Alaska Yukon Pacific opens with grand Seattle ceremonies
Seattle marks the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition launch as President Taft activates the fair at 12:30. Pacific coast governors and officials participate, a naval parade with Pacific Fleet ships joins the pageantry, and the $10 million project opens amid widespread celebration.
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Alaska-Yukon
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Wash
Taft
White House
Washington
W. B. Hoggatt
Alaska
James
Urial Sebree
W. T. Swinburne
Aso
Sayo
Indianapolis News Owners Fight Move to Washington
Indianapolis June 2 Delavan Smith and Charles R Williams owners of the Indianapolis News appear before Judge Anderson resisting federal removal for trial to Washington in a Panama canal corruption case. They defend paper coverage as news merit and deny knowledge of controversial editorials and cartoons.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Panama Canal
United States
Delavan Smith
Charles R Williams
Indianapolis News
Anderson
United States Court
Tham
District of Columbia
New York World
Panama
Associated Press
Smith
Miller
Lewis
Chicago
Chicago News
Lowell Favors Athletics and College Curriculum
New York June 2 President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard in an address at Columbia university on Competi tion in College urged athletics as a vital part of college life and curriculum. He argued sports provide essential discipline and stimulation, contrasting with his predecessor Eliot and linking outdoor games to intellectual development through competitive effort.
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New York
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Columbia University
Charley W. Eliot
Lowell
Supreme Court Rules Against ICC In Hay Reconsignment Case
The Supreme Court decided against the Interstate Commerce Commission in a Southern railroad case over reconsignment charges for hay shipped via St. Louis. Railroads billed two cents per 100 pounds for hay not reconsigned and four cents for reconsigned hay. St. Louis Hay and Grain Co, with two East St. Louis warehouses, challenged the rate difference as an unreasonable preference to through shippers, despite the commission's order to cut the higher charge to three cents.
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Washington
Southern Railroad Compan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Last St. Louis, Ill
Supreme Court of the United States
St. Louis Hay and Grain Company
Court of appeals rules on racing tips Brighton Beach case
Albany June 2 The court of appeals held that dispersing advance racing information at Brighton Beach last July did not violate anti race track gambling laws. Oklahoma Girls College Burns and Oklahoma College for Women near Oklahoma City were also reported as burned.
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New York Court of Appeals
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Brighton Beach
Oklahoma Girls’ College
Burns
Oklahoma, Okla
Oklahoma College For Young Women
Oklahoma City
Stay in Shippage Accused of Lynch Crime
Washington June 2. Former Sheriff Joseph E Shipp and six Chattanooga men await the next term as the supreme court postpones sentence for contempt. They faced charges over the 1905 lynching of Ed Johnson after the court allowed his appeal. The men remain free on bond pending rehearing petitions.
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Washington
Sheriff Shipp
Chattanooga
Supreme Court of the United States
Joseph E. Shipp
Hamilton County
Tennessee
Jeremiah Gibson
Luther Williams
Nick Nolan
Henry Padgett
William Mayse
Ed Johnson
Supreme Court
Johnson
Roosevelt
Department ,of Justice
Indiana Bank Embezzler Confesses From Jacksonville
Max F. Emmerich, arrested by detectives in Jacksonville, Florida, confessed to embezzling $10,000 from the Capital National Bank of Indianapolis where he worked as a bookkeeper. He used the name Wilson locally and offers to return without extradition. In Paris anarchists accused as hundreds of wires were cut in response to a circular from an anarchist group.
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Indianapolis, Ind
Jacksonville
Fla
Max F. Emmerich
Capital National Bank of
Indianapolis
Ind
Wilson
France
Paris
Silver service presented to warship Mississippi
In Pascagoula Mississippi residents gathered as the battleship Mississippi lay anchored off the coast and presented the ship with a silver service bought by popular subscription. The event was led by Gov. Noel and featured Mrs Eunice Miller Lockwood of Crystal Springs a daughter of the Confederate commander who sank the old Mississippi. Lieutenant Commander McCormick received the gift and a state history library was presented to him. The gathering adjourned to Moss Point for a Mississippi barbecue.
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Miss
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Commonwealth
Gov
Noel
Eunice Miller Lockwood
Crystal Springs
Lieut. Miller
Port Hudson
R. W. Jones
Laurel
The
Mississippi Historical Society
Lieut. McCormick
Moss Point
Fire at St Casimir's Parochial School Escapes 350 Pupils
Detroit June 2 350 pupils at St Casimir's parochial school escaped unharmed when a second floor fire broke out. Of 906 pupils in the building about 350 were affected as they rushed down stairs and fire escapes. Loss totaled 5000 dollars. In Scranton Dupont near here faced a parallel blaze with nearly a dozen buildings destroyed before help arrived. Bucket brigades and Pittston firefighters controlled the flames, total loss estimated at 60000 dollars.
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Detroit
Mich
St. Casimir's Parochial School
Twenty-third Street
Myrtle Street
Scranton
Dupont
Pittston
Wood Named Senior Army Officer After MacArthur Retirement
Washington June 2 Maj Gen Leon ard Wood became senior officer of the army after Maj Gen Arthur MacArthur’s retirement. Wood, a non graduate of West Point, rose from assistant surgeon in 1886 through Indian wars and Geronimo pursuit to Medal of Honor. Conductor slayed in Birmingham as two highwaymen robbed him of 340 and fled.
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Leonard Wood
Arthur Mac-Arthur
Wood
Military Academy
Army
New Hampshire
Geronimo
Aldrich Pushes Night Sessions for Tariff Bill
Senate consider tariff measures as Aldrich proposes nightly sessions from 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. with 6:30 to 8 p.m. dinner break. Culberson blocks quick action. Aldrich vows longer hours if progress slows. Dolliver clashes over “importers briefs” remark. Aldrich defends independence and calls for specific rates to curb rate cutting under the Dingley act.
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Senate
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Culberson
Bailey
Finance Committee
Martin
Ald- Tich
Dolliver
Town
Rhode Island
Dolllver
Iowa
United States
Harriman Goes Abroad Sails for Bremen on Kaiser Wilhelm I
New York dispatch reports B H Harriman and Mrs Harriman sailing June 2 aboard the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II for Bremen. The pair departed amid crowding docks as the ship set course for Europe and business interests.
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New York
B. H. Harriman
Mrs. Harriman
Bremen
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