Bolden and Just Fens Q Face Off In Local Hearing
A terse meeting between Bolden and Just Fens Q is scheduled to address a community concern. The event aims to clarify roles and responsibilities while outlining next steps for residents and officials.
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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
1
Standard Oil Trust Splits Into 33 Subsidiaries
Supreme Court decree ends Standard Oil monopoly and divides the company into 33 separate subsidiary firms. Old stockholders receive new certificates and headquarters locations for the 23 firms are announced with dates of organization and meetings. Fractional shares will be consolidated over time as brokers note confusion in trading as the new issues circulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tad Press
Aspecia Vg
Cmiciery
Supard OW
Vupreme
Yesteryr
Comwr
New Jersey
Eee
Ovision
Alra
Rouen Manufacturing Company
North Carolina Teachers Elect Officers for Next Year
Primary teachers gathered to elect officers for the Teachers Assembly of North Carolina. Edith Royer of Raleigh was named president with Mrs. Roberson of Durham as vice president, Irma Carraway Wilstte secretary, and Annie Jarvis Lining on as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N.C
Astors
Edith Roy
BE. Roberson
Durham
Peden
Irma Carraway
Bodies of Victims Washed Ashore After Raleigh Disaster
Fragmentary text reports bodies of victims washed ashore near Sherkston after the steamer Raleigh broke up. Pred Wise and a sailor named Prichard are cited among missing or dead. dawn observations note wreckage with no clear identification.
Russian Troops Move On Tehran From Resht
In response to Persian rejection of Russia's demands Russia orders forces at Resht to advance toward Tehran. About four thousand troops are concentrated at Resht after arriving at Enzeli on November 22. The action follows Shuster treasury gendarmes’ tax arrears dispute and the refusal of Iran's national council to concede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St Petersburg
Russia
Resht
Ghilan
Enzeli
Caspian Sea
Teheran
Persia
Petroff
W. Morgan Shuster
M. Petroff
Shaa-Es-Sultaneh
National Council
Parliament House
Washington
W. Morgan ‘Shuster
State Department
Three Turks Killed in Mocha Bombardment
The bombardment of the Mocha fort on the Arabian coast caused damage but killed only three Turks. Turkish gunners fired 15 shells at Italian ships. all fell short except the last, which passed over an Italian cruiser prompting its withdrawal. A stronger Italian force may resume December 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Perim
Mocha
Arabia
No Delay in Trial of Dr Hyde for Col Swope Murder
Kansas City Mo Dec 1 no delay will be caused in the trial of Dr B Clark Hyde charged with murdering Col Thomas H Swope as the jury member Harry Waldron recovered from illness and resumed his seat in the box Mrs J K Baumann recalled to testify she was formerly Miss Anne Houlihan nurse to Christian Swope in his last illness she gave damaging testimony on Wednesday for the state
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
B. Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Harry Waldron
J. K. Baumann
Anne Houlihan
Christian Swope
Hyde
Oppose Parcels Post Heard by Senate Committee
John A. Green of Cleveland Ohio secretary of the National Association of Retail Grocers told the senate committee on post offices and post roads that a national parcels post would drive out small retailers and cement mail order houses in small communities. He cited English experience from personal observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John A. Green
Cleveland
Ohio
National Association of Retail Grocers
Green
England
Senate
Alabama Wins Interstate Shoot at Beauregard Range
New Orleans report shows Alabama captured the interstate shoot of the Southern Rifle Association at Beauregard range by 179 points over Mississippi with Louisiana third. Individual results finish with Captain M M Brown of Macon Mississippi beating Captain J A Blythe of New Orleans by 8 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
Alabama
Beauregard
Mississippi
Louisiana
M. M. Brown
Macon
Miss
J. A. Blythe
Educators Look at Rural Life in Southern Association Meet
Houston hosts the Southern Educational Association convention with sessions on rural life and children. Speakers include W M Hays from Washington on country life, M L Brittain on educating the farmer child, and Dr W R Ty of LSU on training for rural life. Tonight panel on education of Southern girls features Clarence Ousley and Drs Dillard Phillips and Sutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Southern Educational Association
W. M. Hays
Washington
M. L. Brittain
Schools of
Georgia
W.R. Ty
College of Alture
Louisiana State
E. O. Holland
Louisville
Clarence Ousley
Fort Worth
James M. Dillard
Louisiana
J. H. Phillips
