Eastern bomb plot rocks eight cities with deaths
A coordinated terror plot struck eight cities from Cleveland to Boston killing at least five. Bombs exploded near there were aimed at law enforcement officials with two deaths in Washington and New York, and attacks reported in Pittsburgh Boston Philadelphia and Paterson Newtonville and more.
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Washington
Cleveland
Boston
Pittsburgh
Paterson
N. J
West Philadelphia
New York
Newtonville
Mass
Department of Justice
Palmer
A. Mitchell Palmer
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Ira C. Copley
Illinois
R Street
Copley
Twenty-second Street
Sheridan Circle
Palmer House
Twenty-first
Twenty-second
James St. Ellerson
West End
du Pont
Sheridan
Army
Navy
Congress
Pullman
Capitol Police
Secret Service
Leland W. Powers
Massachusetts
Powers
Philadelphia
Pat
Our Lady of Victory
Louis Jagielky
Jagielky
Riddle on Making Fourteen With Mental Math Tricks
A puzzle instructs to name five odd figures that sum to fourteen and then considers 11 as two figures. It suggests flipping one as 11 and counting it as two figures. If needed, a second method shows four ones plus a leading four to total fourteen.
The Laboring Streamlet as a Life Span Analogy
A seventh grade discussion on Paul Haynes The River includes Henry's answer that the laboring streamlet represents ages eighteen to thirty with rushing waters and life events like marriage and children, illustrating the poem in a classroom context.
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Paul Hayne
Henry
English May Dances Keep May Day Traditions Alive
The love of the maypole persists among English children as old May dances are revived in villages and cities. May morning gaiety lights gray school playgrounds while girls in spring frocks sing and dance the historic steps through the ages.
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England
The Art of Dressing and Home Making Compared
The essay contrasts dress and home making noting many women own fine clothes but untidy houses. It argues dressing well is egoistic while tasteful home ambiance reflects social consciousness and hospitality.
Peace terms given Austria
The St Germain talks open with Clemenceau presenting terms. Dr Renner leads Austrian delegation in a cautious reply promising loyalty while acknowledging delayed presentation. Austria to accept league of nations covenant and recognize independence of Hungary and Serb-Croat-Slovene state with borders and minority protections outlined.
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St. Germain
France
Austria
St. Germalin
M. Clemenceau
Lansing
Henry White
Orlando
Italy
Paderewski
Poland
Arthur J. Balfour
Col. E. M. House
Marshal Foch
Bliss
Benson
Wallace
Clemenceau
Paul Durasta
Karl Renner
Slatin
Doctor Renner
Doctor Tenner
Hapsburg Dynasty
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Versailles
Doctor M Renner
Hoover Commission
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Hungary
Austria-Hungary
League of Nations
Serbia
Germany
Kingdom of
Baptismal Belief of Ages and Superstitions
The article notes beliefs around infant baptism such as the nurse entering church with the right foot and dancing the baby to ensure cheerfulness. It warns that using water from a girl’s baptism for a boy may cause feebleness, and that color choices like red are considered lucky for babies.
Compliment to a Lawyer Mackenzie Honored by Lords
The late M. M. Mackenzie, a high court referee, was praised by Lord Esher in a notable case. In a Court of Appeal argument led by the attorney general, the master of the rolls invited Mackenzie to assist. He cited an American Vermont case and several Australian authorities as no English precedent existed.
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M. M. Mackenzie
High Court
Court of Appeal
Master of the Rolls
Mackenzie
Vermont
Australia
German Peace Delegation Rejects Versailles Proposals
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau says the Versailles treaty is unbearable and outlines counter proposals. He lists cessions of German lands including West Prussia Pomerania Danzig East Prussia Memel Silesia and Baltic coast changes plus loss of fleet colonies and economic surrender. The note emphasizes impossibility of implementing the treaty and calls for Polish suzerainty over Danzig and other shifts.
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Washington
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Count Brockdorff-Rantzau
State Department
West Prussia
Pomerania
Danzig
East Prussia
Memel
Upper Silesian
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Lfe
East Germany
Kreise
Belgium
Three Die in Indianapolis 500 Race Crash
In Indianapolis the Peugeot driven by Howdy Wilcox won the 500 mile race on Saturday. Three drivers and a mechanician died early in the event with Arthur Thurman from Washington the first fatality followed by Louis Lecocq and helper R Bandini who perished in flames.
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Arthur Thurman
Lecocq
Bandini
Indianapolis
Wilcox
Speedway
Toronto General Strike Ends After Union Vote
Toronto Ont June 6 The city's general strike in sympathy with metal workers ended as union representatives voted to heed the metal trades council request for sympathetic workers to return to their jobs.
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Toronto
Ont
Metal Trades Council
Electrical Men to Strike Set for June 16
Springfield Illinois June 6 a strike call set for June 16 at 8 a m is sent from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers headquarters Charles P Ford secretary of the organization announced.
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Spingfield
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Charles P. Ford
Explosion Kills Three at Hopkins Creamery Boiler Blast
An explosion tore through the Hopkins creamery in Allegan County Michigan on June 6 killing three men and injuring four others. The blast wrecked the plant and shook the village while several workers escaped with minor injuries.
