Roosevelt opens second natural resources conference
President Roosevelt presides as Governor Johnson of Minnesota leads the session at the second natural resources conference. Speakers include James J. Hill on soil conservation, T. C. Chamberlain on soil wastage, and R. A. Long on forest conservation. Officials discuss permanent organization and constitutional authority for interstate agreements.
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J. J. Hill
Honor Govs
Johnson and Deneen
Washington
Roosevelt
Natural Resources” Conference
Johnson
Minnesota
James J. Hill
T. C. Chamberlain
Chicago
R. A. Long
Kansas City
Pardee
California
H. A. Jastro
Bakersfield
Cal
Deneen
Illinois
America
White House
Supreme Court
United States
Hart McKee Divorced at Paris in Custody Case
Paris May 14 The court granted Hart McKee a divorce finding both spouses contributed to the unhappiness of the home. Mrs McKee was awarded custody of their child with McKee ordered to pay 1 000 francs monthly for support and the right to share the child time. The court dismissed McKee's charges that Colonel Baxter and Mrs McKee inspired libelous articles in American papers.
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Paris
Hart McKee
Socialists Refuse Roosevelt Censure At Convention
A Chicago socialist convention debated an open letter by G. A. Hoehn of St. Louis condemning President Roosevelt’s remarks about socialists. The convention refused to adopt or forward the letter to Roosevelt. The national secretary reported a balance of 5581 in the national fund.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Congress
G. A. Hoehn
St. Louis
National Fund
Reserve Trust Company of Cleveland Fails for 2.7 Million
The Reserve Trust company assigned to Superior Savings & Trust company amid about 2.7 million in liabilities. Inability to collect on outstanding loans was said to trigger the failure. Bank officers state depositors will be paid in full.
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Mitchell
Ohn Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Johnson
Minnesota
Carnegie
Lake Superior
C. R. Hise
University of Wisconsin
John Hayes Hammond
Root
Reserve Trust Company of
Cleveland
Reserve Trust Company
Superior Savings & Trust Company
Thousands Dead in Wave Floods Hankow in Yangtze Disaster
The steamer Titan brought news of massive Yangtze flood devastation at Hankow. A tidal bore estimated at twenty six feet overwhelmed the river, sinking or wrecking junks and river steamers and causing thousands of deaths in one of China's worst disasters.
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Bere
Hankow
Seattle
China
Yangtse Kiang
Titan
Three More Plead In Rockford Bribery Case T: Summary of article text
Note: The provided source describes former Rockford officials Dunn Woolsey and Nash pleading guilty to bribery charges related to a city light monopoly investigation. It details fines of $2000 each, payments to others, and accusations involving George F. Wilson as alleged company agent. The grand jury indicted six individuals and discharged its panel amid ongoing investigations into monopoly actions and crooked dealings.
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Rockford, al
Elisha C. Dunn
Charry Woolsey
John Nash
Arthur Hi. Frost
Dunn
Nash
Woolsey
George F. Wilson
Marean
Rockford Edison Company
Rockford
Central Heat & Power Company
Wilson
Chicago
Edward P. Carty
R. K. Welsh
Mark Jardine
North
Robert Rew
E. H. Lathrop
North Carolina Blacks resent G O P treatment
A Raleigh convention of eight congressional districts convened to protest white Republican handling of Black voters. Delegates backed Foraker briefly for president, praised his Brownsville stance, condemned NC Republicans, endorsed the Roosevelt square deal, and elected a contesting delegation to the national convention.
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Raleigh
N. C
Foraker
Brownsville
North Carolina
Roosevelt
French and Spaniards clash at Casa Blanca port
In Casa Blanca on Tuesday French and Spanish troops exchanged fire after a quarrel with an unarmed Algerian sharpshooter. One Spaniard was killed and another wounded while French forces reported two wounded. In Manila, Private E F Clark died, the fourth casualty from Camp Stotsenberg.
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Casa Blanca
Manila
E. F. Clark
Pat Crowe tied to aborted kidnapping plot near Bryan's son
Galveston May 14. William J. Bryan Jr. narrowly escaped kidnapping for ransom near Seabrooke Harris County. Detectives planned a hunting invitation to trap the abductors who sent a launch for Bryan. The boatmen fled after landing five miles away. Pat Crowe seen in Houston days ago and believed author of the plot. Crowe traced to San Antonio. A boatman hired to assist tipped off the plot. In Kansas City 800 brewery workers struck over contract signing, idling all city breweries.
