Iowa Plans Third Floor Addition To State University Isolation Hospital
Des Moines reports the state board of education seeks $12,000 from the educational building fund to add a third story to the isolation hospital at Iowa City State University. About 100 crippled children receive treatment, with progress including many regaining ability to walk. The board disputes a daily per child rate, contrasting $1.71 requested with $1.60 approved by the state audit.
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Des Moines
State Board of Education
State Executive Council
Educational Building Fund
State University At
Iowa City
State Board of Audit
Perkins
State University
Board of Education
General State
May Call Iowa Cavalry for Border Patrol
Gener al Funston weighs asking the war department to deploy the First Illinois national guard cavalry to the border for patrol duty. Adjutant General Guy E. Logan suggests Iowa’s squadron may be called next. The unit near Iowa City consists of farmer sons who own horses. Major Ralph P. Howell leads them when not serving as district judge. if ordered, horses would be appraised and bought at a good price.
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Iowa Cavalry
Des Moines
Funston
War Department
Illinois National Guard
Guy E. Logan
Iowa
Iowa City
Ralph P. Howell
Grinnell College awards eight honor scholarships
Grinnell College will grant eight honor scholarships next year and annually after that to juniors and seniors. The senior scholarships cover full tuition of 100 dollars, while the junior honors are half tuition. Two men and two women from each class will be chosen, with equal representation for genders.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Luther League Convention Attracts Delegates In Iowa
Delegates from all sections of Iowa gather in Marshalltown for the twelfth annual Luther League convention. The gathering includes youth organizations of the Lutheran church across the state.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Luther League of Iowa
Young People’s Organizations
Lutheran Church
Farm Makes Big Profit Ida Grove
L J Kolb earned 42 dollars per acre on 382 acres bought last October in Woodbury County near Lawton Iowa The land is well improved and near the town the profit reflects strong agricultural returns for the buyer.
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Ida Grove
L. J. Kolb
Woodbury County
Lawton
Want Hard Surfaced Road Across Newton County
Newton Jasper county road boosters expect to secure a hard surfaced highway across the county before summer’s end. President Allfree of the Newton Commercial association announced the plan.
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Newton
Jasper County
Allfree
Newton Commercial Association
Iowa Orator Winner at Springfield Contest
Mrs. Clarence Imlay of Cedar Rapids Iowa teachers college won first honors in the interstate oratorical contest at Springfield Missouri beating eight state rivals. She is the first woman to win the contest.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Imlay
Teachers’ College
Springfield
Imlay
G A R Leader Montfort to Attend Iowa Encampment
Elias A. Montfort grand commander of the G A R will attend the annual Iowa veterans encampment in Marshalltown in June 2022. Marshalltown prepares elaborate entertainment for the visiting veterans.
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Marshalltown
Elias A. Montfort
Commercial Club
Des Moines Loses Fight to Move Episcopal Residence
Des Moines failed to block the Methodist general conference vote at Saratoga Springs N Y to keep the episcopal residence in Omaha. The final tally was 26 to 21 in favor of Omaha. Proponents cited Iowa colleges 176000 Methodists in Iowa versus 68000 in Nebraska the Iowa center of Methodist population and Des Moines 6600 Methodists against Omaha 2638.
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Des Moines
Methodist General Conference
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
Three Killed In Auto Smash Thornburg
Andrew McClune 26, his mother Carrie 86, and his four year old son died four miles north of Thornburg when their car collided with another carrying Clint McStadden and Dr. Tinsley. Both injured amid claims McClune’s speed of fifty mph and an oncoming storm contributed.
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Thornburg
Andrew McClune
Carrie McClune
McClune
Clint McStadden
Tinsley
NcClune
Peach Crop Short in 1916 for Oskaloosa Iowa
Observer George M. Chappel reports the 1916 peach crop nearly a total loss and apples lighter than last year. All fruit trees in bloom signaling a tough season, while corn shows early debut in southern Iowa and rapid ground preparation underway to plant bulk by the 20th with favorable weather.
Bond Sales Fund Permanent Highways in Tama County
Tama County adopts bonding to finance permanent road grading and drainage in three years. Estimated cost to complete the system is 255000 dollars with 156000 dollars in bonds and 25000 dollars for dragging and maintenance over six years. Interest on bonds over six years totals 238000 dollars, avoiding any extra tax for permanent roads.
