Springfield Mob Violence Spurs Racial Tensions in Missouri
Springfield on April 17 saw renewed racial strife as Black residents accused of mob involvement faced arrests after a fatal shooting. 16-year-old Leslie Peters turned himself in after a Black man was killed by a shot he fired at a crowd. Militia quelled eruptions as reports spread of further harm and arrests, with several locals named in early reports.
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Springfield
Leslie Peters
Ralph Burns
Peters
Paris gift carries French leaders' autographs for Roosevelt
Baron D Estournelles De Constant will send a unique testimonial to President Roosevelt from Paris on April 17. The piece bears autograph signatures of nearly all leading French figures. Earlier the French parliament's arbitration group sent Roosevelt a rare Sully memoir urging pacific union among nations. Roosevelt was pleased and asked to have the signers named in the volume.
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Paris
Baron D’estournelles de Constant
Washington
Roosevelt
France
Sully
Henry IV
Auto strikes a carriage. Philadelphia lawyer dead
Philadelphia April 17 Roberta Wright a lawyer was killed and five others severely injured in an automobile collision near Millville today The car struck a carriage in the wreck the lawyer died at the scene and four others were rushed to area hospitals with critical injuries
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Philadelphia
Roberta Wright
Millville
Rector on Trial in Fatal Riot
The Rev. Algernon Sidney Crapsey faces an ecclesiastical court in Batavia on charges of utterances in pulpits and print that allegedly violate Protestant Episcopal doctrines including the divinity of Christ and the Trinity. The trial marks a rare heresy case in the church’s history. Meanwhile in Windber, Pa., disorder at a coal mine riot leaves three miners dead and several wounded as martial law tightens, with foreign workers among the casualties and fears of dynamite reprisals.
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Batavia
N. Y
Algernon Sidney Crapsey
St. Andrew's Church of
Rochester
Crapsey
Christ
Johnstown
Windber
Somerset
Curtis Kester
Pennypacker
Eugene Delaney
Bagley
Second Kearsarge Officer Dies In Gun Explosion
Guantanamo Cuba April 17 reports say another officer has died from the blast aboard the battleship Kearsarge. Ten sailors injured are believed in serious condition as a board of inquiry opens to probe the explosion during a rammed 13 inch gun charge.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Capitalize Western Stoneware Company Formed
Monmouth April 17 The West tern Stoneware company with capital stock of 1 750 000 and headquarters in this city was formed by Chicago capitalists and promoters. It has bought the Monmouth Pottery company, the largest stoneware company in the world, and the Weir Pottery company in this city, and will have absolute control of western stoneware business.
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Monmouth, Til
Westtern Stoneware Company
Chicago
Monmouth Pottery Company
Weir Pottery Company
Zion City finances go to court as Dowie rejects settlement
In Chicago on April 17 Dowie’s lawyers rejected a final settlement offer from Voliva forces. The proposal would place Zion City properties under a new board with Dowie excluded. If not accepted, negotiations end. Also reports say Pekin bankruptcy stay granted for 10 days, and Palma Canary Islands volcano shows eruption signs with smoke columns rising from the crater.
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Chicago
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Voliva
Jacob Newman
Deacon W. V. Barnes
Newman
Dowie
Zion
Pekin Bank
Pekin, IL
Humphrey
United States
Smith
Canaries
Madrid
Palma
Canary Islands
Alfonso in Isle of Wight Meets Princess Ena Betrothal
King Alfonso of Spain arrived at Cowes Isle of Wight today and met Princess Ena of Battenberg with her mother. They landed and drove to Osborne where a warm crowd greeted them.
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Ena
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Alfonso
Spain
Battenberg
Osborne
Supreme Court rulings threaten state divorce enforceability
A broad ruling holds that divorce decrees granted in one state may not be binding in another if the other party lives there. The decision cautions against quick, multi state divorces and discusses possible warrants for bigamy charges and support obligations, with dissenting opinions noted. It also hints at potential wider use to invalidate foreign decrees and affect legitimacy of children.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
South Dakota
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Avior
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Full US Delegates Named for Rio Conference
The United States delegation to the Pan American Rio Conference in July is formed with William S. Buchanan chairing, joined by Leo S. Rote James S. Harlan Edmund James Tulio Larri naga Charles B. Aycock and Van Leer Polk. Professor James likely cannot attend Rio Janeiro. his vacancy will not be filled.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Rio Janeiro
William S. Buchanan
New York
Leo S. Rote
University of Pennsylvania
James S. Harlan
Illinois
Edmund James
University of Illinois
Tulio Larrinaga
Porto Rico
Charles B. Aycock
North Carolina
van Leer Polk
Tennessee
James
Fighting license issue sparks local elections in Rock Island villages
Contests over saloon permits unfold across Rock Island County villages and nearby Illinois cities. War between factions in Watertown intensifies as officers seek to issue licenses amid a heated vote. Also reports a corse corset fatality in London and presidential nominations for federal posts in Oklahoma and Illinois.
