Tariff Bill Passed in House by Lopsided Vote
The Underwood tariff bill cleared the House 281 to 139 amid party lines with five Democrats opposing and two Republicans plus four Progressives voting with the majority. Minority leaders Mann and Murdock led opposition as the measure heads to the Senate for possible postponement and further committee work. Adjournment plans call for three day recesses through June 11 as the chamber shifts focus to currency legislation and tariff investigations.
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Murdock
Senate
House
Democratic Party
Clark
Wilson
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Cary and Stafford
Wisconsin
Bryan
Washington
Kent
California
Copley
Underwood
Paine
New York
Underwoods
Tak&e
Murdoch
Payne
Manus
Tariff Board
Wrs
Victim's Wife Sees Hanging of Man Implicating Her
Frank Calhoun aged 58 was hanged at Huntingdon Pa for the murder of Benjamin P Galloup. Calhoun admitted the crime to his spiritual adviser and said the motive was to obtain a $200 life insurance policy. Galloup previously insured his wife for $2,000, and Calhoun, posing as her uncle, sought to pressure her into complicity before the fatal December 16, 1911 shooting.
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Huntingdon Pa
Frank Calhoun
Benjamin P Galtour
Galloup
Calhoun
Benjamin P Galloup
Kansas
Huntingdon
Galoup
Wfe
Roosevelt Hosts Peace Centenary Delegates At Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt hosted the English speaking nations peace centenary luncheon at Sagamore Hill. He urged prearranged arbitration for disputes with Britain, signaled on Panama Canal issues, and toasted King George with a call for peace guided by justice. Delegates from New York, Canada, Australia attended, and Baltimore was invited for a September 1914 peace celebration.
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Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Sagamore Hut
M Hoosevelt
Roosevelt
British Empire
New York
Lord Weardate
Andrew Carnemoe
Edmund Walker
Canada
George Houston Reid
Australia
Col Roosevelt
Mayy—Mastor Preston
Baltimore
Washington
Roosevelt to Aid Sulzer in Primary Bill Campaign
Former President Roosevelt will campaign for Governor Sulzer's direct primary bill. Sulzer announced letters confirming Roosevelt's support and plans for a statewide speaking tour in New York to mobilize sentiment. Roosevelt is expected to address a Progressive dinner in New York City as part of the governor's drive.
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Albany
Sulzer
Dot Roosevelt
Governors Committee
Dot Roose
Ol Roosevelt
New York City
Gav Sulzer
Marshall
Harvey
Wall Street
M. Harve
Bryan
New England
Morgan’s Last Words On Wilson And Patriotism
Col George Harvey recounts Pierpont Morgan’s final words to President Wilson, urging that Morgan’s influence be at Wilson’s disposal for the country. The tale frames Morgan as a patriot wary of Wilson’s Democratic leadership and recalls Morgan’s testimony before the Pujo committee.
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George Harvey
Wilson
New York
Pierpont Morgan
Morgen
Europe
Col Harvey
Trust Companies of America
Morgan
Democratic Party
Cannon
Ingerung
Mr Morgan
Pujo
Washington
Harvey
Prvienty
Mrs Wells testifies in trial of Julius Wells murder case
In St Albans Vermont May Mrs Anna Wells of Swanton testifies that Julius Wells urged her to feign insanity and even kill herself to save him as they face charges for poisoning two of their four children. She says Wells supplied poison and urged a self harmed cover story while investigators seek motive tied to life insurance.
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Wells
Thua
St Albans
Anna Wells
Swanton
Julius Wells
Junius Wells
Marie
Louis
Captain Merriam Halts Divorce Action Amid Illness
Mrs Merriam suffers a second nervous breakdown as Captain Henry J Merriam withdraws the divorce complaint under Judge Graham's suggestion. Captain Merriam will send a physician and seeks custody of their daughter with unspecified access, with the case continued to next Tuesday.