Okaboji Lake Y M C A Camp Opens June 12
The state Y M C A will open its summer boys camp at Okoboji Lake on June 12. Camp Foster marks its fifth anniversary, begun five years ago by a $1,000 gift from Mr. Foster of Ottumwa. Patrons include the Brenton brothers of Dallas Center, Joseph H. Allen of Pocahontas, F A McCornack of Sioux City, E T Meredith, and HH A Wallace of Des Moines.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Okaboji Lake
Foster
Brenton Brothers
Dallas Center
Joseph H. Allen
Pocahontas
F. A. McCornack
Sioux City
E. T. Meredith
Hh.a. Wallace
Des Moines
Seizure of Large Des Moines Liquor Shipment
Police seized fifty barrels of beer and fifty cases of whisky at the Rock Island freight house Des Moines. The Des Moines Beer company shipped the booze to the city and police suspect it was consigned to fictitious addresses. Three vans moved the haul to the station as the biggest seizure since saloon closings. Condemnation proceedings will follow.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Des Moines Beer Company
Lll
Plan to medical aid for Iowa poor outlined by Dr Small
Dr William B Small of the Iowa State Medical Society unveils a plan developed with Black Hawk County Medical Society to care for the sick poor. Counties pay under contract price, physicians are chosen by lot to serve, and overseers coordinate access to medical and surgical care. The program aims to fund laboratories and club rooms to support large scale experimental work.
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Davenport
Iowa
William B. Small
Iowa State Medical Society
Small
Black Hawk
U S Warns Germany Over Submarine Policy Change
President Wilson in a formal note to Berlin says the announced German submarine policy change meets his demand but warns that diplomatic ties will be severed if German orders are not followed. He rejects making American rights on the high seas contingent on other governments actions and vows no discussion of such a condition.
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Washington
Wilson
Berlin
Germany
High Seas
United States
Militia Ordered Out for Border Guard Duty in West
President Wilson called Texas New Mexico and Arizona National Guard units into active service as border guards to counter outbreaks in the Big Bend district of the Rio Grande. The War Department also moved nearly all U S infantry to the front, adding about 4 000 militia and 3 000 regulars to Funston's command with units from Plattsburg Madison barracks Oswego Vancouver and Fort Lawton among others.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Wilson
National Guard
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Baker
Big Bend
Rio Grande
War Department
United States
Funston
Thirteenth Infantry
Plattsburg
N. Y
Madison Barracks
Oswego
Twenty-first Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Restore Historic Cabin in Ft. Dodge by DAR Daughters
Local daughters of the American Revolution will restore and refurnish an old log cabin in Oleson Park, Ft. Dodge. The cabin, oldest building in town, began as a fort protection against Indians and later served as a meeting place for army officers. It will be used as a chapter house.
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Ft. Dodge
Daughters of the American Revolution
Oleson Park
Emmetsburg Teen Runs Away Over Size Then Found Working
Victor Thompson fifteen of Emmetsburg fled home due to bullying over his weight. Sheriff William Hohn of Webster County found him chopping wood at Harcourt. Thompson weighs over two hundred pounds. He said schoolmates mocked him, prompting the departure.
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Fort Dodge
Victor Thompson
Emmetsburg
William Hohn
Webster County
Harcourt
Thompson
Iowa youths lead in missionary volunteers next to Ohio
Des Moines report shows Iowa college seniors among the most eager to serve as foreign mission workers. The Student Volunteer movement traveling secretary calls it an international recruiting agency for missionaries and notes Ohio as the only state with more volunteers.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Ohio
Student Volunteer Movement
Sixty Years on Same Farm Record in Floyd County
Charles City reports a farm owned by the same person for sixty years and lived on for fifty seven years. George W. Rote’s Floyd county farm has remained with him since he moved there sixty years ago.
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Charles City
George W. Rote
Here
Mr. Rote
Floyd County
Plan for Eastern Iowa Scenic Route Highway
Backers of the Eastern Iowa Scenic route plan a boulevard along the Mississippi through northeastern Iowa aiming to secure federal and state aid for potential inclusion with a proposed national park.
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Clinton
Iowa
Mississippi River
National Park
Burke Attends Iowa University Commencement Reunion
John Burke treasurer of the United States will attend the university commencement in Iowa City to join the reunion of the class of 1886, of which he was a member.
