Atlanta Scandal Takes New Turn In Grand Jury
Atlanta detective chief D A Sanford and attorney Thomas B Felder faced a near confrontation in the Fulton county grand jury anteroom as bystanders intervened. Felder had publicized charges about the detective department and Colyar was arrested awaiting grand jury testimony on a Tennessee warrant for forgery.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
D. A. Sanford
Thomas B. Felder
By Standers
Fulton
Standers
Felder
Colgar
James G. Woodward
Colyar
Arguments in L. and N. rate case end in federal court
Arguments on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad petition for an injunction to stop the Alabama State railroad commission from enforcing a two and one half cents per mile passenger fare order were completed in U S court in Atlanta. Federal Judges Pardee Shelby and Grubb heard the case and a decision is not expected for several weeks.
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Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Alabama State Railroad Commission
Alabam
United States
Pardee, Shelby and Grubb
Working Woman Wage Debate in Missouri Senate
Mrs. Raymond Robins of Chicago, leader of the Woman's National Trade League, argued before the Missouri senate wage investigating commission that wage earning women face bondage worse than former slavery. She supported wages of $12 a week or more and better conditions, saying every woman is entitled to work. The league meets in convention as Painter questions women workers' status.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Woman's National Trade League
Painter
Missouri Senate
Safe laxatives for aged urged in ad copy
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a safe harmless laxative for the aged. It promises prompt easy action with no pain and notes a price of 25 cents and endorsement by the Antwerp Drug Corporation.
Triple Alliance Short of Funds Warns of War Strain
Paris report quotes Deputy Andre Lefevre stating Germany and its allies lack gold reserves, with 741.6 million in gold and 1.6 billion in circulation, while the Triple Entente holds 1.5872 billion in vaults and 2.8 billion in circulation. He warns Germany may rely on a quick overwhelming strike if war starts. The Dill debate was adjourned.
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Associated Press
Paris
Andre Lefevre
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Britain
France
Russia
M. Lefevre
Chamber of Deputies
Packing House Workers Win Demand in Sioux City Strike
In Sioux City Iowa the 1500 striking workers at Cudahy and Armour plants won an 19 to 20 cent hourly raise. Other employees joined in sympathy and the plants will resume operations immediately.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Cudahy and Armour & Co
End of Famous Whiskey Case in North Carolina
Washington reports Commissioner Osborne ends an eight year dispute over 25 000 gallons of whiskey stored at Williams North Carolina. Williams may bond for the internal revenue tax and the whiskey may be removed to a bonded warehouse in Louisville with taxes paid, ending a costly fight between Judge Boyd and former Commissioner Cabell.
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Associated Press
Washington
Internal Revenue
Cabell
N. Glenn Williams
Osborne
Willams
N. C
Williams
Louisville
United States
Boyd
Greensboro
Congress
Williams Distillery
Resident of Florence Endorses Foley Kidney Pills
Wm Morris reports fourteen years of kidney and bladder trouble and eight months of using Foley Kidney Pills. He says the medicine has restored health and urges others to try it. The pills are described as non habit forming and tonic with quick results. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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Wm. Morris
Florence
Oregon
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Aviator and Passenger Die in French Air Crash
In BUC France at the aerodrome Auguste Bernard an aviator and a passenger were killed when their plane suddenly dived from a high altitude and shattered on impact. The cause of the accident remains unknown.
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Associated Press
Buc
France
Auguste Bernard
French Academy Awards 2000 Prize to Romain Rolland
The literary grand prize of $2,000 was awarded by the French Academy to Romain Rolland a noted playwright novelist and historian. President Poincare a member of the academy attended the meeting in Paris.
