Edict to Prevent False Alarms About U S Military
President Wilson bars warships and troop movements during negotiations with Japan over alien land laws to avoid alarming interpretations. Viscount Chinda probes Johnson's signing plans. cabinet to discuss response as Tokyo expects a measured, diplomatic settlement.
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Wilson
United States
Japan
White House
Daniels
Navy Department
Garrison
War Department
Moore
State Department
War and Navy
Coast Artillery
San Franscisco
Tandlulu
Australian meat trade fears big trust clash
Four hundred thousand pounds of frozen Australian beef and mutton arrived in San Francisco aboard the Tahiti, marking the first Pacific coast shipment under a plan to restrict profits. The deal aims to keep prices low by limiting middlemen, with four new refrigerated ships ordered for Australia to San Francisco service. Independents seek contact with Australian packers, hoping to unite against the beef trust, while Argentine packers loom as potential rivals in the global fight over U S meat markets.
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Pacific Coast
Tahiti
Australia
California
Rocky Mountains
Chicago
Union Steamship Company
Washington
America
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Department
England
Thaw Testimony Details Bribe Plan For Release
Dr Russell suggested freeing Thaw for a large payment. Thaw testified Anhut offered $20,000 for an order, with Thaw spending about $65,000 on efforts to obtain release. He described gas stock and cash from his sister as part of the negotiations and said he regretted being swindled by the two trials.
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New York
John W. Russell
Matteawan State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
John N. Anhut
Anhut
Russell
Matteawan
Stanford White
Hi Slater
George L. Carnegie
Henry
Harry
Henry EK
White
Jow
Seabury
Tha
Dr. Russell
Mutteawan
Sulzer
Joseph F. Scott
Albany
Tus
Haw
Doga confirmed drunkard owner’s beer fable lands him in court
In Milwaukee May 15 Adolph Ubolowski faced police court over his Dachshund Anheuser known for beer consumption. After a probation sentence the dog’s gin relate ruse was tested as Adolph escorted the judge to a saloon proving the dog’s appetite for beer.
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Washington Post
Milwaukee
Wis
Adolph
Ubolowski
Anheuser
London Trades Council opposes Page as U S ambassador
The London Trades Council passed a resolution expressing resentment at the appointment of Walter H. Page as American ambassador to Great Britain, arguing he opposes organized labor and urging protest from Sir Edward Grey. Copies were sent to President Wilson and Grey, with calls for other trade councils to adopt similar resolutions.
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London
London Trades
Doane
Walter H. Page
Great Britain
Edward Grey
Wilson
Trade and Labor Council
London Trades Council
Allied Trades Council of
Greater New York
New York
United States
Court of St. James
Walter Hines Page
Henry Flagler Sinking Rumor Causes City Shock
Reports from Jacksonville indicate a dramatic claim about Henry M Flagler, the Southern Hotel and railroad magnate, suffering a serious collapse of health amid turmoil in the Pluria East Coast Railroad project. No official confirmation yet.
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Jacksonville
Bri
M Flagler
Southern Hotel Lang
Pluria
Harmony Pleas Fail President Quits Then Returns
The fourteenth annual convention of the United States Civil Service Retirement Association opened at G A R Hall. President Russell resigned after a near vote on a pension fund issue, was talked back, and resumed his chair. Secretary Jordan denied attempting to boss the meeting as delegates clashed over a retirement bill. A committee was formed to negotiate a tentative agreement with the National Association of Civil Service Employes.
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United States Civil Service Retirement Association
G. A. R. Hall
William E. Russell
New York
Andrew W
Russell
C. W. Bunn
New York City
White Dove of Peace
D. Llewellyn Jordan
Treasury Department
Association
Llewellyn Jordan
Oscar F. Nelson
Chicago
Co. W. Bunn
National Association of Civil Service
James A. Hamill
New Jersey
National Association of Civil Service Employes
Hamnall
Haun
Andrew Wo Meer
Servier Organization
Congress
Prosperity Outlook, Illinois Bank President Says
John J. Mitchell of Illinois Trust and Savings Bank returns from a three month California vacation in a hopeful mood. He cites strong West crop prospects as a bulwark against East tariff-cut gloom and predicts continued prosperity if harvests meet expectations. Kansas winter wheat also hews to a bright outlook.
