Bartholot 10 Address Meet Urges Hague Arbitration Treaty
At Lake Mohonk New York college educators debated peace methods and urged a general arbitration treaty. Speaker list included Dr. Andrew D. White Dr. Henry Pratt Judson Dr. W H P Faunce Jr S B P Brooks and Congressman Richard Bartholdt. prize essays were announced with a $50 award and a $100 prize planned for next year.
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Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Andrew D. White
Stornell University
Henry Pratt Judson
Chicago University
W. H. P. Faunce
Brown University
Jr. S. BP. Brooks
Baylor University
Waco
Tex
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Pugsle
H. L. Bobitt
Johns Hopkins University
Ship Reaches Natchez After Long Mississippi Run
Natchez welcomes the battleship Mississippi as it nears the city late Thursday completing half its voyage. Sailors in white salute from the rail while river traffic and factories blast whistles in a noisy, festive reception. The ship dips colors and answers the salute.
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Mississippi
Natchez Aliss
Natchez
Orchard Loses Soft Snap Poise in Prison Transfer
Harry Orchard, star witness in the Maywood and Pettibone trials and serving a murder sentence, is moved from the sinecures to the shoe department for hard labor. Warden Shook, new prison official, orders equal treatment of all inmates.
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Poise
Daho
Harry Orchard
Maywood
Pettibone
Steunenberg
Sinecars
Orchard
Shook
Trust law case ends with jail terms in Savannah
Five men found guilty of Sherman antitrust violations receive sentences in Savannah. Spencer Shotter gets three years and $5000 fine. Edmund Nash $2000. J F Cooper Myers three months and $2500. George Tread Boardman $2000. Carl Moller $5000. Sentences reflect prior pleas and Jacksonville terminal actions. case to appeal to federal court. numerous trial objections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Georgia
William B. Sheppard
Spencer P. Shotter
American National Stores Co
Edmund N. Nash
J. F. Cooper Myers
American Company
National Transportation and Terminal Co
Moller
Jacksonville
United States Court of Appeals
Hains Sentenced to Sing Sing for Bayside Yacht Club Killing
Capt. Peter C. Hains U.S. A. received a prison term of not less than 16 years for the killing of William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club last August. He showed little emotion in court as his sentence was announced and his family observed in the gallery.
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Flushing
New York
Peter C. Hains
U.S. A
Sing Sing
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Maj
T. J.hains
Missing Boy Found in Licking River in Newark
The body of Johnny Alumver, years old, missing since Friday, was located in the Licking River. Authorities prepared to search Romani camps across the region amid the investigation into the suspected theft.
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River
Newark
Ohio
Johnny
Licking River
Stolen Allandale Horse Sought After Barn Burglary
Detroit reports Thomas Tippling aided by friends and deputy sheriffs search Oakland county for traces of his $3,000 race horse Allandale stolen from a barn last evening and driven off in one of his finest turnouts.
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Detroit
Michigan
Thomas Tippling
Oakland County
Glidden Pathfinder Tour Pathfinder Arrives in Ellis Kansas
The FE. M. FE. Glidden tour Pathfinder arrived in Ellis at 11 o clock Monday from Oakley 76 miles away in 3 hours 30 minutes. This is the fastest time since the car left Detroit. Roads are reported in the best condition.
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Glidden Pathfinder
Ellis
Kas
Kansas
Glidden
Oakley
Detroit
Helge A. Haugen Dies at 62 Banker Leader in Chicago
Helge A. Haugen, 62, a leading Midwestern banker, died suddenly of heart disease at his Chicago home. He served as president of the State Bank of Chicago and as vice-president of the Clearing Association.
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Helge A. Haugen
Chicago
Illinois
Middle West
Haugen
State Bank of Chicago
Clearing Association
Fire destroys Fort Smith cotton compress in 800000 dollar loss
A fire at the Fort Smith compress in Arkansas destroyed its contents totaling 5,000 bales of cotton. The estimated loss reaches 800000 dollars and is reported as fully insured.
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Incediaries
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Daughter Charged With First Degree Murder
Louis Arbogast, a butcher, was found murdered in St. Paul Minnesota last Thursday. His daughter was arrested on a charge of murder in the first degree.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Louis Arbogast
Navy Doctor Dies of Yellow Fever in Guayaquil
Guayaquil Ecuador reports the death of William Wightman a physician with the American marine hospital service after a five day illness from yellow fever.
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Navy
Guayaquil
Ecuador
William Wightman
American Marine Hospital Service
Tafts Son Undergoes Tonsilitis Operation in DC
Charlie Taft son of the President is undergoing an operation for tonsillitis at the Episcopal Eye Ear and Throat hospital in Washington.
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Taft
Washington, D. C
Charlie Taft
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Taft Visits Petersburg Forts in Private Car
President Taft and a large party inspect two Petersburg forts during a private trip from Washington. A ceremonial dedication marks a $50,000 Civil War monument honoring heroes of famed battles near the city.
