Senate grills chief executive over tolls repeal demand
Senator Sutherland condemned President Wilson’s demand to repeal the tolls exemption law as a breach of national honor. He supports arbitration and vows to oppose repeal, urging defenders of treaties and self-respect over capitulation. | Note: The source also reports General Caballero soliciting voluntary funds for constitutionalists in Tampico and a Vera Cruz rumor of federal troop concentration near Vergara.
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Washington
Sutherland
Senate
Get
Wilson
Congress
Ohio Miners Strike Deepens as Union Declares Walkout
Columbus May 18 District No 6 of the United Mine Workers of America orders a state wide miners strike in Ohio. Officials began paying three dollars weekly strike benefits to all members. Mines have been closed since April 1 by operators' order.
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Columbus
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
Hearing Opens on Labor Reform Voices in New York
The federal commission on industrial relations began a hearing in New York on May 18 where leading labor and social workers may present views. The emission will urge Congress to consider remedial industrial legislation information.
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New York
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Congress
Officers With Hounds On Bandits Trail Near Fortune
Two post office inspectors and six railroad special agents plus a forty two man posse close in near Fortune Montana on two men suspected of the Great Northern Oriental Limited train robbery last Friday. The suspects fit the description provided by the train crew.
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Spokane
Wash
Fortune
Mont
Great Northern Oriental Limited
Keating Seeks Mediation Over Colorado Strike
Representative Keating of Colorado says federal forces should not stay indefinitely in the strike district. He reports the president is inclined to withdraw troops gradually and will act to preserve peace in the coal region. Keating doubts state militia can keep order after troop withdrawal without mine owners agreeing to mediation.
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Washington, D. C
Keating
Colorado
Ammons
Keatting
Edward Burns Dies After Fifty Years With Bank
Edward Burns vice president of the American Exchange National Bank died at his desk in New York. He had spent almost fifty years with the bank, beginning as an office boy and rising through the ranks to executive posts.
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New York
Edward Burns
American Exchange National Bank
Dr Martin Griffith Trial Sparks Public Interest
Greensburg Pa May 18 The sensational trial of Dr Martin E Griffith Monessen physician accused of slashing music teacher William L Robertson leading to his death February 14 opened today Robertson taught in the Griffith home and was to be removed to the hospital where Griffith serves on staff The case mirrors the Cudahy Kansas City episode Robertson’s family home is in Clarksburg West Virginia with a widow and several children in residence
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Greensburg
Martin E. Griffith
Monessen
William L. Robertson
Robertson
Griffith
Cudahy
Kansas City
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
Thirty-Eight States to Attend Panama-Pacific Exposition
San Francisco reports thirty eight states intend to participate in the 1915 Panama-Pacific exposition. Appropriations range from 35000 by North Dakota to 700000 by New York, with every state and territory represented. Twelve main palaces are under construction including machinery education food products agriculture mines and metallurgy varied industries liberal arts manufactures horticulture and festival hall.
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San Francisco
North Dakota
New York
Education
Food Products
Agriculture
Mines and Metallurgy
Liberal Arts
Naval Stores Case Returns To Court In Savannah
United States district court in Savannah convened for a regular term with Judge William S Grubb presiding. The central matter is the American Naval Stores company case already retried due to a Supreme Court remand for alleged Sherman anti trust violations involving prominent Georgia Florida and other state businessmen.
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Savannah
United States District Court
William S. Grubb
Alabama
American Naval Stores Company
Georgia
Florida
United States Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers meet in New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 18 the eighteenth annual convention of the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association opened a three day session. President M F Singleton of Chicago called the meeting to order and delivered the annual address. Delegations from South Carolina Georgia Alabama Tennessee Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi attended.
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New Orleans
Interstate
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
M. F. Singleton
Chicago
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Becker links Becker to Rosenthal murder in trial
Charles B. Plitt testifies for the state at the Becker murder trial. He corroborates Jack Rose and others that Becker instigated the plot. Plitt recalls Becker expressing indignation over the killing and instructing an alibi. He describes Becker's last remarks before execution and asks for Rose to be killed if Becker dies.
