Court Backs Dismissal Of Texas And Pacific Suit
Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Dallas federal court ruling that it lacked jurisdiction to appoint a receiver for the Texas and Pacific and New Orleans Pacific railways and to foreclose a second mortgage. The 1915 act restricting federal jurisdiction over federally chartered railroads was central.
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Washington, D. C
Federal District Court For
Northern Texas
Bankers’ Trust Company
Texas and Pacific Railway
New Orleans Pacific Railway Company
Supreme Court
van Devanter
District Court
United States
Texas
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Federal District Court
Dallas
Bankers Trust Company of New York
Texas and Pacific
Mergis
F E. R. Meek
Bankers Trust Company
Congress
The
Missouri Pacific Railway
B. F. Bush
New Orleans-Pacific Railway Company
Louisiana
New Orleans-Pacific
Meek
Suffrage Flight Delivers Leaflets Over Seattle
Miss Lucy Burns national vice chairman of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and Lt. Maroney U S N fly over Seattle in an aeroplane to drop leaflets publicizing the Chicago convention and the national suffrage amendment.
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Seattle
Wash
Chicago
Lucy Burns
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Maroney
Robbery at Paul Steam Laundry Reported on South Flores
Police describe a May 13 theft at the Paul Steam Laundry on South Flores Street. Clothing was taken and later recovered. Found among unidentified items are carpenter tools from construction job chests, jewelry, spectacles, thread, barber outfits, writing tablets, and other miscellaneous trinkets.
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Paul Steam Laundry
South Flores Street
Nine Die In Kemp City Okla Cyclone Reach Denison
Denison Texas reports nine deaths from the Kemp City Oklahoma cyclone that struck Saturday. Rescue work continues as families search ruins for valuables while cleanup includes dead livestock. Denison to shelter the homeless and supply food. merchants plan to relocate after heavy losses, echoing 1896 cyclone damage.
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Denison
Tex
Kemp City
Okla
Tornado Hits Sunnyside and Songo Near Birmingham
A tornado struck Sunnyside and Songo ten miles south of Birmingham early today killing three people two white and one Negro and injuring ten or more others. Local shelters opened as emergency crews battled the aftermath and searched for additional victims.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Sunnyside
Songo
German food control plan seen as Prussian dictatorship
Rotterdam dispatch reports the new German scheme for controlling food supplies would create an absolute Prussian dictatorship over the empire. Strong opposition from other states risks worsened food administration, with Bavaria possibly better provided than Prussia under the plan.
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London
Rotterdam
Daily Telegraph
Prussia
Empire
Bavaria
Wealthy farmer shot by young woman near Iola
Clifford Kistner 26 a wealthy farmer was shot to death at his home near Iola Kansas last night by a young woman his wife witnessed the murder A suspect is being held at Mildred Local police reported no motive available and no arrests announced yet
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Iola
Kan
Clifford Kistner
Mildred
Wheat yield in Kansas forecast at 108 million bushels
Kansas forecast 108 million bushels of winter wheat for the year, down 28 million from last year at this time. The April report had predicted 126 million bushels. The decline is blamed on Hessian fly and dry weather.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Northern Baptists Elect Officers
In Minneapolis on May 22 the Northern Baptist convention elected officers with Shaler Mathews of Chicago not seeking reelection. E. T. Tomlinson reported the permanent fund rose to 779455.45 dollars and noted a campaign that raised a quarter of a million dollars while spending only 900 dollars.
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Northern Baptists
Minneapolis
Minn
Northern Baptist Convention
Shaler Mathews
Chicago
E. T. Tomlinson
Ministers and Missionaries’ Benefit Board
French spinners establish lab to assess cotton moisture
French textile workers establish a laboratory to determine moisture content in cotton and identify over dry cotton as defective. The facility aims to standardize dryness measurements and improve quality control in cotton production.
Howat Slander Suit Against Coal Operators Opens
The $50 000 slander suit by Alexander Howat, head of the Kansas district UMWA, against Charles B Keith and other Southwest Interstate Coal Operators' Association leaders, began in Kansas City Circuit Court. Howat alleges false statements about $20 000 paid to influence wage contracts. defense lists Keith, Hazen, and others. Trial postponed to tomorrow due to crowded docket.
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Kansas City
Alexander Howat
Kansas District
United Mine Workers of America
Charles 8. Keith
Southwest Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
Keith
Howat
Joseph H. Hazen
Mulberry
Kas
Compromise on Robertson Insurance Law Gains Favor
Governor Ferguson backs a compromise to the Robertson insurance law as Texas lawmakers discuss adjournment. George Mendell Jr proposes amendments allowing entry of big companies without investments, taxed at 4 percent, with 6 percent lending investments reducing the tax accordingly. J. B. Robertson approves the plan. a meeting in San Antonio is proposed May 24 at the Gunter Hotel.
