Protest Against Walter Page Nomination Stirring London
London trades council member introduces protest against Walter H Page as US ambassador to Great Britain. A letter on Allied Trades Council of Greater New York paper attacks Page's firm Doubleday Page & Co. and claims anti union stance. The Nation al Brotherhood of Book Binders is labeled outlaw and repudiated by AFL.
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London
Walter H. Page
United States
Great Britain
W. Coffey
London Trades Council
Allied Trades Council of Greater New York
Charles L. Cannary
Nations Brotherhood of Book- Binders
Page
Doubleday- Page & Co
International Typographical Union
Total No. 6
Lst
United Kingdom
New York
National Brotherhood of Book Binders
International Brotherhood of Book Binders
Peter J. Brady
Allied Printing Trades Council of
Greater New York
American Federation of Labor
Brady
Wilson
Ambassador Page
Conway
Printing Trades Council
International Brotherhood of Beak Binders
Doubleday Page
Death of Henry Call at 65 in Waterloo home
Henry Call died at 9 30 this morning at his home on 330 Dearborn Avenue after 38 years in Waterloo. Born March 13 1848 he married Mary Spangler in 1877 and had three sons Alvin Thomas and Jerry and a daughter Mertie who died aged seven in 1895. His wife Mary preceded him in death in 1892.
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Henry Call
Dearborn Avenues
Waterloo
Mr. Call
Mary Spangler
Alvin
Thomas
Jerry Call
Mertie
Town Criers Club CSV Baltimore Ad Convention Mail Plan
The Town Criers' Club announces a June 4 trip to Baltimore for the advertising convention. mail for Waterloogns to be sent in care of the convention and special Baltimore reservations will be made for the Waterperson delegation.
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Town Criers' Club
Baltimore
Waterloogns
U Henry Frank
Waterson
New Yorks Six Mile Municipal Parade Showcases City Departments
Twelve thousand city employees joined a six mile street parade in New York marking the first united run by all nineteen departments. The fire department led with 1,495 firefighters and 22 apparatus, police followed with 7,224 officers and 35 vehicles, and street cleaning and parks departments contributed large contingents and novelty acts, including Central Park animal cages with a trick elephant.
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New York
Fire Department
Department of Parks
Central Park
Damaging Evidence Shifts Focus in Pittsburgh School Probe
Pittsburgh May 17. A former stenographer employed by L. Heeter superintendent of public schools testifies to undue familiarity prompting her resignation. Heeter calls it a malicious lie as a committee of citizens probes immorality charges after a court acquittal on two serious domestic offenses.
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Pittsburgh
L. Heeter
Heeter
Princess Victoria Margaret Weds Prince Henry of Reuss
In Potsdam on May 17 a royal ceremony united Prince Henry III of Reuss and Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia. The event mirrored Berlin nuptials planned for May 24, with the German empress overseeing the bride’s attire and the crown borrowed from the imperial treasury for the occasion. Count August zu Eulenburg conducted the civil rite.
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Potsdam
Germany
Henry III of
Reuss
Victoria Margaret
Prussia
Frederick Leopold
Berlin
Victoria Louise
William
Count August Zu Eulenburg
Marriage at Rectory Unites Somers and Dunning
Dr. George W. Hinkle, rector of Christ Episcopal church, joined Morley Somers of Philadelphia and Miss Lesley Dunning of Chattanooga in marriage at the rectory this morning. The couple are both Episcopal communicants and were accompanied by Mrs. Florence McNair Ford of Chattanooga. Arthur Towne waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury under $500 bond. W. H. Felton, arrested on a charge of attempted rape, will likely be arraigned this afternoon.
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George W. Hinkle
Christ Episcopal Church
Marrage Morley Somers
Philadelphia
Lesley Dunning
Chattanooga
Tenn
St. Paul's
Florence McNair Ford
Arthur Towne
W. H. Felton
Tariff Bill Moves To Committee Amid Debate
Washington reports the tariff bill moved from the senate floor to the finance committee for at least two weeks. Subcommittees study wool and cot ton goods schedules while hearings on administrative features occur. President Wilson backs the Underwood version and few Democrats support Penrose motion for public hearings.
