House Debates Tariff Bill as Donkey Hoisted in Chamber
Washington May 9 the Democratic tariff bill passes the House vote 281 to 129 amid celebration. Speakers praise the measure while Republicans and Progressives clash over sugar reductions and the bill’s terms. Senate fate uncertain with talks of delaying and committee reviews before August.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Boure
Gill
Clark
Jong
Senate
Regate Finance Committee
House
Mann
Murdock
Cary and
Stafford
Wisconsin
Democrata
Broustard, Dupree
Lara
Bee Causes Double Wreck Near German Town
In Philadelphia on May 5 a bee distracted Motorman Behlater, causing loss of control on a streetcar. Several passengers were hurt as two wagons were damaged and the car nearly demolished. The motorman jumped from the platform as a collision loomed while the conductor tried to pull the wire pole to stop the car, which leaped the track and struck an iron telegraph pole.
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Philadelphia
Tyoe
Behlater
Germantown
Slashed to Death in Coffeyville Duel Over Woman
In Coffeyville Kansas May 9 Reminto Huerta a Mexican drifter killed wealthy cattleman Waelling ton Nos by a bowie knife in a duel over rooming house proprietor Nina Proctor. Huerta was wounded four times but walked to police and surrendered. Authorities found Nos dead with a pistol in his hand. Proctor was distressed and jailed as the men’s rivalry over her attracted police attention.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Waellington Noves
Remiltjo Huerta
Nina Proctor
Huerta
le Het
Sra Practor
Crater Fortifies Hawaiian Island Defenses at Diamond Head
May 9 Uncle Sara reports a new Corregidor like crater near Diamond Head Hawaii used as a fortress link in surrounding Molokai. A mortar battery is installed within the crater whose lava walls resist heavy projectiles.
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Bax Francisco
Sara
Diamond Head
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Natues
Peace Delegates Dine With Theo Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
International delegates gathered at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay for a luncheon hosted by Mrs Theodore Roosevelt to celebrate a century of peace among English-speaking peoples. Accompanied by American committee members, the group arrived from New York aboard a motorcar, greeted on the porch by Col Theodore Roosevelt wearing a riding coat.
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Oxeter Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
New York
Moosevelt Place
Sagamore HI
Col Mtensevelt
Twenty Five Mill Strikers Arrested in Paterson Riot
May 3 in Paterson New Jersey twenty five mill strikers were arrested after a disturbance in front of the Dougherty and Washburn mill as a crowd of about 500 men gathered. Police contained the scene while women were not detained. The incident involved strikers attempting to block workers from entering the mill.
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Paterson
N. J
Dougherty & Washburn
Prorkerd
Supreme Court Recess Planned Before Opinion Opinions
The Supreme Court agreed to recess from May 12 to May 26 after hearing the last case near the term end. Justices will prepare opinions on laws already under advisement.
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Supreme Court
Near End
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Liquor interests under fire in white slave probe
Springfield reports say Governor O Hara accused liquor interests of conspiring to discredit the senate white slave investigation. Special investigator M Blair Coan testified that Deputy Sheriff Sullivan threatened to “leave officials without a lieutenant governor” if Sam Davis of Davis Enact Co. were called. Sullivan denied the threats, saying he warned the committee to stay away, not to contaminate the inquiry.
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Springfield
O'Hara
Senate
M. Blair Coan
Coan
Sherrif Sullivan
Saoquimon County
Conn
Sullivan
Laland Hotel
Benate
Coap
Coax
Hare
David
Suiltvag
Cornell senior ball plans amid social event at armory
Acting T P Crane states Cornell senior class plans include walls and two step as part of a major society gathering to be held at the armory, with social affairs noted in the arrangements. A Hobart, Okla, court note reports Judge C R Cook and Sheriff Henry Meadows arrested by Under Sheriff Allen on charges of stealing and removing public documents. Former Senator Grigge dies in New Jersey after long illness.
