Gillette Decries Navy Shortfall and Valley Misperceptions
Governor Gillette urged four new battleships and a stronger navy at a Los Angeles banquet for fleet officers. He blamed the Mississippi Valley for harboring only prairie schooners and lacking sea navigation knowledge while criticizing the president's naval expansion. Admiral Thomas praised Admiral Evans and urged continued health for the commander-in-chief to lead the fleet into the Golden Gate.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Amde
Adta R. Chaffee
Robert J. Burdette
Bishop Conaty
Gillette
Thomas
Evans
Golden Gate
Admiral Evans
California
Mississippi Valley
Los Angeles hosts battleship fleet officers in grand banquet
Sailors from the American battleship fleet enjoyed box ing matches barbecues baseball games and wild west shows in Los Angeles with two large banquets for petty officers and for admirals and staff at Hotel Alexandria. Mayor Harper and Governor Gillette spoke Rear Admiral Thomas chaired the event while Rear Admiral Evans was absent due to illness.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alexandria
A. C. Harper
J. N. Gillette
Charles M. Thomas
Evans
Paso Robies
Hot Springs
Deprived of Citizenship in Chicago Courts
One hundred fifty four men had their naturalization revoked by circuit and superior courts amid wartime actions against anarchists. Judge Pinckney canceled fifty five with suspected anarchist ties and Judge Ball canceled ninety nine for failing to deny associations with groups seeking government overthrow. Twenty five more cases await hearing.
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Chicago
Circuit
United States
Pinckney
Circuit Court
Ball
Entire Party Missing in Lower California Wilderness
San Francisco reports Charles MacCleverty is lost in the wilderness of Lower California between La Paz and Magdalena Bay. Taeger, a Vera Cruz cigar merchant, accompanied him on the crossing seeking the fleet near San Diego. An old Spanish guide hired for the 120 mile trip is also missing and no word has come from any of them.
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Lower California
San Francisco
Charles MacCleverty
Lapaz
Magdalena Bay
Taeger
Vera Cruz
MacCleverty
San Diego
Grace Church Easter Offering Ends Beset by Large Gift
New York reports the largest Easter church offering at Grace Episcopal Church reaching 158000 dollars in a single day. Of this sum 40000 funds a memorial endowment for a home for aged men connected to Grace hospital. The remainder 116500 backs a Grace parish centennial bank gift to buy and lay out a playground south of the church where a bakery once stood.
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New York
Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Hospital
Grace Parish Centennial Bank
Saloonkeeper Otto Fleming Fined in Fort Logan Case
Otto Fleming a Little Rock saloonkeeper pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Trieber to a charge involving an overcoat furnished to a soldier at Fort Logan H Roots. He was fined $1000 the act’s minimum. $100 was paid and further execution was stayed by the court.
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Little Rock
Otto Fleming
Fort Logan
H. Roots
Trieber
Fleming
University Professor Dies by Lightning at Bettsion Pier
Dr Wal lace Rouse lecturer in the medical branch of the University of Texas was fishing seven miles out Bettsion pier when lightning struck a nearby pole and ran down it striking him on the neck causing instant death. An engineer on a steam launch nearby was knocked senseless but revived and others were severely stunned.
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Galveston
Wallace Rouse
University of Texas
Bettison Pier
Tragedy in Houston Slaying and Suicide
Amelia Cox known as Dot Lehman was killed by Eugene C. Payne a real estate dealer who then shot himself. Payne a widower with a Mississippi son died by self-inflicted gunfire. Relatives of the woman live in Morgan City Louisiana. The murders occurred shortly after midnight Tuesday morning.
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Houston
Amelia Cox
Dot Lehman
Eugene C. Payne
Payne
Mississippi
Morgan City
Explosion at Burke's camp kills four Italian laborers
An untimed blast at Burke's construction camp near Heber Arkansas on April 21 killed four Italian laborers and seriously injured many others. The explosion involved 1000 pounds of blasting powder and dynamite. bodies were recovered and officials blamed sparks from an iron tamping stick for ignition.
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Heber, Ark
Burke's Construction Camp
Here
Governor Campbell Addresses Railroad Men in Laporte Texas
Governor Campbell spoke to a large crowd in Laporte on Tuesday about labor and capital duties and urged Texans to back constitutional amendments aiding education. He recalled Texas independence founders in a reflective tone.
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Lapore
Tex
Campbell
Texas
Valuable metals found at Argentine plant site
Gold silver and lead valued at 5000 dollars were discovered in an abandoned brick and ash pile at the Kansas City Structural Steel plant in Argentine. The site once housed the Argentine smelter, a former United States leading facility now dismantled and sold to the steel company.
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Aban B.leigh
Kansas City
Kansas City Structural Steel Company
United States
Steel Company
Leon River Rampage Destroys Rail Line Between Temple and Belton
The Leon river floods the terrain between Temple and Belton Texas as the Temple and Belton Ttraction Railway loses 200 feet of trestle and 1,500 feet of track. Service is halted for several days while homes and wreckage are swept away.
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Temple
Belton
Tex
Leon
Temple and
Slapped Countenance Triggers Wife Fatal Shooting and Suicide
In Bellaire Ohio on April 21 Jacob Ashoff a railroad engineer fatally wounded his wife after a quarrel in which she allegedly slapped him and then killed himself. Sherman Texas reports a separate incident where A P Morris found a man with a cut throat in his barn. the injured negro Carter Smoot of McKinney was treated locally and is expected to die.
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Bellaire
Jacob Ashoff
Sherman, Tex
A. P. Morris
Carter Smoot
McKinney
Trial date set for Ike Wright in Fort Worth killings
In Fort Worth on April 21, Ike Wright faces trial for the murder of Edwin Larmon and the wounding of Chief Montgomery of North Fort Worth and R. D. Howell. The hearing is scheduled for April 29.
President nominates Victor Loisel for U S marshal post
Washington April 22 the president sent to the senate the nomination of Victor Loisel to be United States marshal for the Eastern district of Louisiana.
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Washington
Senate
Victor Loisel
United States
Louisiana
San Jacinto Day observed as state departments close
All state departments closed for San Jacinto Day in Austin on April 21 with an annual firemen’s celebration noted. In Waxahachie Ollie Adams convicted of criminal assault and sentenced to ten years. In Dallas Henry Crockford, ten, drowned in White Rock Creek while bathing. In Washington DAR held routine business.
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Austin
Waxahachie
Tex
Ollie Adams
Dallas
White Rock Creek
Henry Crockford
June 10 Meeting Noted by Melnnis Harrington Committee
A brief record cites June 10 as the date of a meeting led by W L L Melnnis and H H Harrington, with the committee noted in attendance.
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L. L. Melnnis
H. H. Harrington
San Antonio Automobile Enthusiasts Aid Orphans
San Antonio Texas April 21 Automobile rides for orphans and other poor children will be carried on this summer by the automobile enthusiasts of San Antonio. Last year these rides were tried out and proved very successful and they are planned this year on a larger scale. The city has several hundred automobile owners and their public spirited effort helps remove prejudice against automobiles.
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San Antonio
Texas
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