Simmons Holds Up Senate Action On North Carolina District
The Senate postponed action on a bill to create a third North Carolina judicial district amid a boundary dispute. The measure would form the Middle District with counties Alamance to Yadkin and hold sessions in Durham Salisbury Winston-Salem Greensboro and Wilkesboro.
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Simmons
Washington
Senate
North Carolina
Judiciary Committee
Overman
E. Boyd
Boyd
King
Utah
House
Alamance
Alleghany
Ashe
Cabarrus
Caswell
Chatham
Davidson
Davie
Durham
Forsyth
Granville
Guilford
Lee
Montgomery
Moore
Orange
Person
Randolph
Richmond
Bockingham
Rowan
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Vance
Wilkes
Yadkin
Salisbury
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Wilkesboro
Premier Briand Wins Confidence Vote in French Chamber
Paris February 16 Premier Briand secured a confidence vote 258 to 149 after a day long debate over the government financial bill The vote blocks fresh taxation and the bill heads to the Senate where provisions removed by deputies may be restored or expanded to meet government needs
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Paris
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
France
Senate
Actor better citizen than mayor says former Indianapolis leader
Lew Shank, recently retired as Indianapolis mayor, argues the right actor is a more useful citizen. He has performed in vaudeville here and considers returning to the theater, claiming politics and the stage both center on acting and pleasing the audience.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lew Shank
Shank
Tri-State Medical Meet Opens in Fayetteville
Members of the Tri-State Medical association from Virginia and the two Carolinas convened in Fayetteville for the 28th annual convention. Dr. T. M. West of the Cumberland County Medical Society called the meeting to order at 9:30 AM. Dr. Charles O. De Laney of Winston-Salem presented a thesis on Auto Nephrectomy.
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Fayett
Ville
Tri-State Medical Association
Virginia
Carolinas
T. M. West
Cumberland County Medical Society
Charles O. DeLaney
Winston-Salem
Tar Heel Moonshine Opens Export Trade to Bahamas
Moonshiners in Eastern North Carolina are building a large export business to the Bermudas and Bahamas, says Hamilton Jones United States commissioner. Corn whisky from hidden stills is shipped to the islands and doctored to resemble Scotch and Irish whiskey before being returned to the United States.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Bermudas
Bahamas
Hamilton Jones
United States
Carolina
Mr. Jones
Senate probes AT&T wired wireless telegraphy plan
Washington Feb 16 The Senate orders an investigation into AT&T use of a wired wireless multi plex telegraphy system without compensating inventor Major General George O Squier The inquiry follows a 1910 congressional appropriation and a circuit court ruling that Squier did not deserve royalties The secretary of commerce must report to the Senate on the issue The system aimed to boost wire carrying capacity.
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Washington
Senate Today
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Walsh
Montana
Secretary of Commerce
Thea Senate
George O. Squier
Army
Circuit Court of Appeals
Squier
Telephone and Telegraph
Anderson Asks Hearing If Britten Probes Anti-Saloon
William H. Anderson former head of the Anti Saloon League in New York writes Representative Britten urging a hearing if his resolution for an investigation passes. He says he would present records to prove his Sing Sing conviction was unjust and political. He hopes the resolution is adopted.
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Washington
William H. Anderson
Anti-Saloon League
New York
Britten
Illinois
Anderson
Sing Sing
Judge Hand Rules Gift Tax Unconstitutional for Nondeath Gifts
Federal Judge Hand ruled the gift tax unconstitutional for gifts not made in contemplation of death in a case brought by Farmers Loan and Trust for $47,284 paid under protest as tax on a trust fund for George McNair's wife and two children. The government argued the payment was an excise tax.
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New York
Hand
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
George McNair
McNair
Attorney General
Washington
Congress
Six Youths Rob Water Tower Bank in St. Louis Heist
Six young men held up the Water Tower Bank in St. Louis today and fled in an automobile with about 8000 to 10000 dollars. The teller fired at the robbers as they escaped but none of the shots connected.
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Bank ST. Louis
Countess Presses Rights Fight Amid Immigration Row
The Countess of Cathcart awaits a Washington decision on her exclusion as the Earl of Craven flees to Montreal to avoid a warrant. The pair trade barbs with the Countess condemning the Earl as a coward and the Earl claiming the Countess staged the visit for publicity.
