New York Southern Society Elects Officers at 27th Meeting
In New York on March 7 officers of the New York Southern Society were elected at the society’s twenty seventh annual meeting. President Walter L. McCorkle Virginia vice president George Gordon Battle North Carolina treasurer William D. Buckner Virginia secretary Thomas S Fuller North Carolina Chaplain Rev St Clair Hester DC North Carolina executive committee Archibald R. Watson Judge Isaac R Deland Dr Robert C Myles and James S Meng were named. The officers attended a reception in their honor.
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New York
New York Southern Society
Walter L. McCorkle
Virginia
George Gordon Battle
North Carolina
William D. Buckner
Thomas 8. Fuller
St. Clair Hester
D.C
Archibald R. Watson
Isaac R. Deland
Robert C. Myles
James S. Meng
Steel Trust Denies Destruction Of Court Papers
United States Steel Corporation filed an answer in federal court in Trenton New Jersey in the government’s dissolution case. The company says papers destroyed were produced in court and their destruction occurred in good faith after believing the government had no further need for them.
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Steel Trust
Trenton
N. J
United States Steel Corporation
Evans and Lyon testify on dispensary inquiry in D C
In Columbia South Carolina on March witnesses John Gary Evans former governor and J Fraser Lyon attorney general appeared before a legislative commission investigating the winding up of the dispensary system. They denied knowledge of any detrimental agreement alleged by Governor Blease and said no such conference occurred. The commission includes Senators Carlisle Clifton Sullivan and Representatives Daniel Evans and Cary.
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Columbia
D. C
John Gary Evans
Spartanburg
South Carolina
J. Fraser Lyon
Abbeville
Legislative Commission
General Assembly
Evans
Lyon
Blease
H. H. Evans
Thomas B. Felder
Atlanta
Felder
H. B. Carlisle
J. H. Clifton
G. W. Sullivan
W L. Daniel
J. J. Evans
BF. M. Cary
Shotgun Wound Kills J. H. Lyon in Georgia
John H. Lyon of Osborne, Georgia, was found dead in his blacksmith shop by his son Frank on Tuesday morning. He died from a single-barrel shotgun wound to the abdomen. Some believe it was suicide, as he had told his wife he sometimes loaded the gun to kill himself, while others think the wound was accidental with tools nearby and the sight off during work.
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Hiawassee
John H. Lyon
Osborne
Frank
Rice and Scheftels Enter Guilty Pleas in New York
George Graham Rice and Bernard H. Scheftels pleaded guilty in a long running case over conspiracy and use of the mails to promote mining stocks. Rice was sentenced to one year with half time suspended for good behavior. Scheftels received a suspended sentence while co-defendants Berger Stone Waterman were freed and indictments quashed.
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New York
Pileau
George Graham Rice
Bernard H. Scheftels
B. H. Scheftels & Co
United States
Charles F. Berger
Charles B. Stone
Ralph E. Waterman
Rice
Hice
Scheftels
Parcel Post Coming Sure From South To North
The parcels post system, urged by northern and eastern merchants, is expected to be adopted. President Beaumont Davison of the Davison Paxon Stokes Co. predicts the plan will pass, with large mail order houses favoring it and small merchants opposing. Southern states have urged Congress to oppose the bill.
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Beaumont Davison
Davison- Paxon-Stokes Company
New York
Parcela Post
Mr. Davison
Atlanta
Bayes
South
Mississippi
Eufaula Robbers Caught After Five Break-ins
Eufaula Ala March 7 Special one of the gang of burglars who pulled off five jobs in Eufaula Tuesday morning before daylight and who entered residences in Clayton Tuesday night was captured at Louisville by Sheriff Teal. He is a negro and was caught red handed with on his person numerous watches and jewelry including items stolen in Eufaula. He is in the county jail and it is believed his associates are white men and will be captured in a few days.
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Eufaula
Ala
Clayton
Louisville
Teal
Brice Says He Pleaded Guilty After Exhaustion of Resources
Judge Ray remarks on the long absence from business harming Brice. Brice states he pleaded guilty only after exhausting his resources and those of his friends. He says pursuing the case would have jeopardized four co defendants who are now free. The trial sought to prove Scheffels ran a bucket shop selling stocks at inflated prices.
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Ray
Brice
Scheffels
Packers Case Bid To Dismiss Sherman Law Charges
United States District Judge George A. Carpenter was asked to strike the Packers case from the jury and discharge ten defendants for alleged criminal Sherman law violations. Attorneys argued lack of proven concerted action and that test cost systems were not criminal, with ruling expected next Monday.
