Britons Ovation For Ismay On Arrival In England
Liverpool May 11 J Bruce Ismay White Star line managing director of the Titanic wreck received an ovation on arrival at the dock he was warmly cheered and shook hands with supporters He blamed the US press as unfair and praised the Senate probe chairman Smith for treating him well He said he escaped in a lifeboat with women and children rather than perish with the Verse
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Ismay
England
Liverpool
Eng
J. Bruce Ismay
White Star Line
United States Senate Committee
Smith
Iamay
Samay
Rebels, Huerta War Pressure In Mexico Begin Decisive Fight
May 11 El Paso reports Unofficially rebels suffer reverses at Bermijillo as General Orozco calls reserves to join him. Communications with Orozco forces fail while federal troops under General Huerta close on Escilona. Censorship blocks accurate movement details.
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el Paso
Texas
Bermejillo
Huerta Forces Advance Toward Fiscalona In Mexico
Peronal May 11 reports federal troops under General Huerta advancing on Fiacalona to clash with rebels led by General Orozco. A major battle is anticipated and viewed as potentially decisive for the campaign.
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Peronal
Mex
Huerta
Fiacalona
Orozco
Princeton University head inaugurated at Nassau Hall
President Taft and Chief Justice Edward D White attended the May 11 inauguration of John Grier Hibben as Princeton University president. Judge Hadson Pitney of the Supreme Court administered the oath on Nassau Hall steps, with many university leaders and Princeton Alumni present. Taft and Justice White received honorary degrees.
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Princeton
N. J
Taft
Edward D. White
United States Supreme Court
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Princeton Alumni Association
Hadson D. Pitney
Nassau Hall
White
J. J.D
Grant violation claim against Japan sparks exile ban suit
San Francisco May 11 A. Yoella secretary of the Atlantic Exclusion League files a sliteement alleging Japan violated the gentlemen's agreement by permitting Japanese laborers to emigrate to the United States, challenging the 1907 pact and its enforcement.
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San Francisco
Cali
Japan
United States
Yoella
Lemeue
Two Die in Collision at Vincennes Railroad Yard
Two prisoners were killed and seven injured when a southbound Chicago and Eastern Timole freight train crashed into the side of another freight train near Vincennes Indiana on May 11.
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Vincennes
Ind
Chicago and Eastern Timole
NICHESON FATE TO BE TESTED BY SANITY EXPERTS
Boston May 11 four celebrated alienists examine Rev B W T Richison jailed here for the murder of his sweetheart Avis Linnell to determine his mental condition If a majority declare him insane Governor Foss will submit the petition to the state executive council for commutation of his death sentence He is under sentence to die May 1.
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Boston
B. W. T. Richison
Avis Linnell
Lloyd Briges
Morton Prince
Henry Stedman
E. ©. Leonard
No Settlement Of Strike In Light Chicago May 11
Chicago May 11 With the strike of newspaper pressmen ten days old no settlement of the dispute seemed likely today The publishers insist they are selling more papers than when the strike began Morning papers delivered their editions without trouble Plans were under way for the formation of a new stereotypers union to replace Local Number 4 whose charter was taken away because its members struck in sympathy with the pressmen and refused to return to work when ordered by the executive council.
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Chicago
Esvert Baker
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Oxford Pageant to Celebrate Millennium in Worcester Gardens
Oxford unveils a pageant marking 1000 years of its history in Worcester College gardens next July. The show will cover eras from St Fridgeswide to Archbishop Cranmer with a panel led by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch, Laurence Binyon, and Laurence Housman and a prologue by Dr. T H Warren.
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Oxford
Worcester College
St Fridgeswide
Archbishop Cranmer
Shriners Visitation Closes With Final Vaudeville Shows
Lis Angelos May 11 reports visiting Shriners at beach resorts where final vaudeville entertainments are scheduled this afternoon and evening. Little formal business is planned as hundreds prepare for homeward journeys.
