Secretary Knox Defies House Over Portrait Expenditure
Secretary Knox blocks disclosure of records on a 2450 voucher for former Secretary Day's portrait amid a dispute with Representative Hamlin over Congress access to the funds from the emergency diplomatic fund. Knox cites certification by a former president and fears revealing other expenditures. Hamlin threatens floor action as inspection may be allowed.
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Hamlin
House
Washington
State Knox
Taft
House Committee
State Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Knox
Missouri
Mr. Knox
Penitentiary for the Spotters in Shreveport Case
In district court Judge T F Bell sentenced two men known as spotters N P Wainwright and O B King for violating the age of consent law. Wainwright drew two years and King one year in the penitentiary. They aided Beulah and Earl Bickham under 18, and the sheriff freed the girls from a country shanty. The men go to Baton Rouge prison at 8 this morning.
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Shreveport
District Court
Udge
T. F. Bell
N. P. Wainwright
O. B. King
Wainwright
Penientiary
King
Enitentiary
Beulah
Earl Bickham
Neithr
Wee
Baton Rouge
Laws and history highlighted in Louisiana’s early days
A speaker discussed legends about Jefferson’s era and the rule of thumb in law, noting the 1699 Louisiana civil code and the enforcement of laws during French and Spanish rule. He described crude Supreme Court decisions from the state’s early formation, including a justice recusing himself then issuing an opinion in a notable case.
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Rufus Foster
Martin W. Littleton
Federal Judiciary
E. H. Randolph
Shreveport
Randolph
E. N. Weeks
New Iberia
R. S. Tullis
Louisiana State University Law School
D. Oo. McGorney
Tulane Law School
A. A. Bell
FE. F. Jayle
Chas. A. Ducamp
E. L. Weeks
Lake Charles
Henry Dart, Sr
New Orleans
Louisiana
Thomas Jefferson
Supreme Court
Bangor Seminary to Mark Cyrus Hamlin Birthday at Graduation
Bangor Maine June 3 feature of the Bangor Theological Seminary graduation exercises starting tomorrow will include the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr Cyrus Hamlin a noted missionary to Turkey and co founder of Robert College Hamlin graduated from the seminary in 1837.
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Bangor
Bangor Theological Seminary
Cyrus Hamlin
Turkey
Robert College
Hamlin
The
Theological Seminary
Ocean yacht race begins from Boston to Bermuda
Crowds gather in Boston to see the start of the Boston to Bermuda yacht race. The 670 mile course ends at Davids Head near St George Bermuda. Competing boats include Vagrant Iris Sunrise Enchantress and Chispa with owners Vanderbilt Whitehouse Carmichael Weed and Captain Earnest A. Smith.
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Boston
Mass
Sitv
Bermuda
David’s Head
St. George
Harold S. Vanderbilt
New York Yacht Club
New York
Iris
Francis M. Whitehouse
Manchester Yacht Club
Sunrise
P. L. Carmichael
Enchantress
Seward V. Weed
Corinthian Yacht Club
Chispa
Earnest A. Smith
Red Lopez Shot by Guards in Cananea
Cananea Mexico June 3 Red Lopez once an insurgent leader under Francisco I Madero Jr was executed while en route to serve an eight year court martial sentence for allegedly selling out to American interests at Agua Prieta The guard details differ with one claim that Lopez attempted escape and another that he was shot in crisis with conflicting accounts surrounding his death
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Cananea
Mexico
Lopez
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Agua Prieta
Insurrecto
Alleged $4000 payoff tied to Agua Prieta surrender
The article alleges that Lopez confessed to receiving four thousand dollars in exchange for surrendering Agua Prieta to the federals, while pleading to be executed rather than imprisoned.
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Lopez
Agua Prieta
Tragic Return: Lopez Family Learns Of Execution
In Cananea Arno Lopez known as Red Lopez faced capture by guards who delivered his seraphe and sombrero to General Lomelia after an attempted escape. Lopez’s mother, visiting Lomelia, asked for her son and was shown the items as proof of execution. News traveled to Bisbee via Juan Castillo, a family friend.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Arno
Red
Senora Lopez
Naco
Juan Castilo
Negro Runs Amuck in Louisville Killing Police Officer
In Louisville on June 2 Jim Lee, an African American man, went amuck stabbing three bystanders and two others, fatally wounding Patrolman James Horrigan who returned fire, killing Lee. Rioting followed with rocks, bricks and fistfights as bystanders joined in self defense and unrest spread.
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Louisville
Jim Lee
James Horrigan
Lee
Horrigan
Confessed Criminal Hanged in Mobile Jail
Bill Walker alias Gus Walker alias Cooney Ford was hanged at 5:05 am in the Mobile county jail after conviction for the murder of Jesse Brown committed July 31, 1910. He confessed on the gallows to the murder and to two prior criminal assaults, one on a white person.
