Attack on Jews Sparks Refugee Shootings Accusations
Dispatch from St. Petersburg reports anti Semitic agitation by reactionaries targeting Jewish inhabitants. Premier Witte privately urged Jewish leaders to warn authorities of threats while officials accuse officials at Vitebsk West Russia. private information suggests shooting of refugees might have occurred upon return from England amid alleged government complicity.
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St. Petersburg
Witte
Vitebsk
West Russia
Jewis
Durnovo
Podgorichanie
Gomel
Russia
Yalta
Crimea
England
Baltic
Writ Refused in Express Tax Injunction Fight
Judge W L Brooks rules against express companies in Kennedy tax law case. Court denies injunction and upholds state power to collect taxes under the Kennedy act. Decision impacts how express firms are taxed in the Twenty sixth district.
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Austin
W. L. Brooks
Twenty-sixth District Court
Texas Railroad In Receivership Not Exempt From Asset Tax
Austin March 17 A Texas railroad placed in receivership will be valued under the intangible assets law as if it were independent of the receiver. The state tax commissioner asserts authority to tax both tangible and intangible property, treating the line like any other with valuation proceeding.
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Austin
Texas
State Tax Commissioner
Moran Bros Sold Control To Eastern Capitalists
Seattle March 17 The Post Intelligencer prints a statement signed by Robert Moran president of Moran Bros Co announcing sale of control of their shipbuilding firm to eastern capitalists tied to Griscom of Philadelphia. Consideration believed between 2.5 and 3.5 million dollars. Moran Bros shipyard founded 1882.
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Seattle
Wash
Post- Inteligencer
Robert Moran
Moran Bros. & Co
Ulders
Nebraska
Griscom
Philadelphia
Moran Bros
Freights collide. fireman killed and arm lost
In Lone Springs near Shreveport two freight trains collided head on early Saturday. Fireman Giles was killed and Fireman Winchester suffered severe injuries including the loss of an arm. The collision is attributed to a misunderstanding of orders on the Louisiana and Arkansas railway.
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Shreveport
Lone Springs
Giles
Winchester
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
DIES DINING. Houston Businessman Joe Levy Dies Sudden at Dinner
Houston March 17 Joe Levy a partner in Levy Bros dry goods firm died suddenly at noon Saturday. He had just sat down to the dinner table when he expired.
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Houston
Joe Levy
Dry Gooda
Levy Bros
Terrific Rain Also Marks Unprecedented Mountain Floods
A fierce storm raged for over sixty hours between the San Joaquin and Kings rivers, burying Pine Ridge at 5,000 feet under more than twelve feet of snow. In Fresno County farmers and residents fought floods, levees failed in the Garfield area, and miles of land flooded up to five feet deep. Luton, Kings River, faced levee breaches as six foot barriers overflowed, while railroad traffic suffered from washouts on the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific lines.
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Fresno
Cal
San Joaquin
Kings River
Pine Ridge
Garfield Yineyards
Fresno Irrigation Canal Company
Luton
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Feist Freed on Bail in Mangum Murder Case
Dr J Herman Feist admitted to bail of 10000 in the Rosa Mangum murder case as crowd mobbed the Nashville magistrate court. Detectives hint Mrs Mangum was last seen with Feist in a late night buggy trip. feathers from her hat found in the buggy. Mangum's body later recovered from the Mississippi near Cairo with clothes and jewelry intact.
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Nashville
J. Herman Feist
Rosa Mangum
J. K. Mason
Mason
Ohio River
Cairo
Ill
Academy Burns
St Vincent's Academy Destroyed in Fire at Shreveport
St Vincent's academy a major southern Roman Catholic institution established thirty years ago was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon in Shreveport. Loss stood at about $60,000 with $12,500 insured. Fire started from a defective flue as teachers and pupils were at lunch causing a panic though no injuries occurred.
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Shreveport
St. Vincent's Academy
South
Peters Expires After Ardmore Police Shooting
Oklahoma City reports railway worker James Peters died from gunshot injuries suffered when Buck Garrett Ardmore police chief accidentally fired. Peters’ body shipped to Newton Kansas for burial as city officials confirm the fatal incident occurred earlier this week.
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Oklahoma City
James Peters
Buck Garrett
Ardmore
Newton
Kan
Aged Man Henry Brown Dies After Self-Inflicted Wound
In Tulsa Indian Territory on March 17 Henry Brown aged 89 cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor. He was found bleeding and deteriorating, and authorities say he was an elderly man of wealth who will likely die from the injuries.
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May
Tulsa
I. T
Mar
Henry Brown
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