Ingame Tax Amendment Urged After Crop Report
Minority Leader Hon. Champ Clark urges prompt adoption of the season's crop amendment as conditions show May 25 crop at 2 percent of normal. Acreage reaches 33 196 000, up 2.8 percent. Government report sparks bearish cotton futures in New Orleans with October off about a dollar per bale and December at 12 cents. Geo A Choppin of Grunewald Piano Co. sets headquarters in New Orleans at Calvert House.
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Geo. A. Choppin
Grunewald Piano House
New Orleans
Calvert House
Kentucky House Dedicates Two Million Dollar State Building
The Democratic measure for an income tax faces approval in the Kentucky House as Speaker Dupre and allies push a resolution to amend the U S Constitution and legalize an income tax. A telegram from Champ Clark urges support while opposing votes are voiced by Moyse and Wall. Gallery crowds pack the chamber.
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News-Star
Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Dupre
The
United States
Kentucky’s $2 Million Capitol Dedication in Frankfort
Frankfort Kentucky on June 2 saw the dedication of the two million dollar state capitol with a full day of exercises. Thousands rode in on special trains as Bishop Lewis W. Burton offered the invocation and Governor Augustus E. Willson along with State Senator W. O. Bradley delivered historic addresses. The building is complete except for mural decorations awaiting General Assembly funding. Tonight the governor hosts a traditional Kentucky house warming at the capitol.
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Lewis W. Burton
Lexington
Augustus E. Willson
W. O. Bradley
General Assembly
Capitol
Government Condition Report on Cotton Acreage Rises
The first season report from the government shows improved cotton condition and increased acreage. Washington notes favorable conditions in the field and promising prospects for the crop.
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Washington
Negro graduates welcomed by whites at Branch Normal College
W T Vernon, negro U S Treasury registrar, spoke at Elk's theatre in Pine Bluff as hundreds of whites and black students gathered. Valedictorian Johanna Tollette urged self reliance in hog raising and farming. Prof Fisher praised harmony efforts as Vernon pledged to report Arkansas sentiment to Washington.
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America
Johanna C. Tollette
Isaac Fisher
Arkansas
Panama Exposition Director General Likely for Sanders
Baton Rouge dispatch reports Governor Jared Y. Sanders may resign to become Director General of the Panama Exposition Company if the constitutional amendment passes and Congress approves New Orleans as the exposition site. The move would shift leadership to Lieutenant Governor Lambremont during a transitional period and influence Louisiana politics and legislative agendas.
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Baton Rouge
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New Orleans
Jared Y. Sanders
Louisiana
San Francisco
Washington
Sanders
Lambremont
General Assembly
United States
Aviator Dodges Bullet in Air as Biplane Struck
Charles Willard flew a Curtiss biplane from Joplin aviation field and dodged rifle fire from a lone marksman. A bullet shattered the propeller and wounded a rib. Willard landed 200 feet above ground near a mining camp, guided to a rural baseball diamond, where he received a replacement propeller and returned to the aviation grounds.
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Willard
J. C. Mars
Prominent North Louisiana figure Ivy I Davis dies at 58
Hon Ivy I. Davis a longtime planter and former state senator from Ouachita Caldwell and Jackson parishes dies at his Washington street home after seven years of poor health following a run away accident that cost him a foot He was born in Caldwell parish and educated at Caldwell schools and LSU He married Sallie A Blanks 33 years ago and had eight children Survived by wife daughter Dorothy son Gleaves E Ronald Lee and brothers Nathan Davis Oliver and L H Wooten The loss is mourned by a wide circle of friends and family in North Louisiana.
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Davs
Bitter Fight Looms as Railroad Lawyers Plan Resistance
Promised clash grows as railroad lawyers meet to resist an injunction. The parties brace for ensuing battle over the legal action and potential impact on operations.
No Agreement on Freight Rates Faces Court Challenge
In St Louis on June 2 attorneys for twenty five Western railroads restrained from raising freight rates will meet to plan a response to the government suit. They contend there was no mutual agreement to raise rates, and if any agreement exists it is lawful under current conditions. The restraining order targets the Western Trunk Line Committee members with offices in Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas. The circuit court may hear expedited appeals before vacation season, possibly in St Paul.
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Western Trunk Lines
Dyer
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Western
United States
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
Frisco Systems
Chicago
Kansas City
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Parsons
Kas
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Vandeventer
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Negro Loses Jim Crow Suit Against Railroads
A Virginia born negro, J A Alexander Chiles, sued the C and O Railway for damages after being barred from a white coach on a through trip Washington to Lexington. The Kentucky court ruled separate coaches for races were reasonable and Chiles received equal accommodations. The U S Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal.
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Chiles
Washington
D C
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Ashland
Supreme Court of Kentucky
Supreme Court
Taft Thanks Augusta for Generous Travel Aid
Capt A W Butt, Taft’s aide from Augusta, reports the president’s cordial thanks to Augusta trades bodies and citizens for raising 5000 to cover traveling expenses. Taft values Southern hospitality and seeks to reassure Congress no reflection on the South arose, noting the spontaneous Augusta response that cheered him.
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Taft
W. C. Boykin
Capt. Butt
South
Congress
Mr. Tawney
McMillan Property Listing Promise No Sale No Charge
A real estate notice advertises listing services with McMillan promising no charge unless a sale completes. The brief highlights a client friendly commission model and professional listing support.
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McMillan
Daughters to entertain Confederate Veterans at Faulk home
The Daughters host a good old time supper and musical for Confederate Veterans tomorrow night at Dr. R W Faulk's Pine Street home. The event features entertainment by both groups with a post supper program.
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Pine Street
Frisco Board Grants Jeffries Johnson Fight Permit
San Francisco officials approve a forty five round July 4 boxing match between Jeffries and Johnson with only two dissenters. Protestants and church groups arrive to object but are not heard as the permit is issued and arena construction proceeds.
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Board of Supervisors
John H. Herget
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