Taft Attends Mecklenburg Independence Jubilee in Charlotte
President taft arrived in Charlotte for the 134th Mecklenburg declaration celebration. A storm caused a panic near the president’s stand as rain drenched his hat and coat while guards and troops prepared a parade and speeches. He toured streets to a grandstand, then remained for ceremonies and an evening illumination.
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Charlotte
N. C
Taft
Captiin Butt
Selwyn hotel
Beaches
Mecklenburg
John Hancock
Philadelphia
continental congress
Thorty
Eleventh
United States cavalry
Wis
Waet
Seventeenth
United States infantry band
mimmah grandstand
Chirlotte
Weeklen- Nuts
Great Britain
Jefferson
eavey
Tariff plans and parade weather mark Mecklenberg day
The report notes a drizzle at the Mecklenburg event where Mrs Stonewall Jackson sat with the president in Charlotte. It also cites President Taft’s belief the tariff bill will reach his desk by June 20, with senators split on adjournment timing and the bill’s potential signature.
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Jame
Chalotte
N. C
Taft
Charlotte
senate
Eight hour law struck down over twenty four hour duties
In Washington county a road superintendent required workers to labor more than eight hours a day. They protested eight hours as a day’s work. The attorney general ruled the superintendent may compel twenty four hours if no law defines a day’s work, declaring the old eight hour law unconstitutional.
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Columbus
Washington county
attorney general
Attack at Lake Mohonk Blames Church for Tolerating War
Min Wu Ting Fang at the Lake Mohonk peace conference condemns Japan and urges compulsory arbitration as law of nations. He cites China’s Hague efforts and calls for international arbitration while attacking global churches for honoring military heroes.
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Lake Mohonk
Mayi
Japan
China
Wu Ting Fang
Ching
J. C. Maclaren
Ontario Supreme court
Ansen
South Carolina
international court of arbitration
Christian church
Frederick Lynch
New York
church
England
United States
Russia
Young Woman Tortured by Three Men in Shanty Misery
Emma Trotter recounts a brutal kidnapping in Asbury Park as she was forced into a hut by three youths who drugged, beat, and cuffed her. She refused to reveal the location of a rescued girl and ultimately escaped after two captors fell under her plea and conscience.
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Livi
jWorks
Asbury Park
N. J
Emma Trotter
Florence Urittenden circle
Hynor
Rumors of German Coup Scare English Home Front
London May 20 Englishmen fret over reports of a planned German coup in the United Kingdom. Sir John Barlow claims 66,000 German soldiers reside in England as waiters awaiting a moment to strike. Newspapers aboard German airships seen over the British coast fueling anxiety. Lords order reserve army inquiry and government probes Barlow’s charge of a secret underground arsenal in central London.
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Germany
London
United Kingdom
John Barlow
England
British
Assassin fires through window kills Hutchinson in Mississippi
In Moorhead area near Memphis on May 20 an assassin shot through a window killing Joseph Hutchinson, a wealthy planter. The attacker fired several more times at Hutchinson’s mother, sister, and Mrs G T Bishop, but no others were hurt. The women spent the night near the body fearing further harm. the killer’s identity remains a mystery.
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Memphis
Tenn
Joseph Hutchinson
Moorhead
Mississippi
Hutchinson
G. T.Bishop
tlheir
Leaves the Ship and the Service
A dispute over five dollars worth of drugs kept the navy schoolship Newport in New London Connecticut. Ship's Surgeon Keran O'Brien resigned after a quarrel with Captain Kayid Eberhart over purchasing a drug called a spirit for the voyage.
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New York
navy
Newport
New London
Connecticut
Kayid Eberhart
Keran O'Brien
German ocean
North sea
O'Brien
Escapes in a wicker basket during arrest attempt
In Los Angeles a Mexican Central engineer Henry T. Jesse, blamed for a fatal accident, rode away in a wicker hamper attached to a baggage car amid a pursuit by Mexican rurales. Elsewhere Marshall Johnson, 15, was found dead near Commercial Point, Circleville, with a gunshot wound. A Frisco passenger train wreck near Chelsea, Vinita injured four men.
