Mae Wood Sent to Prison in Perjury Case
New York May 22 Mae Wood held in $5,000 bail on perjury charge after Judge O Gorman dismissed her divorce suit against United States Senator Platt. The court found the marriage certificate forged and a late form printed after the alleged date. Wood maintained the marriage occurred as testified, but the judge ruled the evidence unreliable and ordered her committed to the Tombs. possible grand jury indictment mentioned.
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New York
C Wood
United States
Thoms
Piatt
Sypreme
Tombs
Justice O'Obrman
Benator Piatt
Aiden Ani
Platt
Mage
Siew Wood
Miss Wood
O'Gorman
Mies Wood
Wew Vasaas
Justice O'Gorman
Ney
Minn Wood
Tornado Kills Three in Kansas and Fire Destroys Goods
A Kansas tornado near Clay Center on May 38 left three dead and caused extensive damage. In Chicago on May 22 a man was killed and property worth about 400000 was destroyed, with reports noting a derailed plant of the Wintermeyer bor ta torn tornad o formed.
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Chicago
Wintermeyer Bor
Clay Center
Kan
North Yart
News Briefs From Across Cities And Courts
Jov and Hughes signed a bill making backerbop a felony in New York. A bridge on the New York New Haven Hartford line at Baychester was wrecked by dynamiters. Chicago police seek two boys believed kidnapped. Deserter David Sheehan faces fifteen years in military prison after eleven desertions. Kansas City murder verdict finds Mrs. Sarah Morasch guilty of poisoning Ruth Miller. life sentence planned. H Loomis, age 84, longtime Sunday school superintendent at Kewanee, dies. Senate passes deficiency and military academy bills. creates Monetary commission. House debates public buildings bill and coal mine bureau. Conservation measures and a national forest commission proposed.
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Hughes
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New York
New Haven & Hartford
Baychester
N. Y
Chicago
Ralph McCabe
Chester McCormick
Sipsies
David Sheehan
Sarah Morasch
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Kaw
Ruth Miller
H. Loomia
Kewanee
Congregational Sunday School
Congressional
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Senate
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
Coopera
White
Appalachian Mountains
National Forest Commission
Mohmand Mountaineers Resisting British Expedition in India
Reports from Simla say Mohmand mountaineers push back the British punitive force with heavy fighting at Umri Ki. British officers suffer fatalities and Sikh troopers are wounded as Mohmands exceed 200 in number. In Kansas City, Fullerton is elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States by the general assembly.
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India
Simla
Umri-Ki
Hughes Leads in Vote for Bishop at Methodist Conference
Baltimore May 22 The general conference adjourned after the fifth bishop ballot with Rev Edwin H Mayhew ahead for the next round. Arrest of Two Brokers in New York May 22 Two members of T A MeIntyre Co were arrested Thomas A MeIntyre and Jobe G MeIntyre charged in a $20000 securities recovery civil action by Frederick W Kavanaugh.
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New York
T. A MeIntyre & Co
Thomas A. MeIntyre
Jobe G. MeIntyre
Frederick W. Kavanaugh
Waterfort
T. A. Metntyre and Co
Big Strike Likely in Canadian Pactia Mechanics
Following a failed conciliation board ruling on grievances, an anticipated strike looms for 10,000 Pactia mechanics across the system. The May 22 date is cited as a probable start, with union leaders signaling continued action amid stalled negotiations.
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Winnipes
Man
Pactia Mechanics Nny
Board of Conciliation
Six Mere Votes for Gryan in Washington May 23
A garbled item notes a political faction split, with references to Gryan and Washington on May 23. The text mentions the Kelly faction and a Denberkey group influencing convention directions.
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Gryan
Washington
Ats Det Ogres
Reg Wer
Kelly
Célutbin Denberkey
Denver
Dryas
Columbus Drops Out In Race For International HQ
At the Ohio convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on May 22 Columbus delegates shifted support to Cleveland as Indianapolis mounts a strong bid for the next convention. The session also touched on hospital ward inquiries into John Adams death and vetoed a penitentiary funding bill.
