Armistice Talks Intensify in Mexican Border Crisis
Reports from El Paso and Mexico City describe Madero and Navarro agreeing on an armistice plan with white flag signals and a formal resumption of peace negotiations. Attacks near Juarez and Tijuana trigger federal losses and continued border tensions as officials forecast renewed talks and possible ceasefire arrangements.
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Associated Press
Paso
Texas
Madero
Navarro
el Paso
Usta
Juarez
Chihuahua
Edict Abolishes Grand Council in China
Peking reports a long awaited edict that abolishes the grand council and replaces it with a constitutional cabinet of ten members. The measure marks a major shift in governance and follows nationwide expectations.
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Peking
Associated
Presa
Grand Council
Insurrection leaders weigh terms as Diaz resignation looms
Rumors from Mexico City say Diaz may resign soon and that insurrecto chiefs seek broad concessions. Federal government reportedly ready to grant most demands while insurrectos push to install their men in governors posts across many states and in the provisional cabinet. Madero expected to resign provisional presidency possibly to allow De La Barra to take over, with rebels aiming for decisive control of deputies to ensure reform.
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Jerte
Mexico City
Diaz
Diac
Insirrectos
Minister de la Barra
Yasquez Gomes
Asurrectos
Madero
Senior de la Barra
Chamber of Deputies
Bribery probe under way in Ohio legislature reform push
The grand jury convenes at 10 am and the legislature meets at 5 pm as the graft scandal, already involving five lawmakers, resumes. Prosecutor Turner denies rumors of a single indict ment outcome and signals possible indictments and perjury charges. He also aims to summon Harvey Garner from the National Democratic committee. He warns of a major explosion linking multiple people to the case.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Turner
Harvey Gar
Ner
National Democratic Committee
Ohio
Winter Wheat Improves in May Crop Report
The May crop report from the Agriculture Department shows winter wheat condition at 86.1 on May 1, up from 82 on April 1 and near the May ten year average of 86. Rye stands at 89. The harvested winter wheat area totals about 31,387,000 acres, up 1.6 million from 1910 but down 3.12 million from last fall’s sowing.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Department of Agriculture
Gallinger Speculated for Senate Presidency Nomination
A Republican caucus will meet after the senate adjourns today to nominate a president pro tem to succeed Senator Frey who resigned due to illness. The chair is generally expected to go to Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire, though some Progressive senators favor Senator Clapp and will oppose the Gallinger choice.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Senate
Frey
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Clapp
Supreme court orders saloon licenses in Genesee and Calhoun
The Michigan Supreme Court issued an order compelling the boards of supervisors in Genesee and Calhoun counties to issue saloon licenses. After April elections the counties shifted from dry to wet by narrow margins, yet officials had sought to maintain prohibition, triggering litigation.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
Supreme Court Today
Board of Supervisors
Genesee
Calhoun
Nineteen Passengers Hurt In Lehigh Valley Wreck
Nineteen passengers are reported injured in a Lehigh Valley train wreck two miles north of Horseheads. Three badly hurt passengers have been brought to Elmira and may die. The Ithaca bound train from Ithaca is due in Elmira at noon today.
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Usy Associated Press
Elmyra
N. Y
Ithica
Horseheads
Knight Nomination for Rear Admiral Proceeds in Senate
President Taft sent to the senate the nomination of Captain Austin M. Knight to rear admiral amid Navy Secretary Meyer's protest. Knight had been acquitted by a court martial of responsibility for the sinking of the monitor Puritan at Hampton Roads.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft
Senate
Austin M.knight
Meyer
Knight
Hampton Roads
New Anglo-Chinese Opium Accord Signed
Peking May The agreement provides immediate reduction and final extinction of Indian opium exports to China. aims to end opium trade with China.
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Associated Press
Peking
China
Runaway Engine Reined In At Tunnel Exit
A Boston and Milne engine escaped a collision with a passenger train, sped through a long tunnel, and was halted by Conductor D A Churchill who clung to a car rear and climbed to the engine cab. The incident occurred near the tunnel’s north end with near-misses at several grade crossings.
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Boston and Milne
D. A. Churchill
Churchill
Dietz A Good Shot Thorbahn On Stand In Trial
Hayward Wis May 10 With Fred Thorbahn chief of deputies testifying the prosecution wrapped its case in the Dietz cabin assault. Thorbahn described a confrontation after surrender and Dietz admitting firing at him. Witnesses recounted a six year old affray. Dietz’s arsenal was shown. Giblin and others testified to being shot at and Dietz denying repeated arrest.