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Henry H. Curran
Ellis Island
New York
Cathcart
America
Earl of Craven
Countess of Cathcart
Washington
Craven
Montreal
Countess of
Earl
Congress
Department of Labor
Senate
Copeland
Labor Department
White
Davis
Canada
Bradley Martin
Bermuda
Ralph Neaje
Countess Cathcart
London
Coolidge
National Woman’s Party
Lucy Stone League
Woman's International League For Peace and Freedom
Two Confederate Veterans Die in Fayetteville
Fayetteville report says two Confederate veterans A McBure aged 76 and J M Matthews aged 73 died this morning after long illnesses. McBure served with the 17th North Carolina regiment and Matthews with the 26th North Carolina. Both men enlisted in the Civil War before age 18 as North Carolina youths.
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Fayetteville
A. McBuire
J. M. Matthews
North Carolina
McBure
Tth
Matthews
Naval committee favors Moffett plan for air service funds
The House naval committee leans to a five year program costing 100 million dollars to expand naval air power. It would fund two large dirigibles, 1000 new planes, and an all metal dirigible contract, with final decision expected tomorrow.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Naval Air Service
Moffett
Naval Air Chief
Butler
Shenandoah
Navy
Aircraft Development Corporation
Ford
Air Board
Naval Establishment
War Department money bill passes House with 339 million
The war department appropriation bill totaling 339,500,000 was approved by the House. It designates 15,256,000 for the Army Air Service and authorizes 3,000,060 in contracts. Army strength remains 118,583 enlisted and 11,349 officers. It includes 50,000 for rivers and harbors. An amendment to fund officers’ travel was rejected 55 to 145. Muscle Shoals funding is omitted.
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Washington
War Department
House
Senate
Army Air Service
Organized Reserve
Resco
Republican
Tennessee
Ala
Names of Aluminum Company of America officials cited in FTC inquiry
Pittsburgh February 16 AP Officers of affiliated firms who are also officers or directors of the Aluminum Company of America were listed in the FTC record. George R. Gibbons testified that 20 companies are controlled or partly owned, with 4 officers and 30 directors affiliated with the parent, while others are not. A two hour adjournment was ordered to allow production of about 800 documents.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Federal Trade Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
George R. Gibbons
Aluminum
R. P. Whiteley
Commission
Gibbons
W. W. Shephard
Whiteley
W. W. Smith
Examiner Shephard
Mrs Barney Welch Dies of Pneumonia
Mrs Aseneth Welch 51 wife of Barney M Welch died at her home six miles south of the city from pneumonia. Survived by husband son Elmo B Welch daughter Mrs Tulla May Wellborn father J H Montgomery of High Point two half brothers Chester and S P Montgomery of High Point and three half sisters Mrs Laura Welch Mrs Homer Richie and Mrs John Rice. Funeral at Leabonon M P church Mechanicsville tomorrow at 2 pm with burial in church cemetery.
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Aseneth Welch
Barney M. Welch
Welch
Elmo B., Welch
Tulla May Wellborn
J. H. Montgomery
High Point
Chester
S. P. Montgomery
Laura Welch
Homer Richie
John Rice
Maryland
Leabonon M. P. Church
Mechanicsville
Midget bandit Ferneckes and two others granted review
The Illinois Supreme Court granted writs of superseders to Henry Ferneckes known as the midget bandit and his two associates, John Flannery and Daniel McGeoghgan, delaying their murder sentence and allowing a review of the evidence.
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Springfield
Iils
Henry Ferneckes
Chicago
State Supreme Court
Ferneckes
John Flannery
Daniel McGeoghean
Youthful Bride-Elect Slain On Eve of Her Marriage in Oklahoma
In WeWoka Oklahoma on February 16 AP reports 17 year old Rita May Gosa was shot in the heart and found in a barn 300 yards from her home two hours before her planned wedding to 22 year old Erman Higdon. Higdon and his parents were jailed as investigators probe the case. Higdon says he searched after finding her missing and that he attended her funeral with apparent detachment.
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Oklahoma
Wewoka
Okla
Erman Higdon
Rita May Gosa
Rita May
Higdon
Gosa
Wee Higdon
Erman
Successful Fire Battle at Equitable Building Forty Stories High
Firemen fought a spectacular blaze in the Equitable building causing about 860000 damage, mostly on the 84th and 85th floors. Four engineers and firemen were trapped in a three story penthouse high above the street and rescued after a dramatic effort. An elevator stalled with five men inside and was forced open by axe work as crews evacuated over 100 women with mops and pails.
