davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
BATTLESHIP TEXAS LAUNCHED
II Largest and Most Powerful War Yes.
sci in the World.

Newport News, Va.-With a precision
and s%moothness declared by experts
never to have been equaled, more than
1900 tons of steel was given life as a
battleship glided gracefully into the wa
tiers of the James river from the yards
of the Newport News S~hipbuilding Com
pany after being christened Texas" II
was the infant battleship of the United
States navy, but the largest and most
powerful war vessel in the world. The
launching was declared to have been an
engineering feat never before accom-
Plished. A daughter of the biggest state
in the union, favored with a, perfect
Sunny South day, broke over the Prov
OF this great hulk a bottle of champagne
and as it crashed and splashed away,
pronounced in distinct tones, Il christen
thee Texas"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
ROOSEVELT WINS
IN TAFT'S STATE
BUT MAY NOT GET MORE THAN 20
OF AZ DELEGATES.
COLONIES MAJORITY 5000
Harmon Leafs Wilson After Getting
Away to a Bad Start-Several Dis.
tricts Doubtful-Rural Vote Slow
Coming In.

Columbus, O.-With a little more than
one-third OF the total vote in the state
counted, Col. Roosevelt's delegates on
the Republican ticket and Gov. Har-
mons on the Democratic preference bal
lot, led in Ohio's first presidential pref
erence primary. The fight on both tick
cts was close, however.
Complete returns from slightly less
than 1000 precincts Of 5,192 in the state
showed that Col. Roosevelt's delegates
had a lead of more than $4,000 votes.
Gov. Harmon's lead over Woodrow Will
son was considerably less than this.
The closeness of his race with Wilson
was indicated by late reports from Gin
cinnati, Gov. Harmon's home city. Here
the Ohio governor, who had been well in
the lead in the early returns, was shown
to have 1884 votes and Wilson 1904 in
120 precincts out Of a total of 361.
While Col. Roosevelt had q lead of
$4,000 In the total number of votes cast
for delegates pledged to him, the vote
by districts was such that he probably
will not 1ave more than % of the AZ
district delegates to the national. con-
vention. But, while the Democratic
presidential vote was so close the result
could not be foretold, the Indications
were that Gov. Harmon would have at
least 26 Of the delegates to the Balti.
more convention. The privilege of
naming the six delegates-at-large of the
state, however, is carried by the win
nef Of the presidential preference vote.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
Ban Put on Refugees.

Fabens, Tex.-Col. E. 2. Steever. in
command Of the department of Texas,
dispatched = company of the Eighteenth
infantry and a troop of the Fourth cav
airy here to prevent Mexicans from pass
ing to and fro. Three rebel refugees
were arrested, charged with violating the
immigration laws OF this country by en-
tering at a place not designated as a
port of entry. Many Mexican residents
fearing that the rebels might resist ar.
rest and cause trouble, moved TO Fl
Paso for safety.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
SUES
The COFFEE TRUST
RECEIVER FOR 100000 PROPER
TIES PETITIONED.
INJUNCTION IS ASKED FOR
English, French, German, Belgian ana
American Merchants Are Defend
ants-Restraint Of Trade
Charged.

New York.-Attorney General Wick
ersnam has moved against the so-called
coffee trust, or Brazilian valorization
scheme. In a petition in equity filed in
federal court here the valorization plan
10 declared to be a violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law.
The court is asked to decree the scheme
unlawful, to enJoin the valorization COM
mittee from withholding coffee from the
market and to appoint a receiver to see
the 100000 bags, valued at $10,o 900,
now alleged to be stored in warehouses
Of the New York Dock Company.
The government also applied for a
temporary injunction restraining the
valcfization committee from removing
or disposing of coffee held in America
pending the termination of the issue.
Members of the valorization commit
tee have agreed and c~onspired among
themselves, the government charges, to
withhold from the market large quanti-
ties of coffee and raise the price to an
unreasonable extent. They have thus at
tempted, it is declared, to restrain the
coffee trade throughout the world and
ito %injure and defraud the public for
their own enrichment"
The suit has a distinctly international
aspect. The Brazilian state of Sto Paulo
is party to the agreements which are
declared unlawful in America. The gov
eminent holds that the Brazilian state
wa induced to enact laws and enter
in agreements in connection with the
valorization plan by those interested in
increasing the price of coffee.
As the United States consumes forty
per cent of all the coffee sold in the
world, the petition declares every act
which prevents its importation in nor
nal quantities or increased prices is a
direct restraint upon the foreign and in.
terstate trade.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
HITANTIC OWNERS CENSURED
Report of Senate Investigating Com.
mittee Sensational.