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Washington
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Simmons
Denison
Curtis
Treasury Department
Fenrose-La Follette
Ransdell
Thornton
Louisiana
Penrose
Liquid Air 10 Cure Leprosy in Hawaii Test
Geneva reports Prof Raoul Pictet claims a cold cure for leprosy using liquified air. American doctors in Hawaii test the method and report success. Leprosy lesions are treated with carbon dioxide at 116 degrees below zero, destroying microbes and restoring flesh.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Raoul Pictet
Hawaii
Nebraska editor Edward A. Brown dies in Iowa at 53
Edward A. Brown aged 53 longtime editor and owner of the Daily Press Nebraska City died at his home in Oskaloosa Iowa after a long career in Nebraska politics. The notice notes his prominence and asks about a Ratana queen advertisement fragment.
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Nebraska
Oskaloosa
Edward A. Brown
Daily Press
Nebraska City
Promi Ient
August Courtroom Bears Aspect of Auto Factory
The article describes a civil action brought by American Bearing Co. against Maytag Mason Motor Co. for unpaid bills. Auto fixtures fill a federal courtroom hallway as expert engineer Fred Mawes from Detroit testifies with blackboard drawings in a cross examination by Alfred Longey.
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Auto Factory
Maytag
Mason Motor Co
Mennge
Agovie Denen
Maytag, Mason Motor Company
American Ball Bercing Company
ATTY
Mason
Herr
Fred
Mawes
Detroit
Mich
Hawes
Alfred Longey
the Plainth
Crosa Ova Nation
Congress to create two new committees on roads and health
Washington May 17. A rules committee report favors a good roads committee of 21 members with D W Shackleford of Missouri as chairman and a public health and quarantine committee of 15 members likely led by M D Foster of Illinois. The move aligns with the Democratic platform.
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Washington
Arizona Alien Land Law Seen Not Blocking Talks
Washington reports Arizona’s new alien land law is not viewed as seriously hindering talks with Japan since it lacks a direct Japanese ban like California. Officials anticipate a protest from Mexico over effects on Mexican landowners in Arizona. With actions pending by Governor Johnson, discussion returns to potential postponement of California’s law via referendum amid California legislature’s Webb bill support.
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Washington
Arizona
Japan
California
America
Mexico
Johnson
Webb
May recognize the Huerta government
Washington reports a likely shift toward recognition of the Huerta regime as relations with Mexico remain unsettled. Several foreign powers have already recognized Huerta, influencing the United States to appoint a new ambassador to present credentials to the Provisional President Huerta.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Huerta
Heary Lane Wilson
Democrats Discuss Campaign Plans In National Committee Meeting
The executive committee of the Democratic National Committee met with temporary officers of the Democratic Congressional Committee in Washington on May 17. They considered the administration proposal for augmented senator representation and aimed to form a joint cooperative campaign committee.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Congressional Committee
Tripoli Banker John B. Martin Dies After Illness
Tripoli May 17 Sperial John B. Martin 72 president of the Tripoli State Bank died at midnight after a long illness from stomach cancer. He is survived by his wife and two children. Funeral services will be held Monday at 72530 and at the church at 1 o clock.
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Tripoli
Sperial
John
Martin
Tripoli State Bank
Cincinnati Street Car Strike Turmoil Forces Suspension
Street car service in Cincinnati collapsed after attackers wrecked four cars and injured over a dozen people. Mayor Hunt sought Ohio Governor Cox and Adjutant General Wood for troops, while Governor Cox refused militia saying local resources must be used first.
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Cincinnati
Cox
Wood
Ohio
Henry T. Hunt
Traction Company
Avondale
Walnut Ain
Hunt
Union Central Life Insurance
Madisonville
Nicaragua-US canal move stirs Salvadorean protest
Sentiment rises in San Salvador over Nicaragua’s talks with the United States on selling the right to construct an inter-oceanic canal and to lease a Gulf of Fonseca naval station. Deputies and citizens condemn the act as affecting Salvadoran and Honduran rights. Nicaragua’s Washington diplomacy faces criticism.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Nicaragua
United States
Gulf of Fonseca
Salvador Indian Congress
Salvador
Honduras
Washington
Militants Fire Tenanted Cambridge House and Lab
Militants altered arson tactics and attacked a reminted residence at Cambridge damaging interior woodwork and an adjoining university laboratory. A gunpowder canister and slugs were found near Roxtmaore on the London and Northwestern railway in Hertfordshire.
