King Frederick VIII Lying In State In Copenhagen
In heavy rain hundreds gather along the quay as the Dannebrog returns from Hamburg bearing King Frederick VIII. His body lies in state at Christianborg Castle awaiting funeral in one week. Christian X and Queen Alexandra attend with King Haakon of Norway aboard the Absolon. Dowager Queen Louise stays under medical care.
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Copenhagen
Frederick VIII
Dannebrog
Hamburg
Kroge Bay
Louise
Frederick
Queen Louise
Money Trust Probe Opens With Siebken Testimony
Washington. The banking and currency committee heard Hermann Siebken a New York coffee importer describe the Brazilian valorization scheme and a 15 000 000 pound loan used by Brazil. He said 2 000 000 pounds went through National City Bank of New York and funds were shared by J P Morgan Co the National City Bank and First National Bank of New York. The judiciary committee continued Archbald charges inquiries with railroad witnesses detailing Lehigh Valley and Erie calm pile deals and Edward J Williams. Erie vice president Brownell denied Boland accusations and threatened perjury action if repeated. The labor committee issued a report on the Hughes bill creating an industrial commission. The merchant marine committee backed the Alexander bill requiring wireless gear on ocean going vessels with fifty or more passengers by October 1 1912.
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Washington
Banking and Currency Committee
Money Trust
Hermann Siebken
New York
National City Bank of New York
Brazil
J. P. Morgan & Co
National City Bank
First National
Labor Committee
Hughes
Industrial Commission
Merchant Marine Committee
Mission to Repair Levees Across Delta Resources
The Mississippi commission met in St Louis to finalize bank and levee improvements costing 1 307 000 dollars. Initial work will be around Cairo Illinois and Reelfoot Lake district with reinforcements at Hickman Kentucky and New Madrid Missouri to follow. The project will extend from Cape Girardeau Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico.
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St. Louia
Mississippi Commission
Cairo
Reel Foot Lake District
Hickman
New Madrid
Cape Girardeau
Gulf of Mexico
Robbery on New Orleans and North Western Express
Two masked men halted the New Orleans New York Limited train northbound eight miles south of Hattiesburg Mississippi. They dynamited a safe car and escaped with 140000 dollars. Passengers were not harmed.
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New Orleans
New York
New Orleans & Northwestern
Hattiesburg
Miss
Texas Launches at Newport News Shipyard with Parade
In Newport News Virginia on May 18 the battleship Texas was launched in a ceremony before about 12 000 spectators. Little Miss Claudia Lyon christened the ship as dignitaries including Governor Colquitt Governor Mann Admiral Dewey and navy officials attended. The half completed vessel slid into the Atlantic amid bands and cheers signaling the start of her sea service as First class battleship No 35.
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Newport News
United States
Claudia Lyon
Col
Cecil Lyon
Texas
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Atlantic
Sam
Miss Lyon
Colquitt
Mann
Virginia
Dewey
Navy
Wiley's 67 year old Chief Chemist welcomes firstborn son
Washington May 17. With the bureau of chemistry still without a chief a possible hereditary successor to Dr Harvey W Wiley arrived in Washington when the former chief chemist of the United States became the father of a boy his first born Doctor Wiley who is sixty seven years old was married to Miss Anna G Kelton a year ago.
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Washington
Bureau of Chemistry
Harvey W. Wiley
United States
Wiley
Doctor Wiley
Anna G. Kelton
Consul General Ayme Feared Dead in Lisbon
Consul General Louis Henry Ayme is reported dead in Lisbon Portugal at age fifty seven. He served many years in diplomacy and sent the first accounts of the Martinique disaster to the United States. Mrs Ayme, visiting her daughter in Oshkosh Wisconsin, conveyed the news.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Louis Henry Ayme
Lisbon
Portugal
Ayme
J. L. Shalkenbach
Martinique
United States
Italians Capture 2700 Turkish Soldiers on Rhodes
Italian dispatches report 2700 Turkish troops garrisoning Rhodes were captured and transported to Rome as prisoners of war.
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Sultan
Isle of Rhodes
Rome
Rhodes
Richeson Faces Death After Insanity Plea Fails
Boston May 18 Clarence V T Richeson the former minister who murdered Avis Linnell learns he must die in the electric chair. Alienists describe his troubling character and his failed hope for insanity or asylum as his attorney and spiritual adviser prepare for the execution news.
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Boston
Mass
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Richeson
Avis Linnel
Herbert 8. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
William A. Morse
Richeson Counsel
Charlestown
Foss
Herbert S. Johnson
Slayer
Violet Edmunds
Allenists
Avis Linnell
Socialists Nominate Debs for President at Convention
Eugene V. Debs of Indiana was nominated on the first ballot for president, with Emil Seidel of Wisconsin chosen for vice president. Several others were named but withdrew. Debs received a majority. Seidel moved for unanimous nomination. The convention, stormy and divided, condemned Sabotage in America and debated bolting the party.
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Indianapolis
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
Socialists In National Convention
Tomlinson Hall
Emil Seidel
Wisconsin
Charles Edward Russel
New York
Job Harriman
California
Duncan McDonald
Illinois
McDonald
Harriman
Debs
Seidel
Russel
America
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Emma Goldman Arrives in Los Angeles Amid Mob Tactics
Emma Goldman, expelled from San Diego, reaches Los Angeles and speaks by long distance with manager Ben Reitman who claims tar and feathering by a San Diego mob. Vigilantes in masks threaten surrender at her hotel as a 2000-strong crowd gathers. hotel agrees she and Reitman must leave on the next train.
