Cashier Whitaker on the Run After $10,000 Shortage
W P Whitaker, cashier of the Bank of Kennesaw, is a fugitive after a bank shortage exceeding $10,000. The bank closed temporarily as investigators find extensive mortgage-backed land purchases connected to Whitaker. Warrants issued in Marietta. a receiver appointed. Whitaker eluded authorities, seen in Marietta and Atlanta, leaving a wife and two children at Kennesaw.
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W. P. Whitaker
Bank of Kennesaw
Kennesaw
Woiltaker
Marietta Satroax
Henrirson
Peachtree Tre
Atlanta
Kenne Aw
Tafton Conservation Plan Outlined By Wash Upton Official
The Tafton conservation effort outlined by Wash Upton on January 1 aims to begin work soon on safeguarding natural resources. Secretary Ballinger, who drafted the framework for new public lands and resources legislation, was consulted today.
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Tafton Conservation
Wash Upton
Balllinger
Supreme Court backs Interstate Commerce Commission in rail fuel car ruling
The U S Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Interstate Commerce Commission upholding its power to regulate the distribution of fuel cars used by railroads in interstate commerce. Justice White delivered the sweeping decision, affirming the inclusion of railroad equipment in regulatory authority and rejecting challenges to the delegation of power under the commerce act. The ruling clarifies that fuel cars owned by carriers are within government regulation to prevent unjust preferences and discrimination.
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Wash Neton
Supremeourt of
United States
Thy Winels Cental
Minute Central Coal Mining
Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commission
Justice White
Effec
White
Congresa
Commission
Rite
Congress
Fall‘roma
Interstate Commerce E Commission
United States Offault Court
Northern
District of Tilets
No Near Beer Saloons In State Says Judge Fite
Cartersville Ga January 10 Judge A White in Bartow county superior court charged the grand jury to find true bills against anyone selling beverages producing intoxication He declared there are no near beer saloons in the state only real beer saloons and urged enforcement He also attacked gambling noting social games for prizes as gambling and said prosecutors should bring actions if needed
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Judge Fite
Cartersville
Bartow County Exportor Court
A. White
S Grand Jury
Hai
Fite
Tite
Bartow
Nurses Walkout Over Name Etiquette at New York Hospital
Nurses at the Nursery and Child Hospital walked out protesting being addressed by first names. They complained management insisted on nicknames and after a 24 hour trial some were still called Lucy or Jane. The Boston Transcript notes the incident as a labor dispute amid hospital operations.
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New York
Nursery and Child Hospital
Lucy Jans
Mian Swan
Jane
Lucy
Soston
Knapp Addresses Farmers in Lynchburg
Dr Seaman A Knapp of the Agriculture Department spoke to a large Southern railroad farming audience in Lynchburg Virginia. He praised Virginians as descended from a superior race and urged leveraging the Old Dominion’s coast harbors and proximity to Atlantic cities to advance agricultural interests along the railroad line.
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Lynchburg
Southern Railroad
Seaman A Knapp
Department of Agriculture
Dr Knapp
Knapp
Old Dominion
Atlantic
List of multi millionaires headed by New York woman
New York January 1 a New York widow Mrs Emma B Kennedy leads the list of personal tax assessments with 6 000 000 on property and 26 000 000 left by her husband John Kennedy for charity ranking ahead of John D Rockefeller, William K Vanderbilt Jr, J P Morgan, Charles M Schwab, Jacob H Schiff and others. New York City’s legal debt limit stands at about 59 000 000 while assessed real estate totals 4 000 187 322, an increase over last year.
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New York
Carnegie
Emma B Kennedy
John Kennedy
Mra Russell Sage
John D Rockefeller
Florence’ Amelnel
Bessie McLeod Leggett
W K Vanderbilt
William K Vanderbilt Jr
John Jacob Astor
J PF Morgan
Charles M Schwab
Jacob H Schiff
August Belmont
Thomas F Ryan
New York City
Ogo
Woman Sacrifices Everything When She Enters Politics
In Nashville Tennessee on January 10 Rev C yi R. Nesbit, pastor of Woodland Street Presbyterian Church, spoke on Women in Politics. He warned that when good women are drawn into political advocacy, heated debate can push them to sacrifice friendships and long-held traditions to push their idea of the individual, noting sentiment can cloud judgment.
