Southern Commercial Secretaries to Meet in Atlanta Next Month
The Southern Commercial Secretaries Association plans a July 7 and 8 Atlanta convention to promote trade revival and expansion in the South. W. B. Royster will preside, with Edwin L. Quarels and W. G. Ooper guiding planning efforts. New Orleans hosts aim for a 1919 event and a Panama tour proposal is floated.
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Atlanta
New Orleans
Southern Commercial Secretaries Association
South
W. B. Royster
Chamber of Commerce
Kattanooga
Tennessee
Edwin L. Quarels
Peterson, Va
South Commercial Congress
W. 4 Goper
Southern Commercial Congress
John M. Parker
Orleans
Gosvenor Dawe
W Orleans
Manor M. B. Trezevant
New Orns Progressive Union
Louisiana Commercial Secretaries Asociation
Panama
Southern Commercial Secretaries Sociation
Unit- States Fruit Company
No Carpet Bag Rule Delays Porto Rico Bill Debate
Washington June S. The House adjourned after failing to reach a quorum for three quarters of an hour while debating the Porto Rico bill. Representative Macon Arkansas demanded a constitutional majority for votes, denouncing a carpet bag rule. Speaker Payne threatened to bring in the sergeant at arms if Monday’s quorum fails. Vice Admiral Urin of the Japanese Navy watched from the gallery with Representative Weeks.
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Washington
June S
Macon
Arkansas
Porto Rico
Payne
New York
Tees
House of Representatives
Baron Urin
Weeks
Massachusetts
Annapolis
South’s Industrial Drive Promotes Southern Trade Expansion
A midwestern to southern tour highlights industrial promotion for the South near the Panama Canal. The trip lasts about 20 days during vacation, showcasing new air cooled ships. The Southern Commercial Secretaries’ Association enters its second year, uniting managers from Maryland to Missouri to boost regional capacity.
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United States
Panama Canal
Tropics
Southern Commercial Secretaries’ Association
South
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Plans For New Sanitarium In Shreveport Unveiled
Father C. Mahe reports seeing the Sisters of the Incarnate Word purchasing thirteen acres on Fairfield Avenue next to Capt. Youree. They plan a four story colonial sanitarium to honor Dr. E. Schumpert, with 50 rooms and wards, doctors and sisters’ quarters, costing about $100000, with work to begin in two weeks.
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Father C. Mahe
Shreveport
Sisters of the Incarnate Word
Fairfield Avenue
Capt
Youree
E. Schumpert
Improvement Over Year Ago Shown By Cotton Report
Speculation active at open of New York Stock Exchange. Nearly one hundred shots fired as Johnson and Noble clash. Noble arrested after a pistol strike. Johnson sheltered by friends. Floods in Douglass Wyoming cause one death and heavy damage. North Platte river washes out bridges and roads.
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Noble
Johnson
United States Revenue
Douglass
Wyo
North Platte River
Ben Widelander
Johnson Shot Up Town and Wyoming Tragedies
In Kentucky flood damage and a Wyoming police chief suicide are noted. A fatal automobile crash is reported along with an earthquake stock update from Washington. The agricultural section cites cotton conditions on May 25 at 81.1 percent of normal, planting区域 around 31,918,000 acres, down 4.4 percent from last year.
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Kentucky
Wyoming
Washington
Tedays
Agricultural Department
Speculative Activity Strong At Stack Exchange Opening
New York reports the Stack Exchange opening with heavy trading. In the first half hour turnover exceeds two hundred thousand shares led by Harriman and Hill issues of Atchison and steel stocks as a prominent feature.
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New York
Stack Exchange
Harriman and Hill
Atchison and Steel
Excitement Follows Jackson Shootout In Town
Jackson Kentucky reports great excitement after a shooting incident at night involving A. S. Johnson and Jake. Sheriff and local police investigated and cordoned off the area as residents whispered about the cause and possible injuries.
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Jackson
A. S. Johnson
Jake
Police Chief W H Heard Shoots Self in Dadeville
Dadeville Alabama June 4 W H Heard chief of police shot and killed himself early today Despondency over illness is thought to have driven the act.
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Dadeville
Ala
W. H. Heard
Illess
Collision Near Egg Harbor Injures Four Men
A collision between automobiles near Egg Harbor early today seriously injures four Philadelphia men. The injured are F. B. Lindsay J. R. Taylor George K. Lemm and H. Niles, all of Philadelphia, who were in a car from the seashore.
