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15 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
1
Readable fragments show mixed prices and values such as 3356 3250 3000 and 25.00. The text is garbled without clear context or identifiable entities to form a coherent news item.
Government department report outlines probable wheat yields in major countries. British India anticipates bumper production near 369 million bushels with favorable spring and winter crops. Canada shows large sown areas. drought in parts of South Africa affects output. Global trade mirrors rising exports of flour and wheat as overall supply steadies.
Report from Ascot describes another gala day at the races with Queen Mary observing and notable valuations. The text notes a collection at five hundred and two thousand five hundred ninety six sovereigns for a three year period and mentions Wiltonys in the distance run over twenty one furlongs.
The text appears to mix political names from New Jersey with a Democratic federation and university references, alongside a motor racing circuit report. It mentions Governor of New Jersey and individuals such as Jacob H. and Schwerin, but the fragmentary data lacks a clear single event or cohesive narrative.
The North Carolina Good Roads Association elected officers at its convention with H. B. Warner of Lexington as president and J. H. Pratt as secretary. Officers from various districts named include R. R. Cotton Brue, J. L. Patterson, R. L. May, M. C. Winston, P. H. Hanes, D. R. McEartham, Leonard Tufts, and E. C. Chambers. The executive committee to be named later will set the next meeting time and place.
Subpoenas issued for witnesses in the sugar trust investigation including Alfred Harrison Charles Harrison Horace Havemeyer and others from cities like Philadelphia New York Detroit Denver Cleveland Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Chairman Hardwick questioned Heike about merger purpose and personal holdings noting Havemeyer’s limited stock in his name and family holdings.
London June 15 announcement reveals White Star line and the seamen union have settled their dispute. White Star concedes a monthly wage increase of 2500 dollars for all affected workers, covering half of the strikers’ demand.
June 15 report states a wife who objected to liquor in her home was beaten to death by her husband and his associates. The inquest found the death caused by blows administered at the couple’s residence in Lawler, near Washington County. The English polo team returning from New York praised American hospitality aboard the Mauretania, the last ship to leave for King George V’s coronation.
In Raleigh on June 15 the Ware Kramer Tobacco Co versus the American Tobacco Co trial reads the deposition of VP Percival S Hill. Letters from Hill to robbers discuss demanding brands and lending money to jobbers for favorable handling. Chisolm Bros of Memphis sent a $500 check described as good will. Plaintiffs seek Sherman act violation and aim to destroy the cigarette business.
Bank Examiner J. K. Coughton notified the corporation commission of a shortage exceeding $100,000 in the Bank of Tarboro. The bank’s cashier Luther Hart had committed suicide yesterday. Assistant Cashier Hussey has not posted the $15,000 bond and remains jailed. a full statement will take several days.
Three warrants charging forgery have been sworn out against J Wylie Smith secretary treasurer of the Commercial Loan and Trust Company who has disappeared leaving an alleged 150000 shortage. He is accused of borrowing on forged notes paying up to 70 percent interest while using funds to cover other debts. Individual losses reach about 5000 on average with some as high as 20000. Smith organized and controlled the firm and was its largest stockholder.
Telegrams from Vigo report a monarchist revolt at Chaves Portugal with mutiny in the garrison and an attack on republican newspaper offices. Other dispatches say two regiments mutinied near the frontier but lack confirmation amid rumors of royalist plans.
At the Northern Baptists convention in Philadelphia a committee will negotiate with Free Will Baptists representing 87,000 communicants at Old Orchard Beach Maine on July 11. A second panel will seek union with Southern Baptists, with dates and venue to be decided.
Mine workers in northern Colorado who have been on strike over a year file incorporation papers to operate a Central Coal & Land Investment Co mine in Louisville. If successful, additional union labor takeovers may follow, forming new mining companies by the strikers.
George Michael Keating longtime deputy clerk of the United States court in Montgomery pleads guilty in federal court to embezzling government funds. Judge Jones imposes one year and one day, suspended due to Keating's physical condition.
A hurricane force storm raged through the night near Trieste causing many deaths and heavy shipping damage. Early reports say twenty bodies recovered with fears of forty fishermen lost at sea. A Greek vessel with a crew of twelve foundered and minor damages reported to other Adriatic craft.
Greeley Colorado June 15. Street car management plans a new safety measure with mirrors on each platform so riders must face forward to look at themselves. Officials believe women will be deterred from alighting backward by this self check.
In Chicago on June 15 two black men robbed a saloon keeper named J. H. Nohren after closing time. One robber held him with a revolver and fired when Nohren hesitated, killing him. Police captured one suspect. the other fled.
The hearing of the quo warranto suit against the alleged lumber trust before Commissioner R. M. Reynolds resumed in Kansas City on June 15.
The German government disclaims responsibility for the steamer Consul Grostuck which flies German colors and bears Castro aboard while in Haitian waters. Haiti bought the ship formerly the Italian cruiser Umbria, with Havana noting Haiti is handling the vessel’s movement. American Ambassador Hill discussed the matter with Haiti’s foreign office amid Castro’s reported presence on board Port au Prince. Castro, exiled Venezuelan president, seeks return to Caracas to regain power.
Senator Pomerene urged Congress to repeal or strictly enforce the anti trust law during a speech at the Southern Conference of the YWCA in Asheville. The event opened with Bible and mission study sessions and drew about two hundred delegates who later toured the Blue Ridge Association grounds at Black Mountain. A reception for conference leaders and officers followed in the afternoon.
Circulation managers from North and South Carolina meet at the Observer building to form a permanent organization. About fifteen to twenty representatives attend the informal session on bylaws and a constitution, with completion expected this afternoon. A trolley tour around the city is provided by the Southern Power Company as a feature of the visit.
An eight man band robbed the Hotel Roy clerk in Manhattan on West Thirty-fifth Street at 1 a.m. They took 160 dollars from the safe before fleeing. The clerk fired five shots, signaling police. A Broadway patrolman soon trapped two suspects, and police recovered a large roll of bills.
New York June 15 Although only one fifteenth of Cornell students are women the fair sex won the two top John Metcalfe Polk prizes in the university medical school commencement Helen Dudley and Elvira Dudley Dean led the prize list while four of ten honor roll graduates in a class of forty seven are women Aged Lady Burned to Death Chicago June 15 Mrs Mary Brackett 63 burned to death and her daughter Mrs Evelyn Beachy an Art Institute instructor seriously burned at their East Forty sixth street home Mrs Beachy likely to recover
Senator Pomerene urged the Senate to direct the attorney general to pursue criminal cases against Standard Oil officers and American Tobacco executives for alleged Sherman Act violations. He argued the Supreme Court interpretation is clear and urged swift action to enforce the law, warning that inaction would undermine government power and public trust. He linked enforcement to national symbols and called for congressional backing to compel action.
London reports show normal dock activity as a general seamen strike appears limited. At Liverpool the Teutonic and Empress of Ireland lack dock hands though stewards have signed, while Southampton coal porters return to work this morning.
London June 15. At Olympia horse show Blue Bell, ridden by H W Meek of San Lorenzo California, won the first prize in the perchation class for horses of any age.
Meridia Yucatan dispatch reproduced by the Picayune says Mexico faces a new revolution with Indians in Yucatan taking up arms. Francisco Madero allegedly armed them to fight Diaz's government, conflict continuing despite peace talks. Arms shipments from Biloxi, Mississippi, reached Yucatan, and bushwacking persists with cross-border moves toward Guatemala.
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