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Nashville
Tenn
C Yi R. Nesbit
Woodland Street Presbyterian Church
South
Supreme Court Reverses Trial Court in Car Allocation Ruling
The court reversed the trial court on a key point and affirmed broad powers of the commission. Assistant Attorney General Bills called the decision one of the most important of its kind. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v Pitcairn Coal Company involved West Virginia coal operators alleging unequal car distribution. The Fourth Circuit’s ruling was reversed, but only to the extent that the complaint should have been brought to the Interstate Commerce Commission first.
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Supreme Court
Trial Court
Commission
Bills
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Pitcairn Coal Company
West
Bremen Georgia elects new city council members
At the Bremen Georgia election held Saturday January 10 special mayor JFL Welker was respected. The new council includes John H Sheiritt BP McPherson W M Bullard and WL Dobson, replacing J W Haynes.
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Bremen
Jfl Welker
John H Sheiritt
BP McPherson
W. M. Bullard
WL. Dobson
J W Haynes
Alabama Pig Iron Production Seen Steady In 1909 Totals
Alabama’s pig iron output for 1909 is reported at 1,706,452 tons, the largest yearly total to date, with 1908 at 1,297,104 and 1907 at 1,686,674 tons. The new year opens with limited iron on furnace yards as mills resume activity.
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Alabama
Riverside Drive Stages Return Ordered by Mayor
New York January 19 Mayor Gaynor ordered the new park commissioners to resume running the large public stages on Riverside Drive asserting they were built for all residents not just the wealthy. The move ends long held objections by affluent Riverside Drive residents to the electric stages in the exclusive district.
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New York
New Yorks
Riverside Drive
Gaynor
Four Hurt In Wreck Near Amarillo Train Collision Route
Four men were injured when Fort Worth and Denver rail passenger train No 8 derailed four miles south of Amarillo Texas. The engine and tank leaped the track sending four cars into a ditch and injuring RC Brownlee Wells Varge press Fort Worth Whitehurnt Amarillo W oJ Hamutton Amarilla. He details unclear due to damaged OCR.
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Amarillo
Texas
Fort Worth
Denver
Here
RC Brownlee
Wells-Varge Is Press Company
Fort ‘Worth
Whitehurnt
Oj Hamutton
Amarilla
Snyder
Gila
Arkansas hospital orders herd culled after suspected tuberculosis
A fragmented report from Little Rock indicates officials believed a herd at a local Arkansas hospital for the Wisans may carry tuberculosis. The charitable foundation ordered seventy six head be slaughtered to prevent spread.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Hospital
Es Board For Charitable Frutifutions
Aia
Virginia's land use urged to boost farming and industry
Dr Knipp argued only a fraction of Virginia's 27281 280 acres produced crops, urging drainage and diversification into gardening, stock raising, dairying, fruit, forestry, and orchard exports. He cited the Blue Ridge and ridges for fruit and industry growth, urging local manufacture of tools and goods to follow agricultural wealth.
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Knipp
Virginia
Jack Unrus
Dr Knapp
United States
Blue Ridge
Nin
Rina Ridge
Landa
Colorado
Apeakar
Woman Masqueraded as Man for 35 Years
Montreal reports a 65 year old parson living as William Dubers who admits disguising as a man for 35 years, working as a deck hand on lumber barges before being jailed and assigned to a women’s infirmary. A second note mentions Auburn Alabama approving a 340000 mechanical and textile building for the Technological Institute.
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Montreal
Quebec
Wiliam Dubers
William
Migration to northern lands urged as farm supply
Dr Knapp urged attracting settlers to northern and western lands where prices are high to meet farm demand. He warned against relying on European immigration and stressed development of thinly settled regions to supply labor and markets.
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Aise
Dr Knapp
Publicity move as senators back pro progressive view
Senate session reads a letter from four senators Cummins La Follette Clapp and Bristow praising Colonel Hanna for sending Washington letters from a progressive republican standpoint. The editor Wright Patterson Chicago gets assurances of fair coverage of Congress from that stance. The read arouses laughter among Republican senators.
