Trust Measures to Be Expedited in U S Congress
Washington January 25 Informal conference chaired by Senator Newlands Nevada on expediting anti trust legislation. Members agreed on joint hearings and select diverse witnesses including business leaders and outside lawmakers. House and Senate committees to seek counsel from Mc Reynolds Davies and the Interstate Commerce Commission as hearings target a March 1 program completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newlands
Nevada
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Pomerene
Robinson
Thomas
Thompson
Myers
Saulsbury
Clayton
Flora
Carlin
House
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Fof
McReynolds
Joseph E Davies
Corporations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nathan Straus Arrives in City for Short Visit
Nathan Straus and his wife arrive this afternoon on the Atlanta Special from New York City. They will stay a few days in Atlanta and then travel to Florida for Mrs. Straus health. The couple will be guests of the Georgian Terrace. Straus is renowned nationwide as a prominent philanthropist.
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Nathan Straus
Atlanta
New York City
Straus
Mr Straus
America
Girl and Man in Odd Love Tragedy Reported Murder Case
A Galesburg case centers on Til Higgins alleged confession of falling for his wife’s sixteen year old stepdaughter. He is said to have been persuaded by the girl to kill her mother. Alleged letters from the girl to friends show she hoped his stepfather would kill her mother. Suspicion initially fell on the husband, but the girl’s letters ultimately supplied the evidence.
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Galesburg
Higgins
Toe Do
Chums
Mrs Higgins
Rebellion in Haiti grows as towns seize arms
From Porte au Prince to the north and south, the revolutionary movement in Haiti gains strength with towns in arms and key ports captured. The Montana cruiser arrived. Vinetta expected. Two aspirants for the presidency emerge, Theodore and Dellard, while Oreste abdicates and Behard takes power before resisting with the chambers.
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Porte Au Prince
Haiti
Petit Goar
Mirogoanne
Bay of Gonaives
Port Au Prince
Port Au Princess
United States
Montana
Haitian
Vinetta
Davilmar Theodore
Dellard
Michael Oreste
Behard
Theaore
Oreste
Beachey to Demonstrate Langley Flight Machine
San Francisco January 25 Smithsonian Institution in Washington accepted Lincoln Beachey’s offer to demonstrate the Langley flying machine. Beachey seeks to show the wrecked apparatus could have succeeded with a better motor. Charles Walcott notes a faithful reproduction would be prepared, while the original remains in place.
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San Francisco
Cal
Smithsonian Institution At
Washington
Lincoln Beachey
Shelt
Samuel P. Langley
Langley
Potomac River
Beachey
Charles Doolittle Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Boy Injured After Accidental Shot At Fraser Home
Fourteen year old Paul Fraser son of Rev. B Fraser of St Paul Methodist was wounded when a shotgun discharged during unloading. He was taken to Wesley Memorial Hospital with a severe thigh wound. Surgeons hope to avoid amputation and save the limb. The gun, kept at the home for defense, was usually handled by elder brother Harvey who was away that morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
B . Fraser
St Paul Methodist Church
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Fraser
Harvey
Union Labor Leaders To Face Michigan Jury
Houghton Mich January 25 Charles H Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners and six other union leaders indicted for conspiracy will return voluntarily to stand trial with thirty one strikers indicted. A telegram to special prosecutor George E Nichols said they must come immediately or extradition proceedings would be started. Trial likely not in this term as many cases await. Meetings of striking copper miners were held at Ahmeek Calumet Hancock and South Range with officials Wil Cam Davidson and Charles H Tanner addressing Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton, Mich
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
George E. Nichols
Iroman N Hilton
Denver
Federation
Nichols
Houghton County
Ahmeck
Calumet
Hancock
South Range
Wil
Cam Davidson
Charles H Tanner
Western Federation
Big Citrus Crop For Pacific Coast Boosts East Demand
Chicago January 81 After three years of disappointment Pacific coast citrus growers report a bumper crop says DC McCormick vice president of the Southern Pacific railroad The California shipment is placed at 40000 cars more than double last year Each car holds about 400 boxes and 90 to 100 oranges per box totaling roughly a billion and a half fruit The season began earlier than usual with 4500 cars shipped from Porterville district and most fruit to move in February and March.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
DC McCormick
Southern Pacific Railroad
McCormick
United States
California
Avery Ho
Porterville
Double shooting at home on a Sunday afternoon
Mrs J Hightower at 4 Home avenue reported two Black men knocking and forcing entry. He fired through the door with a public safety item, wounding one assailant who fled across an adjoining field. Nir Hightower fired four rounds as they escaped, bloodhounds tracked the area with no result.
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J Hightower
Home Avenue
Hightower
Nir Hightower
Negro Killed by Car Auto Fails to Stop at Fort Street
John Lefford, a Negro butler in the home of William Stumsey at 40 Forrest Avenue, died at Grady Hospital after being struck near Auburn Avenue and Fort Street. The speeding auto, driven by an unknown driver, fled the scene. Pedestrians did not observe the vehicle number and Lefford was unable to recover from his injuries.
