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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1913
Page
2
A collage of light, witty items from the Butler Herald highlights social quirks and observations. It riffs on dogs with muzzles, taxes, fashion, goofs in daily life, and playful takes on nightlife, travel, and culture. It notes aviators in Paris, a New York courthouse, and jokes about slippers and manners.
Japan’s formal note to Secretary Bryan rejects the California anti alien land law as discriminatory, argues under international law, but avoids ultimatums. The exchange, delivered by Ambassador Chinda, invites further negotiations while keeping details undisclosed.
Dramatic Epsom Derby ends in tragedy as suffragette E Davison attempts to seize the king’s horse Anmer near the finish. The horse falls, the jockey is badly hurt, and the woman is fatally injured. Davison is linked to multiple suffrage protests and prior imprisonments.
Attorney General Mc Reynolds denounces the dissolution decree as an obvious subterfuge and miscarriage of justice. He contemplates a graduated tobacco excise tax and whether to reopen the decree or probe further anti trust action, arguing true dissolution cannot occur by merely distributing stock among same shareholders.
Enthusiastic crowds thronged the streets to celebrate the overthrow of the good government organization that has dominated city politics since the Haper recall. Police Judge H. H. Rose, an independent candidate, won the mayoralty with incomplete returns, leading by about 7,000 over John W. Shenk.
Washington reports that 24 governments have accepted the invitation to participate in the 1915 Panama Pacific exposition in San Francisco. Fifteen others have not yet replied. Accepting nations include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru.
George B. Wells of Perry Georgia accepted a dare to wheelbarrow from the courthouse to Macon thirty miles for a $10 purse. A subscription raised the prize to forty dollars. Wells began at 3 18 a m and finished at 2 40 p m after completing the 30 mile trek.
Washington reports the senate finance subcommittee altered course on the agricultural schedule. Meat, wheat, and oats move to the free list while livestock also gains free status. Administration leaders including President Wilson and Senator Simmons advocated the change, opposing previous 10 percent meat duties and compensatory charges on cattle and flour and oatmeal.
In a brief executive session the senate confirmed Franklin P. Colcock as collector of customs at Beaufont South Carolina to succeed Robert Smalls who has held the office for more than fifteen years. Republican senators opposed Colcock's confirmation for several weeks contending that since the customs reorganization plan approved by President Taft would eliminate Smalls automatically on July 1 the appointment of a successor to serve such a short period would be a slap.
Jefferson City MO the Missouri supreme court discharged William R Nelson owner and editor of the Kansas City Star from contempt of the Jackson county circuit court The decision was unanimous The court held the Star article contemptious but ordered Nelson discharged solely because Circuit Judge Cuthrie prepared his opinion the night before the contempt trial
In Brownsville badge reports say revolutionary forces under Matamoros gained control of most of the town of Hidalgo. Heavy fire killed and wounded many, with Major Ramos wounded, and US cavalry Private Davis wounded by a stray shot. Consulate staff held in fire's line. 112 federal troops surrendered to U S authorities.
London reports that forty members of the Leopard Society, a secret cult among the Mendi, were executed in Sierra Leone after trials led by Sir William Brandford Griffith. About a hundred members were arrested. many were deported. The group enforced brutal rites and punished dissent with death or slavery.
President Wilson selects Richard L. Metcalfe of Lincoln Nebraska editor of The Commoner as civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone after consultations with Bryan Daniels and Garrison. Metcalfe, a longtime newspaperman, rose to national prominence as Bryan's 1896 campaign spokesman.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt won a libel case against George A. Newett in Marquette Michigan. He waived damages save for the nominal six cents provided by law and said the suit aimed to stop repeat slander and protect his reputation.
Secretary McAdoo announces distribution of ten million federal funds to national banks. Southern states receive about 2.9 million across 159 banks in 127 cities, the middle states about 2.93 million in 164 banks across 133 cities, and the west about 0.95 million in 72 banks across 60 cities.
A state-wide report shows 13 000 public school teachers with about 7 000 paid promptly, 2 500 paid partially, and 2 500 awaiting salaries up to a year. Counties used 1.96 million in loans to fund payrolls, costing 75 000 in interest, with sources including state funds and local taxes.
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