Dozens Die as Detroit Rubber Plant Blast Hits City
A Detroit explosion at the Mexican Crude Rubber company plant in West Detroit kills ten and injures three more feared dead. Debris, shattered panes, and large concrete blocks litter the area as investigators weigh gasoline or sulfuric acid as possible causes while workers and nearby factories suffer heavy damage.
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Dixanster
Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Mexican Crude Rubber Company
Rubber Companys
Motten Rabbes
Tls
Plem
Court Martial at Denver Probes Tikas Death
Testimony in the Hamrock case cites Maj Patrick J Hamrock charged with arson murder manslaughter and larceny as to the death of Louis Tikas leader of Greek coal strike camp. Capt T C Linderfett resumes trial testimony amid conflicting accounts of whether Tikas and two strikers were ordered to run or attempted to escape. The military commission notes a bullet in Tikas’ body not used by soldiers.
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JSY
Denver
Colo
Louis Tikas
Tudlow
T. C. Linderfett
Patrick J. Hamrock
Tikas
Imimuission
Doctor Schaeffer Convicted in Woman’s Death
Special to The Northwestern Milwaukee May 1 jury finds Dr Frank Xhaeffer guilty of manslaughter in the death of Mrs Roce Detrich. Verdict delivered in municipal court after jurors returned from deliberation. Schaeffer’s face showed shock as the verdict was read.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Frank Xhaeffer
Dr. Schaeffer
Roce Detrich
Walter Wide Schaefffer
Arrives on Lusitania with Preston’s Mrs. Preston
New York May 3 Mrs Thomas J Preston formerly Mrs Grover Cleveland arrived in New York today aboard the Lusitania and said she would stay briefly in the city she has been living abroad for some timeSource mentions Mrs Preston's previous marriage to Grover Cleveland and her return voyage onboard the Lusitania.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas J. Preston
Grover Cleveland
Archbishop Messmer Meets Rome Officials in Private Audience
Archbishop Sebastian Messmer of Milwaukee was received in a private audience in Rome on May 15. The encounter with Vatican officials occurred during his visit.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Sebastian
Messmer
Milwaukee
Pone
Dominion Statesman Dies
Montreal May 1 F D Monk former minister of public works in the Lorainian cases died there today.
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Associated Press
Montreal
F. D. Monk
Minster of Public Works
Conference Fails as Oshkosh Trunk Workers Strike
The Oshkosh Trunk company and its striking workers failed to reach a settlement after the union appointed a conference committee led by Edward E. Shilling of Chicago. Company reps declined to meet the committee though may meet individual ex-employees. pickets stand outside the plant with no disorder reported.
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Oshkosh Trunk Company
Trunkmakers’ Union
Edward E. Shilling
Chicago
Travelers Goods and Leather Novelty Workers’ International Uwn of America
Theft Probe Swirls Menasha Bar Boss and City News
Verne Bush a Clintonville bartender is sought by Menasha police for alleged theft of 35 dollars and other items from Henry Walz saloon last night. He boarded the Northwest road train this morning and his whereabouts are unknown.
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Menasha
Wis
Verne Bush
Clintonville
Henry Walz
Wilz
Bush
Lid Olock
Menasha Aerie of
Eagies
Hefe
Antigo Jone
Cgeorge Stein
Joseph Muntner
George Sensenbrenner
Charles Strong
Joseph Fulkramer
Thedore Suess
Cin Fagtes' Association
Werhert Verner
Clarks Hospital
Cehhisn
Tsander J Pansen
Oshkosh
Lodge of
Yeomen
Train held up near Rexford by two masked men
Great Northern passenger train No. 1 the Central Limited was halted near Rexford Montana by two masked robbers. They rifled the mail car but the registered pouches had left ten hours earlier with little loot. The train reached Spokane three hours late. a prior heist at Rondo yielded $40,000 in currency seven years ago.
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Spokane
Weel
Great Northern
Cnentai
Haggus¢Mitn
Rom
Ciriental Limited
Rondo
Federal Oil Control Urged Before House Commerce
Charles Wrightsman of Tulsa urged federal control of all oil pipelines before the House Interstate Commerce Committee. He proposed an amendment to the administration trade commission bill to empower the commission to investigate oil production transportation and consumption and urged that common carriers fall under interstate commerce law.
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House Commerce Committee
Washington, D. C
House Interstate Commerce
Charles Wrightsman
Tulsa
Oklo
Administration Trade Commission
Fourteen in Peril as Gas Fatality Triggers Alarm
Coroner's jury records a gas asphyxiation death of Oscar P. Ayres in Chicago. Fourteen people, including a policeman, faced danger from fainting due to embalming fluid fumes while an escape from a mortuary fixture went unnoticed.
