Wilson criticized by Republicans over Maryland contest
President Wilson faced sharp Republican criticism in executive session over interference in Maryland politics as William L. Marbury sought the seat of John Walter Smith. Sherlock Swann won Baltimore postmaster confirmation despite Smith's urging against. The session also approved Edward K. Campbell as chief justice of the court of claims and Walter W. Warwick as assistant comptroller of the currency.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Maryland
William L. Marbury
John Walter Smith
Sherlock Swann
Baltimore
Swann
Marbury
Smith
White House
Arliclé
Edward K. Campbell
Court of Claims
Walter W. Warwick
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Brings Skin Relief For Burns
Wonderful skin salve praised for all skin diseases burns bruises and boils. Reduces inflammation and soothes healing. J T Sussaman publisher of News of Cornelius NC credits one box with aiding a serious skin ailment after other remedies failed. Only 25 cents recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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Bucklen
J. T. Sussaman
News
Cornelius, N. C
Van.Antwerp Drug Corp
Flood costly to restore N and W Railway after Ohio floods
Norfolk and Western officials report over a million dollars spent to restore tracks after Ohio floods. Damage to roadbed bridges telegraph lines and buildings totals 526 500 with revenue loss about 500 000. An additional 700 000 will be needed plus 912 miles double track and one mile single track repair costs 152 000 for Ohio districts. A 300 man four month and 200 man eight month work plan is outlined.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Ohio
Portsmouth
Columbus
Cincinnati
Chillicothe
Scioto River
Army Relief Society Garden Party At Governor Island
International News Service reports a New York Army Relief garden party at Governor Island raising funds for relief work. The event featured music by the United Military bands and St Cornelius chapel choir, military maneuvers by the Twenty ninth infantry, tents and fortune tellers, dancing at the officers club, a sham battle, and hosting many notable guests including President and Mrs Wilson Mayor Gaynor ex President Taft Cardinal Farley and General Miles.
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Charles Francis Roe
Society
Barry
Wilson
Sulzer
Taft
Gaynor
Henry W Taft
Cardinal Farley
Charlies F. Roe
Cleaves
United States Navy
Cleavesy
Cornelius Bliss
Frederick Centra
Garrison
Nelson A Miles
David Geer
Junius Morgan
Lewis
Louis L. Leaman
Arson Train Crash Injures Seven in Oklahoma
Fort Smith Arkansas May 23 Seven arsons were injured when Midland alley passenger train No 2 en route from Tulsa to Fort Smith wrecked near Bokosha Oklahoma. Engineers and passengers were trapped with one man Harper believed fatally hurt after two hours beneath debris.
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Associated Press
Fort Smith
Ark
Midland Alley
Tusla
Okla
Bokusha
Engineer Marper
Joseph Ward
Phil Knox
Harper
Meat Shipment From Australia Arrives At San Francisco
The steamer Sonoma brought 192000 pounds of meat veal beef and mutton from Australia to San Francisco on May 23. George F Richards representing Australian shippers accompanied the voyage to study frozen meat storage and visit Chicago.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Sonoma
Australia
George F. Richards
Chicago
Richards
United States
Police Roundup Reports Larceny Busts and Court Dates
George M Feagen arrested on grand larceny charges and arraigned in the recorder's court with a Saturday continuation. Beady James T Spotswood Jr and H C Hughes fined for speeding. Jerome Young ordered discharged. Peter Brown and Emanuel Cassidy arraigned as dangerous suspects with Brown ordered to leave the city and Cassidy jailed on vagrancy in poor health.
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George M. Feagen
Burch and Pearson
Recorder's Court
Feagen
Beady
Jame T. E. Spotswood, Jr
H. C. Hughes
F. W. Crenshaw
Recorder’s Court
J. F. Holly, Jr
Peter Brown
Emanuel Cissidy
McCarron
Gabil
Brown
Cassidy
Man Content with Cheese Sandwich Skips Beer Temptation
A man who can enjoy a cheese sandwich without beer is described as fairly safe from temptation, suggesting restraint or simple pleasures as a defense against excess.
