Meat Law Lax Says United States Failures Endanger Health
Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane testified before a House committee that meat inspection is undermined by lax enforcement and nullification of rules. She showed Armour beef lard filled with candy to prove government safeguards are ineffective and urged enforcement against packers and officials.
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Washington
Caroline Bartlett Crane
Kalamazoo
Mich
House
Department of Agriculture
A. A. Melvin
Sharp Tilt in Steel Case Across Federal Trust Suit
In New York on May 9 and 10 1911 a tense exchange occurred between Richard V Lindaburg chief counsel for United States Steel and Jacob M Dickinson former secretary of war in the federal suit to dissolve the steel trust. Harry A Whitney testified that under orders of Frank A Baackes he burned about a thousand papers including minutes and correspondence from the horseshoe and wire pools in 1911 and Baackes attempted to influence his grand jury testimony.
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New York
Richard V. Lindaburg
United States Steel Corporation
Jacob M. Dickinson
Customs House
American Steel and Wire Company
Trust
Wire Pool
Harry A. Whitney
American Company
Examiner Brown
Frank A. Baackes
Whitney
Baackes
ALLENS GIVEN GOOD NAME IN COURT AT WYTHEVILLE
In Wytheville Virginia on May 10 Floyd Allen trial resumed with witnesses testifying that the Allen family are good citizens. John W Hammond of Boston and his son Frank attended among about a dozen witnesses who spoke of business relations with the Allens and gave them favorable character references. Victor Claude and Friel Allen were described as reputable individuals.
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Wythevile
Floyd Allen
John W. Hammond
Boston
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Frank T. Hammond
Allens
Victor
Claude
Friel Allen
Senate backs pension bill for Civil War veterans
The Senate accepted the committee report on the Sherwood delay pension bill, granting increased allowances to veterans. The measure will be sent to President Taft for approval on his return to Washington later this week.
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Washington
Senate
Sherwood
Taft
Gov Sanders Aids Flood Fight In Louisiana
New Roads in Point Coupee parish swells to about 20 000 residents as the Mississippi river breaks threaten the town. Governor Jared Sanders joins levee workers alongside white citizens to aid evacuation and combat the crevasse unleashed by Torras. Telegraph service disrupted at Moreauville as water rose.
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New Orleans
New Roads
Torras
Point Coupee Parish
Mississippi
Jared Sanders
National Association For the Advancement of the
Sanders
Moreauville
Storm Ravages Alabama Town Amid Broad Storm Damage
A massive cyclone swept through Talladega Alabama causing extensive damage and injuring several people. In Chicago a gale and rain halted traffic tore signs from walls and endangered vessels and boats moored in the harbor were driven free. Lifesavers battled Lake Michigan as the Quickstep schooner and crew were saved and a gasoline launch was rescued.
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Chicago
Talladega
Ala
Lake Michigan
Myrtle Bee
Walter Cavanagh
Dubuque
Randolph Street
Jackson Park Yacht Club
Grace Street
Lincoln Park
Gainesville officers ambushed. two killed in Florida
Marshal C. H. Slaughter and Deputy Charles White were lured to a desolate spot near Gainesville and shot dead. Deputy J. A. Manning survived a gun wound after feigning death, shooting one attacker and capturing his three sons, who are jailed. Police fear further violence.
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Gainesville
Fla
C. H. Slaughter
Charles White
Archer
J. A. Manning
Slaughter
White
Manning
Marshal Slaughter
Cain Perry
Perry
Ben Stokes
Seven Drown in Fox Lake Tragedy Near Ingleside
At Fox Lake Illinois a drowning tragedy claims seven lives from a Chicago Ingleside and Des Plaines group. Mabel Hansen twenty five and six companions were aboard a 16 foot steel gasoline launch owned by Herman Kuhn when a storm struck. Cries were heard five minutes after departure but no survivors or boat traces were found. Rescue and search efforts continue as authorities identify the victims and press on with recovery.