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San Franciscnal
Bessie Merriam
Henry J. Merriam
Graham
Merriam
Momms
Mrs Merrim
John Galway
Insattorne
Merram
Militant's Love Revealed In Suffragette Letters
A police find yields letters allegedly from a socialist MP to Flora Drummond, praised as love notes rather than bomb plots. The Daily Express links the writer to Keir Hardie and notes public outrage as Windsor Castle and major landmarks may close during a period of heightened suffrage activity. UK authorities estimate suffragette costs at 325 million annually.
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Keir Hardie
Drummond
London
Daily Express
Ken Harjdie
Flora Drum
Windsor Castle
Tower of London
Stotland Yard
Indians Bunkoed Miners In Teslin District Gold Scam
Seattle May 8 Apt students of get rich quick promotion methods report that British Columbia Indians dumped claims on American and Canadian gold seekers. The Teslin stampede was engineered by redmen who cleared thousands through trickery. John G Johnson, Nome discoverer and Alaskan millionaire, said no gold was found in the Silver Creek district, all staked and sold to whites.
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Seattle Wash
British Columbia
Teslin
Redmen
John G Johnson
Nome
Silver Creek
Huerta Expresses Resentment Over Washington Stand
Mexico City May 8 Claimants against Mexico expect no settlement while the American government withholds recognition. Huerta declares his attitude compatible with public opinion and national dignity and notes other nations’ recognition. He says a loan is arranged and the nation solvent, criticizing Washington. In Nogales two hundred lives are reported lost in a train explosion near the Sinaloa border.
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Mexico
Huerta
Henry Lane Wilson
Washington
Chamzal Zone
Nogales
Ariz
Den
Sinaloa-Sonora
Stat
Guaymas
Prisoner Denies Guilt In Family Ax Murders Case
Henry Lee Moore serving a 99 year term in Missouri penitentiary faced renewed questions about a string of ax murders across Missouri Kansas Colorado Iowa and Illinois. Special agent McClaughry claims Moore palsied 20 killings over three years amid a theory linking several high profile cases. Authorities note Moore was convicted for the murder of his mother and grandmother in Columbia Missouri in December prior.
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Leavenworth
Kans
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Iowa
Ilinois
Henry Lee Moore
W McClaughry
Department of Justice
McClaughry
Federal
Burnham
Wayne Lawson
Charles Marzyck
Henry F Wayne
Wayne
Henry F. Wayne
Colorado Springs
Woodmen Sanitarium
J KR Evans
Evans
William “S Dawson
Dawson
First Presbyterian Church of
Monmouth
Tay
William Showman
Lester
Fenton
French maid loses hand in elevated train accident
Telne Beurmer, a French maid in New York, fell from the Columbus Avenue elevated platform near 81st Street as a train approached, losing her left hand with two rings on one finger. The hand was reportedly stolen from the street after the train moved about 40 feet. She remained conscious. doctors say her condition is critical.
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New York
Telne Beurmer
France
Columbur Avenue
Eighty-first Street
Miss Bournier
Mystery grows in Hoffman death at Short Hills
New Jersey case files reveal more witnesses contradicting a suicide ruling. Detectives report heard cries near Swans Lake on Sunday night and a German man seen with Hoffman, while her fiancé Mailtize and a Lawrence employer’s household details complicate the marriage plan, suggesting foul play in the missing girl’s drowning.
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New York
Walter Godfrey
Hood 8
Dith Hoffman
Swans Lake
Short Hills
James Lynch
Frank L Lawrence
Stewart Hartshorne
Godfrey
Polansky
Newark
Millburn
Hoffman
Gustave Mailtize
Polansk
Aserted Mailtize
Minimum wage bill for federal workers seeks 82 dollars men 150 women per day
Pennsylvania Representative William Ware introduces a measure to set a non less than 2 dollars daily for men and 150 dollars for women for all government employees and contractors, plus a prohibition on employing children under 14. The plan links wage floors to a broader inheritance tax reform and cites Illinois vice commission findings on morals and wages.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Wiliam Share
Ilinois Vice Commission
United States
Pennsyivania
Arsenal
Congress
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