AMSHILAN LAND FOR THE REBELS AMSHILAN LAND FOR THE REBELS
Washington reports the United States will not bar legitimate exports including munitions from El Paso into Juarez Mex, a policy reaffirmed after state justice and treasury talks. San Antonio citizen complains of plots by Mexican revolutionists, urging action to protect relations with Mexico. The Montgomery and Stone vaudeville act, America's Greatest Musical Comedians, headline The Old Town at The Atlanta for two nights and Saturday matinee.
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Washington
United States
el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Mex
Departments of State, Justice and Treasury
Mexico
Departments of Justice and Treasury
San Antonio
Senate
Culberson
Monts Iery & Stone
America
Old Town
Atlanta
Kimmel Mystery Case Packled by Lawyers
In St Louis on February 29 lawyers debated the Kimmel mystery case over insurance claims and the status of George A Himmel. The trial considered whether Himmel was legally dead at the suit's start with testimony from both plaintiff and defense and a jury expected to hear more arguments.
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St Louis
Kimmel Sult
Nites
Midh
Insurance Company
New York
George A. Himmel
Kimmel
Amidon
Lodge Amendment Aims for Senate Control of Treaties
Washington February 29 Senator Lodge proposed an amendment to the ratification resolution for arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. The proposal would require any joint high commission special agreement to be made by the president with Senate concurrence in its full constitutional powers. Lodge and supporters argue the current clause three wording could delegate treaty making to the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Lodge
Great Britain
France
Joint High Commission of Inquity
Senate
Senator Lodges
Commission
No Frosted Oranges Prohibited in Michigan
Lansing February 29 State Dairy and Food Commissioner Gilbert M Dame warned Michigan fruit dealers that frosted oranges found in stock or offered for sale will be confiscated The warning follows reports frosted fruit shipped from Florida to northern markets and the commissioner has notified the Florida Citrus Exchange that such shipments will be seized if continued
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Lansing
Mich
State Dairy and Food
Gilbert M. Dame
Michigan
Florida
Dame
Florida Citrus Exchange
River Packet Trudeau Burns and Sinks Near Saint Gabriel
New Orleans February 29 The river packet steam er J E Trudeau burned to the water's edge and sank at 2 oclock this morn ing at Saint Gabriel 100 miles northwest of New Orleans Eight negroes crew missing believed drowned The steamer valued at 7000 with a cargo of rice and other products from Morgan City and Bayou Teche ports a total loss The steamer Carrie B Schwing of Plaquemine La also burned owned by Schwing Lumber Co valued at 6000 It is believed all crew escaped Capt William T Ditch master of the Trudeau arrived with rescued crew members and told of heroic rescue of Mrs I S Smith and her baby after roustabouts fled ashore The steamer burned within fifteen minutes of discovery Captain Roberts pilot and Engineer Smith stayed at their posts to run the ship aground or officer and passengers would have perished.
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New Orleans
J .E. Trudeau
Saint Gabriel
Morgan * City
Bayou Teche
Planters' Packet ,Company
Arriba
Carrie B
Plaquemine
Bay Natchez
William T. Ditch
Trudeau
I. S. Smith
Elaborate Terminals Planned for Athens
Athens Ga February 29 Special It is understood from authoritative sources that the Georgia railroad will spend a quarter of a million dollars on freight and passenger terminals to bring the depot closer to the business part of the town. The road first had its depot across the river two miles away from the University gate with a horse car line to the station. The station was brought across the river to the foot of a steep incline. Now it is proposed to erect a five story freight depot building with elevator service for teams and construct a steel concrete viaduct from Foundry Street to the level of the fifth story. A passenger station nearer on a level with the business street is included in the scheme.
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Athens
Georgia Railroad
University Gate
Foundry Street
Untermeyer refuses to join money trust probe
Washington February 29 Samuel Untermyer the New York attorney named by Representative Henry of Texas to serve as counsel in the money trust investigation declined to take part in the inquiry He sent a telegram asking Henry to withdraw his name and informing the banking and currency committee that he would not serve saying he has neither time nor disposition to enter upon such controversy
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Washington
Samuel Untermeyer
New York
Henry
Texas
Committee On Banking and Currency
Money Trust
Untermyer
Banking and Currency Committee
Mr. Untermyer
End of Alabama Brenau Ends Historic College Era
End of Alabama Brenau in Eufaula follows the sale of college furniture by President T. G. Wilkinson. The city owns the building, with talks of remodeling into apartments or turning the site over to Alabama for a state normal school.
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Eufaula
Ala
Alabama Brenau College
Georgia Brenau
Gainesville
T. G. Wilkinson
J J Carr Enters Democratic Mayoral Race
An unexpected entry shocks local politics as J J Carr announces his candidacy for mayor. C G Mercer had been the sole contender, with a clear field before this break. Carr, a longtime resident with strong local ties, enters the contest.