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Rock Island
Ilinois
Watertown
Insolvency Declared for Cash Buyers Union
Judge Bethea of the U S district court orders the Cash Buyers Union First National Cooperative Society declared insolvent and assets sold to protect scattered stockholders nationwide. The embattled company has faced embarrassment for years, with many holders across the country.
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Chicago
Bethea
United States District Court
Union First National Cooperative Society
Epithets of Doings in Congress Yesterday
Washington reports recap yesterday's congressional actions in both chambers. Senate debate centered on a proposed finance committee inquiry into bank campaign contributions. Indian appropriations advanced in committee but not concluded. adjournment at 5 pm. House suspended rules and passed measures including tax repeal on denatured alcohol and restricting falsely stamped precious metals imports. coastwise law extension for Philippines to April 11, 1909. national banks may loan 10 percent of capital and surplus to one party.
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House
Congress
Washington, D. C
Tillman
United States
Philippines
Quotes a Writer as Substituting Bill for Senate Quarantine
In the house today the national quarantine bill was substituted for the senate bill by a 172 to 27 vote. The measure heads to conference. Coinage measure passed in the senate session, boosting the metal purchase fund to 200000 dollars for minor coinage. Tillman called up a resolution seeking inquiry into political contributions by national banks citing a New York Herald article on Hanna’s war chests.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Tillman
Committee On Finance
James W. Breen
New York Herald
Hanna
Ladrones Capture Rifles at Philippine Constabulary HQ
Manila April 17. A band of forty ladrones raided the Bulacan capital Malolos central district of the island of Luzon capturing 20 rifles at the Philippine constabulary headquarters. They killed three men and lost one robber before escaping. police pursuit is under way.
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Manila
Philippines
Malolos
Bulacan
Luzon
Philippine Constabulary
Police Constabulary
Fellows Banquet Invites Davenport Guest Delegation
Encampment No 3 LO OF Davenport invites the degree staff of Encampment No 12 and members to a banquet at Odd Fellows hall in Davenport tomorrow at 7 30 PM a large delegation from here will attend
State senate had no authority to probe Cincinnati offices
Cincinnati April 17. The state senate lacked power to authorize an inquiry into Cincinnati and Hamilton County offices by the Drake committee, a common pleas court decision bondsman Thomas J. Davis, carrier for the First National Bank, who refused to testify and was jailed then moved to Dayton and Springfield before being returned to Cincinnati for a 9 am hearing. Davis’s lawyers argued deposits were confidential between bank and customers.
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Cinccinnati
State Senate
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Drake Committee
Common Pleas Court
Thomas J. Davis
First National Bank
Senate Committee
Dayton
Springfield
Davis
Deporite Vate
Anniversary of Franklin Birth in Philadelphia marks two honors
Philadelphia hosts the 200th birth anniversary of Benjamin Franklin with two major events: King Edward of England will receive a Doctor of Law from the University of Pennsylvania, and Andrew Carnegie as lord rector of the University of St Andrews will confer an honorary Doctor of Laws on Miss Agnes Irwin, Franklin’s great granddaughter and Radcliffe College dean. The celebration spans three days with other international figures taking part.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
King Edward
England
University of Pennsylvania
Andrew Carnegie
University of St. Andrews
Scotland
Agnes Irwin
Radcliffe College
Franklin
Merit Law Case Stricken In Campaign Funds Charge
A dismissal was entered in the state civil service law violation case against M. L. Hildreth charged with collecting campaign funds at the state schools for the deaf. Hildreth was hospitalized for three weeks with blood poisoning and was not present for the call. The trial attracted wide attention. the jury disagreed.
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Til
Vanwinkle
M. L. Hildreth
Hildreth
Civil Service Commissioners
Spencer Shot Wife Three Times Then Vanishes
In Minneapolis on April 17 Harry Spencer, who threatened his divorced wife, fled after intercepting her returning from a social event and firing three shots. The wife, his third, lies at St Barnaby's with three bullet wounds and limited chances of recovery.
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Minneapolis
Harry Spencer
Chicago
St. Barnaby's Hospital
Spencer
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