June 13 A set of articles once owned by former President William McKinley will be sold at auction next week. The items belong to the late George E Moree husband of McKinley’s niece known before her death as the president's favorite. The collection includes ties photographs clips and books.
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San Francisco
William McKinley
George E. Moree
da McKinley
Visiting envoy tours Washington navy yard
Washington dispatch notes Dr. Laure Muller waking to a packed day. A committee of navy officers awaited to escort the party on an inspection trip of the Washington navy yard as part of the envoy visit.
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Washington
Laure Muller
Navy
Washington Navy Yard
Muller
Prient Aulome
Anadarko Mystery: Girl Slain as Negro Suspect Lynched
In Anadarko Oklahoma, 18-year-old Minas Busie Church was found murdered along a rural road after a village store errand. Denny Aimmons, jailed on assault charges, is implicated as the lynching suspect as searchers uncovered the victim’s body and a knife.
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Anadarko
Denny Aimmons
Minas Busie Church
Miss Busie Bh
Fred Ghureh
Not for a Million Would She Pursue
New York June 14 Mia Ramuel Gordon watched a thief rob a cash register from behind a screen in Patchogue L I She shouted atop thief but fled as the man laughed and dared her to chase He emptied money and left unaware of conditions back off She said she could not pursue even if money were eight million and she had pins to lose
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New York
L. I
Mia
Ramuel Cordon
Senate Hears Female Suffrage Report and Debate
Washington reports Senator Ashurst presented the committee’s favorable passage of the constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage. The summary argues in a republic the people govern and denying half the citizens the vote is an anomalous injustice, depriving women of their civic power.
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Senate
Washington
Ashurst
Eee
Congress to control interstate rail rates proposed
Washington D C June 14 Extension of the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission over intrastate rates on interstate railroads is proposed in a bill prepared by Representative Willis of Ohio a Republican member of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee The measure seeks to give Congress power to regulate rates in each state reflecting the Minnesota rate decision as within Congress power The bill mirrors Supreme Court holdings in the Minnesota rate cases about federal control of interstate commerce tools
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
Willis
Ohio
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com
Congress
Euch
Supreme Court of the United States
Morocco Tribesmen Rise Against Spain
Dispatches report an uprising by Kabylon tribesmen in northern Morocco near Tetuan with 22 Spaniards killed and 61 wounded. Ceuta reports heavy fighting at Mount N as Extrarhadora bombards the area and Generale Cocha goes ashore. The Concha is blown up after crew are transferred to Lauria following a sortie and combat with Kabyles.
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Madrid
Melilla
Morocco
Tetuan
Ceuta
Mount N
Extrarhadora
Generale Cocha
Alhucemas
Big Reward Offered for Death of Vizier
Constantinople June 14 Many arrests have been made in connection with the assassination of Shefket Pasha. Among the alleged conspirators is General Billo Pasha, a former aide of the sultan. A paper found on a prisoner contained the offer of a reward for the grand visier's assassination by opposition party members in Egypt.
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Constantinople
Shefket Pasha
Billo Pasha
Grand Visier
Egypt
Ad Men Elect and Adjourn Convention
The ninth annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America finished its business in Baltimore and adjourned to meet in Toronto next year. William Woodhead of San Francisco was elected president Walter B Cherry of Syracuse New York vice president P B Fr of Indianapolis secretary and T D La Quatre of Des Moines Iowa treasurer were reelected.
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Baltimore
Associated Advertising Clube of America
Toronto
William Woodhead
San Francisco
Walter B. Cherry
Racuse
Indianapolis
T. D. la Quatre
Des Moines
Volplanes to Death in Burning Airship
Andrew Drew, pupil of Orville Wright, volplaned to death in Lima Ohio yesterday afternoon. He died from a tested attempt to take a short ride in an untested machine. The airship fell 200 feet and caught fire. His partner Brabasou and several workers at the Ohio State Hospital could not rescue him.
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Lima
Ohio
Andrew Drew
Puyil
Orville Wright
Drew
Brabasou
Oma State Hospital
Nebraskan Arrested on Perjury Charge
Denver reports an undercurrent of uncertainty as the second trial of Henwood for Copeland’s killing enters a day of rebuttal testimony. The arrest of John T Garver, a witness, sparks new questions amid claimed threats from Sylvester Von Punt. The defense argues Henwood acted in self defense, a bystander was killed by a wild revolver shot, and Corie was released on bond.
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Denver
Henwood
George Fp. Copeland
John T Rver
Qury Garver
Sylvester L. von Punt
von Punt
Woman confesses then repudiates murder admission
Mrs. Ida May Kellar of Harrisonville Missouri repudiates a written confession that she killed her husband Arthur Kellar and her 1 year old daughter Margaret with an ax. She claims the confession was coerced by a Kansas City detective.
