Roosevelt testifies on boss rule and direct primaries
In Syracuse, Theodore Roosevelt testified that William Barnes taught how the political machine should control by keeping leaders in charge and that the riffraff could not be trusted. He recounted talks over ten years in Albany about party power and defeating direct primaries, noting the need for organization heads to direct action.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Supreme
Republican State Committee
White House
Barnes
Beas
Roosevelt
Louis F Payn
Albany
Capitol
Pratt
Platt Feld
Albany County
Bosa
Shinro Oppose Ultimatum to China Rumors
Tokyo May 6 The elder statesmen or shinro oppose sending an ultimatum to China. The government is powerless before this opposition and the probability is that Premier Count Okuma will resign.
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Tokyo
Shinro
China
Count Okuma
Infant heiress inherits near million in trusts
New York reports Elizabeth W. Stevens death leaving $949,817 estate. $839,265 goes in trust to granddaughter Lucille Spafford, aged 9 months, daughter of Lucille Stevens Spafford. A further $300,000 trust from the mother’s will adds to the infant’s fund. The child lives at 14 East Sixty third Street with aunt Ellan Creighton. Father’s bid to spend $2,000 monthly from both trusts was denied due to his $15,000 annual income under the mother’s will.
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New York
Elizabeth W. Stevens
J Rhinelander Stevens
Lucille Spafford
Lucille Stevens Spafford
East Sixty-third Street
Ellan Creighton
Gas Fume Battle Rages As German Gas Fails At Ypres
London dispatch reports a fierce engagement in the Ypres region where Germans again used asphyxiating gas. British and French troops fought through dense fumes, shells, and bayonet charges, with Allied forces reclaiming and holding positions despite heavy losses and gas-impacted trenches.
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London
Ypres
Ypres Canal
Pilkem
Ypres-Langbmarck Road
Ypres-Langemarck
White to Sing Singsnearer Turks Confession of Little Aid
Philip T White, general sales manager of the John W Masury Company, Brooklyn, confessed to being an accomplice in a $3,000 pay roll robbery and received seven and a half to fifteen years in Sing Sing. His partner Clinnin also drew the same sentence as justice rushed through the hearing. Four other men connected to the case got two to five year terms. The court showed no mercy as sentences were read with little comment.
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Clinnin
Washington Post
New York
Philip T White
John W. Masury
Brooklyn
Aspinall
Supreme Court
Sing Sing
White
Justice Aspinall
John S Bennett
Climm
Benjamin Stifter
Benjamin Moore
Robert Roberts
Thomas Heatly
Sackett & Wilhelms
Chnnin
Stifter
Roberts
Daily
Doubts If Allies Win in Dark War Drama
London May 5 William Watson writes that British apathy risks defeat to Germany praising German spirit and warning Allies and Britain are in imminent peril. He says Britain and its land forces are a secondary party and the drama could end in tragedy for mankind if sluggishness and optimism continue.
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England
London
William Watson
The
Post
Evening News
Watson
Germany
German ships seen off Libau in Baltic near Petrograd
A small German naval force appeared in the Baltic near Libau with reports of an enemy cruiser and other small hostile warships sighted off the Russian base today.
J Vaud Page Austria to cede land pact possible
Rome May 6 official quarters note Italy would go to war to secure Italian inhabited lands under Austrian rule. Differences center on extent of cession and timing. Greatest obstacle Trieste. Von Buelow warns Sonnino on Trieste to push for free city pact. Garibaldi monument unveiling discussed with royal participation. Then cites travel offer.
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Rome
Italy
Garibaldi
Quarto Sant 'Elena
Austria
Trieste von Buelow
Prince von Buelow
Baron Sonnino
Trieste
Germany
May Mediate in China and War News From Europe
Today’s index highlights foreign affairs including an offer to mediate in China and articles on the Allied advance against Turkish positions, Austrian land cession to Italy, and German gains in Flanders. Also noted are domestic topics from a $500000 cathedral gift to liquor education, to editorials and society items.
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Pane
China
Roosevelt Tella
Boas
Austria
Italy
Flanders
Eno
Berlin
Germany
Frye
Ruselans
Honey
Ledge
Pennsylvania
Buffalo Favored as 1918 Democratic Convention Site
The Buffalo Times reports from McCombs headquarters that Buffalo is the national committee’s choice for the 1918 Democratic convention in Buffalo. It says the city must raise about $106000 to cover expenses, though no steps are yet taken to secure the fund and a committee poll would likely favor Buffalo if guaranteed.
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Washington Post
Buffalo
Buffalo Times
Norman E Mack
New York
Whhilam F McCombs
the Times
National Committee
Fifteen Trawlers Sunk as German Submarines Target Fishery
London reports German submarines are aiming at Britain's fishing fleet to curb food supplies. Fifteen trawlers have been sunk since Sunday night, all with no loss of life. Boats fled to small craft as submarines fired. crews were given bread pieces from the attacking sub. The Portia escaped after a tense chase, reaching Hull.
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London
Copenhagen
North Sea
Hero
Portia
Hull
Refuse $100000 for baby Vivian in Pennsylvania
Mr and Mrs Howard Gray of Roaring Branch refused a $100,000 offer for their two year old Vivian made by John Mack, a Schwab brother-in-law. The manslaughter-like interaction occurred on the street when Mock proposed adoption and raised the price, with parents rejecting even ten times the amount.
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Pennsylvania
Schwab
William Sport
Howard Gras
Roaring Branch
Vivian
John Mack
Charles Schwab
Mock
Grays
Youngseter
Germans Hold Hill No 60 Near Ypres In Gas Attacks
Berlin reports heavy fighting along the Belgian front with German gains on Hill No 60 southeast of Ypres aided by poisonous gas. British and French lines claim repulses as gas attacks and mines are used. West Galicia and the Carpathians see Russian retreats, with vast prisoner numbers and severe artillery losses described by German sources.
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Givenchy
Sir John French
Ypres
Cirmin
Belgium
British War Office
Yser Canal
Flanders
Wesevre
Berlin
Toda
Army Headquarters
Pont-a-Mousson
Suwalhi
Auguatowo
Galicia
Carpathians
Dukla Pass
Sayville
Gorlice
Gorlica
Ruaslang
Zeittung Am Mittag
London
Galia
Western
Donjep
East Prussian
Galles
$430000 for Wilhelmina as war cargo settlement
London reports the Wilhelmina owners have received a generous settlement from the British government. The deal includes full value of the cargo at Hamburg war prices, more than double English port prices, plus indemnity for delay. Totaling about $430,000, with the original cargo valued at $180,000.
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London
Daily Mail
Hamburg
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Tsingtau
Manchuria
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Shing
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Tsao Yolin
Foreign Affairs and Info
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Iis
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Plaintiff
Payn
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Hhuer
Tut
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Hall
Outar
St Julien
Apor
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End
Peninsula
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Maidos
Constantinople
Adrianople
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