Sinking of Gasoline Launch Near Pittsburg Kills Steel Workers
Twenty men missing after a launch carrying thirty workers from the Pressed Steel Car plant at McKee's Rocks sinks in the Ohio River near Chounville. Ten survivors reach shore as a suction pulls others under. cause linked to overcrowding and weight.
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Pittsburg
Ohio River
Choenville
Albert Graham
George Thompson
Boots” O'Neill
James Conner
Walter Low
Thomas Kennedy
William Guthrie
Henry Vogeler
Dennis Murphy
Tony Bole
J. Buskey
Louis Goldstein
William Davis
Joseph Lyle
William Burke
Botts
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKee
Wrights in New York after European flights
Wilbur and Orville Wright, famed American aeronauts, return to New York with sister Katherine. They receive honors but remain reticent about their work while noting contracts to keep them busy until August and about sixty planes in production. European officials request demonstrations of safety beyond rifle range.
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New York
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Katherine Wright
Pau
Europe
Indianapolis Real Estate Agent Ends His Life
Indianapolis May 12 Campbell M obb of C. F. Sayles & Co. real estate dealers committed suicide by shooting.
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Indianapolis
Grand Jury Completes Tulsa Conspiracy Inquiry
A special federal grand jury in Tulsa completed its probe into the Muskogee town lot conspiracy cases. Judge Julie Marshall overruled defense claims to end the inquiry and emphasized conspiracy to defraud the government. The indictments against Governor Charles N. Haskell and six co defendants were quashed due to grand jury selection under current Oklahoma law at the time of the alleged conspiracy.
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Tulsa
Okla
Muskogee
Julie Marshall
Congress
Arkansas
Statehood
Marshall
Oklahoma
Charles N. Haskell
Transcontinental Railroad Changes In Schedule
Omaha May 12 Union Pacific headquarters announced a general revision of schedules with additional Harriman lines trains. The change will shorten the New York to Pacific coast running time by twelve hours and reflects Harriman influence on New York Central affairs.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Harriman Lines
New York
Pacific Coast
Harriman
New York Central
Bishop Galloway Sinking
In Jackson Mississippi on May 12 doctors say Bishop Charles B Galloway is gradually sinking and unlikely to survive the day as his condition worsens and he fades.
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Bishop Galloway
Jackson, Miss
Charles B. Galloway
Grand Lodge session selects leaders and drill winners
At the Iowa Ancient Order of United Workmen Grand Lodge session in Burlington on May 12 delegates re elected most officers, with two candidates for grand overseer. Ottumwa won the drill contest, Cedar Rapids placed second and Burlington third. A separate Degree of Honor report praised flourishing conditions amid unfounded merger rumors of glucose and corn products firms.
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Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Grand Lodge
Evans
Des Moines
T. G. Harper
C. C. Lankin
W. S. Quelle
Davenport
Ottumwa
Des Moines River inspection sparks navigability plan
Montgomery Meigs of Keokuk along with George Hartel and Theodore Meyling began a river survey to determine Des Moines navigability. Meigs expressed optimism that the river could again host steamers, noting dams, locks and refuse may have altered depth.
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Des Moines
Montgomery Meigs
Keokuk
George Hartel
Theodore Meyling
Mr. Meigs
Clinton Glucose Factory to Remain Independent Says Manager
The manager of Clinton Glucose Factory in Clinton Ja reports the plant will stay independent, outlining that there is no plan to join a trust or form any consolidation. He stresses continued self management and local operation.
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United States
A. H. Kersting
Clinton Sugar Refining Company
Clinton
Keokuk
Indianapolis
Roby
Ind
Kersting
Trust
Clinton Glucose Factory
Clinton, Ja
Near riot near bluffing crowds in Council Bluffs
A several hundred strong crowd gathered at Tenth and Broadway near Patrolman Horner's shooting. Whites vowed to clear the negro settlement, but police halted the riot. Horner improves while his assailant Taylor is fatally shot. Also Doty found dead in West Liberty with self-inflicted wound. Osage reports rising glanders in horses.
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Council Bluffs
Tenth and
Broadway
Horner
Taylor
Man Shoots Self at Father's Grave in Maquoketa
Charles Rich aged forty five telegraph operator shot himself on his father’s grave in Maquoketa Iowa. The elder Rich has been dead nearly forty years and the incident is attributed to temporary insanity. He leaves a wife and family in Minnesota.
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Maquoketa
Charles Rich
Rich
Chicago
Minnesota
Aldrich is upheld by the Senate
Washington reports substantial progress on the tariff bill as the Senate upholds the amendments from the finance committee by clear majorities. A major debate concerns the gap between wholesale and retail prices with Republicans arguing the tariff has little consumer price impact.
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Washington
Committee On Finance
Senate
Scott
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Depew
Porto Rico
Taft
Congress
Pacific Islands
Women Smoke Cigarettes in Mixed Smoking Room
The Allan line opens a mixed smoking room on the steamship Virginian sailing from Liverpool. A number of women used the privilege to smoke cigarettes during the voyage.
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Montreal
Allan Line
Liverpool
HOGS AND CATTLE PRICES IN CHICAGO MARKETS
Market reports show receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle and sheep. Estimates for today and tomorrow alongside yesterday's figures are listed with emphasis on light mixed and heavy shipping grades and the bulk ranges.
Captain Hains Convicted of Manslaughter in First Degree
Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. U.S. Army was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for killing William F. Annis at Bayside Yacht Club last August. He faces a prison term of one to twenty years. His lawyers plan affidavits to claim juror guarding issues and will seek a new trial, with motions anticipated after sentencing.
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Flushing
L. L
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William FE. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Bishop Hartzell Sails for Four Months in Africa Mission
Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell of the Methodist Episcopal Church sails from New York aboard the Oceanic for England to visit Africa. He will confer with missionary workers, handle administration, then return in the fall to resume the African diamond jubilee campaign marking 75 years since the first Methodist mission to Africa.
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New York
England
Joseph C. Hartzell
Africa
United States
Dances Self To Death In Public Hall
Marie Fran twenty years old danced for hours despite parental warnings and collapsed after the last dance. A coroner's jury ruled she died from exhaustion after a frail constitution and relentless waltzing in a Chicago public hall.
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Chicago
Marie Fran
Wholesale Grocers Meet In Council Bluffs
Nearly fifty members of the Iowa and Nebraska Wholesale Grocers association met in Council Bluffs on May 12. Many topics were discussed and officers were elected with Samuel Mahon of Ottumwa as president, George E. Lichty of Waterloo as Iowa vice president, John S. Brady of Omaha as Nebraska vice president, and John H. Mellhop Jr. of Council Bluffs as secretary treasurer.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa and Nebraska Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Samuel Mahon
Ottumwa
Iowa
George E. Lichty
Waterloo
Nebraska
Johns. Brady
Omaha
John H. Mellhop, Jr
Cranston Woman Found Strangled in Reservoir Ave Cemetery
The badly battered body of Mrs. Laura E. Regester of Cranston was discovered in the old Hebrew cemetery on Reservoir avenue Providence. Neck marks indicated strangulation.
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Providence
Laura E. Regester
Cranston
Old Hebrew Cemetery
Reservoir Avenue
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