Paris Strikers Seize Central Posts In Massive Citywide Action
Paris remains tense as rightist forces occupy central post and telegraph stations. Troops patrol streets, guards protect workers, and posters declare the strike will continue until grievances are redressed. Leaders vow expansion, while government aims to keep lines open via mobile services and provincial support.
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Stelkers
Walle
Poxtere
Uhe
Chamber of Deputies
Lin
Associated Press
Paris
al Espoond
Wis
Gallerie Des Mathines
Weral Palstein
Tavis
Thare
Lyons
Bordeaux
Darr Cole
Central Bureau
Nancy
Strkere
Dalstein
Genius and Orthodoxy Clash at Episcopal Congress
The second day session of the national Episcopal congress in Boston debated whether genius and orthodoxy are compatible. Rev. Samuel D. McConnell denounced orthodoxy as an obstacle to truth while Rev. William Austin Smith offered a more conservative view. John Dewitt Warner of New York argued that genius and orthodoxy are not incompatible.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
National Episcopal Congress
Samuel D. McConnell
Enaton
Wiliam Austin Smith
Milwaukee
Philemon F. Sturges
Morristown
N. J
John Dewitt Warner
New York
Sesson
Congress
McConnell
Mr. Smith
Balloon Ascent By Aeronautical Division Team
Washington May 12Lieutenants Lahm Dickinson and Winter of the aeronautical division swiftly rose in balloon No 11 to 2000 feet and planned to remain aloft until nightfall.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lahm
Dickinson
Winter
Aeronautical Division
Algnai Corps
Bishop Galloway Dies in Jackson Pneumonia At Age
Bishop Charles B Galloway of the Methodist Episcopal Church dies in Jackson from pneumonia. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by the church leaders and family.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Mies
Charles B. Galloway
Methodint Episcopal Church
John Orth Disappears in Peculiar Archduke Claim
May 22 reports from Painesville Ohio state Johann Salvator, called the missing John Orth and claimed Archduke Johann of Austria, did not report to Coe foundry or his boarding house. He left last night saying publicity agitated him and began walking toward Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Painesville, O
Johann Salvator
John Orth
Archduke Johann of
Austria
Coe Foundry
Salvator
Cleveland
Plucky American Woman Returns to Protect School
Miss Effie Mo Chambers, worker with the American Board, returns alone to Kessub to oversee the girls’ high school after turmoil. The institution housed about fifty students. rumors of a burned building circulated, but others claimed it stood intact amid ongoing unrest.
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Associated Press
Latakia
Asiade
Turkey
Niss
Tarsts
Constantinepse
W. W. Peet
American Board
Thomas D. Christie
Tarsus
Christie
Adans
Ittidal
Adana
Matrasih
Cotton Takes A Jump In Cotton Prices
The cotton market rose as prices climbed from 28 to 32 points above last night’s close on the New York Cotton Exchange. May contracts jumped to about eleven cents per pound for the year, with July up from 10.56 to 10.84 cents. New crop months led activity with October up 32 points amid expectations of strong demand and optimistic crop reports.
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Dy Associated Press
New York
New York Vetton Exchange
Milwaukee Directory Swindle Suspects Nabbed in May Capture
Milwaukee police report the capture of Frannie Muston, 33, and Charles Ness, 28, suspected in a nationwide directory swindle. They allegedly used a large business directory to approach firms with unfilled ad contracts, collecting signatures on blank forms as proof a solicitor had called.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frannie Muston
Charles Ness
Pittsburg
Chicago
Wich
United States
Roosevelt hunting luck continues in East Africa expedition
The Associated Press reports in Nairobi on May 12 that Theodore Roosevelt's hunting party has shot a leopard and captured its two cubs, plus a buffalo and two giraffes. The camp remains near Machakos and no new smallpox cases have appeared among the porters.
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Associated Press
Nairobi
British East Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Machakos
Death by own action follows collapse at White House
Washington May 72. Thomas B Netherland forty five year old clerk at the White House shot himself to death at his home. He was formerly of Alexandria Va and had prominent family connections.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
beNeven
Svork
White House
Thomas
Netherland
Alexandria
Forty Miles Walk Ends in New Cambria Arrival
Sidward Payson Weston reached New Cambria Kansas after a forty mile trek. He arrived at two o clock this morning tired but still enthusiastic and returned to bed. He awoke this morning and resumed walking westward.
