Crop movement shows sharp seven month decline
New Orleans April 15 Secretary Hester reports seven months of the season from September to March show a large drop in cotton movement. Texas including Indian Territory marketed about 1,897,000 bales less than last year, gulf states 523,000 less, while Atlantic states 313,000 more, yielding a net decrease of 2,107,000 bales.
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New Orleans
Hester
Texas
Indian Territory
Gulf States
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma State
Atlantic States
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Virginia
Will Win Freedom For Copper Kettle Tinker
George O Rourke, held as a vagrant since January, sent a one cent copper kettle with a note to Magistrate Moss. He says he earns his living as a tinker or tinsmith and hopes the gift will help secure his release. Moss plans to free the artisan and may wear the kettle as a watch charm.
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New York
George O’rourke
Moss
O’rourke
O'Rourke
Pacific Coast Protection Drive for Pacific Fleet
San Francisco April 15. The California promotion committee urges Washington to maintain a strong Pacific fleet. They seek twelve first class battleships and eight armored cruisers, backed by western states and territorial groups from Alaska Hawaii and the Philippines, urging a permanent naval defense.
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San Francisco
Washington
Pacific Coast
Pacific Ocean
California Promotion Committee
Alaska
Hawaii
Phillippines
Secretary of the Navy
Pacific
Copper ore discovery near Knox City Texas
Copper ore found in the hills near Knox City along a Brazos River branch. W M Sandifer, buyer of the property, has four miners at work. A El Paso assay reported roughly 33 1 3 percent copper with gold and silver. Sandifer claims he can smelt copper from ore and plans a smelter if the deposit proves sizable.
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Knox City
Tex
W. M. Sandifer
United States
el Paso
Taft Sentiment Strong in Gopher State
Minneapolis sees a major Republican State convention opening tomorrow with over 1,100 delegates to choose at large for the national convention. Taft and La Follette influence divide Minnesota Republicans as supporters press for Taft’s presidential nomination.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
la Follette
Taft
Southern League Opens Championship Season Across Cities
New Orleans reports the Southern league begins its championship season today with games in Memphis Nashville Atlanta Mobile New Orleans and Birmingham under favorable organization conditions.
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New Orleans
Southern League
Lite Rock
Memphis
Nashville
Atlanta
Mobile
Birmingham
Montgomery
Bishops Attend Milwaukee Missionary Convention
Nearly a dozen Methodist bishops from Africa India Korea China and the United States gather in Milwaukee for the Men's Missionary convention of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. Bishops Hartsell Warne Oldham Harris Bashford Wilson Thoburn McDowell and Berry are listed on the program.
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Milwaukee
Wiss
United States
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wisconsin
Hartsell
Africa
Warne
Bonbay
Oldham
Burmah
Harris
Korea
Bashford
China
Wilson and Thoburn
Calcutta
McDowell
Chicago
Berry
Buffalo
Brazil extends railway to Bolivian frontier
Rio de Janeiro on April 15 reports the Brazilian government signed a contract with Northwest Brazil Railway to extend lines toward the Bolivian frontier. The move aims to improve cross border trade and regional connectivity.
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Rio de Janeiro
Northwest Brazil Railway
Bolivia
Notable Localities and Incidents in brief
Charles Price was thrown from a horse near Brady Texas and seriously hurt. The Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railway depot at Beeville Texas was destroyed by fire. Five carloads of sheep were shipped from San Negro to Fort Worth by Ferguson and McKinney. Sixty five carloads of cattle were sent from San Angelo Texas to Drace Oklahoma by W W B Silliman. San Angelo Texas hosts Missouri and Illinois prospectors. Will Johnson, convicted at Shawnee Oklahoma for murder, faces a May 22 hanging. Railways indicted at Little Rock for Elkins rebate law violations. A Dallas man named Will Richardson was severely injured when a chicken knife pierced his arm.
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Harrisburg
San Antonio
Beeville
Tex
San Anegro
Fort Worth
Ferguson & McKinney
Ww. B. Silliman
San Angelo
Drace
Okla
Missouri
Illinois
Will Johnson
Shawnee
Mary Cuppy
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Iron Mountain and
Southern Railways
Little Rock
Elkins
Will Richardson
Dallas
Supreme Court Rules On Insurance Tax and Rail Interchange
In Austin on April 15 the Kansas case City Life Insurance Co vs Commissioner of Insurance was submitted raising Robertson insurance law construction and tax due questions. Also Texas and New Orleans Railway and Santa Fe Railway vs Wells Fargo Express Co was submitted regarding interchange under the anti pass law between railroad and express firms.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Kansas
City Life Insurance Company
Commissioner of Insurance Love
Robertson Insurance
Texas and New Orleans Railway
Santa Fe Railway
Wells-Fargo Toxpress Company
Lady Outwits Thief Over Phone In Chicago
Mrs Isidore J Kusel lured a thief by phone to delay until police could arrest him. Harry Mendoza, hired to work on paper hanging, stole $1000 of jewelry from the Kusel home but she stayed on the line until officers nabbed him at his shop and recovered the jewels.
