Tragic Wisconsin River Boat Wreck Claims Multiple Lives
A motor boat excursion on the Wisconsin River sinks after a rudder failure near shore. Gustave Janke Sr and his family, including four children and two daughters, perish along with two friends and a fisher. A mother clings to hope as rescuers race to save others amid frantic currents and debris.
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White
Walisia
Wisconsin
Gustave Janke, Jr
Tien Hi
Gustave
Waller
Henry
Gilbert
Eleanor
Gertrude
Janke
Sanin Thane
Herman Reehl
Janke i Whitwig
Janky
Sheriffs Term Unchanged and Water Power Bills Halted
The assembly rejected changes to sheriff tenure and postponed the Greenwood and Murphy county officer bills. A dam and water power measure was laid on the table as negotiations continue. The Zee pay bill to cover defense expenses for local officials passed the assembly.
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Madium
Greenwood
Murphy
Thg
Auto Bandits Rob Farm Family in Troy Hold-Up
Four men in an automobile stopped at the Richmond brothers farm in Troy and demanded money. When told there was none, the robbers struck the brothers with a club, bound and gagged them, searched the house, and escaped with little booty. The brothers later freed themselves and alerted authorities.
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Elkhorn
Richmond Brothers
Troy
Batny
Bartender Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Lavalle, a Fond du Lac bartender, found guilty of murder in the second degree for the November 23 1912 death of Peter Guenther.
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Fond du Lac
Lavalle
Peter Guenther
Sturgeon Bay Dedicates New Carnegie Library
The city’s new Carnegie library, completed at a cost of 12500 dollars, has been dedicated in Sturgeon Bay. The town’s library association traces back to 1866, reflecting a long history of local literacy.
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Sturgeon Bay
Carnegie
Physicians Warn Against Widely Publicized Tuberculosis Remedy
Public health officials reported no confirmation that Dr. Friedmann tuberculosis vaccine justifies public confidence. Observers at Mount Sinai hospital caution against undue publicity, noting possible therapeutic value but urging reliance on proven treatments and further study.
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Washington, D.C
Public Health Service
Pop
Friedmann
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Joni F. Anderson
Hygivale Laboratory
A.M. Stinson
Andlber Public Health
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
Memorial monument dedication for Carl Schurz in New York
Civil war veterans who served with Carl Schurz attended a ceremony at Morningside Drive and One Hundred Sixteenth Street to dedicate a monument. Joseph H. Choate presided, with speeches by Borough President McAninny Count von Bernstorff the German ambassador and Congressman Richard Bartholdi.
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New York
Carl Schurz
Morningside Drive
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Joseph H. Choate
McAnlny
Count von Bernstorfff
Richard Bartholit
Funk Heads Rumely Firm
The Rumely company announces the election of C. B. Funk as president. Funk has six years of service as general manager at the International Harvester company. The Rumely board of directors has been reorganized.
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New York
C. 8. Funk
Rumely Company
Funk
International Harvester Company
Suffrage Bill Passes Illinois Senate in 29 to 16 Vote
The Illinois Senate approved a partial women suffrage measure by 29 to 16, opening voting for certain state officers and local offices but stopping short of full suffrage. If the bill advances to the House and becomes law, women could vote for presidential electors and numerous state and local officials, with separate ballots and standard registration. Governor Dunne would decide the bill’s fate.
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Springfield
Senate
Hiis
Atale Board of Equalization
Asses
Charged With 25 Murders InWide Range Case
A theory attributes 25 murders over three years to Jien ny Lee Moore, now serving life in Missouri. The cases span multiple states including Colorado and Kansas, with victims such as H C Wayne and A J Burnham, and families from Monmouth to Ellsworth. Moore was convicted in Missouri for the killings of his mother and grandmother in Columbia.
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Leavenwor H
Muals
Missouri
Kon
Colorado
Jienny Lee Moore
Misouri Penitentiary
W. Mc Tlaughrey
Department of Justice
Flethman
H.C. Wayne
A. J. Burnham
George Moore
Mary Wilson
Columbia, Mo
Moore
Jefferson City
Wilson
Fisher Faults Congress Over Alaska Status
Washington May 8 Former interior secretary Welter L Fisher told the senate territories committee that responsibility for Alaska rests with Congress and no one else He argued legislative action to open Alaska has been repeatedly urged but nothing has been done He said federal control limits railroads needed to develop the territory.
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Washington
Alaska
Congress
Welter L. Fisher
Aecretary of the Interior
Senate Territories Committee
Infernal Machine Found at St Pauls Cathedral in London
A heavy parcel wrapped in suffragette paper was found by a verger inside St Pauls Cathedral and handed to police. The device, described as small yet powerful, was timed to explode at midnight but failed to detonate. Police linked the bomb to militant suffragettes and nearby警 offices reported related packages in Fleet Street and near a wholesale drug house.
