Roosevelt Back From South America Plans Long Progressive Campaign
Theod Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay after a South American trip and resumes active politics. He outlines a lengthy campaign from the Atlantic to the Pacific, arranging meetings with Progressive leaders and preparing a Washington address to announce his discovery of a river in Brazil. He criticizes the Wilson administration over Colombia and Panama tolls and defends coastwise exemptions.
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Wilson
Panama
Colombia
Saya
Wikl
Crithes
Associated Press
Oyster Bay
Theodote Roosevelt
South America
Roosy
Elt
Spain
Insson
Kermit
Europe
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Wanferenves
George W. Perkins
New York
National Executive Committee
D K Davisys
Washington
Sagamore Hill
Vetanel Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Roogelt
Pinchot and
Lewis
National Geographic, Society
Brazil
Panama Canal
United States
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Colomba
Henry Savage
Lander
England
Foloner
Colonel Roosevelt
Fires Raged Across Great Lakes Region Amid May Rains
Reports from Duluth and Milwaukee describe widespread forest and brush fires across Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota. Rain eased blazes but losses loom with lumber yards mills and poles destroyed and no lives reported. Fire brigades and rangers worked to build fire brakes and patrol lines while sections near Ely and Ashland faced ongoing threats.
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Associated Press
Calumet
Mid
Fram
Houghton
Ontonagon
Duluth
Minn
Northwest
Lake Superior
Ely
Forest Rangers
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Michi-gan
Minnesota
Tron Rover
Saxon Wis
Wausau
Merrill
Ashland
Bayfield
Bad River Reservation
Spencer
Lucius
Marshfield
Butler
Flambeau Lake
Saxony
Cedar
van Buskirk
Woodruff
Manitowish
Lear Elto
Robbing Lumber Company
Rhinelander
Five Die in Auto Train Collision Near Ashville
Five persons were killed when a Scioto Valley traction car struck an automobile at a crossing near Ashville, twenty five miles south of Columbus. The deceased include WooBE Miller president of the Citizens bank Ashville and his wife Aggie Miller. Mrs Alice Staiger of Ashville. EB Hills wife of Rev EB Hills. Vida Trend five year old daughter of HJ Bond. and the Hills’ six year old daughter was rescued from under the burning car.
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Ashville
Associated Press
Columbus
Scioto
Clubs Must Be Licensed Says Attorney General Opinion
Madison Wis May 20 Attorney General Owen told District Attorney Nelson that no club or association may furnish liquor to its members without a license. He insists a club operating in any territory constitutes prima facie evidence of excise law violations in this state.
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Theortui Western
Madison, Wix
United States
Owen
Tetrict
Nelson
Dane County
Smoot assails tariff figures in Senate session
Senator Smoot of Utah presented April commerce data showing total imports under the Underwood tariff at 63 million dollars, claiming an annual loss of about 766 million dollars due to increased importation and higher expenditures.
Four Survivors From Wrecked Columbian Recount Suffering
After the steamship Columbian exploded and burned on May 4 eleven were cast into the sea. Four men, later rescued by the US revenue cutter Seneca on May 11, endured two weeks of hunger and thirst before being picked up in the missing lifeboat. They were in a pitiful physical and mental state.
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United States Revenue
Seneca
Columbian
Court Ruling Bolsters Becker by Excluding Confession
The New York Supreme Court ruled that the confession of Dago Frank Chofiel made an hour before his execution is inadmissible to prove Becker’s innocence in the Rosenthal murder case. Witnesses including Warden Clancy Father Cashin and Principal Keeper McInerney were barred from testifying to authenticate the confession. Becker’s defense aimed to place these testimonies on the record to support their theory.
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Clancy
Cashia
McInerney
Associated Press
New York
Dago Frank
Ctrofici
Sing Sing
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Supreme Court
Becker
Backer
Rosenthal
Seabury
Cashin
Dago Frank" Chofiel
Frederick Hawley
Hawley
Erranger
Jack Rose
Harry Walton
Pridzie Webber
Socialists in Disorder at German Parliament Session
Berlin May 20 Associated Press reports a closing session of the German imperial parliament ended in chaos as Socialists refused to leave their seats and shouted defiance while cheers for the emperor continued. Speaker Kaempf denounced the breach. government petroleum monopoly bill was not debated and thus fell through.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Socialist Party
Johannes Kaempf
Socialista
Jacob A. Riis Weakens in Summer Home
Reports from Worcester Massachusetts say Jacob A Riis is gradually growing weaker at his summer home in Boston. No change in treatment is reported though his condition is described as steadily weakening.