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Philadelphia
Egg Harbor
F. B. Lindsay
J. R. Taylor
George K. Lemm
H. Niles
Earthquake Disturbance Felt From Distant Quake
Manila reports seismographs recorded an intense seismic disturbance early today. Officials estimate the quake originated from a distance of about fourteen hundred to two thousand miles away.
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Manila
Sheriff Cazalas Impeached Over Lynching Case
Montgomery reports that Sheriff Frank Cazalas of Moullecow was impeached by the Supreme Court for failing to prevent the January 21 lynching of Richard Robertson after deputy Philip Hatch was killed. The court said mob law must be stopped. an impeachment order will be issued and sent to the coroner.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank Cazalas
Moullecow
Supremer Court
Richard Robertson
Simpson
Nat
Cazalas
Justice Simpson
Philip Hatch
Robertson
Memoro
Aly
Mobile
Birthrate in France Shows Surplus Births in 1908
The vital statistics of France for 1908 show an excess of births over deaths by 46 441, easing fears from 1907. Deaths rose to 48 266 while births increased by 18 067, signaling a healthier demographic trend than earlier pessimistic projections.
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Davis
France
Business Men's Party advocated in St Louis banquet
E C Simmons of St Louis urged a new national party named the Business Men's Party at a banquet of the St Louis Chapter of the American Institute of Banking. He led the movement started a year ago to restore prosperity and blamed excessive agitation for holding back growth. He called for a business man as the presidential candidate.
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St. Louis
Business Men's Party
E. C. Simmons
Simmons
American Instiute
Honored Birthday Observances Stir Southwide
Dispatches from New Orleans report that Jefferson Davis birthday observances paused business in Mississippi Texas Louisiana Virginia Alabama and Georgia with widespread suspensions while other southern states observed similarly.
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New Orleans
Jefferson
Mississippi
Texas
Louisi
Louisiana
Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Unanimous tribute as veterans honor dead with graveside flowers
Local chapters of Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy gathered in most large towns to award crosses of honor. Public schools paused so children could decorate graves of fallen soldiers with flowers.
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Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis Birthday Observed in Mississippi State Activities
Jackson observed Jefferson Davis birthday as a state holiday with offices closed and banks shut. Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy held services at the capitol, Rentliff's Battery held its annual reunion. Bishop Galloway’s tribute from the centennial celebration was read at the joint gathering.
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Jackson
Miss
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy
Rentliff
Monroe Hotel Sold in Major Local Deal
The Monroe Hotel property facing South Grand street plus two brick Wood street buildings, valued at $60,000, sold this afternoon by KH Fudickar to George F Wahrer of St. Louis. The sale preserves Mr Bradley’s lease through December 1710 and Wahrer is secretary of the Great Southern Hotel Company of Meridian Mississippi.
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Monroe
W. A. Myatt
KH. Fudickar
George F. Wahrer
St. Louis
Monroe Hotel
Grand Street
Wood Street
L. Bradley
Must remain in prison for Rice murder
New York June 4 The appellate division of the Supreme Court Brooklyn denied Albert T Patrick's writ of habeas corpus seeking release from Sing Sing where he is serving a life sentence for the murder of William Marsh Rice.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
Vaneas Corpus
Sire Sing
William Marsh Rice
Appelate Division
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Senate adopts La Follette resolution on German wage reports
Washington June 4. The Senate adopted the La Follette resolution calling on the President to transmit to the Senate the State Department German wage correspondence or related reports.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
Revolt in Ceiba prompts U S gunboat dispatch
Wireless telegrams from American consular agents in Honduras inform the State Department of revolutionary troubles in Ceiba. The gunboat Paducah sailed from Porto Cortez to Ceiba for protection of foreign life and property as communication between Ceiba and Tegucigalpa is cut off. Richelieu Crandberry sance Jam at Fox Grocer Co., Leaders 25-if.
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Washington
Honduras
State Department
Ceiba
Paducah
Porto Cortez
Tegucigalpa
Fox Grocer Co
Trike Settlement Expected Today
Both sides in the controversy have made material concessions and a settlement on the trike dispute is anticipated today.
Philadelphia Quiet as Strike Edges Toward Settlement
Rioting continued at intervals across Philadelphia yesterday as talks between transit workers and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company made progress. Political leaders urged peace and a conference with strike leaders. the union sought 22 cents an hour, reinstatement of old workers, and future talks via a committee.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
McNicoll
Ware
Nicell
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