Sullivan admission shocks jury in breach of promise case
In New York on May 2 Moe A Sullivan testified in supreme court that she was led to believe she was married to William Burr and bore a child. She said she had lent Mae Sullivan a baby for $100 and showed it to Nellie Glassberg while claiming marriage to Burr. Records show she later admitted no marriage occurred and disputes over an alleged engagement to Edward Moriarty.
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W A Burt
Mae Sullivan
Moriarty
Washington
New York
Wiz
Nellie Glasscer
Wir
Stebbins
William Bur
Miss Sullivan
Nelle Glagsbert
Mr Horr
Mae
Sultan
Mrs Glassberg
Bill and I
Willam J Daly
Nellie Glassbere
Toni
Mr Burr
Wr Barr
Hamilton Wren
Stade
West Mth Street
Compromise on Land Question in Mediation Talks
Mediation delegates push a plan for a provisional government with a declared land reform principles, aiming to guide future settlement in Mexico. Mexicans agree to discuss land reform without letting agrarian issues derail talks, while US recognition of certain Mexican financial acts may ease peace efforts. Toronto garden party interrupts but mediation continues.
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Ihs
Mexico
Mexian
Washington
Notich
Europe
United States
Mexico City
Poorhouse Fire Flares as Niagara Mediation Talks Move
Cabinet members voiced cautious optimism after reviewing communications between President Wilson and American negotiators at the Mexican mediation talks in Niagara Falls. Messages noted the agrarian issue and the lack of formal participation by Mexican constitutionalists, while a fire near Scranton prompted rapid local response with three engine companies dispatched to the hillside home housing county poor.
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Wilson
Niagara Falls
Gen Huerta
United States
Mexico
Washington Post
Scranton Fire Department
Jo Hames
Scranton Fire J Idents Advisers Department
Joe the collie runs a London poultry farm in Lindon Head
Joe is a wonderful collie who runs a poultry farm for his master in the suburbs of Lindon Head. He fosters the brood, keeps peace among the cockerels, and is praised as the pride of his master in a London paper.
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Dog
Joe
Lindon Heada
London
Ex- Prescent
Clark Favours Six Year Term For Presidents
Speaker Champ Clark proposes a six year presidential term with a one term rule to keep leaders from seeking reelection. He says inaugurations are spectacles and elections should be held in October every ten years, arguing this would let Roosevelt Wilson and other leaders have another term before the law takes effect.
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New York
Spearker
Champ Clark
Soia
Agatti
Marco Chav
Roosevelt Wilson
Fatt
Despondent veteran dies by gas in rooming house
Sianmond Dernfeldt 45, a Spanish war veteran and clerk in the Fastice Department, was found dead from asphyxiation in a rooming house on MT G Street Northwest last night. Police report he locked the door and sealed it with furniture, leaving a note to Jerry Costello, commander of the Spanish American War Veterans, saying he had become despondent. Dernfeldt had separated from his family about a year ago. Coroner Nevitt issued a death certificate as self-inflicted.
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Sianmond Dernfeldt
Fastice Department
MT G Street
Dernfeldt
Jerry Costello
Loroner Nevitt
Berlin Expels Two American Mormon Missionaries
A May report from Berlin says German authorities ordered the expulsion of two Americans, Lucas Cheney and Wallacy Tolman, living in Gera near Leipzig. They are accused of acting as Mormon missionaries under the guise of students and were deemed a threat to state interests.
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Washington
Berlin
America
Lucas Cheney
Wallacy Tolman
Gera
Leipzig
WILL STAY IN MEXICO AMID REBEL CONTROL
American Consul Bonney at Vera Cruz reports 110 refugees from San Luis Potosi with only a few to leave. A list shows many families remaining for safety or business, while some will stay under rebel protection or due to funds.
