Supreme Court orders Theodore Price to trial in DC
The US Supreme Court ruled that Theodore H Price and Frederick A Packham must be brought to Washington for trial on charges tied to the cotton leak scandal in the agriculture department. Haas and Peckham, indicted alongside, also face trials in DC after the court held that when indictments span two jurisdictions the government may choose the venue. Haas had appealed a New York custody order.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Haas and Peckham
Washington
Haas
New York
District of Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court of
Unite States
Supreme Court
Theodore H. Priva
Frederick A. Packham
Hays
Scandel
Enacy
Vince
Ain
Peckham
Holmes
Court of the United States
United States
Telegraph firm not liable for delayed messages during strike
St Louis February 21 An opinion of the United States court of appeals written by Judge Smith Mc Pherson handed down Monday holds that a telegraph company is not responsible for the delay of messages interfered with on the wire while the company is fighting a strike. The opinion reverses the lower court ruling in a case where C M Ivy of Elot Springs ATK won a verdict of 1478.62 against the Western Union Telegraph Company.
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St. Louis
United States Court of Appeals
Smith McPherson
C. M. Ivy
Elot Springs
ATK
Western Union Telegraph Company
Railways Must Pay Claims in Ninety Days
The U S Supreme Court today sustained a South Carolina statute requiring railroads engaged in interstate business to pay penalties of 50 dollars if they fail to adjust within ninety days a claim for loss of goods in transit. The ruling affirms state court interpretation of the act.
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South Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
Killed Father to Save Sister in Texas Tragedy
In Childress Texas on February 21 Frank L Craig was shot dead by his son Al Craig 15 after the father allegedly dragged his sister Ruth Hamlin 18 by the hair and threatened to kill her The son then fired a shotgun wounding and killing his father in the yard in a fatal family dispute.
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Childress
Texas
Frank L. Craig
al Craig
Craig
Ruth Hamlin
The Working Girl Rebranded as The Young Lady Employed
Chicago officials announce the West End Woman's Club new policy replacing the term working girl with the phrase the young lady employed. The change follows weeks of club discussions about an open door Sunday program for reading writing music and relief from labor. Mrs John B Sherwood calls the shift a simple experiment noting the term hurts feelings and separates workers from more fortunate women.
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Chicago
West End
Actor Clay Clement Dies at University Hospital
Kansas City report states actor Clay Clement died suddenly at 10 50 am at University hospital from araemic poisoning. In Waco Texas, Ray Anderson who was shot by Charles Franks died, making three victims. Franks a bartender killed Joule Donovan shot Lula Holt and Anderson before killing himself. Lula Holt remains critical.
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Clay Clement
Kansas City
University Hospital
Waco
Texas
Ray Anderson
Charles Franks
Anderson
Franks
Joule Donovan
Lula Holt
Supreme Court voids Alabama franchise tax on foreign railways
The United States Supreme Court reversed Alabama's 1907 act imposing an annual franchise tax on foreign corporations doing business in the state, ruling it unconstitutional as applied to the Southern Railway. The decision taints similar suits by Louisville and Nashville and other lines, with $126,045.45 collected to be returned to foreign firms.
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Southern Railway
Washington
Supreme Court of Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Southern Railway Company
Alabama
Iowa
City Court of
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
United States Supreme Court
Louisville and
Nashville
Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia
Seaboard
Southern
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Interstate commerce commission power on railroad connections
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on ICC authority to compel a common carrier in interstate commerce to provide a physical connection with a branch line. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western refused to connect with Rahway Valley at Summit New Jersey, and the commission ordered the link after a complaint.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Rahway Valley Railroad Company
Summit
N. J
Carnival of Crime Reigns at Pittsburg
Pittsburg on February 21 reports a carnival of crime with thugs burglars and porch climbers operating for over a week. Within forty eight hours seven hold ups and burglaries were logged by police as officers increase by more than a hundred extra personnel. Early today a breading raid led to twenty four men arrested for vagrancy in a bid to round up suspects.
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Pittsburg
Trainmen Safety Bill Advances in Senate
Washington February 21 Senate passed a bill amending the safety appliance law to cover devices in the master car builders standard for protection of trainmen. The measure aims to reduce accidents from defective clearance, ladders, roof hand holds, running boards and handbrakes or their absence.
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Washington
Senate
A Question All Consumptives Should Ask Their Doctor
A reader advised to seek three or four cured cases of Tuberculosis from a doctor, or have cured patients speak. The letter recalls a patient who, after a long battle with consumption and numerous cases, credits Eckman’s Alterative and claims eleven years of perfect health. The ad ends with testimonials and pricing references.
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Eckman
Eickman
Knocked Cop Down in Washington's Birthday Misadventure
In Guifport Mississippi February 31 a 6 foot 1 inch, 1200 pound Black man Buster Hines convicted of liquor sale knocked a police officer down and fled through the business district before being rearrested by a mounted patrolman. He claimed he merely wanted a little fun.
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Washington
Buster Hines
Hines
Tulane Awards LL.D. to John Barrett
The Tulane University board votes to confer the Doctor of Laws on John Barrett, director of the International Bureau of American Republics in Washington. He is invited to attend Founders' Day at Tulane on March 4.
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Barrett
New Orleans
Tulane University Today
John Barrrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Washington
Tulane
Toxaway Hotel Company Wins
The Supreme Court of the United States held the Toxaway Hotel Company of North Carolina not subject to national bankruptcy acts. The decision came from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit after a consolidated case.
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Toxaway Hotel Company
North Carlina
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit
Whitney Hunts Ducks Near New Orleans For Polar Feat
Sparse OCR fragment mentions Whitney from New He and hunting near the Mississippi golf coast. References polar bear expedition and a disputed discovery claim. Details are obscured by garbling, but the item hints at a controversial polar exploration angle tied to Whitney and a hunt.
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Whitney
New Orleans
Mississippi Gulf Cott
Harry Whitney
North Pols
Awhitney
Whitney Weaer
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