River flood situation worsens daily as New Roads evacuation spreads
New Orleans reports Mississippi flood waters rising with five new levee breaks and hundreds marooned. Torras and Moreauville see major breaches. New Roads abandoned. Refugees seek aid as boats rush in, looting reported, and sugar crops damaged. Many families travel on trains to Baton Rouge. a homeless woman carries sixteen children.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Torras
Pointe Coupee
St. Landry
Moreauville
Longbridge
Bayou Des Glaizes
Millville
Baton Rouge
Saloon Men Victory Over Gary License Fight
Hammond Indiana May 10 a ruling ends the clash between Gary and about 200 saloons over a $500 license fee. Judge Kopelke orders City Comptroller Molion to accept a $200 fee, stating the state grants local authorities power to set license amounts.
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Hammond
Ind
Gary
Kopelke
A. P. Molion
Reichstag debates army dueling reform in Germany
Clericals in the reichstag propose to curb army dueling led by Bethmann-Hollweg and to enforce the 1897 ban until further changes. The move targets compulsory challenges and departure from the army as consequences of offenses. A separate London Thames report notes no US flag vessel entered the river during the previous year.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
von Bethmann-Holloweg
U. S
Thames
New York
London
England
Government is Hit Court Refuses Restraining Order
In Trenton federal court Judges Gray Buffington and McPherson decline to issue an injunction to stop the Steel corporation from destroying papers in the government dissolution suit. They grant a similar order against American Wire & Steel for further destruction. Frank Branckes admits responsibility for the destruction of evidence. Baackes describes pool allotments and how oversellers risk forfeiture of cash guarantees.
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New York
Steel Corporation
Gray, Buffington and McPherson
United States District Court
Trenton
American Wire & Steel Company
J. M. Dickinson
Brown
Frank Branckes
American Steel & Wire Company
H. A. Whitney
Baackes
Jackson Pool
P. MacVeagh
The
Steel Trust
Mr. MacVeagh
Gary
Trust
Young Elected Commander in Chief of Confederate Veterans
Gen Bennet H Young of Louisville was elected commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans at Macon, Georgia. General Walker named honorary commander in chief. The Macon reunion committee has arranged a parade with about sixteen thousand veterans in line, including nearly six thousand Georgians.
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Macon
Bennet H. Young
Louisville
Army of Tennessee
United Confederate Veterans
Walker
Missouri Oil Firms Ousted By Supreme Court Ruling
Jefferson City May 10 The Supreme Court mandate confirming Missouri Supreme Court ouster of Standard Oil and Republic Oil was received by the Missouri Supreme Court clerk. The Standard Oil motion for modification of judgment will be argued later.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Supreme Court of the United States
Missouri Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Republic Oil Companies
Standard Oil Company
Seven Drowned in Nippersink Lake Disaster
Seven people are believed drowned when a sixteen foot steel launch sank during a storm on Nippersink Lake near Fox Lake. Mrs Mabel Hansen of Chicago is the only body recovered. The victims include Herman Hahn George Russell Jacob Hoefer Michael Klinder and an unknown 20 year old from Chicago. A cap and other items were found near Hansen. Scores searched all night with boats and grappling irons. the event followed a Lake Fox lake party from Lippincott hotel to Bay View hotel.
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Chicago
Nippersing Lake
Fox Lake
Mabel Hansen
Charles Colburn
Austin Avenue
Herman Hahn
Ingleside
Ill
George Russell
Jacob Hoefer
Desplaines
Michael Klinder
Brigham Street
Hoefer
Dts
Grave clash looms as miners vow retaliation in Pennsylvania
In Minersville Pennsylvania foreign coal miners stock dynamite and extra ammunition as 2 000 strikers and 20 state policemen brace for a fresh battle possibly sparked by the death and wounding in the earlier clash. Authorities guard Keyser's house and plan to pump water from an idle mine to avert flooding.
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Minersville
State Constabulary
Pennsylvania
George M. Keyser
Pine Hill
Michael Mullango
Keyser
Coal Strike Possible Looms in Anthracite Fields
Wilkesbarre Pa May 10 local unions in the anthracite districts begin electing delegates to a miners convention and vote against a negotiated agreement. Leaders warn that a broad strike could eclipse the 1902 conflict with outbreaks across the district and clashes at several collieries leaving one man beaten and another thrown into a creek.
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Wilkesbarre
New York
Tri-District Board
Spokane Drug Store Owner Leaps To Death From Bridge
Paul Worst a 26 year old drug store owner vanished after leaping from the Post street bridge into the Spokane river as a street car crossed below. Passengers saw his body surface and fall over the falls into the whirlpool below, triggering a search for the body.
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Spokane
Wash
Paul Worst
Post Street
Spokane River
Worst
Spokane Falls
Morocco Caliphates Revolt Rocks Marrakesh
In Marrakesh submurbs tribesmen revolt after the assassination of the caliph. Officials' residences are looted as agitation against Sultan Mul Hafli grows within the city.
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Marakesh
Casablanca
Morocco
London Tailor Strike Extends to East End
London in May 10 reports the tailors strike spreading to the East End with 6,000 workers to stop work. The action seeks wage increases and improved workshop conditions, risking about 60,000 jobs.
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London
Eng
East End
Conference debates Negro Methodist supervision and trust funds
The Minneapolis conference wrestled with Episcopal supervision for Negro Methodists and a proposed $40,000 entertainment fund. Debate pitted Negro bishops against current law, with a path to a constitutional amendment discussed. Mothers Day was urged as a universal church observance.
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Minneapolis
Minn
H. J. Coker
Kansas
W. W. Burns
Kansas City
Edwin A. Schell
Iowa
Concern Committee
M. R. Pratt
Troy
Taft
Federal Council of the United Churches of America
W. V. Kelley
Board of Bishops
Advance Home Rule Bill Passes House of Commons
London May 10 by 372 to 271 the second reading of the home rule bill passed the House of Commons in one of its largest divisions. National members cheered wildly while Liberal allies showed calmer enthusiasm as a great crowd gathered outside to hear Parliament's verdict. Premier Asquith departed with his wife and daughter amid loyal cheers.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Ladies’ Gallery
Abandon Fairmount Park Races Decision Made
The Fairmount park commission will not allow further automobile races in the park citing accident risks. This ends the Quaker City Motor Club's 200 mile road race in Fairmount Park unless a new course is arranged.
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Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park Commission
Quaker City Motor Club
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James B. Duke
Mr. Duke
Somerville
N. J
Royal Park of Versailles
Steel
Young
Nippersink Lake
Joan OF Arc
Marie Stuart
New York City
Minersville, Pa
INEY
Commander White
W. W. White
Hayti
Methodist General Conference Commission
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