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Chicago
Isidore J Kusel
Harry Mendoza
Kusel
Pe teet causes stir at Fort Worth convention
Walton Peteet, chairman of the State Labor Federation legislative committee, stirred the convention by alleging a federation member was offered a $3,000 salary by corporation interests to disrupt the committee. The Trainmen elected H G Waggner as chairman and elected officers for the year. The brotherhood voted to admit the Order of Railway Clerks to membership on the legislative board at Austin.
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Fort Worth
Walton Peteet
Legislative Committee of State Labor Federation
H.G. Waggner
Temple
BE. A. Overheiser
Ennis
C. H. Bronson
Galveston
Brotherhood
Order of
Legislative Board
Austin
Nine Directors Elected at Southern Pacific Meeting
In San Francisco on April 15 the Southern Pacific company held its stockholders meeting. Nine attendees cast votes on 1,599,900 shares of 1,600,000 for the unanimous election of eleven directors: W. D. Cornish E. E. Galvin C. H. Redington W. W. F. Herrin I. W. Heltman Homer S. King James K. Wilson Dr. F. K. Ainsworth H. E. Jones William Hood and J. L. Wilecutt.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
W. D. Cornish
E. E Galvin
C. H. Redington
W.W. F Herrin
I. W. Heltman
Homer S. King
James K. Wilson
F. K. Ainsworth
H. E. Jones
William Hood
J. L. Wilecutt
Parsons Passes Away in Brooklyn Service Leader
Hosmer B. Parsons, vice president of Wells Fargo Express and president of Wells Fargo Bank, died at his Brooklyn home from pneumonia. After fifty years with Wells Fargo Express he held many offices. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Charles Adams.
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New York
Hosmer B. Parsons
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Wells-Fargo Bank
Brooklyn
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Parsons
Charles Adams
Mortally Wounded Woman in New Orleans Case
Albert Vennett shot himself and Laura Brown after a quarrel in their room. Vennett, a 35 year old ship carpenter, died at the scene while Brown died later at a hospital. The incident occurred in New Orleans on April 15.
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New Orleans
Albert Vennet
Laura Brown
Vennett
Car from New York to Paris race travels via flatcar to Seattle
The German car in the New York to Paris automobile race passed Baker City on a flatcar bound for Portland and will be shipped by rail to Seattle. The car was loaded at Pocatello where it broke down.
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Baker City
Ore
New York
Paris
Portland
Seattle
Pocatello
Express rates cut to 25 percent under Supreme Court order
Lincoln Nebraska April 15 The American United States and Pacific Express companies reduced express rates by 25 percent in compliance with the Sherman Act. The move follows a Supreme Court order issued last week and takes effect immediately.
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Lincoln, Neb
Amercan
United States
Pacific Express
Supreme Court
Senate OKs bill banning race track betting in DC
Washington April 1 The senate passed the house measure prohibiting race track betting in the District of Columbia signaling a crackdown on wagering in the capital.
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Washington
Senate
District of Columbia
Cattle Die From Rank Alfalfa In Alfalfa County
Guthrie reports cattle in eastern Alfalfa County dying from eating rank alfalfa. The notice warns ranchers to remove suspect forage and monitor livestock for signs of illness.
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Guthrie
Gore Names Naval Cadet Lon Stevens Smith
Senator Gore appoints Lon Stevens Smith of this city as a naval cadet at Annapolis on April 15.
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Gore
Guthrie
Lon Stevens Smith
Annapolis
Garrison Church Destroyed by Fire in Berlin
Berlin reports the garrison church was destroyed by a fire on April 15. The blaze consumed the church buildings including its wood carvings and paintings, with authorities assessing the loss and cause pending investigation.
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Garrison Church
Berlin
Woman dies after thousandth intoxication arrest
Louisville police report a woman has died in Louisville Kentucky after being arrested a thousand times for intoxication. The long record highlights chronic alcohol issues and recurring police encounters in the city.
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Louisville
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