Gore and Bond Fight Over Conspiracy Case in Court
Oklahoma City reports six hours of argument in the damage suit by Minnie Bond against United States Senator Thomas P. Gore. Judge Clark outlined conspiracy law as jurors consider whether Bond and Gore conspired, with witnesses and counsel trading accusations. tomorrow full defense and plaintiff arguments proceed toward a late jury submission.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Minnie £. Bend
Okishoma City
United States
Thomas P. Gore
Gore
Mia Bond
Clark
Bond
Convensa
James RK. Jacobs
St . Washington Hotel
Bath
Giddings
Norman Pruett
Senator Gore
Rosa Lizard
Ie’ Eal Jacobs
Jacobs
Lillard
Indian Territory
Mrs. Bond
A Phrase Exemplified in a Crom Snake Dialogue
In a short excerpt the heiress challenges the bidder saying you do not offer enough and that another lady has raised your bid. The exchange hints at social maneuvering and power dynamics in a moneyed circle.
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Crom Snake
Duke
Diamond Patterns and Sterling Silver Catalogue Offer
The dealer highlights 27 years of silverware experience and a specialized Sterling Silver collection. It promises a wide variety of patterns, best values, low prices, and unmatched engraving service. Readers are invited to call or write for a 16 page illustrated catalogue and booklet titled Facts About Diamond.
Water Power Policy Considered by Wilson Cabinet
Washington February 17. First steps toward formulating the administration stance on water power development on public lands and navigable streams were taken by President Wilson and his cabinet. Secretaries Garrison and Lane were united in backing conservation principles as they draft tentative legislation with possible private capital involvement under federal permitting. The plan envisions private firms building projects for a fixed term, with government ownership or leasing options afterward, aiming for state participation and public opinion input on tax and licensing terms.
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Garrison
Lane
War
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Deas
Pérhans
Local Baptists Add 5000 to Hospital Fund in Atlanta
The Atlanta Baptist association reported an additional 6000 subscribed at a committee luncheon at the Ansley hotel. Total raised for the Greater Georgia Baptist Hospital reaches 55000 as plans push toward 100000 from churches citywide. The state board may add another 100000, aiming to place Atlanta’s hospital among the region’s best. Smaller churches join the effort, and a large banquet is planned to close the campaign with 290 to 400 leaders invited to boost subscriptions.
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Atlanta
L and N Secures Delay in Commission Suit
Louisville February 7 Judge Walter Evans sustained a motion by counsel for the Louisville and Nashville railroad to quash the summons in the mandamus suit filed by District Attorney George Durelle to force access to all railroad records and correspondence since August 28 1906. The ruling follows arguments over the defunct commerce court act versus the Kentucky code of practice. The case delays further action by about thirty days with service of a summons and certified petition then the next step to compel production of files occurs after the thirty day period.
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Walter Evans
United States District Court Today
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
George Durelle
Interstate Commerce” Commission
Commerce Court
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Saen
United States District Court
Nash
Annual Banquet Of Building Owners And Managers
The first annual gathering of the At Santy Association of Building Owners and Managers drew fifty members at the Ansley hotel pine room. Secretary Fred Shuier reported and approval followed as George W. McCarty acted as toastmaster with speeches by Preston Ark Wright J P Jackson Thmeson Ivan E Alten H J Watkins and Pred Houser. The event was declared an annual affair with plans to recruit more members.
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Ansley Hotel
Pine Room
Gtase
Fred Shuier
George W. McCarty
Preston. Arkwright
Atlanta
Gebt
Ala Thmeson
U. Slc. A
Ivan E. Alten
Atlante Convention Bureau
H. J Watkins
Gpadfist
Pred Houser
Atlanta“convention Bureau
Government ownership of railroads looms as political issue
Baltimore February 17 Judge Gay Prouty told the Traffic Club that forces are at work to push government ownership of railroads into a major political issue soon. He warned the public may demand rail nationalization if private lines fail to deliver adequate service, urging railroads to win public sentiment and meet half way. Herman Bleim, recently recovered after illness, is listed in the report.
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Baltimore
Gay Prouty
Govegnment
Tate
Judge Prouty
Paka
Copia
Baby boy found dead in Charleston home
February report from Charleston describes a months old infant, Clarence Hinsom, son of Enri Hiz wom, found hanging by a cord tied to a milk bottle. The cord around the neck caused the fatal strangulation as the child fell from a chair last night.
