Pleading With Girl When Father Fired
Houston Texas May 31 From Miss Hazel Moody s statement it developed today that Lloyd Jackson the prominent young man fatally shot by the young woman's father early yesterday was not at the Moody home by appointment with her Jackson asserted in his dying declaration that he was keeping a tryst to elope with and wed Miss Moody. To say the young woman declared she and Jackson were not engaged to be married but said he had long paid court to her and had repeatedly urged marriage. She said she could never make up her mind that she really loved him. The lawn of the Moody home, Jackson removed his hat and shoes, crept to a window of Miss Moody s room tapping on the pane attracted her attention and only quick recognition of her sister prevented her screaming. She rained the window and Jackson sat on the sill pleading with her to elope with him, with her father appearing. First reports were that Moody shot at what he believed to be a prowler but Miss Moody today declared that her father and Jackson had an altercation the culmination of which was that Moody opened fire and the young man fell backward out of the window to the ground. Moody s examining trial on the charge of murder will take place Monday.
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Houston
Texas
Hazel Moody
Lloyd Jackson
Moody
Jackson
Misa
Miss Moody
Woody
Mood
Mongay
Flood relief appeals from Plancheville Louisiana headline
Flood relief efforts report appeals for immediate food and seed for 60 families, with plans to investigate conditions. Bedding clothing and cooking utensils for 232 families shipped to several towns. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals pursues animal rescue, funding and possible vessel charter.
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Orleans
Plancheville
Lo- Ben Caned
Baton Rouge
Bennett
J ‘i Paxgker
Leon Shields
Afafor B Booth
Leon
Henderson
Salem
Alsatin and Wilton
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Attempted debt collection by arson in New Orleans
Elizabeth Rings, described as a negress, tried to burn down John Wilters residence to collect a $2 debt. Police pursued her after a long chase. She lost her liberty and some intimate clothing, later used as evidence, while kerosene-soaked garments were seized. The house remained uninjured.
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New Orleans
Elizabeth
John Wilters
T' Bouse
Taft urges immediate drive to curb opium abuse
President Taft calls urgent congressional action on habit forming drugs in a message to Congress. Secretary Knox backs strong measures as the American government risks being seen as half hearted. He says ratification of the opium conference pact hinges on signatures from thirty four nations, expected by year end.
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Washington
Taft
Conpresa Todex
Knox
Ubless
Congress
Senate
Netherlands
Government to Probe Industrial Workers
Attorney Washington authorizes a federal grand jury in San Diego to investigate the Industrial Workers of the World for alleged sedition and violations of neutrality tied to remarks about Mexico. U S Attorney in Los Angeles to present before the San Diego grand jury as agents from American and Mexican governments monitor the case. Attorney General Wein expected to resume inquiry soon. sale of an Inman Park home noted amid city coverage.
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Washington
Wickersham
San Diego
Industrial Workers of the World
Mexico
United States
Los Angeles
Department of Justice
A. Wei
Mysterious inmate kills self in New Hampshire prison cell
Concord reports a mysterious life prisoner known as John Dee, with unknown full name, hanged himself in his cell using a mattress rope. Dee, jailed since a 1906 Dover safe robbery and train murder case, had long been imprisoned in solitary, deemed the state’s most dangerous inmate.
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Concord
New Hampshire State
John Dee
Dee
Joseph Gouin
Dover
St John
Gouin
State Hospital
R. W Gallager
Frank D Bailey
New Hampshire
Reptile 10,000,000 Years Old On Display at Chicago
The fossil reptile Ophiacodon, claimed to be the oldest land vertebrate, is mounted at the University of Chicago and exhibited for the first time. Found last summer in Arizona by W F Williston, it was restored by Paul C Milier of paleontology. Williston notes no other skeletons like this have been found.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Arizona
W F. Williston
University
Paul C Milier
Department of Paleontology
Williston
With Crutches For Weapon Averts Tragedy at Pryor Street
Police signal operator H 4A Dennard intervened in a deadly clash at Pryor street and Ridge avenue when Bryson, Vinson, and a third man fought over a revolver. Dennard, injured yet active, separated them as two shots fired. Vinson’s brother waved an automatic and threatened Bryson. all three were arrested. Vinson and Bryson sustained minor injuries. The dispute stemmed from statements about Bryson that angered his husband.
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Dennard
Pryor Street
Ridge Avenue
Betwenn O Bryson
Boykin Street
E L. Vinson
Fulton Street
Bryson
Vinson
Bryson Dennard
Cherry season spurs city markets with broad fruit prices
The piece catalogs abundant fruit and vegetable aisles, listing prices for berries, cherries, okra, tomatoes, corn, onions, lettuce, peppers, and many more. It notes cherries at 20 cents a quart and berries at 15 to 20 cents per quart, with a wide range of produce and seafood priced across the market.
