Haywood withdraws from Socialist presidential bid
Chicago May 2 Haywood declares he is not a candidate and will work as a private in the ranks to advance the party. He asks friends to drop efforts for nomination, says he will campaign for ticket and principles in every state, while a Western delegation may push him to run for vice president. Debate over Titus leadership intensifies as faction accuses him of disrupting the party.
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Socialist National Convention
United Press
United States
Haywood
Coates
Colorado
Idaho
Debs
Governors Dine at White House in Reform Conference
Forty one governors and nine Supreme Court justices, plus cabinet officers and notable public figures, gather at the White House for a prelude to a national governors conference. A drainage convention and a major effort on forest utilization and irrigation are detailed, with two colossal forest maps displayed to illustrate irrigation projects spanning nearly one million acres.
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Supreme Court of the United States
White House
Johnson
Folk
Innox
Carnegie
Hill
Gompers
Mitchell
Conference of Governors
Forest Service
United States
Reclamation Service
Roosevelt
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
North Platte
Nebraska
More Warships Less Statesmen Says Bob Evans
Admiral Evans urged fewer statesmen and more battleships in a speech to cheering crowds at the North Platte depot. He linked Congress failing to pass the battleship bill and his rank rise to naval peril, saying the American people face ongoing war risk while others seek what we have. His bus tour across the state drew sustained ovations.
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North Platte
Neb
United States
Evans
Congress
Jackies to Dance With Social Stars
In San Francisco on May 12 the fleet’s officers and men enjoyed excursions to places of interest. Tonight a grand function for enlisted men will feature twenty five thousand sailors dancing with women of social prominence and a bluejacket chosen by lot to lead the grand march with the top lady in attendance.
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San Francisco
Sells Driving Horse To Pearl Street Clothier
Mr.Oscar F. Anderson sells his driving horse and carriage to Peter Newburg a Pearl Street clothier.
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Oscar F. Anderson
Peter Newburg
Pearl Street Clothier
The Case for Tornado Causes in Weather Study
Washington reports that recent southern tornadoes illustrate climatic disturbances caused by a large cyclonic system. A high pressure region east of the Rockies and low pressure around the lake area produced circular winds. tornadoes result from the disk dipping to earth, with unpredictable locations.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Nature
Lake
Man Lays Claim to All Chicago City Site
Jan Kosciusko, claiming descent from a Polish hero, says Chicago's site is his rightful heritage and will pursue legal action to recover it. He asks for 100 million dollars in cash, noting he seeks peace and will avoid trouble. The Chicago council joked about sending the matter to the finance committee.
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Chicago
Jan Kosciusko
Committee On Finance
Storm Tornadoes Kill Nine Across Four Oklahoma Counties
Reports from Woodward Major Dewey and Ellis counties describe at least eight deaths and many injuries as tornadoes ripped through a fifty mile swath. In Illinois, two towns near Rock Island were nearly wiped out with one death and numerous injuries. Nebraska crops suffered heavy damage with buildings spared in Hastings where no structures were destroyed.
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Okla
Major
Dewey
Ellis
Rock Island
Illinois
Mercer
Henry
Tillman in danger may go to Europe
Charleston, S. C., May 12. Prominent democrats here corroborate rumors that Senator Tillman is threatened with paralysis. Some think he may not return to Washington in an official capacity, noting he will sail for Europe the latter part of this week. He was secretly removed from his home and taken to a train for Washington and placed in a private sanitarium. Mrs Tillman says there is nothing serious, only nervous strain.
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S. C
Tillman
Washington
Europe
Chicago Street Car Union Scabs Seek Court Injunction
Eight members of the local street car workers union petitioned a superior court in Chicago for an injunction to bar their discharge after resigning from the union. They claim the union is plagued by politics and alleges the union gave 1200 to aid ex Mayor Dunne's campaign two years ago. Union officials demanded their dismissal to avert a strike.
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Chicago
Superior Court
Chicago Railways Company
Dunne
Frank Padovani dies in poverty in Los Angeles
Los Angeles on May 12 reports that Frank Padovani once a leading tenor, died in poverty. For years he earned a living vending ice cream and was a familiar street figure.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Patti
Frank Padovani
League Park Robbed At Night
A late afternoon or night break-in at League Park club house led to the theft of mitts sweaters stockings and other items. Police investigate with suspicions pointing to local boys. manager Wink Hawley and John Elliott vow prosecutions. A sixteen to nineteen year old intruder previously accessed the fence but could not be located in the crowd.
