Work of Mercy in Martinique and Surviving Islands
Reports describe relief and rescue efforts after the Martinique disaster. Officials note widespread destruction of St Pierre archives, vast displacement on St Vincent and surrounding areas, thousands needing food and water, and ongoing lava flow. Refugees pour into Fort de France and nearby ports as colonies supply aid and authorities curb looting of the dead.
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Sparis
Martinique
St. Pierre
Minster
Washington
McLean
Cincinnati
St. Luecia
Fort de France
St. Vincent
France
Peirre
Madrid En Fete For Alfonso Nill Investiture
Madrid hosts a festive scene as Alfonso Nill comes of age with the investiture by the Garter and other orders at the royal palace. A large crowd, visiting dignitaries, and military detachments fill the capital while preparations for the constitution oath and royal procession proceed amid heightened security.
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Madrid
Alfonso Nill
Royal
Spain
Chamber of Deputies
Farmers Visit To Hungary Under Essex Instruction Plan
A party of Essex county farmers, organized by the Essex Technical Instruction committee, departed London for a three week tour of Hungary. The group will study rural organizations and farming, visiting Archduke Frederick's dairy farms at Vaar Ovar and Snell's Simmenthal cattle, plus Ikervar on farm electricity. They will also tour tricultural colleges and peasant fairs to observe agricultural practices.
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Hungary
London
Essex Technical Instructon Committee
Agricul
Inglon
Cnty
Archduke Frederick
Yaar Ovar
M. Snell
Simmenthal
Ikervar
Student Conference Opens Here May Sixteen
A ten day event titled a notable youth conference opens here to discuss the aims of a Young Woman on Representation. It attracts participants from universities normal schools Sunday schools and similar institutions. Attendees will receive special attention.
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Moder Cal
Beander
Representaa
Yukon Navigation Opens Shingle Mills Hit by Falling Prices
Dawson telegraphs report Yukon steamer navigation opened on Wednesday, with steamers leaving La Barge for Dawson as ice jams break. The Washington Shingle Manufacturers Association ordered three hundred mills shut for two weeks or longer due to plummeting prices, effective Saturday night.
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Puget Sound
Tacoma
Dawson
Yukon
la Barge
Washington Shingle Manufacturers’ Association
Red Cross Society Begins Seventh International Conference
St. Petersburg May 16 The Red Cross society opens its seventh international conference with broad global representation including American delegates Rear Admiral W K Van Reypen B F Tillinghast Mrs J Ellen Foster and Miss Clara Barton The organization assists the sick and wounded in war and disaster and traces roots to the 1864 Geneva convention with the Geneva cross badge and hospital insignia The American society was founded by Miss Barton in 1876 expanding aid to national calamities
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St. Petersburg
Red Cross Society
W. K. van Reypen
B. F. Tillinghast
J. Ellen Foster
Clara Barton
Mise Barton
Kaiser Offers Statue To Roosevelt In Friendship Gesture
Berlin May 16 Kaiser William offers to President Roosevelt a bronze statue of Frederick the Great as a symbol of German American friendship. The statue is accepted and to be erected in Washington. Roosevelt says he will place the offer before Congress at once.
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Berlin
Kaiser William
Roosevelt
Frederick the Great
Washington
Congress
Stabbing at Portland Saloon Ends Fatally in Quarrel
David Buckley, head millwright of the Portland Lumbering Company, was fatally stabbed in a Portland saloon by a workman named Missouri after a quarrel over a woman. Fritz Stashus was arrested. Also reported: a two year old burned to death in Merlin, Oregon. Portland Alaska steamer line incorporated with capital. voter registration in the state down by 19,000. burglaries rising as a money lender’s safe is robbed of 1200 dollars and jewelry. Olympian saloon robbed of 300. Monogram pitcher Fleming signed by Helena.
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Portland
David Buckley
Portland Lumbering Company
Missouri
Grant’s Pass
Merlin
Here
A. Schaffer
Portland. Alaska Steamer Line Incorporated
Mafeking Celebration Marks Relieving Action Anniversary
London May 16 The anniversary of the Malope river action that relieved Mafeking was celebrated in London. Colonel Rhodes and Prince Alexander of Teck led the event, which featured speeches by notable war and political figures.