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Billie
Hendersonville Hearing Relies on Doubt in Hawkins Case
Testimony centers on Myrtle Hawkins and the claim of a living woman for 3000 dollars. An unexpected witness, Johnny Deaver, says he met Shelmut who claimed Hawkins was alive, while Shelmut hedges on certainty amid cross examination.
Conference Learns About Tuberculosis At National Meeting
Washington May 31 experts from across the country discussed all phases of tuberculosis and control methods at the eighth annual conference of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Officers were elected including Homer Folks of New York as president and Edward R Baldwin of Saranac Lake as second vice president.
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Washington
National Association For the
Homer Folks
New York
R. H Babcock
Chicago
Edward R Baldwin
Saranac Lake N Y
Henry B Jacobs
Bostone
Folka
New York Charities
Newark State Probation Commissio
Sightseeing auto rollover kills man in Queens
One man, John Eagan of New York, was killed and fourteen people were seriously injured when a sightseeing car skidded and turned turtle on Hoffman Boulevard in Queens. The party had returned from Rockaway Beach. the wrecked car blocked the roadway and the injured were taken to hospitals in Jamaica. Six men and eight young women were among the injured.
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New York
Hoffman Boulevard
Borough of
Queens
John Eagan
Rockaway Beach
Jamaica
Federal workers plan mass meeting over pay and promotion cuts
Chicago May 31 federal civil service employees will hold a mass meeting to discuss plans to defeat proposed measures affecting their salaries and promotions. The Chicago branch of the United States Civil Service Retirement Association issued the call urging vigilance and warning that jobs are in danger.
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Chicago
Federal Civil Service
United States Civil Service Retirement Association
Mayor Found Guilty of Attempted Arson in Beltrama Case
St Paul Minn May 31 Dr D F Dumas former Fass Lake Minn mayor was found guilty of attempted arson in the third degree. He aided criminals in the night plot to blow the Poposky post office safe on June night in 1911. Conviction by Beltrama County District Court upheld by the state supreme court. Imprisonment penalty not to exceed three and a half years.
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St Paul Minn
D .F Dumas
Fass Lake
Minn
Poposky
District Court
Beltrama County
State Supreme Court
Rear Admiral Staunton to be retired soon
Washington May 31 Rear Admiral Sidney A Staunton will be placed on the retired list on account of age June 7. He is the naval member of the commission visiting European capitals to gather views for the Panama Pacific exposition. Staunton, a New York native, served on the flagship New York at Santiago. His retirement promotes Captain Robert M Doyle and others to higher commands.
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Washington
Sidney A Staunton
Special Commission
Staunton
New York
Santiago
Robert M. Doyle
Norfolk Navy
Vvn Chase
Yates Stirning
Sinclair Gannen
Strike troubles spread in Lawrence mills May 31
Three hundred operatives in the American Woolen Mill join workers in the cadding and combing rooms who began a strike after some refused to join the Industrial Workers of the World. Led by William Yates and Archie Adamson, the action follows a prior general strike in Lawrence.
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Lawrence Mass
Industrial Workers of the World
William Yates
Testile
The
Industrial Workers
Archie Adamson
Lawrence
Wild man of Borneo dies at age 92 in Massachusetts
Beaton May 31 Plutano the last of the famous wild men of Borneo died at the home of Mrs A Warner in Waltham Massachusetts. He was believed to be about 92 years old. With his brother Waino who died in 1909 they traveled the world. They were brought to New York in the early fifties and said to have been captured on Borneo. Since 1857 the wild men had been in the care of Captain Hansford A Warner or his descendants. It was found impossible to teach the native men to speak English.
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Heattle
Senate Provides Fund for Commerce Court
Washington May 31 The senate finance committees voted to place the commerce court appropriation in the legislative executive and judicial budget. The House earlier acted to abolish the court but the Senate committee inserted the funding setting up a likely conference fight. The panel also voted to strike a five year limit on civil service term lengths.
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Washington
Senate
Commerce Court
House
Determined to Leave with Second Husband
Mrs. Lucy Bloomer seeks divorce from Jacob Bloomer alleging cruel treatment while claiming she remains the wife of Jacob Bloomers. she remarried Nathan Froelich after a claimed legal divorce decree. Judge Pendleton ruled the former decree valid, complicating her status and prompting a second divorce suit.
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Lucy Bloomer
Jacob Bloomer
Nathan Froelich
Bloomer
Louisville
Froelich
Pendleton
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