Navy Bill Passes by 13 Votes in Senate Battle
Senate action approves naval appropriation totaling 134 million dollars enabling construction of two dreadnoughts and several destroyers and torpedo boats. Debate highlights Depew’s Spain and Venezuela war theories with Bilateral tensions and lessons from Cleveland era, while Barton's Amendment and Burton’s push to limit battleships fail. Atlantic City special notes rail connections and travel details.
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Madden Wins $50,000 Suit Against Bell in Court
John E Madden the horseman won a suit against Louis W Bell after Bell failed to appear in Supreme Court. Justice Ford granted an interlocutory decree for $60,000, Madden accusing Bell of influencing the divorced wife to block a betting injunction, affecting a Sheepshead Bay race. The sale of Madden stock at Hamburg Lexington Kentucky brought in $54,000.
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Washington Post
New York
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Louis W Bell
Supreme Court
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Madden
Marieanna Louiss Magrue Madven
Sheepshead Bay
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Lexington
Riots in Cork Renewed Injure Multiple Policemen
Rioting flared in Cork Ireland tonight between rival nationalist factions injuring many people. About twenty persons were sent to infirmaries, including several policemen, as clashes continued into the evening.
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Circles Rebel Army Madriz Menaces the City
A cable report claims three Madrid divisions about 2 000 men each threaten Bluefields near Rama in Nicaragua. It says Steamer Marietta di Giorgio may have been pressed into insurgent service and later given up, with New Orleans insurgents insisting direct engagement around Rama is mandatory to surround the point.
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Venus
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Estradas Navy
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Painter Jean Sala and Fischer brothers duel in pistol fight
In Paris on a day of duels painter Jean Sala and brothers Max and Alex Fischer, noted humor writers, exchanged shots with both sides sustaining no injuries. Earlier, Count Ismael de Lesseps and Count Just de Poligny dueled with swords, then pistols, both sides struck by bullet and flesh wound, De Poligny hit in arm and De Lesseps in thigh.
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Ferdinand de Lesseps
Parc Des Princes
Jean Sala
Max
Alex Fischer
Sala
Salan
Auel Tole
Max Fischer
Alex
Nether Wee Bart
Washington Observes Halley’s Comet at Capitol Tele-scope
A historic night as President Taft and Mrs Taft joined John Hays Hammond at the Rayal Observatory. Senators and Representatives viewed Halley’s comet from naval and Capitol telescopes, with Prof Littell and Prof Hill guiding observers through the eclipse. Senator Isaac Stephenson noted as one of the few to see the comet on two appearances, recalling the 1836 sighting.
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FP Taft
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Morgan
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Wisconsin
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George A. Hill
Lunar Eclipse Observed From Naval Observatory
The moon moved into Earth shadow at 1208 and emerged at 221 this morning, a total eclipse lasting three hours and minutes. The darkened disk passed about 20000 miles through the shadow, a shadow roughly 6200 miles across. Prof. Petera captured several photographs during the event.
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Longworth for Senator in Ohio Nixon Cox Support Grows
A Cincinnati dispatch to the New York Times reports the Cox organization will back Representative Nicholas Longworth of the First Ohio district for the U S Senate to succeed Chaster Dick of Akron. Cox leaders say they will campaign for Longworth at the Dayton convention and push his name at primaries, despite earlier objections by some Republicans.
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Ohio
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Charles P Wratt
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Harrick
Improved by long fast says Dr Gayer clearer mind and sight
New York May after a long fast Dr Gustav A Gayer reports losing sixteen pounds yet growing stronger and clearer in mind with better memory and eyesight. He sleeps outside drinks water and found tobacco deprivation hardest. he plans to extend his fast to five days. In Johannesburg a prominent barrister died after starting Sinclair's fasting cure.
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New York
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Williams
Upton
Dream Saves His Father In Late Night Rescue
A physician awoke from a dream warning that his father Thomas Bradwell was in danger aboard a take asx craft. He alerted rescuers who responded to the distress signal. A lifeboat with Mrs Bradwell and companions was towed to safety by the life saving crew.
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Washington Post
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Germany protests over Persia railway concessions clash with Britain and Russia
Berlin reports a serious diplomatic dispute as Germany, Britain, and Russia argue over Persia railway concessions. The Anglo Russian note warned Persia against granting rights to a third power, prompting German protests. Meanwhile a Baltimore and Ohio excursion from Union Station departs May 31 at 7:30 am for Gettysburg, Pen-Mar, and Rheedreville with a return same day.
