Roosevelt Committee in Louisiana Backs Roosevelt in Delegates Row
New Orleans reports outline two Louisiana delegations to the national GOP convention in Chicago with one solid Taft unit to be chosen April 8 in Alexandria. A Roosevelt or divided delegation may come from a preferential primary. The Roosevelt committee raps the state central committee for excluding the people and urges primaries to let Roosevelt supporters declare themselves.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Louisiana
Alexandria
Roosevelt Committee
Republican State Central Committee
Taft
State Central Committee
Williams
Thilberger
Pearl Wight
National Republican
Hugh Suthen
W. J. Behan
Henry McCall
State Committee
Coleonel Roosevelt
Louisia Gana
Rice Rate Hearing Before Commission
Washington March 8 Rice growers from Texas and Louisiana urged lower freight rates before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Houston interests argued rates north of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi favored New Orleans and should fall, with lower Pacific coast rates from Houston. New Orleans board of trade and Rice Growers’ Association denied discrimination and sought lower rough rice rates. Beaumont and railroad reps defended current levels as fair.
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Washington
Texas
Louisiana
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sam H. Cowan
Mutual Rice Trade and Development Company
Houston
C. C. Oden
New Orleans
None Would Hold Office in Nyack
Nyack New York March Five high elective offices in town remain vacant as caucuses nominate the same men for president and trustees. All five nominees decline to run and committees fail to fill vacancies. Taxpayers criticized prior board actions leading to reluctance to accept office.
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Nyack
Board of Trustees
Robert Mather Heirs Have Will Invalidated
New York March 8 court order declares the will of late Robert Mather invalid with heirs’ consent. The Chicago Hook Island and Pacific president died October 24. The decision directs $66,000 to Gwendolyn Duck of Windsor Ontario and Leila Russell of Chicago, who were named beneficiaries only after others died.
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New York
Robert Mather
Chicago, Hook Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Mather
Gwendolyn Duck
Windsor
Ontario
Leila Russell
Chicago
Benefi‘siaries
Public Building Bill Left For Next Session
Washington March reports say the House committees on public buildings and grounds met today and acted on a plan to draft a general public building bill. The naval committee favored a battleship appropriation and urged a resolution designating specific notes. Chair Winn Burnett stated there will not be public buildings this session and hopes to align the matter for handling in the short session.
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Washington
Naval Com‘apilitee
Winn Burnett
Blease Named Linked to Graft Charges During Probe
In Columbia and Yorkville testimony before a legislative committee investigating the dispensary mess, Dr. W. J. Murray and J. Steele Bryce denied graft claims against Governor Cole Blease. Bryce demanded to face his accuser Wharton as Bryce rebutted Blease's past remarks about aiding implicated officials. Bryce recalled Blease’s pledge to stand by friends and his pardon of John Black. Murray said the winding up board was not discussed by him as unworthy to compare with the governor.
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Columbia
Cole EB
Angel Dispendary
W. J.murray
J. Steele Bryce
Yorkville
Dr. Murray
Bryce
Blease
General Assembly
Ansel Board
Wharton
Butt
Blesse
State Senate
John Black
Murray
Man and Maid Wed After Rain Umbrella Meet
Miss Daisy Norris and Bill Harvey, a flagman on the Southern, met by chance in heavy rain after a 4:30 Sunday departure from Terminal Station. They shared an umbrella and attraction, then married Monday morning after visiting Judge Wilkingen.
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Daisy Norris
W. KR
Harvey
Men and Religion Forward Movement
Grand Opera House
Miss Norris
Mitchell Street
Pryor
Pryor Street
Mitchell
Dawn
Bill Harvey
Daisy. Norris
Birmingham
Whitehall Street
Judge Wilkingen
Mrs. Harvey
Judge Orr
Aged Man Fatally Hurt Selecting Burial Lot in Laurel Hill
Thomasville Ga March special W L Bibb aged 89 died last night at his son's home from a fall after selecting a burial place at Laurel Hill cemetery. He fractured his hip days earlier in the accident. He is survived by two sons W H Bibb of this city and James Bibb of Waycross.
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Thomasville
W. L. Bibb
W. H. Bibb
Laurel Hill
Sexton
Mr. Bibb
James Bibb
Waycross
Quillian Chooses Georgia Guard Over U S Army
Captain J W Quillian of the Fulton Fusileers, a Fifth Regiment officer and U S Naval Academy graduate, has resigned a U S Army Coast Artillery commission to remain with the Georgia National Guard. He is with the Southern Bell Telephone Company and will continue leading the Fulton Fusiliers.