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New York
Charles B. Plitt
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Jack Rose
Becker
Rosenthal
Plitt
Times Square
Dougherty
Primary politics reshape Pennsylvania races in 1916
Philadelphia May 18 Pennsylvania voters prepare to cast ballots in a landmark primary in which United States senator and all major offices will be chosen by direct vote for the first time. The contest centers on Boies Penrose's renomination and J Benjamin Dimmick's opposition amid party realignments.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Democracy
Union
Col
Roosevelt
White House
Boies Penrose
Senator Penrose
Moses
J. Benjamin Dimmick
Penrose
M. Dimmick
Scranton
Yale
Burglar Bingham Captured After Long Pursuit
Deputy Sheriff Gene Taylor nabbed Columbus Bingham after a lengthy chase from Centen nial valley Montana through Idaho to Rexburg. Bingham, jailed locally, admits involvement in numerous burglaries with William Kidd, who is jailed in Idaho Falls. Kidd’s common law wife aided officers in linking him to several incidents. Kidd’s uncle in Twin Falls reportedly broke jail previously.
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Centennial Valley
Montana
Idaho
Gene Taylor
Columbus Bingham
Bingham
Rexburg
William Kidd
Idaho Falls
Kidd
Idaho Wholeesale Grocery Company
Willie Kidd
Twin Falls
Political contests shape Pennsylvanian primary races
The piece outlines a Progressive Republican shift toward Dimmick against Penrose, with registration suggesting blue-collar support for Dimmick and veteran expectations favoring Penrose. It notes Democratic splits, nominees for senator and governor, and a Washington party ticket with Pinchot and Dean Lewis. Liquor politics loom as both chambers face elections and temperance measures face possible defeat.
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Dimmick
Penrose
A. Mitch
Ell Palmer
United States
Vance C. McCormick
Palmer
Henry Budd
Philadelphia
Michiel J. Ryan
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Edward R. Wood
Joseph Cauffler
Johnstown
Washington Party
Gifford Pinchot
William Draper Lewis
Pennsylvania Law School
Dean Lewis
Sitton
N. Brumm
Membe
State Senate
Elam Case Called For Trial In Missouri Murder
Dr W T Elam a St Joseph physician faces trial in Kansas City for the murder of W Putnam Cramer a Chicago advertising solicitor. The two men met in a hotel here on November 18 after Elam suspected Cramer of breaking up his marriage leading to an altercation in which Elam allegedly shot Cramer dead.
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Kansas City
W. T. Elam
W. Putnam Cramer
Elam
St. Joseph
Chicago
Cramer
Dr. Elam
Escapees Huerta's Vengeance Revealed Counselor Arrives
Vera Cruz May 18 Dr Aureliano Urrutia once Huerta's trusted cabinet counselor and interior minister, accused of issuing orders for disappearances of political enemies, arrives today among refugees from the capital after fleeing Huerta's wrath.
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Vera Cruz
Aureliano Urrutia
Huerta
Huuerta
Huerta Considers Resignation to Aid Peace Talks
Mexican mediation delegates may resign if needed to reach a peace settlement. Mexico appoints three to run Lobos light house under American forces. Niagara Falls mediators arrive as talks open, while a rebel aeroplane attack at Mazatlan kills twenty and disables Lapedra fort artillery.
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Washington, D. C
Huerta
Mexico City
State Department
Mexico
Lobos
Niagara Falls
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Ont
Naon
Los Angeles
Cal
Adolfo Carilla
Lapedra Fort
Mazatlan
President and Bryan Meet With Niagara Falls Negotiators
Held in Washington May 18, the president and Bryan conferred for over an hour with American commissioners set to participate in the Niagara Falls negotiations.
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Washington, D. C
Bryan
Niagara Falls
American Pilots Only on Canal Policy Emphasized
Washington May 18 Colonel Goethals stated the Panama Canal pilot rules restrict piloting to American citizens only, asserting trustworthiness in guiding vessels through the canal.
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Canal
Washington, D. C
Goethals
Panama Canal
Culberson Resumes Senate Seat After Illness
Washington May 18 Senator Culberson of Texas returned to the Senate after an eighteen month absence due to illness resuming his seat. The Twenty-Fifth annual convention of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution opened in Syracuse with delegates from many states and President-General R C B Thurston presiding.
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Washington, D. C
Culberson
Texas
Senate
A. R
Syracuse
N. Y
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
R. C. B. Thurston
Louisville
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Navarrete
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