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Burke
Iowa
Towa City
United States
John Burke
Fire Devastates Duluth Lumber Yard and Rail Assets
A major blaze swept four city blocks in Duluth Minnesota destroying a strip of buildings, the Soo railroad trestle, and most of the Grassy Point yard of the Alger Smith Lumber Company. The loss reached about $300,000.
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Duluth
Minn
Soo Railroad
Grassy Point
Alger-Smith Lumber Company
P. E. O. State Convention Attended by Nearly Two Hundred
The twenty fourth annual state convention of the order drew nearly 200 members in Newton with representation from almost every chapter in the state.
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Newton
The
Order
Iowa University Girls Hear Protest on Child Labor Laws
Miss Clara Taylor national industrial secretary of the YWCA north central field told Iowa University girls that anti child labor laws in Iowa seem futile to prevent child toil. She said Iowa women work long hours for low wages and that the state, though highly literate, has lax industrial laws.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Clara Taylor
North Central
Miss Taylor
Iowa University
Plenty of Cholera Serum Available in Ames
H E Bemia acting director of veterinary medicine at Iowa State College says the division has a sufficient supply of hog cholera serum to fill all orders. The laboratory at Iowa State has stored a large quantity during the lull in the epidemic. Each cubic centimeter sells for 1 1/2 cents after potency and purity testing.
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Ames
H. E. Bemia
Division of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State College
Biological Laboratory
Three Hawarden High Girls Drowned in River Accident
In Hawarden the Hawarden High School reports three girls Edna Borman Neva Johnson and Marjorie Fairbrother drowned when a boat carrying five pupils and a teacher overturned after a dam break water. The bodies were recovered after twenty five high school girls picnicking nearby witnessed the event.
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Hawarden
Hawarden High School
Edna Borman
Neva Johnson
Marjorie Fairbrother
Big Sioux
Irrigation Proves Worthwhile On Iowa Farm
Charles Callahan farms 22 acres near Red Oak in Iowa under irrigation. He grows truck garden vegetables and expects to have most crops ready for market a week or two earlier than unirrigated fields. Callahan’s irrigated garden is a Red Oak showplace.
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Iowa
Red Oak
Charles Callahan
Callahan
Callahan Gardens
Hog Cholera Control Reported in Iowa
Iowa farmers show low demand for hog cholera serum and the state plant produces virtually no serum this year. Dr. C. G. Cole, head of the Iowa biological laboratory, notes minimal hog cholera in the state. A state college bulletin will expose fake cholera powders and serums.
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Ames
Iowa
C. G. Cole
Iowa Biological Laboratory
State College
Mexicans Raid Polaris Mining Camp Near Lochiel
Mexican bandits raided Polaris a mining camp seven miles below Lochiel on the border driving out Americans who fled in autos. Colonel Sage at Nogales dispatched a company of infantry and twenty cavalry to guard Lochiel Washington camp and nearby American settlements.
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Tucson
Arizona
Polaris
Lochiel
Nogales
Sage
Washington
Cedar Rapids School Children Grow Gardens for Prizes
In Cedar Rapids more than 2500 city school boys are growing gardens on board of education ground this spring. Prizes totaling over 300 dollars are offered by civic groups. Boys will run a weekly booth at the city market to sell produce in competition with regular truck gardeners. The plan has largely replaced hockey in grade schools.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
P. E. O. State Officers Named at Convention
Mrs Cornelia Sawyer of Sioux City was elected president of the state P. E. O. association at the closing session in Newton Iowa. Other officers include Louise Heneley Grinnell first vice president, Wannie Carrier Newton second vice president, Lucy Engelhbeck Des Moines corresponding secretary, May Franzen Burlington recording secretary, Carrie Buechele Waterloo treasurer, and Myrtle Arnold Waterloo state organizer.
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Newton
Cornelia Sawyer
Sioux City
Louise Heneley
Grinnell
Wannie Carrier
Lucy Engelhbeck
Des Moines
May Franzen
Burlington
Carrie Buechele
Waterloo
Myrtle Arnold
U S Flyer Crashes in Mexico Border Flight
Lieut. C G Chapman of the army air corps started a reconnaissance from Columbus Michigan with a cracked propeller blade. After two miles toward the Mexican line the blade broke and he belly landed about 300 feet. He sustained no injuries.