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Eufaula
Ala
J. J Carr
C. G. Mercer
Carr
Wreck of Minited Train No 37 Near Montgomery
The wreck of train No 37 near Milstead east of Montgomery at 9 18 last night remains a mystery. Officials suspect a defective switch or tampering as a spike bar and drawn uptkes were found. Engineer A J Smedley of Atlanta was killed. fireman Tom Jordan of Montgomery and baggagemaster A C Graves of Atlanta were badly hurt. Passenger K R Foster of Spartanburg was seriously injured.
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Montgomery
Ale
Milstead
Birmingham and Southeastern Railroad
A. J. Smedley
Atlanta
Tom Jordan
A. C. Graves
KR. E. Foster
Spartanburg
8. C
Uncle Joe Cannon Defends Wilson in House
Washington February 29. Former Speaker Cannon praised Secretary Wilson, saying he has known him for nearly forty years and respects his ability and integrity. The tribute drew applause as lawmakers debated the agriculture department and the agricultural bill, including criticism from Heflin of Alabama concerning the cotton exchange.
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Washington
Cannon
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
New York
Roanoke Murder Trial Opens Over Miss Eva Chambers
Joshua Raines stands trial in Roanoke county circuit court for the January 4 murder of Miss Eva Chambers, a county schoolteacher. Defense admits guilt but seeks insanity as the basis for defense. jury empanelled and proceedings continue with his wife present as the commonwealth prosecutes.
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Roanoke
Joshua Raines
Roanoke County
Salem
Eva Chambers
The
Commonwealth
Attourney
No 19 Dynamite Sticks in the Freight Cars
Boston February 29 An American Woolen Company statement says no freight cars from Bellows Falls to Philadelphia in the last two weeks carried nineteen dynamite sticks near Lawrence or within 100 miles of that city A trainload of woolen goods and paper reached Philadelphia with dynamite on a car that had passed through Lawrence an investigation began Woolen company officials traced a paper car from Bellows Falls to Philadelphia on February 18 but it did not go by Lawrence
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Boston
Maas
Bellows Falls
Philadelphia
St At Lawrence
American Woolen Company Today
Lawrence
Woolen Company
Family killings in San Francisco shock city
Samuel J. Fisher, his wife, and two grown daughters were found dead in their San Francisco home with bullet wounds. A revolver was in Fisher's hand. he is believed to have killed the family before taking his own life. Ruth 17 and Ardeen 18 died in bed as bed clothes burned. motive unknown.
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San Francisco
Samuel J. Fisher
Fisher
Stainers Win at Lawrence
Lawrence Massachusetts February 29 The mill owners agreed to grant concessions to the operative including a wage advance of 5 percent over the rate for fifty six hours weekly. A crowd gathered at the station before the 7 11 train to Boston misinterpreting plans to ship away children. Strikes activities continued with focus on legal aspects of exporting child workers and relief stations report growing crowds of hungry applicants. A party of strikers, mainly child workers, is to be sent to Washington to testify before a congressional committee on Saturday regarding their grievances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jury Disagrees in Sneed Case in Fort Worth
Fort Worth February 23 jury of twelve men failed to agree on the murder of Captain A. G Boyce by banker John Beal Sneed of Amarily Texas. The panel stood seven for acquittal and five for conviction after 112 hours deliberation.
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Fort Worth
Texas
John Beal Sneed
A. G Boyce
Panhandle
Sneed
Amarily
Boyces
Winfilpes
Canada
Captain Boyce
Congress Sessions Hear Debates on Weights and Tariffs
In session the day’s milestones include Dr. Wiley and grocers debating net weight amendments to the pure food law while labor reps warn that wage cuts would follow a proposed steel tariff. Taft urges Chilean army instructor, arbitration treaty cautions cited, San Antonio mentioned as a revolu tionist base. House adjourns.
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Wiley
Taft
Congress
Lodge
England
France
Culberson
San Antonio
Texas
Aid Hungry Chinamen Urges President Taft
Letter from President Taft dated February 26 urged a famine relief day on March 16 for starving Chinese. W B Miller received the note from the China famine letter committee requesting nationwide observance to aid the hungry in China. The message appealed to American sympathy and called for collective aid.
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Taft
New York
W. B. Miller
China Farine Letter Committee
Miller
Chine
36 Prisoners Shot to Death in Mexican Penitentiary Outbreak
Incoming passengers report a revolt at the Monterey Mexico penitentiary left 36 inmates dead. Six prisoners were killed during the outbreak and 25 ringleaders were executed at 4 pm yesterday. About 3,000 prisoners were in the facility. The warden was said to be among the slain.
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Laredo
Texas
Monterey
Mexico
Corporations Are Sued For 1910 Income Returns
United States District Attorney McPherson filed three suits in Columbus and twelve in Cincinnati charging as many concerns with neglect or refusal to file 1910 income returns by March 1 1911. Each case seeks a ten thousand dollar fine.
