Remarry First Wife and Provide for Children Pardoned
Gov Hays issued Christmas pardons including Tom Boyd who, after divorcing his first wife to wed another, was granted freedom on condition he support his first wife and five children for life. If he fails, he returns to prison. The note cites multiple other pardons for second degree murder and related crimes, with varying terms.
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Little Rock
Tom Boyd
Hays
Boyd
U Ling
Oon
Watchful Waiting in Arkansas Charitable Institutions Row
Little Rock discusses the standoff between old and new State Charitable Institutions boards. A temporary truce holds as both sides prepare next moves. The old board may stay till April 1, 1915, while the new board likely pursues ouster or quo warranto to seize books, records, and offices. Members Dunaway Parsons Shane and Love refuse to yield to the governor.
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Little Rock
Joe Ferguson
Magnolia
Capitol
Messrs Dunaway
Parsons
Shane
Love
Governor Hays at Camden and capitol closings
Gov. Hays traveled to Camden, his home, for Christmas and will not return until Tuesday. All state capitol offices will close Friday. The list of cases includes E. C. Jenkins jailed for grand larceny in 1918, one year. Riley Williams for forgery in 191%, five years. Clarence Smith for petit larceny, 1910, 30 days and a $10 fine. Edward T. Beck for forgery, 1913, six years. Chas. Pickett for second degree murder, 1911, 21 years. Roy Hester for forgery, 1914, two years. George Brown for second degree murder, 1912, 10 years. Robert Barley for second degree murder, 1913, 21 years.
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Elias Johnson
Phillips County
John Taylor
Woodruff County
Edgar Pardon
Union County
John R. Harmon
Cleburne County
Clarence Wilson
Arkansas County
Rembelzlement
George Battle
Lincoln County
Asa Rogers
Jefferson County
Berg
Richardson
Chicot County
Jim Brodie
Mississippi
Frank Mobbs
Sevier County
Governor Hays
Camden Little Rock
Hays
Camden
State Capitol
E. C. Jenkins
Clay County
Riley Williams
Searcy County
Clarence Smith
Montgomery County
Edward T. Beck
Pualski County
Chas. Pickett
Randolph County
Roy Hester
George Brown
Pulaski County
Robert Barley
Arkansas Cotton Loan Fund pledged to support loans
The state committee in Little Rock oversees a $100 million cotton loan program for growers. Loans fixed at 30 dollars per 500 pounds of middling cotton with a 25 bale collateral, minimum 600 dollars on twenty bales, and a guarantee fund from 90 cents per bale. Interest at six percent per year, repaid quarterly through local banks.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Committee
Moorhead Wright
Fort Smith
Hope
Magnolia
Pine Bluff
Monticello
Helena
Forrest City
Paragould
Walnut Ridge
County Judges Face 500 Dollar Penalty for Lacking Reports
County judges nationwide must file county road condition reports with the State Highway Commission under Act 802. Only forty-five of the counties have complied so far. the commission will close its report next week, and the remaining counties risk being disadvantaged in the forthcoming legislative submission.
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State Highway Commission
Seed Co Files Certificate in New Jersey Firm
The Union Seed and Fertilizer Co. of New Jersey filed a certificate naming J. R. Whitthorne as agent for Arkansas, replacing A. G. Pearce who is removed. Fresh celery cranberries head lettuce and fruits at Fred or
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Union Seed and Fertilizer Co
New Jersey
J. R. Whitthorne
Arkansas
A. G. Pearce
Fred Or
Assured in Washington Watch on British Ship Violations
In Washington, Lt Crenshaw reported the British steamer Protesilaus at Balboa harbor had its wireless dismantled by canal zone police after transmitting code messages. The cruiser Tacoma remains at Cristobal to enforce neutrality while possible dispatch of another vessel is under review. A British claim about radio use by a British collier is being sorted, with confusion between two ships over clearance papers and radio gear.
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Washington
Crenshaw
Panama Canal Zone
Navy
Balboa Harbor
Canal Zone
Tacoma
Cristobal
Navy Department
Goethals
Balboa
November for Balboa Balboa vessel coal supplies
Balboa was the port for a British naval vessel with P C Z aboard in November, believed to be carrying coal and supplies for the ship.
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Balboa
Teuton Battle Front In West Invincible
German armies stand fast along the long line after the Marne retreat. Allies reportedly gain in the Perthes-Hurlus sector with about 800 yards average. Berlin denies French progress in Belgium and claims British reverses.news item notes a promotional line for a magazine at the end.
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London
Marne
Tod
Perthestes-Hurlus
Belgium
Berlin
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Bank OF Prescott
Prescott
Nevada County Bank
U.S. S. Tacoma
Victoria
B. C
Teuton Battle Front
West
Invincible
Kaiser
Maine
Jack Johnson, Jr
Saturday Evening Post
Ozan Mercantile CO. Prescott
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