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Jlary
Associated Press
Chicago
Oscar P. Ayres
Norway Centenary Exposition Opens in Oslo
King Haakon and Queen Maud opened a ceremonial exhibit marking 100 years since Norway declared independence from Denmark. Cabinet members, foreign diplomats, and both houses of parliament attended the event in Christiania on May 15.
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King Haakon
Queen Vinned
Associated Press
Christiania
Norway
Haakon
Queen Maud
Tofay
Denmark
Entire Village Burned in Glen Campbell Fire
A massive blaze destroyed the business section of Glen Campbell, about twenty miles away, causing an estimated loss of $200,000. No injuries reported as firefighters battled the flames.
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Associated Prensa Jsnntown
Glen Campbell
Insurance firm put under receiver in Benton Mass
The Spring-field Mutual Disability company was placed into receivership today in Benton Massachusetts. The brief notice notes the action by county authorities with no further details.
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Associated Press
Benton
Mass
Massie Family Murders At Ironton Farm
Harley Beard, eighteen, arrested in Chicago for the mass killing near Ironton Ohio. He confessed striking Robert Massie Mary Massie and their mother Nancy Massie with a stake and razor after disputes over work and money. The crime spree ended with a train ride to Chicago and a police pursuit.
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Associated Presa
Ironton
Dennis Massie
Rubert
Daugster Bary
Gudsy
Ule County
tWelLlynne Mites Fundrum l
Countesay
Mary Muasgie Wers
Robert
Chicago
Ill
Nancy Massie
Beard
DE. Day
West
Madison Street
Maseiey Law
Bob
Woxax
Mary
Arlington
Fant
Sam Paris
Lawrence County
Ohio
Berard
Marstes
Ironton County
Oregon Holds Primary in Portland Voting Today
Oregon voters cast ballots in Portland as May 1 marks the primary for United States senator and party nominations. Candidates from the Democratic Republican and Progressive parties seek key statewide and county tickets amid early returns and contest results.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Ldeimonate
Repuolian
Progressive Party
Oregon
Toda
Saminatiouns Mie
Neule
United Shates
Rep
Jeckey
Commede
Ated Ceanty
Indictment Reaches Editor Over Obscene Material
The article reports that editor Thomas F Watran of Geeren, associated with Luscasin, was indicted for sending obscene matter through the mail. A related indictment had targeted another figure Wassog Obacene VUntter, with the case proceeding before a United States judge.
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Luscasin
Wassog Obacene Vuntter
Augusta
Thomas F Watran
Geeren
Klatarian
Late Today
Watson
United States
Senate debate urges arbitration on Panama tolls
Senator McLean proposes U S arbitration to settle the Panama tolls question in a Senate discussion. He warns the current talk of peace may fade into a ravenish image rather than a dove.
Matthew M. Riley Dead Prominent Wisconsin Democrat
Special to The Northwestern Milwaukee Wisconsin May Matthew M Riley formerly a Leading Wisconsin Democrat later prominent Prohibition 141 died today at the county hospital of general debility. Riley was well known throughout Wisconsin and upper Michigan.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Matthew M. Riley
Wisconsin
President nominates Balley Blanchard as envoy to Hayti
The president named Arthur Balley Blanchard of Louisiana currently serving as secretary of the embassy in Tokyo to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Hayti. The nomination was announced in Washington on May 15 by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Arthur Balley-Blanchard
Louisiana
Tokyo
Hayti
Laying Capitol Marble in Madison State Capitol
The laying of granite for the final wire of the state capitol began today in Madison Wisconsin. Iron girders are set in position and officials say the wing will be completed to endow the building despite weather delays.
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Madison
Wis
State Capitol
Harry Vallon Admits He Lied as Witness in Becker Case
In New York on May 15, Harry Vallon testified at the Becker murder trial, admitting past flight in relation to the Rosenthal case but maintaining his account of events. He said he knew Rosenthal for fifteen years and had a dispute with him six months before Rosenthal’s death, while denying a quarrel with the victim.
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J Rose
Whitnall
Charles Becker
Justice Seavury
Supreme Court
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Uecker
Honcathal
Hin
Becker
Witnes
Associated Press
Harry Watson
Balg Jack" Rose
Herman Rouwenthal
Secon
Wents
Inai
Cnderver
Herker
Quark
Rosenthal
Harry Vallen
Uemat Polite
Jack Foge
Wefenne
Mosenthil
May Cale
Charles Tit
Beckers
Mitt
Ble
Not Confined in Jail Virgil Smith in Custody
Dist. Attorney McDonald says Virgil Smith the Winneconne boy charged with murder in the Codd case is not jailed. He remains in Sheriff Zweifel's custody with near full liberty and sleeps at the sheriff's home, as state law prohibits confining a child his age in a county jail or similar institution.
