Shriners Welcome and pageantry in Louisville visit
A large Shriners delegation from Lulu Temple Philadelphia arrives in Louisville for a week of events led by Freeland Kendricks. The Syrian Patrol departs for escort duties with hundreds of Shriners from across the country joining in parades, concerts, and a grand ball at the Galt House as New Orleans vies to host the next imperial council meeting.
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Freeland Kendricks
Imperial Council
Kendricks
Grand Central Station
Lulu Temple
Mystic Shrine
Philadelphia
Louisville
Burnet House
Falls City
lLulus
Queen City
Temple
New York
Boston
Montreal
Portland
Washington, D. C
Taylor
Grand Hotel
Imperial
Main
Walnut
Vine
Fifth
Central Avenue
Charles F. Hake
Galt House
Cincinnati Shriners
William B. Melish
Branch of
Free Masonry
Temple of
Duluth
Minn
Kosair
Fort Boonesboro
Alleghenies
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Convenes in Louisville
Louisville readies for the 35th annual session of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine second Dixieland meeting. Kosair temple led coordinated preparations, transforming the city with decorations and hospitality for four days of events and visitor interest for delegates and their families.
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Louisville
Mystic Shrine
Dixieland
Kosair
St. Louis Hosts Shrine Delegates for Convention Bid
Local members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine entertained Shriners from Denver and Kansas City en route to Louisville. Delegates traveled tonight to Louisville, aiming to secure next year’s convention in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Order of Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine
Denver
Kansas City
Louisville
Washington talk of champion jack
New York June 6 Booker T Washington preached to the Negro Men's Business League of New York on Johnsons title to the heavyweight championship. He urged success over race and urged blacks to build commercial business and economic footing this generation.
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New York
Jack Johnson
Booker T. Washington
Negro Men’s Business League of
Australia
WIFE AND BABIES PRICE OF LIBERTY
In St Louis a wife Martha Glaesser and her two children Annette eight and John Jr five died after gas was released in their home. Police say she closed the room and turned on the gas following her husband John Glaesser's arrest for embezzling 275 dollars from a cigar company. The coroner will hold an inquest tomorrow.
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ST. Louis, Mo
John Glaesser
Martha Glaesser
Annette
John
Iron, Steel and Tin Men Fight Open Shop Policy
In Pittsburg and nearby districts tensions rise as the American Sheet and Tin Plate company and the Amalgamated Association clash over a July 1 open shop policy. Meetings in Wheeling and Martins Ferry decide to oppose it, with Newcastle mills closed until workers accept the order.
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Pittsburg
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Wheeling
W. Va
Martins Ferry
Newcastle
Cholera Threat Lingers Over St Petersburg
St Petersburg faces a severe cholera threat with twelve cases yesterday and nine today. The city's sanitary commission lacks funds for precautions as water sanitation remains poor. newcomers and building workers are at high risk amid discussions of naval budgeting and ship construction.
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ST. Petersburg
Ivanoff
Sanitary Commission
Paper publishers obtain a hearing on tax question
Special Dispatch reports that after months of refusals the Senate finance committee will hear John Norris of the American Newspaper Publishers Association on pulp and paper duties. A final rate is pending with expectations centering on a print paper duty around $3 per ton, against current $6 and House $2 proposals. Leaders predict a Republican revolt if adjournment on June 29 is delayed.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Finance Committee
Senate
John Norris
Association
House
Progress on cotton and woolen schedules eyed for early adjournment
Senate advances the cotton schedule and aims to finish the woolen schedule by Thursday or Friday with night sessions. Progressive Republicans and Democratic senators back the woolen plan, reworking Dingley rates. Finance committee meets Monday at 9:30 to outline policy and amendments reporting. If House quorum forms, Porto Rican bill could be acted on Monday as leaders forecast adjournment before July 4.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Congress
House
Paper Duties Should Be Lowered Says Newspaper Group
John Norris of the American Newspaper Publishers Association sent a letter to Senator Root with new data urging lower paper duties. He compares labor costs for newspapers with paper mills in New York and notes sevenfold higher newspaper labor costs. Norris cites forest preservation and the public role of newspapers in disseminating knowledge and governing.
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New York
John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Senator Root
New York State
United States
Canada
Root
Norris
Wellman Preparing For Another Dash To Pole
Paris June 6 Walter Wellman and engineer Melvin Vaniman plan another north pole expedition. They have added propellers, a movable vertical drive, and a sun compass based on sundial principles. A navigation system using arctic curves is outlined. The party aims to depart for Spitzbergen in about two weeks with a pole ascent expected around August.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Melvin Vaniman
Arctic
Spitzbergen
Boys Re-Enact Hanging Scene At Picture Show
Atlanta June 6 A six year old, Girard Williams, son of Mr and Mrs M J Williams, was taken from a picture show where he and playmates reenacted a hanging. He was found unconscious and rigid, near death but later said to have even odds of recovery.
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Atlanta
Girard Williams
Robbery Charges Made Against Naval Officers
In TORIO on June 7 Rear Admiral Giles B Harber’s squadron bound for Manila is delayed after thefts aboard the Galveston and Denver are uncovered. Two warrant officers and several seamen implicated. Court martials ordered. Engine room supplies valued at 2500 pounds stolen on Decoration Day and sold in Yokohama for about 2000 yen.
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Torio
Giles B. Harber
Manila
Galveston
Denver
Yokohama
Black man Hanged by Florida Mob at Jail Yard Tree
In Tallahassee on June 6 a mob of about fifteen men dragged Mark Morris, a Black man, from a jail cell and hanged him from a tree in the jail yard. They fired into the body and fled, after overpowersing the jailer. Morris had been held in connection with a prior shooting that injured Sheriff William Langston. No identifications were made at the coroner’s inquest.
