Pleas For Clemency In Leo Frank Case Increases
Atlanta letters urging executive clemency for Leo M. Frank pour in to Gov. Slaton on May 28. Gov. Brewer of Mississippi and other officials, lawyers, senators, and congressmen express doubts about guilt or call for humane action. Judges Roan and Pratt Judson noted, and letters cite threats and trials as context.
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Leo M. Frank
Slaton
Brewer
Mississippi
Frank
John A. Boykin
Roan
Tudge
Boykin
Williams
McLean
Connecticut
Lewis
Ilinois
Broussard
Louisiana
Hill
Coleman
Pennsylvania
Elston
California
Cline
Indiana
Harry Pratt Judson
University of Chicago
James H. Preston
Baltimore
Chicago
Williams Policy 18 Endorsed by Bankers in Oakland
In Oakland on May 28 the policy of John Skelton Williams as comptroller of the currency was endorsed by the National Association of Supervisors of State Banks in their closing session Albert E Knott of Wisconsin was elected president and other officers were named
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Oakland
Cal
John’ Skelton
Wiliams
Office of Comptroller of the Currency
National Association. of Supervisors of
Albert E. Knolt
Wisconsin
Kentucky man chosen for 1916 convention
Dent vice T. J. Smith of Louisville Kentucky was chosen for the 1916 convention in the city.
Serbia to Hire Forty American Doctors This May
In Nish Serbia on May 25 the Serbian government announced the engagement of forty American doctors. Currently sixteen American doctors are working in Serbia. Dr Richard P Strong notes that twenty five of those involved were part of the American Red Cross mission.
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Nish
Serbia
London
Ander
Richard. P. Strong
Red Cross
Respite Granted for Five Mexican Condemned Men
Florence Arizona May 28 The board of pardons granted a respite to all five Mexicans condemned to die on the gallows at Florence penitentiary. The respite is not to exceed twelve weeks and the request is that the men be hanged separately on dates fixed by Gov Hunt.
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Florence
Riz
Board of Pardons Alte Paroles
Florence’ Penitentiary
Foodstuffs Exports Rise for United States in Ten Months
Washington May 28 American foodstuffs exports for the ten months ending in April showed a rise of 400 million dollars over the same period a year earlier totaling 657,146,200. The increase, driven largely by European war demand, excludes manufacturers goods exports while raw cotton and mineral oils fell. Notable items include corn, oats, wheat, flour, canned and fresh beef, lard and oils with substantial gains in value and volume.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers elect officers in Cleveland
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers endorsed international peace and an armament-reducing basis for an international police force. The triennial convention in Cleveland elected officers Frank E. Wood of New Orleans as first grand assistant engineer J J Curry of Jersey City as second assistant grand engineer and G W Phillips of Abbotsford Wisconsin as grand guide.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of ‘Locomotive Engineers
Frank E. Wood
New Orleans
J. J. Curry
Jersey City
G. W. Phillips
Abattsford
Wis
Brotherhood Smokers for Delegates in Essex Meeting
George E. Dority of Essex Massachusetts describes the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen hosting delegates with a smoker event in the evening. The gathering featured a social hour and discussions highlighting union activities and railway labor issues.
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George E. Dority
Essex
Mass
The
Brotherhood of Railway
French and British Aid Italian War Effort Arrives
French and British military missions arrived in Rome to stay with the Italian general staff during the war for further allied cooperation. A Russian mission is expected soon. Colonel George M. Dunn and Lieut.-Commander Charles R. Train have asked permission to go to the front.
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Rome
Paris
George M. Dunn
Charles R. Train
Order tightens foot and mouth quarantine in six states
An order signed by Secretary Trouston of the Department of Agriculture further modifies restrictions of the foot and mouth quarantine in Illinois Maryland New Jersey New York Pennsylvania West Virginia and Wisconsin. The order becomes effective May 1.
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Washington
Illinois
Maryland
New Jersey
New
Fined for sending contraband of war case trio
In New York on May 28 pleas of guilty were entered by Franz Rosenburg Sigmund Karman and Albert B Newman in federal court. They faced indictments for defrauding the United States by filing false manifests at the customs house in an alleged effort to ship contraband of war to belligerents by concealing rubber with in tensile and cotton waste. The two first men were fined 500 dollars each and Newman 200 dollars.
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New York
Franz Rosenburg
Sigmund Karman
Albert B. Newman
United States
Customs Horse
Newman
JITNEY Offer for Foley Remedies Trial Pack
Readers are urged to cut out a slip and mail with 5 cents to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package. The offer promises Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pains and kidney issues, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for cleansing. Miller & Arthur Drug Co. promotes the mail order deal.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Stout
Miller
Arthur Drug: Co
Plea Guilty in Panama Canal Zone Fraud Conspiracy
New York dispatch reports Jacob Dy Salas pleaded guilty late today in federal court to conspiracy in fraud tied to activities in the Panama Canal Zone. Salas had been on trial for several days and was paroled pending sentencing.
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New “York
Jacob Dy Salas
Panama Canal ‘Zone
Salas
Health Promotes Happiness and Bowel Health
An advertisement urges that without health and regular bowel movements there can be no true joy. It promotes Dr. King's New Life Pill to be taken at night for a full morning bowel movement, claiming improved appetite and digestion and a feeling of well being.
Levee Guards Des Moines as Flood Reaches High
Des Moines Iowa May 28 A broad flood protection levee system prevented widespread damage as the Des Moines River rose past the 14 foot stage. Unprotected lowlands suffered heavy losses with thousands of acres inundated. Young corn areas were especially battered by the floodwaters.
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Des Moines
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