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Cincinnati
McPherson
United States
Columbus
Internal Revenue
Rice Shipment Seized by Federal Court Action
Knoxville Tenn February 23 United States District Judge J B Cox ordered seizure of a large shipment of rice consigned by John S Talmage of New Orleans to H T Wackney Company of Jellico Tenn. The charge is misbranding under federal food statutes.
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Knoxville
Tenn
United States District
Avtourney J. B. Cox
John 5S
Talmage
New Orleans
H. T. Wackney Company
Jellico
China Self-Government Praised by U S House
The United States House of Representatives adopted Representative Sulzer's resolution by unanimous consent congratulating the Chinese Republic on assuming duties of self-government.
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Chinese Republic
Washington
House
Sulzer
China
Blun to Head Germania Bank in Savannah Ga
Savannah Ga February 29 Henry Blun postmaster of Savannah was elected president of the Germania bank to succeed his late father Henry Blun Sr He will resign as postmaster in two or three weeks Mayor Georges W Tiedeman vice president also resigned his post today to devote time to private business and to pursue Savannahs commission government policy
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Savannah
Henary Blun
Germania Bank
Henry Blun
Georges W. Tiedeman
Tiedeman
Commission
Everglades Report Held Up By Moorehouse
A. O. D. Moorehouse told the House Committee on Agricultural Expenditures that with C. G. Elliott absent, he halted printing of the Wright report on the Florida Everglades land after finding numerous deductions he deemed erroneous. The committee investigates suppression charges. Elliott had endorsed the halt. Thomas E. B. Will, formerly with the Everglades Land Sales Company, testified as the committee adjourned.
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House
Florida Everglades
Morehouse
American Bankers’ Association
Hughes
Taft
Industrial Relations Commission
Washington
A. OD. Moorehouse
C. G Elliott
Wright
Moorehouse
Elliott
Eliott
Thomas EB. Will
Everglades Land Sales Company
Leave of Absence Granted Archie Butt
Major A W Butt personal aid to President Taft was granted a leave of absence by the war department for one month and twenty four days. He will depart from New York for the Mediterranean on Saturday following a surgeon's certificate. Illness during the president's western trip last fall led to a period in Taft's private car and poor health since. Butt had aided former President Roosevelt last year and had not had a vacation in four years.
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Washington
A W. Butt
Taft
War Department
New York
Mediterranean
Butt
Army Dootors
Major Butt
Roosevelt
White House
No Marriage Fees for Jersey Justices
A bill prohibiting justices of the peace from performing marriages in New Jersey awaits Governor Wilson's signature after clearing both legislative chambers. Originating in Jersey City, criticism of methods by certain local justices sparked the reform plan. Runners allegedly profited by hurrying couples to officiants and taking a cut of the fee.
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Trenton
N. J
Justices of the Peace
New Jersey
Wilson
Jersey City
Hoboken
Justices
Detained Miss Wilson In Hart County Case
Hart County Texas report states Miss Wilson is detained as part of an ongoing case linked to a governor backed new era plan. Details are limited due to fragmented OCR text from the era’s newspaper page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biteard
Miss Wilson
Hart
Texas
Weit New Eraey
Gaynor's Money Sought in Lorain Deposit Box
Deputy U S Marshal Amos Owens went to Lorain Ohio to seize a bank deposit box believed to hold a large sum belonging to Colonel John W Gaynor, convict with Captain Benjamin Greene in a Savannah harbor contract fraud case.
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Cleveland
United States
Amos Owen
Lorain
Ohio
John W. Gaynor
Benjamin Greene
Savannah
Ride the Goat Suit Headed to New York Courts
John A. Hetzel of Bloomfield New Jersey sues the Modern Woodmen of America for 100000 damages over an August 1910 initiation described as near assassination. He says a slap stick with a blank cartridge was used, leaving him seriously burned after escape from the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John A. Hetzel
Bloomfield
N. J
Woodmen of America
Netzel
Asked to Be Arrested and the Lost Money Case
A well dressed 23 year old from Chicago named John Krupha entered the Fifty first Street Police Station at 7 PM and told Captain O Connor I want to be arrested. He admitted robbing his roommate Louis Volduck of $120 on January 14 and said he arrived Jan 1 and has been hungry for four days. He kept $86 of the taken money before it vanished.
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New York
Fifty-first Street
Captain O'Connor
Chicago
John Krupha
Louis Volduck
Krupha
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Bua
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Untermeyer
Alabama
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J. J. Carr
Uncle Joe
Wilso
Miss Eva Chambers
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Wijtehall ‘St
Stainers
Boyce
PaLee
Madras
Penangs
Daniel Bros. Co. Razie
E. G. Griffin
Sestar Rooms
Whitehall ST
Brown & Allen’s
Sy An
United States Tire Company
Blun
Father
Everglades
Archie Butt
Jersey
Gaynor
Ohio Bank
Travelers Bank & Trust Co
BO Paanhtres
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