McGill Links Indianola Crisis to Local Newspaper Article
Rev. W. H. McGill editor of Hot Shots returned from Indianola Miss after probing the forced resignation of Minnie Cox. He says the trouble sprang from a negro newspaper article that offended white residents and notes he advised Cox not to return to Indianola. McGill traveled on to Birmingham then to Washington.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
W. H. McGill
Birmingham
Ala
Indianola
Miss
Minnie Cox
McGis
Washington
House of Representatives
Mississippi
South
McGill
Taft Urges Impartiality in Church Property Disputes
Governor Taft has urged provincial governors to remain impartial in church property fights. He calls for intervention only to restore peace during forcible dispossession attempts and says courts must decide rights. He warns of potential schismatics seizing more churches.
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Overnor Taft
Manila
Taft
Dolphin Reaches Kingston for Coal Before Washington Talks
United States dispatch boat Dolphin with Minister Bowen aboard calls at Kingston Jamaica for coal. Bowen visits the governor’s residence and says he has full powers as Venezuela’s representative for the Washington conference. He hopes for an agreement with the powers without The Hague reference, while Caracas remains quiet and Bowen aims to reach Washington soon.
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Kingston
Jamaica
United States
Dolphin
Bowen
Venezuela
Washington
Hague Court of Arbitration
Caracas
Young Corbett Wins Decision Over Rice in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas on January 15 the featherweight champion Young Corbett was awarded the decision over Austin Rice of New London Connecticut in the eighteenth round of a planned twenty round bout. Rice lasted seventeen rounds but grew sick after a stiff left to the stomach near the end of the eighteenth round, prompting Rice’s second Battling Nelson to throw a towel and end the contest.
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Rice
Nelson
Corbett
Court martial to admit testimony on wartime conditions
The court martial trying Maj. Erwin Glenn of the Fifth Infantry will admit testimony about the general conditions of the islands and Samar at the time of the alleged unlawful killings of seven prisoners of war.
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Manila
Erwin Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Samar
Judge Day Likely as Associate Justice of U S Supreme Court
Washington authorities indicate Judge Wm. R. Day former secretary of state will likely be appointed as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court to replace Justice Shiras who is preparing to retire.
Mayoral Nomination Followed in Philadelphia Race
Philadelphia on January 15 reports Republican voters unanimously nominating District Attorney John Weaver for mayor while the Democratic ticket backs Francis F Kane.
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Philadelphia
John Weaver
Maylor
Francis F . Kane
Horrific Lashings Reported Aboard Colombian Vessel
On the Newport voyage from Panama to San Francisco Lieutenant Arthur H. Dutton and four Bogota crewmen recount brutal discipline in Colombian waters. Dutton describes lash punishments, executions, maiming, and a sinking schooner where six innocents were left to perish. The account portrays severe wartime cruelties and feared authority in the Colombian forces.
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San Francisco
Newport
Panama
Arthur H. Dutton
J. J. Many
Bogota
Dutton
Columbia
Chiqui
Wells Fargo and Pacific Express Agree to Prefer Each Other
In San Francisco on January 15 the Examiner reports Wells Fargo Express ordered agents to favor Pacific Express in routing business. Pacific Express issued similar instructions as part of a plan by E. H. Harriman. Harriman, Union Pacific directors and Gould own Pacific Express, with Southern Pacific owning Wells Fargo stock. There is no consolidation of offices or finances, but a community business arrangement.
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Wells-Fargo
Pacific Express
San Francisco
Examiner
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Pacific Express Company
E. H. Harriman
New York
Southern Pacific
Harriman
House Sets Eleven Pages and Swears in Grinnan
Austin January fifteenth reports the Texas House deciding to have eleven pages and Senator Arch Grinnan of Brown county sworn in. Also announced were committee assignments and a stenographer appointment. Washington noted Senator McLaurin pressing for mail service shifts to Heathmann Mississippi pending Indianola office reopening.
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House
Senator Grinnan
Austin
B. Barrow
Travis
Senate
Arch Grinnan
Brown County
W. A. Shaw, Jr
Dallas
Lucien Goss
Baylor
A. Chaffee
Bexar
Heathmann
Washington
Senator McLaurin
Mississippi
Payne
Indianola
Miss
Greenville
Night Work Banned for Girls in Scranton Mills
New York Jan 15 The employment of small girls at night in Scranton silk mills has been stopped. Owners posted notices at plants ordering girls to switch to day duty. This action follows the anthracite strike commission findings.
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New York
Scranton
Steamer Manchester Merchant on Fire in Dingle Bay
The British steamer Manchester Merchant from New Orleans anchored in Dingle bay on fire. Efforts are underway to reach the vessel after the crew were landed. The fire began January 12.
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Tralee
Ireland
New Orleans
Manchester
Eng
Dingle Bay
Mexican Power Company organized to develop Moquiri river concessions
Canadian capitalists form the Mexican Power Company to exploit concessions on the Moquiri river eighty miles from Mexico City. The firm names a capital of 5000 dollars and bond issue of 7500000 dollars.
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Mexican Power Company
Montreal
Moquiri
Mexico
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