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Aventis
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Why Discriminate Against the United States over the Canal
The United States, owner of the Panama Canal, faces unique rights and duties as payer and user of the canal. It cannot treat itself as a foreign nation, must avoid toll double payments, and must enforce canal neutrality. Arguments weigh whether tolls should apply to U S ships and how to maintain equal treatment under the Hay-Pauncefote spirit.
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Panama Canal
Unite States
Tolla
Pacific
Atlantic
Jamaica
Great Britain
New York
Colon
Hatile
Col Goethals
Panama
The Danger of Delay in Mexican Crisis
A conflicted editorial warns mediation chances fail with Carranza and Villa refusing to join. It urges immediate U.S. action to restore order in Mexico City, warns of Huerta, Villa, and Carranza threats, and calls for reinforcements for Vera Cruz to seize Mexico City in a major campaign. The piece stresses urgency as delays risk greater chaos and potential U.S. vulnerability.
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Carranza
Villa
Huerta
Republic of Mentes
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Shively
For Sign Affairs
Senate
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Mexico
United States
Mexico’ City
Vera Cruz
Siltman
Canada
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War College
Haitian government appeals for counsel in payment dispute
Fragmentary text discusses seeking Washington guidance on securing payment to a British claimant whose property was destroyed by fire. It questions light shed on the matter and suggests confiscating receipts from the tom house to cover the amount. It notes U S interest in the awkward dispute.
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Judement
Washington
United States
Tainted Money Debate Sparks Senate Across Moral Fault Lines
A heated Senate discussion probes the morality of money and funding schemes linked to prominent figures. The piece riffs on ancient wisdom, cites Senator John Sharp Williams on the primacy of person over dollars, and references Huerta, Rockefeller, and other public figures amid a broader critique of wealth and influence.
Hohenau scandal haunts Prussian court cycles and duels
Count Fritz Hohenau and his heir Albert rise in rumor while Count William Hohenau faces exile after involvement in the Eulenburg scandal. The counts’ letters accused Countess Fritz, famed for her court influence, of manipulation at Berlin’s court. the pair withdrew to Albrechtsberg near Dresden. Albert testifies in Vienna amid a tangled tale of romance, forgery, and forbidden affection with dancer Marie Ferrari, while his wife’s power shapes the aftermath.
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Berlin
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Dresden
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Italy
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Marte Eberstadt
Marie Ferrari
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Roberer
Vienna
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Brentwood Company
Government notes and judiciary debates on public works and impeachments
The summary records a session with the administration’s policy stance, calendar bills including railroad capitalization, and a committee resuming discussion. Secretary Laney supported the waterpowers bill, while a judiciary subcommittee heard impeachment charges against Juste Wright. The War Department requested 5000 for sanitary care of military police in Panama Canal Zone. The War Dept also opposed a federal Bayou St. John improvement plan. Adjourned at 8 p.m. until noon today.
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Laney
Public
Judiciary
Juste
Wright
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Secretary of War
Panama
Canal Zone
War Department
Bayou St. John
Orleans Parish
Masts of latticed tubing on a U S battleship
From Manses City Star. A hazy horizon shows two latticed steel masts above a battleship. The masts serve range finding and signaling roles, withstand shells, and double as wireless towers and search platforms. Range finders ride belts to avoid being thrown by shock. The tubes vibrate with firing, sometimes hindering aiming.
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United States
Manses City
United States Navy
Baseball and Congress in the Memorial Day Crowd
Ohio Representative Gen Sherwood laments Congress’s decline as baseball scores and prize-ring theatrics captivate the public. He recalls debates from 1872 and 1890 to contrast early legislative focus with today’s distractive entertainments. He notes Congress is now a slide issue, unread except in wartime or crisis.
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Ohio
Washington
House of Representatives
Irvin S. Pepper
Iowa
Ignac R. Sherwood
Congress
General Sherwood
Intruder Alarmed Weatherman Daughter In Night Breakin
Miss Flossa Weatherman of 123 Forest avenue awoke at 12 20 am to a revolver touch. The intruder fled through the rear door. Three hours later a prowler was seen by a nurse on the third floor and a pursuit by QG Wooford Patrolman Burke and William Wiebold followed. A shot was fired as the man escaped.
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Flossa Weatherman
Theo
Kansas City Times
Miss Flossa Weatherman
E. M. Weatherman
Forest Avenue
Weatherman
T. Wooford
Edward Burke
William Wiebold
Paid for His Whistle from Tit-Byu
Coyne narrates a railway carriage encounter with a seedy man who recalls a fall from grace after one mistake. A former doctor, now living hand to mouth, explains signing his name in the death cause field on a certificate led to patient losses and ruin.
