Navy Warns After Daring Theft Of Battleship Plans
Secret service and Justice Department agents investigated the loss of unfinished electrical wiring and deck plans for the Pennsylvania battleship. Secretary Daniels said the drawings were incomplete and not highly valuable, with no confirmed suspect and potential penalties under the official secrets act.
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Pennsylvania
Daniels
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Department
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Navy
Permi
Ordnance Bureau
M. C. Twining
Tenonsylvania
Paval Construcion
Press Muzzle Defied in Free Speech Fight
London dispatch reports the Labour Party plans to print the Suffragette in defiance of press laws with James Kier Hardie ready to succeed James Ramsay MacDonald as manager. Other Labour leaders will follow to force government capitulation, claiming it lawful to suppress papers in advance.
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London
Labor Party
England
James Ramsay MacDonald
James Kier Hardie
Firing squad proposal touches Nevada punishment law
A distorted report describes a new capital punishment law in Nevada offering firing squad or hanging as options. It mentions a condemned person and three swords chosen by lot, with chaotic references to individuals and public interest in witnessing the incident.
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Washington
PF Flere
Nevada
Andres Mircovdieh
Jeovich
Tariff Debate Stalls as Penrose Wins Public Hearing Block
The Senate failed to act on the Penrose motion for public hearings amid a heated tariff debate. Democrats blocked a vote with an executive session, while Republicans warn of little hope for success. Penrose and Simmons traded barbs likening tactics to the Spanish Inquisition as wage figures and sugar tax plans sparked contentious exchanges.
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Star Chamber
Senate
Bacon
Republiicans
Penrose
Simmons
Pennsylvania
Underwood
Diamond Broker Held Here To Buy Jewelry Store
Erle R. Sheppard a New York diamond broker was arrested here last night on a larceny charge involving jewelry worth 33500. He was negotiating purchase of a Ninth Street store stock and goodwill and was found with thousands of dollars in jewelry and a .38 revolver. Detective Messer detained him after Williamsport authorities requested his custody. Sheppard claimed innocence and said his business was acquiring jewelers and auctioning stock.
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Ninth Street
Erle R. Sheppard
Maiden Lane
New York City
Shepiard
Williamsport
Messer
Shep Pard
Wiliamsport
Sheppard
National Hotel
Ninth and
F Streets
Denies He'd Sell Children in Custody Fight
San Francisco official Hall Mc Claughrey denies wife Anita Baldwin McClaughrey's charges that he plans to sell their children Dextra Il Baldwin and Baldwin S. The mother, aided by detectives, asserts the demand of $1 000 000 for custody. He claims detectives' presence is a kidnapping plot and vows to resist.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Hall McClaughrey
Lucky Baldwin
Galt
Sacramento County
Anita Baldwin McClaughrey
Dextra
Baldwin
W. A. Mundell
Bryan Predicts Primary Era Over Bosses and Conventions
Harrisburg, Pa May 13 Secretary of State William J Bryan urged legislators on democracy and predicted the presidential primary will be so general that national conventions need not be held. He argued platforms bind, urged conscience to align before election, and declared the day of the boss is over as people write their own platforms and names are chosen by the voters. His remarks followed at the Jefferson anniversary dinner of the Central Democratic Club with Speaker Alter presenting.
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Harrisburg
William J. Bryan
Central Democratic Club
Faes
Bryant
United States
United States Senate
President in 1916 Platform Binds All
Secretary of State tells Pennsylvania Legislature that party pledges must be obeyed by all members or resign. He calls breaking a party pledge worse than embezzlement. Democratic club voices support for Underwood tariff bill as the best in a generation.
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Pennsylvania
Girl Drowns After Fainting in Fifth Avenue Apartment
Berta Samuels, 15, was found drowned in a bathtub in Mrs. Sarah Agoos’s Fifth Avenue apartment after fainting while preparing the bath. Water from the taps flooded the room, with leakage into lower apartments prompting complaints to the janitor. Police were summoned after they climbed through a window to reach the scene.
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Fifth Avenue
Washington Post
New York
Berta Samuels
Sarah Agoos
Sm Fifth Avenue
Large Icebergs Off Grand Banks Reported By Steamer Gordon
The steamer General Gordon reports passing thirty three large icebergs and many smaller fragments within miles of the Grand Banks while on its Cadiz to St John route. The vessel traversed the ice without incident and arrived in St John, Newfoundland, on May 12.