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Columbus
N. MI
C. G. Chapman
Army Aero Corps
Grew Returns From Berlin Talks With Ghost of Submarine Piracy
London May 11 The Morning Post Amsterdam correspondent reports Secretary Grew of the American embassy at Berlin has left for the United States via Copenhagen to brief Washington on confidential discussions between Ambassador Gerard the German emperor and the imperial chancellor about the American note on submarine piracy.
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London
The
Morning Post
Amsterdam
Secretary Grew
Berlin
United States
Copenhagen
Grew
Washington
Gerard
Call Britons From Abroad Commanded To Return For Duty
London May 11 all married Englishmen eligible for military service living abroad but ordinarily residents of Great Britain must return to England forthwith and report for military duty.
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England
London
Great Britain
Rebels Proclaim President in Southern Chinese Government
Li Yuan Sung has been proclaimed president of the southern provisional government formed by Chinese rebels. A war cabinet has been formed with Tang Chi Yao as chairman.
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Peking
Li Yuan Sung
Southern Provisional Government
Tang Chi Yao
Lutheran leader dies after stroke during car crank
Rev. Irwin B. Ritter, president of the Allentown conference of the Lutheran church, died in Allentown Pennsylvania on May 13 from a paralytic stroke suffered while cranking his automobile.
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Allentown
Irwin B. Ritter
The
Lutheran Church
Hawaiians Ready to Fight National Guard Offers Services
Secretary Baker received a cablegram stating the National Guard of Hawaii offers its services for such assignments as the War Department deems necessary amid current exigencies.
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Washington
Baker
National Guard of
Hawaii
War Department
Bernadotte Crew Rescued After Sinking 160 Miles Out
Nine crew members of the French fishing vessel Bernadotte landed in Liverpool after six days in an open boat following a torpedo attack by a submarine 160 miles from land.
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Liverpool
U S Troops Kill Mexicans After Rio Grande Skirmish
Captain Fox of the Texas Rangers reports seven American soldiers and possemen engaged a small band of Villa bandits across the Rio Grande. Several Villistas were killed with no American losses. Four Mexicans escaped, while eight Americans who had been captured last Saturday escaped back onto American soil. Dr Homer Powers of San Antonio was among the escapees.
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Marathon
Tex
Fox
Texas Rangers
Sibley
Rio Grande
Lloyd Wade
Porto Rico de Boquillas
Villistas
Homer Powers
San Antonio
Rumor of sunk transport carries unconfirmed report
Niagara Falls May 11 rumor from Halifax that a transport with Canadian troops bound for England has been sunk circulates but lacks confirmation. Peking May 12 Li Yuan Sung appoints Tang Chi Yao chairman and Tsen Shuen Hsuen vice chairman.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Halifax
England
Peking
Li Yuan Sung
Southern Provisional Government
Tang Chi Yao
Tsen Shuen Hsuen
Robbers Dynamite Safe in Randsburg Heist
In Randsburg California on May 138 robbers dynamited the Klingsworth Supply company safe and fled with about $10,000 in gold and several thousand dollars in checks. They escaped in an automobile.
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Randsburg
Cal
Klingsworth Supply Company
Engineer Hess Blamed for Amherst Wreck
Washington May 13 engineer Herbert Hess is held responsible for the fatal New York Central wreck at Amherst Ohio on March 29 due to failure to heed signals set for him.
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Hess
Washington
Herbert Hess
New York Central
Amherst
Railroads barred from limiting liability on baggage checks
Ohio Supreme Court rules railroads cannot cap liability with statements on baggage checks. In the Columbus decision, Rose Steinberg received a verdict of 285 dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Rose Steinberg
Woman Kills Her Mother in St Louis
May 11 report states Mrs Helen Moore shot and killed her mother Mrs Helen Falls after the daughter became abusive and the mother threatened to slap her. Carrie Hartman, sister, provided the account of the family dispute.
