Wilbur Wright Dies After Courageous Struggle at Dayton
Dayton May 6 Wilbur Wright first aviator of the world died at 3 30 a m after a 36 hour fever. He and Orville perfected the first successful heavier-than-air machine. Wright battled typhoid and high fever with stimulants as physicians reported a remarkable fight against death. Family and colleagues, including father Bishop Milton Wright and sister Katherine, stood by during the final hours.
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Wilbur Wrights Career Spanning Fame and Flight
Wilbur Wright, famed inventor and aviation pioneer, rose from Dayton bicycle business to develop the first flying machine with his brother Orville. Their 1903 Kitty Hawk flight proved to the world that sustained air travel was possible, earning them international acclaim and a lasting place in progress.
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Constitutional convention backs initiative plan amid Bernie Tannehill clash
Columbus May 30 A vote of 85 to 14 approved an initiative and referendum measure. The plan reduces signature thresholds from 12 to 1 percent, creating a Wisconsin style process with extra steps for legislative or popular submission. Debate centered on nonpartisan primaries and a recall proposal. Knight on local school district self rule and Torrens land title reform were also approved. Countess Charare elopes with Terrell Peters in Vienna as their US marriage plans loom.
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Senate Repeals Reciprocity Act Free Print Paper Duty
The senate repealed the Canadian reciprocity act and its provision that allowed free import of print paper from Canada, affecting duty exemptions and trade terms.
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English Lord Visite Senate Leads Essex Peer in Session
English Lord Montague of Essex appeared in the Senate in Washington on May 30. He sits in the House of Lords and enjoys its privileges as a visiting noble.
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Burglar Admits Guilt and Strikes Spread
A series of crime and labor items from May spans a burglar who pleaded guilty and faces grand jury action, a paroled prisoner in Columbus, and a large hotel workers strike in New York as unions push for recognition. The report notes Steubenville judicial candidate’s death, a field death in Cleveland, a powder explosion in Xenia, and Lincoln home transfer proposal. Labor actions threaten major city restaurants and hotels with work stoppages unless unions gain recognition.
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Acquittal in Brooklyn Nursery Murder Case
A Brooklyn jury acquitted Miss Winifred Ankers, a young mother, charged with pooi money nine babies at the Brooklin Nursery hospital. She was released immediately after the verdict.
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Representative Rodenberry Seeks Ban on Prizefight Films
Washington May 30 Representative Rodenberry of Georgia introduces a resolution to prohibit the transportation of prizefight pictures or films in interstate commerce. He argues against public exhibition of the Jack Johnson and white hope Flynn bout.
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Three Young Men Confess Holdups in Chicago
Three youths in Chicago confessed to police their role in one murder and thirty hold ups. Leader Harry Jacoby admitted killing John Angel in a saloon last April. His companions Thomas Bromad and Benjamin Ladalski joined out of admiration for his exploits, returning their revolvers nightly to a restaurant keeper.
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Methodist Conference Closes In Minneapolis May 1912
The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church concluded in Minneapolis with Bishop Henry W. Warren delivering benediction. A committee was authorized to prepare a report on ritual revision for the 1916 conference. Delegates approved the race clause amendment by 520 to 44 percent, though not a full two thirds of the body, to be reconsidered by annual and lay conferences over the next four years before final action in 1916.
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Harmon Garners Delegations In Three Counties
Columbus May 30 Harmon won three counties and lost one in county conventions to pick delegates for the state convention at Toledo next week. Only Perry county held a Republican convention. Delegates are uninstructed and probably for Colonel Roosevelt. Harmon’s supporters controlled Clinton Brown and Paulding counties and the 17 delegates are said to back the modified unit rule. Highland county backed a seven member hostile delegation led by L J Farts of Hillshorn in the Slath district. Highland men back General C H Hughes for governor.
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Eight Die in Bavarian Austrian Rail Wreck
Munich May 30 eight persons were killed outright and forty one injured when two trains collided on the bridge between Berchtesgaden Bavaria and Salzburg Austria. Debris covered the track as relief crews from Reichenhall and a wrecking train with nurses rushed to the scene. Early reports warned some injured might not survive. The line connects with the Austrian Western railway at the frontier crossing mountainous terrain.
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Taft Attack Probe Leads Secret Service Action
Rutherford New Jersey May 20 Chief Wilkie of the secret service is quietly probing an attempted attack on President Taft during a public square speech Saturday night. A Italian suspect allegedly threw a package that struck the president in the face with no arrests yet. A separate item notes Mrs Id drapeng of Priston has sold the champion bulldog Yéodora Monarch to Lobban of New York for over 5000 dollars, the highest price for the breed.
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Convention Battle in Light May Clash Over Seats
Roosevelt supporters and other adherents claim immediate seat possession at the Republican national committee meeting in Chicago on June 6. The Nebraska contest and direct primary developments spark debate on when new committeemen begin duties while the party seeks an orderly convention.
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Roosevelt delegates plan post Chicago convention platform
At Roosevelt headquarters in Columbus Ohio a statement says delegates expect the state convention to adjourn after electing six at large delegates to the national convention. The state ticket and platform will be adopted at a later adjourned session after Chicago. Delegates favor postponement to align with the national platform and unite the party in Ohio.
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LaFollette presses on after reverses in three states
Washington May 30 Senator LaFollette remained undismayed by setbacks in the Pacific toast area and in Ohio and New Jersey. He began a week of ante-primary campaigning in South Dakota, signaling continued march toward the upcoming primary battles.
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