Insurance Companies Barred From Uniting Under Anti-Trust Law
AUSTIN April 6 Attorney General Terrell states that two or more fire insurance firms cannot unite to issue an underwriters policy without violating anti trust laws. Former AG Davidson had the same view though insurers argue state insurance board law shields them.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
John L. Terrell
Attorney General's Department Today
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking Bill
Davidson
State Insurance Board
State health board urges Texas 1911 clean-up year
The Texas state board of health, in its April bulletin, pleads with citizens to make 1911 a clean-up year and improve public health practices across the state.
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PLEA
State Health Board
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
State Board of Health
Texas
Planters' and Mechanics Bank Shuts Down
The Planters' and Mechanics bank closed by state banking board order. Depositors will be paid in full using the state guaranty fund to guarantee the payments.
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Associated Priss
Oklahoma City
Okla
Planters’ and Mechanics Bank
State Banking Board
Vitozzi Testifies in Vehement Camorra Trial Session
In Viterbo Italy priest Ciro Vitozzi took the stand to explain his confessional knowledge of Camorra suspects in the Cuoccolo murder case. He sobbed and leaned on a cane as he denied wrongdoing and defended his actions while accusing witnesses of being bought. The hearing adjourned amid courtroom uproar as prosecutors and defense clashed.
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Associated Press
Viterbo
Italy
Ciro Vitozzi
Humbert
Vitrozzi
Erricone
Enrico Alfano
Ciro Alfano
Ibelli
Rapi
Genario Cuoccolo
Sorrentina
de Angelis
Amadeo
Vitozzi
Bianchi
Helena
Camorra
Ciro
Signor Pistoli
Daughters of the American Revolution to buy historic Hungerford Tavern
Montgomery County Chapter plans purchase of the Hungerford tavern in Rockville Maryland a building among America's oldest sites. It hosted Washington Brad dock Lafayette Jefferson Franklin and other leaders. The dilapidated structure will be repaired and furnished in colonial style after takeover. Built circa 1770 by William Payton it was damaged in an 1755 Indian raid prompting its abandonment.
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Washington, D. C
Hungerford
United States
Montgomery County
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Rockville
George Washington
General Braddock
Lafayette
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
William Payton
Payton
Phiadelphia
Long fast cures girl in Freeport
In Freeport Illinois Miss Clara Mellerkort a nineteen year old bookkeeper has reportedly been cured of four year intestinal catarrh after a twenty three day fast. Doctors including Chicago specialists had given little chance of recovery before she began the fasting cure in a local hospital.
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Freeport
Ill
Clara Melerkort
Miss Melerkort
Illinois
Chicago
Freight agent reports bright outlook for International & Great Northern
N. M. Beach, general freight agent, returns from a trip to Palestine and says business prospects along the line are splendid from end to end of the system.
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N. M. Beach
International & Great Northern
Palestine
Naval Strength Compared United States and Japan
A discussion argues the U S navy is about twice as strong as Japan across battleships cruisers and tonnage. It cites ships like Florida North Dakota Wyoming and Arkansas for the United States versus Aki Satsuma Kawachi and Sitsu for Japan with figures on crews armament and projected losses in war scenarios.
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Japan
U. S. Illinois
United States Navy
Aki
Satsuma
Kawachi
Sitsu
United States
Japan's army on a peace footing numbers revealed
Japan declares its military forces on a peace footing totaling 450000 men and officers with emphasis on reorganized defense posture and reduced wartime deployments.
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Japan
Saratoga Pushes Radical Charter Reform
Albany dispatch notes Saratoga Springs aims to shed village status for city government with a radical charter. Introduced by Senator Brackett the plan includes commission government recall initiative referendum direct primaries and the Massachusetts ballot. Saratoga’s population has grown from about ten thousand in 1875 to roughly fifteen thousand today.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Beacon
Dutchess County
Saratoga Springs
Senate
Edgar T. Bracket
Massachusetts
Brackett
Saratoga
Clergymen Live Longest In German Study
Berlin April report by Dr Casper shows clergy at 42 percent of men reaching 70 as life expectancy leaders. Agriculturists 40 percent, traders and workers 35, soldiers 32, lawyers 29, actors 28, teachers 27, land doctors 24.
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Berlin
Casper
U S Military Strength and State Militia Totals
The article outlines the standing army by branch totals 76 911 including officers and enlisted, with a law setting enlisted strength at 100 000. It adds organized and unorganized state militia figures totaling 121 580 commissioned and enlisted in state forces, plus 15 493 125 reserve militia unorganized. It notes the 1903 law as amended in 1908 includes all able bodied males 18 to 45 and foreigners pursuing citizenship.