Birmingham, Ala
W. S. Sutton
The
Texas University
Caldwell Will Filed Shows Estate To Wife And Land In Statesville
The will of J. P. Caldwell filed in the clerk’s office names Addie Williams Caldwell as wife and residuary legatee, with land in Iredell county near Statesville and life insurance to the wife. The estate is valued around 23000 dollars, no executor named, and previous 1908 settlement details with Frank M. Caldwell and others referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo. F. Kluttz
Salisbury
F. M. Caldwell
Addie Williams Caldwell
Jennie A. Caldwell
Iredell County
Statesville Township
Statesville Development Company
James Moore
J. P. Caldwell
Caldwell Sisters Obtain 100 Shares Each in Observer Company
Frank M. Caldwell’s sisters Mrs. D. H. McCullough of Empire Panama and Mrs. J. H. Taliaferro of New York each received 100 shares of stock in the Observer Company. They signed a document identical to the one previously published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Caldwell
D. H. McCullough
Empire
Panama
J. H. Taliaferro
New York
Observer Company
Appointment of Executive Clerk to the President
Rudolph Forster, after more than ten years in executive service, becomes executive clerk to the president at $5,000 annually. Sherman P. Allen of the Washington bureau of the New York Herald is sworn in as his successor as chief clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Rudolph Forster
White House
Sherman P. Allen
New York Herald
Peru appoints Dr. Garcia as interior minister
Lima Peru December first government names Dr Joseph Manuel Garcia to head the interior ministry in a cabinet reshuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minister OF
Peru
Interior
Associated Press
Lima
Joseph Manuel Garcia
Census figures show Charlotte 1910 population by race
A preliminary census release lists North Carolina totals by color and city. Charlotte records 34 014 residents in 1910: 22 259 white and 11 752 black with 3 other persons, while Mecklenburg leads county populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Durand
Bureau of the Census
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Wake County
Robeson
Buncombe
Mecklenburg County
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce and Labor
William C. Hunt
Charlotte City
Nurse Confesses Poisoning Infant in Alabama Case
Nashville dispatch reports Miss Jessie Mabry a Florence Alabama trained nurse confessed to poisoning the infant of A H Carmichael ex speaker of the Alabama house of representatives. The child died about six weeks ago and friends fear an unbalanced mind. She was jailed after the confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Florence
Ala
Jessie Mabry
A. H. Carmichael
Alabama House of Representatives
Fire destroys cotton cargo on Italian steamer
A blaze aboard the Italian steamer Dinnamore at Naples destroyed a cotton cargo valued at $50,000 and caused extensive damage to the ship after she arrived November 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Naples
Bribery Probe Reaches Noted Trial Center Case
District Attorney John D. Fredericks probes alleged bribe attempt involving Bert H. Franklin detective for the McNamara defense. Franklin facing Monday hearing. $4,000 fund origin undisclosed. possible further arrests eyed as McNamara trial resumes amid political frames. Immigration note contrasts Canada and U S flows, with labor market implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Fredericks
Bert H. Franklin
McNamara
Franklin
James B. McNamara
George N. Lockwood
McNamara Defense
Job Harriman
United States
Tariff Board Expected to Report on Wool and Cotton
Washington reports the tariff board will deliver its wool schedule and wool industry findings to President Taft by December 11. The cotton report follows shortly after. The messages will be formal and not include tariff recommendations, with costs of production across states and abroad outlined but no rate conclusions. The Ways and Means Committee is to begin its own inquiry once the board’s findings are received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Tariff Board
Taft
White House
Congress
Placing Navy on Scientific Basis Reform
Washington December 1 Secretary Meyer creates advisory office of director of navy yards and appoints Rear Admiral A B Willits as director with Captain E Theiss as assistant to unify and improve yard methods track work costs and present yard needs to the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Meyer
Navy Yards
A. B. Willits
E. Theiss
Department
Negro Charged With Murdering Family in Louisiana
Clementine Barnhardt, a black woman charged with the murder of six black family members, was moved to the parish jail in Lafayette Louisiana. Her father Raymond Bernbet, awaiting a retrial after a previous conviction for killing four blacks, was taken to Crowley for safekeeping. Bernadet won a new trial by arguing he was too intoxicated to testify. No new evidence was found in the Barnhardt case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lafayette