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Associated Press
Paris
French Academy
Romain Rolland
Astoric
Poincare
Academy
Cavalry Tests Planned at Winchester Encampment
The War Department will hold a one month practical test of radical cavalry reforms from July 20 to August 20. A 1200 acre tract near Winchester Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley will host the encampment with a mounted regular division. A board led by Brigadier General Carrol A Devol will assess the water, sanitation and arrangements for the operation.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Winchester
Garrison
Carrol A. Devol
Quartermaster Corps
Cunliffe K. Murray
Twelfth Cavalry
Christopher C. Collins
Medical Corps
McLarned
Shenandoah
One Hundred Ten Bodies Cremated in Matamoras Fight
The bodies of 110 soldiers killed in the Matamoras fighting were piled in two heaps and burned after wood was laid over them. Cremation was chosen as the quickest disposal method. No funeral rites were held and a search of the American consulate roof yielded no additional bodies.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Tex
Matamoras
United States
Johnson
Parisian Loses Suit Against C W Morse
Charles W. Morse defeated Henry Lehman acting as assignee of C L Charley of Paris in a federal court suit to recover 8000 dollars in securities of the American Ice Company and the Consolidated Steamship Lines. The jury found for Morse after he denied acting as a broker in these securities.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles W. Morse
Henry Lehman
C. L. Charley
Paris
France
American Ice Company
Consolidated Steamship Lines
Morse
Stole jewels of woman he saved
Han ford Donnelly, a motor truck driver hailed as a hero after aiding wounded passengers in the West Port railroad wreck, confessed to stealing $3,000 in diamonds from Mrs. Philip James of Lake Forest, Illinois, a family heirloom, later discovered missing.
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Associated Press
Stamford
Conn
Hanford Donnelly
Philip James
Lake Forest
West Port
Donnelly
James
Fatal clash after jail release near Newton Texas
Richard Galloway, a Black man accused with two others of attacking white men near Newton, Texas, was freed on bond on Wednesday. His body was found near Newton the next morning, shot and with a rope nearby. the other two companions remained jailed for their hearing.
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Ey Associated Press
Beaumont
Texas
Richard Galloway
Newton
Galloway
Split skirt rule urged in Indianapolis by police
Indianapolis on June 6 reports that women wearing the new style split skirts must wear undergarments. The traffic squad has been asked to enforce the order issued by Police Superintendent Martin J Hyland after a letter signed The Ladies urged men to prohibit split skirts without undergarments.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Martin J. Hysland
Hyland
Flood's New Mansion to Feature Gold Eaves in San Francisco
In San Francisco on June 6, reports describe James H. Flood's forthcoming residence in a fashionable district. The mansion will be steel and concrete with Vermont marble, a bronze cornice, and a thin gold plating atop the eaves, per published specifications.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
James H. Flood
Comstock Lode
Carranza's Agents Deny Plan to Purchase War Munitions
Secret agents at New Orleans believe Carranza faction agents intend to buy a large batch of war munitions stored there and smuggle them into Mexico via Matamoros. Local Carranza representatives deny any such plan. Arms reportedly originally meant for Huerta remain in storage, with no transport attempt since months ago discovery.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Carranza
Mexico
Matamoros
Huerta
Dining Car Wreck In Arkansas Rail Heat Kink
Miss Arcnie Dickson of Chicago and H P Rivers of Hartshorne Okla were seriously injured while A J Grain of Richmond Va and R J Triplett of Holdenville Okla suffered minor injuries when a dining car attached to a west bound Chicago Rock Island Pacific train derailed near Devyall s Bluff Arkansas. The kink in the rails due to heat caused the wreck. Five negroes on the car were hurt but not seriously.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Cincinnati Bankers Cleared in Fraud Ruling
Judge Caldwell ruled that George B. Cox and fellow Cincinnati Trust Company directors were not guilty of misapplying a 352 500 note used to back Ford Johnson Chair securities. Officials plan an early hearing on a separate 115 000 bank funds misapplication claim.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Caldwell
Common Pleas Court
George B. Cox
Cincinnati Trust Company
O. V. Parrish
Keith
Charles H. Davis
Ford & Johnson Chair Company
Cox
Mrs Robins Re elected Leader Of National Woman's Trade League
Mrs Robins of Chicago was re elected president of the National Woman's Trade Union League yesterday. Mrs Daniel W Knefler declined re election as vice president and Miss Melinda Scott of New York was chosen in her stead. Miss Stella Franklin of Chicago was elected secretary and treasurer.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Raymond Robins
Chicago
National Woman's Trade Union League
Daniel W. Knefler
Melinda Scott
New York
Stella Franklin
No Name referenced in query at Van Ant werp's with Jimmy and Bob
A cryptic note asks Jimmy and Bob at Van Ant werp's about the No Name item. The fragment implies a discussion or inquiry between individuals about a named subject denoted No Name. Further context is unavailable.
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Jimmy
Bob
van Antwerp’s
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