Federal actions and incidents surface in national briefs
The Wilson administration seeks to delay California alien land legislation amid a Japanese protest. The Friedmann tuberculosis vaccine report questions its public confidence. Mexico's Huerta is ignored by the U.S. The Agriculture Department notes a record winter wheat crop. The Underwood tariff passes the House 281 to 189 with mixed party votes. A Cincinnati streetcar strike begins. Army Aviator Lieut J D Parks dies in California. Robbers loot Farmers Savings bank in Illinois. Missouri suspends fire insurance halting Kansas City cottages. Hilles calls for a May 24 executive committee meeting. Brandeis accuses railroads of maladministration and expansion. Denver patrolman Campbell, Cerone, and McLaughlin are arrested for a saloon robbery.
Alaska land, burns case, and political resignations in brief
Senate hearing quotes credit Pinchot for Alaska land tightening. Young announces resignation over McDonald contest. California to pay 10,000 reward for Times building dynamiting. Burns bill moves. Missouri Supreme Court rehears Standard Oil ouster case. Kansas penal board recommends commuting Dennis Jackson’s sentence. Alaska steamer spill survivor, Canton epidemic control, deadly kettle accident in Muncie. Annapolis lieutenant found dead from self-inflicted wound.
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California
Times
Los Angeles
William J. Burns
Senate
Steel Head Goes on Witness Stand in Government Suit
A major corporation begins testimony in a government led dissolution case. The trial centers on antitrust and regulatory concerns as the company faces a wide scale legal challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Head
Big Corporation
Mount Vesuvius activity and disaster reports across regions
Reports describe a boiler explosion near ambassador Myron T. Herrick in Paris killing one and wounding three, Mount Vesuvius showing increased activity, and severe earthquakes feared in the region. Also cited are a public execution of captured Mexican federal officers, a deadly Philippine typhoon, and naval losses near Syltt Island.
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Myron T. Herrick
United States
Paris
Mount Vesuvius
Fifteen Hundred School Children Aid Catherine Winter Search
Fifteen hundred pupils sold tags for fourteen hours to raise funds for the Catherine Winter search in Newcastle. Mayor Barnard said receipts totaled 873 dollars with more from country towns to report. Leota Pierce, ten, collected 33 dollars, the highest tag price was five dollars. The missing girl and Leota were playmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Winter
Newcastle
Barnard
Leota Pierce
Notable figures affect health and honors in early 20th century news
Personal former Shelby M. Cullom of Nanets is ill at his Washington residence with a severe cold. The Phipps Institute, funded by Henry Phipps, opened at the University of Pennsylvania to study and prevent tuberculosis among the poor, and Mr. Phipps earned the degree of doctor of laws. Gettysburg to host a southern Memorial day address by Rep James Thomas Heflin of Alabama. Yale scholar Willabe Haskell dies at 75 in New Haven, a familiar figure to graduates. Miss Louise Warfield wed Count Wladimir Ledochowski in Baltimore. the count is Polish Catholic and she a Protestant.
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Shelby M. Cullom
Nanets
Washington
Soldiers’ National Cemetery
Gettysburg
James Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Willabe Haskell
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Louise Warfield
Edwin Warfield
Maryland
Baltimore
Wladimir Ledochowski
Poland
Miss Warfield
Make Their Own Gowns
Richmond high school girls grade their graduation gowns to ensure uniform appearance. Under Miss Emima Bond, they sew own dresses at school aiming for low cost without reducing quality and keep strict expense accounts.
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Richmond
Emima Bond
Two Men Charged With Robbery in Bloomington
Bloomington police arrest Jacob Robinson age nineteen and Harry Larkins age twenty for attempted robbery. Chief Joseph Hensley and Officer Crit thaw report over six street hold ups in two months and suspect the pair of all cases. Larkins confessed after interrogation, naming Robinson who denies guilt.
