World figures honored at Washington convention weekends
President Taft Mrs Taft Col Theodore Roosevelt King George of England President Diaz of Mexico and William Jennings Bryan join 80 life members of the World’s Sunday School association as $1 000 subscriptions are raised. A Samuel Spencer statue is unveiled in Atlanta by 30 000 railway workers. Senator Nathan B Scott survives a car crash in West Virginia. Mrs George W Wilson elected head of the Grand International Auxiliary in Detroit. Rev William A Wasson resigns in Riverhead to fight temperance. Max Lansburgh of Washington suggests naming boys born on Roosevelt’s return day.
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Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
King George
England
Diaz
Mexico
William Jennings Bryan
World's
Sunday School Association
Washington
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Georgia
Hetty Green
New York
United States
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
Loveland
Wheeling
W. Va
George W. Wilson
Allegheny
Grand International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Detroit
Mich
William A. Wasson
Grace Episcopal Church
Riverhead
S. 1
Max Lansburgh
Roosevelt
Notable trials and disasters mark world events
The Venice murder trial ends with a conviction for Countess Tarnowska and three others while her maid Elsie Perrier is acquitted. In Washington Representative Ames exposes Payne letters, sparking a sensational exchange. London funeral crowds clash with police after a king's death. numerous injuries ensue. Ballinger Pinchot inquiry nears closure in four months with closing arguments set for May 27 and 28. Chicago witnesses injured in a streetcar crash. Maysville tornado levels a town, killing several. The United Miners and operators adjourns, miners vote to strike. National Conference on Education of Backward and Delinquent Children opens in St. Louis. John A. Hall, Worcester banker, admits $370,900 thefts, experts project up to $600,000. Bryan, in Buffalo, discusses Taft criticism amid regional splits.
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Countess Tarnowska
Naumoff
Prilukoff
Elsie Perrier
Venice
Count Komorowski
Butler Ames
Repubican
Massachusetts
Sereno E. Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
King Edward
London
Ballinger-Pinchot
George McDonald
Chicago Journal
John J. Evers
Chicago Cubs
Evers
Chicago
Maysville
Okla
McCarty
United Miners
Peoria
National Conference On Education
St. Louis
John A. Hall
South Bridge Savings Bank
Worcester
Mast
Hall
Buffalo
Norman BE. Mack
William Jats Bryan
Taft
Harles
Little
Wabash
Ind
Presby
Ae United
Big wage hike at Standard Oil units boosts payroll
The Standard Oil Company increased wages for its workers from six to ten percent retroactive to May 1, affecting factory and subsidiary employees across the United States. Office staff are excluded. About 70,000 employees will gain, with laborers the primary beneficiaries. The move follows a long strike-free history for the firm.
Frauds in Sugar Trust Weighed Off by Checkers
Oliver Spitzer, dock superintendent at Havemeyer & Elder sugar plant in Williamsburg, testified at Charles R. Helke's trial about false weighing frauds. He said Ernst W. Gerbracht and James F. Bendernagel knew of the scheme and that checkers were paid weekly after discovery in 1907 until Spitzer’s Atlanta sentence.
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New York
Taft
Oliver Spitzer
Havemeyer & Elder
Sugar Trust
Williamsburg
Atlanta
Charles R. Helke
Trust
Mr. Helke
Ernst W. Gerbracht
James F. Bendernagel
Spitzer
Blackwell's Island
Kaiser Wilhelm and George V Seen as World Peace Makers
London notes renewed interest in Wilhelm and George V taking up King Edward VII’s peacekeeping role. The German emperor’s message thanks London for sympathy, while King George V writes to British dominions that he will continue his father’s work for his people's happiness.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
King George
London
George V
Edward VII
Great Britain
George
Diplomatic Row Over Persia Open Door Controversy
Germany protests a joint warning from Great Britain and Russia not to grant railway concessions to Germans in Persia. The dispute echoes earlier tensions between Germany and France in Morocco and centers on the open door policy.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Russia
Persia
Germany
France
Morocco
Lee Compared to Arnold Opposes Statue of Gen Lee
Col. Jasper T. Darling of the G A R Chicago addressed the Illinois state encampment campfire objecting to placing the Gen Robert E Lee statue in the Hall of Fame in Washington. He likened Lee to Benedict Arnold and warned acceptance would pension Confederate soldiers and shift war-bond debt to the federal government.
Tariff Board Appropriation Defeated in House
In Washington the house defeated the presidents recommended 260 000 appropriation to continue tariff board work under the Payne Aldrich bill. The move was a parliamentary tactic expected to be resolved in the sundry civil appropriation measure with a majority vote needed to strike out the provision.
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Tariff Board
Washington
Wreck Injures Dozens On Rogers Train Route
Rogers Arkansas scene after the St Louis and San Francisco express No. 4 derailed two miles south of town. Thirty five passengers are injured and three are believed fatally hurt as investigators begin work on the fast Texas to St Louis passenger service.
