Three Women Lead Child Life Conservance Conference
Memphis April 14. The conference opened with a keynote on conserving child life and compulsory education. Prominent speakers include Mrs Florence Kelley of New York Miss Jean Gordon of New Orleans and Miss Kate Barnard of Oklahoma who urged laws to keep young girls at home. They condemned recent agitation against child labor and urged state and federal action to protect working children.
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Nashville
South
Florence Kelley
Consumers’ League of New York
Jean Gordon
New Orleans
Louisiana
Kelsey
H. S. Sheffer
Memphis
Gordon
Miss Gordon
Stage-struck children and white slave traffic critique voiced
Garnett Andrews of Chattanooga argues child stage work fuels trafficking and condemns convict labor as harming conditions. He questions the conference’s name and says textile workers do not account for a third of child labor. He favors equal representation for manufacturers and workers now and in future conferences.
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Garnett Andrews
Chattanooga
Tenn
St. Louis Leader Criticizes Aero Club Plans for Aviation Meet
Albert B. Lambert of the Aero Club of St. Louis denounces the arrangements for the international aviation meet in America as badly mishandled and declares that St. Louis will not host the event unless better terms are provided.
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St. Louis
Cortlandt Bishop
Aero Club of America
Albert B. Lambert
Aero Club of St. Louis
America
Highwaymen strip victims in Woodstock robbery
Charles Bottoriff and William Duster, switchmen from Terre Haute, were robbed en route to Memphis as three men and a boy forced them to strip to underwear. Bottoriff resisted, fighting for five minutes before beingOverpowered. The bandits fled with Duster’s clothes, watch, and $3, while returning Bottoriff’s YMCA membership card.
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Memphis
Tenn
Charles Bottoriff
William Duster
Terre Haute
Ind
Woodstock
Chicago
Bottorff
Duster
Central Police Station
Sugg
Ninety-Five Rescued After Vessel Sinks Yesterday
A maritime incident left a vessel founder ed yesterday afternoon with ninety five people rescued. Authorities investigated the cause as crews ferried survivors to safety and secured the scene for later inquiries.
Death Caused the Deadlock in Key Tobacco Cases
The Standard of and Tobacco cases must be argued again as legal action resumes.
Boy fatally crushed as gallery collapses in New Orleans
In a Canal and Rampart street collapse an unidentified boy was fatally injured while several others were wounded. A wall section fell on a crowded gallery with bricks harming a dozen people. the boy died en route to hospital. Nearby reports note the Santa Clara steamship foundering with all aboard rescued.
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New Orleans
Corner Canal
South Rampart
New York Cotton Exchange Fights Scott Bill on Futures
New York Cotton Exchange members reject the Scott bill to regulate exchanges saying it harms all major markets including New Orleans and Memphis and could drive cotton trade to Liverpool. They plan to present facts to members of Congress before the measure is disposed of. The bill is seen as a political move to appease Southern interests.
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New York
Scott
House of Representatives
Senate
New York Exchange
Washington
New Orleans
Memphis
Newrk Exchange
Liverpool
Journal of Commerce
Robbers Blow Bank Vault in Spring City Bank Job
In Spring City Tennessee on April 14 robbers blasted open the vault of the First National Bank and fled with more than $10,000. Nitroglycerine was used and bloodhounds were put on the chase. One robber fired a shot.
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Spring City
Tenn
First National Bank
Supreme Court reargument hints at four to three split
Washington reports say the Supreme Court reargument of the Standard Oil and tobacco cases came with no reasons and no fixed date. The move sparked stock market volatility and fed talk the decision may rest on a 4–3 division with Justice Moody not participating. Pending Brewer vacancy, Taft may delay or speed up an appointment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Moody
Brewer
Taft
Congress
Bowers
Wickersham
Vandeventer
Monrobite Election on Five Mill Road Tax Vote
The parish of Ouachita faces a Tuesday election on a five mill annual tax for road purposes. To pass, a majority by number and value of voters must approve the measure.
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Ouachita
Court cases set for reargument timing and possible shifts
Governor Hughes and Lewis N. Marshall are among those named as judges or attorneys in a case. Standard Oil and Tobacco cases cannot be reargued before the October term. If Taft names Brewer's successor before Congress adjourns, the cases could be moved to the term's start. A delayed confirmation could push rearguments to December. The corporation tax cases’ reargument is unlikely, with a verdict on constitutionality expected soon.
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Oming
Sanborn
Minnesota
Hughes
New York
Lewis N. Marshall
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Taft
Justice Brewer
Congress
Taft Pressured by Antis Over Woman Suffrage Convention
President Taft promises to speak at the Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington as antis from New York sign a protest letter opposing woman suffrage. The letter is signed by numerous New York residents.
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New York
Taft
Washington
Remarkable burglar shot, continues theft then captured
In Chicago on April 14 a colored burglar, Thomas Johnson, was shot by a Hyde Park police officer but resumed work within an hour. A blood trail led investigators to two more houses, ending with his arrest as he left a home with stolen clothing money and jewelry valued at $500. only a few coins remained.
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Chicago
Woodlawn
P. D. O'Brien
Hyde Park
Thomas Johnson
Meridian Strife Ends as Jail Lynching Follows Jailer Killing
In Meridian on April 14, after the jailer Temple was killed and his slayer Tom O Neil was lynched, a 2000 strong crowd set O Neils body aflame at a pole while guards from Company B held the jail and George Williams was moved to Jackson for safety. Deputy Jailer Boutwell was assaulted. O Neil seized his pistol and was shot by officers after firing four rounds. Williams was wounded in the leg and remains under guard. Judge Buckley urged restraint as excitement subsides.
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Meridian
Mississippi State Guard
Temple
Tom O'Neil
Boutwell
O'Neil
Effec
George Williams
Buckley
Williams
Civic League Sale Promises Shirts Bonnets and Ice Cream
The Civic League hosts a sale featuring shirtwaists bonnets and handkerchiefs along with ice cream and cake. The event runs Friday with proceeds benefiting league activities.
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Civic League
Crime of Negro Revenged by Meridian Citi Zen Executers
A fragment reports a crime framed as revenge with Meridian and a local group acting as executioners. Names, places, and full details are unclear due to damaged text. The wording suggests a racially charged account from an old newspaper segment.
Veterans reunion set for 1911 convention in the South
Four cities Macon Chattanooga Nashville and Little Rock are already in line to secure the 1911 Confederate Veterans reunion Gen Clement Evans reports. Evans says all is ready in Mobile for the biggest and best gathering yet with expected tremendous crowds from Southern states.
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Atlanta
Macon
Chattanooga
Nashville
Little Rock
Clement Evans
Mobile
Gen. Evans
Deposits of Gold and Silver Found In Imperial Parish
Rich ore deposits with gold silver lead and zinc found across Calcasieu Vernon parishes and Newton county Texas. Government assays report 48 percent gold 14 percent silver in one deposit and 80 percent lead 10 percent silver in another. A New Orleans Galveston company plans development within sixty days with 10000 acres under lease and seeks 1000 more.
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Imperial Parish of
Calcasieu
Calcasieu and
Vernon Parishes
Newton County
Texas
Charles P. Tate
Vernon Parish
Merryville
Sabine River
Calcasieu Parish
Sabine
Anacoco
New Orleans
Galveston
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Southern Textile Con
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Cal
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York
Monrobite
Monroe
Jackson
Tioners
Lake Charles
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