Tornado Devastates Seward Killing Eight and Wounding Fourteen
A violent tornado struck Seward Nebraska on May 15, blurring the afternoon with hail and rain. Eight people were killed and fourteen injured as debris crushed homes, a barn, and volunteers rushed to aid. The storm damaged businesses and telephone lines, with several residents killed despite opportunities to seek shelter in cellars.
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Seward
Neb
WM. Hassinger
G. W. Edmonds
David Hoover
Samuel Cain
August Schultz
Erma Schultz
Aug. Schultz
David Imlay
C. W. Wasserman
Ernest Holland
John Fike
C. Langworthy
Victor Wasserman
Eleanor
Gugnat Schultz
Little August Schultz, Jr
Fred Steinbeck
Henry Feigard
Miss Imlay
Lutherans Elect Biennial Officers
Atchison May 15. The biennial general synod of the Lutheran church in Atchison opened with the election of officers. Leading presidential candidates were Rev. J. S. Keyser of Springfield Ohio Rev. B. K. Bell of Baltimore and Rev. H. L. Yearger of Atchison.
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Atchison, Kan
General Synod of the Lutheran Church
J. S. Keyser
Springfield
B. K. Bell
Baltimore
H. L. Yearger
Atchison
Postmaster Appointment At Sacramento Named
Washington May 15 President Wilson appointed Thomas Fox as postmaster at Sacramento California subject to Senate confirmation.
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Names
Washington
Wilson
Thomas Fox
Sacramento
Cal
Senate
Manicure Girls Seek 1758 Bequest In City Land Puzzle
Migses G and Pearl Holmes, salon workers in a large hotel in San Francisco, travel to Sweden to claim a $160,000 estate. They claim descent from Carl Christopher Springer who arrived from Stockholm in 1857 and left a will bequeathing land that became Wilmington. Descendants of Springer’s sons disputed it after the will was torn up. The Holmes sisters, born in Salinas California, say they are descended from Lawrence Springer involved in the dispute.
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San Francisco
Migses G
Pearl Holmes
Sweden
Carl Christopher Springer
Stockholm
Del
Wilmington
Springer
Holmes
Salinas
Cel
Lawrence Springer
Explosions Spark Widespread Anxiety in Mid Atlantic
Explosions and planted charges trigger fear across western Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia. Since last Saturday about a dozen killed scores wounded and extensive property damage reported. Sunshine Coal mine near Mastontown Pa and Consolidated Coal Co magazines at Echart Md pivotal incidents with multiple fatalities. An attempted train bombing near Leckrone Pa adds to regional alarm.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Sunshine Coal and Coke Company
Mastontown
Consolidated Coal Company
Echart
Brownsville
Uniona
Leckrone
Monongahela
Sunday baseball protest targets city leaders in Cedar Rapids
Opponents who urged banning Sunday baseball filed with the district court clerk to remove Mayor Louis Roth and Police Chief Carl from office. Chief Carl is a cousin of Waterloo mayor Thompson.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis Roth
Carl
Thompson
Waterloo
Scott relief party members reach Frisco
In San Francisco on May 15 two relief party members who recovered Captain Scott's frozen body arrived aboard the Cahiti from Sydney. Charles S. Wright of Cambridge University and Frank de Benham, Sydney University graduate, declined to add to earlier narratives and will travel to England by slow stages via Vancouver and Chicago.
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San Francisco
Robert Scott
South Pole
Royal Mail
Cahiti
Sydney
Charles S. Wright
Cambridge University
England
Frank Debenham
University of Sydney
Australia
Vancouver
Chicago
Encampment of Guardsmen Planned for July
Captain J H Hildebrand of company L National Guard reports the Fifty third regiment will hold a July encampment at Charles City. Company B led by Captain George Weillein will join guardsmen from across the state, with Hildebrand coordinating Waterloo units.
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J. H. Hildebrand
National Guard
Nagal
Fiftythird
Charles City
George Weillein
Hildebrand
Waterloo
Guatemala Agree to Resume Interest Payments
Guatemala City May 1 reports that the government has arranged to resume payment of interest on the Guatemalan foreign debt, largely held in England, following satisfactory negotiations.
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Guatemala
Guatemala City
England
Billy Mason a Visitor Here at Waterloo
William E. Mason of Chicago, former United States senator from Montana, visits Waterloo for the current federal court session. Known as a popular figure in Sucker State politics, Mason is noted for his storytelling and keen insights into Republican and Democratic circles, despite years away from the political whirl.