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FE. McDonald
Young Smith
Two Murderers Hanged for Killing Policeman in New Westminster
New Westminster B C May 15 Herman Behrens of San Bernardino Cal and Frank Davis of New Westminster were hanged today for the murder of James Archibald a Vancouver policeman during a burglary dispute May 23 191%. Archibald confronted the alleged robbers as they divided spoils and was killed.
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Associated Press
New Westminster
B. C
Herman Behrens
San Bernardino
Cal
Frank Davis
James Archibald
Vancouver
Archibald
Schoolboy Slayer Case Opens as Counselor Seeks Insanity Defense
In Herkimer New York on May 16 lawyers for Jean Gianini argued in opening that hereditary insanity and insane grievances fueled the motive to murder his schoolteacher Lidla Beecher. The defense contended defenses for the accused point to a disordered mind as the cause of the fatal act.
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Sary
Associated Press
Herkimer
S. Y
Mediation Delays and Huerta Links in May News
Reports from May 15 describe Huerta delegates leaving St Augustine for Jacksonville and Secretary Bryan stating the Lobos explanation is satisfactory. Mediators delay talks in Niagara Falls amid rumors of a hitch, while gunboats from Vera Cruz move toward Puerto Mexico. Maas’s disobedience to Huerta’s orders is alleged by E De Morelos, and Newport’s clearance issue remains unresolved as ships await formal papers.
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Washington, D. C
Bryan
United States
Niagara Falls
Riano
Mexico
White House
Whites House
Admiral Badger
Zaragoza
Bravo
Tampico
Puerto Mexico
Vera Cruz
Panuco
Maas
San Francisco
Cal
Huerta
Gustav Maas
Mara
E. de Moreley
New Orleans
Jad de Morelos
Blanquet
Maag
Newport
California
Mazatlan
Vila
San Diego
General Huerta
Muzak
Doyle Issur
Oshkosh Lectures Mrs Anna Johnson At Presbyterian Church
Oshkosh residents will hear Mrs Anna French Johnson in a lecture recital at the First Presbyterian Church next Sunday evening. The program includes Parents and Children and admission is free. Johnson, wife of Rev C C Jonson, is a noted reader praised for originality, justice, and a gracious presence.
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Oshkosh
Anna French Johnson
First Presbyterian Church
Eugene GL Garrett
Ja@hnada
Omra
Nathonak
Plc. Stewart
D. A
Mrx. Johnson
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Thomas held on Jefferson Av
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Thomas were conducted at the Jefferson Avenue residence by Rev W H Jones and Rev Howell Davis with a large attendance. Floral tributes reflected esteem as pallbearers listed and interment followed at Riveraide cemetery. Attendants from out of town included Mr and Mrs Morgan of Randolph Mrs Davis of Cambria Benjamin Thomas and his wife of Tac da Flambeau Sadie Thomas of Rockford and Mr and Mrs Bascom of Milwaukee.
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Jefferson Avenue
Margaret Thomas
W. H. Jones
First Baptist Temple
Howell Davis
Wauwatosa
van Vincent
Ebenezer Richards
John Wiltinma
Lewis Lewis
Thomas Morgan
Randolph
Edward Davis
Riveraide Cemetery
City
Morgan
Davis
Cambria
Benjamin Thomas
Tac da Flambeau
Sadie Thomas
Rockford
Bascom
Milwaukee
Bessie Bascom
Man Falls From Building Window In City
A man named A N Macgregor plunged from the twenty first floor of the Insurance Exchange building in Chicago today. His father insists the death was accidental, while police investigate the circumstances of the fatal fall on the pavement below.
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Associated Press
Chicago
A. N. Macfregor
Session of mediators at Niagara Falls postponed two days
The opening of the Niagara Falls mediation session on the Mexican controversy was postponed to May 20 at the Brazilian ambassador's request to avoid rushing the Mexican delegation. The three envoys from Brazil Argentina and Chile paid a formal farewell to President Wilson before leaving for Niagara Falls. The American delegates Lehmann and Lamar and secretary Dodge prepared at the State Department and would travel to Niagara Falls, while the Mexican issue and neutral handling were emphasized.
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Associated Preas
Washington, D. C
Niagara Falla
Ont
iWan
State Department
da Gama
Niagara Walls
Washington
Miagara Falls
Suarez
Ailso
Wilson
Niagara Falls
Ambassador da Gama
Brazil
Naon
Argentina
Chile
Bryan
White House
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Waahingtem
Ebay
Nepee
United States
Blue Room
Unon
Frederick W. Lehmann
Justice Lamar
Supreme Court of the United States
H. Percival Dodge
Glate Department
Iryan
N.Y
Une
Tearneil Mater
Winte House
Lehmann
Mexico
Tampico
Huerta
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