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Austin
Tex
Robertson
George W. Mendel Jr
R. L. Warren
Terrell
Ferguson
Mendell
J. Ben Robertson
Travis County
Mr. Mendell
Senator Warren
Texas
Senator
Texas Life Insurance
Gibson
Counry
United States Supreme Court
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
George Mendell JR
P. S
J. B. Robertson
Robertson Law
Sare
G. M. JR
Hadley Cleared for Trial as Court Sets June 5
Sheriff Barger informs the court Paul V. Hadley will be fit for trial on June 5 following a Friday break attempt. Mrs. Hadley remains in hysterical condition and Hadley’s head wounds from a guard action are healing.
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Muskogee
Okla
Paul V. Hadley
John Barger
Hadley
Hillsboro Depot Case Set For Trial Date
The famous Hillsboro depot case, pending five years, was set for trial in the Fifty third district court on June 12. Assistant Attorney General Luther Nickels announced after a conference with Judge E B Perkins. The Railroad Commission seeks to compel Cotton Belt, Katy and Trinity and Brazos Valley railways to build a union passenger depot at Hillsboro.
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Hillsboro
Austin
Tex
Fifty-third District Court
Luther Nickels
E. B. Perkins
Cotton Belt
Railroad Commission
Katy and
Trinity & Brazos Valley Railways
Accused of Bootlegging Four Arrests Made Sunday
Four people were arrested on bootlegging charges Sunday. Two are women, with one reportedly selling whiskey at 3 30 Sunday morning and the other selling beer at midnight Saturday. All cases will be transferred to county authorities.
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California
Luther Burbank
Board of Education
Wild Life” Pictures
Royal Theater
Dick Deadeyes
Edward A. Salisbury
Salisbury
Massey
Coy and
Welch
Harvey
Green
Harris
Liquor License Charges From Local Arrests
Detectives Harvey and Proudfoot arrested a suspect for selling liquor without a license. A Mexican individual on Santa Rosa avenue faces liquor sales charges. An 18 year old Mexican was arrested on South Laredo street late Saturday for selling beer after 2 30 o clock by Officer Trevino.
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Santa Rosa Avenue
Harvey and
Proudfoot
Trevino
South Laredo Street
Antonio Tomasi Dies in Fredericksburg Road Crash
Antonio Tomasi aged 50 died from injuries after a car overturned on Fredericksburg road near J. J. Hope's saloon at 1:30 Sunday. Four others were hurt, including Carmel Alses, C. Schubach, Sonny Stanley, and A. G. Felix. The car was said to be moving at a lively speed toward the city, and the accident was reported to police.
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Antonio Tomasi
Fredericksburg
Tomasi
J. J. Hope
Fredericksburg Road
Sap
Carmel Alses
Go- Had Street
C. Schubach
Hackberry Street
Sonny Stanley
Avenue D
A. G. Felix
Injured Men Brought to City by Police
Report notes that two injured men were transported to the city by the police following the incident.
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Mr. Hope
Aeroplane For Guard New Mexico Soldiers
The Aero Club of America has bought the twin motor aeroplane that Victor Carlestrom flew from Newport News to New York in four hours and one minute. It will be presented to the National Guard of New Mexico now serving on the Mexican border and will be equipped with a two pounder gun.
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New York
Victor Carlestrom
Newport News
Aero Club of America
National Guard of
New Mexico
Aero Club
Plans Anti Trust Suite
Assistant Attorney General C. A. Sweeton returned from Dallas where anti trust investigations yielded substantial data. Prosecutions against certain concerns may follow though the exact nature of the probe was not disclosed.
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Austin
Tex
C. A. Sweeton
Dallas
Dodson’s Liver Tone Beats Calomel for Liver Blues
A bold sales pitch denounces calomel as harmful mercury and promotes Dodson’s Liver Tone. The ad promises quick relief from biliousness, constipation, and sluggish liver, claiming the vegetable formula won’t salivate and is safe for children with a pleasant taste. It guarantees results and household-wide benefits.
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Dodson
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ROYAL
Wild Animal Life of America
Oregon
West
Dustin Farnum
David Garrick
Beulah Pointer
Brady-madse
Crome
Kimball Young
Grand Opera House
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Knickerbocker Theater
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Douglas Fairbanks
Keystone
Shorty Hamilton
Billie Burke
Peggy
JO Jd
Texas- Pacific
Lieut. Mrroney
Piss Lucy Burns
Berlin
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Philo Hay
Newark
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George W. Mendell Jr
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W. H. Thompson
Anna Lehr
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