Mass Atrocity Rumors From Adana Amid Turkish Rout
The dispatch reports widespread killings and dispossession in Adana province with 20 000 dead and 415 000 homeless. Turkish troops pillage and set fires, foreign and missionary properties suffer, and authorities reportedly plan to exterminate Christians. American and French interests are ruined. communications are censored.
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Adena
Turkey
Adana
Vilayet
Hare
Hadila
Tarsus
Atrocities in Armenian Slaughter Near Tarsus Reported
Descriptions from Tarsus detail brutal massacres by fanatical Mohammedans in villages and farms. Claims include 10,000 dead, total casualties up to 425,000, with entire communities wiped out and families burned or carried off. Women and children suffer widespread abuse as Armenian girls are allegedly pressed into service for horses and rifles.
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Wetalis
Tarsus
Asiatic Turkey
Constantinople
Farma
Sabel
Osmanich
Baz‘dache
Hamadieh
Kara
Khatian
Keoy
Kezolook
JWEW Company In Control Of Line In South Dakota
In South Dakota the JWEW company takes control from the receiver as of May 5 in Jone City. C. D. Foner, receiver, reports the Rapid City Black Hills Western Railway line known as the Crouch line, thirty two miles long, to be reconsolidated by a new company with stock purchases planned. Officers named include H. H. McComber president, W. E. Moore general worker, J. L. Soule superintendent, with price details recorded as paid for the road. Subterranean Lake, Lake Indiana, notes a burst of a subterranean lake near Bot twenty feet and over a hundred yards.
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South Dakota
Jone City
Au- Vme
W. E. Moore
Cincinnati
J. L. Soule
Humphrey Reconciles With Taft After Immunity Ruling
Judge J Otis Humphrey of the Southern district of Timnois, once shunned at the White House, visits President Taft and receives a friendly welcome. Taft mentions a prior message to Congress about government appeal rights in criminal cases, referencing Roosevelt’s past criticisms of Humphrey and other federal judges allied with the government.
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Washington, May
J. Otis Humphrey
Timnois
White House
Mr. Taft
Taft
Congress
Roosevelt
Humphrey
Again Nears High Price of Season in Wheat Market
Chicago May wheat on the board of trade rose sharply from 1.12 to 1.16 as trading closed, a 2 percent gain. May reached 1.28, with July near its record. Bartlett Patten & Co. credited with heavy July purchases while selling May. The advance followed a prior decline linked to reports James A. Patten had fallen on the market, suggesting the bull campaign was not dead. Closes were 10 cents above April 27 bottom.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
James A. Patten
Bartlett, Patten & Co
Jamce A. Patten
Prominent Judges Face Congressional Scrutiny Over Missouri Rate Case
Judge Philips declines to seek a congressional investigation after criticism of his conduct alongside Judge Smith McPherson in the Missouri rate cases. He warns such a move would set a bad precedent and would misplace responsibility on McPherson.
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St Louis
Smith McPherson
Missouri Tate
Congress
Murphy
Missouri
Philips
Kansas City
May
Joh F. Philips
United States Circu
Red Oak
House of Representatives
Cannon
McPherson
Railroad Attorney Protests Misleading Resolution
Kansas City May 6 Attorney Frank Hagerman leading railroad counsel in Missouri rate litigation telegraphed Attorney General Wickersham denouncing Representative Murphy's resolution as an outrageous tissue of misrepresentation.
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Kansas City
Frank Hagerman
Wickersham
Washington
Murphy
Wreck on Great Northern at Delano injures dozen
A westbound Coast train No 3 collided with a derailed freight on the Great Northern at Delano Minnesota. About a dozen people were injured and several may die. Engineer Andrew W Watson of St Paul was fatally hurt and rushed to St Mary's hospital in Minneapolis where his skull was crushed. Passengers also were taken to Minneapolis hospitals.
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Delano
Minn
Great Northern Road
Andrew W. Watson
St Paul
St. Mary’s Hospital
Minneapolis
Delans
Manager of Socialist Paper on Trial in Federal Court
Fred Warren, manager of the Appeal to Reason, is on trial in Fort Scott Kansas for alleged postal law violations. Ex Governor Taylor of Kentucky appears as prosecution witness. The government accuses Warren of mailing envelopes bearing a $1,000 reward offer to return Taylor to Kentucky for trial over Goebel murder.
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Fort. Scott
Kan
Fred Warren
Reason
Taylor
Kentucky
Goebel
Moyer and Haywood
Denver
Lnha
Steunenbers
Aged-Mother on the Stand in Hains Murder Trial
Mrs. Virginia Hains mother of Captain P C Hains testified in Flushing for the murder case against her son. She appeared feeble yet spoke clearly describing nightmares and a hatchway fall that affected him for years. Under cross examination she broke down and was excused as recess was ordered by Justice Garretton.
