Schenk Trial Proceedings Near Key Moment
The Schenk murder case moves toward a potential closing as prosecution wraps its testimony and defense motions loom. Witnesses including a nurse and doctors describe events around Mrs. Schenk and possible poison purchases. Judge Jordan adjourns to resume in the afternoon with Prosecutor Handlan expected to lead off.
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BO Wandlan
Parnsworth
J. W. Myers
Handlan
Mrrs. Schenk
Ald
Sehenk
Jordan
Pres
Efense
Schenk
Snteman
Vane
John
Herbert Baer
Plan Work for the Geological Survey Crowd
North Carolina Board of Geological Survey outlines year program. Emphasis on peat and copper deposits, drainage projects, road engineering aid, forest inventory, water shed protection, and county cooperation. Seek $40,000 legislative appropriation and creation of a state highway commission. Also reports on February 22 Bill Nye school exercises and an insurance liquidation bill. Charters issued to Ragan Co and Madison Lumber Co. Hunter Bros to Hunter Rand Co. Buckhorn Lithia Water capital raised.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Board of Geological Survey
Joseph Hyde Pratt
Carolina
Blue Ridge
State Highway Commission
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. P. Cooke
Jackson Training School
Concord
North Carolina Press Association
Nye
Jackson School
Bill Nye
Fred A. Olds
Mexico
Texas
Nunn
Craven
Ragan Co
Bryson City
Capital
Madison Lumber Co
Marshall
Guy V. Roberts
Hunter Bros. & Brewer Co
Hunter Rand Co
Buckhorn Lithia Water Co
Granville County
Senator Fletcher Calls for Ballinger Ouster
Senator Fletcher demands the ouster of Ballinger amid charges of former secretary Ballinger's conduct and associations. He accuses Ballinger of private interests and deception toward the president, condemning his administration as machine politics and criticising his conservation stance.
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Fed Press
Flary Ballinger
Ballinger
Currency Reform The Main Subject Considered By The National Board Of Trade
The National Board of Trade closed its session with currency reform as a primary topic. Resolutions from New York delegates urged a central banking corporation with government, banks, and commercial input, limited note issuance, branches nationwide, and profits over dividends to the government.
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National Board of Trade
Associated Press
Washington
Business Mens’ Monetary Conference
Chamber of Commerce of New York
Merchants Association of New York
New York Produce Exchange
Aldrich
United States
Treasury
State Highway Department Proposed to Promote Road Work
In Raleigh the senate debated bills to create a state highway department with highway commission and engineer to work with counties. It would fund road improvements with one fourth state and three fourths county costs along with a property tax levy of one fourth of one million dollars. A separate bill seeks 100000 annual maintenance for the State University with 75000 for two years for repairs. The house approved a bill protecting labor unions, allowing employees to join unions.
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Raleigh
Senate
Borden
Rowan
Highway Commission
Boyden
House
South Carolina Legislature Backs New Orleans for 1915 Panama Exposition
Both houses unanimously adopt a concurrent resolution endorsing New Orleans as the site of the 1915 Panama Canal exposition.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
New Orleans
Bankhead Re elected U S Senator for 1913
Montgomery Alabama January 19 United States Senator John Hollis Bankhead was unanimously re elected in a joint session of the senate and house to serve another term when his current term ends in 1913.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Hollis Bankhead
Senate
House
United States
Tree limb accident claims Mullins in county
Information reached Wadesboro that Lindsey Mullins was struck on the head by a falling tree limb in the western part of the county and died from the injuries. It is believed the tree trapped him as it fell.
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Wadesboro
Lindsey Mullins
Voting in Albany Second Ballot for Senate Ends Same as First
In Albany on January 19 the second joint ballot for United States senator showed no change from yesterday. Democrats tally Sheehan 88, Shepard 18, Parker 7, Littlet on 2, Gerard 2, Herrick 7, Kernan 2, O'Brien 1. Republicans Depew 81. Hundred votes needed. Assembly adjourned till noon tomorrow for the third ballot.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
United States
Senate
Sheehan
Shepard
Parker
Littleton
Gerard
Herrick
Kernan
O’brien
Depew
Joint Assembly
Nashville
Tenn
McMillin
J. C. Houck
Railroad Commission
J. P. Davis
Enloe
Delong Rice
Houk
Davis
Fan
United
Fire devastates buildings in lower East Side and Chinatown
A January fire in New York caused 750000 dollars in damage and displaced about 1000 residents. A six story factory on Elizabeth Street burned out, tenements nearby were emptied, and a five story loft in Chinatown was gutted. One hundred fifty hotel lodgers fled half clad as flames roared before dawn.
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New York
Lower East Side
Elizabeth Street
Chinatown
Senate advances marriage license bill in South Carolina
Columbia January 19 The state senate passes Senator Howard Carlisle's marriage license bill to third reading. The measure prescribes penalties for men who marry without a license.
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Columbia, S. C
State Senate
Howard Carlisle
Athletic Union to Broaden its Scope
The Amateur Athletic Union plans a new Texas Association to cover the entire state. Texas currently has eleven track and field groups. Membership approval hinges on Lede Genedet’s consent and a mail vote of the AU board.