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London
House of Commons
Parliaméot
Collitanca
St. Paul's Cathedral
Great Britain
Rome
Freet Street
Bishop's Park
Fulham
West End
Umber Yard
Lambeth
Borob
Uckley
St Paul's
Fleet Street
St. Paul's
May Crop Report Outlines Grain Conditions and Acreage
The May crop report shows winter wheat at 1.9 percent of normal, area to be harvested 30,938,000 acres, yield 16.6 bushels per acre, estimated crop 615,571,000 bushels. Rye and meadow lands condition figures, pasture 71 percent, spring plowing 47.2 percent completed, spring planting 37 percent completed.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Three TB bills pass assembly in Sacramento
Sacramento May 10 three bills totaling 27000 dollars were approved to fight tuberculosis. One allocates 20000 dollars for a state department of tuberculosis maintenance, another 4000 dollars for treatment of afflicted residents, and a third 3000 dollars for public education on prevention.
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Sacramento
Cal
Steamer Ophir Fire Claims Six The Vancouver Crew
A Vancouver BC steamer Ophir burned at Canoe Pass near Ladner killing six of its eleven crew members. The vessel tied up at the Brunswick cannery and sailed Thursday night before flames cut off escape. The fire is attributed to an unknown cause.
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Vancouver
B. C
Ophir
Brunswick
Canoe Pass
Ladner
Frager River
Supreme Court DC appoints first woman distant clerk
National capital items include the DC Supreme Court naming Elizabeth M. Meigs as distant clerk. Auction figures record $16 for a card table set and $1.25 for a gag lamp linked to a veteran politician. The piece notes the end of the veteran’s link to Washington with the sale of his home furniture.
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Nashington
Mos
National Capital
Washington
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Elizabeth M. Meigs
United States Bureau of Chemistry
R. H. DeFerrari
South American Steamship Company
Panama
United States
Valparaiag
New York
Panama Canal
Forest Home Cemetery
Chicago
Supreme Court
Joby G. Gask
President Huerta Will Be Ignored by U S
Washington May 10 The American government will not recognize Huerta in Mexico and will not rush to acknowledge the de facto regime. President Wilson plans to give Huerta time to prove he can protect Americans and foreign interests, but will act decisively if foreigners or Americans are endangered.
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Washington
Huerta
Mexico
Henry Lane Wilson
United States
Genera Huerta
Wilson
Vette
Vigorus
Cincinnati Street Car Strike Declared by Union
A strike was declared on Cincinnati street car lines by executive division 627 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes. The strike began at night.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Passage of Underwood Tariff Bill Sparks House Action
The Underwood tariff bill passed the House 281 to 139 with mixed party support and criticism from Republicans and Progressives over its scope and a drop in the Senate’s anticipated timetable. Speaker Clark hailed the vote as a milestone in President Wilton's extra session as debate shifts to the Senate where the Democratic majority is narrowing.
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Washington
House
Clark
Iqud Jones
Wilton
Congress
Senate
Sam
Murdock
Abe
Cary and Stafford
Wisconsin
Broussard, Dupre
Lazaro
Morgan
Louisiana
Ace Wure
CG. Ts. Smith
New York
Kelly and
Rupley
Pennsylvania
Nolan
California
Bryan
Kent
Representative Copley
Mann
Underwood
Payne
Tariff Commission
Tariff Board
Alfonso's Paris Visit Ends Amid Talk of Alliance
Paris officials and French newspapers signal a possible Franco Spanish alliance after King Alfonso of Spain concludes his Paris visit with a review of the French parade. The visit leaves the press largely favorable, with informed circles noting a developing understanding between governments.
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Paris
France
Basia
Alfonso
Spain
Wall
Anl
Presa
Derial Reet
Bank Bandits Loot Farmers' Savings Bank Galesburg
Four men dynamited the Farmers Savings Bank at North Henderson Galesburg Illinois and fled with about 34000 in currency and gold. They scattered several hundred dollars in silver on the floor and did not take it. Bank owner Charles C. Craig of Galesburg is identified.
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Galesburg
Ill
Farmers’ Savings Bank
North Henderson
Charles C. Craig
Appointment of Mrs Caoingatraet in Georgia
Mrs Caoingatraet of Washington was appointed by President Wilson on May 8 to postmaster at Galnosvills Georgia. She succeeds Mrs Halen Lougatraet widow of a Civil War veteran in a political appointment marked by wartime era patronage.
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Mra
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Harvard University
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