Kaber Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in First Degree Murder
In Cleveland Ohio on July 16 Mrs Eva Catherine Kaber was found guilty of murder in the first degree for plotting to kill her husband Daniel F Kaber with a jury recommending mercy. She was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Marysville Ohio women's reformatory. The verdict ended a four hour deliberation with the insanity plea discarded.
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Cleveland, O
Eva Catherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Kaber
Women’s Reformatory
Marysville
Ohio
William J. Corrigan
Kaler
Stanton
Paulsen
Marion AcArdle
Printing Crafts Meet At Beach City
More than two hundred publishers and printers from across the state and beyond are expected for the North Carolina Association of Master Printers convention in Wrightsville Beach, Monday and Tuesday next week. Speakers include John D. Gold of the Wilson Times on Departmental Cooperation and George B. Justice of Raleigh on Estimating.
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Wrightsville
North Carolina Association of Master Printers
Richmond
Chicago
New York
John D. Gold
Wilson Times
George B. Justice
Raleigh
Ingenious schemes to dodge the luxury tax in Rome
ROMER July 16 reports creative evasion of the luxury tax. A tailor offers to skip a bill by taking 200 upfront for a suit and adding 30 tax only if a bill is issued. In Rome a foreign buyer is offered a fake 3.80 bill for lace and a 20 present to the shopgirl to avoid tax.
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Romer
Two Army Reservists Freed on Charge Disclosures
Washington July 16 All federal proceedings against Captain Robert Rosenbluth of New York and Sergeant Roland D. Pothier of Providence R I in the shooting of Major Alexander Cronkhite at Camp Lewis Washington in October 1918 are to be dismissed Attorney General Daugherty announced after a personal case review
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Washington
Robert Rosenbluth
New York
Roland DD. Pothier
Providence
R. I
Alexander Cronkhite
Camp Lewis
Daugherty
Legion to Keep Up Fight for Bonus
Chicago July 16 The American Legion will renew its fight for the soldier bonus bill Major John G Fmory Grand Rapids national commander says the bonus bill was side tracked in the senate and the campaign will continue with vigor
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Chicago
American Legion
John G. Fmory
Grand Rapids
Legion
Senate
Reserve Banks Urged To Adopt Uniform Cotton Loans
Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board announced a conference in Washington with the five reserve banks in the cotton belt to adopt a uniform policy of cotton loans for upcoming seasons.
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Cotton
Washington
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Asheville Targets Next Labor Meet with Gompers Speech
Asheville hopes to host the State Federation of Labor meeting in 1922 after High Point hosts August 8–10. C. G. Worley and J. W. Parker will issue invitations, with Samuel Gompers set to address the convention on August 9. The event is billed as highly attended and enthu siastic.
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Law of Sky
State Federation of Labor
High Point
Asheville
C. G. Worley
J. W. Parker
Charlotte
State Carpenters’ Council
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
North Carolina
Furniture
Seek Organization To Break Up Boxing In New Jersey
In Camden New Jersey July 16 six clergymen open campaign headquarters to repeal the boxing laws Rev Wilbur F Crafts leader of the International Reform Bureau who blocked the Dempsey Carpentier bout says legislators will be asked to pledge repeal of the boxing law and follow strategies used to end track betting.
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Camden
N. J
New Jersey
Wilbur F. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Methodists Establish Immigrant Help Quarters in Naples
A bureau for assisting immigrants to America has been set up in Naples by the Methodist Episcopal church board of foreign missions. It mirrors Atlantic seaboard Americanization centers with night English classes and guidance on American government. The staff handles correspondence, coordinates with the local consul, and aids with removal and compliance with new U S immigration laws.
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Naples
Italy
Chicago
America
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Committee On Conservation
John Casper Erects Big Still in Mexico
Winston-Salem citizen John Casper is building a $250000 whiskey distillery at Villa De Cuna, a 1500 inhabitant town across the Rio Grande from Del Rio Texas. Reports say beer and whiskey are produced in Mexico with the former fetching 35 cents a bottle and a small whiskey drink 50 cents.
