Books Gone Contempt Case Lands Copper Officer in Tombs
George Baglin second vice president of the United Copper Company and private secretary F Augustus Hoeloze were jailed for contempt after testifying to overheard plans to remove company books during government investigation. Witnesses named include Arthur Heinze Sanford Robinson and Tracy Buckingham. Directors face possible loss of power at tomorrow's meeting as Heinze seeks control and a new board.
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New York
George Baglin
United Copper Company
F. Augustus Hoeloze
Lacombe
Baglin
Federal Grand Jury
Aneer
Balgin
Arthur Heinze
Heinze
Mercantile Bank
Sanford Robinson
Tracy Buckingham
Canada
Robinson
Judge Lacombe
Wise
Sime
T Hey
Local Firm Wins Monument Contract in Tennessee
In Union City Tennessee on June 2 the Evie Board of Leonidas Polk council convened to award a contract to the McNeel Marble Co of Marietta Georgia and Columbia Tennessee. The project calls for a monumental statue to honor Oblund county’s brave southern soldiers, standing seven feet tall and carved from native marble and Georgia granite. The work is to be completed within about six months pending final details and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nion City
Tenn
Evie
Leonidas Polk
Elks’ Home
Mra. A. L Drevard Presiding
McNeel Marble Go
Marietta
Columbia
Wels
Measra, A. B
Georgia
Oblun County
Brave Sons
Lamp Explodes. House on Cemetery Avenue Burns
Fire at about 9 o'clock Tuesday night nearly destroyed the Ed Mulligan home on Cemetery avenue. A lamp filled by a family member exploded when oil on the outside caught fire, setting the house ablaze. The building owned by Al Frierson was uninsured. Mulligan saved part of the furniture and may be covered by a small policy.
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Cemetery Avenue
Ed Mulligan
al Frierson
McCain Urged to Enter Tennessee Governor Race
Nashville dispatch reports growing pressure for Davidson County Attorney General Jeff McCain to run for governor amid broad letters and frontier support from across the state. McCain says only that he has received urging but declines to reveal plans, promising no definite reply yet. The potential candidacy would intensify a crowded field including Patterson Folk Dibrell Hannah and others, shaping the state's political landscape.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Patterson
Beau B. Folk
Frank Dibrell
Harvey H. Hannah
Jeff McCain
Davidson
Gen
McCain
More Money for Hospital at Fayetteville Conference
Rev. A. E. Clement in charge of fundraising for the new Methodist hospital in Nashville attended the Fayetteville conference session in Winchester and raised $930 for the building. Heavy rains reduced attendance, but more subscriptions were anticipated. Clement will attend the Clarksville conference at Cedar Hill opening Thursday and Friday.
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A. E. Clement
New Methodist Hospital
Nashville
Fayetteville
Seasion
Winchester
Clement
Clarksville
Cedar Hill
Mill to Resume at Lynnville in Tennessee
Lynnville Tenn June 2 The Lynnville Lumber Company formed to buy at a trustee sale the W B Barthman saw and planing mill. The mill will be cleaned overhauled and reopened soon with M M Fry as manager. It will employ a large work force and boost local business and the town’s industry.
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Lynnville
Tenn
Lynnville Lumber Company
W. B. Barthman
M. M. Fry
Pentire
Tariff Debate Highlights Republican Aim to Shield U S Manufacturers
In Washington on June 2 Senate discussion focused on the cotton cloth schedule of the tariff bill. Republicans argued the party seeks only to revise tariffs to protect American manufacturers from cheap foreign labor, with emphasis on New England factories and manufacturing dividends. House adjourned after brief session. unrelated ad for Dean's Ointment followed.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Benatore Smoot
Lodge
Finance Committee
Utah
Republican Party
New England
Senator Dolliver
Senator Aldrich
Iowa
Dolliver
Laws
Root
Board of General Appraisers
Delilver
Woman Kidnaper Reunites Mysterious Lover For Missing Husband
Inez Kentucky June 2 A mysterious muscular brunette woman with a pistol abducted Jasper Crum from his Big Elk Creek farm forcing him to accompany her. Crum’s wife suffers a breakdown while Crum’s five brothers search the surrounding forest for him. Telegrams go out as neighbors and kin scurry to locate Crum, who may have been murdered.
