Jordan Made Speech on Cotton Association Progress
President Jordan opens the Southern Cotton association's first year with a long address in New Orleans. He reviews aims, notes a 14,000,000 bale crop with 2,000,000 bale surplus, argues for 15 cent cotton, discusses manufacturer margins, and urges slow marketing and tighter organization. Local officials and cotton figures attend.
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New Orleans
Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Beverly Warner
Parker
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
W. L. Foster
Louisiana Rairolammoodisiearodisnuth Lana Railroad Commission
Bureau of Cotton Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Association For Purity
Leavine
Roosevelt Made Honorary Member of Red Men
President Roosevelt was made an honorary member of the Improved Order of Red Men in a White House ceremony. The event included many prominent members and a special dispensation from John W. Cherry of Norfolk granting entry into the order’s mysteries. The order, 142 years old, had never before conferred an honorary degree.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Order of Red Men
White House
Japan
Russia
John W. Cherry
Norfolk
Scared to Death in Mississippi Domestic Violence Tragedy
In Jackson, Mississippi on January 12 Wes ley Powell, a Black man, beat his wife. Powell then pointed a pistol at his mother-in-law Jennie Richardson, causing her to drop dead from fright.
Anonymous Letter Spurs Key Oil Witnessfor Missouri Probe
Through an anonymous letter signed “A Wall Street Clerk” Attorney General Hadley of Missouri locates John Corkhill a former Standard Oil confidant whose testimony could reveal the hidden operations of Standard Oil trusts. Corkhill recalls Rockefeller’s era and says he will testify after consulting his lawyer. The Missouri suit targets Standard Oil of Indiana Waters-Pierce and Republic Oil as parts of the trust. Also noted is H Clay Evans considering retirement after a bomb injury affecting his hearing.
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New York
Wall Street
Hadley
Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Sanborn
John Corkhill
John D. Rockefeller
W. E. Bemiss
Standard
Standard Corporation
Corkhill
Ruch Lake
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Republic Oil Company
Standard Oil
Mr. Corkhill
Nashville
H. Clay Evans
London
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Board of Punishment
Wie-Wau-Pa
Stanford suspends two more students amid hazing probe
Stanford University officials dropped R. W. McElrody and B. O. Nordman from the university as part of the hazing crackdown. The key charge against the suspended sophomores was their presence at the rubbing of a freshman.
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Stanford University
Cal
R. W. McElrody
B. O. Nordman
Top ping elected president of Republic Iron and Steel
New York reports that John A. Top ping was elected president of the Republic Iron and Steel Company. KE. W. Oglesby was elected a member of the executive committee.
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New York
John A. Topping
Republic Iron and Steel Company
KE. W. Oglesby
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