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Oue
Bonney
Vera Cruz
San Luis Potopi
Wit
Big Wife
State Department
San Luis Potosi
H H Allison
E M Boatner
Sharpton
H M Austin
W Barrere
Clara F Dickin
Frank A Dickinson
Thomas Dickinson
D H Demras
Gonthier Frife
John 'W
Hall Walter Fogerty
EH Cress
G M Sharpton
W Ho Simpson
Milton F Stackpole
Howard Y Tureria
Millard Warren
Thomas Crain
Leister
Thoras Wood
Thomas Smith
C E Williams I
K Remick
James W Tobin
Ben Eels
Alster
Miss Moling
Charlie May Cunningham
Milas Lowig
Miss Aister
Mission School
Col A . Willard Louise Wilard
John Hinman
John F Volta
James Cunningham Jr
Roy Cunningham Sre
Ciudad Marz
Constitutionallat
Salvador aid fund to fight US sparks regional enlistment
Mexico City report says Salvadoran people raise a fund to aid Mexico in case of war with the United States. About 10 000 Salvadorans and Hondurans offered to join the Mexican army to fight the United States, with several Salvadorean army officers also willing to enlist.
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Mexico City
Salvador
Foreign Office
Mexico
United States
Mexicana
Quiet in Saltillo as Huerta observers rally near
Special cable from Mexico City reports Gen Joaquin Maas saying Saltillo is quiet with no rebels nearby. Federals repair the line toward San Luis Potosi while the mint issues 50 000 pesos in 10 and 2 centavo coins awaiting signature by Huerta and U S agents.
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Joaquin Maas
Washington Post
Mexico City
Saltillo
War Office
San Luis Potoal
Federal
Riis Dies in Massachusetts Widow at Bedside
Jacob AugRiis noted author and social worker died at his summer home in Barre Massachusetts after a long illness. Theodore Roosevelt sent condolences, praising Riis as a useful citizen who fought slum conditions in New York. Riis, native of Ribe Jutland Denmark, emigrated to America with $40, began in carpentry, then journalism, later dedicating life to slum reform and public lecturing.
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Wires
Natve
Denmark
Barre
Masa
Jacob Riis
Riis
Battle Creek
Jacob August Riis
New York
Metropolis
Theodore Roosevelt
Aratband
America
Rus
Ribe Jutland
Rijs
New York City
the Tribune
the Bun
Elizabeth Neilson
Mary Phillips
St Louis
Roosevelt
Racoh Riis
United States
Red Cross Buys Japan Cloth for Nurses Costumes
Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman of the National Red Cross, announced in New York that an order through the American Ambassador in Japan has been placed for 1000 yards of cloth to make costumes for American Red Cross nurses. The plan includes a reef work feature and the creation of a Washington bureau of information to inform relatives of sick or wounded soldiers.
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Washington Pos
New York
Mabel Boardman
National Red Cross
Japan
Red Cross
Red Cross Reef
Senator Bradley Is Buried in Kentucky Funeral
Frankfort May 26 Senator W O Bradley of Kentucky was buried after a simple funeral. The family declined lying in state and asked for no ostentation. Flags were half masted on public buildings as the cortege left the home of Dr John G South, the senator’s son in law, and no salute of seventeen guns was fired from Capitol Hill.
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Frankfort
Monica
W O Bradley
Kentucky
John G South
Capital Hill
Executed after wedding ends life of Elizabeth man
Trenton May 26 Raffaelo Longa of Elizabeth was electrocuted in the state prison death house for murder. The crime arose from a quarrel in an Elizabeth saloon. Longo had just married Carmancia, his second wife, in Italy years ago and the ceremony was said to secure his inheritance of Longo property in that country.
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Trenton N J
Raffaelo Longa
Elizabeth
Antonio Migliore Longa
Longo
Carmancia
Italy
Longoa
Wall Instruct Militia Troops At Fort Myer Camp
Batteries of the Third United States Infantry held artillery at Fort Myer Virginia will march to Tobyhanna Pennsylvania on Monday to establish a camp for militia field artillery instruction. The camp will run through October and may be the sole joint maneuver for regulars and militia this summer as many regulars are on Mexican service.
Evils of Municipal Ownership Reported Before House Panel
Senate and House news notes describe arguments by Clark Rosecrantz of Milwaukee for private operation against municipal ownership. Other items include Panama Canal coin, World Party Federation delegates, Fort McHenry monument funds, and prohibition efforts.
