Senate Passes Democratic Steel Bill and Pensions Aid
Washington May 31 the senate approved the house Democratic steel bill by a 35 22 vote with minor amendments including repealing the Canadian reciprocity act and adding a 2 a ton duty on print paper insurgents splits and notable Republican negatives Brandegee Briggs Clapp Kenyon Penrose Root and Lodge opposed the bill The pension appropriation bill passed by viva voce vote carrying 164 500 000 an increase of 12 500 000 over the house version Also the Titanic investigation bill was sent back for further hearings and Lorimer case preparation was announced for Monday
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Washington
Senate
Gronna
Brandegee
Briggs
Clapp
Kenyon
Penrose
Root
Lodge
Cummins
House
Committee On Commerce
Smith
Warren
Appropriations Committee
Unusual Accident Kills Hungarian Worker in Kenosha
In Kenosha on May 31 Michael Volukas a Hungarian laborer was killed in a factory accident involving a compressed air tube. The air at 100 psi tore through his flesh rupturing intestines and inflating his body before the blast could be stopped.
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Kenosha
Wis
Michael Volukas
Gas kills mayor's wife in Illinois hotel tragedy
Mrs. C. E. Bouler died and Mayor C. E. Bouler of Princeville ill after a gas incident in a Streator hotel while returning from Evanston. The report follows on a Wisconsin state convention trip and notes a harsh beekeeping season with 62 percent bee losses in the winter per N. E. France.
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Madison
Wis
N. E. France
McGovern
Memorial Day Flight Disaster Kills Unknown Man in Seattle
Aviator Clifford Turpin crashed during his first Memorial Day flight at the Meadows race course. He lost control while dodging a spectator who ran into the path as the plane lifted. An unidentified man died from a fractured skull, and 15 others were seriously hurt. Souvenir hunters swarmed the scene, nearly provoking a riot as they fought for fragments of the wreckage.
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Seattle
Wash
Clifford Turpin
Meadows
Turpin
Pupils Refuse to March in Duluth Memorial Parade
Memorial day parade plans in Duluth drew a silent protest as Duluth High School students declined to participate. School authorities voted, resulting in only two boys joining and no girls, with no reasons offered for the abstention.
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Duluth
Paulist Boys Leave Paris for Rome
The Chicago Paulist choristers departed Paris for Rome amid cheering crowds. They sang Onward Christian Soldiers at the Paris station during the dawn departure, marking a triumphal early-morning journey from the Martha Pension on Rue Lauriston.
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Paris
Rome
Paris-Lyons- Mediterranean
Chicago
Martha Pension Family
Rue Lauriston
Miners Fail to Agree on Scale in Ohio District
Wheeling West Virginia May 31 The subscale committee for the eastern Ohio district told the conference they cannot agree on a scale. The dispute involves thousands of miners and operators.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Eastern
Ohio District
Three Killed as Cyclone Strikes Skiatook Oklahoma
Three persons are reported killed and many injured when a cyclone hit Skiatook Oklahoma this morning. Wires are down and the town is described as practically wiped out by the storm.
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Tulsa
Okla
Skiatook
Storm Hits New York as Memorial Day Parade Dries Up
A black squall hit New York on Memorial Day scattering crowds, halting games and services. Lightning struck a Jersey City man on Riverside Drive but he survived with minor burns. At Coney Island 75 000 people sought shelter as 0.25 inches of rain fell in under twenty minutes.
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New York
Harlem
New York City
John Whalen
Jersey City
Riverside Drive
J. Hood Bright
Coney Island
Russell Sold by Athletics to Atlanta for 12000
Philadelphia manager Mack announced the sale of pitcher Lefty Russell to Atlanta, Georgia. The deal reportedly cost Baltimore $12,000 for the pitcher.
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Russell
Atlanta
New York
Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Lefty
Baltimore
Carter Named Director of American Academy at Rome
Prof. Jesse Benedict Carter, formerly of Princeton, has been appointed director of the American academy at Rome in succession to F. D. Miller, the artist who perished aboard the Titanic.
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American Academy At
Rome
Princeton
N. J
Jesse Benedict Carter
F. D. Miller
Medical men meet at Atlantic City academy session
Prominent physicians serological experts and settlement workers attend the American Academy of Medicine meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey. Papers include Women Wage Earners and Modern Industries by Dr James H McBride Different Civilization Levels in Modern Society by M P Groszmann A Medical Study of Delinquent Girls by Dr Alice Weld Tallant and The Relation of the Medical to the Teaching Profession by Dr Ernest Bryant Hoag plus committee reports on hygiene in public schools preventative medicine in universities and personal crisis reporting. Frost reduces silk output in Japan with mulberry damage and many farmers discarding silkworms.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Academy of Medicine
James H. McBride
Pasadena
Cal
M. P. K. Groszmann
Plainfield
Alice Weld Tallant
Philadelphia
Ernest Bryant Hoag
Helen C. Putnam
Providence
Archbald Witness Gone in National Inquiry
Washington reports the House Judiciary Committee cannot locate James FE Dainty a key witness in the Archbald conduct inquiry. Dainty an Philadelphia agent of the Everhard estate linked to culm mines along the Lehigh railroad line and alleged partner with Archbald in selling Riverhard estate interests managed by the Girard Trust Company.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Archbald
James FE. Dainty
Dainty
Philadelphia
Everhard
Riverhard
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Girard Trust Company of
Forest Fires Ravage Yukon District North and south of Dawson
Dispatches from Dawson report fires in Alaska forest regions still burning north and south of Dawson Yukon. Standing timber destroyed and hundreds of square miles laid waste. Thousands of cords of wood along river banks burned for mining camps and boats. No rain this season left grass and timber dry as powder.
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Seattle
Wash
Dawson
Yukon Territory
Yukon
Four Drowned Crossing Mississippi River at Hannibal
In Hannibal Missouri on May 31 O T Kirtley his wife daughter and Crandall King drowned when a skiff capsized while crossing the Mississippi River. Kirtley owned a printing office and King was a high school student.
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Mississippi
Hannibal
O. T. Kirtley
Crandall King
Mississippi River
Kirtley
King
Wright Brothers Pioneers of Aviation Die in 1900s
Walbur Wright dies of typhoid fever in Dayton after a long illness. The report notes Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright as pioneers who made aviation a practical art and a commercial success, building their own aircraft and advancing from gliders to powered flights. The piece mentions Bishop Milton Wright and family members, with details of their early experiments and recognitions.
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Dayton, O
Walbur Wright
Wright
Conklin
Levi Spitler
Milton Wright
Catherine Wright
Orville
Reuchlin Wright
Lerin Wright
Reuchlin
Kansas
Wyrikht
Dayton
Boston
Wilbur Wright
Henry County
Indiana
United Brethren Church
Wilbur
S Ilen*halsments
Octave Cha
Chicago
North Carolina
Sand Hills
Film Makers Unite as Universal Film Manufacturing Co Forms
A new consortium of ten independent producers and film executives will form The Universal Film Manufacturing Company. The plants involved are valued at 5 000 000 dollars. Hammond builds a vast wireless plant in Gloucester Massachusetts. John Hays Hammond Jr plans a private system with 335 foot towers 200 feet apart at his summer home.
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New York
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Hammond
Gloucester
Mass
John Hays Hammond, Jr
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