25 May 1910
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1910
Page
1
Protesting church members in Gill vigorously oppose a Brant permit issued for Johnson Jeffries. The dispute centers on activities planned for the Fourth of July Fifth Carnival in San Francisco.
A Morning Journal report notes John St. Perges, once a middleweight fighter nicknamed Young Mitchell and now a city supervisor, chairs a protest hearing before San Francisco’s police commission against a Broadway Club boxing match tied to Jeffries vs Johnson. Clergy and lawyers argued the event was a prize fight, while Perges and supporters maintained it was a boxing exhibition under Queensbury rules.
The Presbyterian General Assembly urges Governor Gillett of California to block the holding of the Jeffries Johnson boxing match. It resolves to protest through church and civil authorities and to raise funds for college work.
Dr. John Willis Baer of Occidental College quoted Theodore Roosevelt calling opportunity with capacity to do a thing well as supremely worth having. He praised Roosevelt as an American citizen temporarily absent from the White House, drawing cheers. The temperance committee reported solid progress but noted no new prohibition territory. A popular meeting for freedmen mission interests was held at the steel pier tonight.
Fragmentary OCR text shows handwritten garbled note about a marriage and divorce case with unclear names and dates.
A messenger from Yo Yang reports hundred lotses burned by riotous mobs. Officials fled, town at mob mercy. Telegraph wires cut. rioters move along the main road toward the north. Several villages destroyed.
Springfield May 1 The coal operators in the third and fourth districts urged the advisory committee of the state prosecution to resist signing the new wage agreement even if independent mine owners sign on. Reports from miners headquarter say several companies have signed, with others likely to follow. The move could affect competition and prompt widespread contract disputes in the Peoria Chicago area and beyond.
A grand jury probes the merger of Home Circle with Fraternal Tribunes amid a $675,000 surplus vanishing. Officials anticipate testimony on the investigation into alleged misappropriation and merger costs as dates for further hearings are set.
Rock Island Utah May 24 State's Attorney L A Magli leads a grand jury investigation into alleged misuses by several fraternal organizations. The probe now covers the Freternal Viliwnes American Home Circle and others tied to Life Endowment and Mutual Aid groups. Total losses may reach millions as witnesses from the Pacific coast are expected before the grand jury reconvenes Thursday. The session could last a month.
Washington J. Thomas of the American Sugar Refining Co is subpoenaed to testify in the case against Charles Heike, with Henry Slavenmeyer and James Bendernagel named in cross examination. Oliver Spitzer, pardoned by Taft, aids government probes. Also Glenn Curtiss plans a water landing flight from Albany to New York seeking a $10 000 prize, weather permitting.
Eighteen crew members of the steamer Frank Goodyear are feared lost after the vessel was rammed and sank off Pointe aux Barques, Lake Huron. The James A Wood reportedly rammed Goodyear amidships, with survivors unconfirmed as authorities and families hold out hope.
Washington charges allege undue lenience in admitting Orientals and Hindus. Immigration Commissioner North faces accusations of violating laws by easing entry and showing bias in the Asiatic Exclusion era. Secretary of Commerce and Assistant Secretary review the case.
London May 22 Tierdore Mouse Veit joined President Roosevelt in a quiet day amid royal and literary circles. They visited George Marie Buckle and editors Arthur Doyle Pollmon Maxie before attending a wedding at St George Church. Roosevelt’s throat improved after recent ill health.
El Pues Tex May 24 reports Mayor Green of Winfwich Kansas was duped by a telegram claiming his son had died. He rushed home to find his son alive and struggled to locate the undertaker and missing funds totaling 1486 pounds.
A meeting of Missouri River shippers formed a plan to block rail rate rises under Sherman Antitrust laws. Charles B Miguiter of the Omaha Traffic Bureau outlined methods, urging action by the attorney general and intercity committees to seek relief from late commerce regulations. A mandarin committee will carry out the plan. Homer Folks named to lead Hull House successor as president of the National Conference of Charities and Correction.
Freight traffic on the Western Pacific railroad resumed today after thirty days of suspension due to storm damage across Great Balt Lake. The line had been out of service since late May.
Washington May 24 Senator Stone introduced a resolution asking the secretary of state for details on a reported Madrid Nicaraguan government blockade at Blochieldy. It questions whether the U S naval force forbade the blockade and, if so, requests the authority and reason. The measure also asks if the United States has recognized beligerency in Nicaragua.
A jury panel of forty seven was completed this afternoon to choose twelve men for the trial of Mrs. Dora E. Coxen on the charge of poisoning her alleged husband William J. Ider. The defense will take twenty four hours to strike twenty jurors, the state will challenge fifteen, and testimony is slated to begin Thursday.
Milwaukee on May 24 Colonel Jerome A Watrous retired paymaster condemns James Darling as a “blab mouth” in a fiery protest against a General Hubert E Les statue in the Hall of Fame. He likens Darling to Senator Gordon’s Confederate defenders and accuses them of sham patriotism and rebuke in the war’s memory.
Mt Lavisa May 24 That the so called water power trust has not cornered all vast opportunities in the United States declares T V Comerford Martin of New York before the National Electric Light at…
The convention opened with Mr. Martin, executive secretary of the association, stating the nation's water power potential available for development at reasonable cost ranges from 75,000,000 to 160,000,000 horsepower.
Indianapolis May 24 a circuit court awarded Mamie Smith four thousand dollars against the Good Shepherd society a Roman Catholic sisterhood operating a charitable home for alleged illegal imprisonment She claims she was held against her will for six years forced to work in an unsanitary laundry Mamie Sullivan was placed there by her father and later married after escaping
Morning Journal from Chicago reports a claim there is no law governing United States senator elections in Illinois and no violation if Neill Browne paid Representative White to back William Lorimer. Attorney Wood Forrest argues to quash bribery indictments. State's Attorney Wayman to rebut. Jury selection expected to begin tomorrow afternoon.
The National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association, meeting in Cincinnati, plans a aggressive campaign against prohibition and expansion of regulatory laws. Emil Nathan of St Louis defends liberty of commerce while Henry Maine of Rochester attacks the Anti-Saloon League and endorses vigorous property rights. The closed conference aims at nationwide action to stem prohibition movements.
Washington May 24 The railroad bill's fate remains undecided as senators argue over extending university protections and the six month suspension window for rate increases. The Cummins amendment and Martin proposal dominate cloakroom discussions with Aldrich Dolliver and Tayler signaling openness to changes.
Trenton May 4. Prosecutor Gurven of Hudson county files in New Jersey supreme court that he will apply June 7 for an order dissolving the charters of Armour Morris & Co Swift & Co and the National Packing Co. The aim is to punish alleged conspiracy to raise meat prices. If successful the companies could not do business in New Jersey.
Elgin dairy markets report a one cent rise in butter prices amid alleged packer maneuvers. Thomas Gallagher explains Chicago insistent butter men push for higher costs by arranging tiered contracts with key producers, aiming to outpace brokers and reset June and July prices.
A terse city notice states restaurants in the area must shut by a May deadline after a building inspection found unauthorised alterations. Officials warn continued operation could lead to penalties or closure until compliance is achieved.
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