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Tallahassee
Fila
Fiorsidé
Mark Morris
William Langston
Morris
Houston
Georgia
Langston
Cohen
Martin
Renner
Circus Is Floodbound And Animals Need Food
Winnipeg dispatch reports disastrous floods along the Rocky Mountain region halting traffic on the Canadian Pacific main line. Trains are blocked and no trains have run for days. A large train carrying numerous animals is stranded and suffering from lack of proper food.
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Winnipeg
Man
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific Railway
Girous
Countess of Aberdeen Appeals for Irish TB Aid
New York June 6. Countess of Aberdeen wife of the lord lieutenant of Ireland, appealed tonight at Plymouth Church Brooklyn for Americans of Irish descent to join Ireland's crusade against tuberculosis. She noted Ireland loses about 12 000 lives yearly and praised two years of public education exhibitions improving mortality by a decimal point.
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New York
Women of
Ireland
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Countess of Aberdeen
Lady Aberdeen
Women's National Health Association
Patrick Not Guilty Claim Reeled By Milliken In Rice Murder Case
John T. Milliken, brother-in-law of Albert Patrick, asserts Patrick is innocent in the William Marsh Rice death. He argues Rice died naturally, rejects chloroform testimony, and seeks a New York commission of physicians to reexamine trial evidence. Milliken opposes Patrick’s habeas corpus appeal as his fight continues.
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ST. Louis
John T. Milliken
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
William Marsh Rice
Patrick
Hughes
New York
Supreme Pert J
Milliken
Pulp Makers Buy Spruce in Canada
Washington report shows 251 U.S. pulp mills used 3,346,106 cords of wood and produced 2,118,947 tons of pulp in 1908. Spruce led at 64 percent, with rising imports from Canada due to domestic shortages. Mill waste also rose 30 percent to 252,896 cords, signaling shifts toward cheaper materials.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
Canada
Cur
Bureau of the Census
Dog License Dispute Ends in Fatal Police Shootings
Adolph Topf a 28 year old Argenta contractor died after a dispute over a dog license with Argenta officer George Carr. The coroner's jury found the shooting justifiable and Carr remains jailed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Adolph Topf
Argenta
George Carr
Officer Carr
Missing Man Writes Home Stating He Is Well
Jamestown O June 6 Another chapter in the mysterious disappearance of Samuel McCune was aided when relatives here received a letter from him stating that he was well but refusing to divulge his whereabouts McCune left home suddenly leaving no trace behind No one has seen him from the time he bade his family goodbye He was a farmer highly respected and no one can assign a cause for his queer behavior
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Commercial Tribune
Jamestown
Samuel McCune
McCune
Alaska Murderer Spares Hanging After Mrs Taft Plea
Convict Perovich in Alaska faced execution for murder. Clemency was sought by Judge Wick ersham and Attorney General Wickersham, then endorsed by President Taft and Mrs Taft. Clemency granted, sentencing him to life imprisonment, sparing the gallows.
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Commercial Tribune
Alaska
Daft
Perovich
James Wickersham
Wickersham
Wickershams
Taft
Colombian Minister Receives Greeting at Miraflores
President Gomez welcomed A. Vasquez Cobo the Colombian minister at the Miraflores palace. A brilliant assembly filled the hall with Congress, and General Reyes sent a wreath to Bolivar's statue. Gomez issued a decree granting a half price salt rate for fishermen to revive the fishing industry.
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Caracas
Gomez
A. Vasquez Cobo
Miraflores
General Reyes
Colombia
Bolivar
Fairbanks Leaves Tokyo With Japanese Officer
Former U S vice president Charlies W. Fairbanks leaves Tokyo during a world tour. He is escorted by his private secretary and a Japanese foreign office representative. A large group of diplomatic officials and American residents bid him farewell at the station.
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Tokyo
Charlies W. Fairbanks
United States
Japan
Japanese Foreign Office
Woman leaps into Niagara Falls. husband dives to save her
Jane 65 Louis Cohen of Buffalo witnessed his wife plunge from Second and Third Sisters islands at Niagara Falls. He followed, grasped her hand, and fought the river’s current for nearly an hour. Police and volunteers finally recovered the body near 7 o'clock. Cohen said concern for their infant son worsened her despair.
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Niagara Falls
Jane
Louis Cohen
Buffalo
Superintendent Perry
Shoebridgs
Goat Island
Cohen
William Barnet
Hugh Brown
Brown
Barmet
Women and Children Drowned After Lake Pontchartrain Outing
A steamer excursion on Lake Pontchartrain near Mandeville capsized as the wharf gave way. Four women and two children were drowned, with about seventy five others thrown into the lake. heroic rescues were reported amid the tragedy.
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New Orleans
Margaret
Mandeville
Lake Pontchartrain
Schurman Defends Cornell Against Wilson Critique
Ithaca June 6 President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University defended his college against President Woodrow Wilson’s remarks on declining intellectual quality and slacker spirits in American colleges. He asserted the condition may affect some eastern schools but not Cornell or state colleges under land grant foundations.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Cornell
Morrell Land
Grant
Gornell
California
Burglars Torture Women Victims With Candle Fire
Five masked men raided the Minnie Ashe home near Belmont, Pa., binding the elderly woman and her daughter and granddaughter. They tortured the women with lighted candles and fled after taking $3.50, prompting a lynch threat as searchers scour the mining village for suspects.
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Pittsburg
Belmont
Minnie Ashe
Mary “Ober
Minnie Ober
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NEW Republican
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Aky
Joose
Washington Star
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Spruce
White House
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Miss Ober
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