Senator James Defends Wilson on Free Sugar Debate
Washington, May 16. Senator James spoke for President Wilson and the administration in the Senate defending the Baltimore platform’s pledge on free sugar. He contradicted Senator Ransdell and Senator-Elect Broussard of Louisiana who said free sugar was not endorsed. Tumulty attended and listened as the tariff debate moved toward a 4 p.m. vote on public hearings.
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Washington
James
Wilson
Baltimore
Senate
Ransdell
Broussard
Louisiana
Joseph
Capitol
Democratic House
Congress
House
Pittsburgh
Ransdell Denncs
Democratic National Committee
West
Chicago
Kentucky
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
South
la Follette
Norris
Estate Letter Opens Walters Family Mystery
In Chicago a man with 45 cents in his pocket received a post office letter from Knoxville Tennessee revealing his father had died and left him an estate worth over 30000 dollars. The note from his aunt marked the first contact since he ran away from Nashville thirteen years ago.
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Chicago
James Walters
P. G. Petty
Knoxville
Tenn
Walters
Nashville
Mrs. Wilson Asked to Design a Coin For Blind Babies
Mrs Woodrow Wilson wife of the president has been asked by the International Sunshine society at its fifteenth annual convention in New York to design a coin. Proceeds would aid and educate blind babies in the United States. The idea originated with Queen Alexandra and Empress Marie who designed a baby coin for Danish children. The penny sized copper piece is minted at the royal mint.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
International Sunshine Society
United States
Alexandria
Empress Marie
Denmark
Royal Mint
Greater Effort for Car Service
Cincinnati on May 16 reports a renewed push by the Cincinnati Traction Company to expand street car service. Striker activities centered on an afternoon parade and a mass meeting at the Cincinnati baseball park with delegates from every local union expected to participate.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Traction Company
Avondale
Cincinnati Baseball Park
Johnson Sentenced on White Slavery Conviction
Chicago May 16 Jack Johnson heavyweight champion found guilty of violating the federal white slave law for transporting Belle Schreiber from Pittsburgh to Chicago in 1910. He was convicted on all seven counts and faces up to 70 000 in fines and 35 years in prison. A new trial motion was filed.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Belle’ Schreiber
Pittsburgh
Parkin
Johnson
Carpenter
Notable New York matron active in charities and suffrage
Mrs. Joseph Wright Harriman stands among New York society’s leading matrons. She supports many charities and civic movements and appears on membership lists of prominent clubs. She is identified as a suffragist.
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J. W. Harriman
New York
No Troops to Anticipate War Prospect
Washington May 16 President Wilson and the cabinet considered the United States response to Japan over California anti alien land law. Secretary Bryan drafted the reply believed substantially approved. Publication timing of the Japanese protest text was under discussion. No troop movements were planned though a coast artillery reinforcement to Hawaii was continuing, part of broader garrison plans. The administration sought to discourage war scares through cautious diplomacy and restrained actions.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Japan
Bryan
New York
California
State Department
San Francisco
Hawaii
Insular
Canal Zone
Taft
Stimson
Newport
Norfolk
Moti
Prosecutor Opens on Rial Embezzlement Case
Deputy District Attorney Piagk Blair presented the state s argument for Lee Rial s conviction on a $5140 embezzlement charge from G P Fries at the urging of the burra trust The trial was set to go to the jury the next day in Los Angeles on May 11.
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Rial
Los Angeles
Piagk Blair
Lee Rial
G P. Fries
Burra Trust
Grave charges against Amine BDSa00 in West Virginia mine trial
In the senate Mr. Kern pressed for action on charges of peonage militarism and oppression in the West Virginia mine district backed by affidavits and testimony. Mother Jones and other labor leaders listened as a letter from State Senator Samuel Montgomery accused mine operators of valuing life less than profit citing seven miner deaths and widows receiving only pine coffins.
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Washington
Kern
West Virginia
Senate
Jones
Samuel B. Montgomery
Kingwood
W. Va
State Mining Department
Montgomery
Mining Department
Man Seeks Temporary Release for Burial of Wife
Police were asked this afternoon to grant temporary release to Charles Hird Mat so he could bury his wife at the Prophyterian hospital where Mrs. Hurd had been operated on for cancer. Hurd had been arrested last Monday on a charge of petting his wife and was sentenced to a jail term.
