Judge Dickson Quashes Indictment Against Cox in Graft Case
In Cincinnati on May 20 Judge William Dickson, allied with Boss Cox, quashed the perjury indictment accusing Cox of denying receipt of 48 090 graft money from former County Treasurer Gibson and 15 000 from French. The ruling sends the case back to a new grand jury, with expectations Cox may escape.
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Cincinnat
William Dickson
Hunt
Bossa
George Cox
Cox
Gibson
French
Bryce S Ordered Released
United Press reports May 20 that the War Department ordered the release of General Bryce and 34 rebels held in San Diego for neutrality law violations while an investigation proceeds. The action applies to all federal prisoners charged similarly.
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United Press
Washington
Bryce
San Diego
War Department
Fear of Demonstration as Edyth Delivers Coal
Seward Alaska May 2 Fear of a demonstration accompanied the Edyth cargo arrival for the Alaska Northern Railway A H Wheatley representing the company asked Deputy U S Marshal W R Whittlesey for protection Whittlesey authorized enough men to guard the shipment The Cordova coal party is rumored as a possible follow up.
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United Preas
Wirt
Seward
Alaska
Ankle Bracelets Dominate Paris Fashion
United Press reports Paris shows thrum rings and ankle bracelets in style. Designers unveil new serpent motifs with rubies or emeralds and plain gold anklets with jeweled eyes. Fashionable gowns favor long hems to reveal anklet details.
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United Press
Paris
du Paris
Cockney Children Prepare for King George Coronation
Hundreds of London children will take part in coronation festivities. A parade will march through the capital and a coronation fete will be held at One Or Tol Planet on June 0. Invitations are by ballot with equal numbers of boys and girls from public elementary schools in the London County Council area.
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George
Talen
Landau County Council
California Mothers Conference Opens In Long Reach
California matrons and many young women gather at the annual Stilo Mothers’ Conference in Long Reach California. They plan to discuss modern methods of improving crops and raising children with emphasis on practical training and shared experiences.
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Long Reach
Cal
Arorea
California
Expitl
Heat Victims Taken To Hospitals In Chicago
Chicago reports over a store of heat victims taken to hospitals after collapsing in the streets. The mass heat exposure prompted medical crews to rush victims to nearby facilities for treatment.
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Chicago
King Peter of Servia Seeks European Court Visits
United Press report from London May 20 states King Peter of Serbia struggles to visit European courts. Obstructions stem from King Alexander and Queen Draga murders, while relations with Austria and Russia offer limited reception. France remains the friendly potential host where he was educated and historically supported Serbia.
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London
I Petar of
Servia
Alexander
Draga
Peter
Austria
Francis Joseph
King Peter
St. Petersburg
France
Milk campaign opens Philadelphia Milk Show in 1910
United Press reports a nationwide milk campaign launched with the Philadelphia Milk Show opening. Sessions by the National Conference of Municipal Milk Commissions and other groups address impure milk and tuberculosis risks, aiming to protect infants the nation’s milk supply.
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United Press
Philatelphia
Phiadelphia
National Conference of Municipal Milk Commissions
American Association of Medical Milk Commissioners
Certified Milk Producers’ Assortation
Tey Ronsumes
Velorigary Department
The
of Ponnevlyatia and
Etter Selenite Amd
mMtiite Tor
United States
Army War College field trip to battlefields and lessons learned
Washington visitors from Visee Taveter Fields tour the Army War College and its battlefield sites including Gettysburg for guided study. The group, led by officers, examines field operations and tactics, referencing historic battles to illustrate instruction amid ongoing training. A separate note reports a boy's death from a bee sting in a separate incident.
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Juarez May 20 Insurrectos raise the war cry On to Chihuahua despite peace claims by Madero and Judge Carbajal. Rebels say fighting will resume after the armistice expiation. One thousand rebels ready to move to Chihuahua as Central railroad repairs proceed. Madero delays Mexico City trip awaiting De Labarra to replace Niaz as president amid assassination plot rumors.
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Juarez
Madero
Carbajal
Ing
Chihuahua
Mexico City
de Labarra
Niaz
Wool duties cut in half by Ways and Means panel
Washington May 20 The Ways and Means Committee voted to cut wool duties to five cents, drafting a bill for the Democratic caucus. Democrats warned the Senate to act on wool schedules or risk a summer recess while Congress stays in session. Speaker Clark and Chairman Underwood push to overcome pro free wool forces. The 31 cent duty drops to five cents, with a fifty percent cut on manufactured products.