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Chicago
United States
George A. Carpenter
J. Ogden Armour
Arthur Meeker
Thomas J. Connora
Louis F. Swift
Edward F. Swift
Charles S. Swift
Francia A. Fowler
Edward Morris
Laura H. Hayman
Edward Tilden
John 8. Miller
Miller
Levy Mayer
Miler
Districtttorney
James H. Wilkerson
Carpenter
Bay State Defeats Anti Death Penalty Measure
Boston March 7 the house defeated an anti capital punishment bill by 161 to 43. the vote halted efforts that could save three men under sentence, including Clarence V. T. Richieson, preserving the death penalty in the state.
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Boston
Clarence V. T. Richieson
Unclear Roosevelt mention in Costa Rica note
Fragments mention Mrs Roosevelt and Costa Rica with partial names and stray terms. No coherent event or date is readable to define a clear item or outcome for a compact news card.
Ray case stirs House inquiry into army paymaster
Washington special reports Heim committee faced with War Department resistance as it probes Major Beecher B. Ray the political paymaster. Rep Helm questions department stance and highlights past Manila charges. The committee will press on, planning to call Ray as final witness and unveil more testimony.
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John Corrigan
Washington
War Department
Heim Committee
House
Beecher B. Ray
War’ Department
Department
Ray
Major Bay
Philippines
Major Ray
Commission urged to interpret Sherman anti trust law
Washington March 7 A proposed commission to interpret the Sherman anti trust law was outlined at the National Civic Federation session by its president Seth Low The plan would authorize a commission to act like the Interstate Commerce Commission in ruling on proposed combinations with court appeals The discussion urged legal reforms and supplemental legislation to cover specific cases with nine tenths of law cases decided on technical points
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Civic Federation
Seth Low
Congress
Commission
Everitt P. Wheeler
American Bar Association
Ralph W. Breckinridge
Federation Committee of Legal Reform
Owen Miller
Missouri
Organized Labor
Miller
Talcott Williams
Department For the Regulation of Corporations
Federation
George W. Scoville Laid To Rest In Garland
Old Atlanta residents and former Birmingham associates attended the funeral of George Wallace Scoville. He died of pneumonia after visiting Birmingham and staying at the Morris House in Atlanta. The service was at Patterson's undertakers and he is buried beside his brother Andrew Scoville in Oakland Cemetery.
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George Wallace Scoville
Atlanta
Patterson
Undertaking
Oakland Cemetery
Andrew Scoville
C. W. Daniel
First Baptist Church
Scoville
Eliza Scoville
Birmingham
George Scoville
Morris House
Major Kirkland
Underwood Favored by Sons of Confederate Veterans
Oscar L. Underwood, a leading Alabama presidential possibility, drew unanimous support at a Sons of Confederate Veterans meeting in Atlanta. Forty members polled voted for Underwood, surprising even top supporters who expected strong Atlanta backing but not total consensus.
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Oscar L. Underwood
Alabama
Murder Charge Frame Shrouded In Brief Telegram Notes
In a terse dispatch the police report a murder case involving James Brown and others with limited details. Court action or arrest information remains unclear as sources offer fragmentary notes from last night’s events.
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Telid James
Brown
Bni
Hrde
Freeny Good Behavior Allowance Debate Divides Prison Board
Attorney Charles W. Griffin protests any good behavior allowance for Mrs. Sallie Freeny, serving a life sentence later commuted to five years for murder. The issue: whether life inmates with commutations get the two and three month allowances, with the board split between reading of the law and prison custom. The matter awaits Attorney General Felder's opinion as commissioners ponder precedence.
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Charles W. Griffin
Eastman
J. J. Harrell
Sallie Freeny
W. P. Harrell
Hoke Smith
Tess
Prison
T. E. Patterson
E. Davison
Wiley Williams
T. Felder
Eufaula Terms City Terminal Purchase
Eufaula bought the Bramser place at Forsyth and Barbour for 3500 dollars as the terminal for the Eufaula and Chattahoochee Valley railroad. L C Belt and owners transferred the property Wednesday. The block will host depot access along Forsyth to Barbour, adjoining the Central of Georgia depot.
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Eufaula
Ala
Jacob Bramser
Forsyth and
Barbour Streets
Eufaula and
Forsyth Street
Barbour
Central of Georgia
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Btatea
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