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Tit-Byu
Ios
Coyne
Eears
Local self defense tutors arrested in Brownevill e incident
In East Pittsburgh Madole trained Helen Hopkins aged 18 and Bray Flynn in self defense at his studio in the emk building. They moved to Browne ville to join the Lady Battlers show company aboard the Lady Battlers. Mothers intervened, officers arrested Madole and girls, a private bearing was planned but Mrs Hopkins attacked him, fainted, and the case was settled with charges withdrawn.
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Farmers
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Helen Hopkins
Electric Avenue
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Tue Créek
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Browneville
Harry C. Hunter
Lady Battlers
Made His Funeral a Party in San Francisco
William S. Casey a California bartender killed himself after a failed health battle. He left $1,000 for a cremation then arranged a party like a funeral reception with drinks and toasts, later sprinkling his ashes on the Salinas River.
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San Francisco
William S. Casey
California
Casey
Salinas
Samas
Salinas 1
Salinas River
Kings Go Into Trade A Look At Royal Business Ties
A survey notes royal figures engaging in commerce with varied ventures. The Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin runs an auto agency in Berlin while King Peter of Servia fronts a French car, the czar is linked to Mercedes interests, and other monarchs diversify into hotels, tobacco, and industry. The Kaiser runs a cafe and a pottery works, with King George of England singled out as unable to earn a living.
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New York
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Peter ‘of
Servia
Belgrade
Cannstatt
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Wurttemberg
Aix
Marienbad
Alfonso
Spain
the Kaiser
Potsdam
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King George
England
Head of Engineer Found on Elevator Cage at Power Plant
At a Ludlow Street power plant late last night an elevator repairman, George Russell, was killed when the shaft car rose and severed his head. Fellow worker Hagmann on the sixth floor heard a crash and saw the car coming up fast, discovering the gruesome scene. No cause has been determined.
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Philadelphia Record
Ludlow Street
Thirteenth
Russell
Otto
BT Hagmann
Suffragists Clash Over Mayor Dissent at Carnegie Hall
A New York World account depicts suffragists chastising Mayor Mitchell for remarks at Carnegie Hall while praising sympathy for his frailties. The piece argues women will gain entry through public will, urging restraint toward antisuffrage leaders beyond mayors and noting maternal instincts have limits.
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New York World
Majer Mitchel
Carnegie Hall
Bleteh
Tim
Glavea
Reluctant Husband Backs Wife If Proceedings Regular
James Phillips of 265 South Dearborn Street faced a municipal court charge for failing to support his wife Mabel B Phillips and their children. He claimed constitutional rights and refused to answer questions, with Charles Wharton named as his counsel. The judge entered the order as Wharton and Mrs Phillips debated support of ten dollars weekly.
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Chicago
Strike Matches Like Men Women Change Their Smoking Method
A Philadelphia Record correspondent notes a shift in how women strike matches. Previously they struck away from flames to light objects, while men struck toward the flame due to tobacco use. The observer says the change reflects habit, convenience, and wind shelter, not deep psychology.
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Philadelphia
Man Bit Wife After Refused Kiss in Philadelphia
William Carney bit his wife Annie Carney as she refused a kiss at their home on Twelfth and Lomelyard streets. He tore a piece from her lip and bit her shoulder. She was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital for treatment in serious condition. Police arrested the couple for a hearing the next morning.
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Philadelphia
Annie Car‘ney
Twelfth
Lome Yard
Willam Carney
Pennsylvania Hospital
Nineteenth District
Sun and Tide Table for Eastern States Weather Report
The Weather Bureau notes a mid Atlantic storm moving toward the Grand Banks with rain in the north and Ohio Valley. Temperatures stay near or above normal in the East and South with cooler readings in the Northwest. Forecast calls for generally fall weather with little temperature change Thursday and Friday.
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Plater
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Fragmentary impeded suffrage lament quotes and mixed notes
Fragmented Ars editorial lines compare suffrage sacrifice to a piecemeal loss of valued progress. The piece cites Mary and Grammys tea fable variations, cited from the Boston Transcript. It references the River Bulletin and a Washington Post clipping dated May 6 with garbled place names and automobile debts noted.
Monterey Mission of Foreign Flags Amid Mexican Revolt
In Monterey, Mexico the rebel entry after Huerta’s retreat spurred fears of brutal reprisals against Americans. Consul General Hanna faced humiliation as federals vanished, the British flag flew over the U S consulate, and several Americans fled citing danger. Carranza’s officers, including Jess Carranza, now command. rebels seek recognition from the United States while treating foreigners cordially. Arizona politics shift as the Progressive party fades and Republicans push to carry the state with Ralph Cameron expected as senator. Wildlife protection advocates urge federal migratory bird laws, arguing against state and local restrictions, highlighting the robin’s decline and other species at risk.
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Mexico
Hanna Fa Still
Indae Feng
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J. W.derby
Huerta
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Jess Carranza
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