Washington.--A scathing arraign-
ment of j. Bruce ISnay and the White
Star line officials in New York, a stern
denunciation Of many members Of the
pickup" crew Of the Titanic, and
sweeping charges of incompetency in
the management of the line will be
made in the report of the special sub
stitute committee appointed to %investi-
gate into the Titanic disaster by the
United States.
The report spares neither J. Bruce
lsmay nor his subordinates in New
York, whose Juggling with the truth
after receiving news from Montreal
that the Titanic had sunk is ~savagely
criticized.
Direct responsibility for the accident
is laid on Capt. Smith, and it is pointed
out that had he needed the warnings
of ice sent him by the Amerika and
other vessels, the lives of the 1851 vic.
Tins would have been saved.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
CalIlN ss:7 Eye A ss1 G5Es
ALL THEY WANTED WAS PIE
Something Of a Pity That All Labor
Troubles Cannot Be Settled az
Easily 40 This.

In the course Of some light-hearted
comment on the decision Of the au-
thorities Of a woman's college in west
ern Massachusetts, to Danish pie from
the girls midday meal, the New York
Sun recalls the following incident Of
an earlier day in . neighbd E 70
gion:
Some twenty years ago d N rk
contractor was employed to l Q
fine country house In the Berk, re
hills. The laborers, who were recruit
ed from the neighboring villages, were
boarded at nearby farmhouses. Be-
fore long they all went out on strike.
The superintendent in charge was
powerless. The contractor hurriedly
took an express train for the Berk-
shires, and on arriving, Immediately
demanded al interview with the lead
ers Of the strike.
Whats the natter" he demanded.
whats your g%rievance?"
Were underfed," said the spokes-
man. You can't expect us to work
on empty stomachs. The company
has got US here. 1t ought to see that
we are decently fed"
THE company pays enough to have
you properly fed" said the builder.
What is the troublef"
we don't get pie but once a day."
said the spokesman.
"Abominable!" agreed Che builder.
You shall have pie three times q
day" And they did, and there was
an end OF that strike.-Youthis Com
panion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
MAY DISPATCH WARSHIP
State Department Would Brighten
Negroes in Cuba.

Washington.--The negro rebellion in
Cuba has caused the state department
to consider the dispatch of a warship
to the eastern part of the island to
reinforce the small naval force now
there. The gunboat Nashville is not
far distant at Santo Domingo City, and
the cruiser Montgomery is at Pcnsa.
cola, Fla, within two days run of
Guantanamo, which appeals to be the
center of the insurecto movement.
The strengthening of the American
naval force would not necessarily in.
d'cate a purpose on the part of the nd.
ministration to again intervene in Cubt,
lat it is believed would have a salu.
tary moral effect on the rebels who ar,
menacing foreign property.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

Dispose of Eriar Land.

Washington.-The house passed a bill
placing the so-called Philippine "friar
lands under the jurisdiction of the
Philippine government and subject to
the land laws as framed for the archi.
pelago. Unlike the land taken from
Spain as Il result of the war of 1894
the friar lands, were bought from the
religious orders. 1t was held they were
not subject to the restrictions of the
land laws, which limited to not mor,
than $500 acres each.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
FAVOR TEMPERANCE LAWS
Presbyterian General Assembly Will
Not Memorabilia Government.