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Washington Post
Chicago
John J. Mitchell
Illinois Trust and Saymes Bank
California
Mitchell
Kansas
Mrs Astor Rejects Count in London Proposal
London May 15 report that Count George Festetics, chamberlain to the Austro Hungarian embassy in London, proposed to Mrs. Ava Astor and was rejected. Mrs. Astor said she has no intention of marrying again. Festetics, eldest son of Prince Festetics de Tolna, born 1882 in Baden Baden, comes from an old Hungarian noble family.
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London
George Festetics
Ava Astor
First state shooting execution ends debate in Nevada
Ambrija Mircovich, who asked for a rifle death and refused to be blindfolded, was executed by firing squad at Carson City jail for the murder of Anton Gregovich. He walked to the chair unassisted, faced the witnesses, and died instantly as three rifles fired as one.
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Reno
Nev
I Thia
Carson City
Ambrija Mircovich
Anton Gregovich
Tonopah
Mircovich
Episcopal Church
Mircavich
Gregovich
Falls to death of Hopewell Darneille in Cleveland Park home
Hopewell Heb Darneille, former DC tax assessor and noted property values expert, died after a fall at his home 262 Ordway Street NW in Cleveland Park. Coroner Dr Nevitt ruled concussion from accidental fall. Darneille, born 1868 in Scottsville, had real estate and Mexican silver mining interests and recently testified in a House Insurance investigation. His wife and four children were present. funeral plans not announced.
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Hopewell
Heb Darneille
District of Columbia
Congressional Insurance
Ordway Street
Cleveland Park
D. C
Darneille
District Committee
House of Representatives
Eighth Street
Darneliie
Scottsville
Benjamin J. Darneillee
Georgetown
Ives
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Linthicum Institute
Columbian
George Washington) University
Plumb and Bean
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Federal Lodge
Mary ©. Lowndes
Mexico
Blease dismisses South Carolina constables
Gov Cole Blease dismissed all state constables of South Carolina from office today. He cited the state supreme court ruling on the Welch liquor law allowing shipment for personal use, saying officers cannot determine illegal destinations and thus constables are useless.
Shock From Phone Kills Mine Foreman Acken
Johnstown May 15 Acken mine foreman is dead after an electric shock while using a telephone line. Jones in hospital, body found. another man was knocked senseless while attempting to call. Fare prices to Frederick Reedsville Antietam Hagerstown listed for Sunday travel.
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Johnstown
Paul “Acken
CR. Jones
Acken
Tee Jones
Ackems
Ian
Loot Safe of $10,000 in Jewelry District Heist
In New York on May 15 two masked men robbed Sigmund Kohn’s jewelry shop on Malden Lane in the heart of the jewelry district. They tied and gagged watchman Bartel, opened a safe with a can opener, and escaped unseen with gems gold and platinum valued at 1100. The thieves left no fingerprints and the watchman later freed himself and alerted police.
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Heart of New York
Washington Post
New York
Sigmund Kohn
Malden Lane
Lerenzy Bartel
Bartel
Skohn
Kohn
Gsems
Lawyer Chief Of Seers Charged In Clairvoyant Ring
Chicago authorities present grand jury evidence on Charles De Alvandros alleged leader of a clairvoyant ring. He posed as a lawyer and as a seer, ran three parlors, directed clients to consult the seer, and used weekly meetings with a so called White Coven to recruit and bolster credulity while evading law.
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Chicago
Charles de Alvantros
Hoyne
de Alvandros
Fara
D Stavation Fur Peuiciang
Wind
Aendine Stare
Alvandros
No Compromise Stance Dominates House Leaders Bill Talk
President discusses matter as Senate holds lively dispute and agrees to vote on a public hearing amendment today. Thomas charges bankers created 1893 panic while Ransdell resumes attack.
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Senate
Thomas
Ransdell
Wilson vows no compromise on tariff stand over wool and sugar
President Wilson reaffirmed in a semiweekly briefing that he will not compromise on tariff provisions affecting wool and sugar, backing the Underwood bill as passed by the House. He dismissed talk of concessions, while the Senate debated public hearings on the bill and prepared a vote on referring it to the finance committee.
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Wilson
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Senate
Fnough
Mugar
Finance Committee
Simmons
Stone
Thomas
Colorado
New York
Natutal
Lara
Congress
Norris
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