Dr Waite Convicted of Murder in First Degree
Arthur Warren Waite is found guilty of murdering his father in law John E Peck in New York County. The verdict comes after a six day trial with a one hour twenty five minute deliberation on the first ballot. Waite awaits sentence on June 1 as he remains calm in custody.
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Bridge of Sighs
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James J Hill Under Knife in Serious Condition
Special to The New York Times from St. Paul May 27 reports James J. Hill the veteran railroad builder underwent surgery at his residence for an infection of the buttock and thigh. Doctors Mayo and Gilfillan said he rallied but remains critically aged, with no fever and careful watching ahead.
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New York Times
ST. Paul
Minn
James J. Hill
W. J. Mayo
C. H. Mayo
Rochester
Gilfillan
Hill
Louis W. Hill
Clara Hill
George T. Slade
John Ireland
Gilfiflan
Three More Ships Sunk in Unwarned Attacks
London reports the British steamer Danewood has sunk with crew landed. Lloyds notes the steamer Hercules, nationality unspecified, sunk. Paris confirms Moravia torpedoed by a German sub on Thursday without warning. 30 crew rescued from two lifeboats. Moravia, 2,268 tons, sailed New York May 5, was near Gibraltar May 22 en route to Genoa with flour.
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Kaiser puts socialist in imperial office
Berlin May 27 The semi official list of Food Regulation Board colleagues includes August Mueller a Hamburg socialist and former gardener’s apprentice who rose to editor and cooperative organizer His appointment signals growing democratization in Germany’s higher bureaucracy London dateline notes Griedenau near Berlin will number meat tickets to curb rioting with tickets used by turn order and missed dates result in no meat for that week Lakewood ad line closes the piece.
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Adolph von Batocki
Food Regulation Board
Griedenau
Amsterdam
Exchange of Company
Pilgrims Demand Roosevelt Lead Nation At Sagamore Hill
A crowd of about 2,500 pilgrims gathers at Oyster Bay to urge Theodore Roosevelt to run for president. He pledges to serve the country, while the procession of trains and automobiles lights the town with red white and blue. The march ends at Sagamore Hill where Roosevelt greets supporters on the porch and receives their cheers.
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American Teacher Freed by Germany Blames Student for Code
Berlin May 27. Miss Mary Silliman, a teacher at the American School for Girls in Constantinople, was released after a month’s detention on espionage suspicions. Authorities say a coded transmission draft was found in her trunk at Warnemunde, which she says a pupil maliciously planted. Ambassador James W. Gerard pressed for her release.
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Riggs Bank acquitted in perjury case tied to McAdoo
After a nine minute jury wait, a Washington court acquitted Charles Glover president W J Flather vice president and H H Flather former cashier of Riggs National Bank of uttering a false affidavit in equity proceedings linked to the McAdoo Treasury dispute. Crowds cheered outside the bank as news spread across the Treasury building and officials waved. The case raised questions about the Controller of the Currency and the bank’s charter renewal prospects.
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W. J. Flather
H. H Flather
Riggs National Bank
Equity
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the Treasury
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Treasury
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Glover
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McAdoo
Risge Bank
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Pain's Fireworks Season's Catalogue Now Ready
Pain's Fireworks announces its season's catalogue now available at 26 Page Place New York. Avt.
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Page Place
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Through Sleeper to Rochester Lehigh Valley Railroad
Train schedule ad lists West 28rd Street Yerry Liberty Street Jackson Avenue Jersey City Newark and Rochester arrival times with 7:55 a.m. arrival in Rochester and departure times in the evening. Advertisement notes sleeper service to Rochester via Lehigh Valley Railroad.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
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Yerry
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Jackson Ave
Jersey City
Newark
America Ready to Join a Peace League, Wilson Says
President Wilson declares the United States ready to join a future league to enforce peace after Europe ends the war. He speaks at a banquet for the League to Enforce Peace, urging universal cooperation, sovereign rights, and an international order based on justice and security of seas.
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Europe
Wilson Declares US Must Join Peace League To Safeguard All States
President Wilson outlines a postwar plan favoring a universal peace league to enforce treaties and protect small nations. He supports freedom of seas, the integrity of states, and a world forum to judge causes, while reaffirming US nonpartisanship in the current conflict. The remarks were delivered at the League to Enforce Peace banquet in Washington with Taft presiding.
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League
William H. Taft
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Association of Nations
Belgium
International League
Ung the Werld
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