Taft Announces California Appeal to Women Voters
President Taft leaves for Ohio after issuing a direct appeal to California Republicans urging female voters to back his renomination. He cites the creation of the children’s bureau and Julia Lathrop’s appointment as proof of progress for women.
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Ohio
California
Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
United States
Children’s Bureau
Julia C. Lathrop
America
Tte
San Francisco
Hammond
Archibald W. Butt
Pius
Major Butt
Combat Report Signals Federals Drive Rebels From Conejos
General Huerta reports to the Mexican Consul that engagement began Sunday at 7 am with night skirmishes. by 11 am rebels were in full retreat from Conejos, holding previous positions. A Juarez message from General Orozco describes federal trains retreating and large opposing forces in action. Public opinion tilts toward federals or rebels based on sympathies.
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el Paso
Tex
Conejos
Huerta
Torreon
Lorento
Juarez
Hererera
Orozco
Indianapolis man sentenced for forgery in Fort Wayne court
Elmer W. Stoddard of Indianapolis pleaded guilty in the Fort Wayne circuit court to forging Robert W. Morton’s name to a $250 note and selling it to his wife. He received a prison sentence of two to fourteen years.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Elmer W. Stoddard
Indianapolis
Stoddard
Robert W. Morton
Talcott Williams Honored Guest at College Press Meeting
Noted editor Talcott Williams served as guest of honor at a college press gathering. Attendees included student journalists and journalism staff from multiple campus outlets, celebrating press rights and reporting standards.
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Meeting of College Press
Ed Callahan Dies After Ambush Wounds In Kentucky
Lexington reports Ed Callahan dies at Witherapoon hospital Buckhorn Breathitt County from an ambush shooting while closing his store in Crockettville. Once a feud leader and sheriff in alliance with James Hargis, he faced multiple murder charges and alleged hired killings, with details of assassinations kept by family.
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Lexington
Crockettsville
Ed Callahan
Witherapoon Hospital
Buckhorn
Breathitt County
Callahan
James Deaton
James Hargis
Hargis
Sun
Faithful Wife Kills 2 in Jellico Shootout
In Jellico Kentucky on May 13 Marshal Tom Bowlin tried to arrest Wiley Parton. Mrs Bowlin died shielding her husband, Parton was killed, and at least three others were wounded in a lengthy gun battle involving about 25 people and over 150 shots. Wesley Parton was wounded. Al Butcher and Al Bowlin were injured.
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Jellico
Tom Bowlin
Wiley Parton
Parton
Marshal Bowlin
Wesley Parton
al Butcher
al Bowlin
Burden Receives Bodily Threat After Mild Sentence
In Wabash Indiana on May 13 Charles Burden and his wife fled their home after a notice on the door threatened hanging unless they left the city. Burden was later fined 25 dollars for attempted murder, with locals asserting the warning came from those unhappy with his light sentence.
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Wabash
Ind
Charles Burden
Burden
Woman Commits Suicide by Asphyxiation in Indiana
Indianapolis May 13 Mrs Ava Tussey twenty nine years old died by her own action by asphyxiation. She is survived by a husband whom it is alleged she deserted and a ten year old daughter at Lebanon QC. Her mother lives near Lebanon Ind.
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Indianapolis
Ava Tussey
Lebanon
Ind
Best They Can Possibly Get In Hard Coal Negotiations
Sentiment in Scranton Pa shifts toward accepting the tentative agreement on hard coal suspension. Delegates at the Wilkesbarre convention are expected to vote for acceptance, with locals preferring guidance from district presidents over another strike commission. Workers fear a prolonged strike without funds and note foreign mining disturbances influencing views.
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Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Treasuries
Miners Weigh Backing White and District Heads at May Meetings
Whitesbarre Pa May 13 miners at several meetings backed National President John P White and three district chiefs for the convention opening here tomorrow. Conservative leaders warned against rejecting the sub committee report risking the union and its leadership. The rival Industrial Workers of America loomed as a catalyst for change while missionaries urged acceptance of the four year tentative agreement.
