Chauffeur Testifies on Lacy Bank Visits in Embezzlement Trial
Montgomery Alabama February 25 chauffeur Harry Dixon testified for the prosecution in the Theo dore Lacy embezzlement case detailing drives to banks and suburban saloons on the day Lacy disappeared ten months ago. Dixon identified Lacy and described a pine box believed tied to the missing funds and disposal in the street. He said Lacy paid him twenty dollars and kept the change while the pine box remained in the car. Charles Harold of Montgomery Savings Bank described fund payments on Lacy’s checks and James G Balney was noted as having ordered cash for the checks. The court overruled the demurrer, and Lacy pleaded not guilty as testimony began.
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Montgomery, Alz
Harry Dixon
Theodore Lacy
State Convict Department
Lacy
Dixon
Caloan
Charles Harold
Montgomery Savings Bank
Harold
James G Balney
Wwage Brown
Cotton Corporation Placed Into Receiver's Hands
Dallas February 25.8. W King Jr president of the Dallas Cotton Exchange and a local cotton dealer firm were named receiver of the Southern States Cotton corporation by Judge E R Meek in federal court. Four creditors seeking involuntary bankruptcy claimed unpaid debts totaling 2000 dollars. Judge Meek noted alleged use of company funds and found insolvency likely. The court set March 14 for responsive filings and noted cash held in banks.
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Dallas
Texas
W. King, Jr
Dallas Cotton Exchange
Southern States Cotton Corporation
E R Meek
Alabama Corporation
Meek
George Doss Wathey
Howell Foreman Honored by Harvard Students
Boston February 25 special Howell Foreman son of Mr and Mrs R L Foreman of Atlanta was elected second assistant business manager of the Harvard baseball team after a three month contest. He is a sophomore and will move up to first assistant next year and finally the business manager in his senior year.
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Boston
Mays
Howell Foreman
R L. Foreman
Atlanta
University of Harvard
Foreman
Harvard
Car Shops Burned in Montgomery Fire
A February 23 blaze destroyed the Western of Alabama railway car building shops in Montgomery causing an estimated 30,000 dollars in losses. The building, tools, five cars and other property were destroyed and five more cars including two circus cars were badly damaged.
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Montgomery
Aim
Alabama
Cowardly Fool Message Waiting for Elope Husband
Boston dated February 25 reports a cable found for Charles Cale, a passenger from Liverpool on the Arabic, from his wife alleging abandonment with two children at Burnley England. Cale eloped with Florence Beavers and her husband. Florence and her partner crossed the ocean aboard the Chelsea Heap. They admitted their identity. immigration officials ordered their deportation.
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Boston
Charles Cale
Liverpool
Burnley
England
Florence Beavers
Chelsea Heap
Young Woman Doctor Declared Not Guilty
Columbia SC February 25 Dr Eleanora B Saunders second assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane was exonerated of every charge in a legislative committee report. The panel found no evidence to sustain complaints and praised her work while criticizing treatment procedures and urging reforms and faster development of state park property for hospital use.
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Columbia
Eleanora B. Saunders
State Hospital For the Insane
Saunders
Rogents
J W Babcock
Board of Regents
State Park
Hen owner in Penn Yan tests peroxide as egg whiteness boost
John B Cramer of Penn Yan New York sought to sell egg stock to a New York market. A buyer suggested hydrogen peroxide in water to whiten eggs. Trials increased whitening but halted laying. a hen died and the flock dwindled leaving only the rooster.
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Penn Yan
John B Cramer
Board of Education
New York
Miss Ellen Kelley Burned to Death in Richmond
Richmond February 25 Miss Ellen Kelley aged 79 sister of Bishop Kelley of Savannah and of the late Anthony Melley former mayor of Richmond and later judge of the international court at Cairo died this morning from burns received yesterday while stirring a fire in her sitting room Coals fell onto the skirt of her dressing gown and caught fire a negro maid found her semi conscious on a blazing rug.
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Richmond
Ellen Kelley
Bishop Kelley
Savannah
Anthony Melley
International Court
Cairo
Five Buffum sons defend mother in murder trial
In Little Valley February 25 Special Prosecutor W Cole outlines the case against Cynthia Buffum charged with murdering her husband. Five sons testify they helped hide the crime to keep their mother from the chair. The defense plans to show the husband’s threats and alcoholism, and a confession from Buffum is deemed admissible.
