Washington Cherry Blossoms And Public Notices Chronicle
Early February in Washington sees cherry trees along the Tidal Basin forecast to bloom by late March. Miss Eliza Scidmore helped plant 2,000 Tokyo trees in 1912, with the first lady. The piece also recalls Frank Howell’s imprisonment and state compensation, Congress looming over March 4, a debate on food relief for distress, and a note on backgammon’s revival amid burglar scares in Bluefield.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Eliza Scidmore
William Howard T
Tokyo
Frank Howell
Martinsville
Ank Howell
West Virginia Legislature Proposes Wide Range of Bills
Lawmakers presented diverse measures this week including abolishing the death penalty for murder in the first degree treason and assault on a girl or woman. Other actions would elect West Virginia Hills as the official state song create a Nicholas County state park and regulate aviation and public enemies while boosting motor vehicle driver age and state road tax distributions.
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West Virginia Hills
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Road Commission
Senate
House of Delegates
Workmen's Compensation Department
Auditor's Office
Helmick
Abraham Lincoln Helmick
Tucker
Davis
Republican
Ritchie
White
John Hess
Nicholas County
Carnifex Ferry
State Board of Aeronautics
State Road Commission
Jefferson County
Colorful setting for Butler trial at Philadelphia yard
Philadelphia February 7 The Butler court martial at the Philadelphia navy yard February 16 will follow standard procedure with the notable contrast of a famous general. Rear Admiral de Steigner will command the tribunal and receive the thirteen gun salute. The exact opening time remains undecided. Witnesses later testify.
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Philadelphia
Smedley D. Butler
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Marine Corps
Louis D. de Steigner
Third Naval District
New York
Anne Ced
Carrie
General Butler
Drought relief measure approved by House and Senate conferees
The Day In Washington reports AP that conferees backed a $20 million drought relief package. Senate approved a bill authorizing an additional $100 million for public buildings outside Washington. Tariff data showed domestic crude oil costs $1.98 per barrel at Atlantic Seaboard ports versus 79 cents for Venezuelan oil. Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, finished his defense to charges. Senators Wheeler and Lafollette pressed for action on veteran adjusted compensation payments and opposed the drought relief deal, pushing deferment to next week.
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House
Senate
James Cannon Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Tariff Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
District of Columbia
Finance Committee
Wheeler
Montana
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Conferees approve drought loan amid insurgent opposition
Washington reports the Senate and House conferees formally approved a $20,000,000 drought relief loan compromise. Republican LaFollette of Wisconsin and Democrat Wheeler of Montana denounced the fund as a "fact-saving" device, signaling a new insurgent balance of power in both chambers. Leaders sought to avert an extra session as administration members praised the agreement.
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Washington
Senate
House
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Wheeler
Montana
Congress
Watson
Indiana
Robinson
Arkansas
Hyde
Wood
House Appropriation Committee
Doles
Federal Treasury
Administration House
Tilson
Connecticut
Cramton
Michigan
Caraway
Lenders Differ On And For Vets Relief Debate
A split grows among Republicans in the House and Senate over veterans relief with talks between Undersecretary Ogden Mills and Republican Leader Tilson. Some favor a $500 million plan, while others push for a more restrained $300 million approach. The House and Senate finance committees hold off on major action awaiting a broader settlement next week.
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Washington
Bacharach
Republican
New Jersey
Treasury
House
Bac
Sena Finance Committee
Watson
Indiana
Reed
Pennsy
Mills
Ice Floe Breaks Adrift As Coast Guard Fights Lake Erie Rescue
Two groups totaling about fifteen men faced hours of darkness and exposure on drifting ice in Lake Erie after a massive ice floe broke from Buffalo harbor. About twenty-four to twenty-five fishermen were pulled to safety. several remained missing as a second floe carried ten more men away. Four men marooned on Lake Michigan were rescued nearby at Cross Village, Michigan, today.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Coast Guards
Reacuers
Martin W. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
United States Weather Bureau
Cross Village
Mich
Lake Michigan
Ansel Cetas
Jacob Crona
Walter Venzie
Andrew Venzie
Missing New York Art Student Florence Parker
Florence Parker a 22-year-old art student is listed on the missing persons roll in New York Yonkers family says she left home January 26 to keep a luncheon in Manhattan. She had about five dollars and has not been heard from since.
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New York
Florence Parker
Missing
Miss Parker
James MacDonough
Manufacturers Trust Company
MacDonough
Yonkers
Enoch Scaggs Convicted of Second Degree Murder
Logan West Virginia February 7 After a week long trial Enoch Scaggs was convicted of second degree murder in the December shooting of Roy C Knottz former acting chief of police Knotts unarmed in a pool hall five bullets fired at close range as Scaggs sought revenge after Knotts ordered a county slot machine crackdown The verdict carries a five to 18 year sentence and a defense motion to set aside the verdict was heard with next Thursday set for arguments judge Naaman Jackson presiding
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Logan
W. Va
Enoch Scaggs
Roy C. Knottz
Naaman Jackson
Knotts
Scaggs
Actor's quip stops LA theater stampede after gas blast
In Los Angeles a film director Fred Niblo and actor Robert McWade steadied a frightened crowd of 2,000 following a sewer gas explosion outside a downtown theater. The blast sent a taxi flying, wounded twenty-five nearby, and left one man with a likely fatal skull fracture. Investigators consider transformer, overheated wiring, or electric flame as ignition sources.