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London
Malope River
Mafeking
Rhodes
Prince Alexander of Teck
Roosevelt Likes California Round-Up Invitation More Than Gold
Washington May 16 President Roosevelt praised a Los Angeles group called Teddys Terrors for inviting him to a cattle round-up. He told Senators Perkins and Hard he would rather have the invitation than a plate of gold studded with diamonds, praising the bold calfskin message and the vivid western flavor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Teddy
Terrors
Los Angeles
California
Perkins
Hard
Kidnapped Officials Return to U S Custody
United States contractors Colonel Gaynor and Captain Greene, kidnapped in Quebec yesterday, arrived at police headquarters this morning aboard the Spray. A custody fight is anticipated as Gaynor and Greene wait remand to Monday, with Carter already imprisoned for defrauding the U.S. government.
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United States
St. Montreal
Colonel Gaynor
Greene
Quebec
Gaynor
Oberlin Carter
Carter
Illinois inter scholastic oratorical contest slated
Champaign May 16 high school pupils compete in the annual inter scholastic oratorical contest at the University of Illinois this evening. Contestants include Misa Sue Moury of Genesso Monte Sadler of Cairo Edwin Wilson of Joliet Ray Geagus of Peoria Alfred Botsford of Quincy Edward Lincoln of Kewanee Ora Truett of Pontiac Elwood Bailey of Kankakee Cleveland Garrison of Centralia and William Kiphart of Atlanta.
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Champaign
University of Illinois
Misa Sue W. Moury
Genesso
Monte H. Sadler
Cairo
Edwin Wilson
Jo- Het
Ray F. Geagus
Peoria
Alfred Botsford
Quincy
Edward A. Lincoln
Kewanee
Ora Truett
Pontiac
Elwood T. Bailey
Kankakee
G. Cleveland Garrison
Centralia
William Kiphart
Atlanta
Special Excursion to Athena Ball Game Train to Pendleton
A special excursion to Athena features Cohen's Indiang and the Yellow Kids playing ball Sunday May 18. The O R N Company schedules a special train from Pendleton at 1 pm returning after the game, fare 75 cents for round trip. Tickets available early and valid on regular train too.
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Athena
Cohen's Indiang
Yellow Kids
Pendleton
Mitchell Coal Advances in New York Strike Looms
Hazleton Pa May 16 President Mitchell states the United Mine Workers convention urged national officers to call a national convention of all coal miners to discuss the anthracite field situation. The aim is a national suspension of coal mining. New York May 16 coal dealers anticipate a long strike and raise prices from 5.35 to 6.36 per ton.
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Hazleton
Mitchell
The
United Mine Workers
Nnaional
United States
New York
New York Market May Wee Grain Prices Report
Market round up shows grain prices lower in most markets with Liverpool steady. Reports indicate Middle West demand encouraging selling of wheat and corn. numbers include New York open 81% and steady conditions, Chicago fluctuating with lower close, sugar and steel cited, and May wheat at 1.14 per cent per cental in San Francisco and Chicago.
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New York
Liverpool
Middle West
Chicago
St. Paul
Union Pacific
San Francisco
Auto in New York: Police Fail to Keep Order at Riots
In New York on May 16, after a night of meetings and rioting on the East Side the Jewish demonstrations against butcher shops continued with renewed violence. One thousand extra police guarded the Hebrew meat market area all night, but mobs attacked shops and kerosene was poured on meats exposed for sale as leaders denounced the demonstrations.
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London
Windislands
St. Vincent
Walli
New York
East Side
Dixon to Meet Kean In Ottawa Bout Tonight
George Dixon former champion meets Tilly Kean of Byraclee in a twenty round bout at the Ottawa Athletic Club tonight. Both fighters are in good trim after weeks of training and anticipation runs high for a lively contest.
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Ryan
Dixon
Otten
Ottawa Athletic Club
George Dixon
Tilly Kean
Byraclee
Creed Revision Report Heard by General Assembly
New York May 16 The report of the creed division committees was presented before the Presbyterian general assembly today. Discussion began immediately after it was read.
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New York
Presbyterian General Assembly
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Alfonso XIII
Order of the Garter
Dawson City
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Missou
Alaska
Oregon
Multnomah
Fritz Stashus
Buckley
Oregon Registration
Multnomah County
William Hall
Mellen
Northern Pacific
Cooper
Olympian
Helena
Fleming
Monogram
Teday
Cali
Fornia
Gayner
Windsor Hotel
Coal Trust
New York Market
I. L. Ray & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
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