Rebels Increase Activities in Mexico as Insurgency Spreads
Washington reports say three quarters of Mexico are affected by disloyalty to the Diaz regime. Cuernavaca is strong for rebels with American and German residents appealing for protection. Mexican government and military weakness feared as insurgents threaten Mexico City.
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Washington
Mexico
Cuernavaca
Mexico City
Henry Lane Wilson
State Department
Chihuahua
Madero
Revolutionary Movement
Diaz
Taft
Agua Prieta
Mexico Ciy
Baseball Results From Brooklyn and Other Cities
Baseball scores show Brooklyn and Philadelphia games with mixed results. Rays Raymond and Wilson, Rucker and Rerpen contributed in Brooklyn’s 6 to 4 win. Errors and runs appear for St Louis and Chicago matchups with noted pitchers and lineups.
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Brooklyn
RNB
New York
Raymond and
Wilson
Rucker and
Rerpen
Witisburn
St. Louis
Onotocoro
Pittsburg
Hlarmon
Gever
Bresnahan
Navle and
Gilson
Philadelphia
Ieee Boston
Pfeffer
Graham
Beebe
Klondike Spring Cleanup Sparks Large Gold Yield Hope
Dawson Alaska May 4 reports a spring cleanup in the Klondike district with dredges active and dumps washed. Officials estimate the gold output this year will exceed 5 million dollars as hydraulic plants operate and water runs everywhere.
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Dawson
Alaska
Klondike
Mrs Mary Weiland Dies From Burns In Saginaw
Saginaw Michigan May 4 Mrs Mary Weiland aged eighty two died from burns suffered last week when her clothes caught fire as she stood near burning rubbish.
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Saginaw, Mich
Mary Weiland
Income Tax Resolution Rejected by Massachusetts Senate
Boston May 4. The Massachusetts senate voted 11 to 10 against adopting the federal income tax resolution that had previously cleared the house by a large margin.
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Boston
Massachusetts Senate
House
Baseball standings and box scores roundup
American League standings and game results across multiple cities. Notes list team records, runs and errors, with player lineups including Coombs Livingston Fisher Vaughn Sweeney at New York Boston St. Louis Detroit and Cleveland Chicago Chicago box score details reference Lafitte Stanage Willis Gregory Stephens Young Scott Sullivan Griggs Land Walsh.
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New York
R. WE
Philadelphia
Coombs
Livingston
Fisher
Vaughn and Sweeney
Boston
R. H. FE
Washington
Greome
Gray and Street
Insmith
Pape
Nanamaker
St. Louis
R. H. E. Detroit
Lafitte and Stanage
Willis
Gregory and
Stephens
Cleveland
R. Ht. B
Chicago
Young
Scott and Sullivan
Griggs
Land and Walsh
Thirteen Innings Decide Tight Midwest Matchups
In Milwaukee and St Paul area games Louisville edged St Louis 1 0 while Minneapolis fell to Columbus 8 9 13 innings. Kansas City defeated Toledo 7 9 in extra time.
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Milwaukee
MunLavolis
St. Paul
Louisville
Minneapolis
Dietz Murder Trial Opens As Prosecution Focuses On Slaying
Hayward Wis May 4 testimony began in the Dietz murder trial with prosecutors concentrating on the killing of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp. John Dietz says the state relies on false testimony and accuses the lumber trust of pressuring Sawyer county. Mrs Dietz defends herself declaring she did not tell Thorbahn Dietz did the shooting. The first state witness Tom Pomerlo testified about the wood-pile incident and Harp’s death, noting no smoke or gun report from the Dietz cabin. Other witnesses included Walter Bard of Superior and deputy Ernest McWhoorter.
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Hayward
Wis
Dietz
Oscar Harp
J. S. Williams
John Dietz
Lumber Trust
Sawyer County
Thorbahn
Iron master Nils Poulson dies at Shore Road home
Nils Poulson an iron master who gave $100000 a year ago for educational relations between the United States and the Scandinavian countries died of heart disease at his Shore Road home.
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New York
Nils Poulson
United States
Shore Road
Indiana murder case implicates Poole family members
Cmory Poole names his father sister Grace and a male companion as involved in the Indiana murder case. The testimony links the relatives to the crime scene and raises questions about motive and involvement.
