Court hears testimony in Carmack murder case in Tennessee
In Nashville the trial of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper Robin Cooper and John B Sharp for Senator Edward Carmacks murder continues with expanded witness lists. The widows plight and the 80 year old mother are in court as testimony reveals Carmacks disruption of politics and pre murder threats.
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Nashville
Tenn
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin Cooper
John B. Sharp
Edward Carmack
Herusband
The
Coopers
Sue Gray Dunnington
Ellen R. Dunnington
Ned Carmack, Jr
Lucius Burch
Colonel Cooper
Bradford
John Tindall
W. 8. Jones
Emily Blake
W. J. Smith
John Sharp
Senator Carmack
Maxwell House
Sharp
Carmack
Hell
Smith
Hugh Morton
L. A. Welsh
Welsh
Hart
Mary Skeffington
State
County to Get Three Delegates
W Stevenson, chairman of the Republican county committee, received word from State Chairman Andrews that Lawrence county will be entitled to three delegates in the state convention. Previously the county had four delegates. The reduction follows decreased vote totals under the new personal registration system, with ballots falling from 840000 in 1904 to 746000 in 1908.
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W. Stevenson
Republican County Committee
Wrd
Andrews
Lawrence County
Ice Blizzard Ravages Midwest Blocks Wires Orchards Down
Cleveland reports the worst ice storm in forty years with whole orchards felled by ice encrusted branches. Ohio Michigan Indiana and Illinois suffer massive losses as telegraph and railroad links fail and towns go dark. Four deaths noted while Ohio lawmakers study underground wiring to avert future outages. News notes west of the Mississippi show recovery progress and continued snow blockades elsewhere.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Lake Shore Railroad
Findlay
Toledo
Mississippi
Detroit
Colorado
Rio Grande
Durango
Builder of crib blamed for disaster in Chicago
A coroner’s jury investigating the January crib fire that killed more than 65 men says it cannot determine the fire’s cause. It clears city officials and George W. Jackson company officials, but the builder George W. Jackson is found criminally careless for conditions at the crib.
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Chicago
George W. Jackson Company
George W. Jackson
Banquet Held by Lodge 404 K of P With Initiations
Knights of Pythias Lodge 404 held a Tuesday night meeting in the city building Lodge hall. Uniformed Rank assisted as several candidates were initiated into the third degree and a banquet followed with impromptu speeches by Herman Hess John Bagnall Frank Weir and others.
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Lodge 404
Knights of Pythias
Herman Hess
John Bagnall
Frank Weir
Senate committee backs Canadian fisheries treaty
Washington February 17 The senate foreign relations committee ordered a favorable report on the Canadian fisheries treaty today. Efforts will be made to secure ratification this session but if not possible it will be taken up at the special session in March.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Five Dead and Thirty Injured in Valencia Hall Collapse
Five are dead and thirty seriously injured with fifty lightly hurt after a floor collapse at a Valencia hall where men were being drafted for conscription. The disaster occurred on February 17.
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Valencia
Spain
Carson Defeats McBurney for Re election City Assessor
City voters chose W. C. Carson of the Sixth ward as city assessor, defeating incumbent Robert McBurney by 18 votes amid a lively ward contest. Other races for council and school directors were tight, with notable battles in the Fourth and Eighth wards and a close finish in the Seventh.
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Carson
McBurney
W. C. Carson
Robert McBurney
C. W. Ranney
Bernard Rocks
Charley Rigby
South Mill Street
Ramsey Faces Final Appeals in Bribery Trial
Pittsburg Feb 17 William W Ramsey former bank president on trial for bribing councilmen will hear final appeals for liberty this afternoon. State rested after admitting damaging evidence from A A Vilsack and W M Bennett confirming $17 500 paid to Councilman Klein to push the ordinance and depository status for German National Bank. Ramsey’s defense then presented character witnesses before closing arguments set for today.
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Pittsburg
William W. Ramsey
A. A. Vilsack
W. M. Bennett
Vilsack
Ramsey
Klein
German National Bank
Op Scott Ferguson
California Bans Minor Attendance at Fights and Races
California legislature passed a bill making it a misdemeanor for a minor to attend cock fights prize fights or horse races with a $50 fine or 25 days in jail for proprietors who admit juveniles. Betty Wardrop of Academy avenue is visiting relatives in New Castle Sewickley correspondent reports.
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United Press
California
Betty Wardrop
Academy Avenue
New Castle, Pa
Sewickley
City Election Winners Listed by Ward and Position
The voter results show City Assessor W C Carson, Aldermen in wards four C W Ranney five Charles Rigby, and the Common Council members McCormack McCann Stru mater in wards one and three plus Whilliams Ko cher in ward five, Ranney and Mc Millen in ward seven, Huston Yoho in ward eight. Select Council Fifth Ward Gibbons, School Board members Jones Dean Davis Parsons in wards two four five and eight.
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W. C. Carson
C. W. Ranney
Charles Rigby
School Board
Jones
Dean
Davis
Parsons
Mine Explosion Victims Recovered at Stanley Coal Mine
New Castle England February 17 Thirty two miners burned were rescued from the Stanley coal mine wrecked by an explosion yesterday. Eight bodies were taken out. One survivor died of injuries. One hundred eight miners remain unaccounted for. Passage blocked by fallen stone. Rescue teams face constant danger as timbering burns and the Brockwell seam cannot be entered for days.
