Questioned in Court Over President’s Power to Dismiss Troops
New York May 5 Judge Hough heard three hours of argument in Oscar W. Reid’s suit to recover wages after three Black soldiers from the Twenty fifth Infantry were dismissed following the Brownsville riot. Attorney Mellen argued constitutional protections limit presidential power. Stimson asserted a longstanding executive prerogative. Ruling reserved until briefs are filed.
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Hough
United States District Court
Roosevelt
Twenty Fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Oscar W. Reid
Reid
United States
Stimson
Chase Mellen
Private Read
Mellen
Army
Navy
Congress
Rog ers Reply in Merger Suit Denies All Allegations
H H Rogers and James H Stillman filed answers in the federal merger case naming Harriman Schiff Union Pacific Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and others. Rogers denies wrongdoing seeks dismissal lacks Utah residency and requests costs for alleged injury to his character.
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Salt Lake City
H. H. Rogers
James H. Stillman
Harriman
BE. H. Harriman
Jacob Schiff
Union Pacific
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Mr. Rogers
Utah
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Rogers
Stillman
Kuhn, Frick
W. A. Clark
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Oregon
Bulkeley Defends Brownsville Soldiers in Senate Speech
Senator Bulkeley of Connecticut urged the innocence of the Twenty-fifth regiment’s Black soldiers and blamed outsiders for Brownsville violence on Aug 13–14, 1906, in a four hour senate speech. The Senate also approved a $250,000 relief measure for tornado victims in Alabama Georgia Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Washington
Senator Bulkeley
Connecticut
Military
Senate
Brownsville
Bulkeley
Twenty-fifth Regiment
House
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Grave situation in Southern Ohio burley district
Columbus May 5 Adjutant General Critchfield reports the burley tobacco district in Southern Ohio is grave with no major outbreak expected for 48 hours. A mass Kentucky growers meeting at Augusta aims to unite opposition to crop raising, amid fears of raids on Brown county and Aberdeen residents. Critchfield met Governor Harris and Assistant Attorney General Miller and withheld recommendations on martial law or troop deployment.
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Columbus
Burley Tobacco
Ohio
Critchfield
Kentucky
Augusta
Aberdeen
Harris
Miller
Brown County
Pirate Sloop Captured Near Porto Rico
The revenue cutter Algonquin captured a sloop stolen from a west coast port after a pursuit off Porto Rico. The cutter fired three shots before the sloop heaved to, and pirates planned further robberies before fleeing to Santo Domingo.
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San Juan
P. R
Porto Rico
Algonquin
Santo Domingo
Fleet United as Second Squadron Rejoins Flotilla in California
The Atlantic battleship fleet merges after the Second squadron arrives from Monterey and the destroyer flotilla from San Pedro. Rear Admiral Sperry’s Alabama leads the Second squadron with Admiral Thomas aboard the Connecticut to Monterey to pick up Admiral Evans and resume command, then sails to Santa Cruz.
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Cal
Monterey
San Pedro
Alabama
Sperry
Monterey Bay
Thomas
Connecticut
Minnesota
Evans
Telegraphs Cite Higher Paper Costs From Publishers
John Norris of New York testified before a House committee on rising print paper costs. He presented eighty telegrams from newspaper publishers and figures supporting charges against International Paper. The panel plans a noon adjournment next Friday to inspect Hud son River Paper mills in Pal mer s Falls and hear further testimony.
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Washington
The
House
John Norris
New York
Norris
International Paper Company
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Palmer’s Falls
Saratoga County
Hudson River Paper Company
Mann
Federal Grand Jury Probes Manila and Fiber Paper Makers
A U S grand jury in New York resumed its inquiry into the Manila and Fiber Paper Manufacturers association focusing on the Parks pooling plan. Witnesses included Dr.
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James FE. Campbell
Sulphite Pulp and Paper Company
Dexter
N. Y
James A. Outterson
Degrasse Paper Company
Carthage
David Kersey
John H. Parks
Manila and Fiber Paper Manufacturers’ Association
Joseph S. Truman
Campbell
Mr. Outterson
Grand Jury
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Parks
Democrats of Ohio Rule On Primary for Senate Endorsement
The Democratic state convention in Columbus will decide whether to endorse a United States Senate candidate or hold a state primary next November. Former Governor James Campbell seeks endorsement with support from thirty nine counties. Mayor Tom L Johnson and Melville Ingalls back a primary. Garber-Finley wing favors the primary proposition. Bryan is expected to be endorsed for president with Denver delegates instructed for him.
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Columbus
James FE. Campbell
Butler County
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Melville KB. Ingalls
Cincinnati
United States
Garber-Finley
Harvey C. Garber
Garber
Johnson
William J. Bryan
Denver
Elections in Lozzi Turmoil Sparks Armed Clash in Corsica
In Lozzi Corsica on May 5 rival parties formed two camps and exchanged gunfire. Many believed killed or wounded as troops were dispatched to the scene amid the disturbance.
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Ajaccio
Corsica
Lozzi
Storm sinks steamer Minnie E. Kellen off Oregon coast
A fierce Friday night storm battered the Minnie E. Kellen near Newport Oregon. Eleven crew drowned attempting to launch a boat while four men on a raft failed to reach shore. Lifesaving crews rescued nine men and landed them fifteen miles north. The lumber laden vessel, commanded by Captain James McKenna, was later sighted by a schooner bound north.
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Newport
Ore
Minne E. Kellen
Here
Minnie
Kellen
Aberdeen
San Francisco
James McKenna
Deputy Minister Flewelling Dies by His Own Hand
Fredericton New Brunswick May five A sensational death by own action occurred as Deputy Minister William P Flewelling shot himself in a government building just as an expert accountant prepared to audit his books He was fifty two and had served the government since youth No stage of his accounts has been found
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Fredericton
N. B
William P. Flewelling
Crown Lands
New Brunswick
Flewelling
Kentucky Republicans Nominate Two Congressional Candidates
In Caldwell and another Caldwell convention the Sixth Kentucky Republicans chose two slates of delegates and alternates for the Chicago national convention and two presidential electors. Each convention nominated John R. Inglis for Congress while the Ernst faction ordered delegates to back Secretary of War Taft for the presidential nomination.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Callington
Chicago
John R. Inglis
Congress
Richard P. Ernst
Taft
Eleven Victims Confirmed in Fort Wayne Hotel Fire
Firemen exhausted after days of digging fail to find more bodies at the Aveline hotel ruins in Fort Wayne Indiana May 6. Eleven victims confirmed with one unidentified body suspected to be R E Trible of Delhart Tex. Missing include Charles Benjamin Detroit and Herman Seligman New York.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aveline
Hoffman
Auburn
Frank C. Baxter
BE. M. Matthews
Columbus, O
R. E. Trible
Delhart
Tex
Charles Benjamin
Detroit
Hemnan Seligman
New York
Seligman
Logansport
Dynamite blast damages Gentile home in Dayton
The rear of Frank Gentile's house in Dayton is blown apart by a heavy dynamite charge. No injuries reported. Gentile had received a $10,000 Black Hand demand four days earlier. Police in Dayton and Piqua pursue a solid clue and expect arrests soon.
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Dayton
Frank Gentile
Piqua
Black Hand Society
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