Six Jurors Seated in Hains Case Amid Pretrial Opinions
Six jurors were deemed competent after long questioning to try Thornton J. Hains for being an accessory in the killing of William E. Annis at Bay Side Yacht Club. Defence plans to portray the act as defense not offense and Hains may testify in his own defense.
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Flushing
N. J
Thornton J. Hains
William E. Annis
Bay Side Yacht Club
Peter C. Hains, Jr
United States Army
Justice Crane
Talesmen
Hains
Thornton Hains
John F. McIntyre
Fort Hamilton
Captain Hains
MelIntyre
Claudia Hains
Darrin
Shay
Thornton J Wains
U Wains
Philippines
Havis
Boston Votes On Liquor Licenses In City Election
Boston residents decide whether licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor will be granted. The vote also selects aldermen, common council members, a school committee, and a street commissioner in a citywide election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Board of Alder
Common Council
Riders of Reelfoot Lake prosecution nears end
In Union City Tennessee on December 15 the murder trial of eight men linked to the Reel Foot Lake night rider raids proceeds as defense protests. Prosecution and defense both declare readiness, with the outcome shaping state efforts to suppress the night rider clan. The day saw no demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Tenn
Night Rider
Reelfoot Lake
Browns ville Affair Dominates Senate Session
Washington reports the Browns ville affair filled most of the Senate session as Senator Fora ker opened by reading letters from a Twenty-fifth regiment veteran alleging government detectives pressured for a confession.
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Washington
Brownsville
Senate
Senator Foraker
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Drafting the New Tariff Bill Targets Steel Schedule
Washington December 15 The house ways and means committee plans special focus on the steel schedule as it drafts the tariff bill for the upcoming session. Schwab will testify. Carnegie's subpoena may be postponed until other steel figures, including Frick and Gary, precede him.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Charles M. Schwab
Andrew Carnegie
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg
E. H. Gary
Champ Clark
Hansbrough in weaker condition after operation
Senator Hansbrough remains seriously ill in Minneapolis with high fever and weakness following Friday's operation. A three member relief committee from Devils Lake North Dakota has traveled to assist him and report no immediate cause for alarm despite concern at home.
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Minnneapolis
Hansbrough
Frida
Devils Lake
N. D
Minneapolis
Harriman Wins Court Victory Narrowing Interstate Commerce Law
The U S Supreme Court limits the Interstate Commerce Commission to press questions on private transactions only when a formal complaint exists. Justice Holmes announces the majority opinion in Harriman and Kahn versus the Commission. Justice Day dissents with Justices Harlan and McKenna, arguing the commission acted within its powers and should have received answers. Justice Moody did not participate.
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Washington
Edward H. Harriman
Otto H. Kahn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Commission
Interstate Commerce Law
Justice Holmes
Messrs. Harriman and
Harlan
McKenna
Justice Day
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of
New York
Harriman
Kahn
Moody
Big Poultry Show Opens in Chicago Exhibition
Chicago opens its big poultry show with thousands of specimens on display. The exhibit features chickens pigeons turkeys ducks geese and other feathered varieties as part of the year’s top fowl events in the city on December 15.
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Chicago
Chicago Poultry Show Tops Yearly Exhibitions
The Chicago poultry show opens as the first major event of the year with over 1,000 chickens entered from across the country. Prizes total more than 16,000, including a single hen valued at 16,000 and many others priced from 5,000 to 100.
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New York
Poston
Chicago
House to Adjourn After Week of DC Bills Passage
Washington December 15 The House considered District of Columbia issues and passed a 5 cent gas rate bill now sent to the Senate. It also approved abolishing bucket shops and rejected free lectures in public schools. An agricul tural contract bill reference was debated as Chairman Scott promised hearings for farmers unions. The House agreed to adjourn Saturday December 19 and reconvene Monday January 4.
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Washington
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Henry
Texas
Scott
Agricultural Committee
Judge John J. Nolen Dies in Nashville at 55
Judge John J. Nolen, senior figure of the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, died in a Nashville hospital after gall stone surgery. He was 55, a 30 year lawyer, and a Nolensville native.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Nolen
North Dakota Boy Killed in Oakwood Township Runaway
In Oakwood township near Grafton six children riding to school were tossed when two horses drawing the wagon bolted. Frederick Syveny died from a crushed skull a few minutes after the incident. Simon Syveny suffered severe head injuries and lost an eye.
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Grafton
N. D
Oakwood Township
Frederick Syveny
Simon Syveny
Ironworker Falls eighty feet under Fort Snelling bridge
St. Paul dispatch reports Christ Davis an Ironworker slipped while crouching on false work at the Fort Snelling bridge and plunged eighty feet to the ice on the Minnesota river. His nose was crushed and jaw broken in two places. He may recover.
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St. Paul
Christ Davis
Fort Snelling
Minnesota River
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Ebony
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Day
John L. Nolen
Odd Fellows
North Dakota
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Austin, Holmes Hardware CO
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