21 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Aiken Recorder
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
1
A dramatic naval battle off France results in many dead and hundreds injured as fires, smoke, and explosions engulf a warship. The ship's crew, including Captain Verker and Admiral Munceron, struggle to abandon ship as torpedo blasts and shellfire cause widespread casualties and panic aboard.
A fragmentary report describes a mob halting trolley cars and erecting a high Athena bar at a crossing near Eighteenth and Ch Street. It mentions a grand jury instruction and rough clashes as authorities respond to the disturbance.
A man dressed as a woman infiltrated Judge James Harris's home in Jackson, Kentucky, on Monday night and opened fire. Jupe Jett, Harris’s nephew, saw the intruder in the kitchen and fired several shots. the assailant escaped unharmed.
A Weekington dispatch reports a Tuesday night White House meeting with President Roosevelt and Southern mill men and others backing southern immigration. The interview appeared satisfactory to visitors but produced no definite conclusions and little new information.
A Washington dispatch reports the Georgia governor is asked by the war department to designate four heavy artillery batteries as coast artillery reserves and four infantry regiments as supports for Savannah defenses. They would travel to Fort Screven in July for instructions.
The Monroe lynchings prompt Louisiana Governor Blanchard to request District Judge Madison of Monroe to convene a special grand jury. If feasible, indict those responsible for the hangings and pursue justice in the case.
A commission advocates inland waterway use recognizing existing Federal and state capabilities in War, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor departments. The plan cites $17,000,000,000 invested in steam railways and lists members Beankhead Mackenzie Newell Pinchot Herbert Knox Smith W J McGee as personnel.
Early reports indicate a catastrophic flood in Wheeling and surrounding districts causing dozens of deaths, widespread damage to steel plants, and paralysis of business. Estimates place Wheeling area damage around four million dollars with streets unusable for days due to debris and rising water. Rescue efforts continued as officials struggle to restore services and provide relief to affected residents.
The post office department in Washington announced Friday an apportionment of 600 new clerks at $600 per annum under the latest appropriation. Increased business and overtime across offices were the primary considerations for the expansion.
Testimony from Rowland Osborn, Fort Brown post quartermaster sergeant, asserts that white and black troops at Fort Brown could acquire ammunition easily. He disputes defense claims that negro soldiers could not obtain shells, describing how theft for hunting or practice is common and undermines that defense.
Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland brother of John D Rockefeller testifies in St Louis Tuesday in a suit against Neary Goss for restitution of 265000 spent by Rockefeller for a rice mine in southwest Missouri. He alleges he was induced through misrepresentations to buy the mine.
President Roosevelt issued an executive order under the immigration act of 1924 prohibiting Japanese and Korean citizens and residents who hold passports and travel documents from entering the continental United States if they have traveled to Mexico Canada or Hawaii.
Historical notice lists estimates and orders for street paving cross flower beds borders sidewalks hitching posts doors and sills, cemetery lot copings and dressed and rough ashlar work. Mentions preference for other cries and UK contact OBATFIELD Vikes 8 O.
Aiken County Treasurer A M Gardner announces tax collection for 1906 and the 1907 commutation road tax. Office hours at the Court House in Aiken from Oct 16, 1906 to Mar 15, 1907, excluding Sundays and Christmas. State 6 mills, county 3 mills, school taxes varying by district, late penalties, dog tax 69 cents, road tax $1.90, payable by specified dates with penalties accruing.
Notice from Ashken City Council dated Oct 12 1966 informs residents of city tax collection for the current fiscal year. It lists tax duplicates, January February returns, and charges for current expenses nine mills and sinking fund one mill. City Clerk J L McCarter announces the levy and collection plan. Also notes a Louisville Courier-Journal quotation about novelists and fiction.
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