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Cmory Poole
Father
Grace
Chum
Poole Confesses Killing and Farm Murder Probe
John Poole admits shooting Joseph Kemper of Chicago on his farm near Fowler Indiana claiming it was an accident. His son Emory found Kemper’s dismembered body in a cornfield and Poole says more corpses may lie on the farm as police search for two additional missing farm hands.
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Fowler Ind
John Poole
Joseph Kemer
Chicago
Kemper
Poole
Emory
Sackle
Sackleton
Joseph Kemper
Shackleton
Chicaro
Tam
Charles Clark
Charles Mack
Poole Farm
Sackelton
Walcott
Ind
Laporte
Belle Gunners
Principals In Snobbery Case Bowyer Leaves Annapolis
Captain Bowyer resigns amid a snobbery case at the Annapolis academy after a congressional inquiry. He will be replaced May 15 by Captain John H. Gibbons, a senior naval official.
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Captain Bowyer
Annapolis
eClipies A. Whorbly
John
Mary Diay
Academy
Congressional
Misa Beers
Tf. A. Beers
Yale Hhverstt Nv
Ht Y
Bowser
John H. Gibbons
General Board of the Navy
John Poole Wealthy Indiana Farmer Accused
Prominent Indiana farmer John Poole faces a legal accusation as local authorities pursue a case against him. Details remain scarce as officials coordinate with county prosecutors and await further evidence.
Poole family implicated in mystery disappearance case
Benton county authorities reveal details from the Meir investigation as Grace Poole denies her family's involvement in the farm hand Kemper’s disappearance. The story notes a possible connection with Poole’s son and a mother sister concern while the father’s link is questioned.
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Benton County
Meir
Poole
Tradan
Kemper
Jt. Bhady
Chicago
Grace Poole
Maelewood Business College
Souwth Plassied Street
Duveen Brothers Pay Settlement Involves Largest Sum
The government accepted a Flavima Promise settlement from the Duveen brothers connected to customs frauds in a New York art firm case. The firm’s records will be used as evidence in a criminal net. Two indicted brothers are outside the United States and may be pursued if they enter U.S. jurisdiction. The settlement covers the largest sums collected in the cases except for the faker frauds.
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Washington, Mas
Asuinet Toinvern Brothers
New York
Finncco
United States
Treasury Department
Cou
Dr Nye Resigns From Committee Amid Ohio Legislature Rumors
Dr George B Nye of Pike county resigns from the house calendar committee amid a wave of corruption rumors as the grand jury convenes. Governor Harmon pushes to uncover wrongdoing, while others like Lowry and Nye face bribery charges and high bonds. amid talk of confessions, several indicted senators and officials await proceedings.
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Columbus
George B. Nye
Pike County
House of Representatives
Price Ruggell
Wayne
Lawrence Langdon
Warren
Nye
Ohio
Turner
Burne
Rodney J. Dyegle
Erie County
Dyegle
Burns
A. C. Lowry
Lawrence County
HA Harting
Towry
George K
Motion to Quash in Bribery Case Fails at Capital
Judge James A Creighton denies the motion to quash the indictment in the bribery case involving Tee OO Net Ttrowne Louis J tHiral heimer Mrouk Traut and Robert 1 Wilson from the Forty Sixth General Assembly. The court upholds the grand jury findings and notes witnesses’ names were listed on the back of the indictment.
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Sprinaield
James A Creu Hton
Louis J tHiralheimer
Mrouk Traut
Robert 1
Wilson
Two Die in Jersey City Tenement Fire
A tenement house fire in Jersey City on May 4 claims two lives. Frank Baldwin, a fire engine driver, suffered a fractured skull and may die after being thrown from a collision with a street car. Thirty families escaped with their lives. Mrs. Orak Malavak and her daughter perished on the top floor.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Baldwin
Orak Malavak
United Christian party Nominates for National Offices
The United Christian party announces nominations for national offices with Rev. Daniel Turney of Decatur Illinois for president and H P Cater of Howard Lake Minnesota for vice president. W R Benkett of Davenport Iowa named national chairman. The group demands the unseating of Senator Lorimer and H A Simpson of Pana Illinois recommended as his successor.
