Mrs Kaber Seeks Plea of Murder in Second Degree
Testimony centers on alleged poisoning of Daniel F. Kaber by his wife Catherine Kaber. Nurse Crystal Benner and maid Emma Wager testified Kaber fell ill after eating food and candy served by Mrs Kaber, while hospital meals caused no vomiting. Prosecutor said Mrs Kaber’s attorney offered a guilty plea to second degree murder, which was declined.
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Cleveland
Catherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Crystal Benner
Miss Benner
Kaber
Emma Wager
Wagner
Stanton
Associated Press
Poulson
Southern Forestry congress invites North Carolina members to Atlanta
High Point NC forestry association members are invited by J. Holmes secretary to attend the Southern Forestry congress in Atlanta on July 1 2022. Asheville Mayor Goulatin Roberts will speak. letter notes postponement of NC Forestry annual meeting due to Raleigh legislature and says NC convention may be held in fall or winter.
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High Point
North Carolina Forestry Association
J. §. Holmes
Southern Forestry Congress
Atlanta
Goulatin Roberts
Asheville
Mr. Holmes
Congress
Piedmont Hotel
Raleigh
N. C., Geological and Economic Survey
Negro Nines Meet In City Saturday
The Athletic Giants of Winston-Salem will play the High Point Red Sox at Welch Field tomorrow at 4 PM. A large crowd is expected, with many white attendees anticipated.
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The
Athletic Giants
Winston-Salem
High Point Red Sox
Welch Field
Harding Wedding Anniversary Quiet 30 Years
Washington marks the 30th anniversary of the marriage of the president and Mrs Harding. No formal observance was planned for the milestone according to officials.
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MR. and
Mrs. Harding
Washington
This Bird Has a Mild Thirst Offic ers Find One Quart Still
Deputies Wagner Martin and Stout captured a one quart copper illicit liquor still behind Springfield church. The tiny government style apparatus was concealed in brush and intended for personal use. It will be exhibited in Matton Drag company store window this afternoon.
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North Carolina
Springfield Church
J. E. Wagner
W. D. Martin
H. D. Stout
Matton Drag Company
East Washington Street
Slight Increase in 1921 Lynchings
In the first six months of 1921, there were 36 lynchings, up four from 1920, per Tuskegee Institute records. Among the victims were two white men and 34 Black people, including two women. 11 were charged with rape. Mississippi led with ten cases, followed by Georgia with nine. Florida and Arkansas had one each, with Louisiana North Carolina Alabama Missouri South Carolina and Tennessee at two, two, one, one, one, one respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee
Ala
Department of Records and Research
Tuskegee Institute
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Arkansas
Louisiana
North Carolina
Alabama
Missouri
South Carolina
Tennessee
Cheaper planes possible with new Dayton Wright wing
Dayton Ohio July 8 Officials of the Dayton Wright Airplane company say a new wing by an employee could cut commercial aviation costs by enabling a 300 percent increase in carrying capacity and a 30 percent slower landing with the same load. The wing aims for high lift at low speed and a controlled glide reducing landing difficulty and field size.
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Dayton, O
Dayton-Wright Airplane Company
Washington
W. F. Clark
Col. Clark
Wright Brothers
J. M. Jacobs
Dayton-Wright Company
Col
Clark Continu
Britain asks United States Japan and China for eastern confab
London reports indicate Britain has sounded US China and Japan about a conference on the eastern situation. Lloyd George is expected to outline communications next Monday as officials decline to comment on specifics. The move aims to test reactions before any Anglo Japanese treaty details are disclosed.
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London
Associated Press
Great Britain
United States
Japan
China
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Mexico Not Riled Over Ship Incident
Mexico City reports reassure that the Tampico affair poses no danger to the United States or Mexico. Secretary Calles says the U S vessel in Tampico protects its nationals and reflects no hostility toward the Mexican government. A dispatch notes the cruiser Cleveland arrived there during the night.
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Mexico City
Tampico
United States
Mexico
Calles
Tampco
Cleveland
Paris Plans Move of Latin Quarter Student Housing
Paris considers transferring the students quarter to a new city on 20 acres of land, funded by a 0 000 000 franc donation, with the University of Paris to build lodgings recreation grounds and gym. The change aims to house foreign students and boost enrollment from 8000 this year after 11000 in 1920.
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Paree
Paris
Students’ Association
Living in Arctic Explorer Says Old White Country Dangers End
San Francisco July 7 Vilhjalmur Stefansson Canadian Arctic explorer returns with view that white glamour and risks of the Arctic have faded like Wild West legends He argues staged wooden dangers not needed and sees possibility of a future expedition to the North Pole or the pole of inaccessibility living on wildlife in remote regions.
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White Country Pass
San Francisco
Arctic
Wild West
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Stefansson
North Pole
Pole
Mrs. Connor Visits Greensboro Relative on Market Street
Mrs. Ted Connor from Spartanburg S C sister of Mrs. Tom Powell, traveled to Greens boro to visit Mrs. L L Simmons at her West Market street home. Connor has been in High Point as guest of Mrs. Powell on Lindsay.
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Ted Connor
Tom Powell
Greensboro
L. L. Simmons
West Market Street
Connor
Spartanburg
S. C
High Point
Powell
Lindsay Street
Steamers Plying to New York Carry Rich Cargoes of Gold
Five passenger steamers sailing to New York from Europe carry more than eight million dollars in Irish gold destined for New York banks. Banks report no fear of piracy as nearly eleven million dollars in gold have been unloaded this week and nearly four hundred million more will arrive by mid July. The Banking house figures estimate over three billion dollars of gold stored in the United States, the largest amount ever accumulated.
