McCarty Killed in First Round by Pelkey Fight
Luther McCarty white heavyweight champion died in a first round knockout to Arthur Pelkey in Calgary. An autopsy cited a dislocated neck as the cause, with a brain clot noted. Pelkey was arrested pending coroner’s inquest. Burns arena burned after the bout.
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Union News Service
Calgary
Alberta
Luther McCarty
Arthur Pelkey
Pelkey
McCarty
Big Fellows
Moshier
Costello
Tommy Burns
Funeral of Poet Miller at Heights in Fruitvale Hills
The ashes of Joa quin Miller known as the Poet of the Sierras were cremated on a funeral hill built by him. About 1000 people gathered at The Heights as Bohemian Club members conducted the ceremony per Miller’s request. Col John P Irish lit the flames and the club choir sang a quiet threnody by the poet.
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San Francisco
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
Fruitvale Hills
Bohemian Club
Miller
John P. Irish
Ferry Boat Car Accident in Camden Tragedy
A ferry dock in Camden New Jersey saw a car start forward plunging through an iron guard rail and onto the boat. Deck hand William F Goos was drowned while trying to restrain the vehicle. Two seventeen year old boys, Philip Kurtz and Jacob Mintzer, were injured.
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Camden
N. J
William F. Goos
Philip Kurtz
Jacob Mintzer
Portage Manager Injured in Stage Accident
Portage Wisconsin stock company manager Harry Sherman was seriously hurt during a stage fight when Florence Frey's beer bottle exploded as she raised it to strike him. Glass penetrated his face nearly severing his nose. a doctor in the audience halted the bleeding and attendants kept the crowd calm before Sherman was taken to a hospital.
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Portage
Wis
Harry Sherman
Florence Frey
Sherman
Four Hurt In Point Place Motorcycle Crash Near Toledo
Four men were injured in a collision on the Point Place road about one mile north of Toledo city limits. Two are believed to be seriously hurt. The crash involved two motorcycles and occurred on a local highway in Ohio.
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Toledo
Ohio
Point Place
Minister Ends His Life in Scranton Area
The body of Rev. John Jurco pastor of the Swedish Lutheran Church Jessup was found in a field midway between Scranton and his home. An empty bottle of poison lay beside him and three farewell letters were found one to his family one to church members and one to the coroner. He blamed church troubles for the act.
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Scranton
Penn
John Jurco
Swedish Lutheran Church
Jessup
Radical tariff plan to free list raw materials
Washington May 22 Raw material will be placed on the free list whenever the house frees manufactured goods under the Underwood tariff bill. A radical program from the wine finance subcommittee aims to extend free lists across ferro manganese flour cattle and key grains. Final decisions require full committee and senate review with revenue implications shaping the outcome.
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Washington
House
Wine Finance Committee
Senate
John D Rockefeller’s Wealth Declines in Cleveland Heights
John D Rockefeller is described as rapidly losing wealth in Cleveland Heights where his Forest Hill estate sits. Tax assessor John T Fisher reports personal property values dropping from 7190 to 4285 with nine horses at 55 each ten cattle at 40 each and furniture valued at 3300. No automobiles are listed for taxation.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
John T. Fisher
Cleveland Heights
Forest Hill
Oil King
Rockefeller
John D
Assembly votes to bar denominational lodges from government schools
In Atlanta on May 22 the United Presbyterian Assembly adopted a resolution to exclude all denominational lodges or uniforms from schools receiving government support. The measure, introduced by Prof. J A Wilson of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, will be sent to the U S president.
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Atlanta
United Presbyterian Assembly
United States
J. A. Wilson
Pittsburgh Theogical Seminary
Pittsburgh
Four Die in Ice land Blast on Southern Pacific Job
Four men were killed and one fatally injured in an explosion at Ice land near Truckee, California. The workers, employed on double tracking construction for the Southern Pacific, triggered by a box of dynamite caps near a steam shovel.
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Sacramento
Cal
Iceland
Truckee
Japan's ruler ill with pneumonia in Tokyo
Tokyo reports Emperor Yoshihito seriously ill from pneumonia after a period of illness with a high fever. The court bulletin notes a lung inflammation but says his condition is not cause for alarm. Wilson cables sympathy to the Mikado expressing wishes for a quick recovery.
