Five Thousand Troops in Readiness for Naval Show of Force
Five thousand troops stand ready to embark as transports shift to Newport News with orders for quick commission. Navy officials say the move signals more than a naval demonstration, aiming to suppress Cuban revolt and stabilize Mexico. Battleships Minnesota Missouri Ohio and others rush marines and supplies to Cuba while Tug Pawnee transfers troops at Tompkinsville.
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Newark
United States
Cuba
Hampton Roads
Gulf of Mexico
Key West
Norfolk Navy Yard
Mexico
Osterhaus
Tompkinsville
Washington
Navy Department
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Narrows
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Montgomery
Guantanamo
Nebraska
Culgoa
South
Newport News
Provincetown
Key Weat
Delaware
Tompkineville
Pawnee
St. Louis
Alfred Froehly
Lawrence
Froehly
Woman Dipped In Tar Accuses Protected Thugs Of Assault
Mary Holzman of Ocean City says a gang claiming official protection dragged her from home under darkness and beat her before dipping her in tar in front of her eleven year old son. Sheriff Harrison arranged care at Shaw Hill for investigation. She also alleges defamatory gossip and seeks inquiry into officials' involvement.
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Ocean City
Worcester
Mary Holzman
Garland wife loses control of $10 million estate
In Bourne Massachusetts on May 27 Mrs James A Garland married Francis Cushing Green of New York. Under her late husband’s will the trust income goes to five children four sons and a daughter. The will states upon the wife’s death or remarriage the trust residue passes to the children or their issue.
Northwest May Be Set To Harvest Historic Wheat Crop
Portland reports the Pacific northwest is on track for its largest wheat harvest. Acreage across Oregon Washington and Idaho is at a record high and weather is ideal. Predicted yield for 1912 runs to 70,000,880 bushels based on county-by-county reports.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Morgan Aids Naval Training in London
J Pierpont Morgan contributed 250 dollars to fit out the ship loaned by the admiralty for training working boys in London for the royal navy and the mercantile marine.
Bishops Consecrated in Minneapolis Ceremony
In Minneapolis hundreds watched as ten new bishops were consecrated in a solemn service. The bishops were presented by conference ministers and consecrated by two bishops each, then driven to Lakeside cemetery to visit the grave of Bishop Isaac W. Joyce. The judiciary committee completed its finding in the Trinity Marie church controversy.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Homer Clyde Stuntz
Theodore Sopierville Henderson
William Orville Shepard
Naphthali Luccock
Francis John McConnell
Frederick Deland Leete
Richard Joseph Cooke
Wilbur Burton Thirkield
John Wesley Rebingon
Wiliam Perry Eveland
Lakeside
Issac W. Joyce
Judiciary Committee
Trinity-Marie Church
Church in Rebellion Advised for Discipline by Court
After a careful review the committee urges that Trinity church be treated as in rebellion to the authority of the church’s highest ecclesiastical court for refusing to obey the 1908 general conference mandates.
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Trinity Church
Hyde Trial Begins Third Time in Swope Murder Case
Kansas City May 27 Dr Bennett Clark Hyde is on trial for his life a third time charged with the murder of Col Thomas H Swope and with trying to exterminate the Swope heirs to gain the colonels millions He had been convicted once but the Missouri Supreme Court reversed and ordered a new trial The second trial ended abruptly when juror Harry Waldron escaped the jury room and was later declared insane
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Kansas City, Mo
Bennett Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Swope
Hyde
Colonel Swope
Supreme Court of Missouri
Harry Waldron
Musicians to raise funds for Titanic widows and orphans
President J N Weber of New York proposed a memorial fund at the American Federation of Musicians convention in Omaha to aid Titanic widows and orphans and to erect a marble shaft to the bandsmen. A petition will be circulated among 585 local organizations.
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Omaha
Neb
J. N. Weber
New York
American Federation of Musicians
London Labor Parade Promises Wider Action Across England
About 100000 workers marched through London in a massive demonstration to back transport workers and dockers in a prolonged fight. unions and allied groups filled Trafalgar Square then planned meetings and a general strike, with authorities noting orderly conduct. In Freeport IL, John Barrett of Washington DC will speak at the June commencement for Freeport High School.
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London
England
Amalgamated Society of Watermen
Amalgamated Trades Labor Unions
Lauber Protection League
Trafalfar Square
McEtives
Freeport
Til
John Barrett
Washington, D. C
Freeport High School
Titanic speed claims surface aboard Olympic testimony
Senator William Alden Smith and Rear Admiral Watt questioned Titanic crew aboard the Olympic in New York. Fireman Fred Barrett testified that all but five of the ship's 24 boilers were active, with signals indicating full speed as the vessel sank. Captain Haddock and wireless operator Ernest Moore corroborated Carpathia messages.
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New York
Willan Alden Smith
Senate
Senator Smith
Watt
Bureau of Construction
Navy Department
Haddock
Ernest Moore
Fred Barrett
Moore
Carpathia
Bruce Ismay
Barrett
Smith
Franklin
Ismay
Olympic
Texans Burn Negro After Double Confession Lynching
Dan Davis a Black man was burned alive in Tyler Texas after confessing to attacking Miss Carrie Johnson. Two thousand people gathered as Davis reasserted guilt then the mob bound him to a stake and set a wood pile ablaze. Davis had been brought from Athens and the attack occurred May 12 along a railroad track.
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Tyler
Tex
Dan Davis
Carrie Jonson
Davis
Athens
Sherif
Miss Johnson
City Planning Meet Opens in Boston With Delegates From Three Continents
About 300 delegates from U S Canada and Europe arrived in Boston for the fourth national conference on city planning opening tonight. Mayor Fitzgerald hosted a luncheon at the Lenox. Papers will be read by Frederick Law Olmsted George B E Swain and Arnold W Brunner. Delegates close proceedings with a Wednesday dinner.
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Boston
Mass
United States
Canada
Europe
Fitzgerald
Lenox
Public
Frederick Law Olmsted
George BE. Swain
Harvard
Arnold W. Brunner
New York
Clark Carries Kentucky in Mass Convention Vote
Frankfort Kentucky May 27 Speaker Champ Clark carried Kentucky in mass conventions by near unanimous vote. Reports show 100 of 120 counties backing him, giving the state 26 votes at the Baltimore convention.
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Frankfort
Champ Clark
Kentucky
Rioters Bomb Judges in Portuguese Unrest at Oporto
Rioting continues in Oporto after judges acquitted royal conspirators. Two judges were seriously injured by bomb explosions as nine bombs were thrown. Bombs struck at monarchist paper Clarlo du Gard officers. traps have been dispatched to the scene.
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Radajos
Oporto
Clarlo du Gard
Brooklyn Secretary Dies After Poison Attempt
Miss Bessie Erickson aged 20 from Brooklyn New York died fifteen minutes after admission to a Philadelphia hospital. She had lived in Philadelphia two years and was employed as a secretary to an optician before she attempted suicide by poison.
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Philadelphia
Bessie Erickson
Brooklyn
N. Y
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