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London
May
Cambridge
Roxtmaore Atation
Hertfordshire
London and Northwestern
Conscience Forces Man to Return Money
Arthur K. Anderson of Utle Washington returned sixty dollars to the Minneapolis post office after admitting he cashed a mistaken money order. He said conscience worries kept him awake and that he hopes his remorse will help him sleep again.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Arthur K. Anderson
Utle
Wash
Hing
Anderson
Body of Free Love Witness Found in Davenport River
The badly decomposed body of a man believed to be Frank Harding was found in the Davenport River. Harding, who had been summoned to testify before the grand jury in a free love colony case, vanished after leaving Donahue two weeks earlier. Police expect arrests as they investigate immoral conditions at a Scott county farm involving 14 year old Luella Steffen.
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Davenport
Ila
Frank Harding
Harding
Donahue
Free Love Colony
Theophilus
Luella Steffen
Scott County
Forty Hours to a Thirty Year Sentence for Slashing Policeman
In Ft. Madison Iowa on May 17 Geo Switzer received a thirty year sentence for assault with intent to commit murder after slashing Police Chief J. B. Watkins. Switzer waived a preliminary exam and the district court quickly docketed the case. He was taken to the penitentiary ten minutes after sentencing. The chief, who was found on the ground intoxicated, was not fatally injured.
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Ft. Madison
J. B. Watkins
Geo
Switzer
Hamilton
Watkins
Flier Rosillo Sets Key West to Havana Flight Record
Domingo Rosillo departed Key West at 5 26 am seeking the $10000 Havana prize for reaching Havana first. He arrived in Havana later, amid Cuban officials posting a $30000 reward and patrolling the route with a cruiser and two gunboats.
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Key West, Fla
Domingo Rosillo
Florida East Coast Railroad
Key West
Havana
Rosililo
Prison commission offers to substitute as Rent’s stand‑in
San Francisco May 17 Chas Montgomery head of the California prison commission released a letter to Governor Johnson proposing to take the place of Kent, a convicted political boss, in San Quentin for three months. The aim is to permit Rent to visit his dying father with Montgomery willing to wear prison stripes and follow all rules until Rent returns.
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San Francisco
Chas. Montgomery
California Prison Commission
Johnson
Kent
San Quentin Prison
Montgomery
Twill Co
British Allies for U S Sympathies in California Controversy
Pall Mall Gazette notes potential British ties with the United States if Australia New Zealand and western Canada back Washington on the California anti alien land issue. It warns against underestimating Japan while citing motives linked to Panama Canal and internal politics and flags implications for British empire.
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U. S
London
Australia
New Zealand
Canad
United States
Pall Mall Gazette
California
Japan
Panama Canal
British Empire
Diamond Ring Found in Pickerel Catch at Greenwood Lake
Raymond Ebbetts of Bayonne New Jersey found a one carat diamond ring while cleaning a three pound pickerel at Greenwood Lake New York on May 17. The ring belonged to John Callaghan a member of the fishing party who had dropped it overboard the day before while baiting his hook.
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New York
Greenwood Lake
Raymond Ebbetts
Bayonne
N. J
John Callaghan
Temperature report for May 17 and past records
The text notes temperatures with markings from Buchanaum Optical on the ground floor Syndicate block. It lists a nightly 2 a.m. reading and shows a range with minimum 46 and maximum 70. It recalls last year’s minimum 40 and maximum values.
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Buchanaum Optical Company
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Emincil
Loval No. 6
Federation
GirlEny Ganget
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Iits Ouhool
Corina
Ratana Ctzara
Tadvertioamant
Huerta Gov't
Executive Committee
Democrats
Dotress Gall
Mayor Hunt
Clarence Wallace
Mildred Brown
Reaf
Tokio
Jingo Park
Western Canada
Bryan
Nagai
Waseda University
Trouko Hinata
Kenzo Hayashi
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