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New York
Europe
Banking House
United States
Bathrobe Rule Urges Modest Dress in Muskegon Shops
In Muskegon Michigan July 8 the police matron urged women to wear bathrobes while shopping after many appeared in public in bathing costumes. The order states bathrobes must be worn when women appear on the street in bathing attire and downtown stores to promote modest dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon
Irish factions work for peace in Dublin talks
The Irish republican leaders led by Eamon de Valera resumed peace talks in Dublin on July 8 with the same congress lineup as Monday. Arthur Griffith and southern unionists Earl Middleton Sir Maurice Bockrell Sir Robert Henry Woods and Andrew Jameson attended. Lord Mayor O Neill welcomed delegates as deliberations began at the Mansion House.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
Earl Middleton
Maurice Bockrell
Robert Henry Woods
Andrew Jameson
Mansion House
O'Neil
Cotton futures rise on strong Liverpool and Manchester signals
The New York cotton market showed increased activity and firmness this morning. July through March futures climbed with July at 12.00 and March at 13.61 as active months traded about 20 points above last night’s close amid improved spot demand in the south.
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New York
Liverpool
Manchester
Two Cases Heard In Police Court
The prosecuting witness withdrew the warrant and paid the costs in the case against Tom Morrison for operating a transfer without transfer license. Gurney Royals pleaded guilty to gambling and paid the costs in his first offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Morrison
Gurney Royals
Royals
Rockefeller Brights at 82 With Golf and Ride
John D Rockefeller, 82, celebrated his birthday in Tarrytown New York by golf in the morning and a long afternoon ride. His son and family were invited to dinner to mark the event. Despite heat, he plays golf nearly daily and his health appears excellent.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John Dbd. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Fire damages home on South Main street in High Point
A small fire at 11 pm damaged the home of G W Honeyvenutt 707 South Main street. Fire inspector J L Schrest blamed a penny in a socket on an electric cord, warning residents. Fireman A G Payne escaped serious injury after being dragged by a motor truck at Rankin and Washington. he suffered a bruised knee but planned to work today.
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G. W. Honeyvenutt
South Main Street
High Point
J. L. Schrest
Sehrest
Payne
Personal crisis reports show married people in New York high in 1920
New York July 8. The chief medical examiner Morris reports 1920 personal crisis cases totaled 707. Of victims 352 were married, 185 single, 100 widowed, two divorced, 68 undetermined. First six months of this year show 90 more suicides than 1920.
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New York
Morris
Mrs McMichael Visits Winston Salem Family
Mrs. C. O. McMichael of Winston Salem has stayed a week with her daughter Mrs. Robert Amos on Gatewood Avenue. She was in Sligh Point during Mr. Amos's absence in New York on business and returned home yesterday.
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C. O. McMichael
Winston Salem
Robert Amos
Gatewood Avenue
McMichael
Sligh Point
Amos
New York
Thousands Ready to Quit the Army at Camp Jackson
More than half of the 14,000 personnel at Camp Jackson have filed discharge applications. While not all will be granted, one regiment the 60th Infantry shows 80 percent seeking discharge and fourteen military organizations exist at the camp with the smallest at 30 percent in the 6th Infantry.
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Columbia
Camp Jackson
60Th Infantry
6Th Infantry
Coast Line Workers Accept Wage Cut
Wilmington July 8 The Atlantic Coast Line railroad orders effective July 1 implement wage reductions about 12 percent for all workers from president down affecting about 28 000 people Lyman Delano executive vice president says every employee has accepted the cut with good grace and the exact percent and savings in operating expense will be known in a month
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Wilmington
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Lyman Delane
Mr. Delano
Labor Officials Must Serve Jail Sentence
Alexander Howatt and August Dourchy presidents of the Kansas Miners' union received six months in jail and a $500 fine from Judge Boss in Sherokee county district court for violating the Kansas industrial law by calling a strike. Carter Dalton is in Winston-Salem today on professional business.
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Columbus
Kan
Alexander Howatt
August Dourchy
Kansas Miners’ Union
Boss
Sherokee County
Howatt
Dourchy
Carter Dalton
Winston-Salem
Sardinia backs loyalty after King Victor Emanuel visit
In Sardinia the monarch's recent visit stirred strong loyalty and dampened separatist hopes. Socialists also welcomed the king. The island, needing roads and railways to move grain and other crops, seeks government aid to reclaim unhealthy districts and combat malaria that hinders habitation several months yearly.
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Rome
Sardinia
Ireland
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Prices Hold Firm as Italian Tailors Barricade Wares
In Rome July 8 buyers and sellers clash over prices as Italian wool merchants slow sales. Australia sends large wool consignments, enabling finer cloth at $10 a year, but shopkeepers delay discounts, selling inferior stock first and asking $100 to $200 for a suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Australia
Special Session Looms as State Seeks School Fund Fix
North Carolina lawmakers weigh an early special session over a $650,000 deficit in the public school fund. Governor Morrison and the council of state may back a call to address the shortage and clarify actions tied to municipal finance errors from 1921. Approximately 95,000 automobiles had registered by noon with 100,000 expected by Saturday.
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Raleigh
Council of State
Er. C. Brooks
Morrison
Frank
Bickett
Secretary of State
State Traffic Association
C. H. Ireland
Greensboro
M. R. Beaman
H.W. Armstrong
New Bern
W. J. Williams
Wilson
C. G. Morris
Washington
J. D. Sargeant
Virginia
North Carolina
State Highway Commission
Cleveland County
Clyde Hoey
O. Max Gardner
Peyton McSwain
Sandy Mush
South Carolina
Johnston County
Wake
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England
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Ulster
Belfast
Queen Mary
MR. Rockefeller Hale
Penny
Coast Line
Max Abernethy
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