Noted swindler dead in London
Louis A Gourdain, once a prolific swindler who built rival lotteries across several states, died in London. His career spanned New Orleans, New York, Omaha, Chicago, and Joliet, with multiple convictions and a sensational escape from a Washington asylum in 1908.
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Ky Associated Press
Chicago
London
Louis A Gourdain
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Gourdain
New Orleans
New York
Blackwell's Island
Omaha
Manhattan Exchange Bank
Joliet
Supreme Court
Washington, D.C
New Hampshire Governor Prorogues Long Democratic Session
After a 26 hour session with brief recesses Governor Felker prorogued the New Hampshire legislature. Democrats finally won a quorum to pass a bill creating new senatorial districts. The 142 day session saw Henry F. Hollis elected to the U S Senate marking a historic Democratic tenure.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. H
Felker
New Hampshire
Henry F. Hollis
United States Senate
Farm Saying Reflects Labor Limits in Harvest Time
A pithy remark notes that successful hay making hinges on favorable conditions beyond worker control. The line suggests farm labor faces constraints when weather and timing drive harvest speed.
Wiscon sin visit fuels reform talk for Pennsylvan ia delegation
On the University of Wisconsin campus Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg of Philadelphia addressed 120 Easterners studying Wisconsin’s approach to popular education. He urged a revived public spirit, likening Philadelphia to a city as a corporation and pledging effort to root out ignorance and indifference while banishing politicians from City Hall.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Rudolph Blankenburg
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
William Penn
Statue of Rev. Edward Everett Hale Unveiled in Boston
A heroic bronze statue honoring the late Rev. Edward Everett Hale was unveiled in Boston yesterday by the Unitarian Association. William H. Taft and former governor John D. Long spoke, with Taft noting his intimate association with Hale during Long's Senate chaplaincy.
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Associated Press
Boston
Edward Everett Hale
Unitarian Association
William H. Taft
John D. Long
Hale
United States Senate
Jury Acquits Man From Box In France Murder Case
Miguel Vallespi, who returned from Argentina to face a murder charge from fifteen years ago, was acquitted by a French jury in Carcassonne. He had confessed his crime and renounced a prosperous life to satisfy the law, amid crowd applause as the box jury freed him.
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Associated Press
Carcassonne
France
Miguel Vallespi
Valespi
Assize Court
Argentina
Vallespi
Estate of Rev Barnes in Chancery Court
Administration of the 200000 estate of the late Rev J M Barnes of Montgomery to have the will and codicils construed is affirmed by the Supreme Court. Barnes died after injuries from an automobile accident leaving a large family.
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Rev. Barnes
Chancery
Montgomery
Ala
J. M. Barnes
Supreme Court
Barnes
Burke porcelain sale nets 7600 in London auction
A porcelain tea pot cream jug and two cups and saucers once owned by Edmund Burke sold at a London auction today for 7600 dollars.
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Associated Press
London
Edmund Burke
First cooperative road built in Alabama reaches Walker county
In Montgomery Alabama on May 23 a party inspects Alabama's first cooperative road built with partial state aid and local frontage payments. The road spans from Jasper to Corone with residents contributing their proportional shares.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Walker County
Jasper
Corone
Tuscaloosa Company Dismissed From Service
Montgomery Ala May 23 Adjutant General J B Scully ordered Company F of the Second Infantry at Tuscaloosa dismissed for inefficiency after a recent inspection. A Greenville company was mustered out last week, leaving ten companies in the regiment.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. B. Scully
Tuscaloosa
Greenville
Two Fine Corner Lots at Ann and Texas Sts
Two 50 by 130 foot lots on the northwest corner of Ann and Texas Streets offered as fine plots in a good neighborhood at a very low price.
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Ballweg
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Mobile, Ala
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Price
Mobile
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S. E. Corner Bayou
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