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Charles Hird
Hurd
Aimys
Weather Bureau Aide Reduced After Moore Dismissal
Washington May 26 Charles Tom Burns assistant foreman in the weather bureau was reduced in rank and pay by Secretary Houston after the dismissal of Chief Willis M Moore. Burns was declared guilty of misconduct in performance of his duty amid allegations Moore misused office for an appointment in President Wilson's cabinet. The case was referred to the Department of Justice for investigation.
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Washington
Chas
Tom Burns
Weather Bureau
Willis M. Moore
Houston
Burns
Department of Justice
Barns
Labor leader threats fuel guard around Paterson power plants
In Paterson New Jersey May 16 authorities guard all new power plants amid threats from Silk Workers Union leaders after the conviction of Industrial Workers of the World head Patrick Quinlan for inciting riot Adolph Lessig urged a city wide boycott of papers backing non IWW advertisers and the crowd of about ten thousand heard Haywood pledge replacements if he is jailed leaders vowed eight hour days and a six hour target within the year and next
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Paterson
N. J
Patrick Quinlan
Industrial Workers of the World
Haywood
Adolph Lessig
Quinlan
Lessix
Marlo
Treska
Elizabeth Curley Flynn
Perjfuring
Htter
Giovanniti
Matilda Rabinovitz
Miss Flynn
Lessig
New Jersey
Mondell Rebuts Redfield Thrust In Wage-Policy Debate
In Washington on May 16 Representative Mondell of Wyoming denounced Secretary Redfield for hinting at wage-cut investigations tied to tariff reform. Mondell said such threats would be unjustified and warned against pressuring industry at a loss while Underwood urged a cautious stance on enforcement amid tariff changes. He argued Democrats seek to frame public opinion to favor tariff revision.
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Washington, D. C
Redfield
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
House
Mondell
Militant Suffragettes Bomb Campaign Stirs London
London reports a series of bomb discoveries tied to the suffragette movement. Explosive canisters and a glass fuse tube were found at Rotherhithe Library, a Wadsworth post office box, and Hastings Holy Trinity Church. Government pledge to prosecute future prints of the movement’s paper faces criticism from labor and liberal allies.
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London
Rotherhithe
Wadsworth District
Holy Trinity Church
Hastings
Barbers Strike Intensifies as Police Clash Erupts
The New York barber strike enters its fifth day with strikers posing as customers to disrupt shops. Fifteen arrests followed a confrontation at the Hoffman House, where a plate glass window was broken. Genaro, a leading figure, received six months in the workhouse, with another striker jailed for ninety days. Authorities condemn the Industrial Workers of the World as the number of participating barbers reaches 18,000.
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New York
Hoffman House
Alas Genaro
Cornell
Genaro
Industrial Workers of the World
Little Glidden tour route set for Des Moines to Des Moines
The route for the little Glidden tour has been chosen. The trip runs from June 23 to June 28, visiting Ottumwa Keokuk Burlington Davenport Cedar Rapids Waterloo Mason City Ft. Dodge Storm Lake Sioux City Carroll and Des Moines. G Decker French of Davenport funds the principal cup as Iowa Automobile Association president.
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Des Moines
G. Decker French
Davenport
Iowa Automobile Association
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Mason City
Ft. Dodge
Storm Lake
Sioux City
Carroll
Democratic Committee Discusses Plans for 1914 16
Washington May 16 plans for drawing the political battle lines of 1914 and 1916 were discussed at conferences of the executive committees of the national Democratic committee. The talks included no decision on state and congressional campaigns two seats hence and a meeting with the Democratic Congressional committee about greater senate representation. The committee members listed include Palmer, Howell, Selis, Cummings and Lynch.
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Washington
National Democratic Committee
Meat Nation
Democratic Congressional
Wilson
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Clark Howell
Georgia
Caro, Selis
Texas
Homer Cummings
Connecticut
Fred Lynch
Minnesota
Iowa Club for Cummins Plak Seeks National Convention
In Des Moines the Iowa club of the Republican era adopted resolutions urging the national committees to call a convention to discuss party reorganization. A committee was appointed to relay the club’s view to the national committee. Johnson Brigham was elected third president, John P. Wallace re-elected vice president, and a Harvard address by AL Lawrence Trivell was noted.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Geleeuter
Johnson Brigham
Geo. F. Twenry
John P. Wallace
Lawrence Trivell
Vale of
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Tulet Rot
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