Testimony of Funk Gossip Shapes Lorimer Probe
Springfield reports that Clarence Funk’s testimony on a doodle fund to elect William Lorimer to the U S Senate became a focal point as the Illinois senate examined contempt for Edward Tilden and others. Hines ally Wiehe testified about a late night bid to dodge process, while Hines denied Cook’s charges as untrue.
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Springfield
Lorimer
Clarence Funk
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Illinois Senate
Edward Tilden
Chicago Packer
Charles Cummings
George M. Benedict
Healy
Senate
Sears
Hines
Supreme Court
Tilden
Benedict
Cummings
Helm Committee
Funk
C. Wiehe
Edward Hines
Chicago
Grand Pacific
W. H. Cook
William O’brien
Minnesota
Cook County
Percy
Wiehe
Duluth
Minn
Grand Pacific Hotel
William F. O’brien
Cook
Heines
Associated Press
Ill
Edwin Hines
Foley's Kidney Pills Claim Health Benefits For Kidney Support
Foley's Kidney Pills are promoted as strengthening kidneys and aiding urinary irregularities. The ad claims benefits include purification of blood, restored vitality, and prevention of Bright's Disease or Diabetes, urging timely use and genuine sourcing from Bexar Drug-Co.
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Foley
Bright
Bexar Drug-Co
Kansas City Turns 10 Motor Commuting
In Kansas City a new class of motorists commutes to work by car, often from suburbs five to twenty miles away. A. C. Jobes of the First National Bank cites suburban living as healthier and more moral, noting his own move seven miles from work and that his daughters could drive.
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Kansas City
A. C. Jobes
First National Bank
Johnson County
Kansas
Jobes
Ohio
Philadelphia
Mr. Jobes
Carrie Nation of Politics Arrives in Washington
Mrs Myra McHenry of Kansas likened to Carrie Nation of politics arrives in Washington to observe Congress in the democratic house. She says she may not speak while noting Champ Clark as a good man and church member and that insurgents feel uncomfortable under her publicity driven scrutiny.
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Washington
Myra McHenry
Kansas
Middle West
Carrie Nation
Champ Clark
Mrs. McHenry
Bones of Giants Found in Eldorado County Cave
Georgetown Cal April 26 Work by University of California men probes Hawyer cave near Cool in Eldorado county. They extract petrified bones daily including tusks of a mastodon and a large human jawbone. More bones to be measured to determine giants’ size.
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Georgetown
Cal
Eldorado County
University of California
University
Hawyer
Cool
Ignorant Teacher Faces Kindergarten Question
Otto H. Schulte, Morton Street school principal, cites a Newark Star story about a kindergarten class from city slums. A teacher asks if a kitten wears fur or feathers, and a dirty-faced child quips that he’s never seen a cat.
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Otto H. Schulte
Morton Street
Newark Star
Aeroplane in Air for Hour and a Hale
The article notes the Fort Sam Houston rainfall totals reaching about 15 inches and reports the Second Brigade of infantry reaching Leon Springs after anxious weather. It was feared the unit would be drowned or stuck, but the brigade survived and arrived at camp.
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Fort Sam Houston
Leon Springs
Large turnout of militia and regular officers arrive at Fort Sam
A large number of militia officers and regular army officers arrive in the city to report for duty. The Gunter Hotel lists many officers including Colonels Hirch Fauntleroy and J J Markley, Majors Jerr and Yates, and captains from multiple states. A third assignment will send 200 officers to San Antonio and 35 to San Diego for two weeks starting May 11 for instructional maneuvers.
