Green bug disappearing after parasite control
Washington May 15 The agricultural department reports the green bug or spring ra in aphis is being exterminated by a minute black fly parasite. In Texas Oklahoma and southern Kansas vast parasitization to 50 percent or more in fields signals near elimination. Bureau sent parasites from Oklahoma and Texas to Kansas with three agents in the field guiding the campaign.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Bureau of Entomology
The
Bureau
Fight for the spoils in Honduras a fresh civil clash
Reports from Puerto Cortes and New Orleans describe renewed warfare in Honduras over the presidency. The combatants are the same forces from the recent conquest, now split into rival factions including Nicaraguans defending a presidential candidate under the veil of peace, and Hondurans contending for power.
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Puerto Cortez
New Orleans
Honduras
Float Loan in United States
Tokio May 15 The Southern Man churian railway having been garrer
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United States
Tokio
Southern Manchurian Railway
Garrer
Shortage claimed in Syracuse city treasury
The Syracuse city treasurer is alleged to have discovered a shortfall in the accounts of the office during E. F. Allen’s term. The size is not yet known but may exceed 100000 dollars with about 2500 dollars already documented. Allen denies irregularity as investigators review all local improvement accounts.
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Syracuse
N. Y
E. F. Allen
Allen
Bands Rob Songo District Cuba for Profit
Armed bands in the Songo district of Santiago and near Manacas Santa Clara are said to be depredating farms. They extort money from farmers and steal horses. The assailants are thought to be unemployed black men driven from work by the sugar season's end.
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Havanas
Songo
Santiago
Manacas
Santa Clara
Innocent Man Edalji Granted Free Pardon in Britain
London reports a free pardon for George Edalji, Birmingham lawyer, four years after his 7 year sentence for mutilating animals. Investigations led by Henry Labouchere and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle found his innocence and criticized police errors. Doyle compared the case to Dreyfus.
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London
George Edalji
Birmingham
Henry Labouchere
Arthur Conan Doyle
Edalji
Sir Conan Doyle
Captain Dreyfus
Wheat options rise on cold winter forecast at Chicago Board of Trade
Prices for July and September wheat options jumped after the government crop report, reaching 91% and 91 cents as cold weather outlooks supported gains. Winnipeg seedings paused with Canada reporting limited planting. Kansas counties show crop condition below the government estimate.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Board and Trade Chicago
Northwest
Weather Bureau
Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba
Kansas
Wheat futures edge dollar mark amid rally and profit selling
In New York on May 13 July futures rose to 98 3/4 cents as traders took profits amid renewed demand. The December contract climbed to 101 1/4 cents and July touched 99 1/4 cents on outside demand driven by conditions in Russia and Hungary.
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New York
Russia
Hungary
Criticised the Emperor Widely Reported Arrest in Silesia
Vienna dispatch says Mrs Wowanke wife of a Chicago engineer was arrested at her parents home in Radwanitz Silesia on charges of writing love letters two years earlier. She had been betrothed to Strobowski a Pole who she left for America. He published letters accusing her of attacking the emperor's policy ahead of her return to Chicago.
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London
Vienna
the Express
Wowanke
Chicago
I Radwanitz
Silesia
Strobowski
America
Strabowski
Em Ror
Havemeyer Sugar Refining Threatens Shutdown Over Labor Strike
General Manager Gerbrecht of Havemeyer Sugar Refining in Williamsburg issued an ultimatum to 2,000 striking foreign workers Poles and Lithuanians. He proposed a compromise wage but warned that rejection would close the works, leaving 5 000 to 6 000 jobless. A workers committee seeks better terms through talks with officials. General Botha Tours London and is popular with crowds as he leaves Southampton for South Africa and bids King Edward farewell at Buckingham Palace.
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New York
Gerbrecht
Havemeyer Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
Botha
London
Transvaal
Southampton
South Africa
Buckingham Palace
Edward
President John Mitchell gains strength after operation
Spring Valley Illinois May 13 The physician says President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers is improving daily with longer sleep periods. Pain from operations has subsided and final recovery is expected to be slow though all danger is past.
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Spring Valley, Ill
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Arbitration Fails to End Longshoremen Strike
May 13 New York arbitration efforts to resolve the Longshoremen's strike show little hope of progress as the National Civic Federation struggles to engage both steamship company representatives and union leaders. The port’s ocean freight system is disrupted, with railroads refusing freight and large houses worried about storing diverted shipments as congestion grows. European firms flood New York with shipment inquiries amid the uncertainty.