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Inez
Jasper Crum
Crum
Big Elk Creek
Here
Cram Station
Norfolk and Western
Warfeld
Crum Station
Big Sandy Valley
Sammy Nicholson Overtaken by Retribution in a Noon Assault
A colored youth Sammy Nicholson was attacked near Stokes Blair's pool room after a fight with Dave Love. Charlie Harnbeak pursued and stabbed Sammy with a knife, inflicting serious wounds before Stokes Blair joined the pursuit. Medical aid found Sammy in a serious condition.
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Sammy Nicholson
Big Globe
Sammy
Dave Love
Dave
Charlie Harnbeak
Stokes Blair
Charlie
Stokes
Columbia Wins From Phosphates In Debut
The newly formed Phosphate City ball team bowed 8 to 2 to Columbia on the Academy grounds in Columbia's first public appearance. Collinge pitched nearly unbeatable for Columbia while Stone held the defense in control. Mt Pleasant used three pitchers but could not slow the Columbia assault.
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Defeas
Columbia
Academy
Collinge
Stone
S O
Mt Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
Banker Horse Thief at Work Near LaPorte Indiana
In Valparaiso northwest marshland officials and citizens hunt Robert Greene the banker convicted of horse stealing who escaped Michigan City penitentiary Monday morning and later stole a horse and buggy from J E Payne near Weatville ten miles southwest of the prison. The horse and buggy were recovered by Sheriff Johnson but the driver fled as shots were fired and blood reportedly marks a wound. Greene, former vice president of the Merchants and Farmers Bank of Waynetown, was jailed on grand larceny charges before his escape and downfall in stock and pond speculation.
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Payne
Greene
Crawfordsville
Merchants and Farmers' Bank
Waynetown
Ind
Green
Shelbyville Moves to Secure Middle Tennessee Normal
Shelbyville and Bedford County press a strong campaign to establish a Middle Tennessee normal school. A countywide meeting formed an organizing body with Col J M Shofner as permanent chairman. Private subscriptions total several thousand dollars and a county appropriation of $100,000 is anticipated at the July term.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Middle Tennessee
Normal
Col. J. M. Shofner
First National Bank
Bedford County
Negro huntsman captured after Mobley's Camp killing
Deputy Sheriff W H Harris of Mount Pleasant Tennessee returned from Louisville Kentucky with Gilbert Hibbett colored who killed Will Baskett colored several months ago at Mobley's Camp on the Mayfield Branch railroad. Hibbett escaped after the killing and eluded capture until recently when a Louisville detective recognized him from a description provided by the sheriff.
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Mt, Pleasant
Tenn
W. H. Harris
Louisville
Gilbert Hibbett
Will Baskett
Mobley
Mayfield Branch
Hibbett
Harris
Presbyterians Adopt Strong Dry Resolutions at Assembly
Denver reports the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church praised Taft William and Harvard president for teetotalism and called for broad temperance reforms. Proposals include halting liquor revenue, stopping interstate liquor shipments, closing mail liquor ads, and a 25 mile prohibition zone around Indian reservations. Temperance Day set for the last Sunday in October.
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Denver
Colo
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Taft
Emperor William
Elot
Harvard
Temperance Committee
Assembly
Prohibition
Luther A. Ostrander
D. D
New York
Sach
Church
General Assembly
J. Nichols
Louis
Nichols
Gav
John FP. Shofroth
Speer Alea
Presbyterianiam
Colorado
Robbery Report In Seattle Wisconsin Woman Loses $20000
Mrs George Shea of Duluth Minnesota reports to Seattle police a midnight robbery of $20000 in currency from her residence in Alkine Polini suburb. She says the money was sent by Great Northern Express and intended for investment in local property. Burglars ransacked the house after she stored the funds between bed sheets.
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Seattle
Wash
George Shea
Duluth
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Aad
Jerome
Wneel Marble Company
Union City
M’carn
Goss
THE
Dean
Charlie Hornbeak
Negro
Presbyterians
Eliot
Teetotalers
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