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Washington
Dick of
Gale
Senate
Cummins la Follette Clapp
Bristow
la Follettes
John HH. Tianna
Wright A Patterson
Union
Chicago
Jonn J Hanna
Hanna
Congress
Dielk
Exhibition of Monorail Car In New York and Brooklyn
A January 1 report from New York describes the first American demonstration of a gyrostatic monorail car by Richard Scherl. A four passenger car with two operators ran on a single circular track at a rink, using two gyroscopes, each at 1000 revolutions per minute, powered by 110 volt current from side wires. Scherl predicts a top speed of at least 120 miles per hour for a standard monorail train.
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New York
Weday In
Brooklyn
Richard Scher
Scherl
Big Sugar Suit Settled In Philadelphia Case Ends
The Pennsybania Sugar Refining Company vs American Sugar Refining Company ended in Common Pleas Court with Judge Willson authorizing receiver George H Earle Jr to accept a settlement. Bondholders receive 769000 in cash and a note valued at 1.25 million with collateral. The suit claimed the American company diverted 1.25 million to Adolph Segal to block the Pennsylvania plant opening.
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Philadelphia
Pennsybania Sugar Refining Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Willson and Audenfeld
Common Pleas Court
George H Earle Jr
Pennsylvania Company
American Company
Gulf
Earle
Adolph Segal
Georgia Postmasters Appoint Danbury Officials
Georgia postmasters at Washington announce appointments in Danbury Wilkes County Demple Blackmon named vice J D Bunch listed as deceased Effingham county Bred Phil Lipps appointed with J H Smith resigning.
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Georgia
Washington
Spo
Danbury
Wilkes County
Demple Blackmon
JD Bunch
Deb
Effingham County
Phil Lipps
JH Smith
Threat to Livingston Over Cotton Exchange Plot
Congressman L F Livingston received a letter from John W Hayes with a note from T H Moore claiming overheard talk in New Willard Hotel lobby. They alleged southern congressmen, including Livingston, sought to defeat him over cotton exchange issues and gambling. Moore’s letter mentions threats and a $540 offer to expose the plot. Taft ordered a Justice Department inquiry.
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John Corrigan
Washington
L. F Livingston
John W Hayes
Order of Knights of Labor
T H Moore
New
Idyingston
Moores
Cotton Exchange
Herbert Knox Smith
Congressman Livingston
Livingston
Mbel
New York
Smith
Taft
Department of Justice
Four sugar dock workers jailed for graft at York refinery
Four form employees of the American Sugar Refining Company were sentenced to one year each for tampering with sugar imports at the York docks in Pennsylvania. Judge Warin presided in U S circuit court. one defendant, James F Bendernagel, awaits a retrial while Spitzer undergoes minor surgery. The men were removed to Blackwell's Island to begin their terms. Coyle faces penitentiary hospital treatment after a fall.
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York
Amercan Sugar R
Wartin
United States
Thomas Kehoe Denard
Royle Patrek J Veressey
Jose MH Coyle
WI Mamsburg
Discovery Way m
Oliver Spur
Towa
Jamey F Bendernagel
Spitzer
Wien
Fetrua
Checkers
Martin
Judes Martin
Circuit Court of Appeals
Blackwells Island
Coyle
Italian man convicted in white slave traffic case
Pittsburg reports a young Italian, James Luprano, arraigned in criminal court, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to eighteen months in prison after testimony by Mamie Lebraro, a second Italian girl, who said Lubrano betrayed her and led her to a life of debauchery.
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Pittsburg
James Luprano
Mamie Lebraro
Lubrano
Ubame
Tail to Halley's Comet Seen From Cambridge
Cambridge Massachusetts January 10 A thin tail trailing the nucleus of Halley's Comet was reported by Professor E H B Frost of the Yerkes Observatory in a dispatch to Harvard Observatory. The blue mistlike tail may be visible through small telescopes in the western sky early evening.
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Cambridge
Mass
Scraighe
Harvard Observatory
E H B Frost
Yerkes Observatory
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