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W. V
Clarence Hinsom
Enri Hizwom
At Theaters Minstrels and Stratford Company in Georgia
George Evans Minstrels stage matinee at the Atlanta with a famed verdict from critics declaring it the best minstrel show in the state. Farewell performance tonight precedes a tour by Stratford-Upawn-Avon Players arriving February 19 through 21 at the Atlanta Theater with plans for Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor and more. At the Lyric Our New Minister features Norman Mackett Company with a minister and convict plot, clearing the convict and uniting lovers.
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Agiants
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Iro
Pebruary
Able Company
Oatauna
Venlos
Merry ‘Wives of
Norman Mackett
Pon Dia
Exsonvict
Daushera
Munteter
Vaudeville bills offer lively Atlanta show lineup
Keith Vaudeville at Rameet D presents Countess Madine and a strong cast including Stepp, Seodrich, King and Oliver. Columbia Burlesque stacks three top lights and a boxing main bout featuring Jimmy Grant versus Spider Britt with several six and four round prelims. Next week features Billy Trueheart and Ada Bannon with The Seminary iris.
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Wil
Sheppard
Billy ‘Trueheart
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Ada Bannon
Seminary
Iris
General Evans to Visit Augusta and Savannah
General Fr K Evans departs Thursday for a week long tour of Augusta and Savannah to review militia units. General Van Holt Nash conducts inspections in both cities. Evans will be accompanied by Lt OH Evans who will serve as aide. He will address militia groups on The Army League during the trip.
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Mrs Leola Jones Faces Second Mistrial In Murder Case
Nashville March 1 brief notes indicate Mrs Leola Jones, charged with murdering Mrs Olg Cave widow of a former Confederate, had a jury that could not agree and was discharged in her second trial. The jurors had previously failed to reach a verdict at the first trial.
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Olg ‘Cave
Revan Cave
Bremner Left $100,000 In Will
The will of Representative Robert G. Bremner who died in a Baltimore sanitarium after radium cancer treatment was made public. The estate is valued at about $100,000 with a $10,000 cash bequest to his mother. Residue goes to his wife Edith Le Bremner and his brother Leitha Bremner of Richmond Virginia.
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Pangaie
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Robert G. Bremner
Baltimore
California Syrup of Figs Baby Laxative Ad
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs to treat infant stomach issues. It promotes a gentle, thorough cleansing for children with coated tongues, urging reliance on the genuine product and warning against counterfeits.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Accuses Gov Blease Reflecting On Woman Doctor
Three members of the hospital board testified at the South Carolina state hospital inquiry. Dr. Taylor said Governor Blease asked questions that reflected on Dr Eleonora Saunders, a young woman physician, and that letters from Blease cast doubt on her character. He described an atmosphere of insinuation at the board meeting. Bivens criticized the superintendent for bypassing officials and supported Dr Saunders' critics, then withdrew a resolution condemning her at the governor's request. Summersett urged proper asylum management and more testimony is expected from hospital physicians tomorrow.
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Tegents
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J. D. Bivens
Julius H. Taylor
State Hospital For
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Board of Regents
State Hospital For the Insane
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Saunders
Blease
Bivens
Babcock
Roads Seek to Hold Their Water Lines
Hearings opened before Commissioner McChord on requests by the Pennsylvania Railroad and Northern Central Railway to keep water line holdings beyond July 1 1914 under the Panama Canal Act. Atlantic Great Line and others seek continued control of Old Dominion and Chesapeake steamship stocks amid interstate rail relief bids.
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McChord
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Great Lakes
Atlantic Qeast Tine Railroad
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Chesapeake Steamship Company
Norfolking West~arn Railroad
Seaboard Air Ling Railway
Old Dominion Steamship
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Death of the Birdman in Pensacola Bay
Lieutenant J. McC. Murray of the United States naval aviation corps drowned when his hydro aeroplane plunged hundreds of feet into Pensacola Bay. Initial reports blamed an engine explosion but physicians found the body unmarked. Officials pursued an investigation to determine cause while the wreckage was towed to the naval station. Murray was son of Rev. I. F. Murray of Mount Prospect Presbyterian Church, Canonsburg, Pa. Burial set for Thursday.
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J. McC. Murray
United States
Naval Aviation Corps
Pensacola Bay
Naval Station
Canonsburg
Murray
Flo
I. F. Murray
Mount Prospect Presbyterian Church
$1,500 Trophy For Best Peck Of Oats Awarded
Dallas February 17 The $1,500 trophy for the best peck of oats at the National Corn exhibition was won by C Hill and Sons of Leydminster Saskatchewan for the third straight time They propose a Canadian trophy The winning peck weighed 69 pounds Clyde Park Mont won the U S championship peck of 5 pounds whose color was deemed inferior to the Canadian exhibit Awards sent to the U S department of agriculture for confirmation.