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San Francisco
Emma Goldman
San Diego
Los Angeles
Ben Reitman
Rietman
Reltman
Holmes
Floyd Allen Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Floyd Allen leader of the Carroll county gang found guilty of first degree murder for the Hillsville court house shootout. The verdict carries death by electrocution and follows hours of deliberation as prosecutors prepare for trials of his sons Claude and Victor Allen. Sentence on Floyd to be set later.
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Wytheville
Floyd Allen
Carroll County
Hillsville
Court House
Massie
Foster
Webb
Allen
Bar
William L. Foster
Victor
Claude Swanson Allen
Carroll County Court House
Claude
Victor Allen
Senate approves crop report bill and sugar excise action
The Senate passed a bill directing the Department of Agriculture to issue annual cotton acreage and production estimates and adopted Lodge’s sugar bill replacing the existing statute. An adverse report was issued on the House excise bill, with Senator Simmons signaling the minority will file views later.
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Washington
Senate
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
United States
Census Bureau
House
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Lodge
Cullom
Simmons
Democrats
Submarine Tuna Runs Aground Near Atlantic City
Atlantic City May 18 reports the submarine Tuna ran aground on a sandbar three miles from shore while en route from Newport News to Bridgeport. It was refloated with no serious damage expected.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Tuna
Newport News
Bridgeport
Conn
Baby Hero Dies Shielding Mother From Gunfire
In Little Rock a nine month old baby died after taking bullets aimed at Mrs. D. P. Coulter during an assault by a mysterious intruder labeled "Jack the Shooter" who fled after the attack. The mother survived with the child sacrificing itself.
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Little Rock
Aark
D. P. Coulter
Jack
Coulter
Major Houston Fire Destroys Several Buildings
A 7 oclock blaze in Houston caused about 1 million dollars in losses in the business district. Stowers, Temple, and Lathame structures and top floors of the Texas Co. building burned. Major losers include Go gan & Bros, Stowers Furniture, Hyers Drug, Kenny Drug, Arthur Lipper, and Charles Pavloch. The Houston Typographical Union and Knights of Columbus in the Temple building lost all possessions.
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Houston
Tex
Stowers
Temple
Lathame
The
Texas Co
Big Oil Corporation
Gogan & Bros
Stowers Furniture Co
Hyers Drug Co
Kenny Drug Co
Arthur Lipper
Charles Pavloch
Houston Typographical Union
Knights of Columbus
Temple Building
Pistol Duel Ends Life of Georgia Minister in Family Fallout
Rev. C. O. Bennett a leading minister in the region, was shot and killed by his cousin Carrey Bennett at Mill Wood Georgia in a pistol duel sparked by jealousy over the preacher's wife. The tragedy ends divorce proceedings filed by Mrs. C. O. Bennett. Carrey Bennett was arrested and taken to Waycross.
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Waycross
C. O. Bennett
Mill Wood
Carrey Bennett
Way- Ctobs
Armenian rescues man from Niagara Falls using pike pole
Aran Kevorkian, an Armenian, waded into the Niagara River rapids 300 feet above the falls and pulled unconscious Henry J. Smith of Buffalo to shore with a pike pole. Assisted by David Gordon and Park Constable Thomas Harrington, a human chair kept Kevorkian steady as the current ran strong. Smith recovered consciousness after the rescue and appeared none the worse for the ordeal.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Aran Kevorkian
Henry J. Smith
Buffalo
Kevorkian
David Gordon
Thomas Harrington
Smith
Kevor Kian
Confederate States Seal Recovered and Returned
Richmond announces the recovery of the Confederate States of America great seal long missing for decades. English makers identified it, and Eppa Hunton Jr, William H White, and Thomas P Bryan of Richmond acquired and brought the relic back to its historic capital. The seal came to Rear Admiral Thomas O Selfridge, retired, who had received it from Colonel John T Pickett.
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Richmond
Confederate States of America
Eppa Hunton, Jr
William H. White
Thomas P. Bryan
Confederate States
Thomas O. Selfridge
John T. Pickett
Washington tragedy aboard steamer Northland
Robert Terry quar termaster of the Norfolk and Washington steamer Northland was instantly killed after falling from the mast while adjusting a flag. He lost his footing and died at the scene.
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Washington
Robert Terry
Northland
London dealers jailed for selling imitations of Old Masters
James Lawrence Castiglione, 65, a picture dealer, and George Porteous, 66, were sentenced at Old Bailey to 12 and 6 months respectively for perjury. The prosecutor said Castiglione sold tons of imitations of old masters, seized by the sheriff and sold under a court order due to Porteous’s perjury, dealing a blow to the infant Magligh industry of making old masters while you wait.
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London
James Lawrence Castiglione
George Porteous
Old Bailey
Castiglione
Porteous
Woman Recovers After Twelve Years of Illness
A Louisiana Missouri woman describes twelve years of sickness and eleven doctors before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports rapid improvement and urges other suffering women to seek the remedy, noting its safety and confidential correspondence from the Pinkham Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Louisiana
Lydia E. Pinkham
Berthamufff
4Th Street
Pinkham Laboratory
Lynnn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
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