Stone to Succeed Bacon as Chairman in Senate Shakeup
Washington notes after Senator Bacon death that Stone is poised to become chairman of the foreign relations committee. A Democratic caucus is expected to decide next week, with potential shifts in Indian affairs and related committees as others seek new heads and roles.
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Washington
Senate
Bacon
Committee of Foreign Relations
Stone
Senator Shively
Indiana
Senator Stone
Senator Myers
Ashurst
Myers
Committee On
Senator Smith
Arizona
Senator Lane
Gowns of First Ladies on Plaster Figures Exhibit
Washington February 19 Many original gowns worn by first ladies will be shown on plaster figures at the National Museum starting Monday. The display covers from Martha Washington to Mrs Taft with figures named and costumes secured from relatives of past presidents.
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Washington
National Museum
Martha Washington
Taft
James Madison
John ‘Tyler
James K. Polk
Harriet_Lane Johnston
O’ Grant
Rutherford B Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
William H Taft
Samuel L. Gouver
War on cigarettes in public schools proposed by Annie Milliken
New York February 18Permission sought from the board of education to extend anti cigarette actions into public schools. Mrs Annie Hobson Milliken state superintendent of the Anti Cigarette league plans to have doctors treat children with silver nitrate after hours. She cites school principals and especially women principals eager to cooperate to save students from smoking.
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New York
Board of Education
Annie Hobson Milliken
Milliken
Hooper Commutes Death Sentence In Adams Case
Nashville February 19 Governor Hooper commuted Henry Adams, an African American convicted of murder, from electric chair to life imprisonment. He cited rushed trials, lack of adequate counsel, and railroading to the electric chair, noting deficiencies in court prep and the hurried handling of cases in Memphis.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry Adams
Hooper Fee’ Bays
Memphis
Adams
Tufts Convicted and Freed by His Wife in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on February 19 bail was reduced from 36000 to 1500 for Gorman Tufts Jr an American practitioner. Held for two years on fraud charges over a power of attorney from his wife, he was freed after his wife formerly Jennie Roe widow of a Fort Worth Texas millionaire changed her mind and supported a new trial granted by the state supreme court. She says she now believes his innocence.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gorman Tufts, Jr
Jennie Roe
Fort Worth
Texas
Superior ‘Court
Tufts
State Supreme Court
Guilty of Wife Murder in Charlotte Case
James L Bolejack, an aged laborer from Charlotte, was found guilty of first degree murder for fatally shooting his wife during the Christmas season. The jury recommended mercy.
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Charlotte
James L Bolejack
Grasen
Coal Price Cut to Five Dollars a Ton by Carroll and Hunter
Carroll and Hunter announce reduced price of five dollars per ton for best high grade Jellico coal. They promote value and quality for buyers seeking premium fuel.
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Carroll & Hunter
Chief Justice White on Bench for 20 Years
Washington February 19 Chief Justice White marked the twentieth anniversary of his appointment to the supreme court bench. The count shows the tenure begins March 12. The observance recalls the bitter Senate fight over Chief Justice Walte and the two Cleveland selections. Edward Douglas is noted in the context.
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Washington
White
Supreme Court
Walte
Cleveland
Senate
Edward Douglas
Confirmation Stays Swift for Louisiana Chief Justice
White of Louisiana Hinnoiming is confirmed without delay. The chief justice will serve many years, matching long service precedents set by Chief Justice Marshall and Justices Pield and Harlan, who each have more than thirty three years on the bench.
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White
Louisiana
Hinnoeming
Marshall
Pield
Harlan
Walker bill bars Negroes from textile work in Columbia
The bill passed to third reading prohibiting Negroes from working on the same machines as white workers in textile establishments in Columbia. An amendment allows Negroes to be employed as firemen, engineers, and similar roles within these plants.
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Columbia
Nease
Walker
Valdosta Meeting Indorses Col West to Succeed Bacon
Citizens of Valdosta and friends of Hon. W. S. West met in the chamber of commerce hall and adopted resolutions of regret for the death of Georgia senator A. C. Bacon. They also approved a resolution urging the governor to consider West as his successor.
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Valdosta
Indorses
Col. West
Bacon
Friends
Appointment of Colonel West Endorsed for Governor
Judge J. M. McCracken chaired the meeting with Colonel West as the distinguished guest. M. Ashley, secretary of the chamber of commerce, served as secretary as a committee was formed to draft and send a letter urging Governor West's appointment.
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West
J. M. McCracken
M. Ashley
Chamber of Commerce
Nick Camp Faces Trial in Bullock Murder Case
DaYas Ga February 12 Special The case of Nick Camp charged with the murder of Clifford Bullock is being tried in Paulding superior court here. Bullock was killed in November.
Camp in charged with the offense at term of court
A court current term sees Camp charged with an offense. the case draws great public interest as proceedings proceed.
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Camp
Passage by appropriation committees cited in urgent bill
The urgent deny bill advances today to the house by the appropriation committees. The language references a sum of ten million nine hundred thousand dollars as the budgetary target and signals action on pending fiscal measures.
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House
Large Sum Carried by Deficiency Bill
Washington February 18 more than two million dollars for deficiency in postal finances due to parcel post growth. Also 50000 for investigations by the federal industrial relations commission including Colorado and Michigan mine districts, 40000 for the federal board of mediation in road strikes, and 2000000 for the Panama railroad.
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Washington
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Colorado
Michigan
Faeral Board of Mediation
Panama Railroad
Anti-Sauffrage Hearing Set For March Third
A hearing on woman suffrage before the judiciary committee is planned for March 3, supporting the suffrage constitutional amendment. The session aims to invigorate the movement and strengthen the political push for equal rights.
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