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High Point
John Casper
Winston-Salem
Villa de Cuna
Mexico
Rio Grande River
del Rio
Texas
Bridge Collapse Halts Southern Rail Traffic in South Carolina
Spartanburg South Carolina July 16 all traffic between Spartanburg and Asheville on the Southern railway was stopped when a bridge over Mattlews creek near Campbell collapsed under a coal train eight cars. The engine and ten der passed safely and no one was hurt.
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Spartanburg
Asheville
Southern Railway
Mattlews Creek
Campbell
Anti Beer Bill Set for Senate Fight Next Week
Washington July 16 An anticipated Senate clash looms over the Willis Campbell anti beer bill after a late move to take up the measure was recommitted. The adjournment left the chamber with the bonus bill yet to be debated and a packed program including Norris agriculture report and relief measures under consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Selican House Committee
Austrian President Praises Hoover Child Feeding Program
The Austrian president Hainisch praises the Hoover relief child feeding under the American Relief Administration. He credits American aid with reducing under nourishment and stabilizing Austria politically and socially. He notes the European children's fund will end its second year and plans to continue school kitchens after cessation on Sept. 1, 1921.
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New York
American Relief Administration
Hainisch
Hoover Organization
European Children’s Fund For
Austria
America
Fayetteville Youth Proves Himself Hero
Fayetteville July 16 A carrier boy for the Fay etteville Observer Lawrence Groom saved a drowning man in the Cape Fear river and then rescued a second man before pulling the body from the water. The rescue followed cries for help from two negroes, one beyond saving, with Groom swimming to their aid and reviving the survivor.
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Fayetteville
Lawrence Groom
Cape Fear River
Lawrence
Green
Rotary effort aims to keep Statesville graduates in school
Statesville July 16 The Rotary club of Statesville will assist 31 boys and 28 girls who completed the grammar grade to enter the high school this fall and continue toward graduation after finding many youths drop out after grammar. The club acted after reviewing local statistics.
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Statesville
Rotary Club of
Rotary Club
Governor names two on vocational training board
Raleigh July 16 Governor Morrison appointed Leonard Tufts of Pinehurst and W F Carr of Durham to the state board for vocational training.
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Raleigh
Morrison
Leonard Tufts
Pinehurst
W. F. Carr
Durham
State Board For Vocational Training
Attorney for Sory Dead in Washington
Col. William A Henderson aged 85 died in Washington today after a long career with the Southern Railway. He was associated in a legal capacity with the railroad for 62 years and died of infirmities due to old age.
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Washington
William A .Henderson
Southern Railway
False tax claims net big sum 10 US
Approximately $20,000,000 was added to government revenues in the year ending June 30 from recovering false income tax returns. Indictments were issued and jail terms from sixty days to one year plus fines. fraud took many forms including omitting large income items. A merchant with two stores omitted one store’s income for three years.
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Washington
Blair
Revenue Department
Arrest of Women Sparks Riot in Great Falls
In Great Falls Montana eight women were arrested for throwing red pepper in the faces of men who filled striking garbage jobs. A thousand strike supporters stormed the police station at the hearing and two women escaped police custody to embrace supporters below. Police guarded rooftops to prevent further attacks on the strikebreakers. Samuel Stephenson president of the First National Bank was surrounded and rough handled before rescue. Businessmen including Stephenson move strikebreakers by car to avoid clashes.
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Great Falls
Mont
Samuel Stephenson
First National Bank
Stephenson
City officials plan cleanup to curb immorality liquor sales and speeding
Fayetteville officials met July 16 with Chief of Police McLean Sheriff McGeachy General A J Browley and city leaders to discuss measures to rid the city of immoral women halt liquor sales and end speeding on the camp road.
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Fayetteville
R. Mackeithan
McLean
McGeachy
A. J. Browley
Camp Bragg
Fayyetteville
Norfleet Sentenced for Liquor Possession for Sale
Jacob Norfleet, white, received six months in jail to work on county roads after being convicted in municipal court before Judge Walter Roval on a charge of having liquor for sale. Gus McCoy faced trial for retailing with judgment continued to July 25. Neil Campbell had judgment suspended upon paying half the costs after being found guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a rear light burning.