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Rogers, Ark
St. Louis
San Francisco
Texas
Rogera
Windstorm wrecks homes in Tappshannock Va
A severe windstorm, the worst this section has seen, struck Tappshannock Virginia, moving houses from foundations and tearing off roofs, causing extensive property loss.
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Tappshannock
Indiana Education Board Sets Standards for Colleges Normal Schools
The Indiana state board of education outlined classifications for colleges and normal schools, detailing standards for five full-time teachers, endowments or incomes, and approved laboratories and libraries. It commissions Oldenburg academy and several other schools, grants life licenses to nineteen exam graduates, and reports on railroad and museum items plus new corporate incorporations in Indianapolis and neighboring counties.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Education
Robert J. Aley
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Aley
C. N. Kendall
Oldenburg Academy
Kendall
Freelandsville
Knox County
Keuts
Porter County
St. Joseph’s Academy
W. 8. Blatchley
State Museum
Statehouse
Frank Hay
Bass Lake
Blarke County
Hay
Blatchley
Indiana
Manuscripts Examined For Teacher Licenses Statistics
A total of 1437 manuscripts were examined by the state superintendent of public instruction in April for teacher certificates and high school equivalency. Of these 1410 license seekers, 892 were successful, with fees totaling 1074 dollars.
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Postmasters Will Meet in Gary for Indiana Convention
The Indiana Association of Presidential Postmasters holds its fourth annual convention in Gary on May 26 and 26 with government approval for leave of absence. Attendees will tour Gary industries, visit factories, and enjoy a banquet by the Commercial club. Robert H. Bryson, the association president, says the event will focus on post office issues with ample discussion time.
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Indiana Association of Presidential Postmasters
Gary
Commercial Club
Robert H. Bryson
Terre Haute school board conflict nears court decision
Indiana Attorney General James Bingham will likely refrain from involvement in the Terre Haute school board dispute. The case, tied to the 1909 act enlarging the board, has seen ouster proceedings by large taxpayers and venue-change delays in Vigo county court. Bingham’s rule against interference in local matters is expected to be observed.
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James Bingham
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Bingham
May Straighten Patoka River Initiative Emerges
Farmers along the Patoka River bottoms push a plan to straighten the winding channel from a Dubois county point to the Dongola levee near Oakland City. The ditch would be sixty feet wide at the top, twelve feet deep, designed to divert floodwaters and reduce overflows. Attorneys from Dubois, Pike and Gibson counties study legal aspects.
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Patoka
Dubois County
Dongola
Oakland City
Indiana
Winslow
Dubois, Pike and
Gibson
Willing to Pay for Rammer at Abu Klea
At Abu Klea in the Nubian desert a British square was breached by dervishes. A gunner, ramming a charge, faced a Sudanese spear. The rammer head split on the gunner’s skull and the next day he was sent for. He explained he would pay for the rammer to avoid further trouble.
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Abu Klea
A Boy and a Mirror Joke at a Mexican Market
A father and his American son visit a Mexican market where the boy teases a native girl with peppers. The exchange turns to a joke about peppers making one smart and a mirror gift from Jack for a birthday. The humor rests on the idea of aging and looking-glass vanity.
Grape-Nuts Promoted For Digestion And Brain Health
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a nutritious partially pre-digested cereal aiding stomach digestion. It claims the food supplies vital phosphates to support brain and nerve function. The copy includes garbled trailing text.
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General News
Ofl
Charles Dick
Cuyahoga County
Princeton University
Isaac C. Wyman
Salem
Mass
Edmund Burke
Springfield
Ill
William H. Roberts
Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
Atlantic City
N. J
Foss
Department of Bouches du Rhone
Lambesc
Rognes
Representative Payne
Champ Clark
Missouri
Minnie Adlers
Princeville
8. T. Easterly
Chillicothe
Santa Fe
Cairo
International
Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
Tait
Col. Roosevelt
James M. Anderson
Emil Winter
Workingmen’s Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Pittsburg
Charles de Witt
Canton
B. Clark Hyde
Kansas City
Col
Thomas Swope
Swope
Sidney Lascelles
Lord Douglas
Macon
Pennsylvania
Oi! City
John J. Truby
Oscar Lawler
Brandeis
L. R. Glavie
Calfornia
Senate Committee On Public Health
Arthur &. Holder
American Federation of Labor
Elgin Butter Trust
Department of Justice
Secretary OF Trust
Ohio
John G. Williams
Vandalia
Secretary of State
Pyle Spring Tire Company
Capital
G. C. Pyle
W. G. Hunter
W. D. Pyle
8. C. Curtin Realty Company
Lafayette
Capital Stock
Anna B
Arthur H
Walter B. Curtis
Indiana Tanking Company
Muncie
Tortittasra
Lee
BE. M. Lee
Republican State Committee
Samuel KR. Adama
Josiah G. Allen
Arthur L. Stout
M. C. Garber
Paul H. Conley
Bixth
A. B. Ayres
Bevanth
Fred F. Fox
Fighth
Robert EL. Williamson
Fred A
Sima
Edwin J
Libby, McNeill & Lib
Grirat
Sjrld
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