Respite Granted For Mexican Slayers Facing Hanging
Florence May 2 five Mexicans N Chavez Eduardo Perez Miguel Peralta Francesca Rodriguez and Jamon Villalobos were spared from simultaneous execution by a nine week reprieve granted by the board of pardons and paroles to allow each man to be hanged singly. Gov Slant opposed the death penalty and the board voted two to one for the reprieve. No executions have taken place in Arizona since statehood.
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Gov. Hunt
Re_ prieve
Florence
Ariz
N. Chavex
Eduardo Perez
Miguel Peralta
Francesca Rodriguez
Jamon Villalobos
Slant
Chavez
Sima
Arianna
Pupils Stage May Fete At Alexandria School
More than 90 boys and girls from the Alexandria public schools primary department took part in a May festival on the grounds of the new high school yesterday afternoon. The event featured performances by students and highlighted school community spirit.
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Anelington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Alexandria Public Schools
High Hool
Blind Trinity graduate wins blind scholarship at college
Washington girl Louise Moore a Trinity College graduate established a scholarship for the blind at the college. Funds were raised through a scholarship shop and a tag day by mail. Miss Moore plans to sustain the scholarship and will teach in an Argentine government school for the blind. Another Trinity graduate Miss Genevieve Caulfield went to Japan to promote teaching the blind.
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Washington
Trinity ‘College
Louise Moore
First Street Northwest
Moore
Trinity
Genevieve Caulfield
Japan
Music feature planned for G A R encampment event
The G A R encampment will feature music next fall with an elaborate program mapped by E H Droop, including band concerts for reception and entertainments. The music committee seeks $500 from the general committee. Choruses will come from Sunday schools as public schools cannot train in time.
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E. H. Droop
Sherman boom for 1916 fades in preconvention push
The Sherman campaign to back James R. Mann for president loses momentum after a brief burst of support post Congress close. Deneen aligned with Mann, boosting his Chicago strength, while organizers now circulate a petition urging Republicans to unite behind Mann as the logical party choice.
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Congress
Mann
Chicago
Deneen
James RH. Mann
St Agnes Chapel backs pension plan opposition
The advisory board and congregation of St Agnes Chapel voted unanimously against a proposed Episcopal pension plan. They denounce taxing parishes to fund high pensions for high salaried clergy while others receive low pensions, pledging support to Rev. C W Whitmore in defending spiritual values and parish solidarity.
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Gays Te Cante
Himans Chapel
St. Agnes Chapel
St. “Agnes Chapel
C. W. Whitmore
Episcopal Church
May festival program and civic notices mix in Alexandria
The article details school program elements from various grades including songs dances and drills led by multiple teachers, a May festival fundraising effort, and surveillance by school officials. It also covers legal notices in Alexandria court, memorial services in National Cemetery, and political intrigue around James K Mann with antisaloon activity signaling possible presidential candidacy implications.
Ohioans named to Treaty Commission members
Samuel Avery chancellor of Nebraska Judson Harmon of Cincinnati and James M Cox of Payton were chosen by the Department of State as American members of commissions created by treaties of investigation with Sweden Norway and Portugal former Ohio governors named for the role Augmenting the US delegation to supervise treaty inquiries across three nations with strong ties to the state image.
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Sammuel Avery
University of Nebraska
Judson Harmon
Cincinntti
James M. Cox
Payton
Ohio
Department of State
Sweden
Norway
Portugal
Concert by United States Marine Band at Potomac Drive
This afternoon at 5 o clock the United States Marine Band will perform on Potomac Drive led by William H Hantelmann. The program includes Grand March Hutcharmer of Hamelin Nonnia Overture Orpheua and excerpts from Chin Chin plus Waltz Tate of the Vienna Woods Bees.
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Potomac Drive
William H. Hantelmann
Hutcharmer
Hamelin
Nonnia
Orpheua
Waltz
Tate
Vienna
Woods
Denies extra session in tabloid style war and peace tableau
Representative Claude Kitchin of North Carolina, new House majority leader, denied urging an extra session to handle the revenue situation. He said the decision rests with the President and he trusts the President’s judgment. A Washington Peace Party presentation titled War and Peace in tableaux will be shown at the Washington Monument grounds Monday evening at eight under the group’s auspices.
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National Cemetery
Arlist
James Reeves
Bow. Murch
Stanton Weever
John Lee Ailson
Serend Vresbyterian
Janney
Lincoln
Edgar Carpenter
Misa Dora Varney
Alexandria Light Infantry
Blanche Rotchford
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
House
Washington
Yeaterday
Congress
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Tabicouxz
Aqspeunk
Woman's Peace Party
Malone at White House meeting with Wilson on personal matters
Dudley Field Malone, collector of the port of New York, visited the White House to confer with President Wilson last night. The discussion was said to concern personal matters and had no bearing on neutrality or any other public question.
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Dudley Field Malone
White House
New York
Wilson
Internal Revenue Deputy Office Moves to New Quarters
The commissioner of Internal Revenue has arranged a lease with the Legal Building owner at Eighth and Sixth, for a new deputy collector of internal revenue office. The current office at 624 F Street Northwest will be moved, with preparations underway for early June use by the department.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Covier
Collector of Internal Revenue
F Streat
Départment
Susan Lenox story urged as moral lesson on cruelty
A highly praised review calls David Graham Phillips's Susan Lenox a powerful moral fable about cruelty to women in a modern civilization. The piece argues the fiction carries a meaningful message, comparing its impact to biblical scenes and urging readers to confront collective guilt and responsibility.
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Jesus
Phillips
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