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Jacob Norfleet
Walter Roval
Gus McCoy
Neil Campbell
Hig
Impeach Edwards and Jersey Officials Over Fight
The Rev John Roach Stratton of Calvary Church urged impeachment of Governor Edwards and New Jersey officials for allowing the Dempsey Carpentier bout in Jersey City. He said Edwards sanctioned and actively advocated the event.
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Edwards
Laws
New York
New Jersey
Jersey City
John Roach Stratton
Calvary Church
Market Favorable On Statistics Cotton Opens Steady
New York July 16 Cotton futures opened steady with prices up 4 to 6 points as early trading reflected weekend reviews and better distribution statistics. Wall Street houses showed moderate buying while southern selling prompted some price easing after the opening call. Futures: July 12.37 October 12.95 December 13.38 January 13.39 March 13.63.
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New York
Wall Street
Black man confesses in fatal assault on postmaster in Dunwoodie
Raleigh Haskins confessed to Sheriff Boissau and Assistant Prosecutor Goode that he and Judge Griffith fatally harmed Steven G. White, Dunwoodie county postmaster, last Thursday. Griffith denied involvement but admits being present during the attack with a brick and throat cut.
Weather Outlook Predicts Warm Week for South Atlantic
Washington dispatch reports weather forecasts for the coming week starting Monday. South Atlantic States should be generally fair with scattered afternoon thunderstorms and normal temperatures across the region.
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Washington
South Atlantic
No Typhoid Fever Epidemic in High Point City
City physician Dr J W McAnally says High Point has had no typhoid cases this year while county health officer Dr W M Jones reports seven rural cases in Guilford and two in Greensboro. Health officials urge inoculation and note the county serum program may expand to High Point during upcoming visits.
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High Point
J. W. McAnally
W. M. Jones
Guilford
Greensboro
Greene Township
Oak Ridge
Morehead
Gilmer
Center Grove
Quilford County
Furniture City
Jones
German Officers Given Four Years
Lieut. Dittmar and Lieut. Boldt were sentenced to four years in prison for murder in the first degree after firing on lifeboats of the Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle. The court did not impose hard labor as urged by prosecutors, marking a notable difference in trials of wartime violations.
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Great Britain
Llandovery
Castile
John Noals Charged With False Pretense in Leaksville
Deputy Sheriff J H Carroll of Rockingham County dispatched to High Point to return John Noals a white man arrested yesterday. Noals is charged with false pretense for claiming government agent status appointed by President Harding and will be tried in Leaksville Monday morning. He remains in the city jail awaiting transfer on train No 46.
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J. H. Carroll
Rockingham County
High Point
Leaksville
John Noals
White
Noals
Harding
Neals
Carroll
Nine Towns Deserted as Australian Miners Reject Wage Cuts
In the copper industry miners in Cobar and Broken Hill deserted towns once thriving with thousands. After a prolonged strike, bosses proposed about twenty percent wage cuts to reopen at a loss, but the miners voted down the plan, with radicals blamed for the anti-restart movement.
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Sydney
N. 8
Cobar
Broken Hills
Poland to Establish Agricultural Bank for Farmers
WARSAW July 16. Poland plans an agricultural bank to grant long term credits to farmers with a working capital of about 8,000,000,000 marks. The project aims to support farming finance and rural development across the country.
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Warsaw
Poland
North Carolina five percent bonds praised as superior to federal
Attorney General James S. Manning and State Treasurer B R Lacy tout North Carolina five percent bonds as yielding more than federal four and three quarter bonds. The nine bids totaling 17 800 on an eight million issue were accepted. The article notes official promotion limits and a public utility report deadline, plus remarks from various state figures and a reference to insurance rulings improving the life business.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
James S. Manning
Council of State
United States
Manning
B. R. Lacy
Morrison
Lacy
Commissioner of Revenue
Watts
Roev
RE. D. Cameron
Henrietta
Oklo
Cameron Morrison
Cameron
Washington
Oklahoma
Stacey W. Wade
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Beach City
Willis Campbell
Solons
Sory
Dublin
de Valera
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
Lloyd George
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Griffith
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McAnally
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