Survivor tells graphic tale of Lusitania sinking in New York
Samuel Knox president of New York Shipbuilding Company described his escape from the Lusitania after an explosion and the ship listing. He joined a half full lifeboat, was saved after six hours by a fishing smack, and noted Elbert Hubbard aboard without a lifebuoy. The report also includes observers of submarine activity near Dover and remarks from passengers including John G. Lamonty and Senator Lafayette Young.
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New York
Samuel Knox
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Germantown
Knox
Rotterdam
Lusitania
Cunard
Elbert Hubbard
Dover
John G. Lamonty
Hamburg
Titusville
Lamonte
Germany
Lafeyette Young
Senator Young
Hner
Election call urges voters for state supreme and circuit judges
In this district elections occur only every nine and six years for supreme and circuit judges. Voters should go to the polls on Monday June 7. Republican candidates named are Judge W F Bundy for the supreme bench and John H Marshall A H Partlow and Walter Brewer for the circuit bench. All are able lawyers and fitted for judicial honors.
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Illinois State Supreme Court
W. F. Bundy
Marion
Supreme Bench
John H. Marshall
A. H. Partlow
Walter Brewer
Bond Reduction Denied for Terre Haute Officials in Fraud Case
United States Court of Appeals in Chicago denied a motion to reduce bonds for eleven Terre Haute officials and politicians convicted of election fraud. Bond was $10,000 per year of sentence, which ranged from one to six years. The court held bail cannot be sized to defendants’ finances and set a June 21 hearing for new trial precedence.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Terre ‘Haute
Leavenworth
Francis E. Baker
Old Days in York Reminiscence Verses Harsh Prison Life
H C Bell recalls York era memories and a Leavenworth prison dispatch details former Terre Haute mayor Donn Roberts working in the federal prison laundry after election fraud conviction. He lists parole candidates and vivid local figures from Hutsonville and York in earlier days.
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Robertson
Terre: Haute
Edward Holler
Charles McCallaheré
Donn M. Roberts
Leavenworth
Donn Roberts
Terre Haute
Roberts
United States
Edward Heller
John Masselink
Maurice Walsh
Joseph O'Mara
Arthur Gillis
Joseph Strauss
Alexander Arcel
Charles Houghton
George Severn
Illinois House Places Freight Train Bill on Calendar
The Illinois House voted to place a bill limiting freight trains to fifty cars on the calendar, despite a committee verdict against it. Trade unionists urged support while railroads warn longer trains are safer, citing statistics. The paper notes that more shorter trains could raise accident risks and urges prudent judgment.
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House Committee On Public Utilities
Illinois
House
Chicago News
The Boy Wonder of Kansas
The poem lauds Jess Willard growing up in a plain Kansas town free of alcohol. It portrays his disciplined life, manual labor, and simple diet as foundations of his strength. It predicts only a formidable foe could still best him if he remains alcohol free.
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Aittle
Kansas Town
Jess Willard
Jess
Kansas
Walt Mason
Abe Martin on costs, war debts, and public vigor
The column muses on social contrasts from cheap to costly goods and urges practical effort over idle talk. It critiques government debt estimates and hints at global tensions with hints of temperance as a political front.
Optimism and Satire Blend in Quiet Wit
A reflective note on how optimism benefits from light satire. It suggests that those eager to display knowledge may fall short, exposing cracks in pretension and proving humor often tempers certainty.
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H. C. Bell
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Abe Martin
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Wabash
Farmer's 106
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