Women in D A R Elect Recording Secretary After Vote
The eighteenth congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution adjourned amid disputes over vote totals for recording secretary Miss Mary Wilcox and corresponding secretary-general Mrs. Swarmstedt. A recount corrected an error by Mrs. Elroy Avery, confirming Wilcox’s majority. A closing note praised a Kansas member and included an absent press thanks controversy.
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L. B. Swarmstedt
District of Columbia
Mary Wilcox
Hodgkins
McLean
Elroy Avery
Ohio
Congress
Virginia
Yorktown
Jamestown
Williamsburg
Taft
Old Fort McHenry
Annapolis
John Paul Jones
Roosevelt
Mabel G. Starmstedt
Eleanor I. Thorn
Anna Benning
Georgia
Mrs. McLean
Burton Advocates Paid Arbitrators at International Law Meeting
At the American Society of International Law gathering in Washington on April 24, a motion urged memorializing President Taft to press powers to seek peace in the Ottoman empire and protect Christians. The proposal was referred to the executive council. A seven member committee was set to report on codifying international law rules by 1910 or 1911. President Taft hosted the delegates at the White House.
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Washington
American Society of International Law
Taft
Ottoman Empire
T. P. Ion
Boston University
Executive Council
International Court of Arbitral Justice
T. E. Burton
Ohio
General Body of Nations
A. J. Montague
Virginia
Supreme Court of the
United States
Permanent Court of Arbitral Justice
Elihu Root
White House
Claimed British envoy links Maybray to McCann murder case
Des Moines reports Miss Lillian Gates claiming to represent the British consul identifies John C. Maybray as McCann, the St. Louis murder victim, in a bid to free Barrington. Officials doubt the tale, while Maybray denies the accusation and recounts his background.
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Des Moines
Iowa
St. Louis
Lord” Barrington
John C. McCann
Lillian Gates
United States Marshal’s Office
John C. Maybray
McCann
Barrington
United States
Miss Gates
C. A. Deming
Federal
Maybray Maybray
Nebraska
Omaha
Lexington Man James McCann Rumor Refuted
Relatives in Lexington deny Des Moines claims that Maybray is James McCann after authorities identified the body found as McCann. B T Hume, McCann’s brother in law, traveled to St Louis to confirm the identification.
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Lexington
James McCann
Barrington
Des Moines
Iowa
Maybray
McCann
B. T. Hume
St. Louis
Roosevelt expedition crosses Kapiti Plains camped on arrival
The Roosevelt expedition spent its first African night under canvas near the Kapiti Plains railroad station. Baggage from the Smithsonian was left at Mobasa, likely delaying departure by two or three days. Roosevelt ordered no disclosure of future plans to the press.
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Kapiti Plains
East Africa
Roosevelt
Africa
Smithsonian Institution
Mobasa
Waters-Pierce Oil pays record Texas fine in dramatic transfer
Austin reports the state collects nearly 2 million dollars from Waters-Pierce Oil in the largest corporate fine in Texas history. Officials moved 718 thousand dollar bills and other currency from banks to the treasury in a spectacle on Congress Avenue. The total payment leaves the state with 1,718,266.30 after fees to Prosecuting Attorney Beady.
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Austin
Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
American National Bank
Austin National Bank
Congress Avenue
Capitol
H. A. Wree
Sheriff Matthews
Hopper
Treasury Department
Davidson
Beady
Postmaster Uncovers Chinese Lottery and Opium Den
Postmaster Harry Krumm found a large Chinese lottery operation and opium den in Columbus Ohio. Police seized a small safe with opium and found hundreds of lottery tickets and evidence of daily drawings. Tom Lee and six other Chinese men were arrested, with Ching Wong of Zanesville identified as a leader. Postal Inspector Oldfield went to Pittsburg to pursue arrests.
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Columbus
Harry Krumm
Oldfield
Pittsburg
Tom Lee
Ching Wong
Zanesville
Tariff Talks Reopen As Paper Pulp Debate Pauses
Senate finance committee opens work on tariff revisions with a compromise plan for print paper and free pulp. House rates on steel rails are likely to stand at 3.92 per ton, while petroleum duties face possible changes. Senator Aldrich and Root Curtis influence max and min provisions as McCumber probes bulb duties and Holland retaliation risks. The committee resumes Monday.
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House Committee On
House Committee On Ways and Means
House
Senate Committee
Senate
House Petroleum
Root
Curtis
Aldrich
Holland
United States
France
McCumber
Russia Vows Protection as Persian Crisis Looms
Washington dispatches say Russia will safeguard foreigners as American forces prepare to move toward Persia near Tabriz. Ambassador Riddle in St Petersburg and Baron Rosen in Washington confirmed Moscow’s pledge to keep foreign interests safe while the shah's troubles unfold.
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Washington
Russia
Persia
Tabriz
State Department
Riddle
St. Petersburg
Baron Rosen
Brandenberg Details Kidnapping Scheme In California Flight
San Francisco April 24 Brandenberg novelist and fugitive from New York told reporters of his three month escape including posing as a German auto agent and physician in Harrington Delaware. He described kidnapping his stepson James Cabanne from St Louis and taking him toward California with his wife’s authority.
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San Francisco
New York
James Cabanne
St. Louis
Brandenberg
California
James S. Cabanne, Jr
Broughton Brandenberg
Stolen Bridge 5 Not the County's
County engineers report theft of the M. and E. canal bridge serving the K. D. club home. The road is abandoned and the bridge no longer county property. replacement would cost the club. Club members suspect local outsiders and anticipate possible prosecution.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Dillom
M. and E. Canal
K. D.” Club
Dillon
Turmoil in Constantinople as constitutional forces seize Yildiz
April 24 dispatch reports Turkish capital near control by constitutionalists. Sultan believed prisoner in Yildiz palace while General Schefket Pasha presses to end bloodshed. Invading troops shell barracks and push toward the palace amid heavy fighting and mixed international crowds.
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Yildiz
Schefket
Schefker
Saloniki
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