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Associated Press
New Cambria
Kas
Sidward Payson -Weston
Wisconsin youth movement backs Moss for Milwaukee mayor
Milwaukee May 12 The Wisconsin sign a movement is taking form among the youths Republicans of Milwaukee to make John E Moss president of the Merchants and Manufacturers association mayor of Milwaukee to succeed Davids Honey next spring.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
John E. Moss
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Davide$. Honey
Taft Heads to Chevy Chase Club for Golf Game
President Taft left the White House this afternoon by automobile for the Chevy Chase club five miles north of the city to play a round of golf. The Associated Press reports Taft’s outing as the day’s notable activity.
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Associated Preac
Washington, D. C
Taft
White House
Chevey Chase Club
Clty
Stolen Italian Madonna and Child Recovered in Venice
The Madonna and Child by Giovanni Belling, a valued Italian painting, was stolen Sunday from the Church of Madonna del Orto in Venice. Police traced the thieves to Venice, aided by newspaper and weekly readers across Europe and America. A $100 reward was announced for information leading to the thieves’ capture.
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Italy
Giovanni Belling
Madonna del’ Orto
Venice
Europe
America
Witteh
Giovanni Bellini
Merger of Magnitude Creates Largest Mining Coal Firm
Baltimore May 12 The Consolidation Coal company announced negotiations completed for merging Piedmont Coal Somerset Coal Clarksburg Fuel Pittsburg and Fairmont Fuel and their subsidiaries including railways docks and equipment. The merged group will be the world’s largest coal mining operation with 37.68 million dollars in capital and control of about 200000 acres across Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The Consolidation Coal company has acquired minority stock in all absorbed companies.
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Associateds Presa
Maltimore
Consolidation Coal Company
Piedmont Coal
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee Elevator manager dies in hunting accident
A Wisconsin special from Waukesha dated May 12 reports Lee D. L. Thompson thirty seven, manager for the Milwaukee Elevator Company at Merton, killed while hunting gophers. He was climbing a barbed wire fence when the trigger caught, the rifle discharged, and the bullet struck him in the head.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Waukeshagaya
Lee DL
Thompson
Merton
Milwaukee Undertaker Kills Self in Church
Special to The Northwestern reports B F I Bielefeld, a well known undertaker in Milwaukee, shot himself in St. Lawrence's church at Twenty second avenue and Orchard street. He had lived at 1010 Greenfield avenue for years. His daughter said she believed he was temporarily insane and had been acting queerly for months.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
B. FI
Bielefeld
St. Lawrence’s Church
Twenty-second Avenue
Orchard Street
Greenfield Avenue
Earthquake felt near Washington lasts thirty five minutes
Washington May 12 the United States coast and geodetic observatory at Cheltenham Md reported a distinct earthquake beginning shortly after seven oclock last night. The tremors lasted about thirty five minutes with a small amplitude recording.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States Coast and Geodetic Observatory
Cheltenham
Colonel Hicks Sails to England Amid Farewell Visions
Former American minister to Chile John Wielka sailed from here for England. Prominent officials including Hite and Telmaceda boarded to bid him farewell as Callean newspapers express sorrow at Hicks departure.
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Valnaralia
John Wielka
Chile
Uesing
England
Elvir Azied
Hite
Sifu Telmaceda
Callean Newepapers
Hicks
CAPTAIN HAINS SENTENCE OUTLOOK IN MANSLAUGHTER CASE
The article reports on Captain Hains awaiting sentencing after a first-degree manslaughter conviction for the killing of William F.B. Annie. Judge Gatremon faces decisions on motions for a new trial while District Attorney Dewitt defends the conviction as sound. Efforts to appeal hinge on alleged errors in the trial record. The piece also notes a separate military status update involving Captain Victor C. Tanner and the war department.
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Cape
William FB
Annie
Gatremon
Offeer
Manslangtter
John T' Retoo
Urins
Gdittel
Carrethon
Dewitt
Emphite m
Washington
New York
Vetor C. Tainer
Machinists to Strike Over Work System at Mt Clare Shops
Baltimore May 12 Assoc Press reports machinists at Mt Clare shops plan a strike after Vice President Potter refuses to discuss grievances. Orders for a walkout were issued by President OConnell of the International Machinists Association. The action targets the company shops at Riverside in South Baltimore amid a dispute over a new piecework system at Mt Craig shops.
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Fress
Baltimore
Potter
Baltimore & Obie Railway
Mt Clare
Tela
Riverside
O'Connell
Mt. Craig
Deadlock Persists After Local Senate Vote
Springfield WA May 12 The fiftieth joint inquiry for the U.S. senator yielded A J Hawkins with seventy eight votes. The deadlock continues as votes remain uncertified and no candidate secures a majority.