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Regular Army
Fort Sam Houston
Gunter Hotel
R. L. Hirch
United States Army
P. C. Fauntleroy
R. H. Stillman
Glasser
Rumbough
Fort Reilly
S. T. Noverell
J. M. W. Cogswell
Iowa
A. W. MacReynolds
Pennsylvania
D. J. Cantey
Boston
Lieut. Morgan
Massachusetts
Doane
J. J. Markley
Fredericksburg
Charles E Hummel
Baltimore
J. H. Denison
Maryland
Charles E. Meyers
Annapolis
Douglass Seattle
WA H. Smith
George Beckley
Michigan
F. M. Godley
Eastman
R. A. Gregory
Scranton
C. B. McCormick
Lansing
Mich
John T. Knight
A. W. Yates
H. Moyler
Columbus
T. A. Pierce
W. T. Taber
Associated Press
Washington
San Antonio
Tex
San Diego
Cal
Sleepy German in Sleeping Car Gets Salute
A German in a sleeping car cannot rest due to snoring neighbors on both sides. After a loud snort from one passenger, the wakeful man jubilantly proclaims Tanks von is det, a humorous wartime acknowledgement of bother and relief.
American workers earn the highest wages in the world study shows
London reports that American workmen earn about 2.25 times more than workers in England and Wales. The board of trade inquiry, covering 28 U.S. towns, compares wages in building, engineering and mining trades and notes higher rents and lower bread consumption in the United States.
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London
United States
England
Wales
Great Britain
Board of Trade
United Kingdom
G. R. Askwith
Unit
Mr. Askwith
Prisoners freed as jail door blown open during tornado
Lawrence reporters describe the old county jail in Lawrence Kansas being torn free by a tornado. A score escaped but three remained behind saying they would not flee liberty. They question guilt while a trio named Lede Boer Miller Johnson speak of divine doors opening.
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Lawrence
Kan
Old County
George Ledeboer
William Miller
Oo. L. Johnson
OA Bhand Jury in MV Namara Case
Marion county prosecutors argue the extradition should go before a circuit court judge rather than Police Judge Collins. Attorneys for labor leaders contend the case lacks proper procedural path and warrants circuit court oversight.
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der OA
Marion County
Circuit Court
Collins
McNamaras and McManigal Headed to Los Angeles in Custody
John J. McNamara, his brother James B. McNamara, and Or tie E. McManigal, accused dynamiters, arrived in California by train from Needles with eight officers guarding them. The trio is expected to be jailed in Los Angeles by midafternoon, ending habeas corpus concerns as they crossed the state line. No unrest greeted their arrival in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John J. McNamara
James B. McNamara
Ortie E. McManigal
California
Santa Fe
Needles
Arizona
Chicago
Healy Denounces Arrests as Labor Plot
Timothy Healy leader of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and Samuel Gompers denounce the arrest of the McNamara brothers and McManigal as a plot against labor by capital. He cites thwarting a Philadelphia street car strike plot to plant dynamite in his hotel room and blow a transit power plant.
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Healy
Arres
Associated Press
New York
Timothy Healy
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Samuel Gompers
McNamara Brothers
McManigal
Philadelphia
No Government Men in Case
Officials of the department of justice report no government men are involved in the case in Washington on April 26.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Treasury Dept Denies Ties to Detectives in L A Dyna Miting Case
The Treasury Department denies reports that government detectives were connected with the cases against men accused in the Los Angeles dynamiting incident.
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Treasury Department
Los Angeles
Boy accidently shoots mother with gifted rifle near Macon
In Macon Missouri on a rural farm east of town twelve year old Roger Walker fired a target rifle his mother Mrs Charles Walker was in the yard when the gun went off the bullet struck her temple and she died instantly The husband was away in Dakota.
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Macon
Roger Walker
Charles Walker
Marvelous Spring Cheer Brightens Skies
The passage celebrates spring as a time of smiles and sun after snowy days. It notes skies clearing and occasional sunshine welcoming a warmer, kinder season.
Trains Abandoned Between New Orleans and Mobile
High water and 40 mph winds along the gulf coast force the Louisville and Nashville line to suspend all trains between New Orleans and Mobile. The Dunbar to Rigolets bridge is endangered by rough seas. Northbound limited service returned to New Orleans. southbound trains held at Bay St. Louis.
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New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Louisville and Nashville
Mobile
Dunbar
Rigolets
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Front
Bay St. Louis
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John E. McAlester
Paris
Texas
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Clovis, N. M
Dalkowitz Bros. CO
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McNamaras
People’s Party Committee
Wolff & Marx CO
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