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Renate
Washington
Georgia
Senate
T. W. Scott
Hattie F. Gilmer
Torcom
John A. McCallum
Mary A. Melton
Conyers
Everatt Johnenn
Joannette D. McCqnnel
Jackaboro
Tex
Columbus
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
International
Brotherhood
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Gov. Harrie
Harrie
Mediators Make Progress In Street Car Strike Arbitration
Cleveland May 12 A partial settlement in the street car strike nears as an election of a third arbitrator stalls peace talks. Destructive acts continue under cover of darkness with six cars blown from tracks and two passengers injured on Euclid Avenue near East One Hundred Sixteenth Street. The dispute hinges on whether Judge R Taylor should be empowered to name the third arbitrator, with officers and strikers set to meet this morning to decide the method. Elroy M Avery was chosen for the strikers and Arthur A Stearns for the company, both having accepted.
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Euclid Avenue
One Hundred
Sixteenth Street
Herna
R. Taylor
Atrike
Jsage
Taylor
Elroy M. Avery
Arthur A. Stearns
Ruef jury fails to reach verdict in bribery trial
San Francisco May 22 jury in the Abraham Ruef bribery graft case is discharged after 44 hours with a 6 to 6 split on 13 ballots. Ruef is charged with offering a $1,000 bribe to ex-Supervisor Phillips to influence an electric railroad franchise vote. There are 111 indictments pending.
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San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Tooling
Ruef
Phillips
Dr Williams Pink Pills Promote Blood Health
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for anemia and blood diseases. It cites a Buffalo woman’s recovery from anemia after using the pills, praises the medicine as a tonic and builder of new blood, and offers a free booklet and mail order details from the Dr Williams Medicine Company of Schenectady New York.
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Williame
Aunimin
Elizabeth Barnett
Ashland Avenue
Buffalo
Tegan
Tate
Dr. Williams
World's largest gas plant opens at Duquesne Works
Pitteburn May 22 Duquesne steel works United States Steel Corp completes a gas plant with 22 open hearth furnaces the largest in the world six new furnaces already operating capacity 4 500 tons of tool weekly 1 000 tons of coal daily needed to sustain operation 1000 horsepower supplied for burner steam into producers to create combustion
Ship subsidies move toward mail steamship lines
Washington May 22 Congress approved the amended appropriation bill authorizing the postmaster general to contract with steamship lines to ports in South America the Philippines Japan China and Australasia for mail service and to pay second class vessels the same rate as first class to Europe and grant third class vessels the second class rate This aims to spur passenger and mail steamship lines to those regions with no American first class vessels to those countries.
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Washington
Congress
Mean Trick Reveals Pawnbroker Prank At Midnight
A curious tale unfolds of a youth who feigns sleep while a loud ruckus jolts a pawnbroker. A window jerks open as a crusty demand erupts asking the broker for the time. The visitor claims you’ve taken his water, revealing a prank gone awry.
Will Sue Guilbert Will Sue Guilbert
Columbus Ohio May 2 The Cincinnati probe committee meets in the Senate chamber to hear Attorney General Elbert’s opinion on a $17,500 voucher presented to Auditor Guilbert by Senator Gayman The committee may seek further AG opinions or drop the matter if the probe lacks legal standing
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Chncinnati
Senate
Fragman
Elie Wn
Guitbert
Gayman
Wim
Autor Guibert
Othe
Mee
Chalenman Gayman
Prota Commission
Corner Break Sensation Shakes Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago traders reported that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad issued orders to rush corn to market to break the corner manipulated by James A. Patten. Hartford transportation officials cited market conditions for the move. May option prices moved from 77 to 83 as the market opened and closed.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
James A. Patten
Hartingford
W. L. Barnes
Pattens
Cme
Welcome Home Atlantic Fleet Anchors in Bellingham Harbor
In a May 22 welcome, the battleship feet rested in Bellingham bay after sailing from Ban Mraneiioo. Officials and citizens lit up the harbor with electric lights and searchlights as the vessel entered after noon. Crowds gathered along the water front to view the entry despite a late arrival and schedule delay.
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Bellingham
Wash
Pellingham Bay
Ban Mraneiioo
Fallingham
Mark Twain Plans A Long Vacation
New York May 22 At the annual dinner of the American Book Collectors Association Mark Twain spoke of plans for a lengthy break He said he would take a vacation of thirty or forty years before completing the five looks he now prepared on.
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New York
Mark ‘Twain
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