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Associated Press
Hayward
Wis
Fred Thorbalin
Dietz
Uye
Thorbahn
Diets
Pat McGinn
William, Giblin
Cameron Dam
Giblin
Valentine Weisenbach
Weapon
Fred Thorbalu
Thorbaln
Irwin Ginogue
Weisenbach
Ginuque
Hau Claire
Reid
Peter Corbett
William Bohmer
Giauque
Fred Thorbahn
Shota
Madden
Dynamite found near Malibu ranch sparks murder case bail talk
An investigation opened after eighty sacks of dynamite were found near the Malibu ranch beach. Prosecutors John B. Fredericks and Job Harriman plan to discuss bail with Judge Walter Bordwell for John J. McNamara, charged in the dynamite bombing linked to the McNamara brothers. The case draws speculation on why bail for dynamiting is being questioned.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Gal
May S
Malibou Ranch
Sohn J. McNamara
Jarae
D ¥Namile
John BR. Fredericks
Job. Harriman
Walter Bordwell
John McNamara
Centenary of her birth celebrated in Wisconsin
Milwaukee special from Sheboygan reports Mrs Marianna Clark of Lindon will celebrate her one hundredth birthday this week. Born May 1811 in Stanstead Canada her father Worth Clark was an artilleryman in the revolution. Her three sons served in the Civil War. She attended Solomon Jayneau funeral as a quartet member.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Sheboygan
Marianna Clark
Lindon
Stanstead
Canada
Worth’ Clark
Clark
Solomon Jayneau
Quartet
Milwaukee bartender shoots self after marriage rejection
A Marinette report states Frank Thilkey, 33, a bartender at the Grand Plantz hotel in Wauheno Forest County, shot himself in the head Saturday night in the presence of a hotel waitress after she refused his marriage proposal. He died within minutes.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Journal
Marinette
Frank Thilkey
Rates Favor Steel Firm Charged at Commerce Commission
At a New York hearing the Interstate Commerce Commission was told the Baltimore and Ohio Railway and its subsidiaries favored United States Steel Corp with discriminatory freight rates. Louis H. Porter, representing Alpha Portland Cement Co, presented the complaint as the case opened in the customs house.
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Iby
Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Interetat Commerce Commission
Custom House
Baltimore & Onio Railway Company
Reapange
Alpha Portland Cement Company
Louis H. Porter
Sugar Probe Advised Big Trust Suspected
Washington May 8 Investigation of the American Sugar Refining company and other sugar manufacturers to determine possible anti trust violations was urged by the house rules committee. Representative Hardwick of Georgia introduced a measure for a nine member special committee to broaden inquiry beyond the American company to all sugar makers and assess if prices were being restrained or competition harmed.
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Hardwick
Gears
Win
Aeto
Associated Press
Wahington
DB. C
American Sugar’ Refping Company
House Committee On Rules
Georgia
House
Henry
Renning Company
Forest fires rage across northern Wisconsin and beyond
A Wisconsin special reports forest fires expanding through northern Wisconsin and the Michigan peninsula. Two square miles burned near Saxon, logging camps near Mellen burned, and seven ty section men on the Omaha road fight fires near Cable. Dense smoke forces Lake Superior vessels to anchor and many scattered fires dot the region as Winnipeg faces potential severe fire risk without rain.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Ashland
Michigan Peninsula
Saxon
National Lumber Company
Mellen
Omaha Road
Cable
Lake Superior
Winnipeg
Associated Press
Swan River
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Canadian Northern Railway
Cox Only Man in the Net
Cincinnati May 8. Prosecutor seeks leave to dismiss charges against four indicted in city and county probe. Only major case remaining is George B Cox charged with perjury as prosecutor aims to add indictments against city engineer H F Shipley, August J Aud, Conrad Monkel, and W W Coney. Witness inconsistencies and rulings urge stricter proof than anticipated.
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Associated Eiies
Cincinnati
Henry ‘T. Hunt
Feave
Perune
Hamilton County
George B. Cox
Charles J. Hunt
H. F. Shipley
August J. Aud
Conrad Monkel
W.W. Coney
Hunt
Reducing Heavy Lawsuits Proposal For Work Injury Reform
Washington May 9 The employers liability and workmen's compensation commission appointed by President Taft will hold public hearings starting Wednesday to devise a legal system for redress without costly suits. Railways representatives and labor leaders will testify as the panel prepares a report to Congress by next January. The proposed legislation would cover interstate workers government service and the District of Columbia.
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Sy Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Dranogry J
District of Columbia
Will of Niels Poulson Leaves Large Bequest to Foundation
In Brooklyn probate filings, the American Scandinavian foundation is named residuary legatee of Niels Poulson, head of Hecla Iron Works, reputedly multi millionaire. House keeper Nicoline Christensen receives 60000, secretary Annie Brush 20000, and a 300000 mansion in Brooklyn goes to executor William M. Dickman.