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Washington
Thehouse
Senate
Congress
Clark
Underwood
Tuskegee Commencement Week Opens with Kilgo Speech
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute prepares to begin commencement week with Bishop John G. Kilgo delivering the sermon. The day features a prize contest by Trinity Church Boston and a Thursday commencement address by Judge Robert H. Terrall. Valedictorian Julius Freeman of Wilson, North Carolina, and salutatorian Ace Jones of Thomasville, Georgia, are named amid trades and industries exhibits.
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Tuskegee, Ale
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Booker Washington
John G. Kilgo
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Phelps Halla Bible Training School
Trinity Church
Boston
Robert H. Terrall
Municipal Court of the
District of Columbia
Julius Freeman
Wilson, N.C
Ace Jones
Thomasvile
Protecting Children on City Streets Makes Strides
The Leased Wire notes a new city effort to safeguard children on streets after twenty nine youngsters were killed by vehicles in the month. An Italian jailed awaiting trial for shooting the brewery wagon driver who killed his child is mentioned. Observations on child behavior near moving vehicles and moral commentary follow.
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Thtted Press
New York
Murches
Panoma PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETS IN OKLAHOMA
Several hundred Oklahoma editors attended the twentieth annual Oklahoma Press Association meeting in Cinckasha May 19. President J. P. Renfrew gave the address as routine sessions delved into professional topics. The gathering will conclude with an auto tour and a Republican Democrat baseball game, and Sunday editors travel to Lawton to view the Medicine Park site for a proposed home for Oklahoma newspaper men in the Wichita Mountains.
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Cinckasha
Okla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Press Association
Tovday
Luther Harrison
Wetumka
J. P. Renfrew
Association
Lawton
Medicine Park
Wichita Mountains
Portland Woman Recalls Long Lost Music Errand
A Portland woman, after 23 years, remembered a forgotten errand from 1890s Kansas. She sought two songs, found them, and mailed music to former pupil Laura Kelly now Mrs Theodore Work, who replies her daughter will learn the pieces.
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Portland
John H. Buck
Vancounver Avenue
Little Bird
Laura Kelly
Robinson
Kansas
Kely
Buck
Theodore Work
English lightweight champion Matt Wells lands in New York for possible match
English lightweight champion Matt Wells arrived in New York on May 20 and may face Knockout Brown soon. Manager McDonald aims to book the British star against Gotham idol Brown, who has rested several weeks and is in strong shape for a bout.
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New York
Matt Wells
England
Knockout Brown
McDonald
Gotham
Scandals Spark Talk and Self Critique in Reproachful Verse
The piece notes how scandal fuels talk while a self critical man seldom advances. It compares noisy men to roosters and defines a hypocrite as someone who claims virtue he knows he should have.
Training horses for coronation noises in London
The Master of the King's Morse trains horses for the coronation with heavy exposure to noise. The program includes flames, gunfire, shouting crowds, and loud bands to ensure horses remain calm. The noisy royal riding school tests and refines each animal until they stand such stimuli without flinching.
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London
King’s Morse
Royal Riding School
Plenty of Soda but No Scotch to Go Wiren It
London May 20 The syndicate that has acquired the concession of the great soda lake in the East African Protectorate has completed preliminary arrangements. Operations will begin, and a branch railway from the lake to the main line is signed. Uganda railway administration will improve the main line to carry at least 60 000 tons of soda annually in addition to ordinary traffic. The lake covers fifty square miles and at that rate it would take about eight hundred years to exhaust the deposits.
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United Press
London
Europe
Germany
England
France
Ber‘Vnera
Hamburg
Bremen
Globe Motier’s
Syndisite
East African
Tnder
Uganda Railway Administration
Excuses go on crutches and other aphorisms
A compact set of proverbs on excuses, faults, and the limits of legality. Wry lines note how one-sided arguments stall, wealth flies away while poverty bites, and even small trials loom large when no alternatives exist. The speaker jests about the Goddess of Liberty and fleeting statutes.
Star Paint Shop Promotes Inexpensive Paint Products
Star Paint Shop advertises Peerless Felt at $130, SH Roll and Columbian Paint at $1.65 per gallon, plus varnish at similar low prices. Located at 828 N Tower, with agent phone 286.
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Peerless
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