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Waterloo
Federal Court
William E. Mason
Chicago
Milinoia
Mason
Mexican government rail loan eyed at Paris and London
London May 16. A Mexican government loan of 25 million dollars for railroad restoration in Mexico is understood to be practically arranged in London and Paris. Terms not yet available but described as high. Mexican agents seek 50 million dollars more for governmental use.
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London
Paris
BOTH SIDES FIRM IN CAR STRIKE
Cincinnati May 15 Officials of the traction company prepared to reopen several street car lines as both sides declared they had won the strike. Police were asked to provide guards for cars after three ran on the Avondale line. A meeting was called tonight for engineers firemen oilers electricians and inemen to unionize the employer’s arrest car company. The men remain at work.
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Cincinnati
Traction Company
Avondale
Ihs
Unemen
Health proof required for marriages in Montclair churches
In Montclair New Jersey on May 16 the Unity church voted to have the pastor deny marriage ceremonies unless both parties present certificates of good health. The Christian Union Congregational church had previously adopted a similar requirement reflecting the growing eugenics movement.
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Montclair
N. J
Unity Church
Christian Union
Congregational Church
Glenn Divorce Case Is Being Tried In Court
The divorce case Anna M. Glenn versus Lawrence W Glenn resumes before Judge Platt with Mrs Glenn on the stand for most of the day. W H Merner represents Mrs Glenn and W Leon Belt of Waterloo defends Lawrence. Earlier Mary Olsen versus Chris Olsen was concluded and submitted. A damage suit by Mike Ruminsick administrator against A A Dunham and others for oil causing a fatal fire is in Judge Mullan's court. Real estate values jump as countywide assessments set at actual value guided by auditor and recorder. One farm lot sold for 1100 was assessed at 364.
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Platt
Anna M. Glenn
Lawrence W Glenn
Cedar Falls
Chris Olsen
County Recorder
Rainbow
Michigan congressman resigns over telegram mistake
May 15. HR Olin Young resigns from Congress after a telegram copying error. In Ontonagon county Michigan voters cast 458 ballots for Sheldon William J. McDonald a name that appeared due to the mistake, while McDonald as Progressive in the November contest was morally entitled to the seat. The 458 votes were discarded.
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Washington
Olin Young
Fron
Michigan
Congress
William J. McDonald
Young
Ontonagon County
Mich
Sheldon William J. McDonald
Congressional Committee
McDonald
Finish Marking of Historic Old Santa Fe Trail
A motor party under the Kansas City D A R will complete most of the Santa Fe trail markings within three days, covering the segment from Kansas City to Old Franklin Missouri. Ceremonies are planned in New Franklin for the unveiling of the Santa Fe trail monument, with the first marker at New Santa Fe ten miles south of Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Old Franklin
Santa Fe
N.M
New Franklin
New Santa Fe
Baptist Sec'y Claims Victories At Southern Baptist Union
St Louis May 15 The Woman's Missionary Union auxiliary to the Southern Baptist convention met for its twenty fifth annual gathering The morning session focused on the president's address and Kathleen Mallory Baltimore reported two victories The foreign missionary board accepted our appointed representative for unmarried women seeking foreign work and our union’s formal report to each annual Southern Baptist session was approved by the Sunday school board and home and foreign mission boards Kept to concrete named entities and events with period style.
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St. Louis
Woman's Missionary Union
Southern Baptist ‘Convention
Kathleen Mallory
Baltimore
Southern Baptist Convention
Foreign Missionary Board
Sunday School Board
Home Mission and Foreign Mission Boards
Bomb found near Nat's Art Gallery in London
A so called militant suffrage bomb was found overnight outside the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square. The tin can carried live cartridges wrapped in a Suffragette copy and labeled pills to break the windows of the National Gallery. No detonator or mechanism was attached, rendering it harmless.
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London
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
California alien land bill prompts US Japan talks
Washington acts to draft a formal reply to Japans protest against Californias anti alien land measure. Governor Johnson plans to sign the bill, with Bryan Moore and the cabinet preparing a united position for negotiations with Japan.
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Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Japan
Johnson
California
Viscount Chinda
New York
Moore
Foreign Office
Tokio
United States
Injury Brings Back Long Lost Identity
Warren Pennsylvania May 15 A man named John Olver of Chicago a wealthy land owner in West Virginia and Pennsylvania recovered his memory after an accident at a sand plot near Torpedo. He is hospitalized awaiting his brother from Chicago. He claimed ownership of 120 building lots near Wheeling West Virginia and valuable mineral lands near Lancaster Pennsylvania. A telegram to his Chicago brother from county commissioners confirmed his story.