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Allegan
Mich
Hopkins
Miners Strike In Cle Elum District Reaches 1500
Fifteen hundred miners employed by Northwest Improvement in the Cle Elum district are on strike with more workers expected to quit soon. The action involves multiple mines under the company's control in Yakima area.
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Washington
Yakima
Wash
Northwest Improvement Company
Cle Eluin
Bread price unlikely to fall below ten cents, expert warns
W. M. Campbell of Kansas City says bread will stay at or above 10 cents a loaf despite wheat flour costs dropping in coming years. The statement was reported from St. Louis on June 5.
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St. Louis
W. M. Campbell
Kansas City
Supreme court upholds railroad and wire rate increases
The Supreme Court rules that railroad administration increases from last June are valid and federal authority is supreme. It reverses lower court rulings on intrastate rates and upholds the government’s wartime power to regulate rates in multiple cases involving Northern Pacific Dakota Central and other telecoms.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Supreme Court
North Dakota
Northern Pacific Railroad
Hines
South Dakota
Dakota Central
Postmaster General
Illinois
Mexican tribes join Villa column driving families toward border
Across the border at Agua Prieta Yaqui Indians reportedly joined the Villa forces after attacks on villages east and south of Guaymas. Many Mexican families flee toward safety near the border amid Sunday raids. El Paso reports Consul General Garcia departed for Mexico City after Carranza orders tied to reports Chihuahua City fell.
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Douglas
Ariz
Agua Prieta
Tonichi
Guaymas
el Paso
Tex
Garcia
Mexico City
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Villa
Torreon
Jiminez
Wire Strike at Atlanta Tells of Bell System Walkout
In Atlanta on June 4 union operators began a walkout after the ultimatum to Southern Bell officials. They protested the dismissal of several girls for alleged union ties, and shortly after the hour more than 150 girls had left switchboards.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Grand Parade Wins Derby at Epsom Downs
Grand Parade captured the premier turf event at Epsom Downs in London on June 5. Buchan finished second with Paper Money third as the purse reached 6500 guineas, about 32500 dollars, for the one mile and a half race.
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Grand Parade
London
Epsom Downs
Buchan
Paper Money
Labor Head's Car Blown Up Near Chicago
An automobile owned by Cornelius P. Shea a former Teamsters union head and known to Chicago police was blown up with dynamite in a prairie near the city on June 6.
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Chicago
Cornelius P. Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Iowa Governor Denounces Chicago as Un-American
Cedar Rapids June 6 Gov W L Harding of Iowa attacked Chicago city government as un American and pro German in a speech before the United Spanish American War Veterans in Cedar Rapids. He framed the attack as a defense of American values and loyalty amid wartime tensions.
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Chicago
Cedar Rapids
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Postmaster General Warns Strikers in Government Service
Atlanta June 5 The striking workers of Southern Bell and Atlanta Telephone are warned by Postmaster General Burleson that strikes are not permissible in government service.
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Atlanta, Ga
Southern Bell
Atlanta Telephone Companies
Burleson
Vanderlip Steps Down as National City Bank President
Frank Arthur Vanderlip resigns as president of the National City Bank in New York. He was elected to the post in January 1909. James A. Stillman succeeds him as president.
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Vanderlip
New York
Frank Arthur Vanderlip
National City Bank
James A. Stillman
Burleson Reverts Telegraph Control to Private Companies
Postmaster General Burleson orders immediate return of telephone and telegraph systems to private ownership while rates stay unchanged and union-bid discharges remain. Western Union employees in multiple states strike, extending the Atlanta action as companies resume operational control and prepare for a possible end to government control.
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Washington
Burleson
Southeast
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Atlanta
Senate Committee
House Committee
Congress
Blast in Wilkesbarre Coal Mine Kills 85, Hurts 48
Seventy minutes before seven o clock in the Baltimore No 2 tunnel of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a trolley wire fell igniting black powder in a car containing 100 men. The blast killed 85 miners and injured 48 as rescuers removed bodies and tended the injured.
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Wilkesbarre
Baltimore No. 2
Delaware & Hudson Coal Company
Here
John McGoarty
Airplane Wrecks After Auto Collision In Omaha
An airplane piloted by P. Mueller en route from Chicago to Denver struck an automobile during a landing in Omaha Nebraska. Mueller escaped injury.
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Omaha
Neb
Mueller
Chicago
Denver
Chicago merchants seek repeal of luxury tax law
Thirty one Chicago department stores and merchants across Illinois petition lawmakers to eliminate the luxury tax from revenue measures. The action scopes across Chicago and other Illinois cities as part of a legislative push.
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Chicago
Illinois
Congress
McAdoo Warns Terrorists Overthrowing U S Government
In New York on June 7 William G. McAdoo former secretary of the treasury warned terrorists who think they can overthrow the United States government by violence that they have come to the wrong place.
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McAdoo
New York
United States
Wiliam G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Prison funds short in Michigan report reveals deficit
Lansing dated June 7 reports a shortfall exceeding 1,000,000 dollars in Jackson prison accounts. The Detroit Trust company delivered the finding to the state legislature's special session.
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Lansing
Mich
Jackson Prison
Detroit Trust Company
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Charles 8S. Whitman
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Whitman
Harry L. Davis
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Roxbury Municipal Court
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Seashore
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St. Cloud
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Brockdorff-Rantzau
Federal Supreme Court
U. S
Commercial Telegraphers
Pennsylvania
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