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Los Angeles
Fred Niblo
Niblo
Robert McWade
Broadway
George Delk
Delk
Refusal to Lower Bread Cost Triggers Disorder in Chicago
In Humboldt park district over 500 protesters clashed with police after attempts to disperse them failed. Five arrested include two women, two men and a 14 year old. banners called for six cent bread as picketing of nine bakeries spread. Bakers obtained an injunction from Judge Dennis E. Sullivan.
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Chicago
Humboldt Park District
Dennis E. Sullivan
Government gains control of Confederate Prison island graves
In Sandusky Ohio on February 7 the government acquired the 100 by 485 foot plot on John’s Island that held graves of 206 Confederate soldiers from the Civil War prison. The island housed up to 13,000 prisoners between 1862 and 1864 and features a weathered wall, a power house mound, a marble grave marker, and a bronze seat statue as remaining monuments.
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Little Islet
South
Sandusky
Ohio
Johnson’s Island
Hoover
War Department
Robert Patton
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Cincinnati
Union
William Corbin
T. P. McGraw
Bishop Cannon Cleared of Charges After Five-Day Hearing
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South was cleared by a 12-minister panel after a five-day Washington hearing. The committee found no trial necessary despite forty eight charges of conduct prejudicial to the church. Police guarded Mount Vernon Place as witnesses testified and Cannon spoke from his chair with crutches nearby.
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Washington
James Cannon Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
W. N. Aineworth
Birmingham
Ala
Cannon
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
Ainsworth
Forrest J. Prettyman
Baltimore
J. T. Martin
Gaeten J. Harrell
Richmond
I. P. Martin
Abingdon
H. B. Porter
North Carolina
T. C. Herbert
South Carolina
R. E. Stackhouse
Upper South Carolina
A. M. Hughlett
Florida
W. L. Duren
North Georgia
E. M. Overby
South Georgia
W. BE. Arnold
Kentucky
B. P. Taylor
Western Virginia
A. T. Macilwain
North Missippi
R. H. Harper
Louisana
W. P. Whaley
North Arkansas
J. 8. Barcus
North Texas
Mount Vernon Church
Amelia Earhart Weds Publisher in Noank Conn
Amelia Earhart, famed Atlantic aviator, married publisher George Palmer Putnam at his mother’s home in Noank, Connecticut. Judge Arthur Anderson presided. witnesses were Mrs. Putnam and Robert Anderson. Earhart will keep her name and resume aviation duties. Putnam continues at Brewer and Warren in New York.
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Noank
Conn
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Frances Putnam
Arthur Anderson
Groton
Putnam
Robert Anderson
Atlantic
Brewer and Warren
New York
You Gordon
Ernie M. Morrisey
North Pole
David Binney Putnam
Baffin Island
Miss Earhart
Dorothy Binney Putnam
Reng
Law Student Claimed Abduction by Two Women in Limousine
Thomas Crittendon, 24, a law student and former aviator, told San Francisco police he was assaulted after accepting liquor from two women in a luxurious limousine. He said a blonde and brunette slit his clothing, tied him, and the pair inflicted minor knife wounds before releasing him after two hours. The report notes police skepticism about the tale.
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San Francisco
Thomas Crittendon
Crittendon
Crittenden
Standard Vacuum merger approved by U.S. Circuit Court
Three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals approve the merger of Standard Oil of New York and Vacuum Oil. They rule the deal would not restrain trade or defeat the 1909 decree. The merged entity would form a worldwide petroleum group with substantial capital and assets. The government plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of New York
Vacuum Oil Company
Standard of New York
Vacuum Company
Missouri District Court
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Vacuum
Kimbrough Stone
Wilbur F. Booth
A. K. Gardner
Missouri
Omaha
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Unit Merger Approved in St Louis
New York readers focus on the judicial approval of the merger between Standard Oil Company of New York and Vacuum Oil in St. Louis. The decision could influence future consolidations of Standard Oil trust units and marks a notable development in early U S petroleum industry consolidation.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
Vacuum Oil Company
St. Louis
Wall Street
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Trust
Gland Doctor Seeks Mexico Station Purchase
Milford Kansas February 7 Dr J R Brinkley famed goat gland specialist whose Kansas radio outlet was barred said he has permission to build a 50000 watt station in Mexico He visited XED Reynosa owners and may buy operate and raise power He hints at a hospital tie in while his medical license was revoked last summer for fraud and misconduct
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Milford
Kas
J. R. Brinkley
Mexico
Brinkley
XED
Reynosa
Kansas
JURORS REACH VERDICT IN MURDER TRIAL OF MRS STULL
In Princeton West Virginia the jury found Minnie Stull guilty of first degree murder with mercy recommended in the death of her 8 year old stepson Mickey Stull. The verdict was read at 11 39 am after over four hours of deliberation and the judge set February 10 for possible motions to set aside. The case now moves to possible appeals and retrial options.
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Princeton
W. Va
Minnie Stull
Mickey Stull
Criminal Court
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Stull
Dillard
Woods
John R. Pendleton
Speedway
B. T. Haldren
Ingleside
Glass
Carpenter
Rock
W. BE. Dishman
Blu
Edward B. Carr
Bluefield
E. H. Ballard
Spanishburg
C. B. Bowling
Hiawatha
Will Hall
Automobile
Blufield
Edward B. Bailey
Tice
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Lafollette and Wheeler
Cenfer
White House
Standard -Vaguum
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