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New York
National Civic Federation
Eruptions Grow At Etna And Stromboli Amid Rising Alarm
May 13 Mount Etna and Stromboli erupt more intensely as new craters open. Observatories in Messina and Catania report light earthquakes. Smoke and flames from Etna’s main crater visible over long distance. A portion of Stromboli’s crater collapsed causing stronger eruption and sea agitation. Scientists suggest a possible submarine crater activity.
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Messina
Sicily
Etna
Stromboli
Catania
Mount Etna
Cripple Creek Drainage Tunnel Work Opens With Festivities
Cripple Creek Colorado May 13 celebrations mark the start of the long promised drainage tunnel project. Mining and business leaders from across the district attended excursions bringing hundreds of visitors. The tunnel aims to drain virgin territory estimated to hold over 20 million dollars in gold ore and extend Cripple Creek’s mining era.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Colorado
Two Dead Twelve Hurt In Train Crash Near Flemingsburg
Two are dead and eleven injured after an engine and two coaches broke through a double decked trestle on the Cincinnati Flemingsburg and Southeast railway two miles from Flemingsburg Kentucky. The dead include Harry Thomas of Cincinnati and an unknown laborer. Engineer Clarence Browning of Flemingsburg and Miss Amelia Snodgrass of Covington were fatally injured.
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Flemingsburg
Cincinnati, Flemingsburg
Harry Thomas
Cincinnati
Clarence Browning
Amelia Snodgrass
Covington
Pugilist Sullivan Seeks Pardon for Nephew at Governors Island
John L Sullivan met the president by appointment to plead for his nephew John L Lennon who is imprisoned at Governors Island for desertion from the marine corps. Sullivan said he urged clemency but the president gave no promises and offered no commitment.
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Washington
John L. Sullivan
John L. Lennon
Governors Island
Marine Corps
Dynamite blast shatters Montgomery traction car injuring crew
In Montgomery Alabama on May 13 a car of the Montgomery Traction Company struck a stick of dynamite at the southern edge of the city. The motorman and conductor, brothers named Brunsen, were slightly injured. A lone passenger, a Black man, escaped unharmed as portions of the car were blown about 100 feet from the track.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Traction Copany
Brunsen
Brother of miner union leader denies Joliet imprisonment
George W. Moyer, brother of Western Federation of Miners president Charles H. Moyer, says he never was in Joliet prison. He states he was mining in the Black Hills at the time of the alleged imprisonment.
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San Jose
Cal
George W. Moyer
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Joliet
Illinois Penitentiary
Black Hills
Leavenworth Mayor Ousted Over Enforcing Saloon Laws
The state Supreme court granted a writ to remove Peter Everhardy from the Leavenworth mayoralty for failure to enforce laws against saloons and other resorts and ordered the city to stop licensing such establishments.
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Topeka
Kan
State Supreme Court
Peter Everhardy
Leavenworth
Odell’s Plan Fails at New York Republican Meeting
The New York Republican state committee tabled a resolution endorsing Governor Hughes for president by 32 to 4, amid Odell’s push anchored by his antipathy to President Roosevelt. Woodruff led opposition, arguing it would embarrass Hughes and the party.
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Odell
Roosevelt
New York
Hughes
Republican State Committee
George W. Dunn
State Railroad Commission
Woodruff
United States
Taft Denies Taft Foraker Pact Rumor
Cleveland Ohio reports Congressman Theodore E. Burton releasing a statement to deny that Secretary Taft sought elimination of Senator Joseph B. Foraker. Burton says Taft never made such a statement and refused any deal trading presidency support for Foraker’s senatorial endorsement.
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Cleveland
Theodore E. Burton
Sam H. Taft
Joseph B. Foraker
Foraker
Roosevelt
Taft
Cabinet Talks Politics In Long Washington Meeting
A May 13 cabinet session ran from 11:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. on Ohio politics. Officials hinted the Columbus May 15 Republican state leaders conference drew heavy interest and that Taft supporters view the presidency and Ohio Senate seat as separate issues.
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Washington
Ohio
Columbus
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Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Sothern
Baron Hoto
Kuhn& Loeb & Co
Sherlock Holmes
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Bond
U.S. Internal Revenue Officers
North Dakota
Pure Food Department
Germany
Sicilian
Sullivan
Moyer
Sam Halpin
William Ten Eyck
Charles Evans Hughes
Kroo
Minnesota
North Star Shoe Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Wisconsin
Chippewa
Chippewa Bay Railroad
Hayward
Wis
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