News of the Week Terse World Briefs
A compact weekly roundup outlines terse late news from around the globe. Short summaries touch on politics, markets, conflicts, and notable events, preserving a plainspoken, timely tone characteristic of era newspaper briefs.
Multistate Crime and Political Turmoil in Early 1900s
A parlor of daring robberies and graft unfolds from Riverside Alabama where a lone bandit looted mail on Southern railway No. 12, with unreported sums possibly reaching 25000. Bank embezzlement accusations target C C McLeod in Williamson county Mississippi amid a 100000 deposit base. Savannah caps a mayoral election with a 304 vote margin trading heavy bets. The era’s turmoil spans rail, finance, politics, and maritime peril in a collage of reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Riverside
Ala
Citizens’ Bank
Williamson County
Mississippi
C. C. McLeod
Woodville
McLeod
State Bank
Veronese
Loixoes
Oporto
Vigo
Spain
John Gates
Rafael Reinosa
Key West
Fla
J. N. Fogarty
Richard J. Davant
Savannah
George P. Walker
Cole L. Blease
South Carolina
Cotton Mill
Cotton Mill Trust
Carolina Public Service Corporation
Ice Trust
Power Trust
Fifty Ute Indians Defy Posse in Colorado Mountains
Fifty Ute Indians resist delivering Big Rabbit to Cortez authorities near Cortez Ohio after deserting the Southwestern Colorado reservation. They fortify in the mountains 18 miles from Cortez with repeating rifles and ample ammunition, vowing to fight to the death rather than surrender. Separately, Gen. Cipriano Castro denied entry to the United States by immigration officials at Ellis Island, planning appeals. The cruiser Denver dispatched to Acapulco amid Mexican rebel activity and threats to American lives. Adrianople dispute looms as Turkish government refuses surrender to allies. Infante Ferdinand breaks his arm. Chicago to have shoe day funded by Mrs. Eddy. Mrs. Eddy also leaves funds for Newsboys' and Bootblacks' home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Salt Lake City
Housewives’ League of
New York City
William Boone Eldred
Wakefield
Mass
Eldred
Daniel Boone
Wilson
Washington
Princeton
Nassau
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson Club
N. J
William Rockefeller
House Money Trust Committee
Raymond Nicholas Landry Poinecare
Republic of France
National Assembly
Armand Fallieres
James R. Keene
Sara J. Keene
Izzy
Nderword
Sing Sing
Medjidieh
Dardanelles
Straits
Syria
Cyclades
Warren Livestock Company
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Colorado
House Committee On Expenditures
Interior Department
Irene Wallace Harris
Henry D. Harris
May Futrelle
Scituate
Jacques Futrelle
Clement S. Edwards
Acapulco
Mexico
Guerrero
Big Rabbit
Cortez
Ohio
Joseph Vichel
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Ellis Island
United States
Castro
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Adrianople
Aegean Sea
Infante
Ferdinand
Alfonzo
Spain
Chicago
Sarah Eddy
Senate Adopts War Claims Bill Amid Amendments
Washington notes the senate accepted the omnibus war claims bill after the house pass. French spo liation claims totaling 3 million were offered as amendments but rejected. Most southern payables are church claims to be paid once the senate amendment is accepted and the president signs. An effort to revoke Taft order on postmasters failed in the house. Secretary Meyer urged three battleships and large increases for other navy programs citing Pearl Harbor station in Hawaii as a future key base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Taft
Civil Service
Navy
Meyer
Naval Affairs Committee
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
House Committee
Week's Work of the Legislators in North Carolina
A detailed briefing of Assembly actions across the week. Governors pardons, votes in joint session on state officers, and bills on juror pay, school terms, and public works. Inaugural ceremonies slowed sessions but committee investigations and new measures continued. A push for Bryan Wilson La Follette address drew House support amid Democratic opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Craig
Settle
Taft
Meares
Bull Moose
Watts
Mason
State General Assembly
Kitchin
State Building Commission
Newland
Daughtridge
Ward
Craven
Justice
Guilford
W. J. Bryan Woodrow Wilson
Robert M. la Follette
General Assembly
Connor
Journal
Clark
Clayton
Mull
Kinston
Good Roads Association
The
North Carolina Good Roads Association
Raleigh
Department of Highways
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Review
High Point, North Carolina
News OF the
Great South
Southern
House ON
Bryan
Wilson and
LaFal
Tette
Murphy
Miller
Carlton
Rowan
Warren County
Gilliam
Hobgood
Guilford County
Greensboro
Greensboro Female College
Hannah
Board of Education
Gibbs
Pamlico
Gaston
Davidson County
Greensboro College For
Josephus Daniels
D. M. Clark
Pitt County
Council
Winston and Salem
Highway Commission
Forsyth
Asheville
Craven County
Thomasville Baptist Orphanage
Meredith College
Wake Forest College
Catawba County
Lexington Township
Gaston County
Enate
Jones
Judiciary Committee
Daniel
Cook
Finance Committee
Rhodes
Gordon Rhodes
Wake Forest
Frank Powers
Powers
Rors
Raleigh Times
Gally
Times
New York
Womans Home Companion
American Magazine
McCall's Magazine
High Point
N. C
Independent Telephone Lines
Concord
Sali Isbury
Spencer
China Grove
Albemarne
Winston-Salem
Asheboro
Randleman
Thomasville
Lexington
Kernersville
North State Telephone CO
J. F. Hayden
High Point Milling CO
High Point Milling Company
Rexall
Ring Drug Co
British Woolen Mills
G. Dunbar
B. F. McClure
C. Dunbar
North Main St
Love Bros. Dairy
High Point Ice & Fuel Company
Mann Drug
Stamey
Broad Street