Murder Mystery in Paris Body Identified as Ethel A. Brown
Paris police seek American help to identify a woman found dead in the Seine near Charenton. The elegant body bears the name Ethel A. Brown on underclothes and shows a scalp wound, with no money or papers. Officials pursue identity using a 1903 Foreigners Visiting Paris record for Ettie Brown Geachy.
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Paris
Ethel A. Brown
Seine
Charenton
Ettie Brown
Fayetteville
John Geachy
Sally Geachy
Ethel Geachy
Thought From Georgia Report on Miss Brown Murder Link
Atlanta reports Miss Ethel A. Brown found murdered in Paris. She is believed to have once lived in Fayetteville Georgia, a town thirty miles south of Atlanta, where the Geachy family is well known.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Ethel A. Brown
Paris
Fayetteville, Ga
Roosevelt Signs Resolution On Railroad Discrimination Probe
President Roosevelt said he signed the joint resolution instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate railroad discrimination and monopolies in coal and oil with hesitation. He warned the probe may yield little without funding and urged Congress to authorize expenses of 50000 dollars for the commission to carry out the investigation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Commerce Commission
Kentucky Senate approves Chinn racing commission bill
The Kentucky Senate passed the Chinn bill to create a state racing commission to oversee track racing. The measure was adopted by an almost unanimous vote and amended to set four year commissioner terms, permit court appeals on license revocation for cause, exclude trotting tracks, and require tracks to run at least forty days a year if the management desires.
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Kentucky Senate
Frankfort
Kentucky
Senate
Woman Charged With Theft After Re-arrest
Mrs Margaret Laurer also known as Mme Graham the famed physic and medium was re arrested in Texas on theft and embezzlement charges. She had been free on 2000 bond after an embezzlement claim of 30000 in San Antonio. She is jailed in Bexar county awaiting bond.
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San Antonio
Los Angeles
Margaret Laurer
Mme Graham
Tex
Liberty
Bexar County
Texas
Laurer
Linevitch Arrives in St Petersburg to Cold Welcome
Lieutenant General Linevitch arrived at St Petersburg to a sparse greeting. General Rudiger, minister of war, and a few officers were at the station but no crowd or ceremonial welcome was arranged, leaving the reception notably cold.
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Linevitch
St. Petersburg
Rudiger
Supreme Court Limits Granting New Trial in Tolla Case
The New Jersey Supreme Court rules Justice Garrettson lacks authority to grant a new trial for Antoinette Tolla, sentenced to death in Bergen county, stating the power to grant a new trial does not reside with a trial judge beyond the term of conviction. Meanwhile, Atlantic City reports a fire destroyed the barge Hamilton Fish four miles off the Tarnace Life Saving station. crew were rescued by the tug Bis.
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Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
Garrettson
Antoinette Tolla
Bergen County
Atlantic City
Hamilton Fish
C. Dunham Nephew Company of
New York
Tarnace
Bis
Switch Controversy in Court Sparks Valley Railroad Case
A legal fight over a Midland Valley railroad switch setup reaches court. The Tulsa area dispute centers on a disputed switch between lines and the implications for operations and rights. Local officials and company counsel prepare for hearings this spring.
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Midland Valley
Tulsa Troversy
Frise
Hale opposes army medical bill as senate debate hints at war talk
Washington March 7 Senator Hale argues against a bill to increase the medical department of the army. He asserts the general staff prepared invasion plans for China but avoids details, noting the secretary of state is restraining discussion and expressing doubt of imminent war.
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Washington
Medical Department of Army
Senate
Hale
General Staff
China
Four Argenta Pool Room Defendants Get Minute Jail Terms
In Little Rock on March 7 circuit Judge Lea fined four men ten dollars and one minute in jail each for maintaining a pool room in Argenta under the public nuisance statute. The law permits up to three months in jail and a fine, but this action marks its first use against pool rooms. the Argenta establishment is ordered closed pending appeal.
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Little Rock
Lea
Argenta
Supreme Court
Meare
Harmony at Farmers' Union Session in Dallas
Farmers' Union proceedings in Dallas on March 7 are described as harmonious though executive in nature. Visitors include O P Pyle of Wood county and W S Miller of Delran county, C S Barrett of Atlanta, Campbell Russell of Hereford, and W Woodman of the American Federation of Labor who conveyed greetings from Gompers. Woodman urged union farmers to pay only for union-made products to support the 3,000,000 member federation.
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Farmers’ Union
Dallas
Texarkana
O. P. Pyle
Wood County
Miller
Delran County
Barrett
Atlanta
Reformers Meet New York Open National Conference on Primaries
Delegates from nearly every region attend the second national reform conference on primary and election laws and corrupt practices. Oscar S. Strauss opens with a call for pure, undefiled popular government passed to future generations. Former Governor Franklin Murphy presides. Charles R. Russell notes Georgia’s primary law aiming to ensure ballot purity. A special committee is directed to draft a reform bill.
