Wool Tariff Battle Stirring Democratic ranks in May
Washington May 31 Democrats and Republicans debate the wool tariff sparked by Bryan. Underwood defends that the revised wool schedules align with the Wilson bill and predict strong support at Thursday's caucus. He notes the committee cut the raw wool duty and argues revenue needs justify a tax on raw wool. He cites treasury shortfalls and pending income tax ratification.
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Washington
House of Representatives
W. J. Bryan
Underwood
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
House Committee On Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Wilson
United States
Democratic Party
Harroun Wins Five Hundred Mile Auto Race at Speedway
Ray Harroun won the six hour forty one minute endurance race driving a Marmon to $10,000 prize. Ralph Mulford and David Bruce Brown finished second and third as a deadly crash killed S P Dickson and injured others on the Indianapolis track. Seventy five thousand spectators witnessed the perilous opening laps.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ray Harroun
Harroun
Ralph Mulford
Lozier
David Bruce’ Brown
Fiat
Ray Haroun
Marmon
Observer on Sanitary Measures Sparks Local Debate
The Observer criticizes political maneuvering over League alignment while praising Health Inspector Ed Strong. He urges cleaning Monroe, targeting fly breeding in stables and dairies, open closets, ditches, and the unsightly News-Sar block lot, insisting strong sanitary action. He commits to evaluating Ed Strong and exposing failures if needed.
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Ed. Strong
H. C. Walker
Mr. Walker
News-Sar
Prominent Minister Topic Sparks Baptist Meeting Debate
In Atlanta, May 30, a motion to invite Dr. John Clifford of London, head of the World's Baptist Alliance and a noted higher critic, was withdrawn amid strong opposition. Dr. Clifford’s views on Old Testament miracles drew sharp criticism from local ministers, while Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas announces an upcoming re election campaign.
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Atlanta
John Clifford
London
World’s Baptist Alliance
John E. White
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Record of racing prize money and a wedding in the city
The top race prize purse totals 25 000 with drivers Ralph Mulford Bruce Brown Spencer Wishart Ralph De Palma Charley Merz W H Turner Harry Cobe Fred Belcher Hugh Hughes sharing the money and nearly 15000 in side prizes from accessory makers. Separately Mr Henry Fearson and Miss Katie Cox were married at 7 30 pm yesterday at L H Swayze residence with Mr Swayze officiating.
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Charley Merz
National
W. H. Turner
Amplex
Harry Cobe
Jackson
Fred Belcher
Knox
Hugh Hughes
Mercer
Texans appeal to Louisiana lawmakers on wool revenue duty
Texas sheep interests urge Louisiana representatives to back a 20 percent revenue duty on wool rather than free wool. The move aims to fund the treasury, not protect local woolmen, as caucus dynamics risk minority reports and partisan shifts.
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Texas
House
Louisiana
Washington
Bailey
UVA Matches Yale and Harvard in Senate Alumni Count
The University of Virginia has as many graduates in the current United States Senate as the combined total from Yale and Harvard. The statement highlights UVA's notable representation among federal lawmakers alongside two historic rivals.
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University of Virginia
United States Senate
Yale
Harvard
Judge Guion Says Senate Primary Needs Majority Vote
New Orleans May 31 The Picayune reports that legal authorities largely agree on a majority rule for the senatorial primary. Judge Walter Guion says the 1908 amendatory act applies to state officers only and does not extend to United States Senators or Representatives. He concludes a majority vote is required to nominate a U S senator in the coming primary.
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New Orleans
the Picayune
United States
Walter Guion
The
Picayune
General Assembly
Guion
United States Senate
United States Congress
Relief Promised for Good Samaritan Home Funds
The report notes some relief is promised for the Good Samaritan Home with entries showing $729.00 from Jewish Ladies Aid and small receipts of $25.00 and $4.00 recorded yesterday. Weather forecaster predicts thundershowers over the south according to the Weather Bureau.