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United States
Coast Artillery Corps
Porto Rico
Philippines
Medical Reserve Corps
Union
Uniformed Japanese Army Overview and Equipment Note
The text outlines Japan's military strength and reserves, with 1,000,000 reserves and 1,050,000 available for duty, plus 1,300,000 unorganized. It describes uniforms by branch, infantry red trimming, artillery yellow, cavalry blue tunics with yellow braid and red breeches, and gear like straw slippers and leather shoes. It notes ammunition carts with steel lids as improvised shields and a bayonet knife-like blade for digging trenches. It also states bullets rarely tear tissue or break bones, mostly disabling.
Japan’s Spy College and Cruel War Crimes Reported
War correspondent Lyonel Perrache describes a Japanese spy college training men for operations in Korea and China. Photographs corroborate Koreans shot for friendliness to Russia, with victims bound on crosses used as living targets for sharpshooters to study wound effects. Nine men shot from 82 feet, officers inspecting injuries as victims died.
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Japan
China
Lyonel Perrache
Korea
la Vie Trusstre
Russia
Silas recounts shooting incident in city limits
Indericio Reyes alias Silvas faced Judge Buckley on a charge of discharging firearms within the city. Emil Silas testified that Reyes pulled a gun and shot him in the leg, prompting the judge to transfer the case to county authorities.
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Indericio Reyes Alias Silvas
Buckley
Emil Silas
Eldridge
Silas
Sil
Wilson Street
Silvas
Reyes
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Effective in San Antonio Testimony
In San Antonio, Mrs. W A McGown testifies Doan's Kidney Pills permanently cured her constant backache and kidney trouble after years of seeking relief. She bought the remedy from Bexar Drug Co and notes lasting results. Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo, NY markets Doan's in the United States. Remember the name Doan's.
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San Antonio
Doan
W. A. McGown
Nathan St
Texas
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Balloonist Honeywell Faces Delays In North East for Record Voyage
Conditions remain unfavorable as Lieutenant Honeywell waits over three weeks for clear weather to set a new long distance balloon record. Major Buell predicted a window by Sunday or Monday, but a sudden change halted plans. Buell will not forecast again until near start time. R A L Hunter, Y M C A state secretary, is in town to promote membership and aid the organization in schools.
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Honeywell
Major Buell
Weather Bureau
Hearst Social Circle Expands in Washington
A new social motive enters the life of William Randolph Hearst as Mrs. Hearst pursues Washington society. Backed by Hearst, she has been prominently entertained by John R. McLean at both their country estate Friendship and their city house near McPherson Square. The socially influential sister of Truxton Beall backs the venture, strengthening ties between Hearst and McLean.
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Washington, D. C
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
John R. MacLeans
McPherson Square
Bargains! New Spring Wallpapers Sold Cheap at McDonald
A local shop advertises a bulk sale of spring wallpapers, claiming solid colors and various designs at very low prices. The notice lists the merchant as McDonald at 322 East Houston Street.
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New Spring Wall
McDonald
East Houston Street
Reformist Women Advocate Male Attire For Liberty
Dr. Mary Walker and Dr. Rose Hathway argue that men’s clothing is suitable for women, praising freedom of movement and health benefits. They dismiss concerns about pantaloon skirts, saying modesty lies in proper coverage and that women have legs.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Mary Walker
New York State
Senate
Rose Hathway
Will Whip The Willies In Fairmont
The Fairmont Anti-Mashers Whipping Society, a group of about thirty prominent young women, forms in Fairmont West Virginia. They purchase hide whips and pledge to use them against street harassment by the Fairmont Willes club and others from the PP, W. C. The large F W Co. membership allegedly limits women's freedom to leave home without annoyance.
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Fairmont
W Va
W. C
Fairmont Willes’ Club
F. W. Co
Iowa University Plans Laysan Island Expedition
The University of Iowa zoology department will lead a San Francisco departure on April 5 for Laysan Island, 800 miles northwest of Honolulu, to reproduce a cyclorama of the albatross rookery. Professor C. C. Nutting coordinates the project with government support, aiming to place the exhibit in Iowa's museum with detailed place information.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Laysan Island
Department of Zoology
State University of Iowa
San Francisco
Honolulu
University of Iowa
C. C. Nutting
Washington, D. C
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Nutting
Laysan
H. R. Dill
C. A. Corwin
Chicago
Ill
Horace Young
Fargo
N. D
Clarence Albrecht
Waverly
T Iowa
Dill
Museum of Iowa
Bank Robbery Near Tulsa Breaks Out
Robbers dynamited the First State bank vault at Broken Arrow Oklahoma escaping with about 400 dollars while armed posses pursue. A posse overtook them within six miles of Tulsa but retreated after a pistol exchange. The bandits cut telegraph and telephone lines in Broken Arrow.
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Associated Press
Oklaho City
Okla
First State Bank
Broken Arrow
Tulsa
Senate passes Chicago futures trading bill
The Associated Press reports Springfield Illinois April 6 that the senate approved a bill banning or legalizing futures trading in Chicago. The measure moves to the governor for final action and potential implementation.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Senate
Chicago
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