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Associated Press
Springfield
United States
A. J. Hawkins
Tobacco Duty Reform Sparks Kentucky Debate in Senate
Amid calls to end duties on hand-rolled tobacco, Senator Paynter of Kentucky urges a free market for growers selling to consumers or tobacco dealers without per pound taxes. Coleraton’s comments steer to anti trust rulings and questions the attorney general’s stance on monopoly enforcement.
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Kentucky
Culbertson
Associated Prise
Washington, D.C
Senstor Paynter
Loddey
Senate
Coleratson
Paynter
Lemittor
Tobacco Corporation
Department of Justice
United States
Calhorte Fon
New York
Supreme
Senate Debate Touches Duty on Window Glass
In a Senate session a New Hampshire petition urged a ten cent per pound duty cut on wheat imports. Senators Simmons Elkins and Stamens argued over tariff schedules for window glass, with debate on impacts to U S manufacturers, workers, and prices. Pricing stories included a retailer and wholesale pane cost contrast, highlighting profitability concerns and industry instability.
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Senate
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Gallager
Siamons
Mr. Aldrich
Mr. Simmons
Stamens
Simmons
America
Europe
Elkins
Bimootaid
Senate Vesterday
New York
Scot Saul
Klore
Mr. Clapp
Mr. Sutoot
My. Olip
Twenty Five Workmen Die in Quarry Dynamite Blast
Twenty five workmen are reported killed in a dynamite blast at a Callanan Road Improvement quarry about ten miles from Albany. The explosion occurred as blasts were prepared at five o clock, with twenty four holes drilled and seven filled. Two lines of men were at work nearby. one crew of twenty were farther down. Seventeen to twenty four died, with others missing from the blast area. About 1900 pounds of dynamite exploded.
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My Associated Press
Albany
N.Y
Callanan Road Improvement Company
F Hoyt Callanan
Charles Donallanan
Ired Snyder
John Hendrickson
Ume
Sven
Die Dis
Executions in Constantinople Reach Thirty Eight in Capital
Constantinople witnessed twenty four mutineers die in public across city halls during the revolution period, bringing total executions to thirty eight in the capital. Four were killed near the palace, eight in Stamboul, four at the war office, with murmur of corruption and political motive surrounding the hangings. Privates comforted the condemned before execution as officials justified the acts.
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Ty Associated Press
Constantinople
Privgts
Warship Mississippi makes a stop in New Orleans voyage
After a greensful trip from New Orleans, the battleship Mississippi arrived here shortly after one o clock this afternoon and anchored for a two day stay. A crowd lined the levee to view the great ship as it rested in the harbor.
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Associated Press
Donalisanvile
Orineans
Batieship
Mocaissippi
Nebraska drought broken by showers in South Platte region
Lincoln May 12 The drouth in the South Platte region was partially broken today by showers reported general through the southern and southeastern counties of the state. The precipitation amount was about one and one third inches in some areas.
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Lincoln
Neb
South Platte
Money for Hospital Report is Favorable
Madison Wis May 12 The Assembly passed a bill appropriating 100000 for a hospital for criminal in gang at the Northern States hospital Oshkosh within the grounds of the Oshkosh facility The Senate inquiry continues with witnesses to be examined and a report due early this evening The committee will also probe payments for a special train and letters between officials marching toward political reform.
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Madison
Wis
Committee On Charitable and Penal Institutions
Northern States
Oshkosh
Senate
la Follette
Thomas Morris
H. H Modenstob
Samuel Randolph
Assembly
Zimmerman
Brokhausen
Troy
Tana County
Inltly
Pr. Mytick
Milwaukee Free Press
Myrick
T. A. Bowman
Waukesha
J. W. Stone
Trowman
Rowdan
Edmonty
Jim Thoman
Bowman
Atone
Tost
Kilmonds
O. K
Tomorow
Son
Doty
Civil Service
Stone
Staur
Tewish Son
Pitios
Milwaukee
Spectacular and costly blaze destroys major mill yard
May 12 in Melancria Vi a fierce fire blackened the capital area five miles away causing over 100000 dollars in losses. The W A Smder & Co planing mill and lumber yard suffered the worst damage near the riverfront in Alexandria. In Plymouth New York the Pe nigewasscrt hotel in the White Mountains burned down this afternoon, losses about 100000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Melancria
National Capital
Alexsadleid
W. A. Smder_& Co
Mointain
Burns
Plymouth
N. Y
Penigewasscrt
White Mountains
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