Louisville, Ky.--Though the general
assembly of the Presbyterian church in
the United States of America did not
act ON a recommendation of one man,
who wanted the assembly to memorabilia
the federal government to prohibit the
manufacture, importation and distribu.
ton of intoxicating beverages, it took
a very positive stand on the temperance
question. The Seeming disregard" of
law in the sale of liquor at army posts
was deplored. Congressional legislation
to prohibit interstate shipment Of liquor
into prohibition states was indorsed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
Mothers Warning Fatal.

Ardmore, Okla.-The warning cries Of
their mothers IN the bank caused two
boys to leap from a boat in which they
were rowing on Santa Fe lake, and they
were drowned. The victims were the
12-year-old son of Robert Stay and the
S-year-old sono of George Ross, both well.
known citizens of Ardmore. The boat
in which the boys were rowing sprung
a leak and the frightened women shouted
to the boys to jump. Two other lads
In the boat with them were rescued.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
Capt. Shreve Dies.

St. Joseph, Mo.-Capt. c. w. Shrevs,
aged 70 years, grandson of Col. Israel
Shreve, n of George Washington's
closest friends and f~avorite colonies, is
dead at White Cloud, Kas. He was pic.
neer of Nebraska and one of the five
mel who met in the home of Gen. La
mara, in Omaha, in 1859, to organic,
the Republican party in Nebraska.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
Mrs. Aston Wears White.

New Nork.-Mrs. John Jacob Astor,
Who at 10 was widowed by the Titanic
disaster, will wear white-not black
as mourning for her husband.
Mrs. Astor wished-indeed, felt it
obligatory on her-to wear the deepest
mourning. But Mrs. Force, her mother,
believes she is too young to drape her.
self with black cloth and black crepe.
Such funeral trappings might depress
her spirits, even affect her health, at
this, the most important time of her
life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
Paptist Convention Closes.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-The Southern
Baptist convention adjourned to meet in
st. Louis in 1913. The year of 1911
1919 eas the most successful of its his
tory. The success was so encouraging
that the regular home and foreign mis-
sion work was laid out on a million
dollar basis for the coming year. Ths
boards are authorized to spend that
amuont, and unless the full sum 10 paid
in during the year of 1928 there will
be a debt on both of the boards. South
ern Baptists more than met the expenses
of the past year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
RlCHES0N IS ELECTROCUTED
Is Calm While Being Strapped and Elec-
trodes Applied.

Boston, Mass.-Clarence V. T. Richie
son was electrocuted at 1917 Tuesday
morning. The current was turned on at
12:1O:O2 and the prisoner was declared
dead at 1917.
The former Baptist clergyman, who
confessed poisoning Avis Linnell of Hy-
annis, his sweetheart, was outwarely
calm when he entered the death chamber
and he maintained his composure while
the straps and electrodes were being
adjusted as he sat in the electric chair
Richeson walked to the chair erect,
eyes straight ahead, until he sat down
Then he closed his eyer and kept them
shut until the end.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
Mammoth Warehouse.

New Orleans, La. = Assurances of
hearty cooperation were made to the
city dock board, indorsing the establish
ment of a mammoth cotton warehouse.
The project provides for the handling of
100000 bales and the storage of 1,OOO,-
900 bales in season with minimum han
ding and storage charges.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
Houston Has 81. ooo.o GOO Fire

Houston, Texas.-Fire in the upper
Main street business district caused a
loss approximating 100000.
For two hours the building was a rag.
ing furnace, and the heat was so intense
that it was not possible for the iremep
to get near.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
United Church Favored.

Baltimorc.-By practically a unani.
Nous vote the general conference OF the
Methodist Protestant Church placed
itself on record SIS favoring the con
%tlnuation of the negotiations for the
union of the three branches of Meth.
odism,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
Will Name Roosevelt.

Washington. Speeches s%econding the
nomination of Theodore Roosevelt for
president will be made in the Chicago
convention by Gov. Hiram johnson of
California, Henry Allen of Kansas, a
delegate-at-large from that state. aud
Senator Clapp of Minnesota.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
Over.Suhscrihed Sn.Fnld.