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Mobile
Ala
Bill Walker
Gus Walker
Cooney Ford
Jesse Brown
Palmer
Walker
Clarence Darrow Confers With Labor Leaders Over McNamara Suits
Clarence Darrow, counsel for John and James McNamara, accused in the Los Angeles Times bombing case, conferred with local labor leaders in San Francisco on June 2 about suits that will be started against various parties.
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San Francisco
Clarence
Darrow
John and
James McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Jeemes Bailey Might Enter Louisiana Governor Race
Observer notes Jeemes Bailey, a changeable politician with a rice farm past, declines to be interviewed as rumors swirl of a Parker Hall ticket and potential senatorial reshuffling. The piece hints Bailey’s cradle of politics, campaign timing, and lingering race dynamics in Louisiana.
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Jeemes’ Bailey
Jeemes
East Baton Rouge
Louisiana
John M. Parker
Monroe
Luther Hall
The
Picayune
Judge Hall
Supreme Bench
John M
United States
Parker
Hall
Bailey
Train collision injures private car owner and prompts memorial note
A private car attached to a train struck a washout causing a fatal incident. The Good Samaritan Home received a donation of $729.00 from Mio. Berg and the Jewish Ladies Aid contributed $4.00 yesterday and $25.00 today.
City officials sued in alleged conspiracy and false imprisonment
Los Angeles officials face suits for 25000 dollars damages each over arrests of men at picketing. Directors of several plants are joined as parties. Total potential damages around 1 million dollars. Darrow plans trips to Chicago and Indianapolis to study the case.
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Los Angeles
Darrow
Chicago
Indianapolis
Week of public events includes Taft banquet and various meetings
Washington reports a busy week with President Taft attending a Baltimore banquet for Cardinal Gibbons after a New York visit. He will review a Sunday school parade in Brooklyn and speak at the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Association banquet at the Hotel Astor. The week also features protests, elections, and numerous conventions worldwide.
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Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Washington, D. C
Taft
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
New York
Metropolis
Brooklyn
Hotel Astor
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Fort Worth
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church of Canada
Ottawa
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Boston
Lutheran General Synod
New York City
American Water Works Association
Rochester
National Association of Clothiers
Richmond
St. Die
Birthday Observances and Train Crash Report
Jefferson Davis birthday observed in Spots today. Mrs Le S Berg wife of L S Berg president of a railway is killed and Mr Berg seriously injured in a wreck at Vergas Minnesota en route to Winnipeg. Their private car burned with eight of eleven cars derailed and three burned total. Washout caused by heavy rains. Berg unconscious and hospitalized. other passengers escaped.
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Cago Railway
Berg
Vergas. Minn
Mrs. Berg
Winnepeg
Vergas
Confederate Memorial Day Observed Across the South
Richmond reports Jefferson Davis birthday celebrated as a legal holiday in Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Texas Louisiana and South Carolina. Louisiana also observes Confederate Memorial day. In Hollywood Cemetery the graves of Davis Mrs Davis and Winnie Davis are adorned with flowers.
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Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Texas
Louisiana
South Carolina
Holly Wood
Davis
Ex-President Cipriano Castro Missing After Steamship Search
Havana reports that Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela could not be found among Legazpi passengers arriving from Las Palmas Canary Islands customs officials conduct thorough search Castro had sought to return to Venezuela from exile and is believed to have boarded Legazpi at Cadiz and disembarked at Las Palmas
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Havana
Cipriano Castro
Venzuela
Legazpi
Las Palmas
Canary Island
Castro
Venezuela
Cadiz
Spain
Madero Returns to Mexican Territory Amid Enthusiastic Welcomes
Francisco I. Madero Jr. re enters Mexican soil after a 600 mile U S journey. Crowds gather at the international line with cheers of Viva Madero as residents from Eagle Pass Texas and Piedras Negras Mexico fill the bridges. Continuation noted on Page Eight.
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Pedras Negras
Mexico
United State
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Eagle Pass
Texas
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Viva Madero
Census of Manufactures reports Monroe La outputs and establishments
Acting Census Director Falkner released a preliminary census of Monroe Louisiana showing 28 establishments in 1909 with product value of 1 255 000 and an average 55 000 per establishment. The report lists capital 1 082 000 materials 545 000 salaries 471 000 expenses 104 000 and value added 710 000 with 62 salaried officials and 681 wage earners.
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Washington, D. C
United States Census of Manufactures
Monroe
Falkner
William M. Steuart
Manufactures
Bureau of the Census
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Werather
Michael
Calcutta
BAR
Littheron
Dart
Louisiana Bar Association
E. F. Gayle
C. B. Richard
Spotters
Red” Lopez
McNamaras
Jeemes” Bailey
Mio. Berg
President Tart
Jefferson Davis
Castro—Madero
Lorimer
Virginia
South
Madero
the Manufactures
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