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Desert Doctor Found Dead Near Bakersfield
Dr. William A. Moff of the University of Michigan wandered into Sato Sand Canyon in the desert and died there on May 11. Found dead on a Saturday, he had been delirious and stripped himself, with Mork in charge of a hospital east of Mojave on the Los Angeles aqueduct. He likely aimed for the railroad at Brown.
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Poster Printers Censors Bar Short Skirts and Tights
Cincinnati May 2 The secretary of the International Foster Printer Association says printers will bar short skirts and tights from billboards and will not print anything a reputable newspaper or magazine would reject. Delegates at their fourth annual convention corroborate the aims of the meeting.
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Clarence H. Runey
International Foster Printer’ Association
United States
Canada
Empire Day Address and Royal Moves Amid World News
King George pledges constitutional safeguards as he tours colonies and India, vowing to uphold freedom and justice. Emperor William departs London for Port Victoria aboard the imperial yacht, while Queen Alexandra will remain in England. A London vaccine scare links King Edwards illness to a treatment, which Queen Alexandra denies, stating the death was not caused by vaccination and he stayed in good health under medical care.
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South African Union
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Falal
Charity impostor’s estate dispute rocks Moore heirs
In Baltimore a probate fight shapes around Diarra Moore who posed as a pauper to divert charity funds. The estate leaves 370000 in deposits and loans, while a supposed Idaho daughter claims rights alongside two New York nieces, with attorneys calling the claimant an imposter. A grand excursion prize to Varay is listed among loans.
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Washington Post
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Francisco
Suzannah A Moore
Margaret Bean
Idaho
Margaret Kane
Mary Hunter
New York
Diarra Moore
Renarches
Trial of William Seyler in Atlantic City murder
Rapid progress marked the May 28 hearing as prosecutors outline Jane Adams death defending her honor. Neighbors Orvis Leyte and the Adams family testified about the February 4 night at the Million Dollar Pier and Seyler’s involvement. Autopsy doctors tied the fatal blow to before her body entered the water. Seyler denied the night’s events in a Petersburg statement.
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Olvis
Jane Adame
William Hammell
Bote Basih
Charla Adame
Will Seyler
Orvis
Emory Marvel
Cyclones Sweep Frange and France in Night of Destruction
Severe storms and cyclones ravaged portions of France with deaths reported in multiple localities. Vineyards near Epernay and buildings including a municipal structure were washed away. A waterspout followed a cyclone at Thovan les Bains. Tremors were felt in Agde. rail sections washed out in Reims. The Post plans its June 12 magazine section with featured writers and cover design by J C Lyendecker.
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Edwin Bjorkenan
Arthur Stanwood Fier
J _C Lyendecker
Naval BOS Army Nenaces Binsfields Passes i Senate
i Senate passes naval bos army nenaces binsfields as Taft sees sky phenomena and an officer shot by bandit dominates the brief, with other items on trials, messages to colonies, and public notices.
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Bandit chase ends with pursuit into coal mine shaft
Sensational horse theft near Pittsburg leads to a gunbattle injuring John McDermott health officer of Creston Pa He dies of wounds as horse thief Elliott and accomplice Mixawi flee into an abandoned coal mine mob blocks entrances and vows to stay until capture Elliott is later shot and wounded by residents and detectives. Mixawi is captured with authorities saying he was the other thief.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
John McDermott
Creston Pa
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Maine
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Let
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Gormley
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$10 Graduation Gown Limit Proposed by Newton Leader
Boston May 23 A Newton civic drive is under way led by Mrs George Lowell to cap gown costs in schools. She criticizes graduations where girls outdress one another and urges a $10 limit to promote simpler attire at high and grammar school ceremonies.
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Newton
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Lowell
Footman Attacks Author in Northampton
In Northampton England May 23 a discharged footman attacked author Robert Harborough Sherard and his wife Irene Osgood at their flat. The assailant struck Sherard in the mouth with a stick then drew a revolver and aimed it at him. The cartridge failed to explode and the man was overpowered and handed to the police.
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Gable
Washington Post
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England
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Sherard
Atom Tech
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Richmond, Vo
Jain D Bsio
Indictments loom as Spitzer testifies in sugar trust case
Oliver Spitzer, a former superintendent at Williamsburg docks, testified in New York at the trial of Charles R. Hetke of the American Sugar Refining Company. Spitzer claimed a pardon from the President legitimized his testimony and detailed schemes to defraud the government through sugar imports and false weights. He said the frauds began when sugar was taken off the free list under Wilcox tariffs and described devices that inflated weights, with further arrests and potential new indictments anticipated as the trial proceeded.
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