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League Park
John Elliott
Rob Jewelry Store Burglary in Little Rock
Robbers struck the William Bell jewelry and pawn shop in downtown Little Rock last night taking about $3,000 in grips from stock. The heavy loot caused one loaded grip to be dropped during the escape.
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Little Rock
Ark
William Bell
Mrs Gunness linked to missing man case at mansion
In Cincinnati area May 12 Sam Hopping a wealthy farmer missing for a year may be a victim of Mrs Gunness. A watch sold by Oskamp Notting Co was found in Gunness ruins and the safety deposit box of Hopping opened recently shows a matching watch number. Attempts to reach the Hopping family failed.
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Gunness
Ole Budsberg
Iola
Wis
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sam Hopping
Harrison
Oskamp Notting Company
Hopping
Gunness Farm
Coroner Finds Three Rings With Gunness Ruins Body
In LaPorte Indiana on May 12 coroner J H Meyer and a physician reexamined the body from the Gunness house ruins and found three rings on a hand. One ring was plain gold.
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Laporte
Ind
J. H. Meyer
Gunness House
May Be Murderess Reputed in New Mexico
Engineer Kellogg of the Texas and Pacific railroad says he believes Mrs. Belle Gunness the Indiana murderess is in New Mexico. He reports a woman answering her description traveled with another woman on the Santa Fe line through Kansas and left the train at Rincon to go to Deming or Silver City.
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Tex
Kellogg
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Belle Gunness
Indiana
New Mexico
Kansas
Santa Fe
Rincon
N. M
Deming
Silver City
Wreck Fatal to Two in Indiana Freight Crash
May 12 Louisville report says engineer William McGregor was buried under his engine and killed while fireman Roy Ross died of injuries after a Pennsylvania freight wreck south of Columbus Indiana when the locomotive struck a mule train.
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William McGregor
Roy Ross
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Ind
Prison Break Attempt Ends in Mass Casualties at Ekaterinoslav Jail
In St. Petersburg on May 12 a bomb was thrown into the Ekaterinoslav government prison to aid an escape. The blast killed many inmates and wounded scores as the interior was wrecked. Ten fugitives were shot dead by guards during the escape attempt.
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ST. Petersburg
Ekaterinoslav
Woman commits suicide attempt amid insanity evaluation
Mrs Martha Houser of Sand Lake Coulee Onalaska drank a bottle of superfluous hair remover containing arsenic in a suicide attempt. She recently underwent a Lunacy Board examination on April 29 and was found insane. She was committed to the asylum by County Judge John Brindley after doctors declared her insane.
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Martha Houser
Sand Lake Coulee
Onalaska
Lester
Marquardt
Lendota
John Brindley
G O P Caucus Rescues the Vreeland Bill
Washington May 12 The revised Vreeland currency bill will be considered in the house Thursday under a special rule. By a 128 to 16 vote the Republican caucus last night voted down all amendments except wording changes and agreed on the measure. The caucus also provided means to bring the bill before the house at once. The large vote discomfited Chairman Fowler and insurgents in the banking and currency committee. The action was nearly unanimous and should insure passage by a Republican vote.
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Washington
House
Fowler
Committee On Banking and Currency
Hughes Rules Out VP Bid Before Convention
New York May 12 Governor Hughes states he will not permit his name to be used as a vice presidential candidate before the Republican national convention. The decision was conveyed in a letter to President Woodford of the Hughes league received today.
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New York
Hughes
Woodford
Hughes League
Mock Hold Up Fatal In Bakery Scene
In Chicago on May 12 a mock holdup in Henry Frank’s bakery ended fatally for Henry Frawley an 18 year old teamster. John Hefeli a young Austrian bakery employee fired the revolver fatally wounding Frawley after a joking rehearsal gone wrong. He had just been paid and carried about $12 in a small package of bills.
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Chicago
Henry Frank
Henry Frawley
John Hefeli
Frawley
Weather and Water Noted in La Crosse and US Extremes
Weather data shows La Crosse at 54 degrees with a high of 68 and southeast wind of 4 miles per hour and precipitation of .76. National extremes list Santa Fe at 36 and Abilene at 90 as the nation experiences varied temperatures. The river remains nearly stationary for 36 hours with stage at 76 and a 0.2 drop forecast. Wisconsin forecast predicts partly cloudy conditions with possible showers late tonight or Wednesday. Minnesota expects showers tonight and Wednesday, while Iowa remains warm and generally fair with local thunderstorms late tonight or Wednesday.
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Abilene
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