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John Lefford
William Stumsey
Forrest Avenue
Grady Hospital
Auburn Avenue
Fort Street
Fort
Jame
Central Baptist Sunday School Revitalized Under Awtry Plan
Under J W Awtry and business colleagues the Central Baptist church Sunday school is revived with new life. The old auditorium is overhauled, new classes and teachers added, and a “One Thousand in Sunday School” rally begun. Dr Ridley delivers sermons on the church and its work while Awtry leads weekly meetings and discussions. The Sunday service crowd grew as Rev C A Ridley spoke on God Forgives with thirty-plus youths making public confessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W Awtry
Central Baptist Church
Mr Awtry
Ridley
Awtry
C. A Ridley
Painter Frederick Bacon Dies, Dated Coronation Painter
Frederick Bacon, the painter who captured the coronation of King George VI and Queen Mary, died today. Born in 1885, he created portrait and historical scenes admired in art circles.
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Lonnon
Frederick Bacon
Geome Yo
Mary
Policeman Fires On Fleeing Burglar Near Decatur Street
Patrolman A L Smith fired four shots at a fleeing burglar who had invaded a lodging house room on Decatur Street near Ivy Street early Sunday. The confrontation began when the offender drew a pistol as the officer closed in, causing the suspect to flee and escape.
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Wao
A’ L Smith
Ivy Street
Decatur
Decatur Street
Smith
Big Methodist College for the Eternal City
In Rome on January 26 Rey bert rand and Mr Lipple of the American Methodist church announce purchase of land to erect a great modern college. The institution will embody intellectual and moral ideals, aiming to foster patriotism and physical well being.
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Rome
Rey Bertrand
Lipple
American Methodist Church
French Baron Accused Of Cheating At Cards
January 25 Matin reports Baron Robert Le Vavasseur of the Jockey Club summoned to appear before the correctional court over a 1910 card room incident. Charges of irregular play were alleged. dispute involved a duel challenge and a subsequent letter of honor from several nobles confirming the event and silence for the club and baronial family.
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Robert le Vavesseur
Jockey Club
Baron de Vavasseur
M du. Breaul de Saigt Germain
Saint Germain
Baron le Vavasseur
Barons
Copperfield Disincorporation Ordered Over Vice Concerns
Oregon report states Copperfield, a town under martial law after saloon closures, faces removal of its charter as the attorney general acts on a governor Oswald West declaration. The town administrators may resign to halt proceedings. current control rests with state officials including Fern Hobbs.
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Salem
Copperfield
Oswald West
Baptist Hospital Need Urged By Dr Geisel
Dr Carolyn Geisel, noted lecturer, addressed about six hundred Baptists at the Baptist Tabernacle urging a bigger Christian hospital for Georgia Baptists. She cited Luckie Street facility limits and spoke of Christ’s healing as a model for hospital care, sharing incidents from other states and urging broader church support.
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Carolyn Geisel
Baptists of the
City
Baptist Tabernacle
New Baptist Hospital
Geisel
Georgia
Luckie Street
Gewsel
Church of the Using God
Christ
Second Baptist Church
Baptist Hospital
Ponce du Leon Avenue Baptist Church
Piedmont
Ponce de Leon
North Avenue Presbyterian School
Yard Fire Destroys Port Washington Boat Plant
Amid a January blaze in Port Washington Long Island about thirty high speed craft including motor yachts sloops and launches were lost in an 850 000 fire that also wrecked the Stationary Marine Engines Motor and Supply company plant. The destroyed boats belonged to wealthy New York men and included vessels such as the Bullet Mystery Pandora and Wee Bairn along with two hydroplanes and yachts from local clubs.
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York
Marine Engines, Motor and Supply Company
Port Washington
Long Island
New York
Ralph Pulitzer
Pandora
Arthur T Vance
Bessie
Rail line to Greece linked with Western Europe
Paris announces a new project connecting Piraeus and Athens with the Oriental rail road to form a direct line to Greece. The Greek minister and French contractors signed the contract in Paris. Travel time from Paris to Athens is expected to drop to about sixty hours within eighteen months.
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Paris
Europe
Greece
Piraeus
Athens
Lanssa
Oriental
Pans
Faris
Four Left Handers for the Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox will add four left handed pitchers this season Radloff Collins Leonard and Coumbe Radloff was bought from the Manistee club of the Michigan State league Coumbe comes from the New York State League
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
Radloff, Collins, Leonard
Coumbe
Radioff
Manistee Club
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Glass
Blair Lee
Maryland
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Alabama
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Russia
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Ohio
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Fletcher
Special Commission On
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Florida
Burnett
Baker
Humphrey
Japan
Velva
Penice & Ford, Ltd
New Orleans
THE
Tripod Paint CO
D. Franck’s
Grains of Health
Leroy
Paria E. Fougera & Co, Inc
Florida Service
VIA
Southern Railway
Pollman
Jacksonville
Pullman
T Office
Julia Flake
Robert Higgins
Robert Higging
B. F. Fraser
Michigan
J. Hightower
St Paul ‘Methodist
Tabernacle Baptist
Central Presbyterian
Second Baptist
Firat Christian
Grace “Methodist
Ratalk First, Baptist
Orth Avenue Presbyterian
West End
Horels Street Presbyterian
Gordon Street Methodist the Engileh “Lutheran
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Druid Hills
Lolomon Park
Negro
Painter Bacon
BIG Methodist College For the
Oregon
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Cisco
Express
First Comte
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N. Pryor Street
Atlanta, GA
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