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Senate
House
Ulster Won’t Accept Home Rule Carson Says Volunteers Ready
Sir Edward Carson declares Ulster will not accept Home Rule and vows Ulster will be supported by money and volunteers. He cites sympathy from the United States and empire, cites checks from Melbourne and Toronto, and says he will organize prem ary steps in Mountain Ash and Belfast to prepare for action if Home Rule becomes law.
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Ulster
Carson
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Melbourne
Toronto
Empire
Belfast
John E Redmond
England
Two Senate Speeches Oppose Toll Law Repeal
In a Senate debate yesterday Senators Jones and Ransdell delivered forceful critiques of repealing the toll law. Jones argued the president erred in demanding repeal and warned of dangerous consequences, while Ransdell challenged the president’s authority over interstate commerce and urged leaving the law intact to protect sovereignty and national interests.
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Senate
Jones
Washington
Ransdell
Louisiana
Congress
Senator Jones
Defeat in Tolls Repeal Debate Moves to Mid May
Detroit reports indicate a charged political scene as President's Mexican policy and canal tolls policy influence party lines. Senator Charles B Townsend of Jackson rejects a tolls increase while urging Republicans to mobilize votes. He criticized the Democratic administration's stance at a Republican State Welfare conference tonight.
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Detroit
United States
Charles B Townsend
Jackson
Lariff
Republican State Welfare Conference
Electric Vehicle Contest Bends Through Washington's Rock Creek Park
The Smithsonian hosts an ELEGRTRIG contest starting at 11 a.m. with cars leaving in report order every 30 seconds. The route runs east to Potomac Park, then west to Connecticut Avenue, up Seventeenth Street, toward the Zoo, down the hill, past the duck pond, and along the east bank of Rock Creek to Millers, with a possible detour via Klingle Road if Klingle Ford is closed.
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Electric Vehicle Association Sociability Ram
Smithsonian Institution
Millers Cabin
River Front
Potomac Park
Seventeenth Street
Connecticut Avenue
Zoo
Gark
Quarry Road
Rock Creek Park
Pierce Mill
Bowlder Bridge
Millersj Cabin
Movements of Ocean Steamers and Ships Listed
Movements of ocean steamers include RIVED from Southampton to New York and Kronprinzessin Cecilie and Vaterland from New York to Europe. Mauretania sails from New York to Liverpool and La Provenca heads to Havre. Other vessels include Finland from New York to Antwerp and Bremen bound ships.
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RIVED
Wtymple
Southampton
New York
Finland
New Yorks
Antwerp Kronprinzessin
Cecilie
Breven
Kaiser Wilhelm 1
Brem
Vaterland
Hembun Mauretania
Four Billion Dollar Export Drive Opened at Convention
Delegates gather in Washington for the first national foreign trade convention aimed at expanding U.S. exports. Cyrus McCormick slated to speak for International Harvester. leaders from New York and other cities attend as Cushioned by messages from Constantinople and the Levant Chamber of Commerce. Prosperity hinging on overseas markets, officials stress the need to seize new trade and counter established European dominance.
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Constantinople
Cyrus McCormick
Harvester Company
United States
Raleigh
New York
Washington
New England
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Elv Douglas
Reary
Ndutra
Sabe
Ram
Levant
Hartes
Carus Ho McCormick
Chicago
Harvster Curpat
America
Pete
Wisant
Mick
Kern to Talk for Veterans
Senator Kern accepted an invitation to meet veterans in Wilard and WMonia. He will discuss discharge issues from the post office and department staffing, vowing attention to petitions and new cases from departing workers and former service members.
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Hera
Addie
Wilard
Ohio
Bride Forgets Her Name In Court Testimony
New York May 6 An elated Anna Katamachka appears in special sessions to testify in a case as she cannot remember her own last name. She recalls only being married a week prior to the ceremony to Joseph Katamachhas. The couple faces charges linked to a former admirer involved in a soda bottle incident.
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Katamachka Spee
Warkington Post
New York
Anna Katamachka
Jamal 1
Asker
Anna
Katamachha
Joseph the
Cnael Comer
Brde
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American Association of Law Libraries
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Reese
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