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Dallas
Texas
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
State Troops Sought to End Church Riot in South Bend
South Bend Ind February 17 Women and children riot near St Casimir s Polish Catholic church after violence when police tried to install Rev Stanislaus Grusa as priest Attorney A L Hubbard for Bishop Herman J Merding of Fort Wayne asked Governor Ralston to summon state troops to enforce the installation Bishop Merding says Grusa should be installed now and law enforced with parishioners
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Ind
St. Casimir’s
Stanislaus Grusa
A.le Hubbard
Herman J. Merding
Fort Wayne
Ralston
Merding
Grugu
Bullet Put Into Brain By Frank H Conner
Birmingham February 17 Frank H Conner a general contractor and president of the Birmingham General Contractors association shot himself on the tenth floor of the Brown Marx office building. The bullet entered his brain. a maid heard a shot but thought a light globe had broken. No cause is given. He was doing well in business and is survived by a widow and two children.
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Birmingham
Reputed millionaire cuts throat in prison
London February 17 Lee Band the demented automobilist of Lyndhurst an American citizen was jailed after a long 30 hour motor chase through four counties He cut his throat in his prison cell and his condition was reported critical The American consul at Southampton took charge of his effects and found an identification letter from the Shanghai branch of the International Banking Corporation dated October 5 1911 The note indicates Bond was reputedly a millionaire and little else was known about him at Lyndhurst beyond eccentric habits and wild rides through the forest.
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London
Lee Band
Lyndhurst
Southampton
Albert W. Bwalm
Shanghai
International Anking Corporation
Wall Street
New York
Bond
Bondie
King Albert I Throws From Horse in Belgium Accident
King Albert I of Belgium suffered a broken left arm after being thrown from his horse in the Selignes forest near Waterloon battlefield. Reports caused public concern until a bulletin from the king's physician said no grave injury and his general health is good. He is 88, acceded December 17, 1908, married Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria, with three children. Webb Kenyon Law Upheld. Iowa Supreme Court sustains Webb-Rennon law banning shipments of equine cargo into territory. overrules district judge ruling.
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Belgium
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Selgnles
Waterlon
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Leopold
Hivzabeth
Bavaria
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Hunter
Ottumwa
Work Not Alms Banner Protest At City Hall
A unemployed marchers parade through St Louis banners reading work not alms. They meet the mayor and press for municipal aid, seeking a new lodging house and an allotment of unused city tools and buildings for a city commissary to sell food at cost. The event, termed the pageant of the unemployed by promoters, contrasts with the funded pageant of St Louis. Leaders include James Bada Huw and Cora Dr Hovey, head of the National Brotherhood Welfare association. The mayor declines action on his own, but invites assembly votes to aid the homeless.
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St. Louis
Fomeresa
James Bada Huw
Millonaire Hebo
Cora Dr. Hovey
National Brotherheed Welfare Association
Lutheran Laymen Meet in Columbia
Nearly 1 000 delegates registered for the Lutheran Laymen's Missionary Movement convention of the Lutheran Church in the South in Columbia South Carolina. George F B Cromer presides as sessions run through Thursday February 19 with speakers including J Campbell White W R Doughty and George Drach from several states attending.
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S. C
Lutheran Laymen's Missionary Movement
Lutheran Church In
New York
Laymen's Missionary Movement
United States
Canada
W. R. Doughty
George Drach
Philadelphia
Forelan Mission Board
Jetton arraigned on murder charge in Charlotte
In Charlotte N C February 17 all efforts to obtain bail for M Jetton charged with the murder of Dr W H Waoten last Tuesday were abandoned Jetton was arraigned in superior court on a murder charge and a trial date set for Thursday The state and defense expressed readiness to begin the trial Jetton pleaded not guilty and the court ordered a special venire of 100 drawn A peculiarity arose when the veniremen were being called the defendant's name was briefly missed by the clerk
Memorial services for Frances I Willard in Meago
Memorial services were held in Meago on February 11 for Frances E Willard longtime head of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Willard Hall was filled with Wearers of the white ribbon and marked the sixteenth anniversary of her death. Flowers laid on her grave at Fin Rese Idi cemetery.
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Wilard
Meago
Frances I. Willard
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Willard Hall
Frances B. Willard
Man threatens to blow up Rocky Mountains in Macon
A well dressed white man, about 45, told Sheriff Mullally in front of the courthouse he wished to be held for lunacy after declaring he had spent the day trying to wreck Wall Street and the mountains. He admitted alias Connell and was jailed for lunacy proceedings.
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Sherif Lane Mullally
Wall Street
Rocky Mountains
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Sherif’ Mullally
Sherif
Spiker Connell
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