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Lis Angelos
Pendleton Round-Up Band hires Chauncey Haines as director
Chauncey Haines, famed composer and band leader, is engaged to direct Pendleton Round-Up Band. He will move immediately, start classes for beginners, and expand the band to eighteen pieces. Local merchants and bankers funded the hire with generous support. Practices begin at once for summer concerts planned to start as early as next week.
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Chauncey Haines
Pendleton
Haines
Commercial Association
State Hospital
Idaho
Citizenship Cancelled for Socialist Leonard Olson in Seattle
Federal Judge Hanford voided Leonard Olson's U.S. citizenship over admitted socialist views and participation in rallying propaganda for radical change, marking a likely first such court action. Olson had become a citizen in 1910 after involvement with the Industrial Workers of the World and faced denaturalization proceedings in Tacoma.
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Seattle
Shanford
Leonard Olson
Hanford
Oleson
Pierce County Superior Court
Regent Industrial Workers of the World
Northwest
United States District Attorney
Tacoma
Judes Hanford
United States
Whicch
Allen Testifies In Own Behalf In Hillsville Trial
Nervous and pale, Fiddy Allen of the notorious Allen bandit clan testified in his own defense in Hillsville where he is on trial for murder after gunfire in the hillsville courthouse. He recounted his history and said he intended to take his medicine from Judge Thornton Massie when the trial was interrupted by murders connected to the Allen clan.
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Wrethevie
Fiddy Allen
Allen
Lfe
Hilleville Court House
Hillsville Trinl
Allens
Thornton Massie
Naval commander makes trip with birdman
Marblehead May 11. Aviator Phillip Page and Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske carried the first high rank naval official on an aerial voyage from Marblehead Bay aboard a hydroplane. After circling the battleship Georgia Page landed safely on the water.
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Marblehead
Mase
Phillip Page
Bradley Fiske
Marblehead Bay
Georgia
Page
Frisco Police Captain Convicted of Murder
San Francisco May 11. After five trials for the 1908 murder of Bernard Lagan a former Frisco police captain Michael J. Cowb… was finally convicted. He was intoxicated when he shot Lagan, a 19 year old who tried to aid him after he fell on the sidewalk.
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San Francisco
Bernard Lagan
Michael J. Cowboy i
Lagan
Reformer Attacks Hanford Decision As Standpatism
Oregon City on May 11 reports W. S. U. Ren calling the Hanford decision the most outrageous yet. He decries Hanford as a survivor of the dark ages and accuses him of being crazy with standpatism.
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Oregon City
Hanford
Ren
Labor Leader Denounces Hanford Decision in Protest Plan
Cameron H. King, vice-president of the San Francisco Labor Council, condemns the Hanford ruling disfranchising foreign born citizens for strike participation. He vows to vote for a protest at the next council meeting and to urge President Taft to remove Judge Hanford, labeling him openly hostile to labor.
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San Francisco
Cameron H. King
San Francisco Labor Council
Hanford
Labor
Labor Council
Taft
Small Boy Shot by State Trooper in Scranton Mine District
Scranton, Pa May 11 Louis Broughbush a fourteen year old boy was shot and in critical condition by a state trooper guarding coal mines. Police say accidental shot. witnesses claim a thrown stone provoked a trooper to fire into the crowd.
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Scranton
Louis Broughbuseh
Guards Home Like Czars Protect Peacock Estate
The North Highland avenue residence of Alexander H. Peacock, a multi millionai re, is ringed by an iron fence and guards. Secret service operatives patrol the porches and entrances, with heavy gates padlocked and watched. Detectives guard the grounds by day and night amid reports of Black Hand and anarchist threats connected to William Pastorius and tlius D. Selmer.