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Harrisonville
Ida May Kellar
Arthur Kellar
Margaret
Jim Prater
Kansas City
Kellar
Tam
George
Senators Visit Battlefields of West Virginia Coal Strike
Five United States senators traveled to Paint Creek and Cabin Creek to view the coal strike battlefields in West Virginia. The trip followed a postponement of the Senate mine investigating committee’s Charleston schedule after Governor G’s failure to arrive. Witness Joseph Goldsborough testified letters were opened at the High Coal post office in the Hoomer mine field.
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Charleston
W. Va
United States
West Virginia Hilla
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
Benate
Hills
Joseph Goldsborough
High Coal
Hoomer
Frisco Inquiry to Begin in St Louis
The Interstate Commerce Commission will start its preliminary investigation of the St Louis and Hun Francheeq railroad receivership in St Louis. Commission attorneys learned most records are in St Louis and will begin work there while other agents proceed from New York.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis & Hun Francheeq
St. Louis
Building Collapse Traps Workmen in Vancouver
Vancouver June 1—One man killed and five seriously injured as a four story concrete business block under construction collapses. Firefighters and volunteers brace walls to reach two men believed buried under debris with three others unaccounted for amid ongoing rescue efforts.
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Vancouver
Debria
Vollapae
Grafted Lecturers By Selling Notes In Nebraska
Omaha June 13 notes from the Lyceum Bureau show McBrien profited by selling notes of prominent lecturers. He listed U S senators and other well known figures who were courted for speaking engagements, some paying commissions in advance while others were not contracted.
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Omaha
Neb
Iever
Lyceum Bureau
Whic McBrien
Givalt
Nebraska
Indiana
Jonathan Hourne
Oregon
F. Burkett
Harvey W. Wiley
Preacher Detains Gear of De Beque Cowboys in Street Riots
In Grand Junction Colorado on June 13, Reverend A F Glover a 23 year old preacher dispersed twenty five cowboys amid shooting and rioting in De Beque. He covered them with his revolver and escorted the group to jail. A warrant for his arrest was sought but Mayor Walker blocked service. The clash began when Abe Ong accused the mayor of lying and was knocked down before gunfire spread through the streets.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Debeque
A. F. Glover
Walker
Abe Ong
Cuban search for missing Maceo son in New York
The Cuban consulate confirms a systemat ic search for Antonio Maceo, son of General Antonio Maceo, who was committed to a state insane asylum on Long Island in September and escaped in June. Authorities will report findings to Havana. He used the alias Antonio Meson and is about 32 years old.
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New York
Antonio Maceo
Spain
Long Island
Young Maceo
State Hospital For
Central Blip
S. 1
Antonio Meson
State Department
Havana
Maceo
Flypaper Used In War On Hoppers In Butts County
In Chico on June 1, farmers in eastern Butts county deploy flypaper molasses and snakes to combat a grasshopper swarm. Large quantities of flypaper line fields and hoppers are captured. Bidwell company coats tree bases with syrup, trees attracting and killing many hoppers. Rattlesnakes and other reptiles feed on pests, with farmers preferring living predators to poison.
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Chico
Orchardiata
Butts County
Bidwell Company
Gomez revolution gaining power in El Paso
In Paso June 13 followers of Emilio Vasques Gomes show renewed activity not linked to the constitutional movement. Federal muineers under Maximo Castillo in the Juarez area support Vasques. Gomes claims the presidency with an organizing committee in El Paso and is expected there at noon.
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FE Paso
Tex
Emilio Vasques
Federal Muineers
Maximo Caastillo
Juarez
Vasques Giomes
el Paso
Benton Entering Gubernatorial Race in Belmont Bid
Everett Lenton of Belmont announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. The move follows a party meeting with former U S Senator W Murray Crane and other leaders after last year’s three corner contest that defeated Benton by Joseph Walker.
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Boston
Roosevelt Sulzer Speak On Same Platform At Event
Governor Kulzer and President Roosevelt addressed the audience from the same platform at a convention last night. Roosevelt urged direct primaries while Sulzer backed party aligned action and reform measures.
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Roosevelt
Sulzer
Huchewior
Kulzer
Governors Priory
Hovernor
Yacht Seized by Japanese Authorities During Repairs
Tokyo reports the seizure of the American yacht Columbia owned by J. Harvey Ladew of the New York Yacht Club after an apparent repair visit dispute. The Japanese say permit covered only Takamatsu and Wakayama, not Nagahama, while U.S. officials expect no penalty if necessity of repairs is proven and foresee no diplomatic incident.