Paris.-The issue of city Of Paris
bonds to the total of Sal, 900, 900 for tho
extension of the municipal gas system
has been o~ver-subscribed so times. This
means that the French people have sub
scribed to the amosnt of $780, 600, 900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
No Wireless: Gets Fine

New York.-For sailing from Now
York without a wireless operator, Can't.
/. d. tombstone, of the steamship
Sabine, was fined 500 in the United
States district cont.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
2,s0o Captives at Rhodes.

Rome.-The Turkish troops who sur.
rendered to the Italians in the island Of
Rhodes number $500, including SO off.
GERS. According to newspaper dispatches
the Italian troops seized 1000 rifles and
four batteries of artillery.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A Harvard lecturer announces that
women talk too much. It needs no lee.
turer. come from philosophic depths
profound. to tell us that. What is
more, women will keep on talking to
the end OF the chapter, long after lee.
turers have ceased from troubling and
the critics are no more.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
"a In New York.

New York.-The maximum tempera-
ture in New York Tuesday was "a, the
warmest May 81 in seventeen years and
higher than the month's average for
She past forty years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

Washington.-The point blank state
ment was made by friends of President
Taft in Washington that Justice Charles
E. Hughes viii be the compromise canai.
date Of the Chicago convention for the
presidency.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

An American woman has won the
distinction Of being the first OF her
sex to pilot an aeroplane across the
English channel. This leadership ia
In keeping with the record Of her
countrywomen.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
White Woman Goes to Pen

Texarkana, Ark.-Mrs. Lula Dobson,
. white woman, aged 40, was taken to
the Texas penitentiary at Huntsville.
where she must serve a sentence of one
year for running = blind tiger.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
Sent Internal Machine.

Pittsburg,-William Pastorious, grad,
uate OF the University Of Heidelberg,
vas convicted here of sending an in.
fernal machine through the mails in an
attempt to extort $1,000
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A statistician tells us that this
country imports 10000 tons OF chalk
annually, but Just how much of II IA
used by milkmen We are unable to
learn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

Tho saddest hour" sings a poet,
is Just after sunset" Evidently he
doesn't have to get up at 800 a. m.
In the winter time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

The worlds supply of oxygen is said
to be growing less, probably because
candidates are using more than their
share Of 1t to keep their presidential
booms alive.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A Kansas man fed a mule three
tablespoonfuls Of tabasco sauce. We
understand his widow Is not blaming
the mule for what happened.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

1t costs one dollar. according to an
expert, to raise a hen from infancy to
the laying age, but the cost Is greatly
reduced If the neighbor has a garden.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A minister's wife recently testified
that she had thirty homes in eight
years. With her life must have been
Just one moving van after another.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

Some baseball players receive larger
salaries than congressman. But who
ever paid good money to sec q con.
gresham perform?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A Harvard professor has Just discov-
cred that women talk too much. How.
ever. a lot Of old stuff has been worked
OF as new this year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

Every baseball fan Is willing to ad-
init that all men are born free and
sQual-that 10, with the exception Of
umpires.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

The swain who is being sued for di.
vorce because he has ffty-fve afini.
ties might as well find q couple more
and make 1t ffty-seven varieties.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

That New York woman accused OF
killing her husband with q pair Of
scissors seems suspected Of being .
regular cut up.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

The only baseball trust that re-
Quires investigation is the trust Of the
young man in the bleachers that his
boss won't find out where he Is.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

It takes Q confirmed optimist to
smile on the ~sprouting grass and ~
mary that running q lawn mower 10
good exercise.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A scientist informs us that there
are $685. 32 microbes on a dollar bill.
Now we know why they call It filthy
lucre.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A woman's theater, run by women
TOR women. Is being promoted in Chi
cage. But what will 1t do for q mat
tnee idolf
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

For amateur wireless operators the
signal is ID. b. L." meaning Don't
butt in"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