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Warren
John Olver
Chicago
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Torpedo
Oliver
Rota
Wheeling
W. Va
Lancaster
La Follette Looms as 1916 Presidential Hope in Wisconsin
Madison May 16. Speakers at the state Republican harmony dinner at the State university gym urged progressives to return to the old Republican fold. They warned those not enrolled under La Follette would be deemed unfaithful. The planned 1916 presidential boom for La Follette was abandoned as inauspicious. It was a La Follette gathering organized by his followers in the state legislature.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Republican Harmony
State University
O Hara Inquiry Nears End In Illinois Senate
Springfield Ill May 15 The senate inquiry into charges against Lieut Gov O Hara nears completion after brief testimony by Thomas Vredenburgh the lumberman linked to the Hotel Sherman party and Sam Davis the Robinsons affidavit witness Senator Ettelson committee chair says any further sessions will be announced later and the report exonerating the lieutenant governor is expected to be sent to the senate soon Vredenburgh testified nervously as Ettelson conducted the questioning
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Springfield
Ill
Senate
O'Hara
Thomas Vredenburgh
Sherman
Sam Davis
Robinson
Ettelson
Senate Committee
Mauds
Vredenburgh
Realty Realization Company Faces Bankruptcy Petitions
Chicago May 16 bankruptcy petitions accuse Realty Realization Company of extravagance mismanagement and insolvency. The $3,000,000 fand corporation with offices in the People Gas building is named in two motions. Chicago Title and Trust Company appointed receiver to oversee the alleged tangled financial affairs.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Realty Realization Company
Fand Corporation
People Gas
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Temperature Report Shows Narrow May Range
The record notes a May 15 temperature with a 42 degree minimum and 56 degree maximum. It compares with last year’s 44 degree low and 55 degree high. Markings are from Buchanan Optical Co. on the ground floor Syndicate.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Alien Land Bill Debate Frames California Policy
A federal and state discourse outlines the California alien land law, arguing the bill’s necessity to protect agricultural lands and state welfare. It frames the issue as long-standing, cites constitutional fears about foreign nationals, and defends action as legally and morally required for preservation and prosperity.
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California
United States
Tate
Whangle Over Tariff Bill Blocks Senate Vote Row
Senate wrangle over right of way for tariff bill and Kern's coal strike investigation runs into a delay. Senator Alden Smith denounces the opposition as arbitrary delaying public hearings. Kern agrees to pursue his probe at 6 pm amid debate on the Penrose La Follette amendment. A West Virginia postmaster charges a former U S official was among those involved.
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Washington
Senate
Kern
West Virginia
Wm. Alden Smith
Penrose-La Follette
Finance Committee
Simmons
Finance
U. S
United States
Hospital as Memorial to Morgan's Physician Opens
Aix Les Bains France May 15 The Leon Blanc hospital given by the late J Pierpont Morgan to the city as a memorial to his former physician Dr Leon Blanc was formally opened by the mayor in the presence of representatives of the French government the Red Cross and medical organizations A great gold medal intended for Morgan was received by his nephew Walter Burne and partner Henry P Davison
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Aix Les Bains
France
Leon Blanc
J. Pierpont Morgan
Red Cross Society
Mr. Morgan
Walter Burne
Henry P. Davison
Believe Arson Trust Effectively Quashed
New York May 15 The arson trust has been effectively quashed, says Fire Commissioner Johnson. His report shows four months into the year 4,450 fires, 1,484 fewer than the same period in 1912. Total loss amounts to 2,376,296, below last year’s figure.
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New York
Johnson
Tentative decision on merger dissolution in Pacific railroad case
Washington May 15 Attorney General Reynolds flags a tentative move to divorce the Central Pacific from Union Pacific as part of dissolving the Southern Pacific Union Pacific merger. He will study SP memorandum arguing no need to relinquish Central Pacific while previous officials pressed a Sherman Act challenge. Final McReynolds position will shape the dissolution plan.
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Washington
Reynolds
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Wicker+sham
Southern Pacific S
Bullitt
McReynolds
Militant suffragist leaders held for conspiracy at Old Bailey
Six militant suffragist leaders and an ally were committed for trial at the Old Bailey on charges of conspiracy under the Malicious Demise Act. All pleaded not guilty and reserved defense. Bail granted on promise to refrain from militancy pending trial. Two minor items follow on postmaster nominations for voice caster duties.
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London
Ryint
Old Bailey
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