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Bloomington
Jacob Robinson
Harry Larkins
Joseph Hensley
Critthaw
Robinson
Larkins
Hensley
William Louden
Pearl valued at 1500 found in Lake Pepin
Maiden Rock Wisconsin May 13. Ten minutes after Mrs. Charles Hannan found a pearl worth 300 in a clam shell her husband found a larger pearl in Lake Pepin valued at 1500. The two pearls mark a remarkable discovery for the area.
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Maiden Rock
Wis
Charles Hannan
Lake Pepin
Wilson Gives $300 for Hospital Fund
President Wilson contributed 300 dollars to a popular fund in Washington for an emergency hospital. He said he would have given more if he could, and expressed regret at not writing a larger check.
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Wilson
Washington
Warren youth confesses mail box robbery in Hartford City
Everett Hacker eighteen of Warren confesses robbing the Warren post office mailbox. Five jewelry packages were taken. He was found at the Sneath glass factory and released to ensure good behavior until the federal grand jury convenes in Indianapolis next fall.
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Hartford City
Everett Hacker
Warren
Pratt
Cincinnati
B. F. Young
Hacker
Sneath Glass
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Tallest Prisoner Paroled in Michigan City
Michael McFarren, a 70 year old colored man born a slave in Tennessee and the tallest inmate at the state prison, was paroled after two years for criminal assault. He is six feet three and a half inches tall, weighs 225 pounds, with a 107 inch wingspan, and traveled to Indianapolis to rejoin his family.
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Michigan City
Michael McFarren
Indianapolis
Tennessee
Richmond Court Witnesses Harvy Macy Assault Case
Harvey Macy was arraigned in city court on assault and battery charges for whipping Orlando Emery after Macy said Emery pursued his fifteen year old daughter. Mayor Zimmerman praised Macy and warned Emery to stop his attentions or face maximum legal punishment.
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Richmond
Harvey Macy
Orlando Emery
Macy
Emery
Zimmerman
Miss Macy
Carnegie Library Dedication in Noblesville
The new Carnegie library in Noblesville, completed at 14000 dollars, was dedicated with ceremony. About 1500 school children toured the brick stone and marble building with a large assembly room and space for 80000 volumes and modern conveniences.
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Noblesville
Carnegie
Library Board
Special Election Called for Vanderburg Coliseum Bonds
A special election will be held on May 31 to decide if Vanderburg county may issue 100000 in bonds to cover two thirds of the cost of a city Coliseum.
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Lwonsville
Vanderburg County
Ptomaine Poisoning Causes Child Death in Elkhart
In Elkhart a molasses can is blamed for the death of Charles Clark eighteen months old and the serious illness of his twin Frank and the father. The attending doctor was not informed promptly leading Mr. Clark to have the city health board secretary G B Hoppinggardner send a sample to the state chemist in Indianapolis for analysis.
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Elkhart
Charles
D. S. Clark
Frank
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Johnson
California Assembly
Huerta
Mexico
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Department of Agriculture
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Lieut. J. D. Parks
Santa Ana
Cal
San Diego
Parks
West Point Military Academy
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North Henderson
Ill
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Missouri
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Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
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Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford
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Denver Police Department
O'Neill
Francisco Cerone
Cody McLaughlin
Gifford Pinchot
Alaska
James F. Callbreath
American Mining Congress
Senate Territories Committee
Roosevelt
H. Olin Young
Ishpeming, Mich
William McDonald
McDonald
Missouri Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
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Sedalia
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Kansas Penal Board
K. R. Ask
Skagway
Spokane
Prince Rupert
B. C
Muncie
Ind
State Board of Health
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Mass
Atricken
Richard Hill
Annapolis
Farrell
Guaymas
Philippine Islands
George von Sastrow
SylIt
Arthur Pavlovitch Cassini
London
America
St. Paul's Cathedral
New York
United States Steel Corporation
James Farrell
C. A. Severance
Pittsburgh
Pittsburg Wire Company
American Steel and Wire Company
Steel Corporation
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Trust
Safes
Harvester Company
International Harvester Company
Iceland
Fiji Islands
Buenos Ayres
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
GIRL
Janesville
Forest
Russiaville
McCormick
Ross
Union City
G. A. Auble
G. L. Wood
Eoesme
Mr. Merchant
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