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New York
Broadway
Equitable
Daniel Guggenheim
American Smelting and Refining Company
Financial District
Lenten Season 10 Begins Tomorrow at St Marys Church
Ash Wednesday services at St Marys Episcopal will start Lent with a 10 am morning service and 8 pm evening service. Thursday Holy Communion is at 10 am and Friday noon prayers for business men at 12:10 pm. Rev I Harding Hughes of Trinity Church Greensborov is the guest speaker. Public invited. A daily fellowship of prayer will be published in the paper during Lent.
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St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
I. Harding Hughes
Trinity
Fellowship of Prayer
Doctors Ten Hear Three Governors at Tri State Medical Meet
In Fayetteville on February 16 three governors McLean of North Carolina McLean of South Carolina and Byrd of Virginia spoke to doctors from Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina at the Tri State Medical Society session Brig Gen A J Bowley also addressed attendees as the two day convention opened with scientific papers read by noted physicians from Fayetteville Winston Salem Rocky Mount and Richmond and will close tomorrow night
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Fayetteville
A. P
Tri-State Medical Society
McLean
North Carolina
South Carolina
Byrd
Virginia
A. J. Bowley
Fort Pragg
W. L. Peple
Richmond
Leavy Highsmith
R. L. Pittman
Charles O. Delaney
Winston-Salem
E S. Boice
Rocky Mount
R. C. Bryan
H. W. McKay
Charlotte
A. J. Crowell
T. L. Price
Examining Finds In the Sands of Florida
Dr. J. W. Gidley, assistant curator of Fossil Mammals at the National Museum, is sent to Florida by Smithsonian to study late Pleistocene sites at Vero and Melbourne. He aims to date the first appearance of man in the peninsula and to uncover clues on migration from the West Indies.
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Washington
J. W. Gidley
National Museum
Florida
Smithsonian Institutions
Gidley
Vero
Melbourne
West Indies
Beale Returns to Binghamton on Grave Robbery Charge
Fred C. Beale arrived in Binghamton in custody of Captain Daniel Fox and two state troopers after being arrested in Miami. He is charged with grave robbery grand larceny and with burning a stolen corpse to fake his death in a car wreck. Authorities accuse him of misappropriating company funds as well.
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Binghamton
Fred C. Beale
Daniel Fox
Miami
Fla
Beale
Miners Meet To Act On Strike Agreement
In Scranton Pennsylvania a convention of several hundred miners debated ratifying the Philadelphia peace pact ending the five and a half month anthracite strike. The agreement would return 158000 mine workers to the job as delegates move toward formal signing of the contract by six miners and six operators.
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Scranton
Philadelphia
Joint Conference of
Atlantic City
New York
Fall Demurs in Bribery Indictments Over Navajo Reserve Leasing
Counsel for Albert B. Fall Edward L. Doheny and Edward L. Heny Jr today filed demurrers to indictments accusing them of bribery connected to the leasing of Navajo reserve lands in Kern County California.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Edward L
Heny, Jr
Kerns County
Califormal
Night clubs mapped by New York police crackdown
Revelations on New York night clubs amid Police Commissioner McLaughlin’s drive to shut down objectionable venues. Forties era cabarets lure patrons with two price lists one for ladies, one for escorts, and menus showing little or no prices. Dining, dancing, and “getting oiled” routines unfold in upper floors while clubs claim to entertain with few “raw” elements and nude dances taboo.
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New York
McLaughlin
Reses
Funeral Services for Tillman E. McGhee at St Edwards Church
Tillman E. McGhee died yesterday morning at 709 East Green Street. Funeral held today at 10 with Father Ignatius Remke of Winston Salem presiding. Burial at Oakwood Cemetery. McGhee born Jamestown May 18 1863, lifelong High Point resident except 17 years in Salisbury. A carpenter by trade, stricken a week ago. Large attendance. pallbearers listed.
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Tillman E. McGhee
East Green Street
St. Edwards Catholic Church
Ignatius Remke
Winston-Salem
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Ghee
Jamestown
High Point
Salisbury
H. Clay Briggs
Winfrey
Harry Harper
J. F.pleton
James Ryan
C. W. Drehl
D. McCunene
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Barney Welch
Leabon
M. P. Church
Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraden
Millicent Rogers Salm
Fall
J. E. Mghee
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