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Fox Lake
Ill
Mabel Hansen
Chicago
Herman Kuhn
Ingleside
George Russell
Jacob Hoefer
Desplaines
Michael Klunder
Louis Truschke
Lippincott
Kuhn
Richeson Found Insane in Awaited Execution
Boston on May 11 reports Dr Isador H Coriat declares Barence V T Richeson insane and not mentally responsible after a secret two hour examination Richeson awaits possible commutation as he faces execution for murdering Avis Linnell with the governor receiving the report for the executive council review.
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Boston
Barence V. T. Richeson
Isador H. Corlat
Executive Council
Richeson
Isador H. Coriat
City Hospital
Rainstorm Ends Longest Dry Season on Isthmus
A great rainstorm ends Panama’s longest dry season since American occupation. The wet spell aids canal digging while 1,000 white workers face layoffs by late May. Gatun Lake is expected to rise 38 feet in the next three months as dry excavation finishes.
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Panama
Gatun Lake
Panama Counselor Boyd resigns amid political crisis
Dr. Jorge E. Boyd, counsellor of the Panama Legation in Washington, who is presently in Panama, has submitted his resignation to President Arosemena. He cites dissatisfaction with the political situation, described as very serious.
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Panama
Jorge E. Boyd
Washington
Arosemena
Veteran Umpire Tim Hurst in Critical Pleudopneumonia
New York veteran baseball umpire and referee Tim Hurst is critically ill with pleudopneumonia. His physician reports he has only an even chance of recovery.
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New York
Tim Hurst
Flowers Strewn on Watery Grove Titanic Memory
Mrs. Henrietta C. Loring of Liverpool crossed the Atlantic on the Carmania to cast flowers for her husband J. H. Loring who perished aboard the Titanic. She was ill during the voyage and cared for by a stewardess. The Carmania passengers recalled the moving scene at sea.
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Watery Grove
New York
Henrietta C. Loring
Liverpool
U. S. Express Indicted Over Rebates in 1910 Case
New York May 11 Joseph S Bigger general agent in New York and the United States Express company were indicted for accepting rebates in a government suit. Bigger pleaded not guilty before Judge Mayer with bail set at 6000. Indictment cites three counts involving rebates on macaroni iron castings and oil shipments in 1910.
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New York
Joseph S. Bigger
United States Express Company
Express Company
Bigger
Mayer
United States District Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Wise
Cleveland
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Minersville Riot Firefight Ends With Fatal Shooting
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on May 9 state troopers fired on rioting foreigners at the Pine Hill colliery. One mine worker was killed and two men and a woman were seriously hurt as the mob clashed with pumpmen and troopers after blocking workers from returning to their posts.
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Pottsville
Minersville
Pine Hill
Senate OKs Heyburn Bill for Philippine Bond Issues
Washington May 11 the senate passed the Heyburn bill authorizing the Philippine government to issue bonds not to exceed 10 million dollars for public improvements. bonds run forty years at four percent interest and add to existing indebtedness.
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Senate
Washington
Heyburn
Philippines
Confederates and Grand Army to Hold Joint Reunion
United Confederate Veterans adopt a resolution accepting the Grand Army of the Republic proposal to join for a July 1 1913 reunion at Gettysburg Georgia with attendees from Macon and surrounding areas.
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Gettysburg
Macon
United Confederate Veterans In Convention
Grand Army of the Republic
Home gambling rights upheld by appellate court decision
Utica May 11 The appellate court sustains a ruling allowing gambling for money in a private residence. The decision centers on whether individuals may bet at home without violating existing laws.
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Utica
English Syndicate Seeks Buy of Cincinnati Southeast System
Negotiations are under way for an English syndicate to purchase the Ohio Southeastern System formed by the Cincinnati Georgetown and Portsmouth Railway and the Ohio River and Columbus railroad. The deal would finance extensions eastward from Russellville and West Union.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Southeastern System
Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth
Ohio River
Carrel Street
Russelville
Ohio
West Union
Comstock
Detroit
Galbreath
Galbreath Syndicate
Robert B. Hackney
L. J. Hackney
E. E. Galbreath
C. J. Finger
F. F. Dinsmore
Martin's Ferry Revolver Duel Leads to Grand Jury Lockup
In Martin's Ferry two men died in a revolver duel. Robert Scott is held without bond to await grand jury on first degree murder charges after witnesses place him near a buggy with a revolver as Philip Smith and Karly Shaffer exchanged shots. Shaffer fell after Smith was struck, raising suspicion against Scott.