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Grand Banks
St. John
Newfoundland
Cadiz
Governor Johnson Expected to Sign Alien Land Bill
Sacramento May 13 Gov Johnson probably will send a message to Secretary Bryan tomorrow morning detailing his views on the federal request to withhold signature from the alien landfill bill He is expected to immediately sign the measure after dispatching his views to Washington The Japanese ambassador awaits Johnsons action before any further protest steps and a new treaty adjustment with Japan has been suggested but not yet pursued by officials
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Cal
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Bryan
Washington
Japan
State Department
United States
Harrisburg
Mexican Federals Routed Near Jalisco Mining Town
May 13 reports from Nogales say federal regulars were routed and fled toward the gulf after being cut off in a hill town above Guaymas. Gov. Pesqueira notes 20 rifles and 3,000 rounds captured, with seven cannons and seven machine guns also seized. About 30 killed and 300 taken prisoner. Barron was wounded. Lill’s insurgents besieged the retreating detachment, while reinforcements and a gunboat are expected at Guaymas.
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Ariz
Gulf
Pesqueira
Lonore
Hermosillo
Guaymas
Ortiz
Col Barron
Lill Barren
Huerta
Sueristo
Guadalstero
Mexico
Julian Mediana
Jefe Politico
Hostotlpaquillo
Guadalajara
Jallaco
Battleship Plans Stolen On Page One
Page one item notes stolen plans for a battleship amid a broad issue with political debate and police custody of suspects. Other items include court and municipal notes, dog incidents, and local society commentary.
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Tie
Johnson
Erie
Mimergency Hospital
Jack Johnson
Weld
Be-Toyles
John
Wilkie
News of Alexandria
Escapes Hospital and Weds Minneapolis Couple Marry
Alfred K. Scherf of North Minneapolis, who fled the state hospital, married Miss Viela Shull a nurse formerly of New York whom he met there. He described sneaking out to see her, sending money, and finally marrying yesterday after obtaining a license at the West Hotel. Mrs. Scherf says she is the daughter of a New York City physician.
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Washington
Minn
May W
Wilmar
Viela 2D. Shull
New York
Alfred K. Scherf
North
Scherf
Halla
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Tobacco Strike Ties Up Havana Tobacco Trade
In Habana May 13, about 1500 tobacco sorters and warehouse men walked out demanding higher wages. The stoppage halts tobacco selecting on the 1913 crop, with merchants predicting a resolution in four to five days after a committee from tobacco merchants is to confer with the strikers.
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Washington Post
Habana
Stab Attempt in Court as Convicted Felon Attacks Detectives
Chicago May 13. Harry Evans, convicted of burglary, seized a knife hidden in a handkerchief passed by Garnett Fairfield posing as his sister and struck Detectives Hoschulte and Bohaber, wounding one in the neck and the other in the breast before authorities overpower him. Evans and Albert Jensen faced risks of a wider murder as crowd tensions rose. Fairfield was arrested.
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Harry Evans
Garnett Fairfield
Evans
Hoschulte
Bohaber
Baliffs
Albert Jensen
Cooper
Jensen
Miss Fairfield
Gona-By
Buschulte
Merriam Divorce Case Delayed Over Health Issue
San Francisco May 1 a fortnight will pass before the Merriam divorce case can be heard again as Mrs Bessie Merriam’s health breaks down during a critical stage. Capt Henry C Merriam is suing for divorce while discussions sought an uncontested suit on desertion to protect their minor daughter.
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Merriam
Bessie
Henry C. Merriam
Wrecking Attempts Endanger Paterson Trains
In Paterson New Jersey during a strike period three attempts to derail Erie trains within 32 hours were thwarted by vigilant train crews and a city detective riding locomotives. Two suspects were briefly detained. a separate dynamite blast damaged Mount Hope Mineral Railroad tracks near the mine, while strikers and workers remain mobilized across four northern counties.
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Mount Hope Mineral
Paterson
N.J
Erie Railroad
Uhlef Bimsen
Suffern
N. Y
Jersey City
New Jersey
Industrial Workers of the World
American Federation of Labor
Laborers’ International Union
Tta
Patrick Quinlan
Strikera
Socialist Prefers Death: Goodwin Hanged in Arizona
John B. Goodwin, ex soldier and the first man executed under U S authority in Arizona, was hanged by U S Marshal Charles Overtoom for the murders of Alfred Hillpot and Frederick Klebche, on the San Carlos reservation. He protested the sentence, declaring he would not yield to persecution and that a social outcast would rather die than live under oppression.
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Globe
Ariz
John B. Goodwin
Arizona
United States
Marshall Charles Overtook
Goodwin
Alfred Hillpot
Frederick Klbche
Perchanty
San Carlos
Win
Jury Reform Bill Defeated in Both Houses
In Trenton the jury reform measure failed to pass after party lines split. Both chambers adjourned for the week with prospects of action at the next session dimmed.
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Efren
Amd
Joseph EL Tu
Publican
Xenaters
Fem
Opyaster Oolen
Temocrata Ell
Pelidie
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