Harvard astronomers have made a
map Of 100000 stars. Yet the sup
by OF shortstops and third basemen
seems unequal to the demand.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

An eminent authority estimates that
the value Of a baby Is $4,000. But
then, Of course. It Is somebody else's
baby.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A woman who read 5000 novels In
% years has died. Can you blame
herr
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

One fault to be found with the Mis-
sissippi Is that It insists In spreading
Itself every spring.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A pessimist Is one 10 whom Swat
the Flyl" sounds louder than PLAY
BALL"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

"M~ustaches." says a well known bar
Der. ARE coming back into style. First
call for soup %streiners.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

An old fashioned summer does
not necessarily 60 with an old fashion
I'd winter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A London woman wears" a monkey
suspended from her neck, and without
doubt the monkey is proud OF his pet.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

Architects are AT present iDclined to
Bungalows and skyscrapers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

Eating" says a scientist, rs q
dying art" but he probably will change
his miAd when pay day rolls around
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

"Ragtime IL dying out" says a mu.
steal Journal. II so. 1t lie dying a hor'
rtble and lingering death.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

A Boston man stole his wife's
clothes the day their divorce trial was
10 come up. She won her suit
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31

'Lfeboats occupy too much space"
said a shipbuilder recently. Volumes
may be written on that remark
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-31
The Macon Beacon
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

MACON, iIii MISSISSIPPI
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-02-23
UNIQUE COLLECTION.

Robert Young, ironmonger, Edin-
burgh, who passed away recently,
was known far and wide as a collec-
tor of horseshoes. Row upon row,
on the walls of his shop, hung shoes
dating from the time of the Roman
occupation (those having been found
in Monmouthshire) down to the
present day. Among the latter were
included shoes worn on the day OF
the race by such famous derby VIM
ners as Lord Rosebery's IadAs and
Sir James Miller's Rock Sand. Ev-
cry country in the world, from Chi
No to Peru, had been laid under
tribute.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-02-23
LOWERING THE DEATH RATE
Figures Show That Fight Against TU-
bercuIcsIs Is Being Waged
Successfully.

We have the assurance Ct DR..
Woods Hutchinson, writing in the
Worlds Work, that the death rate
from tuberculosis has declined 10 per
cent. In the decade-which means a
saving Of $1,000 to 10000 lives a
year in the United States. The in
fant mortality rate is falling with
equal rapidity, which means annu-
ally saving of 10000 babies from
those Herods of the twentieth CEN
tury-the little fevers of childhood,
dirty milk and overcrowding. The
death rate in all of our great cities
is being steadily beaten down to a
lower and lower level every year.
The advance census reports show a
lower national death rate than ever
before by nearly 10 per cent.
The fight against tuberculosis is
steadily becoming more and more a
fight for better housing, more play
grounds, better food and more of it,
shorter hours OF work, decent and
civilized shops, workrooms and fac
tories, higher wages, better educa-
ton in the laws of health. We have
laid the bugbear of it's transmission
by meat and milk, and are concen-
trating our fire upon the place where
the bacillus breeds the injected
house or tenement room. The place
where We look for new cases Of tu-
berculoszs is in the same house with
the old ones. We must break this
link in the chain if ever we are to
wipe out consumption. From 80 to
so per cent. of the children in the
tenements living in the same house
hold with a case of tuberculosis are
found to be already infected with
the disease
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-02-23
Caught.

In Philadelphia they tell a story
of a man whose wife had arranged
an "authors' evening" and persuad-
ed her reluctant husband to remain
at home and help her receive the
fifty guests who were asked to par
ticipate in this intellectual feast.
The first author was dull enough.
but the second was worse. More
over, the rooms were intolerably
warm. So, on pretense of letting
in some cool air, the unfortunate
host escaped to the hall, where he
found a servant comfortably asleep
on the settee.
'Wake up!' sternly commanded
the Philadelphian in the mans ear
"Wake up, l say! You must have
been listening at the keybole !"-
Harper's Magazine