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J. W. Quillian
Fulton Fusilleers
Fifth Regiment Infantry
Georgia National Guard
United States Army
Quiillian
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
United State
Hoke Smith Objects to Pension Bill Tactics
Washington March 3 Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia criticized the delaying tactic that kept omnibus pension bills tied up in the senate for weeks He argued that some claimants would benefit at the expense of others citing 13234 private pension bills passed by the last congress and urging a reform of the system while committee head McCumber defended selective verification by experts and personal information to guard against improper grants.
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Washington
Senate
Smith
Georgia
McCumber
Pension Committee
Watson Awarded 5000 Dollars for False Arrest
In Savannah on March 8, Hebert J. Watson, identified as a subject of the king of England, won a 5000 dollar verdict in U S court against Jamies Hester, Montgomery County Georgia sheriff. The false imprisonment suit sought 18000 dollars. Watson was arrested in April 1910 at Mount Vernon on mistaken identity and held nearly two days. the jury added general and punitive damages. The trial lasted five days.
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Savannah
Hebert J. Watson
Emory Speer
Jamies Hester
Montgomery County
Georgia
Watson
Mount Vernon
Florida
Hamed
Pleasant Refreshing Beneficial Fig Syrup Ad
An 19th century ad touts a California Fig Syrup and Elixir of Senna as healthy and natural. It emphasizes simple wholesome ingredients, gentle action, and non disturbance to natural function. The California Fig Syrup Co. name appears on the package front with a fifty cent bottle price.
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California
Calfornia
Fig Syrup Co
Senator Bacon Elected President Pro Tempore
Washington March 8 Senator Bacon of Georgia was today elected to preside as president pro tempore of the senate for Monday and Tuesday of next week during Vice President Sherman’s absence Taft and the House are notified Bacon has previously signed important bills in this role
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington,d. C
Senator Bacon
Georgia
Senate
Sherman
Frye
Bacon
Taft
House of Representatives
Organized bands rob New York merchants
New York merchants report organized bands of criminals have robbed silk importers and dry goods wholesalers in the warehouse district, stealing goods worth $250,900 monthly. The Team Owners Association says robberies have risen sharply, with thieves exploiting unlabelled goods. A detective force will cooperate with city police to counter the scheme.
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New York
New York City
Receivers Named for Mexican Railway in Kansas City
In federal court in Kansas City Kansas today the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway Company was placed in receivership. Edward Dickinson, vice president and general manager of the company, J O Davidson of Wichita and M I Turner of Oklahoma City were named receivers.
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Kansas City
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company
Kan
Edward Dickinson
J. O. Davidson
Wichita, Kan
M. I. Turner
Oklahoma City
Taft Nominee Pitney Confirmed By Senate
Washington March 8 The senate confirmed Mahlon Pitney chancellor of New Jersey to the Supreme Court to succeed the late Justice Harlan. The action was then set aside for debate after opposition arose. A lively discussion followed over Pitney's glass bottle blowers case with jury injunctions and limits on picketing and boycotts.
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Washington
Senate Today
Taft
Mahlon Pitney
New Jersey
Harlan
Supreme Court
Pitney
Humber
Senate
Bacon
Sherman
Senator Bacon
Senator Culberson
Culberson
Pliney
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Cape
George Jonas Glass Company
Glass Bottle Blowers' Association
United States
Chancellor Pitney
Garettson
Senators Debate Chancellor Pitney Nomination
The contract to leave employment was read. Senators Briggs and Martine of New Jersey spoke for Chancellor Pitney. Other senators sought more information on Pitney's decisions. Action was deferred and the nomination may return tomorrow.
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Briggs
Martine
New Jersey
Chan Ecllor Pitney
Chancellor Pitney
Roosevelt Reports for Jury Duty Again
New York March 8 Colonel Roosevelt made his fourth trip to Minsola courthouse by car to report as a salesman for jury duty He was excused again and proceeded to New York to his editorial offices.
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Roosevelt
New York
Minsola Courthouse
Tennessee Limestone Useful as Fertilizer
Nashville March 3 Governor Hooper invites railroad traffic officials to meet in conference in April with agricultural department and experiment station leaders to discuss reducing rates on pulverized limestone. He notes Tennessee has an unlimited supply and expansion should raise farm yields.
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Nashville, Tenn
Hooper
Tennessee
Agricultural, Department and Experiment Station
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