09 Jan 1912
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1912
Page
1
Turner is toastmaster as Amarillo lawyers gather for the first annual banquet. The event features chaste, logical wit, a grand menu with oyster cocktail, young turkey, lobster salad, cream tapioca, edam cheese, and coffee. Paper-white narcissus and ferns decorate the tables adding a formal touch.
Former Texas attorney general M M Crane of Dallas headlined a lawyers banquet in Amarillo, praising the bar and judicial reform while sharing lighter remarks. The program featured judges and attorneys across civil and criminal practice and honored Judge J N Browning with audience applause.
Private detectives arrested John McNamara of New York on a charge of robbing and dynamiting the Bank of Montreal in British Columbia on September 14. Authorities say he and accomplices made off with 276000 dollars.
Private cable from Constantinople says Turkey is split by dissension. High officials want to end the war with Italy, while a strong element of the people favor continuation.
A dramatic plunge from 44 to six degrees within ten hours followed a thaw, leaving livestock losses cited by animal and hide inspector Frank L. Davidson as the season’s most destructive to cattle in ten to fifteen years. Frozen pipes and widespread plumbing work added to the disruption across the city as repairs extend into the week.
The dynamite conspiracy probe will be continued by the next federal grand jury convening January 23. The report is filed by Associated Press from Los Angeles, California.
San Francisco report says a sympathetic strike of 300000 Federated Shop Employees members will be called within the month. President Ernest L. Reguin of the Harriman lines federation states the move aims to affect the Gould lines by removing allied support from Hariman systems.
Government offers a letter alleged to show collusion between Swift & Co and Armour & Co in bidding for the Togus Maine old soldiers home meat contract on November 6 1905. The letter from Swift executive Francis A Fowler to Jerome H Pratt of Armour's dressed meat dept. urged bids of seven percent on beef and eight percent on mutton. Pratt testified for the government.
Warm fight over a Senate seat centered on Guffey of Pennsylvania with party rivalry shaping campaigns and ballots. Guffey faces intense opposition from demography aligned factions as voter support shifts in key counties and districts.
Dallas society women are urged to withdraw invitations as physicians worry over public health. Courts discuss suspending sessions and amusement venues may close after five deaths and eight new disease cases. In Washington, Col James M Guffey defends himself as Palmer challenges him over age and what he called a lie.
In Hamilton Bermuda seven American torpedo boat destroyers sought shelter from a severe northwest gale. Two ships, the Marant and McCall, are missing while the Paulding, disabled earlier, was sighted by the battleship Michigan and provided with provisions.
D C Priddy leads a Chamber of Commerce committee and the Young Men's Civic League in Amarillo to welcome delegates for an all Panhandle fair. Weather has slowed progress but letters from county judges show strong support. An additional meeting will finalize plans and outline immediate action.
Brenham Texas Jan and Northern capitalists plan an inteurban line linking Brenham and La Grange. If approved a preliminary survey will start immediately. Right of way is expected to be secured free. Significant interest suggests construction could begin within months.
Interstate Commerce Commission launches inquiry into the rail crash near Sharon North Dakota, where five dead and about twenty injured as Great Northern train derailed. The investigation aims to gather evidence for potential legislation to require steel rails be government supervised.
Judge J N Browning convened the January term of the Forty seventh district court in Amarillo for twelve weeks. The grand jury was empaneled and charged with local option violations in Potter county precincts. Foreman H A Nobles leads a panel of twelve as the court prepares to handle civil and criminal dockets. District Attorney S Bishop and County Attorney R E Underwood to assist. civil cases set for next week and non jury matters to be disposed of.
Boston dispatch reports that Rev. C. V. T. Richeson’s planned plea of guilty to the murder of Avis Linnell was postponed due to counsel not appearing, delaying the court action until tomorrow.
One of Harris county s most remarkable criminal cases opened for trial in Houston Texas Co B Meadows stands accused of murdering Alice Eastup Conners whose body was found in a trunk in the ship channel south of the city Letters in the trunk identified the deceased who had lived in a fashionable district with a man called Meadows He initially denied involvement but later said he occupied the house with the woman who was addicted to morphine
The Senate Lorimer committee held a brief meeting with lawyers in Washington and adjourned until tomorrow. Edward Hines of Chicago will be recalled to be questioned about the meeting where plans to raise funds for Lorimer’s election were discussed.
Weather conditions in the Intermountain region return to near normal, but high winds in Montana cause snow drifts and hinder railway traffic. Trains into Helena and Livingston run from a few hours to a day late.
Washington hosts a Jackson Day dinner with nearly a thousand guests from across the party. Senator O Gorman served as toastmaster, with Speaker Clark Alton Parker and Senators Kern Newlands Pomerene among the onlookers. Bryan and Wilson drew cheers as Wilson spoke on currency.
Local forecast calls for generally fair conditions on Tuesday. West Texas expected to be warmer with unsettled weather by Wednesday. Washington area anticipates highs around 69 and lows near 85, with shifting conditions noted for the period.
Speaker Champ Clark urged Democrats to unite against Standpatters in the Republicans and to back progressive laws. He argued Democratic control is essential for reform, noting insurgent Republicans must ally with Democrats, and stressed maintaining voter support from 1908 while expanding it by about 100,000. He promised a strong record and unity at the coming session.
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