Clementine Barnhardt
Raymond Bernbet
Crowley
Bernadet
Armored cruiser completed sails for Cuba
A small armored cruiser ordered by the Cuban government has been completed at Cowes Isle of Wight and sailed today for Cuba. The vessel represents England's response to Cuban defense needs and marks a recent naval expansion in imperial shipbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowes
Isle of Wright
England
Cuba
Engineers Visit Mecklenburg Roads On Southern Tour
A delegation of expert highway engineers from eleven states arrives in Charlotte aboard a Pullman train to review Mecklenburg roads and the McAdam binder project by Indian Refining Company. They will tour local roads tomorrow, visiting Camden Yorkville Pineville and Statesville routes with Mecklenburg officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Savannah
Greater Charlotte Club
City
Charlotte
Southern Station
Mecklenburg
Camden
Yorkville
Pineville
Statesville
West
Middle West
Indian Refining Company
McAdam
Corporation
Chatham County
Georgia
Mecklenburg County
W. M. Long
D. P. Hutchison
M. C. Mayer
C. H. Wolfe
Savannaha
Méckienburg
Charlotte Township
Judge Armistead Burwell Takes Leave to Wilmington
Mr. Carson’s condition worsens after a back head wound from a hunting accident. A telegram from his daughter Mrs. R C Carson says he has fever and will be taken to a Wilmington hospital. The shooting occurred when a boy, unaware of anyone nearby, fired at a turkey call. Burwell plans to return Mr and Mrs Carson if travel is possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armistead Burwell
Wilmington
R. C. Carson
Carson
Lake Waccamaw
McMahon Sentenced for Manslaughter in Leary Killing
Philadelphia report states Frank M McMahon was convicted of manslaughter for the May death of George Leary and sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison. The case drew on unwritten law due to Leary's refusal to marry McMahon's daughter amid a street quarrel. McMahon reportedly waived an appeal to seek clemency from the state board of pardons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Frank M. McMahon
George Leary
McMahon
Leary
State Board of Pardons
Lock-out of the Metal Workers Expands in Berlin
Berlin December 1 The metal workers lock-out began last night and already affects 50 000 to 60 000 men Representatives of the new who rejected the joint committee agreement met today with employer delegates seeking a mutually desired statement The strike comes as Christmas nears and living costs bite workers hard with orders still on hand
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Local Cotton Receipts Decline From Last Year
Cotton receipts at the platform today show 123 bales weighing 3 and 4 eighths per price unit, compared with 201 bales at 14 and a half the same date last year.
U S Ambassador To Austria Dead
Troy New York December 1 Charles S Francis late ambassador to Austria Hungary died early today He was also a newspaper man and athlete His diplomatic career included posts in Greece Romania Serbia and Austria Hungary Born in Troy June 17 1853 he graduated from Cornell in 1877 and won intercollegiate and world record rowing titles before joining the Troy Times founded by his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Charles S. Fran
Austria-Hungary
Charles Spencer Francis
Athens
John M. Francis
United States
Greece
Francis
Cornell University
Saratoga Lake
The
Troy Times
Patrol of Atlantic Coast Open Sea Cruise Begins
The revenue cutter Evers sailed from its harbor to begin a four month patrol from Maine to Florida. It will search for vessels in distress during rough weather and will remain largely at sea, only anchoring briefly to take on supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Evers Revenue
Atlantic
Maine
Florida
American
Ways And Means Committee to Meet for Tariff Revision
Representative Underwood announced a meeting of the Ways and Means Committee as soon as Congress convenes to gauge member sentiment on tariff revision. The president will be given a reasonable time to submit tariff board reports, with bills likely on wool cotton and iron and steel. the sugar schedule may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Underwood
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Tariff Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bolden
Fens
Tandard Oil Trust
Supreme Court
Gant Trust
Nto 33
Orth Carolina
Sherkston
Eakers
Reek
Am Prichard
DR. Hyde
Parcels Post
MR. Caldwell
South Tryon Street
N. C
John McCampbell
K. Hall
Caldwell
Hig
J. Frank Caldwell
Towit
South Carolina
Hong Kong
West River
Canton
China
Mr. Carson
M’mahon
U. S
Austria
Atlantic Coast
Ways and Means
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