Devastating Etna quake strikes Catania region
A night quake and volcanic eruption near Mount Etna devastated villages around Catania Sicily. Official dead rise to 135 with 283 injured. several hamlets flattened and rail lines torn up as troops nurses and Red Cross aid the rescue. Refugees flock to the city seeking shelter and relief.
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Catania
Sicily
Mount Etna
Messina
Vilages
Army
Navy
Rome
Red Cross
Cosende
Santa Maria
Acirealo
Linera
Gonzentini
Zafforana
Consentia
Santa Venerina
Santa Maria Ammalati
Carico
Guardia
Mangano
Santa Tecla
Bongiardo
Santa Maria Vergine Catena
Santa Verenia
Trades and Labor Council criticizes Coongil on park use
Emphatic disapproval voiced at the trades and labor council meeting over city council refusal to furnish a park for amateur sports. The group plans to press the issue via press outreach and public education, arguing the city favors professional baseball over amateur facilities.
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Trades and Labor Council
Ball Park
Haley
Maple Leaf Milling Co Plans Construction at Medicine Hat Plant
Mayor M A Brown reports Maple Leaf Milling Co has arrangements to begin building a large Medicine Hat plant next week. General Manager Shaw confirms active construction will start in May and that the superintendent will arrive soon to prepare.
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Mayor Brown
Maple Leaf Milling Company
Medicine Hat
Shaw
Maple Leaf
Brown
Healey Shaw
Maple Leaf Mining Co
Toronto
M. A. Brown
Alta
Medicine, Hat
Aviator Baconnaise Dies Stopping Runaway Horse
Paris reports aviator Martin Baconnaise killed near St. Cyr station while stopping a runaway horse. He was known for facing danger in the skies and died in the line of duty.
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Paris
Martin Baconnaise
St. Cyr Station
German aviators die in landing accident near Stettin
Lieuts Faber and Curtz of the German army air service were killed during a landing at Stettin today. They were flying from Sverin to Posen when the crash occurred, apparently caused by a too abrupt turn by the pilot.
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Stettins
Germany
Faber and
Curtz
Sverin
Posen
SILLIMAN SAFE AT SALTILLO
American Vice Consul Silliman is reported safe in Saltillo after fears of imprisonment. Mexican war minister assured the French legation in Mexico City, via Ambassador Jusserand, that the consulate is guarded by federal forces and no Americans, including Silliman, are under arrest.
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Washington
Silliman
Saltillo
Mexico City
State Department
Bryan
Jusserand
France
Huerta
Sillman
Copper Mines Reopen Increasing Workforce in Michigan
Calumet list shows Mam Arac mine reopened after the July strike, adding 200 workers and two shafts. Michigan copper mines employ nearly 18,000 men, 2,000 more since the strike began, while iron mining firms cut more than 1,500 jobs due to weak ore markets.
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Calumet
Mich
Mamarac
Michigan
Hatters Edge Sox In Slow Spring Exhibition
Medicine Hat and Regina battle in a late afternoon practice game with Lind pitching for Regina and Bottorff warming up for Medicine Hat. Early action features a double steal attempt, a fumbled play, and several outs as Zoeller and Smith challenge the defense. Page twelve continuation promised.
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Dunn
Lind
Stis
Bottorff
Sox
Nelson
Regina
Sinnette
Medicine Hat
Bliss
Zoeller
Henry
J. Smith
Williams
C. Smith
Herriott
Daniels
Flieger
Whaling
More
Hillman
Carnes
Hayes
Zoellers
Jack Smith
Smith
Chief Smith
Two Men Held in Canada for Multiple Murders
Immigration officers arrested P A Ard and a man named Sheridan at Kingsgate British Columbia. They are suspected of killing C O Hennessan an interpreter on the G N R extra gang at Bonners Ferry Idaho and believed linked to a prior robbery and murder in Hillyard Washington. They hold revolvers and 125 rounds of ammunition and are jailed at Sandpoint awaiting murder charges.
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Cranbrook
B. C
P. A. Ard
Sheridan
Kingsgate
C. O’henessen
G. N. R. Extra
Bonner's Ferry
Idaho
CG. N. R
O’henessen
Ard
Hillyard
Washington
Moose Jaw
Sandpoint
Fatal Birmingham Fire Claims Two Lives
Two men died in a blaze that destroyed a business house and the offices of the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Company in Birmingham Alabama last night. Property damage is estimated at 175000 dollars. The origin of the fire has not been determined.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Railway, Light ‘and. Power Company
Mazatlan Siege Rumors Mount as Mexican Conflict Rages
Reports from Mazatlan describe looming fall as U S and Mexican forces clash. The Guerrero and Limantour prepared to sail. gunboat Morelos abandoned. a wild shot caused panic. Casualties include American C B Helley and Englishman G H Williams near El Favor mine.
