McKee Divorce Case Heard In Paris Court
Maitre Labori presented the husband side in the divorce suit by Mrs. A Hart McKee against Mr McKee. He alleged scandalous acts by the wife and claimed the decree should favor the defendant. Details included alleged infidelity and financial evidence. the hearing was adjourned to March 25.
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Maitre Labori
A. Hart McKee
McKee
George W. Baxter
Tennessee
Hugh Tevis
Phisene
Italien Marquis
Mr. McKee
Europe
Iowa Republicans Endorse Taft and Indorse Allison in State Convention
The Iowa Republican State Convention elected four delegates-at-large to back Taft at the national convention and endorsed Senator William B. Allison by a 67,217 to 60,77 vote. The platform favored tariff revision via a special session, upholding protection as the party’s core principle, with the Ohio plank adopted and the Allison faction facing a minority challenge.
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Des’ Moines
William H. Taft
William B. Allison
Ohio
Congress
Allison
Cummins
Committee On
Republican Party of
Iowa
Roosevelt
Taft
Lacey
Senator Allison
Foreign trade to be investigated by new advisory council
Washington March 18 The Advisory Committee of the National Council of Commerce held its first regular meeting in the secretary of commerce and labor office since its December organization. Chairman Gustave H. Schwab reported planned foreign commerce investigations and plans to disseminate consul information to interested businessmen. The council will expand to represent all sections of the country and meet May 12 to outline its scope and duties.
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Washington
National Council of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus Gustave H. Schwab
New York
Mahlon N. Kline
Philadelphia
George C. Perkins
California
James E. Smith
St. Louis
Frank B. Wiborg
Cincinnati
D. A. Tompkins
Charlotte
North Carolina
Schwab
Department of Commerce and Labor
Foreign Ministers Seized After British Indefatigable Visit
Port au Prince March 18 special dispatch reports that on March 16 British and German gunboats prompted the first palace orders to seize foreign ministers and bar movement, with 500 troops at Ft Bisoton and guns mounted in Ft Alexander. The crisis eased as orders were not carried out and refugees credit foreign warships with averting a massacre. President Nord Alexis defends actions, while Haitians fear violence and mourn an elusive fate for whites.
Labor Leaders Plan Memorial Protest to Congress
Washington labor leaders announce a Protest Committee will draft a memorial criticizing Congress for inaction on labor legislation. The document will urge changes to the Sherman antitrust law and note Supreme Court injunctions against labor groups. The 117 unions representing 27 000 locals convene with Gompers as chairman and include Farmers National Union and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers delegates for the first time.
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Washington
Congress
Gompers
Wiill
Labor Conference
Supreme Court
Organized Labor
Gompérs
Frank Morrison
Labor
Farmers’ National Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
American Federation of Labor
Miners Sign Pact After United Mine Workers Meet
The United Mine Workers of America at its national convention in Indianapolis adopted a compromise on settlements with operators. A yearly district based wage scale was supported, with local adjustments by district conferences. Delegates plan to decide the report on the floor, then depart for home tomorrow afternoon or evening.
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Indianapolis
National Convention of the United Mineworkers of America
Louis
Amie
Morse demurrers filed in bankruptcy case
Charles W. Morse faced a demurrer to a petition seeking his bankruptcy in U S District Court. Receiver Hanna of the National Bank of North America and others filed the demurrer. An answer denying insolvency was also submitted, requesting a jury determination on insolvency.
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New York
Charles ‘W.‘ Morse
United States District. Court
Morse
Hanna
National Bank of North America
Frederick Pringle
Edward’ Shotwell
Day of Kentucky State Treasurer Sentenced for Forgery
Walter R. Day former Kentucky State Treasurer in Gov Taylor’s 1900 term was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for forging his uncle Floyd Day’s name on a $5,000 check. He is brother to Carl Day, legislator who authored Kentucky’s anti coeducation law.
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Lexington
Walter R. Day
W. 3S. Taylor
Floyd Day
Day
Carl Day
Kentucky
England Defends Naval Policy in Lords Debate
In the House of Lords Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of the Admir alty, defended delaying a large ship program viewing battleship building as an experiment. He said Temeraire ships are superior to Dreadnoughts and St Vincenti designs would improve them. By spring 1911 Britain would field three squadrons of four St Vincenti ships. no other power could match a like fleet.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Great Britain
Head Physician Convicted in Lincoln Asylum Case
Dr. Harriet A. Hook head physician at the Lincoln Asylum for Feeble Minded Children in Illinois was found guilty of disorderly conduct by Judge Torrison. She appeared in padded clothes with a black wig posing as a newspaper reporter near Benjamin M. Giroux amid the 18 year old boy Frank M. Giroux injuries that sparked an asylum inquiry.
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Chicago
Harriet A. Hook
Lincoln (Il
Torrison
Lincoln Asylum
masked night riders burn tobacco farmer's home near Louisville
Louisville area March 18. The home of Henry Ellis a Shelby County tobacco farmer was burned last night by masked intruders who questioned him about pooled tobacco. Ellis and his family escaped as the attackers rode off after starting the fire leaving part of the furniture salvageable.
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Louisville
Henry Ellis
Shelby County
Ellis
Independent tobacco growers seek protection from night riders
In Kentucky 1908 tobacco growers appealed to the Equity Society for guards against night rider violence. They agreed not to sell their 1908 crop if protection is provided. Night riders first struck Trimble County at Joseph Powell’s farm, where warnings prompted distrust before he resumed planting. They burned beds and transformed graves into match and cartridge shaped headstones.
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Lexington
Equity Society
Trimble County
Joseph Powell
Bedford
la Grange
Powell
Critics invited to judge Anglo-American novels competition
Readers are asked to submit 200 word criticisms of the two Anglo-American novels with prizes from 5 to 1 dollars for weekly winners and grand prizes of 200 100 and 50 dollars funded by The New York Herald. Send responses to The Commercial Tribune and Anglo-American Competition Committee.
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The
Commercial Tribune
New York Herald
Australia Would Invite Roosevelt
The Australian Senate debated inviting President Roosevelt to Australia as guest of the commonwealth during the winter visit of the American battleship fleet. Vice President Best noted a US president rarely leaves the country, making the invitation unlikely. South Australia and West Australia expressed hopes the fleet would also visit Adelaide and Perth.
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Australian Senate
Roosevelt
Australia
Commonwealth
Best
Executive Council
United States
South Australia
West Australia
Deakin
Adelaide
Perth
Governor Guild in Critical Condition
Boston March 18 It was announced that Governor Curtis Guild who has been ill for two weeks is in a critical condition. His physician Dr Frederick Winslow called in two other doctors Dr F C Shattuck and Dr Elliott P Josline for consultation late today.
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Governor Guild
Boston
Curtis Guild
Frederick B. Winslow
F. C. Shattuck
Elliott P
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