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Associated Press
Worcester
Mans
Jacob A. Riis Jas
Batre
Bush Fire Threatens Royal Pavilion Amid Militants Charge
Flames encircle the royal Pavilion in Long Valley forcing a major response as King George and Queen Mary reside there. Militants are charged with starting the blaze and an army of British troops is deployed to secure the camp before dawn.
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King George
Queen Mary
Associated Press
Aldershot. Eeng
Royal Pavilion
Long Valley
Village of Nadeau Afire Destroys Hotels and Post Office
Fire destroyed the Exchange hotel and another hotel, a saloon, post office and eight dwellings in Nadeau Michigan. The blaze, started by a chicken incubator, caused about 50 000 dollars in losses. Guests fled in their nightclothes with narrow escapes. The Mannette fire department aided the village brigade as forest fires pressed nearby.
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Postofice
Marlette
Win
Nadeau
Menomnee County
Exchange Hotel
Mannetee
Hs Warming
Navieau
Nadeau Brothers
2 Po Weihne
Tuislature
Race riot reported on Guatemalan plantation
AssocIATed Rt New Orleansia reports United Fruit Co wireless union claims a race riot on a Guatemalan plantation. The tale says four negroes and about 100 Indians were killed amid tribal hatred sparked by a quarrel over a debt and a refused sale to a native woman. The account reached New Orleans by mail.
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Associated Rt
New Orleansia
United Fruit Companys
Guatemalan
Staty
Nazeda
Orleans
Patrolmen Clamp Vagrants in Port Warne Camp
A five officer unit under Cam Richard Kelly arrested twenty two vagrants camping on the city outskirts. Each man was clipped with horseclippers, ordered to leave town, and paddled as they fled. If recaptured before the hair regrew they faced 100 days at the stone pile. The camp tent and equipment were burned.
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Asseemlict Arebe
Port Warne Ind
Cam Richard Kelly
Railway plea denied by Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington May 24 The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a petition for rehearing of the industrial railway cases recently decided by the commission.
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Associated Prensa
Washington, DC
Interstate Commerce Comminal
Commission
French statesman Guteyar dies at 93 in Paris
Pierre Paul Guteyar, longtime minister of the colonies in the French cabinet under Leon Bourgenis, died today at the age of seventy three. Born 1805, Guteyar served in colonial affairs and was a prominent figure in 19th century French politics.
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Pierre Paul Guteyar
Frenc
Leon Bourgenis
Villa routs Federal forces at Paredon
General Villa leads a three column assault trapping five Federal trains near Saltillo after Monclova evacuation. Federal losses include many killed wounded and prisoners. Villa’s forces capture artillery ammunition and provisions. Rebels drive retreating troops from Monclova and Saltillo area in a swift, decisive engagement.
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VILLA
Paredon
Salttilla
Monclova
Estacion Amargos
Mexico
Hi Paso
Prancinco Villa
Monetasa
Healan
Saitile
Constitutionalists
Huerta
Francisco Murgula
Piedras
Krav
Hye Mareula
Charles Alvares
Guardiola
Munoz
Saltillo
Vila
Federals First
Underr Villa
Maclovio Herrera
Trinidad Rodriguez
Revi Madero
Perchea
Ines
Villaces
Als
Juarez
Battle report cites deaths of Generals Alvariz Munos in Pare Don
An official telegram from General Villa to General Carranza notes Generals Miguel Alvariz and Ignacio Munos were killed at Pare Don. It adds General Osorno and many federal officers were executed and that in the Aertuchke fight a general and thirty eight staff officers were captured and later executed.
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Miguel Alvariz
Ignacio Munos
Paredon
Villa
Carranza
Miguel Alvarez
Ignacio Munoz
Osorno
Aertuchke
Morgan Had His Own Way in New Haven Matters
Charles Mellen testifies that J P Morgan was the master mind behind New Haven affairs and that Morgan influenced Worcester and Boston and Maine dealings. Mellen recalls respect for Morgan and says he did not challenge Morgan’s actions on acquisitions or how Morgan bought stock from Mutual Life.
