Intercollegiate Debating League Contests Held
The three schools Columbia Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania debated in New York Ithaca and Philadelphia under the Intercollegiate Debating League formed in 1904 and renewed. Elizabeth E Cook of Cornell Law School and W Koo of Columbia featured. the question centered on interstate corporate licensing by federal authority and constitutional validity.
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New York
Columbia
Cornell
University of Pennsylvania
Ithaca
Philadelphia
Elizabeth E. Cook
Cornell Law Collge
W. K. W. Koo
Koo
Shanghai
China
Hanged Negro Charley Scott Found At Elm Tree
In Conroe Texas on February 28 Charley Scott an eighteen year old Black man was lynched. A placard warned night prowlers and a white resident Mrs Powell Alley heard a scream before daylight. Scott was seen leaving a local hotel seeking his grandmother. A warrant for criminal assault had been sworn but he was released on bond. Unknown assailants carried out the hanging no other details are known.
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Conroe
Tex
Charley Scott
Willett
Powell Alley
Scott
Alley
Colquitt Details 1893 IPO and 1997 Rail Earnings
Railroad Commissioner Colquitt discusses the International and Great Northern line. He notes 1893 earnings of 5113 gross per mile after a receiver period and cites a 1997 report showing over 50 percent higher gross earnings per mile. He links bonds issued to construction and cites the commission order for needed improvements.
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Austin
International and Great Northern Railway
Colquitt
Longview
Laredo
Palestine
Houston
Spring
Fort Worth
International
Great Northern
Fire destroys Waxahachie Planing Mill warehouse
Fire in Waxahachie destroys a large warehouse of the Waxahachie Planing Mill company burning two or three carloads of lumber. Loss estimated about 6000 dollars with partial insurance.
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Waxahachie, Tex
Waxahachie
Comany
Purification Plan by Woman’s Municipal League
New York on February 28 reports the Women’s Municipal League will undertake purification of dishwater as a planned civic effort.
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New York
Women’s Municipal League
Oregon case tests initiative and referendum law
The state sues Pacific States Telephone and Sunset Telephone for 9500 in county franchise taxes, arguing the tax was valid under Oregon law. The companies challenge the tax on constitutional grounds, and Judge Cleland hears the arguments amid high interest in the ruling.
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Portland
Ore
State of Oregon
Pacific States Telephone Company
Sunset Telephone Company
Oregon
Cleland
United States
Shah Survives Tehran Bombing Attempt
In Teheran on Friday two bombs were hurled at the shah's procession. One exploded in the air and the other near his auto, killing three outriders and wounding the chauffeur and bystanders. The shah rode in a carriage behind the motor car and escaped unharmed, while troops intensified the search but made no arrests.
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Teheran
Shah
Slayer of Father Heinrichs repudiates jail confession
In Denver on February 28 Giuseppe Allo repudiated a jail signed statement and other confessions about Father Leo Heinrichs murder. He claimed he did not kill the priest, saying the priest fell dead as he prayed in church and he spat out the sacrament. He cited Catholic rules and fled in fear. He is described as in poor physical condition.
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Denver
Guiseppe Allo
Leo Heinrichs
Robert H. Widcombe
Colorado Springs
Alio
Professor Haupt Loses Bid to Bar War Dept Jetty Work
In Washington on February 28 Justice Gould denied Professor Haupt of Philadelphia an injunction against General McKenzie and Contractor Picton. Haupt claimed patent rights in a single jetty system at Aransas Pass but the court ruled the suit an indirect attempt to sue the Federal government without congressional consent.
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Washington
Haupt
Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Secretary of War
McKenzie
Picton
Ararsas Pass
Gould
Congress
Labor dispute turns deadly as Koehler shot twice
In Chicago on February 29, Charles Koehler, a member of one Teamsters faction, was shot twice in what police term a labor quarrel. John Terry was arrested as Koehler's alleged attacker, with Frank Shuschug held as a witness.
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Chicago
Charles Koehler
John Terry
Koehler
Frank Shuschug
Teamsters’ Union
Milam County Experiment Farms Reported Successful
Cameron Tex Feb 28 George Banvohl assisting Government Director Campbell reports success in starting about 125 experiment farms in Milam county. Farms are located in different portions of the county.
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Cameron
Tex
George Banvohl
Campbell
Milam County
Favorable House Panel Sets Fowler Currency Bill
Washington February 28 House Committee on bank and currency voted to report favorably the Fowler currency bill. The action advances the measure through Congress signaling support for the proposed reforms in monetary policy.
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Washington
House Committee On Bank and Currency
Governor Toole to resign in April
Governor Toole, in ill health, will resign effective April 1 while staying in Los Angeles. The resignation announcement comes from Helena, Montana, with Toole currently in California.
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Toole
Helena
Mont
Los Angeles
Cal
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