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Associated Press
New York
May
American Scandinavian Foundation
Niels Poulson
Hecla Lron Works
Brooklyn
Poulson
Nicoline Christensen
Annie Brush
William M. Dickman
Pittsburg Official on Trial for Bribery Charge
Pittsburg May 8 Dr BR Walters director of public health is on trial in criminal court charged with accepting a bribe of 1000 dollars for his vote on the bank depositories ordinance while a member of the select council. District Attorney Blakely announced a jury selection to try Frank Hoffatot the banker and car manufacturer charged with participating. Trial to begin when Walters jury is secured.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
BR. RB. Walters
Department of Public Health
Select Council
A. Blakely
Uriberg
Trainmen convene as Harrisburg hosts Brotherhood meeting
Delegates to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen arrive by train with western and southern contingents in force. Officers of other railway brotherhoods expected. Business sessions begin Wednesday morning and Tuesday is set for public exercises.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
the Brotherhood of Railway
Suspect Former Employee Tied to Milwaukee Store Fire
Milwaukee May 8 A Daily News special from Green Bay says State Fire Marshal T M Purtell wired Chief Sweeney he would investigate a fire that caused about 25000 dollars damage to John Baum’s merchandise stock yesterday morning It is believed a former employee who had trouble with Baum started the blaze in a basement pile of wrapping paper and excelsior
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Green Bay
T. M. Purtell
Sweeney
John Baum
Baum
Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association Opens Thirteenth National Convention
Lancaster May 8 The Cigar Leaf Tobacco association began its thirteenth national convention today with seventy five delegates from across the United States and more than 600 attendees. The association comprises tobacco firms with annual business totaling about 200 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Lancaster
Pap
Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association
United States
Runaway Engine Stopped By Conductor Steps Locomotive
An unusual incident occurred on the railroad as a conductor, Salem Maas, halted a runaway locomotive with her efforts in May. The event underscores safety practices on rail lines and highlights the decisive action by the railway staff.
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Associated Press
Salem
Maas
May
Farmer Chris Hilker Found Dead in Barn After Ill Health
Chris Hilker, 57, a well to do Beloit farmer, was found hanging in his barn by his wife yesterday afternoon. Authorities believe years of poor health contributed to the act.
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Milwaukee
Wisk
May S
Daily News
Beloit
Chris Hilker
Hiller
French Aviator Lee Injured In Morning Flight
Associated Press report from Isay Len Montineaux France details aviator Lee colliding with a telegraph pole atop a residence during an early morning test flight. He fell onto the roof and sustained serious injuries.
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Associated . Press
Isay-Len-Montineaux
France
Lee
Elgin Butter Market Report and Odd Reading Fragment
The Elgin butter market notes output around 603 700 pounds with prices at two and a half percent, reflecting a brief Associated Press dispatch. The fragmentary text also includes unrelated dialogue about a young man Sap hedde and a threat joke, plus stray mentions of thoroughbred sheep and a mural bed.
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Associated Fress
Elgin
May
All Lumberman to Testify in Towing Trust Inquiry
Captain Walter D. Hamilton of Hines Lumber Co testified today before Special Examiner Miller in Washington as the government probes returns between lumbermen and the Great Lakes Towing Co. The inquiry is part of the suit to dissolve the towing company as a trust. Summer weather forecasts show low temperatures across the Pacific coast region.
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Associated .Prews
Chicago
Walte D. Hamilton
Hines’ Lumber Company
Special
Miller
Great Lakes Towing Company
Washington
D.C
Pacific
Coal Claims Argued In Alaska Land Case Hearings
The Cunningham coal land claims, numbering thirty three, tied to a Ballinger Pinchot era inquiry, neared final determination as attorneys argued before Interior Secretary Frehner and land officials. Claims tied to Clarence Cunningham in Washington state date back to 1992 Alaska discoveries.
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R. Gravie Waa
Cuninghaoy
Gungenheims
Alaska
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Cunningham Alaskan. Com
Ballinger-Pinchot
Louie G. Glavis
The
Land Office
Cunningham
Secretary of the Interior
Fiehér
Dennett
Board of
Lon Glavis
Taft
Ballinger
Guggen Helme
Alaska Coal
Mas
Glavis
Congress
Learing
B.C. Boughes
Register
Fleher
Gifford. Pinchot
Hughes
Pars Dowjar
Death Comes Suddenly in Wisconsin Home
Nellie Fitch wife of attorney H. Be. Fitch died suddenly at her Nekoosa home last evening. Fitch had just returned from Madison, where he buried an infant child, to find his wife dying. Mrs. Fitch was well known throughout Wood county and her death shocks the community.
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Milwaukee
Wis
A. Winconain
Grand Rapids
Nellie Fitch
H. Be. Fitch
Ber
Nekoosa
Kaiser Addresses Alsace Students Before Parade
Emperor William visited Strassburg University and reviewed a parade before students. He urged the audience to place the welfare of the country above partisan influence before departing for a general inspection of frontier fortresses.
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Associated Press
Strassburg
Alsace-Lorraine
May
William
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