Wickersham sues sugar firm over import underweighing
Attorney General Wickersham filed suit in New York against the Federal Sugar Refining company for 100000 dollars alleged underweighing of sugar imports. A separate Washington report notes the Senate may extend the Monroe Doctrine after the president replies to a resolution about Japanese designs on Magdalena Bay.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Wickersham
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Magdalena Bay
Washington
Senate
California
Cartoonist Romer Davenport Dies in New York
Associated Press reports Romer Davenport, renowned cartoonist, died in New York on May 2 from pneumonia. The obituary notes his prominence in the field and his influence on contemporary political cartoons.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Weather Report New Orleans May Showers Tonight
Weather report for New Orleans notes unsettled conditions with showers and thunderstorms tonight or Friday. Cooler temperatures expected into the weekend with decreasing humidity and possible lingering clouds.
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New Orleans
British Titanic Wreck Inquiry Opens In London
The Board of Trade inquiry into the Titanic loss opened in London with a small audience. The session noted that detentions of witnesses in the United States prevent logical sequence of testimony, aligning with the American probe.
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Board OF Trade
Associated Press Dispatch
London
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United States
Senate Panel Probes Titanic Telegrams Time
Senate committee chairman Smith arrives in New York to verify reports that Titanic disaster news reached April 15. He seeks two messages one to Marconi and one to Western Union and confirms a wireless alert to White Star Line at 2:30 a m April 15 with Franklin sending to Liverpool. No prosecutions planned.
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Associated Press
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Ismay Declines Harsh Views Amid Senate Probe
J Bruce Ismay reached England after a New York stopover and said he bears no ill will toward the public. He initially resisted comment but later called the Senate investigation thorough.
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New York
J. Bruce Ismay
England
Senate
Texas steamer sunk by Turkish shells at Smyrna
A Smyrna telegram reports the steamer Texas, carrying 140 persons, was sunk Monday night by a shell from a coastal fort, not by a mine as earlier feared. The vessel was attacked in the gulf of Smyrna during the Turkish action.
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Texas
Smyrna
Gulf of Smyrna
Cincinnati Banker Arrested for Misappropriating Bank Funds
E. H. Galbreath, former president of the Second National Bank of Cincinnati, was arrested on May 2 charged with misappropriating 23000 dollars from the bank. He formerly served as a federal bank examiner and faces federal or state charges.
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Kk. Ff. Galbreath
Second National Bank
Associated
Cincinnati
E. EH. Galbreath
Federal
First National Bank Upholds Strong Conservative Banking
The First National Bank states that prudent, value driven methods are essential for financial institutions. Management credits strict adherence to this philosophy for the bank's strong position and stability.
Politics Dominates countywide Campaign Spotlight
With elections approaching, political activity fills public life across the county. Campaign events, speeches, and rallies draw residents to hear candidates and watch the process unfold.
Georgia Lab-Bama Congressman Heat in Texas Fight
New York Herald tabulates political activity as Wilson supporters claim about 150 votes in convention. In Texas the presidential campaign dominates political discourse while precinct conventions approach Saturday with clashes among Wilson backers and Clark Harmon and Underwood.
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Labbama
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New York Herald
Texas
Clark
Harmon
Underwood
Three Men Injured in Motor Car Wreck at Argyle
In Greenville on May 2 a wreck injured three men with two seriously hurt and one disfigured. Senator Bailey criticized Culberson and four Texas Congressmen in a speech praising Gov. Wilson. He urged that if he sought office again it would be as a local representative from his home county.
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Wreck Near Argyle Leaves Three Injured
A car wreck one and a half miles south of Argyle injured four men, with Houghton King of Prague likely fatally hurt, Ernest Steele of Aubrey and Carl Holmes of Aubrey seriously injured, and foreman Whitehurst unhurt. A five inch iron plug driven into the rail seam is blamed for the crash.
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Underwood Defeats Wilson in Georgia Primary
In Atlanta yesterday May 2 Underwood beat Wilson by about 7 000 to 3 000 votes. Harmon and Clark were on the ballot but drew lighter votes. Senator Bankhead says Underwood will go to the convention with at least 150 votes.
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Harmon
Clark
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Delegates Listed ForNational Democratic Convention Lead
New York May 2 The Herald releases delegate totals with Caretas 209 Wilson 112 Underwood 328 added votes from Florida and Georgia. total 1094 delegates with 729 needed to nominate and 6458 more to be elected. Republican totals show Taft 445 Roosevelt 303 with 540 needed to nominate and 346 yet to be elected.
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Rooseevelt
Delegates at Large Refuse Roosevelt’s Taft Vote Guidance
Boston delegates at large voted to follow individual choice, not Roosevelt’s urging to back Taft. The meeting concluded each delegate should vote according to personal preference rather than a central directive.
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Boston
Mass
Col. Roosevelt
Taft
Mass votes for Wilson in Massachusetts primary report
A state canvass by A S Burleson claims 22 of Massachusetts 36 votes will back Wilson after Foss’s first ballot. Other items note Colquitt’s reception in Texas towns and Randall’s planned Senate campaign kickoff with stops at Bowie, Henrietta, and Wichita Falls. Brooks endorses Wilson in Fort Worth. Colquitt’s record attacked in San Angelo with calls for arbitration reform and labor rights protections.
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A. S. Burleson
Randell
Sherman
C. B. Randell
Bowie
Henrietta
Wichita Falls
Tandell
Morris Sheppard
Sheppard
Judge Greenwood to Speak at Court House Tonight
Judge C. F. Greenwood of Dallas will speak at the courthouse tonight under the Woodrow Wilson Central club auspices. The club hopes for broad voter attendance. Greenwood, a former Hillsboro attorney of prominence, is the featured speaker.
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Dallas
Court House
Woodrow Wilson Central Club
Greenwood
Hillsboro
Dallas tailor kills wife then fatally shoots self
In Dallas on May 2 Harry Habel, a local tailor, fatally shot his former wife Dora Greenburg at a doorway after which he killed himself in the street with a pistol in each hand. The incident ends a personal crisis reported by the press dispatch.
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Harry Habel
Dallas
Socia’ Ey Press Dispatch
Dora Greenburg
Judge Buck Visits K of P Lodge Here
Fort Worth judge R H Buck Grand Chancellor of Texas Knights of Pythias visited Denton to tour the College of Industrial Arts meet local members and address the Josephine Temple and Elm Lodge tonight. Delegations from Collinsville Pilot Point Aubrey and Lewisville lodges expected for the sessions.
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W. B. Bizzell
Josephine Temple of Pythian Sisters
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K. of P
Collinsvile
Pilot
Aubrey
Lewisville Idoges
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Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Another Levee Break Hits Mississippi at Torras
An additional serious breach opened late afternoon at Torras on the west bank of the Mississippi River. By 7:30 p.m., 300 feet of the eighteen foot embankment had collapsed. Capt. C O Sherrill ordered crews and materials to the scene to attempt cribbing the crevasse and halt the reentry of flood waters from the Dog Tail crevasse.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New Orleans
Torras
C. O. Sherrill
United States Engineers
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