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Whitesbarre
Minera
John P. White
Industrial Workers of America
Miners’ Union
Four Titanic Victims Bodies Recovered at Halifax
Halifax May 13 The marine department reports Captain Johnson on the Montmagnie has recovered four Titanic victims. The ship labors through fog but continues search day and night. All bodies landed at Halifax are hurled except one held a day or two for friends with instructions.
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Halifax
N. S
Marine Department
Johnson
Montmagnie
Richmond Seeks Big Meeting
Richmond Indiana May 13 The Richmond Commercial club is trying to land the 1912 National Municipal league meeting for the city. Los Angeles hosts the event this year and previously only large cities were chosen. William Dudley Foulke of Richmond is serving a second term as league president, boosting the bid.
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Richmond
Ind
Richmond Commercial Club
National Municipal League
Los Angeles
William Dudley Foulke
Continent-wide Forgery Suspect Caught in Philadelphia
Henry Allen, 33, who led police in six cities and fled across the continent for over a year, was captured in Philadelphia and held for requisition to Los Angeles on numerous forgery charges.
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Philadelphia
Henry Allen
Los Angeles
Destructive Windstorm Hits Petersburg Area
A cyclone formed south of Petersburg Indiana passed over the southern county unroofing barns and houses and blowing down many trees. Hall fell as large as quail eggs.
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Petersburg
Ind
Hall
Panamans Call for Aid From Americans
In Panama on May 13 the last legal day of voter registration saw police arrest key election officials at the municipal building amid protests over official immunity. About 100 registration officers signed in and reported a suspension of electoral work pending a U.S. decision on supervision to ensure a fair election.
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Panama
Police
United States
America
Must Fight Alone for Chicago Press Strife
Chicago publishers prevail as Chicago Typographical union No 16 votes against joining the strike. Pressmen stereotypers wagon men and newsboys who quit earlier must fight the conflict alone, signaling a decisive setback for the strike coalition.
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Chicago
Chicago Typographical Union No. 16
Fuse Found Near Burned Kelso Building in St Paul Fire
Shelbyville Indiana May 13 Fifteen feet of fuse was found by a detective hired by residents of St Paul investigating the Kelso business room and home fire The fuse lay beside one of the destroyed buildings and locals believe the blaze was set intentionally.
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Shelbyville
Ind
St. Paul
Kelso
Worth wins thirty-eighth Kentucky Derby at Louisville
The horse Worth favored wins the Kentucky Derby in Louisville on Saturday afternoon. Separately, a northern Indiana boom supports George Ade as Republican candidate for governor and California holds presidential primaries tomorrow shaping the GOP race. Yukon River opens for navigation with steamers between Fairbanks and Iditarod three weeks earlier than last year. The Lorimer Illinois Senate report will be filed May 20. Shively of Indiana is talked as temporary chair and keynote at the Democratic convention. The National Association of Manufacturers plans its seventeenth annual meeting in New York May 20. Mexican revel bands alert in Tamaulipas Vera Cruz and San Luis Potosi. Official dispatches show no general improvement. American exodus from western Mexico districts is blamed on unfounded rumors.
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Lorimer
Ilinois
Senate
B. F. Shively
Indiana
National Association of Manufacturers of the
Vera Cruz
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
San Lula Potosi
Socialists in session face turbulent convention
Indianapolis May 13 The Socialist convention opens amid predictions of a turbulent gathering with major fights over the presidential nominee and party positions on labor and white slave issues. Debs is favored by many uninstructed delegates, with a cosmopolitan delegation and a day of credentials and committee appointments under way. Potential nominees include Russell Debs Seidel Maurer Harriman Hayes and Haywood with McDonald declining and Seidel gaining momentum in Missouri and Wisconsin backing.
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Indianapolis
Socialist Party
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Charles Edward Russell
Eugene V. Dets
Emil Seldel
James H. Maurer
Job Harriman
Max 8. Hayes
Carl Thompson
Milwaukee
William D. Haywood
Duncan McDonald
Emil Seidel
Missouri
Seidel
Wisconsin
Injunction Denied in Indiana Traction Consolidation Suit
In Indianapolis on May 13 Judge Remster denied the injunction to stop the Union Traction company of Erie and Indiana Union Traction from consolidating and refused to appoint a receiver. The ruling held Indiana law allows consolidation by a majority stock vote and found no fraud justifying intervention. Also reports a boy fatally injured by a wheel harrow accident near Lafayette and plans for a new Masonic home in Laporte at a cost of 96006.