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Tropica
Jungles
Charles S. Mellen
Coronel Roosevelt
Washington
Charles S. Melen
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway
Mellen
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Franklin K Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles Mellen
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Boston and Maine Railway
Worcester
Folk
The
Boston and Maine
Mr. Morgan
Wiis
New England Navigation Company
Metlen
Morgan
Peg New Haven
Blockade at Monte Christi and Puerto Plata
Dominican government ends port blockade at Monte Christi to curb smuggling across the border. Puerto Plata siege continues with government troops in position. Puerto Plata rebels seek interview with U S representatives aboard the Washington but the government demands immediate evacuation and elections. Eastern and southern districts remain unsettled.
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Associated Preas
Santo Domingoi
Repulica
Monte Christi
Amite
Fingtan
Puerto Plata
Bordas
United States
Washington
Bardasy
Judge May Carry Weapon in Court
Special to Northwestern Prairie du Chien Wisconsin May 20 A judge rules he may carry a revolver while on the bench to enforce respect and protect himself from a mob In circuit court Judge David L Dobson of Bell Center Municipal Court faced a concealed weapon charge issued by District Attorney Munson The case was dismissed as a tough element in Bell Center was cited by the judge to justify bearing a weapon
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
George Lamentson
Aday. Iie
Munson
David L. Dobson
Muniscipal Court of
Bell Center
Dobson
Bell
T Dabson
Opinion on canal tolls move blocked in Senate debate
Washington May 20. Senator Kern Democratic leader failed to win unanimous consent for a May 27 vote on the Panama canal tolls repeal bill after Senator McCumber objected. The date for voting remains unsettled.
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Kern Kahn
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Kern
McCumber
North Dakota
Sugar First Shipment Through Panama Canal Completed
Three barges carrying 1,300 tons of sugar from Hawaiian steamers at Panama arrived at Cristobal at seven last evening after passing the canal. The sugar was transferred to the steam tugs Low and Oregonian for conveyance to Philadelphia, marking the canal’s first commercial use.
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Barwen Farm
Commersiana
Associated Press
Colon
Panama
Cristobal
Panama Canal
Low
Oregonian
Phidcelphia
Sleuths Guard Mediators at Niagara Falls Sessions
The United States Secret Service chief William J. Flynn and two corps of operatives arrived at Niagara Falls on May 20 to safeguard foreign diplomats and U. S. representatives during the sessions of the South American mediators.
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Associated Press
Niagara Falls
N Ov
United States Secret Service
William J. Flynn
Secret Service
United States
Neenah Man Wins Marriage License in Chicago
Joseph Baratein of Neenah Wisconsin, aged twenty one, secured a marriage license in Chicago on May 20 naming his intended bride Minnie Cottie Ressman of Chicago, aged twenty.
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Northwestern
Chicago, I
Joseph Baratein
Neenah, Wis
Mins Cottie Ressman
Chicago
Mediation on Mexico Peace Effort Advances at Niagara Falls
At Niagara Falls the United States and Huerta representatives began formal mediation talks with Mexican delegates. Authority given to Mexican negotiators could determine progress toward eliminating Huerta and the pace of settlement amid tensions over Mexico City. News also reports Silliman's detention and Parks alleged death, plus Tampico open to commerce.
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Associated Press
Llagara Falls
Ont
United States
Huerta
Aulea
Mexico
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Lamar and
Lehmann
Mr. Suarez
Ambassedor da Gama
Noon
Carranza
Mexico City
Ttin
Niagara Falls
Suarez
Silliman
Washington
UW. C
Tuhn &, Silliman
Renotte
Saltillo
Ja. W. Bland
Vera Cruz
Samuel Parks
Wills
Bland
Parks
Tampico
Roosevelt
Tamjico
H. L. Wilson
Henry Lane Wilson
Senate
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Wiliam Alden Smmith
Michigan
Wilson
Smith
Huertasna
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Sagamore
Jim
Aath
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NCO
Socialists
Jacob A. Riis
Fort Wayne, Ind
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VWERS
Tee
Grex
Twermias
Presa
Navy Department
Navy
Rensavalt
Atlantic
Neenah
Republic OF Mexico
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