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Flushing
Virginia Hains
P. C. Hains
W. J. Annis
Major Hains
Wag
Nobbing
Garretton
Women Work in Interest of Peace at Chicago Session
The second national peace congress in Chicago featured a women’s session organized by the Chicago Woman’s Club. Ellen M. Henroth presided as Lucia Ames Mead of Boston urged turning rival navies into commerce facilitators and ending war through statesmanship. Louis P. Lochner led the college session with Hull of Swarthmore and James Brown of the State Department as speakers.
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Chicago
Woman’s Club
Ellen M. Henroth
Lucia’ Ames Mead
Boston
Louis P. Lochner
Madison
Wis
College Seasion
William L Hull
Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania
James Brown Fhott
State Department
Washington
Open Camp Date Shifted For 8th G Encampment
At Watertown meeting of 8 D N G officers it was decided to move the encampment opening from July 6 to July 7 to accommodate local Fourth of July celebrations. The seven day camp may or may not include regulars as government decisions are awaited. A new major will be appointed to replace Major Berg of Canton, recently promoted.
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Watertown
Berg
Canton
Taft to Study Corporate Control and Commerce Law
Washington May 5 President Taft plans summer study on corporate control and the commodities clause. Supreme Court ruling on holding companies prompts proposals to curb evasion by coal railroads and extend government regulation of railroads and corporations.
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Taft
Corporation Control
Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Shellfisheries Convention Opens With Shellfish Focus
States from Atlantic Pacific and Gulf coasts meet in New York at the National Shellfish Association convention to discuss preservation and expansion of oysters clams lobsters crayfish shrimps scallops terrapin and related seafood. Leaders Whipple Bacon and Wood organize the effort with federal input from Dr. Haywood of the Agriculture Department.
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New York
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
National
Shellfish Association
James S. Whipple
Fish and Game
Charles R. Bacon
New Jersey Shellfish Commission
B. Frank Wood
J. K. Haywood
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Barred from citizenship for Japanese Namyo Bessho
Federal Judge Edmund Waddill denies Namyo Bessho the right to naturalization. The Japanese chief steward in the U S Navy cannot become a citizen under federal law restricting naturalization to whites or those of African descent or nativity, despite service in the Navy. The 1894 act was cited to justify the ruling.
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Norfolk
Edmund Waddill
United States Court For
Eastern District of Virginia
Namyo Bessho
United States Navy
Marine Corps
Bessho
Act of Congress
Navy
Niagara youth killed by 11 000 volt line near river
Joseph Cronin, fourteen, of Chicago, a Pantist Chorister Society member, visiting Loretto convent at Niagara Falls New York, was electrocuted on the Canadian riverbank while a group climbed toward the Ontario Power transformer station. He touched an 11 000 volt cable in the temporary setup and died instantly.
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Niagara Falla
N. Y
Joseph Cronin
Pantist Chorister Society of
Chicago
Finn
Loretto Convent
Ontario Power Company
Eight Barges Lost In Storm Near Faulkner Island
New Haven report states four Perrons were downed and eight barges lost in a fierce storm off Faulkners Island. The barge Susquehanna in tow of the tug Charles B Sanford carried the captain, his wife, a cabin boy and a deckhand who drowned when their small boat was shattered against the barge.
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New Haven
Conn
Faulkners Island
Hokendauqua
Susquehanna
Charles B. Sanford
Last of Feud Cases Decided in Breathitt Feud Era
Jackson Kentucky May 4 John Abner acquitted in the assassination of John Cockrill during the Breathitt feud era This decision clears all Breathitt feud docket items previously charged including Judge James Hargis Ed Callahan B Fulton French and others connected to the deaths of Dr D B Cox James Cockrill and James B Marcum
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Jackson, Ky
John Abner
John Cockrill
James Hargis
Ed Callahan
B. Fulton French
D. B. Cox
James Cockrill
James B. Marcum
Castro Returns to Spain to Plan Return by Force
San Sebastian May 5 Cig nano Castro deposed Venezuelan president arrived from Paris and will stay two days before heading to Santander to meet his wife. He says he will soon leave Spain for Ecuador to await events that could allow his return to Venezuela even by force. He blames the United States for his troubles and calls Gomez his pupil.
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San Sebastian
Spain
United States
Musical Recital at Huron College Chapel May 6
The Huron College music department presents a second term recital in the college chapel Thursday evening May 6. Admission is free and all interested are invited. The program features violins, cello, and piano with pieces by Rosini De Bennot and others, including Mediation and The Silver Thistle, with performers such as Helen Loyd June Lampe Hattie Boughton Ruby Stondu and Lillian Yotuske among the participants.
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Huron College
Noa
cecreseeteee _Rosini-De-Bennot
Benthen, Brown
Snyder
Helen Loyd
Amarvilis
Ethel Gardner
New Life Pills Promised To Tone Body Systems
Ad copy claiming Dr King s New Life Pills can tone and regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify blood strengthen nerves aid digestion and relieve various ailments. Mentions curing constipation dyspepsia biliousness jaundice headaches chills and malaria. 23 cents at H Wheeler s.
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Dr. King
H. Wheeler
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