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Rock Inland
The
United Christian Party
Daniel Turney
Decatur
PO Cater
Howard Lake
Minn
W. R. Benkett
Davenport
Iowa
Lorimer
Hl. A. Simpson
Pana
Hil
Farm Home Destroyed by Fire Near Rochester Indiana
May 4 report from Rochester Indiana states the home of Ed Costello and his wife burned to the ground while they were building a new house. A hired man sleeping in another part awakened the couple just before the roof collapsed. Mrs Costello was left in precarious condition by fright. no insurance was carried.
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Rochester
Ind
Ed Costello
Costello
Ile
Renewal of Lorimer inquiry debated in Senate report
Washington May 4 Senate committee on privileges and elections approved a resolution to cover the expenses of resuming the Lorimer investigation and to forward the La Follette resolution to the proper committee. The panel split over sending the measure to the full Senate and over creating a new Senate group to hear testimony on whether William Lorimer is entitled to his seat. Adventists break ground for a new church in Grand Rapids on Lafayette Street, with a project cost about 7000 dollars.
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Washington
Lorimer
Senate Committee On
Senate
Labollette
William Surimer
Semiter Briges
Semmittor Dillingham
Lafoilette
Adventists
Grand Rapids
Mich
New Adventure
Lafayette Street
Wisconsin and Indiana Illinois Weather Outlook
Wisconsin fair with gradually rising temperatures today and tomorrow and light variable winds. Indiana Illinois expect increasing clouds with possible showers tonight or tomorrow and light variable winds.
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Wisconsin—Fair
Indiana
Illinois
Peace Ardent Meeting Opens Third National Congress
Taft opens the third national peace congress in Baltimore at the Lyric. Prominent attendees include Cardinal Gibbons, Andrew Carnegie, Hamilton Holt, and Benjamin F. Trueblood as they discuss world peace and the arbitration treaty with Great Britain running through the sessions.
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Baltimore
Fon Arens
Lyrie
Taft
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
Hamilton Holt
New York
Congress
Andrew Carnegie
L. 8. Rowe
University of Pennsylvania
William Co. Dennis
Washington
Department of State
Benjamin F. Trueblood
Boston
American Peace Society
Great Britain
Fruit Crops Safe Despite Sudden Cold Spell
South Bend Indiana reports no fruit or crop losses from a sudden cold spell. April’s cool weather kept buds from developing and two weeks more are needed before frost could harm them. Peach and crepe myrtle growers anticipate unusually large crops and hope to recover losses from last year.
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South Bend
Ind
Bartholomew kills man over daughter insult at hotel lobby
In Clay City Indiana May 4 Charles Bartholomew fifty-year-old shot and killed Clarence Cordner nineteen in a hotel lobby. He fired three shots and surrendered to the town marshal. He cited Cordner insulting his eighteen-year-old daughter Inez as the motive.
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Clay City
Charles Bartholomew
Clarence Cordner
Cordner
Bartholomew
Inez
Hank Griffin Dies in Ann Arbor at 41
Hank Griffin a forty one year old well known colored heavyweight prizefighter who beat Jack Johnson in twenty rounds in 1902 died in Ann Arbor in March.
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Ann Arbor
Hank Griffin
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Cuban Cartmen Strike Disrupts Havana Trade
More than 1,000 cartmen in Havana walked out on May 2, halting wholesale business as they protest traffic regulations believed to be harshly enforced by the police.
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Havana
Live Wire Kills Two in Wilkesbarre Storm
In Du Pont near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania Albert Struck a hotelkeeper aged forty eight and John Waronek aged twelve were electrocuted by a live wire blown down during the storm.
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Wilkesbarre
du Pont
Albert Struck
John Waronek
Two suicides record in Posey county within twelve hours
In Mt. Vernon Indiana on May 4 the county records two suicides in twelve hours. Rosa Crawford shot herself at Stewardsville, and Frank Litterman drowned himself on a farm at Parker Settlement.
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Mt. Vernon
Ind
Posey County
Stewardsville
Rosa Crawford
Parker Settlement
Frank Litterman
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Ahi Boer
Toledo
John Poule
Duveen Brothers
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Honce
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Daniel B. Turney
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