View on primary law and amendments in Orleans politics
The excerpt notes the original primary law and the 1908 amendment clarifying segregation of U S Senate and State officers. James C. Henriques, Orleans Democratic committee chair and key figure in 1906 reform, argues the plurality rule applied only to State officers and that the majority requirement for U S senators remained unchanged.
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United States Senate
James C. Henriques
House
Orleans
Democratic Committee
United States
Hall in New Orleans Says He Attends Personal Business Only
Judge Luther F. Hall of Monroe arrived in New Orleans on a private legal visit and denied political aims. He stayed at the St. Charles Hotel and planned to remain until Wednesday night while denying any meetings with Democratic Good Government League leaders about a gubernatorial endorsement. He said he would not campaign and had not decided on resigning from the Supreme bench next April.
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New Orleans
The
Daily States
Luther FE. Hall
Monroe
Heis
St. Charles
Democratic Good Government League
Judge Hall
League
Supreme Bench
Attorney General Wickersham Targets Law Violators
The report notes Attorney General Wickersham intensifying efforts against lawbreakers. Andre Beaumont reportedly won an aviation prize of 20 000 dollars. The Sun Star claimed England's Blue Ribbon Derby was decided today in Atlanta on May 31 as heat waves dominated the South with scattered thundershowers forecast.
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Wickersham
Andre Beaumont
England
Atlanta
Mississippi River
Macon
New Orleans
Charleston
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Gulf States
Wickersham forecasts anti trust law criminal prosecutions
In Washington on May 231 the Attorney General said Supreme Court rulings in Standard Oil and American Tobacco would prompt sweeping efforts to secure criminal convictions for anti trust violators. Rome reports Andre Beaumont, the French aviator, won the Paris Rome Turin flight stage after a Pisa to Rome leg of 160 miles earning a $20000 prize.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Standard Oil and American Tobacco Co
Wickersham
Rome
Andre Beaumont
Paris
Garros Unharmed After Plane Wreck Near Vavita Italy
French aviator Rolland Garros, leading the Paris to Turin flight, left Pisa and crashed near Vavita on May 31 but escaped injury.
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Vavita
Italy
Rolland Garros
Pisa
Paris
Turin
Garros
Sun Star Wins Eclipse of Derby at Epson Downs
At Epson Downs England a $32500 three year old Derby over a mile and a half saw Joel's Sun Star favorite triumph. Lord Derby's Steadfast finished second and Royal Tender took third. King George and Queen Mary attended making the coronation derby a record event.
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England
Epson Downs
Joel
Sun Star
Lord Derby
King George
Queen Mary
Wickersham Testifies on Fees From Steel and Refining Firms
Attorney General Wickersham told the House expenditures committee he advised United States Steel from 1901 to 1909 while with Scie and Cadwallader and helped American Sugar Refining Company. He said his share of the fees, about 26006 dollars, was paid into the firm and handled by Henry W Taft, brother of the President.
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Wickersham
Pee
Washington
House Committee On Expenditures
Department of Justice
United States Steel Corporation
Scie and Cadwallader
American Sugar Refining Company
Henry W. Taft
Taft
Wiieasersham
Iowa Elects Record Forty-Six Women as County Superintendents
A recent election in Iowa results in forty six women chosen as county superintendents of public schools, a figure believed to be the largest number in any state.
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Iowa
American railroad official burned by Michoacan bandits
Robert J. Sweazy, superintendent of the Central Railroad of Michoacan, was burned at the stake on May 16 after refusing to pay bandits demanding money from Americans in Ajuno Michoacan. His wife is believed kidnapped. refugee Joseph Hansfelder says Sweazy’s house was torched and his body tied to a post amid the flames. He may have been a former San Diego resident.
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San Francisco
Ajuno
Michoacan
Robert J. Sweazy
Central Railroad
Joseph Hansfelder
Newport
Manzanillo
Hansfelder
Sweazy
United States
San Diego
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Gladstone
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Spencer Wishart
Mercedes
Ralph de Palma
Speedway Manage
Ment
Henry Fearson
Miss Katie
Cox
L. H. Swayze
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