Freed of murder charge in Carmack case amid hung jury
Nashville reports judge Hart ordered jury brought in. foreman says they are hopelessly tied on Cooper charges but John Sharp is found not guilty and released. The case centers on Colonel Duncan B. Cooper Robin Cooper and John D. Sharp for the murder of former Senator E W Carmack in Nashville.
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Coopers
Foreman Burke
John Sharp
Sharp
Nashville
Tenn
D. B
Robin Cooper
John D. Sharp
United States
E. W. Carmack
Cooper-Sharp
South
Duncan B. Cooper
Forrest
Columbia, Tenn
Edward Ward Carmack
Cooper
Nashville American
Carmack
Hether
Coo|er
Taylor
Senate
Robin
Hope 10 Limit Area of Fight in the Balkans
A semi official Cologne Gazette report from Berlin March 19 says tensions between Austria Hungary and Serbia are at their lowest risk to peace but a localized Grine style conflict could occur. Vienna March 19 reports there is no truth to the claim Count Forgach Austro Hungarian minister to Serbia has been assassinated.
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Nashville
Hart
Cooper-Sharp
HOPE
Balkans
Berlin
Cologne
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Vienna
Count Forgach
Paris
Don’t Cheer for Lions Roosevelt Visit to Visitors
Theodore Roosevelt told visiting Nassau county leaders at Sagamore Hill that he would prove wrong the forecast that he would not survive his Africa trip. He remarked, don’t cheer for the lions, as he greeted 250 prominent Republicans and Democrats who had hoped to meet him in Washington on March 3 but were delayed by a storm. The delegation, led by Chester C. Painter, rode in on a special train, recalling the inaugural parade.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Starr
Chicago
Africa
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Nassau County
White House
Washington
Chester C. Painter
Roosevelt to shave self in Africa not grow beard
Ex President Roosevelt plans to be his own barber in Africa and will not grow a full beard as rumored. He has bought shaving soap sticks and practiced with a razor before leaving Washington where a Black barber tended him in the White House for seven years.
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Africa
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Megro Barber
Water Tanks Burst Brings Havoc in Parkersburg
Two water tanks exploded early morning cutting city supply. The flood swept Prospect hill destroying homes and injuring many including fatalities. Estimated damage ranges from two hundred thousand to two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Authorities suspect deliberate dynamiting as two blasts were heard.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Paris Strikes Paralyze Banks and Postal Services
Paris experiences a broad strike halting banks checks and shipment of supplies. Telegraphers, postal, telegraph and telephone workers join a widespread action totaling thousands, endangering food and business with millions of undelivered letters and 300000 pending telegrams. Bishop Gillespie dies in Grand Rapids. Taft departs New York for Yale corporation meeting.
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New York
Taft
New Haven
Yale Corporation
Robbers Fail to Blast Bald Knob Bank Vault
Bald Knob Arkansas March 19 a band of robbers tried for over an hour to dynamite the Bank of Bald Knob vault. They fired nearly a score of blasts demolishing the outer door but could not force the inner doors. One citizen was wounded as the gang fled.
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Bald Knob
Ark
Bank of
United States transport ashore near Puget Sound
Fragments of a wireless message indicate a U S transport went ashore near Puget Sound entrance and several lives were lost. The report came from Bellingham Washington this forenoon dated March 19.
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Bellingham
Wash
United States
Puget Sound
Millionaire Uncle Offers 100000 For Safe Return Of Boy
Sharon, March 19. Frank H. Buhl, the iron and steel magnate and William Whitla’s uncle, pledges 100000 to recover the 8 year old boy held by two men after a school kidnap in Sharon. A ransom of 10000 was demanded and threats of harm issued if not paid. Police traced a buggy with the boy’s hat to Warren, as detectives push to identify the abductors. Attorne y James P. Whitla and his wife are prominent residents as the search broadens.
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Sharon
Frank H. Bulil
Iron and Steel
William Whitla
James P. Whitla
Ann
Crain
Warren
Oric
Whitla
Anna Lewis
Willie
Sloss
Mr. Whitlia
Indianapolis News
Cleveland Press
Pittsburg Dispatch
Youngstown
Vindicator
A. A
Tariff Bill Debates Roil Senate and House
Washington dispatches describe a tariff bill tangled in partisan debate in both chambers. Senators from Maine Minnesota the Dakotas and western states push varied schedules and tax ideas while the House reads the bill at length and signals a rapid path forward under a five minute rule.
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Washington
Senate
Maine
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
House
Cummins
Iowa
Barely Saved in Apartment Fire
New York reports a seven story twin apartment building at 24 Central Park South burned early today injuring more than a dozen people. None were killed, 24 families escaped by fire, the hotel plaza vicinity was nearby, the hotel office became a hospital for the injured, and the loss was put at 250000 dollars.
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New York
Central Park, South
Hotel Plaza
Joint Cruise Proposed for Regatta Week
Burlington boat clubs discuss joining with Peoria Davenport and Muscatine clubs for the Mississippi Valley Power Boat association regatta. Peoria fleet plans arrival July 2 en route to the Fourth of July events, with local interest high as season opens.
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Burlington
Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association
Peoria
Louisville Depot Burned For Five Railroads In Louisville
A fire destroyed Louisville’s union depot at Seventh Street and the Ohio River causing an estimated loss of 400000. The Commercial Club voted within minutes that Louisville will gain a new union station. Crossed wires in the attic of the Illinois Central built depot of 1890 were blamed for the blaze.
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Louisville
Union Depot
Commercial Club
Seventh Street
Ohio River
Ilinois Central
Congress actions in special session on census and civil service
In the special session the House passed the bill for taking the 13th census and extending civil service control over appointments with government printing reports. A prior vetoed version was modified to grant pro rata state appointments. The tariff bill was reported from Ways and Means and awaits consideration. The Senate was not in session.
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HOUSE
Civil Service, Commission
Government Printing Office
Civil Service Commission
Roosevelt
Committee On Ways and Means
Piers and Ship Reported Afire in Jersey City
New York dispatch reports two Lehigh Valley railroad piers in Jersey City on fire and the steamer Eastwoods also in flames amid a citywide blaze.
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New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Jersey City
Eastwoods
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