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Petersburg
Washington
Taft
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Burnside
Elliott
Sallient
Ills Man To Get Wife
Jackson Mississippi police hold Jessecott 22 a farmer from near Cleveland after he confesses to killing W L Embrey and Mrs Embrey wife of the slain man. He says Mrs Embrey incited the murder and that Embrey’s body lies in a Cypress swamp near Parker plantation. The woman, cuffed to him, is jailed and has not spoken on the case.
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Jackson
Mississippi
Jessecott
Cleveland
Miss
W. L. Embrey
Scott
Organize For Conservation Work
Washington plan calls for inventories of each state and territory's resources and broad mobilization by all 48 major conservation groups through their committees. The joint committee will urge early state commission meetings to tackle gas waste in Louisiana water power in Oregon Michigan Wisconsin and forest issues nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Joint Committee of Conservation
Conservation Movement
Wyatt
Joint Committee
White House
Louisiana
State Conservation Commission
Oregon
Michigan
Wisconsin
Taft Visits Petersburg Veterans at Fort Steadman
President Taft and Gov. Stuart with 1000 Pennsylvania veterans visited Fort Steadman to honor Gen Hartranft’s recapture site. Ambassador Jusserand and Arch Butt joined the party at Fort Melon for speeches on Civil War lessons and North South unity. They planned to Charlotte for Mecklenburg Day celebration.
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Hartranft
Jusserand
France
Mme. Jusserand
Archibald Butt
Mischler
Charlotte
N. C
Couple's Confession Tells of Murder in Swamp
Scott claims he prepared to kill his wife’s husband TI Embrey. He says he confronted Embrey Sunday morning, forced him toward the swamp, pleaded for his life as he was shot in the back, robbed the body, and surrendered to Mrs Embrey. She denies details and goes to jail. The case shocks the countryside and stirs violent talk.
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TI Embrey
Emprey
Scott
Embrey
Mystery of 21 Graves Solved by Arrest in Laurel
In Laurel Mississippi authorities arrest an aged, demented Black man who claimed God ordered him to dig 121 graves and work only at night. The mystery of 21 newly dug graves beside the Negro cemetery is thus explained by the suspect’s confession.
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Laurel
Miss
Hitchcock Heads to Havana to Meet Dickinson Aboard Dolphin
Postmaster General Hitchcock sails to Havana to meet Secretary Dickinson aboard the Dolphin cruiser. Dickinson just concluded an inspection tour to Panama and will join the meeting on the voyage.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Havana
Cuba
Dolphin
Dickinson
Panama
Bank Looters Take $6000 From Cairo Nebraska Safe
A state bank at Cairo Nebraska twenty miles northwest of Grand Island was robbed by burglars who escaped on a handcar with six thousand dollars after the blast that wrecked the vault. Citizens heard the explosion signaling the heist.
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Lincoln
Neb
Cairo
Grand Island
Massacre Imminent Warns Albanian Bishops to Pope
Catholic bishops in Albania telegraphed Pope warning of an imminent massacre of Christians in the Turkish region. They implore immediate aid from the Vatican.
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Rome
Albania
Turkey
Bicyclists Reach Albany During Westward Trip
Earl Higgins and Walter Wylie of the Twelfth Regiment National Guard on a bicycle journey from New York to San Francisco paused at the Albany state capitol on Tuesday.
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Albany
Earl Higgins
Walter Wylie
Twelfth Regiment National Guard
New York
San Francisco
State Capitol
Six Hurt in L Chicago Train Crash
Six persons were injured, one fatally, in a triple collision on the elevated railroad. Motorman crushed will die. Victims include William G. Schroeder a bank cashier internal injuries Roy G Hostetter scalp wounds and C W Cornell scalp wounds. Third express caused most injuries to the second train. others injured were minor.
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Chicago
Illinois
William G. Schroeder
Continental National Bank
Roy G. Hostetter
C. W. Cornell
Rusty Cusses Banquet Tops Texas University Roast
The Rusty Cusses fraternal group of Texas University students in Breckenridge Hall hosted the annual banquet for the graduating class in Austin Texas. Representative R R Smith of Atascosa county served as roastmaster.
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Austin
Tex
Texas University
Breckenridge Hall
R. R. Smith
Atacosa County
Wholesale Arrests in Russia and Odessa
Police report 292 Baptists arrested including 130 women for meeting illegally on a mountain top near the city. The sweep targets religious gathering activity amid tensions in the region.
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Russia
Odessa
Reporter on Long Walk Reaches Chicago
Philadelphia reporter Jack Williams continues his cross country trek on foot from Philadelphia toward Seattle and has now arrived in Chicago. He travels solo to chronicle the journey for his Philadelphia paper.
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Chicago
Jack Williams
Philadelphia
Seattle
Wife Says Morse Paid All Bank of North America Debts
In a bare Fifth Avenue drawing room, Mrs. Charles W. Morse describes her husband’s finances and the Bank of North America debts. She says more than 5 million of 7 million owed has been paid, notes blackmail suits, and that jewels were sold to aid Morse while he serves a 15 year sentence for conspiracy.