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Little Valley
Wo Oy
W Cole
Cynthia Buffum
Patrick
Colling
Cole
Laura
Hoys
Collins
Buffum
Justice Brown
Buffalo
Ernest Frahm
Frahm
Willis
Federal supervision urged for cotton exchange contracts
Memphis February 26. Resolutions by the Memphis Cotton Exchange call for federal supervision of future contract departments in all cotton exchanges and rate the New York exchange methods. Plan to require standard classification by the government, unify contract stipulations, and limit grades and bale identification aims to restore price relevance to actual cotton value.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Cotton Exchange
New York Exchange
Department of Agriculture
United States
Atlantic Coast Line Co reduces capital stock in Bridgeport
The Atlantic Coast Line Company of Bridgeport filed in Hartford a certificate of reduction in capital stock from 22 64 0000 to 4 320 000 with par value per share dropping from 190 to 50. The reduction follows a February annual stockholders meeting in Bridgeport.
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Hartford
Conn
Secretary of State
Atlantic Coast Line Company
Bridgeport
Miss Kelly Forced to Remove Her Cap by Supreme Court
Washington February 25 Miss Maud McLure Kelly of Birmingham Ala was admitted to practice before the supreme court on motion of Secretary Bryan but had to remove her headdress to address the court The court marshal reminded her that members of the bar must remove their hats in addressing the court and the rule applies to both men and women
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Washington
Maud McLure Kelly
Birmingham
Ala
Supreme Court
Bryan
Mexico Crisis Ties to Benton Killing and Carranza Role
The Benton killing in northern Mexico spurs U S officials to seek clarity and avoid foreign danger. Secretary Bryan briefs the Senate committee while informal links to General Carranza are weighed to defuse international tensions. Foreign legation guards and a broader acceptance of arbitration treaties shape the unfolding policy.
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Benton
Bryan
State Department
Senate
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Luis Cabrera
Juarez
Villas
Cabrera
Cerranza
Carranzas
Villa
Legation Guarda
Mexico City
United States
Bry-an
House of Commons
Edward Grey
Pennsylvania Leads in Federal Reserve Bank Applications
Washington reports 7 463 national banks applying for membership across the new system. Pennsylvania tops with 835 applicants, Texas 518, Arizona and Nevada tied with 10 each. Eastern, Southern, Middle, Western, and Pacific states listed the totals by state and region, with overall national totals breaking down by area.
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Federal Reserve Banking System
Treasury Department
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Nevada
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Utah
Woman Leaves Atlanta After Frank Case Trial
The article recounts dramatic testimony and police pressure surrounding Leo Frank’s case. Detectors pressed a witness about a rooming arrangement and alleged motives, while hints of police protection and a college proposal surface amid calls for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. The Supreme Court denied rehearing, leaving the original decision intact.
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Mr. Frank
Atlanta
Rosser
Reaser
Vickery
Hamby
Frank
Veonk
Leo Frank Luther Rosser
Rube Arnold
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Roy Harris
Mary Phagans
Albert
Ben Hill
Rank
Kentucky Women to Demonstrate for Statewide Prohibition
Lexington February 25 Several thousand members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will go to Frankfort tomorrow to press the state legislature for a law submitting the question of statewide prohibition to voters. State president Francis G. Beauchamp issued the call.
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Lexington
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Frankfort
Francis G. Beauchamp
Headaches Succumb To Anti Kamnis Tablets
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw appears in modern dances with Jack Clifford in a show running today and Friday with matinee and evening performances each day. The article notes the performers and schedule as part of a city stage lineup.
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Evelyn Nesbit
Jack Clifford
Court Overrules Rehearing Motion in Conley Trial
The court remains unanimous in denying a rehearing. On Wednesday William Smith, the Negro accomplice attorney, sought a new trial alleging the guilty verdict violated law and principles of equity and justice. The motion was filed late in the afternoon.
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William Smith
Barnett Succeeds Biddle as Marine Corps Leader
General George Barnett today assumed duties as major general commanding the United States Marine Corps, succeeding General William P. Biddle. The ceremony marked a transition in U S naval leadership with Barnett taking the helm. February 25.
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