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Tokyo
Nagasaki
Columbia
J. Harvey Ladew
New York Yacht Club
Nagahama
Red
Ayakre
Takamatsu
Washington
Wakayama
Interstate Commerce Commission to probe Frisco finances
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission will open a formal probe into the St. Louis San Francisco railroad system. The inquiry, prompted by Senator Kenyon's Senate resolution, will examine ties with Chicago Rock Island Pacific and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois deal, including leased line rentals. A preliminary NY investigation begins, with a final Senate report and potential broader action to follow.
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Washington
St. Louis
San Francisco
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frisco
Chicago
House of Representatives
Kenyor
New York City
Carriers
Harlan
Rocksland
Department A Justice
Senator to Make Marathon Speech
Washington June 1 Free raw materials and sugar on the tariff agenda dominated Senate finance committee work today as amendments were defeated and debate over the Democratic tariff bill loomed. Senator La Follette and Amith prepared long arguments while Penrose led anti free sugar measures and Amith aimed to lead a week long speech. Minority members vowed thorough study as the committee also moved pig iron and ferro manganese to the free list and placed steel rails on the undutiable list.
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Springfield
Senate
Penrose
Finance Committee
Amith
Mighi Arso
Ninown
la Follette
Bis
Henatora Horah
Cummins Weeks
Lodge
Root
Cumber
Gallinger
Comittee
Hac
Michigan Berry Expert Mateich Quion Dies in Newark
Newark New Jersey June 12 Mateich Quion authority on agriculture who introduced the American berry into England died yesterday at his home here aged 78 years.
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WN. J
New Haven Holdings Shares Fall Amid Market Liquidation
New York stock action showed New York New Haven Hartford slipping to 90 percent near noon. The decline marked a new intraday low, down about three points from yesterday, with no accompanying news but seen as broader liquidation by discouraged holders.
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New York
New Haven
Hartford
Serbs and Bulgars Agree to Mediation in Balkan War Territory Dispute
At Petersburg on June 1 the Servian and Bulgarian governments agreed to accept Hussain arbitration over territory acquired in the Balkan war. Both nations will withdraw to relieve tension and pursue a settlement of their differences through mediation.
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Petersburg
Hussain
Keeles
Hulgaria
Bervia
Six Soldiers Die in Fierce Mor o Battle at Bageag
American forces captured the trenches of the Moros at Bageag near Jolo after a ferocious engagement. Six US troops were killed and 11 wounded, including two from Company M and one from another unit. Lieutenant Edwin H. M. Rackle was wounded in the leg. Brigadier General John led Mindanao operations, promising continued action until the island is peaceful.
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Bageag
Jolo
Gay
M. Ae
United States Infantry
Othe
Edwin HM
Rackle
John
Mindanao
Government perturbed by report of battle in Philippines
General Wood requests an immediate report from General Bell on Pershing’s operations against Moros in the Jolo Archipelago. The war department lacks full details as Pershing has broad authority to disarm Moros, with long-distance communications and a wary staff. Rumor says Jolo insurgents led a clash, complicating American disarmament efforts.
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Bell
Philppine
Pershings
Jolo Aro Pelago
Pershing
Zamboanga
Jolo
Manila
Sesorta
Joloam
Ennui Drives Rich Couple to Death by Own Action
Zurich reports Eugene Maggi aged 41 and his wife 46, wealthy Swiss residents, died by suicide after years of childless marriage. Their estates were valued around 10 million dollars and Maggi recent incomes from multiple farms. They retired to their bedroom with the fire alight and were found dead next morning.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Eugene Maggi
Ife
Eugene Magei
Magai
Agatha Skerseth a 16 Year Old Ends Life in Attic
The Philadelphia police report the suicide of Agatha Skerseth, 16, found hanging in the Audubon New Jersey attic. A note in her handwriting blamed Frank Wells for not loving her and claimed she died for love. The grandmother led the search after Agatha vanished, uncovering the scene.
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Philadelphia
Agatha Skerseth
Audubon
N. J
Agatha Skoraeth
Agatha
Frank Wells
Canister from Street Car Explodes in Liverpool
A canister hurled from a street car exploded near the suspension bridge over the slip canal at Runcodn. It burnt with a loud report. A chemist found it contained sulfur and chlorate of potash. Militant suffragists are suspected by authorities.
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Liverpool
Mingland
Runcodn
Weather clerks ordered demoted in Moore case
Washington on June 7 reports thirty one weather bureau employees have been reduced for alleged political activity connected to former Chief Willis L. Moore’s dismissal. Henry L. Hetakell and D. J. Carroll are placed on unpaid leave during an investigation.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Willis L. Moore
Henry L. Hetakell
D. J. Carroll
Aia
Four Injured in Fireworks Explosion at Mill
Firework blast at W. A. Wilmet flour mill near Deerfield injured four people, two seriously. Two children of Wilmet among the injured as blast damaged two churches and many residences. total damage estimate unavailable.
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