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New York
National Civic Federation
Oscar S. Strauss
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Charles R. Russell
cGorgia Assembly
Democratic Party
Russell
Faith Foe Prevents Doctor Call Ends in Death
Mrs. Anne H. Turner a follower of Alexander Dowie died after days of suffering in Chicago. Neighbors prompted authorities and alleged her husband refused to call a physician due to Dowie faith rules enforced by the Dowieites.
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Chicago
Anne H. Turner
Alexander Dowie
City Board of Health
Lawton Waterworks To Be Built North Of Lawton
Lawton, March 7. A major waterworks system is to be constructed nine miles north of Lawton on Medicine Creek under the direction of the secretary of the interior. Congress appropriated $60,000 from the Lawton town for sale funds to complete the system. Water will be piped to Lawton and Fort Sill post may be authorized to attach to the system.
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Lawton
Medicine Creek
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Fort Sil
Creek council to meet in special session for school funds
Muskogee notes show Pleasant Porter sending notices to the Creek nation house of warriors and house of kings calling an extraordinary Creek council session to appropriate funds for school maintenance and other council governed items. In St Louis Judge Sanborn denies a writ of habeas corpus to Ira N Terrill convicted of murder in Oklahoma with Terrill arguing his case personally.
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Muskogee
Pleasant Porter
Creek Nation
House of Warriors
House of Kings
Creek Tribe of Indians
Creek Council
St. Louis
Sanborn
United States Court of Appeals
Ira N. Terrill
Oklahoma
Terril
Reichstag approves six more armored cruisers
Berlin March 7 the appropriations committee with broad support approved the government measure to build six additional armored cruisers. Pueblo Colo March 7 a concrete roof collapse at a Denver and Rio Grande roundhouse killed one man and badly injured three others.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Pueblo
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Found Dead in Bed in Waurika Oklahoma
K G Hekels a young businessman was found dead in bed in Waurika Oklahoma on March 7. Authorities reported the death as a likely natural cause with no immediate signs of foul play. The assistance of local medical personnel was requested to determine the exact cause of death.
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Waurika
Okla
Jury Awards $26 625 for Personal Injury in Denton Case
In Denton Texas on March 7 a district court jury awarded J L Scruggs 26 625 dollars for personal injuries after being run over by a switch engine while visiting Bo n ham. Scruggs a poultry dealer and the incident tied to the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway marks one of the largest verdicts in the state for such injuries.
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Denton
Tex
J. L. Scruges
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Scruggs
Bonham
Four bitten in Floyd Texas dog bite incident
Mrs. P. F. Gassaway and three children were bitten by a hydrophobic dog at their Floyd Texas home. The dog had bitten another farm dog, which died of hydrophobia. Part of the children were sent to a mad stone at Greenville while Mrs. Gassaway and one child were taken to Farmersville for treatment.
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Floyd, Tex
P. F. Gassaway
Greenville
Fatal Fracas in Nacogdoches Claims Chandler
Charles Chandler, a farmer ten miles east of Nacogdoches, was shot and fatally wounded. Doc Watson surrendered to City Marshal J. M. Spradley shortly after the shooting. Watson, a former constable, says he acted in self defense.
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Charles Chandler
Nacogdoches
Tex
Trees Planted at Governor Hogg’s Grave
Austin on March 7 O Weed planted a pecan and a walnut tree at the grave of the late Governor Hogg in response to a request. The trees arrived by express from San Antonio Tuesday morning and were a gift from W M Knox of that city.
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Austin
Vv. O. Weed
Hogg
San Antonio
W. M Knox
City
Jimmie Jordan’s Brother Marries Japanese Woman in Canton
Sherman March 7. Jimmie Jordan reports his brother Luna R. Jordan, once a Navy enlistee and Manila contractor, has married a Japanese girl and started a home in Canton China where he serves as a customs attache.
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Sherman
Jimmie Jordan
Luna R. Jordan
Navy
Manila
Canton
China
Customs Office
Large Silver Shipments From Vera Cruz Reach Millions
Within two months silver shipments from Vera Cruz totaled 9 716 000 dollars, mainly pesos for London and New York. Attorney General Hadley calls the Missouri railroad commission a farce. Citizens' National Bank at Odessa Texas forms with 25000 dollars capital. Paul Whit student dies from electricity at Union College Schenectady. Interior of Ramona National Bank Texas wrecked by gas explosion. Henry Rosenberg bronze statue unveiled at Galveston before 5000 people. Barn of George Gilmore near Taylor Texas burns with corn and cotton seed. Georgetown Texas delays for local option 180 days jail and fines near 800 dollars. Central train carrying Odd Fellows from Dallas to Corsicana uses twenty coaches 1080 passengers.
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Hadley
Missouri Railroad Commission
Citizens’ National Bank
Odessa
Tex
Paul Whit
Union College
Schenectady
N. Y
Blackwell
National Gunners’ Association
First National Bank of
Ramona
J. T
Henry Rosenberg
Galveston
George Gilmore
Taylor
W. M. Perkins
Hillie Maton
Georgetown
Central
Odd Fellows
Dallas
Corsicana
Texas
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Ford's Saloon
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