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Shaffer
Smith
Lumber Association Holds Annual Meeting in Cincinnati
The American National Lumber Manufacturing Association convened its annual meeting with 200 delegates present. W. E F. Delaney of Cincinnati welcomed the delegates, and B. G. Griggs of Tacoma responded as president of the lumbermen’s group.
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Cincinnati
American National Lumber Manufacturing Association
W. E F. Delaney
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association of the
United States
B. G. Griggs
Tacoma
Wash
Lumbermen
Canoeists Drowned On Ohio River Near Cincinnati
William Becker aged twenty two drowned when the canoe with his brother Edward and companion Edward Gerdes overturned in waves from the Island Queen steamer. A launch reached the scene but Becker sank before aid arrived. The two others escaped.
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Cincinnati
William Becker
Edward Becker
Edward Gerdes
Ohio
Becker
Boy Bumps Head and Dies in Dunkirk Play Incident
Charles Brown aged eleven son of Mrs J C Brown of Dunkirk fell while playing and bumped his head. He later complained of a headache and died within hours from hemorrhage of the brain.
Prisoner Brought Back By Police From Dayton
Police Captain Swank retrieved Vasala Vadaka from Dayton. Vadaka is charged here with cutting George Melick with intent to kill last June.
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Newark
Swank
Dayton
Vasala Vadaka
George Melick
Divorced Couple Are Wedded In Coshocton
In Coshocton Charles Banks married his former wife Mrs. Margaret Banks who had divorced him eight months earlier over charges of nonsupport.
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Coshocton
Charles Banks
Margaret Banks
Democratic Leader Dead in Marion Burial For Kelleher
The body of Frank Kelleher aged thirty nine former Democratic leader of Marion county was brought here for burial. He was killed at Altoona Pennsylvania by a fall from a cliff while inspecting excavations underway there.
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Marion
Frank Kelleher
Marion County
Kelleher
Altoona
Recluse James Dixon Found Dead Near New Concord
James Dixon, a reclusive resident near New Concord, was discovered dead in his hovel after four days. The coroner has opened an investigation into the death.
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Zanesville
James Dixon
New Concord
A Candid Man Quote Sparks Earnest Exchange
A terse exchange exposes a candid man seeking money rather than work while offering willingness to labor as the sole path to gain. The remark highlights practical grit amid economic strain.
Fragmented Exchange Sparks Family Titting In Conversation
A terse exchange reveals tension within a family as remarks about a sister provoke discomfort. The dialogue hints at underlying strain and concern over how a sibling is perceived by relatives.
Woman Seeks Divorce Over Non support and Cruelty
A woman tells her lawyer she seeks divorce on two grounds non support and cruelty. She asserts the husband refused to provide funds for a diamond necklace, framing it as cruelty. The exchange appears in the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Judge Rules No Authority to Stop Husband From Love
A California judge ruled there is no court power to prevent a husband from making love to his wife, though the court could halt abuse. The decision arose after a Los Angeles woman sought an injunction to restrain her husband from being attentive to her. The judge invoked a Solomon’s wisdom metaphor, noting justice for women’s whims is unpredictable.
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California
Los Angeles
Solomon
The World’s Largest Bells and Their Fateful Castings
A survey of massive bells from St. Pauls London to Westminster Big Ben and the Peter of York. It notes weights from 13 to 17 tons, diameters up to 22 feet, and a Canton monastery bell 18 feet tall cast in 1400 under Emperor Yang. The Peter of York cost 10000 dollars, and eight workers died during casting.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Westminster
Peter of
York
Canton
Yang Lo
Doctor Fooled By Own Coffee Habit Over Heart Palpitations
A physician recounts his own experience with coffee and tea causing daily heart palpitations. He stopped both and switched to Postum, noting improved heart health and advising others to switch. The ad from Postum Co. of Battle Creek promotes Postum as a tea and coffee substitute with a claimed medical rationale.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
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