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New York
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Texas Association
Texas
Amnateur Athletic Union
Lede Genedetto
New Orleans
Southern Association
Negroes Seek Offices After House Party Change
Washington January 19 The shift in the house party balance spurs Black Democrats to seek federal jobs eight hundred Black Republicans currently staff the capitol. Giles F White a Cabin John Maryland school teacher would quit teaching to become messenger to Champ Clark the future speaker. He has been a Democrat for 18 years urging Republican staff resign when Democrats arrive.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Capitol
Giles F. White
Cabin Join
Champ Clark
Emma Goldman Bars from Memorial Hall at Mine Workers Meet
In Columbus Ohio Emma Goldman was barred from Memorial Hall where the United Mine Workers of America hold a miners convention. Delegates, seeking to hear her speak, met her outside as the doors were locked by a custodian ordered to bar her and the group. The credentials committee prepared to report, setting up a clash between Lewis and Feehan factions over seating thirty delegates from the Irwin district.
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Associated Press
Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
Emma Goldman
Memorial Hall
Miss Goldman
Lewis
Feehan
Pittsburg
Irwin
Boiling Spring Forces Pool Water Supply Change
A spring of boiling water has broken through the cement pool bottom at the New Y. M. C. A. in Wavetoss Ga. Officials are at a loss how to proceed and expect the spring may be used to supply the pool with water.
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Associated Press
Wavetoss
Supply And Distribution Of Cotton Year Report
Census bureau reports US cotton supply for year ending August 31, 1910 at 12,188,021 bales down 20 percent from 1909. Domestic exports at 52 percent. consumption 4,798,953 bales. Spindles rise to 10,801,494 with 2,292,333 bales used. Exported cotton goods value $33,398,672. imports $66,473,143. Nine million workers tied to cotton industries nationwide. Also notes US Senate politics in Tennessee and a small fighting report from Artega, Chihuahua.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
ISC
United Kingdom
Germany
France
No Controversy Over Huge Freight Rate Stakes
Clifford Thorne, counsel for the Middle West meat producers association, told the Interstate Commerce Commission that the proposed freight rate increases are a major issue. He cited wholesale price gains of about 11 percent over ten years against a 106 percent rise in transportation rates, arguing railroads have profited while shippers and consumers pay higher costs.
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Washington, Jan
Clifford Thorne
Meat Producers Association of the
Middle West
Farmer Edward Walker Convicted of Murder in Bibb County
Macon Georgia January 19 Edward Walker a Bibb county farmer was convicted of murder and sentenced to hang on March 10 He burned his wife to death last August by pouring gasoline on her clothing and setting it ablaze.
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Associated Press
Macon
Edward Walker
Bibb County
International aviators arrive for four day meet at Wasp
The group from Oklahoma City includes Charles K. Hamilton Reno Roland G Garros Rene Barrier Edmau nd Audem ars and John J. Friesbie arriving in Wasp Texas on January 19 for a four day aviation meet.
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Wasp
Texas
Oklahoma City
Charles K. Hamilton
Reno
Roland G. Garros
Rene Barrier
Edmaund Audemars
John J. Friesbie
Trial of Gypsies Opens in Wadesboro Court
In Wadesboro North Carolina on January 19 the grand jury returned a true bill charging Emil Mitchell and 11 clan members with conspiracy and robbery. The trial began in superior court with Raleigh attorneys W B Jones and Armistead Jones joining F J Coxe and ex Senator James A Lockhart for King Emil Mitchelle. Memphis lawyer R Braun assists the Mitchelle clan while Stephen Joan faction is represented by L D Robinson and T L Caudle.
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Wadesboro
N. C
Emil Mitchell
Mitchell
United States
W. B. Jones
Armistead Jones
Raleigh
F. J. Coxe
James A. Lockhart
Emil Mitchelle
R. Braun
Memphis
Tennn
Mitchelle
Stephen Joan Clan
L. D. Robinson
T. L. Caudle
Trains Running Again After Mexican Engineer Strike
Officials of the Southern Pacific lines in Mexico announce all trains are now running despite the engineer strike. Passenger trains tied up in Nogales Tuesday night resumed service yesterday afternoon in a return to normal operations.
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Associated Press
Tuscon, Ariz
Pacffc
Mexico
Norgales
Texas to Vote on Statewide Prohibition
Governor Branch Colquitt delivers the inaugural message urging the Texas legislature to place statewide prohibition before voters at the earliest lawful date. He backs local option as rational if opposed, calls for tightened social club regulation, prison commission, tuberculosis and leprosy care, and pensions for Confederate veterans.
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Austin
Texas
Branch Colquitt
Colquitt
White
Secretary of State
State Railroad Commission
Daughters of the Confederacy
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Sebenk
Geological Survey
Sallinger
Fletcher
Bankhead
New York City
Emilia Goldman
Tennessee
Chihuahua
el Paso
Artega
Rufino
Alberto Loya
Cmai
Urique
UN Rovers
Waco
Wadesborg
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