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Indianapolis
Union Traction Company
Eriliana
Indiana Union Traction Company
Marion
Remster
Indiana
Harrow
Lafayette
Ind
Faverett Plumb
Laporte
Hibben Elected Princeton President Under Elm Trees
John Grier Hibben was marked as Princeton University’s fourteenth president on the historic campus in Princeton New Jersey. President Taft and Chief Justice White attended the ceremony with over 60 guests. Associate Justice Mahlon Pitney administered the oath.
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Princeton
N. J
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Taft
White
Tno
Mahlon Pitney
Supreme Court of the United States
Luck in Tokyo and the Nezumi Kozo Headstone Legend
In Tokyo a famous thief Nezumi Kozo is linked to a grave site where visitors trim a headstone fragment to seek luck in games of chance. Pilgrims carry offerings, banners, and a large money box funds the grave's upkeep while grammarians and geisha visit, hoping exams or fortunes improve.
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Chad
Tokro
Ducky Tallaman
Dener
Gramblers
Geisha
Nezurai Koso
Tribute to Isidor Straus and wife at Carnegie Hall
New York mourners from varied walks of life gathered at Carnegie Hall to honor Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus. Major Gaynor and Mr. Carnegie spoke of steadfast devotion as Jacob H. Schiff recalled their moral example and the maxim to love thy neighbor as thyself.
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New York
Isidor Straus
Carnegie Hall
Tormist Gallery
Gaynor
Carnegie
Strana
Mr. Straus
Jacob H. Schift
Straws
Scouts Formed In Silverland To Raise National Corps
A movement led by Meulish Pres. establishes a regional scouts corps across Suitvertind with branches in major cities and Swiss Alpine club support. The aim is to train boys nationwide and foster military readiness in Silverland. Mrs. J. F. Cox credits Dr Kings New Discovery for recovery from severe cough and pneumonia with its throat and lung relief. Trial bottle offered free at Knoefel Drug Co.
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Ita Bay Scouts
Knoefe
Fighting Flood Strains New Orleans Residents
May 13 New Orleans reports stubborn residents stay in homes as government boats patrol the levee with steam up ready to evacuate. Water runs eight inches above the crown south of Plaquemine La Evergreen levee, held back by bays and boards. Work continues at other threatened points.
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New Orleans
Plaque Mine
Evergreen Levee
National League and American League Contests at a Glance
Baseball scorecard round up shows teams across the National League, American League, and American Association. Entries list Cincinnati, St Louis, Boston, Cleveland, Washington, Minneapolis, St Paul, Kansas City and Milwaukee with players noted like McLean Rucker Barger Phillips Willis Klaudermink Bliss Dixon King Kahler Easterin Akers Becke Williams.
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Cincinnati
Joan Lord
Ita
Brooklyn
Jaf Oo Suers
McLean
Rucker
Barger
Phillips
St. Louis
RALE
Boston
Aana Haan
EY Willis
Claudermink and
Bliss
Dickson and
Kiing
American League
Cleveland
R.h.le
Washington
Kahler and Easteriv
Akers, Becke
Williams
American Association
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Mlwaukee
Baseball Expenses in Major Leagues Highlight High Equipment Costs
The article outlines annual spending of about $48,000 by sixteen MLB clubs on athletic goods including baseballs, bats, uniforms, and protective gear. It notes roughly 11,000 to 12,000 balls used per season with half stolen or spectators' property, and details per-player costs such as shirts, caps, bats, and pads, plus the initial season outlay. It also mentions malaria treatment claims for Electric Bitters.
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Clarge
WSP
New York Tribune
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Armony di Ecstes
Presi
Dency
Europe
Western Union
Atlantic
THE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Tokyo
Chipa
Strauses
Swiss Boy Scouts
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Lucama, N
Knoefe! Drug Co
J. H. Conner Drug Co
C. E. Crecelius Drug Co
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