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Wilson
Emperor
Tokyo
Seri
Yoshihito
Japan
Washington
Bryan
Ambasador Chinda
California
State Department
United States
Foreign Office
Mikado
Yoshi Hito
Amputates His Own Foot At Home
Isaac Bassett a 75 year old man in Penn Yan New York amputated his diseased toe with a pocket knife to stop gangrene but the illness spread and he cut off his foot with the same knife he lived in the extreme west of the county far from a doctor and died later by local accounts
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Penn Yan
N. Y
Isaac Bassett
Bassett
Prisoner Refuses Food in Cripple Creek Jail
James L. Bacon former state representative held in Cripple Creek Colorado county jail for the murder of his wife and six year old stepdaughter refuses water and food for 96 hours. County physician Dr H J Hereford notes Bacon's physical and mental condition is normal.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
James L. Bacon
H. J. Hereford
Hereford
Bacon
Trapped by Arabs Courage Shown After Sidi Garba Loss
In Chiasso Switzerland the Italian government seals news of Tripoli reverses. A prisoner Machievelli misled Gen Gandretti about Arab strength causing a three column attack by 3,000 Italians at Sidi Garba on May 16. The force suffered heavy casualties with many officers dead and retreat seen as the only option.
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Union News Service
Chiasso
Switzerland
Tripoli
Sidi Garba
Sida Garba
Machievelli
Gandretti
Tassoni
Benghazi
Would Be Lynchers Foiled in Kansas Jail Siege
In Hiawatha Kansas on May 23 five motor loads of men from Falls City Nebraska armed with shotguns revolvers and hammers besieged the county jail demanding the surrender of Walter Ballew a negro accused of a crime. After shots were fired through jail windows deputies held firm behind a steel door and the mob retreated. Cooler townsfolk persuaded the raiders to abandon the attack avoiding further violence. The jail resembled a blockhouse during the siege.
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Hiawatha
Kas
Anna Keller
Falls City
Neb
Nebraska
Walter Ballew
Bartlow
Auto capsized on road near Meadville kills two
Four miles from Meadville Pennsylvania an automobile overturned after Riordan lost control when the brake failed. Thomas L Riordan and Edwin Bender of Meadville were burned to death trapped under the car. Clyde Kaler escaped with minor injuries as the vehicle dashed into a ditch on the Saegertown road.
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Meadville
Penn
Thomas L. Riordan
Edwin Bender
Clyde Kaler
Saegertown
Riordan
Kaler
Pier Disaster Prompts Million-Dollar Damages Suit
Long Beach authorities face possible lawsuits totaling about $1,000,000 after the collapse of part of the Municipal pier in the aftermath of the Empire Day pageant. Forty people died, and a grand jury investigation is underway.
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Long Beach
Cal
Municipal Pier
Two Killed on Destroyer in High Speed Trial
In a full speed trial off the San Diego coast a torpedo boat destroyer Stewart suffered a high pressure cylinder head blowout. Two sailors died, another was fatally injured, and Alma Miller is badly burned. The dead are R. B. Smith of Texas and H. F. Bock of Illinois. The cause remains unknown.
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San Diego
Cal
Stewart
Smith
H. F. Bock
Alma Miller
Lohn
Texas
Bock
Moline
Ill
Elopers Ordered Back From Ellis Island Match
Carlos Dominguez, a Mexican youth, and Lucienne Laprince, a seventeen year old Parisian, must return to France after arriving aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. A special Ellis Island board denied their request to marry and land, forcing them to abandon plans for Mexico City.
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New York
Carlos Dominguez
Lucienne Laprince
France
Mexico City
Ellis Island
Anhut Sentenced for Bribery in Thaw Plot
John N. Anhut, a young New York lawyer, convicted in a bribery plot to free Harry K. Thaw from Matteawan insane asylum, received a prison term of not less than two nor more than four years in the criminal branch of the New York Supreme Court. Justice Seabury handed down the sentence.
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New York
Thaw
Gete
John N. Anhut
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Insane Asylum
Justice Seabury
Supreme Court
Cincinnati Market Prices For Grains Live Stock And Poultry
Market listing shows corn prices by grade including No 2 white at 62 No 3 white 61 No 4 white 58 4c and various other corn grades. Hay prices range from No 1 timothy 16.50 to No 2 timothy 14.50 and several clover mixes. Oats wheat and eyes values given with multiple grade details. Poultry cattle hogs bulls calves and sheep and lambs all feature price ranges for different qualities and weights.
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Bologna
School Examiners' Notice for Monthly Teacher Tests
Examinations for teachers occur on the first Saturday of each month unless that Saturday is a holiday, then the following Saturday. Pupils’ exams fall on the third Saturday of April and May. Teachers must complete the full exam in one day. Those seeking a four year provisional certificate should consult the clerk before applying. Examinations held in Batavia Ohio. S. S. Bagby president B. T. Davis vice president John Morris clerk.
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Batavia
Ohio
Bagby
B. T. Davis
John Morris
Rioters Attack Platform Parade At Victoria Park
In London West End at Victoria Park trades unionists and Socialists attempted a suffrage demonstration for working women. Fifteen decorated platforms faced a hostile crowd that stormed a truck carrying Sylvia Pankhurst and other militant suffragettes. Mounted and foot police charged to disperse the rioters.
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London
Victoria Park
West End
Sylvia Pankhurst
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