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New York
Gerat
Fith Avenue
Charles W. Morse
Ice Trust
Tombs Prison
Morse
Bank of North America
Mrs. Morse
Mr. Morse
Cartoonist Bush Dies in Camden After Heart Trouble
Camden South Carolina Charles Gren Bush dean of American cartoonists died here after a heart attack. Born in Boston 1842 he became a Harpers illustrator, studied in Paris, and rose to prominence as the country’s leading political cartoonist. He created Father Knickerbocker and popularized Roosevelt in khaki. He will be buried in New York.
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Camden
S. C
Charles Gren Bush
New York
Boston
Annapolis Naval Academy
Admiral Sigsbee
Harpers
Paris
Tie
Father Knickerbocker
New York City
Bush
David B. Hill
Democrata
Roosevelt
Fire damages New England Furniture and Carpet Co.
Water and smoke from a small blaze damaged stock and building of the New England Furniture and Carpet Company between Fifth and Sixth streets on First avenue in Minneapolis. Loss estimated from 85 000 to 110 000. Fire likely started from crossed wires.
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Furniture House
Minneapolis
New England Furniture and Carpet Company
Fifth and
Sixth Streets
First Avenue
Weidenbach Sentenced Four Years In Penitentiary
Cincinnati Henry Weidenbach the artist who robbed several homes where he worked pleaded guilty to larceny and was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. He is known nationwide as a restoration expert and was arrested in St Louis.
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Weidenbach
Cincinnati
Henry Weidenbach
St. Louis
Tariff Vote Set for June 2 in Senate
Senator Aldrich urged the senate to fix June 2 as the final vote date on the tariff bill. Senator Daniel objected and the matter was postponed for consideration.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Daniel
Queen Wilhelmina Walks in Palace Grounds
The Hague's Queen Wilhelmina, recently announcing the birth of her daughter in April, is reported to be fully convalescent and seen taking a stroll in the palace grounds with a nurse and the infant.
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Wilhelmina
The
Hague
April
Butter price in Valparaiso tops 48 cents a pound
Valparaiso residents pay 48 cents a pound in gold for butter, per Consul Winslow reporting to the bureau of manufacture. Market for butterine shows good prospect nationwide and local demand remains steady.
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Washington
Valparaiso
Winslow
Bureau of Manufacture
Record Flight in Monoplane at Bouy France
Herbert Latham the French aeronaut made a record flight in a monoplane at Bouy lasting 37 minutes 37 seconds. He stayed aloft at heights from 30 to 90 feet showing notable endurance for the period.
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Bouy
France
Herbert Latham
Wu Ting Fangs Lake Mohonk Peace Conference Speech
Wu Ting Fang attacked Japan over arbitration refusals and praised arbitration as a future international law. He cited China’s Hague outcomes and urged compulsory arbitration. Ontario Justice J J McLauren spoke on the US Canada border and lasting peaceful conditions. Rev Frederick Lynch blamed the global church for tolerating killing. Rev A Eugene Bartlett offered practical peace suggestions.
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Lake Mohonk
New York
Japan
China
Wu Ting Fang
Ontario Supreme Court
Frederick Lynch
England
United States
Russia
A. Eugene Bartlett
Chicago
Boni de Castellane Custody Case Ruling Favoring Mother
Paris France Mrs Selignan of the department of justice summarized the Castellane Sagan suit in favor of Princess de Sagan seeking custody of Count Boni de Castellane's three sons. A 30 December decision previously gave custody to the mother with an appeal filed in May awaiting formal ruling on May 26.
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Paris
France
Armed posses scour Okmulgee county for alleged attacker
In Sharp Oklahoma a 15 year old bride, Mrs Sparing Whitecotton, was attacked at home Tuesday night while alone. She lies unconscious but is reported serious after revival. A posse of 90 men led by Sheriff Vance searches the county for the negro believed to be in the Norfolk district.
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Okmulgee
Klahoma
Sparing Whitecotton
Okla
Heriff Vance
Northfolk
One Killed as Frisco Train Wreck Near Chelsea Oklahoma
A passenger train wreck two miles south of Chelsea, Okla, killed a tramp and injured four others. The engine and five cars overturned. Injured include J. P. Brown Pan Jones of Chelsea a mail clerk and S B Wilson. An investigation to determine the wrecks cause is under way.
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Winita
Oklahoma
Frisco
Chelsea
J. P. Brown
Pan Jones
S. B. Wilson
Dogs Trail Fugitive Near Jackson Mississippi
Tom Atkinson, escaped twenty years ago from the penitentiary, is being hunted by troops and posses in Winston county. Bloodhounds were used today. He is a prosperous farmer whose escape angered local residents at actions by the governor and authorities.
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Jackson
Mississippi
Tom Atkinson
Winston County
Atkinson
Mystery high diver leaps 135 feet from Williamsburg Bridge
Albert B. House of Brooklyn jumped from the Williamsburg Bridge into the Hast river, 135 feet, was rescued unconscious by a passing tug and later taken home. He is known as Mystery Albert, the high diver.
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New York
Albert B. House
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Hast
House
Albert
Whitelaw Nominated for Assistant Treasurer Role
The president sent to the Senate the nomination of Oscar L. Whitelaw to be assistant treasurer of the United States at St. Louis.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
Oscar L. Whitelaw
United States
St. Louis
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