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Hin
Los Angeles
Calif
Henry T.Jesse
California Lodge of Free Masons
Circleville
Marshall Johnson
Commercial Point
Timp
Vinita
Okla
Frisco road
Chelsea
Anticipating New Tariffs Boosts Luxury Imports
Washington reports to the department of commerce show a surge of imports from France in March and February. Diamonds, champagne, lace, gloves, embroideries, chinaware, and artificial flowers are rising ahead of new duties. Total French import value up 60 percent over last year. In Columbus, Mrs. Dye resigns as madion lic. effective July 1, from the Delaware Girls Industrial Home trustees announce.
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Washington
congress
department of compierce and labor
Frange
sanate bil
France
United States
War warrant issued for Dubrovin over assassination plots
St. Petersburg May 20 a war warrant was issued for the arrest of Dubrovin head of the Union of Russian People on charges of complicity in serious cases. Deputy Hertsenstein of the first duma alleged Dubrovin hired assassins to kill opponents of the organization and that the group engages in wholesale criminal activity.
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St. Petersburg
Prsident Durovin
Union of Russian People organization
Dubrovin
Hertsenstein
douma
wuton
Dubroyin
Calhoun Hires Helms For Job In Graft Trial
In San Francisco on May 20 John Helms former chief detective for United Railways secret service testified against Calhoun tying him to alleged bribery and theft. Helms described shadowing Burns hiring Platt to steal papers and code, and suggested Calhoun sanctioned these actions. The court security tightened as prosecutors and defense clashed over the controversial testimony.
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San Francisco
John Yeung
United railways secret service bureau
Heney
Patrick Calhoun
Calhoun
Nelms
William Abbott
United railways
Burns
A. 7
Platt
Henry
Helms
mwatter
Trinity county
Welms
United States secret service
Rudolph Spreckles
Spreckies
Francis J. Heney
uni
Dewey Sy
A. E B. Platt
Abbott
United railroads
Explosion Kills One Woman and Destroys Bartlett Flats
A explosion and fire in the Bartlett apartment house in the South End of Chicago at noon today left one woman dead and three missing. At least six others were seriously burned, with Mrs Mary Updegraff dying after throwing her baby from a window and leaping to escape. Firefighters carried out two other severely burned women, names not released. The blast was caused by accumulated illuminating gas in the basement.
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Seriowly
Chicago
Bartlett
Mary Updegraff
Mary Darmnody
Desperate convict Harvey Johnson Vanishes From Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus, May 20. Harvey Johnson, deemed one of the most desperate convicts, vanished from the Ohio penitentiary during supper Wednesday night. Guard claims he remains inside walls though whereabouts are unknown. Johnson, recently returned from Franklin County for burglary, was allowed to march with a company. his working clothes were found under floor of the bolt shop.
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Johnson
Franklin County
Columbus
Ohio penitentiary
Harvey Johnson
Dawson
Frankin county
fife
East Side
Kermit Roosevelt Saves Beater as Leopard Attacks in Africa
Nairobi May 20 Kermit Roosevelt saved the chief hunter from a leopard during a chase on the McMillan ranch. The leopard sprang from bushes and knocked the leader down before Kermit fired from horseback, killing the leopard six paces away. Roosevelt also noted a python trophy and a rhinoceros kill by his father Colonel Roosevelt amid cautious accounts of near escapes.
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Roosevelt
Nairobi
Africa
Kermit Roosevelt
McMiNan
whtela
gusk
Kermit
bimmer
Officials face charges of illegal fees in county report
In Columbus on May 20 officials are accused of taking illegal fees and unclaimed costs totaling 26 48.88 dollars. The audit covered 1905 to 1907. Largest sums due were 2 021.33 for treasurer A Hartenstine and 8 109.30 for ex clerk J Howard Edwards, with other misappropriations listed for Middleton Bywlng and De Normandie.
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Columbus
Mahoning county
state bureau of public accounting
billy
FY A. Hartenstine
John HH. Middleton
J. Howard Edwards
ed. C. Bywlng
Prof
De Normandie
Woman Seeks Higher Alimony in Cleveland Ruling
In Cleveland on May 20 Judge Harvey KH Keeler denied Bertha Mueller’s request for more alimony after noting her husband earned 335 a month and she owned 3800 in property. The judge suggested she should be content with what is affordable and that her husband deserves recognition for his efforts.
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Cleveland
Harvey KH. Keeler
Bertha Mueller
George
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