Immigrants Debate Folds Into Philadelphia Immigration Bill
A House session focused on a $250000 bill to fund an immigration station in Philadelphia. lawmakers from both parties voiced strong views on immigrant classes, noting dangers from steamship advertising and arguing about labor supply. Civil rights and southern race concerns surfaced as debates touched on Italians Irish Germans and the impact on American workers. The bill passed and the House adjourned.
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Washington
House
Philadelphia
Bers
Hepburn
Town
Byrd
Mississippi
United States
Iowa
Europe
Bartholdt
Burnett
Alabama
Mr. Byrd
South
Mr. Cochran
Favrot
Louisiana
Many Corpses in Single Grave at Boyertown Burial
Coroner Strausger ordered immediate burial of twenty unidentified bodies at Fairview cemetery after a mass grave was prepared. Six youths and their sisters were among those buried together, highlighting a tragic scene from the Boyertown tragedy.
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Boyertown Theatre
Strausger
Boyertown
Fairview Celery
Receiver report shows Neal Bank losses exceed assets
In Atlanta Superior Court Friday creditors pressed a receivers report showing Neal Bank liabilities at 2 709 887 448 with assets at 2 449 361 17 excluding bad debts leaving a deficiency of 260 518 31. The document, prepared in haste, details interrelations with the state of Georgia and various creditors as hearings proceed.
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Broken Neal Institution
Atlanta
Neal Bank
Tragedy at Scranton Knitting Mills Sparks Fatal Stampede
A factory fire at the Imperial Knitting company mill in Scranton Pennsylvania on Friday causes a deadly stampede. Eighty five girls were working on the third floor when flames trap them on the ground floor and up the elevator shaft. Many jump from burned escape routes amid panic and smoke. Three girls die ten are seriously injured and twenty or more suffer minor injuries.
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Imperial Knitting Company
Scranton
Son Kills Father in Davidson Farm Dispute
Ezekiel Gregory, 60 plus, was killed with an ax by his son Dave after an early morning quarrel about rising. The son crossed a line drawn with the ax in the earth and felled his father instantly. Gregory is held in Charlotte jail.
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Davidson
N. G
Ezekiel Gregory
Dave
Gregory
Charlotte
Southern Railway Slices Clerical Wages Across System
The Southern railway trims 10 percent from all clerical salaries above 50 dollars monthly effective February 1, spanning the entire system from offices to department heads. Operating department staff such as engineers and firemen are not yet cut. The move follows prior lay offs of mechanics and reduction of passenger trains as retrenchment continues.
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Southern Railway
Southern
Public Morals Jeopardized Trial Delays Over Evelyn Thaw Testimony
Judge asked to clear the court as Evelyn Thaw testified about her Paris life tale from 1903. District Attorney Jerome urged exclusion of all nonessential observers to protect public morals, supported by defense counsel. Proceedings paused with a ruling due Monday.
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Evelyn Thaw
Thaw
New York
William Thaw
Thay
Paris
Jerome
Martin W. Littleton
Warrants Issued in South Carolina Dispensary Probe
Warrants were issued Friday for about fifteen persons in a probe into a conspiracy to defraud the South Carolina Dispensary. M A Goodman, Baltimore liquor house representative, posted 25000 bond. Major Black, ex-board member, was arrested and released on 10000 bond. Former Director John Bell Lowell and L W Boykin also sought. Names withheld to avoid jeopardizing arrests. Investigations conducted with Attorney General Lyon.
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South Carolina
Columbia
M. A. Goodman
Baltimore
Major Black
Board of Control
John Bell Lowell
L. W. Boykin
Whiskey House
Lyon
Georgia Executive Committee to Meet in Atlanta
The executive committee of Georgia, issued by Judge A. L. Miller of Macon, will meet in Atlanta on February 6. It aims to fix a date for the state primary to elect delegates to the national democratic convention in Denver on July 7.
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Atlanta
Georgia
A. L. Miller
Macon
Denver
Col
Locker clubs face federal probe as Georgia prohibition clashes loom
Savannah watchers report looming trouble for Georgia locker clubs as US District Judge Emory Speer schedules a February 20 term in Savannah. He will seek federal liquor licenses for each club member and may summon rural jurors to enforce the law, signaling potential end of the clubs.
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Savannah
Locker Clube
Georgia
United States Court For
Southern District of Geor
Emory Speer
Speer
United States Grand Jury
Bulloch
Emanuel
Screven
Police Inspector Whitaker Suspended in Louisiana Shooting Case
Police Inspector Whitaker and five detectives faced malfeasance and attempted murder charges in New Orleans after a shooting at editor L. M. Leveque. Whitaker, suspended, defended his actions claiming justification against alleged editorial abuse. All pleaded not guilty. bail set at 2000 for Whitaker and 1000 for each detective.
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New Orleans
Whitaker
L. M. Leveque
Leveque
First City Criminal Court
Louisiana
Creditors Seek Co-Receiver in Neal Bank Case
In Atlanta superior court six depositors of the suspended Neal bank sue to appoint a co-receiver with Central Bank and Trust Co. They accuse the Central Bank of seeking preference as a member of the Atlanta Clearing House Association. The petition notes $170,000 collateral notes held by the Trust Company of Georgia as security for the clearing house balance and asks that these notes be turned over to the receiver for equal distribution among creditors.
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State of
Georgia
Ellis
R. M. Blackburn
Neal ‘Bank
Hart
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
T. R. Floyd
DeKalb County
Citizens’ National Bank of Baltimore
Neal Bank
Atlanta Clearing House Association
Trust Company of Georgia
Alabama
Atlanta
Central Bank and Trust Company
Atlanta Clearing House
Clearing House
Georgia Governor Urges Southern Delegates on White Bill
Governor Hoke Smith acting on resolutions from the Atlanta mass meeting of the Appalachian National Forest Association sends letters to chief executives of southern states urging appointment of delegates to meet in Washington on the 29th to aid passage of the White bill before Congress on the 20th.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Appalachian National Forest Association
Hoke Smith
Associaton
Washington
Congress
Banks Report Record Cash Surge and Broad Economic Cheer
The New York banks show a weekly cash gain of 26 million with interior deposits flowing to New York. Reports indicate healthier industrial activity across the south and middle west as railroads mills and mines resume operations and payrolls rise.
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New York
South
Middle West
America
Wall Street
New York City
New York Central and
Hudson River
Obedience Awarded Civil War Statement by Federal Judge
Judge Jones of the United States court in Montgomery Alabama declared during railroad litigation that state judges who obeyed the federal injunction prevented a civil war. He spoke as Judge Weakley argued against federal jurisdiction claiming the matter fell to state judges.
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Jones
Alabama
United States Court
Montgomery
Ala
Weakley
Weakly
Depositors Ask Share in Bank Case Distribution
Several depositors in the Neal Bank filed in Atlanta Superior Court to participate in the bank’s estate distribution and to demur to the State of Georgia’s lien claim on $204,870.98 in state funds. The court allowed the demurrer to the state’s claim.
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State of Georgia
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Neal Bank
Atlanta
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