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New Castle
Eng
Stanley
Brockwell
Congress Sets Special Session For March Fifteenth
President elect Taft, Speaker Cannon, and Senators Knox and Hale approve a special session date of March 15. Representative Payne announces the schedule in the house. Senator Frye implies the session may extend through the summer. David R. Blair visits Court Street in Court Street.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Cannon
Knox
Hale
Payne
Ways and Means
House
Frye
Maine
Taft Finalizes Cabinet Yet Keeps Open Posts
President-elect Taft narrows the cabinet to be filled after his Cincinnati Masonry trip. Knox remains secretary of state and Wickersham attorney general while Hitchcock postsmaster general Bal linger interior and Wilson agriculture are fixed. Potential contenders include Van Devanter or McVeigh for treasury and Dickinson or Wright for war. Meyer likely to be retained. Nagle eyed for commerce and labor. Taft met President-elect Kellogg and Knox briefly at the White House.
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United Press
Washington
Taft
Cincinnati
Treasury
Commerce and Labor
War
Navy
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
George W. Wickersham
New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
Agriculture
James Wilson
Towa
Willis van Devanter
Wyoming
Franklin McVeigh
Mr. Taft
Wilson
Meyer
Hitchcock
Charles Nagle
Missouri
Commerce and Labor Department
White House
Kellogg
Knox
Convicted felon Morse operates finance empire in day release
Chas. W. Morse, once ice king and convicted felon, leaves Atlanta federal prison daily under marshal custody to run his offices. He has paid off debts over a million dollars while still subject to nightly return to prison. Morse remains director and stockholder in 12 corporations with wide holdings and strong prospects to settle all sums.
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Charles W. Morse
Ice King
United Press
New York
Atlanta
Chas. W. Morse
World of Finance
Federal
U. S
Morse
Federal District Attorney
Exploding agitator at Standard Oil plant sparks large fire
In Long Island City a major agitator exploded at the Standard Oil plant just before noon. The blast triggered a town fire department response, two New York city fire boats, and Standard Oil boats. Fire boats formed a water curtain to protect nearby tanks. no injuries reported yet.
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United Press
Long Island City
Standard Oil
New York City
Seven Chinamen Smuggled Into United States
Seven Chinamen were jailed in Morristown New Jersey charged with illegal entry to the United States. They were drenched and exhausted after being hidden in a car from Canada, where they paid smugglers two dollars each to land in the United States. Immigration officers in New York were notified.
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Morristown
N. J
United States
Canada
New York
Indictments for Crim inal Libel Target New York World and Indianapolis News
The District of Columbia grand jury charged criminal libel against the New York World and Indianapolis News for papers critical of Roosevelt Root Taft Robinson Cromwell over Panama Canal dealings. Indictments include five counts against Press Publishing Co and seven counts against Delevan Smith and Charles Williams. Bench warrants for removal to DC to follow. World editors plan to fight transfer.
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Washington
Grand Jury
District of Columbia
New York World
Indianapolis News
Roosevelt
State Root
Charles P. Taft
Douglas Robinson
William Nelson Cromwell
Panama Canal
Press Publishing Company of
New York
N. Y. World
Joseph Pulitzer
Caleb VenHana
Robert Iyman
Delevan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Justice Gould
Tragedy in Reading Ends Two Lives In Cab
Reading Pennsylvania police report a double fatality in a taxicab. Miss Stella Rocktasher and George Knaut, an inspector for a telephone company, were found dead after a revolver shot. Knaut asked the driver to hurry to the city hospital then a second shot occurred. Police seek motive. parents had intervened in a possible separation.
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United Press
Reading
Stella Rocktasher
George Knaut
Knaut
Arcade Hotel
Miss Rocktasher
Gnant
City Hospital
Lusitania Nears New York At Record Speed
New York February 17 The Cunard liner Lusitania moves toward New York at over 26 knots setting up another record. Wireless reports say since clearing Daunt Rock she faced giant seas yet maintained speed. From Sunday noon to Monday noon she covered 674 knots and 647 knots from Monday noon to yesterday.
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United Press
New York
Lusitania
Cunard
Daunt Rock
First Craft of Fleet Returns Home to Norfolk
Norfolk, Va February 17 The tender Yangton leading the circumnavigating battleship fleet dropped anchor off Seawall Point in Hampton Roads as the first craft to reach home The wireless telegraph service reports the fleet is well and ready for next week's triumphal reception
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United Press
Norfolk
Yangton
Seawall Point
Hampton Roads
Installation Service Tonight At First United Presbyterian
The First United Presbyterian church hosts Rev. Hugh F. Given's formal installation as pastor tonight, with several out of town ministers joining. To attend, Rev. J. E. Campbell of the Third church will have his congregation cancel their mid week service, shifting to participate at the First church event.
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United Presbyterians
First United Presbyterian Church
Hugh F. Given
J. E. Campbell
Reason Chain Changed Vote Over Eckles as High School Architect
Testimony in Patterson v News recounts September 5 meeting where Eckles was elected architect for the new high school and no final plans were adopted. Caldwell and Martin testified no complete drawings were examined and a three percent commission motion failed. Chain said Eckles suggested graft, influencing his vote amid rival EB and square designs.
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Martin
W. G. Eckles
J. P. Caldwell
Charles G. Martin
W. E. Patterson
Bert Wells
The
News
Eckles
Mr. Caldwell
Patterson
Thayers
Mr. Chain
Third Ward
Scarlet fever case reported to health officer in Cascade street area
Health Officer Will McCandless was informed Wednesday of a scarletina case at 183 Cascade street where a son of J Williams is ill with the disease.
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Will McCandless
Cascade Street
J. Williams
Police Guard Hat Factories as Six Week Strike Enters Standoff
New York February 17. Police guard Brooklyn hat factories while Trimmers union girls parade opposite. Manufacturers plan to seek an injunction to restrain pickets though workers remain on the job. Friction grows as both sides prepare for a long contest and possible trouble.
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United Press
New York
Brooklyn
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Joseph Strimater
Fike
McCann
John D. Jones
J. J. Dean
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William G. Parsons
William G. Young
Young America
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Clearview
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