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St. Louis
Helen Moore
Helen Falls
Carrie Hartman
Mexican Border Raid and Diplomatic Rift Reported
Marathon Texas and El Paso May 13 bandits crossed into U S territory attacking civilians and soldiers four miles north of Boquillas after a skirmish bandits fled Obregon Scott talks end in disagreement future diplomacy will be between Secretary of State and Ambassador Arredondo Langhorne and two troops of Eighth Cavalry cross into Mexico Sibley’s Fourteenth Cavalry reaches river Funston mulls calling Illinois National Guard patrols Rio Grande
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Marathon
Tex
Boquillas
Langhorne
Mexico
el Paso
Arredondo
A. Obregon
H. L. Scott
Frederick Funston
Obregon
General Scott
Washington
Mexico City
Carranza
State Department
Eighth Cavalry
Rio Grande
Sibley
Fourteenth Cavalry
Funston
Ilinois National Guard
ASQUITH TO PACIFY IRELAND
Premier Asquith departed from London by Irish mail train to Dublin after a heated Commons debate on the Irish question. He said the trip aims to consult authorities and seek arrangements acceptable to Irishmen and Parliament. The War Under Secretary reported 14 executions, 73 penal servitude sentences, six condemned to hard labor, and 1,706 deportations.
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London
Asquith
Euston
Irish Mail
Dublin
House of Commons
Ireland
Tennant
Texas Militia Reaches Camp at Fort Sam Houston
More than 1,000 Texas National Guard troops arrived in San Antonio and began a mobilization camp at Fort Sam Houston. Physical exams start immediately and sworn men will be mustered into U S service for the National Guard term or until the Mexican expedition ends. Officials expect all 3,500 Texas guardsmen to join the camp soon.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas National Guard
Fort Sam Houston
United States Service
National Guard
Texas
Steel Workers Pay Raised at Pueblo Mill
Five thousand employees at the Colorado Fuel and Iron steel mill in Pueblo receive a wage increase. The raise adds about 40,000 dollars to the monthly payroll for the company.
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Denver
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Pueblo
Iron Workers Strike in New York City
Five thousand iron workers walk off the job in New York, demanding higher wages shorter hours and recognition of their union. The strike is expected to spread to additional trades and areas.
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Iron Workers
New York
New York City
Paris War Decorations Distribution Reaches 200000
Paris reports nearly two hundred thousand decorations allocated to French troops since the war began. Among them are 1,600 Crosses of the Legion of Honor and 45,000 military medals.
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Paris
Legion of Honor
Fire in Eliendale Destroys Dozens of Buildings
A Wednesday blaze in Eliendale North Dakota destroyed 24 business houses and 60 residences causing about 400000 in damage. The fire spread from the village into surrounding countryside destroying several more structures.
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North Dakota
Eliendale
N. D
Germany accepts responsibility for Sussex torpedoing note says
Von Jagow informs Washington that Germany will accept full responsibility for the Sussex attack and that the submarine commander has been punished for acting too hastily. The note concedes the promise to warn passenger ships was not adhered to and offers suitable indemnity to injured American citizens.
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Washington
Germany
United States
James W. Gerard
Arman
Sussex
Folkestone
Roanoke Explodes Near California Coast Killing 44
The steam ship Roanoke bound for Valparaiso sank or exploded 100 miles south of San Francisco after leaving port with explosives and cargo. Three survivors reported the tragedy from a lifeboat near Port San Luis. five bodies were found. The ship carried 46 crew members.
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San Francisco
Roanoke
Valparaiso
Port San Luis
Million rounds of ammunition seized at border by U S troops
A message from Laredo reports that over one million rounds of ammunition seized by United States troops prevented as Mexican smugglers tried to move them into Mexico.
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el Paso
Tex
Laredo
Mexico
United States
Chicago Banker Blair Dies at 71 in Home
Chauncey J. Blair longtime vice president of the Corn Exchange National Bank died at his Chicago home after a two week illness of heart disease He was seventy one years old and prominent in financial circles.
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Chicago
Chauncey J. Blair
Corn Exchange National Bank
Five Hundred Chicago Cutters Strike Jobs
About 500 cut ters and trimmers in four large clothing shops near Van Buren street walked out. They were the first group of 2,000 men ordered to strike.
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Chicago
van Buren Street
Food Riots in Berlin Reported with Machine Gun Subduing
A Zurich dispatch relayed by Central News notes food riots in Berlin with machine guns used to quell mobs of women. The report, dated May 11, cites police action and rising unrest amid shortages.
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Berlin
London
Zurich
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