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Geneva
Kerrigan
Magruder
Raleigh
Morelos
Guerrero
C. B. Helley
G. H. Williams
el Favor Mine
Hostatipquillo
Decrease of Homestead Entries at Maple Creek
Land Office figures show Maple Creek land rush this year far weaker than last year with 312 entries in April versus 742 the prior year. Demand remains but free land is scarcer and finding suitable locations has become harder for seekers.
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Maple Creek
Land Office
Maple Creek District
Maple Creek News
Prince Albert Mourns Death of Former Speaker J F Hetts
Prince Albert reports the death of J F Hetts a former speaker of the Northwest Territories legislature He died this morning in the city and is remembered for his public service and leadership in the territorial government.
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Prince Albert
J. F. Hetts
Northwest
Chas W Post Shoots Self in California
Santa Barbara Cal May Chas W Post a Battle Creek Mich millionaire manufacturer shot himself this morning ending his life in a California residence according to reports.
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Chas, W. Post
TN Calefornea
Santa Barbara
Cal
Battle Creek
Mich
Steamer Kron Prinzesen Cecelie Munitions Return
Secretary Bryan announced that munitions of war aboard the steamer Kron Prinzesen Cecelie now at Puerto Mexico will be returned to Germany.
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Washington
Puerto Mexico
Germany
Bryan
Jury Deadlocks in Larne Murder Trial
In Sault Ste. Marie on May 9 the jury, out 13 hours, failed to reach a verdict in the Larne murder trial. The case adjourned to the fall assize. Larne faced charges of killing his wife and concealing her body under river ice.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Larne
Fall Assize
German Refugees Gather on Ypiranga Off Fort Morgan
Mobile Alabama May 9 The passenger list of the Ypiranga in quarantine off Fort Morgan shows 190 refugees including Baron and Baroness Von Sitton Count De Barbiere former attache at the French Legation in Mexico City George Clymer an American merchant of Tampico and G S Smith of Kansas City The ship will reach Mobile Sunday and take 75000 dollars worth of foodstuffs to German warships in Mexican waters Many refugees are destitute and 178 are Germans The Ypiranga still carries rifles and ammunition intended for Vera Cruz before it was seized by the Americans
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Mobile
Ala
Ypiranga
Fort Morgan
Baron
Baroness von Sitton
Count de Barbiere
Mexico City
George Clymer
Tampico
G. S. Smith
Kansas City
Vera Cruz
Thousands of suffragists march to demand amendment
With banners bands and songs several thousand suffragettes parade along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. At a mass meeting petitions from 531 women representing every state urged passage of the Bristow Mondell resolution for a federal woman suffrage amendment.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lafayette Square
Capitol
Congress
Ethel Smyth
England
William Kent
Representative Kent
California
Caroline Lexow
Women’s Political Union of
New York
Donald Hooker
Baltimore
Lucy Burns
Brooklyn
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
White House
Bristow-Mondell
Loyal Canadians pledge aid for Irish settlement at Home Rule march
Toronto Unionists marching with 12 bands expressed support for a constitutional, fair settlement of Ulster's status under imperial oversight. The May 9 rally voiced loyalty to Ireland’s fellow subjects and promised moral and financial backing to maintain full citizenship under the British Empire.
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Ireland
Toronto
Boyne Water
Ulster
Asquith
Empire
Building permits issued for many new residences downtown
Building inspector reports numerous residence permits this week plus several additions. R F Peachey secures a 3300 dollar home on Barclay Street Block 3 Herald. Neu mann builds two homes in Altawana Fourth Street. Cartlidge adds a 1400 dollar house in Riverside. Health board sewerage requirements drive many additions city wide.
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R. F. Peachey
Herald
Barclay Street
Co. Neumann
Altawana
Fourth St
N. E
Riverside
Cartlidge
Board of Health
Funston Clarifies Parks Incident From Vera Cruz Report
General Funston stated that Private Parks allegedly insane rode away with two horses from Lieut Elmore Taggart and was captured by Mexican Federals. He did not report Parks’s execution but mentioned an unidentified American civilian death. Secretary Garrison summarized the May 6 incident involving Private Samuel Parks of the Twenty-Third Infantry.
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Washington
Funston
Vera Cruz
Parks
Elmore Fpf
Taggart
Garrison
Samuel Park
Twenty-Highth Infantry
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy Optimistic After West Visit
Montreal May 9 Sir Thomas Shaughnessy returns from the west asserting signs of stringency are easing and a fall recovery is likely if crops are good. He sees improvement in trains hotels and freight but says the country remains fundamentally sound with no vital interests irreparably harmed and his position is strong.
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Sigily
Old World
Juna
Kitna
Etna
Datvoyi
Calabria
United States
Coongil
Calgary
Messrs. Evans
Izzard Ted Turnbull
Messrs Izzard
Bell
Richie
B. of M. of
W. E
Winnipeg
Maple Leaf Milling CO
Silliman Safe
MAD Hatters
Great Northern Extra
Birminghan
Mazatlan
U. S. S. California
Mazatland
Mexico
San Diego
Limantour
Salina Cruz
J. T. Betts
Old City
Sir Thos. Shaughnessy
West
Montreal
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
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