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Cornell
T. P. Crane
Armory
Hobart
Sir Terry
Allen
C. R Cook
Henry Meadows
Comty
Swanson
Shots Hit Dynamite Train Near Sanare Border
Nogales Arizona May 94 reports say 2000 people were exposed to disaster as insurgents fired at a railway near the Sinaloa Sonora border. A car carrying Wayne mite exploded choking the line and only 50 of 250 passengers escaped death. Several Americans and others injured as trains were halted by planted mines. Two arrested in Tucson for plans to supply an aeroplane corps to Meshean rebels amid ongoing conflict. Japanese residents offer services to insurgent governor but are refused.
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Nogales
Ariz
Don
Sinaloa-Senora
Wayne Mite
Guaymas
I Wat
San Bias
Alamoa
Yggul Indiana
Ate
Geveral
Ned Didier Mason
Thomas Dean
Tucson
Sonora
Arma
L. I Pesquetra
Constitutionalist Committee
Rover
Japanese Navy Officers Visit U S Navy Yards
Acting Secretary Roosevelt welcomes four Japanese naval officers studying American naval air. They will tour Washington Navy Yard and other stations for about a year and a half, following recent visits by eight officers presented by the Japanese naval attaches.
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Washington
May
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Washington Navy Ward
Yarda
Accuser testifies in prize fighter trial amid censorship
Belle Schreiber, 25, testified in Judge Carpenter's federal court that Jack Johnson funded her travel from Pittsburg to Chicago and supported living in multiple cities. The witness described their arrangements, while the judge blocked probing into admitted relations to avoid tainting jurors. The court noted guarded seating and sparse attendance as Johnson presented a subdued display of jewelry.
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Chicago
Belle Schretbod
Jack Johsson
Pittsburg
Carpedier
Johnson
Schreiber
Chengo
New York
Aby
Perkin
Carpenter
Oakland
San Francisco
Jonson
San Franciado
O Notuay
Jhas
Dive Anvarel
Ax Murders Linked to Henry Lee Moore In Several States
Leavenworth, May 9. Special agent M. W. McClaughry says twenty one ax murders across Missouri Kansas Colorado Iowa and Hawaii over three years are attributed to Henry Lee Moore who is serving in the Missouri penitentiary for the killings of his mother and grandmother at Columbia Missouri in December He links the crimes to Moore after his release from Hutchinson reformatory and notes no further killings since Moore's 1912 Columbia arrest The suspect admits and contradicts himself while investigators compare cases including the Villisca murders and Crippen case for patterns.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Iowa
Hiiopia
Henry Lee Moore
Béisgouri Penitentiary
M. W. McClangary
Department of Justice
Moore
Columbia
Moora
McClaughry
Dr. Crippen
McClauchry
H. C Wayne
A. J. Burnham
Colorado Springs
Calo
William FE. Dawson
Monmouth
Iil
Willizad Showman
Ellsworth
Kao
Ralth Bndson
Paoke
J. B. Moore
Willisea
Jane
Wilson
McClaughey
Villisca
Hutchinson
Kaw
Mother Kills Her 2 Babies in Philadelphia
Mary Kulasa, 24, arising from bed in southern Philadelphia home, used a long butcher knife to slay her two infant daughters while the husband slept. She later told police she acted from religious delusion and became hysterical in custody.
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Philadelphia
Mary Kulasa
Triplets Replace 4 Lost in Brooklyn Fire Tragedy
In Brooklyn on the last day of January last year Louis and Rebecca Isler lost two boys and two girls to a fire. In May Rebecca Isler gave birth to three sons, bringing joy to the grieving family who had prayed for other children to fill the void. Also noted is a short item about Uncle JJ Cannon forgetting his birthday in Danville Indiana with roses and a birthday cake arriving from friends.
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New York
Louis
Rebecca Ister
Brooklyn
Rebecca Isler
Louia
Rebecca
el Yitzchok
Uncle Joe
Danville
JJ Cannon
Rosea
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Manalian
T. R
Golone
Carnegie
Judge Parkee
Vice Commie
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Witnees
Denlal
Grigge
Sanare-Sinaloa
Cavey
U. S. Navy Yards
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Warden McClaughry
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