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Galveston
Texas
William J. Bryan, Jr
Seabrooke
Harris Countty
Bryan
Ficers
Pat Crowe
Houston
Crowe
San Antonio
Kansas City Breweries
Kansas City
Tornado Toll From Southern Tornado Outbreak Grows
Reports from Gilliam Louisiana and nearby regions recount severe storms with at least 25 deaths and about 100 injuries. Des Moines and Dallas districts report cyclones destroying homes and property, while Edward G. Lewis is acquitted of mail fraud tied to the People's United States Bank.
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Shreveport
Gilliam
Little Rock
Ark
Dallas
Texas
St. Louis
Riner
Edward G. Lewis
People’s United States Bank
Lewis
Minnesota Democrats in Session With Johnson Men in Majority
Miss Sarah Montgomery of the Indiana girls' school read a piece on discipline and training of women in prisons and industrial schools. An extended discussion covered migration of dependents and defectives between states with papers by H. H. Shirer and George S. Wilson, plus a joint session on uniform schedules for child helping agencies and Jane Addams on extension and neighborhood work through public schools.
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Sarah Montgomery
Indiana
H. H. Shirer
Ohio State Board of Charities
George S. Wilson
Board of Charities
District of Columbia
Division of Statistics and of Children
Jane Addams
Chicago
Contests Rift Over Bryan Backed Platform Move
Minnesota Democrats inch toward naming William Jennings Bryan as a second choice in the platform while Johnson backers warn of a split. The St Paul convention opens amid cheers for Bryan but unrest over supporting the Johnson candidacy and a possible rump convention. In North Carolina Minot hosts a GOP fight for control as Stalwarts and insurgents clash with Taft the urged outcome. Hitchcock reports North Dakota Montana Oregon Washington and California conventions will add forty six Taft delegates, lifting total pledged to Taft to 582 with a numeric edge over the needed majority.
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St. Paul
Minn
Johnson
Bryan
Minnhesota
Calla
Frank A. Day
State Central Committee
Minnesota
William J. Bryan
Sveader
Jotmno
Associated Press
Works
Minot
N. C
Taft
Hitchcock
Washington
D. C
North Dakota
Montana
Oregon
California
Ohio
Texas
Louisiana
North Carolina
Arguments Begun On The Thaw Writ
In Qoughkeepsie New York on May 14 the hearing on the habeas corpus writ in the Harry K Thaw case began at 11. Prospects centered on the legality of Justice Dowlings commitment of Thaw to Matteawan with the full day devoting to that issue. Witness examination on Thaws mental condition was deferred pending the constitutional question.
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Qoughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Dowling
Thaw
Maltteawan
Uplift Conference Finishes Sessions in Richmond
Richmond Va May 14 final sessions of three sections of the national conference on Charities and Corrections were held yesterday before the section on criminals paper.
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Richmond
National Conference On Charities and Corrections
Oil Used in Tenement Fire Causes Three Deaths
An incendiary blaze in a Passaic tenement occupied by 15 Italian families killed three children and likely fatally injured two women. The fire started on the main floor where kerosene oil was found saturated.
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Passaic
N. J
Lewis criticises miners over old contracts in Indiana
Terre Haute May 14 International President Tom Lewis criticized Indiana miners who refused to sign the old contract during Tuesday’s convention. He urged 17 000 members to return to work, saying the action showed poor judgment and that state officers were lacking or poor advisers. Lewis said he would return from the west in a few days to remedy the mistake.
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Union
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
International
Tom" Lewis
West
Congress Daily Brief: Senate and House Proceedings
The Senate postponed the Brownsville affair decision to December sixteenth after lengthy debate. Foraker sought early voting on his bill with a December return, and Culberson’s motion for Saturday vote was tabled. The Senate referred Rayner’s inquiry resolution on Colonel Stewart to military affairs and resumed work on the rate bill. The House spent half its five hour session on roll calls before approving conference reports on agricultural and post office appropriations and other measures. A 4:32 p.m. recess set for 11:30 a.m. today.
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Washington
Houses
Congress
Senate
Brownsville
Foraker
Culberson
Texas
Rayners
William F. Stewart
Army
Committee On
House
Inventions Court of Claims
National good roads congress called to meet in Chicago
Chicago May 14 A call has been issued for the first national good roads congress to meet in Chicago June 15 and in Denver July 6, the day before the opening of the national conventions, to present its deliberations to the conventions for their consideration.
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Chicago
National Good Roads Congress
Denver
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