Interstate rate control issue goes before U S Supreme Court
Washington reports the Supreme Court set February 28 for a hearing on whether the Interstate Commerce Commission can override state railroad and public service commissions in intrastate rate making. The case tests federal versus state authority, with Georgia and other states weighing in to preserve independent state rate systems.
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Supreme Court
James A. Hollomon
Washington
Clas
Supreme Court of the
Gritten States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Georgia
National Association of State Railroad and Public Service Commissioners
Perry
Georgia Railroad Commission
Former Democratic Chairman McCombs Dies in Greenwich
New York February 22 William F McCombs former chairman of the democratic national committee died at Greenwich Connecticut at 7 15 oclock today of heart disease His business partner Frederick Ryan announced McCombs who directed Woodrow Wilsons 1912 campaign had been in failing health for years In his 40th year he leaves two brothers Robert and Ashton of Hamburg Ark and others unnamed
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New York
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Greenwich
Comn
Frederick Ryan
McCombs
Woodrow Wilson
Robert and
Ashton
Hamburg
Ark
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William F McCombs burial in Little Rock Arkansas
William F McCombs former chairman of the Democratic National Committee died in Greenwich Connecticut and will be buried in Little Rock according to M W Hardy nephew in law His sister Corrina Hardy has cared for him The New York lawyer and politician was Wilson campaign manager in 1912 and later led the party He was born December 26 1878 in Bamburg Arkansas and studied at Harvard and Princeton before entering law and politics
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Little Rock
Ark
William
McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Greenwich
Conn
M. W. Hardy
Hardy
Wilson
New York City
William F. McCombs
Woodrow, Wilson
France
Bamburg
Webb
Tennessee
Princeton University
Harvard University
New York
Woodrow Wilson
National Democratic Club
City College of New York
William F. Gaynor
William H. Edwards
Baltimore
New York State
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Association of the Bar of the
City of New York
Southwn Society
Washington
Dorothy Wilams
John R. Williams
United States
London
Vanderbilt Hotel
Lynching Case Trials Abruptly Ended in Alabama
Hamilton Alabama February 22 The state’s case against Sergeant Glenn H Stephene and eight Alabama National Guard members charged with murder in the William Baird lynching was not pressed and trials ended abruptly. Warrants issued for the nine guardsmen and transfer to Jefferson County jail followed as the presiding judge halted proceedings and defense reacted with surprise.
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Hamilton
Ala
Glenn H. Stephene
National Guard of Alabama
William Baird
Walter County
Attarsaurt
Tria
Stephens
Walker County
Horace C. Wilkinson
Sowell
Sherrif Llayd Guttery
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Wilkinson
Lowell
Baird Lynch- Be
Lancaster case mistrial shocks local court
Fragmentary OCR notes show a mistrial in a Lancaster case connected to a company member. The brief item hints at a court proceeding with a defendant facing further action. Names and full details are unclear but point to ongoing legal action.
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Ee Mrembers
Interesting Talks at Health Officers Meetings in Augusta
The Tuesday morning session of a health officer course at the medical college featured Dr. F T Abercrombie on state malaria eradication efforts and Dr. Bassett on mosquito species. New arrivals include Caroline from G N L Milledgeville and several doctors from Georgia and Florida, with motion pictures on malaria prevention shown Tuesday night.
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Augusta
Medical College
F. T. Abercrombie
Bassett
Caroline
G. N
Milledgeville
Gordon T. Crozier
Railroads Earn 1.17 Percent in December
Washington reports December railroad earnings at 17,037,000 at an annual 1.17 percent rate on property values, with total operating revenues 550,608,000 and expenses 498,865,000. Eastern carriers earned 2,943,000, Southern 7,676,000, and Western 7,418,000, as 88 of 202 roads did not declare expenses, totaling 20,178,000.
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Washington
Association of Railway Executives
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Randolph Bilveman
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Roy Patton Jr
Rnest W. Speed
W. E. Hamby
Manley Sexton
James Franklin
Robert J. Lancaster
Joseph Kay
Clarence Richardson
Piedmont
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