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Nick Pittsburgher
Black Haml Avengers
Pittsburgh
Black Hand
William Pastorious
Tlius D. Selmer
Alexander H. Peacock
Peacock
North Highland Avenue
Jackson Street
Wellesley Avenue
North Highland
Secret Service
Taft supporters hold rump convention in Tacoma
In Tacoma on May 11, seventy-five Taft men, angered by progressive control of the county convention, held a rump meeting and named a full slate of delegates to the Aberdeen state convention under a prearranged plan.
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Tacoma
Wash
Taft
Hostea
Aberdeen
Accused Judge Archbald’s Cross Examination Resumes
In Washington May 11 Edwin Williams a Scranton coal dealer testifies in a case alleging Boland Brothers conspired to impeach Judge Archbald of the United States commerce court. Williams admits Boland urged a letter from Archbald about the Erie railroad coal pile and denies intent to trap the judge.
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Washington, D. C
Boland Brothers
Scranton
Archbald
United States Commerce Court
A. J. Worthington
Edwin Williams
Interstate Commerce
Mayer
Willams
Williams
W. P. Boland
Secranton
Erie Railroad
Boland
Archibald
Johnson Family Divided Politically In California
In Sacramento on May 11 Grover L. Johnson backs Taft at a local theater while his grandson Albert S. Johnson addresses a La Follette meeting in another hall. At the same time Governor Hiram Johnson, Albert’s uncle, supports Roosevelt in San Francisco. Leaders of the three factions predict victory in next week’s primaries.
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Sacramento
Cal
Grover L. Johnson
Taft
Albert S. Johnson
la Follette
Hiram Johnson
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Methodists Split on Amusements in Conference
Minneapolis May 11 two reports on church amusements were presented to the Methodist Episcopal conference by the committee on the state of the church today. The majority report refused to recommend removing the amusement clause to grant wider latitude for members while the minority urged keeping the rule unchanged.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Methodist Episcopal Conference
A M Erb Dies After Prolonged Illness
A M Erb veteran Odd Fellow and local resident died at 2 p m at his Garficks street home. He was 72 and never recovered from a crip attack six weeks earlier. He received a two year veteran's jewel from the Odd Fellows and was a devoted member. Funeral plans are expected to be announced for Monday.
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A. M. Erb
Garficks Street
Odd Fellows
Tell Momlay
Murdered Woman 18 Partially Identified in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on May 11 the body of a woman murdered Tuesday night in an empty house was partially identified by Mrs. L. A. Keller. Mrs. Keller declined to name her daughter claiming she was married and had quarreled with her husband recently.
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Los Angeles
L. A. Keller
Masonic Lodge Advances Three Members in Umatilla
Arthur Means T D Nixon and W S Nelson of Umatilla were guests of the local lodge last night as they received advancement in Masonic ranks. The saying goes that a man who can fight his own battles has friends ready to help.
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Arthur Means
T .D. Nixon
W. 5
Nelson
Umatilli
Louisiana Flood Hits New Orleans After Extreme Rain
Severe rainstorm floods New Orleans and surrounding towns as winds up to 49 mph lift river waves over levees. Lower Louisiana seethes as streets fill and stores flood. Cane river and Canal Street cited among hardest hit areas with widespread panic and rising flood danger.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Baton Rogue
Mississippi
Canal Street
Passion Play in Tyrol at Erl Village Tradition Ends Tonight
The Passion Play in Erl, Tyrol, tradition since the fifteenth century, staged in modern German by Father Frans Augerer in 1863. Critics compare its depth to Oberammergau as villagers perform the medieval mystery from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. One saying notes a man’s light cannot be hidden even in the open.
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Derlin
Erl Village
Tyrol
Frans Augerer
Pickpocket robs councilman amid police escort
In Pendleton a city councilman, escorted by a night patrolman, was robbed of his money at a Barnes circus side show. The thief slipped away unseen as spectators gathered for the acts, leaving the victim penniless and puzzled. The incident highlights bold crime in a crowded public setting.
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Pendleton
Hig
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