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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
1
London today staged a grand coronation with King George V and Queen Mary amid splendor. Crowds filled Trafalgar Square and the Mall as military parades and ancient coaches met modern autos in a celebration of empire and ceremony.
The Good Government League nominates Judge Luther E Hall for governor and State Senator Henry L Gueydan for lieutenant governor in a campaign seen as a virile insurgency against the Democratic establishment. John T Michael runs on the administration ticket.
Kiel June 22 The American yacht Bihilot easily won the third in the series of international sender class races. The American Beaver placed second and the German Seehund III finished third.
A report says the Carolina Association season may be split into two parts with the second half starting July 1. Four bottom clubs favor division. top clubs split, boosting attendance and a possible post season and extra revenue for clubs. The writer could not locate local officers to confirm, but the rumor is considered well founded.
Kanuga Lake N C June 22 about 300 delegates attended the North Carolina Bankers Association 15th annual convention opening at the Kanuga Club. President Wilkinson welcomed members and praised Aldrich's monetary reform plan with reservations on national note retirement and state banks exclusion.
London reports two fatal coronation accidents. In Lymereyis a cannon burst while firing a salute, blowing a man to pieces. In Barnstable an archway collapsed, killing a woman and injuring several. An Indian officer fell from his horse on the Mall but was not dangerously hurt.
New York marked King George V and Queen Mary’s coronation with services at Old Trinity church and widespread decorations. British vessels displayed colors as social Briton associations celebrated, with Boston and other cities holding observances.
Governor Joseph M. Brown refused the request from South Carolina Governor Coleman L. Blease to surrender Atlanta attorney Thomas B. Felder. Felder was sought in connection with the winding up of South Carolina’s old state dispensary.
The Tennessee legislature will reopen sessions after a 159 day regular session marked by a historic filibuster. Fusionists attempted to adjourn for a time while 34 independent Democrats and Republicans had left Nashville for Alabama, but the House adjourned until tomorrow.
Buffalo report says Edward Valentine Lee, paymaster’s clerk, arrested with about 24000 of the 48000 alleged stolen from the battleship George in Havana harbor February 11. He admitted guilt, waived examination, and was held for grand jury indictment.
Nashville June 22. E C Goodpasture of Overton county faced a Davidson county criminal court about offering a bribe to Representative J C McDonald last December. The case was postponed to 2 pm. It is alleged Goodpasture tried to sway McDonald a Republican to vote with regular Democrats and offered $1500.
Leftwich, secretary and treasurer of the Ware Kramer Company of Baltimore, testifies in Raleigh that Ware Kramer’s White Rolls rose to 6,000,000 annually and that American Tobacco jobbers used free goods and discounts to drive them out. Cross examination focuses on letters with no decisive points.
The will of Mary Baker Eddy founder of the Christian Science church was admitted to probate in Suffolk county probate court today. Attorney General James M. Swift promptly appealed to the supreme court on the issue of domicile.
Senator McCumber today introduced a bill amending the pure food and drugs act to conform with President Taft’s recommendations made to Congress yesterday in Washington.
Attorneys for the Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association and the U S government discussed a possible agreed decree as the antitrust suit nears completion. Luke E Wright, former secretary of war, represents the grocers alongside DOJ officials in Washington.
On June 22 near Tijuana the Mexican troops led by Celso Vega and Col. Miguel Mayor clash with rebels under General Jack Mosby about 11 am five miles southeast of the city. Machine gun fire audible at the Tijuana hot springs. Noncombatants cross into the U.S. except for about five rebels remaining in Tijuana. Red Cross nurses depart San Diego to aid wounded at the line as crowds gather at noon.
Washington June 22 A House sugar investigation committee probes a Washington meeting between Michigan beet sugar leaders and Taft then secretary of war before the 1908 campaign. Do B Warren president of the Michigan Sugar Refining Co denies general tariff schedules were discussed and says Taft talked about Philippine sugar concessions and sought aid to quiet opposition to free Philippine sugar.
An unidentified man registered as H. R. Kanner of Carrollton, Georgia, fell from the fifth floor of a Atlanta hotel this afternoon and died within minutes. He arrived in the city via the terminal station and was described as a cotton buyer with little known about his background.
Washington June 22 George W Hinman editor and publisher of the Chicago Inter Ocean testifies at the state committee probe into Senator Lorimer election. He says he never talked with anyone about contributing to a jackpot but believes a corruption fund exists in every Illinois legislature since he arrived twelve years ago. He cites the term black horse cavalry used in New York by fund handlers.
More than 400 marksmen gathered at the Columbus Gun Club as the interstate association kicks off its 12th grand American handicap target tournament in Columbus Ohio. The five day program begins today and concludes tomorrow with the grand American match drawing participants from across the country.
European Circuit Race at Utrecht Holland reports Aviator Gibert first to finish the Siege stage followed by Vidart Garros Beaumont Weymann Kimmerling Train in order. Today's 130 mile flight ended with Amerigo's machine capsizing at Liege injuring him seriously but not fatally.
The Senate Finance Committee sent the wool revision and farmers free list bills to the full Senate with adverse reports amid a coalition of Democrats and insurgent Republicans. Key figures include Senators Penrose Lodge Simmons Bailey and Simmons, with debate over Canadian reciprocity and future adjournment prospects.
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