Arbitration Slow in Rail Wage Dispute Unfolds
Washington February 10 The Chamber of Commerce of the United States adopted resolutions urging wage disputes between railroads and workers be settled by arbitration. A committee will study methods to preserve public service while avoiding traffic disruption. Secretaries Daniels and Garrison spoke on defense at the convention as President Wilson prepared to address a dinner. An associated telephony meeting in High Point Lexington and Thomasville adjourned after a lengthy session with Bell and North State officials and local leaders.
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Chamber of Commerce of the United
United States
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Wilson
High Point
Thomasville
Lexington
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Manufacturers’ Club
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J. Elwood Cox
Fred N.tate
RK. B. Terry
Mayor Griffin
J. W. Lambeth
C. G. Hill
A. H. Ragan
T. J. Finch
Jeoreé Montcastle
Gr. Foster Hawkins
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M. B. Spier
Bell System
North
South Carolina
Hallstrom
Myr. Spier
Montcastle
Lexington Independent Company
Fred N. Tate
Foster Hawkins
W. Lambeth
North State
W. H. Ragan
Bell People
Spier
Hayden
W. L. Stamey
Welborn
President Wil son to skip long southern speaking tour
President Wilson told senators and representatives he will not undertake an extended southern trip to urge preparedness. He plans to accept only invitations that keep him near Washington and avoid a trip like his recent middle west swing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Middle West
Rowan Negro to Die in Electric Chair Friday
Raleigh Feb 10 Jim Cooper a Negro will be electrocuted here tomorrow for the murder of Lucinda Price a Negro woman in Rowan county on March 98 10 Governor Craig will not interfere in the cage The electrocution will be the first during S J Busbee's tenure as warden at the state penitentiary succeeding T P Sale
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Associated Press
Raleigh
Jim Cooper
Lucinda Price
Rowan County
Craig
S. J. Busbee
State Penitentiary
T. P. Sale
Resume investigation of explosion on submarine
Investigation into the explosion that wrecked the submarine F-2 in the New York Navy Yard, killing two and injuring four, resumed today after Miles the electrician who was among the injured improved enough to testify. The hearing had been postponed to secure his testimony.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York Navy Yard
Miles
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Continues Brandeis Inquiry
The senate judiciary subcommittee pressed its investigation into Louis D. Brandeis's Supreme Court nomination. Representatives from United States Shoe Machinery, once counsel to Brandeis, testified as part of the inquiry.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Sub-Committee
Louis D. Brandies
Supreme Court
United States Shoe Machinery Company
Mr. Brandeis
Belvidere Brooks Dies After Brief Illness
Belvidere Brooks vice president of the Western Union Telegraph company died suddenly at his home in New York on February 10 from heart trouble after months of ill health.
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New York
Signs of Military Activity Increasing in Balkans
Bulgarian government newspapers in Sofia claim impending operations in the Balkans and assert Bulgarians may invade Greece to attack French and British forces. They demand removal of threatened border zones and describe refusal to tolerate incursions. Reports from the Balkans on Teutonic move plans from southern Serbia and Bulgaria are inconsistent.
Whisky cases to be tried Saturday no matter if lawyers absent
Judge Carter Dalton announced that the Wade and Welborn whisky cases will proceed Saturday morning with or without counsel after Wade’s attorney was dismissed and unable to appear. Both defendants, white men, face new prosecutors under prohibition law with hopes for a stronger case.
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Welborn
Carter Dalton
Dalton
In Attendance Last Night Sparks May Bring Change
The remarks at the gathering left many in attendance surprised and some predict the discussion could mature into a definite outcome. Others suggest future judgments may hinge on later statements.
High Point Man Proposes to Handle County Road Bonds
J Elwood Cox submitted a proposition to Chairman Boren offering to manage the entire1251 road bonds at a lower interest rate than before. The bonds were authorized Tuesday for extending permanent improvements on the High Point Greensboro highway. Boren has full power to dispose of the bonds and is expected to act within days.
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J. Elwood Cox
Boren
Board of County Commissioners
High Point-Greensboro
Clhiairan Boren
Death of Mrs Elizabeth Tender Coffield 74
Mrs Elizabeth Tender Coffield mother of H J Coffield died at her Everette home this morning after a paralysis stroke. She was 74 and survived by husband J B two sons and two daughters. Funeral Friday at Tarboro with interment there. Sons H S Coffield of High Point Albert of Beachley Tex daughters Mrs Thomas Crudup of Kittrell and Mires J He Purvis of Robersonville.
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H. J. Coffield
Everette
High Point
Albert
Beachley
Tex
Thomas Crudup
Kittrell
Mires
J. He. Purvis
Robersonville
The Weather Fair Tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with light variable winds.
Secretary Lansing Seeks Vienna Explain Petrolite Attack
Secretary Lansing announced he sent Austro Hungarian authorities a request for investigation and explanation of the Austrian submarine attack on the tanker Petrolite. He denied circulating demands and said possible future actions depend on the inquiry. He cited crew affidavits as part of the evidence.
Court Clarifies Boarding House Conviction Standards
North Carolina Supreme Court in McRae limits criminal charges of beating board bills to those in which a true boarding house exists and board is taken to defraud. A private house or selective patronage does not qualify, as judges stress a quasi public setting and habitual boarders for a conviction.
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City Recorder’s Court
North Carolina
McRae
Justice Allen
North Carolina Supreme Court
Anstice Heke
Plwyers
Dalton
Supreme Court
Conference of Christian Work in Latin America Opens
The Conference of Christian Work in Latin America opened with Dr Belisario Porras president of the republic delivering the welcome to about 300 delegates and visitors from Protestant churches in the United States and Great Britain. The meeting stems from the 1913 New York foreign mission conference and aims to organize an interdenominational evangelization campaign in Latin America over ten days.
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Belisario Porras
Republic
United States
Great Britain
New York
Latin America
Farber Chosen Commissioner for Guilford County
Gibsonville merchant L. T. Farber named by Clerk Gant as a member of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners to replace the late T. A. wb Son. Farber, a Democratic leader from Rock Ridge township, is a rising businessman with no prior public office experience.
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Guilford County
Gibsonville
L.T. Barber
Gant
T. A. Wb Son
Vic. Berber
Rock Ridge Township
Barker
Han
Tyro
W. O. Donnell
Oak Ridge
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C. W. Taylor
Stokesdale
T. B. Neccett
Summerfield
JE. P. Wharton
Greensboro
N. R. Weed
Vhsoryible
Marshall Willing to Run Again for Vice President
Portland declares Vice-President Allarshell willing to seek a second term in a public letter released by Postmaster Frank S. Myers. Mark This tlewaite, secretary to the vice president, acknowledged Myers’ earlier inquiry about using the name on the Oregon primary ballot.
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Frank S. Myers
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