Governor Craig Explains Shelton Pardon and Clemency Debate
Raleigh dispatch recounts Governor Craig defending his decision to commute Walter Shelton’s death sentence to life. He cites petitions and affidavits from supporters and notes only one unsigned opposition letter. The piece also covers Confederate Veterans Reunion plans for June 10 and other state actions including pardons and court rulings.
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Craig
Walter Shelton
Shelton
Reidsville
Cobb
R. W. Cobb
Thomas Shaw
Halifax County
Shaw
State Charters Granted and Legal Notices
Several North Carolina corporate charters are granted or amended including Mocksville bank, Biltmore Livery, Graham Land, Carnleigh Fertilizer Works, Siler City Light and Telephone, City Metal Roofing in Winston-Salem, W H Winstead Inc in Goldsboro, Universal Film & Supply in Charlotte, Crowell Woodenware in Fayetteville. Other items cover editor appeals to Congress, rewards for Preston Lyerly’s killer, Cobb’s death sentence, and related investigations.
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Thomasville
Biltmore Livery Company
Biltmore
J. G. Suke Leather
Graham Land Company
Graham
A. L. Hlomes
Carnleigh Phosphate and Fertilizer Works
Raleigh
Siler City Light & Telephone Co
Siler City
C. M. Bray
City Metal Roofing and Supply Co
Winston-Salem
T. A. Butner
T. F. Holcomb
W. H Winstead, Inc
Goldsboro
W. H. Winstead
Universal Film & Supply Co
Charlotte
Texas Rangers Invasion of Mexico Reveals Murdered Texan
Texas Rangers crossed into Mexico at night to recover the mutilated body of Clemente Vergara, a Texas ranchman, seized by Mexican federals. The party, about ninety strong, faced no opposition as they fetched the body from Hidalgo cemetery near the border. Identification came from Vergara’s son, who recognized the clothing. The body was brought to the United States near Laredo, with officials awaiting an undertaker and guards nearby.
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Texas Rangers
Mexico
Clemente Vergara
Hidalgo
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Garrett
Nuevo Laredo
Vergara
State Border Patrol
Rio Grande
National honor involved in developing US foreign policy
President Wilson pushes a broad foreign policy program to repeal the Panama tolls exemption clause and open the canal era with improved diplomatic relations. Administration officials expect a wide impact on global ties as Britain protests fade and European powers back the settlement.
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Washington
Panama
Wilson
Great Britain
England
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Panama Canal
Austrian women demand ballot in mass meetings
Vienna reports hundreds of women's mass meetings across Austria endorsing woman suffrage. Resolutions declare it the general demand of Austrian women for the vote in parliamentary and local elections.
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Vienna
Austria
Militant Women Fight Police in Trafalgar Square
In a downpour, suffragettes clashed with police at Trafalgar Square. Sylvia Pankhurst was arrested for the sixth time under the cat and mouse law, with seven other women and three men detained, including Miss Zeke Emerson of Jackson, Michigan who faces possible expulsion.
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Trafalgar Square
Sylvia Pankhurst
Zeke Emerson
Jackson
Mich
Emerson
National Geographic honors Goethals and a dramatic South Carolina assembly clash
President Wilson lauds George Washington Goethals as the world’s greatest living engineer at the National Geographic Society banquet while a ceremonial medal acknowledges his Panama Canal achievement. In Columbia, Governor Blease confronts Charleston legislator Barnwell in the house over asylum probe remarks, provoking near-fight and tense disorder as Stevenson seeks clarification of a report.
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Blease
W. F. Stevenson
Sir. Barnwell
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Tillman
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Army of the unemployed march on Washington formed in San Francisco
An "army of the unemployed" from Washington and California broke camp on a vacant lot in town and began a march to Washington D C. The group consists of 24 companies with 90 men each and nearly all officers of a military regiment except a paymaster. They are led by buglers and drummers under the command of "General" C T Kelly.
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San Francisco
Cal
Washington, D. C
Huerta Seeks to Free 5000 Refugees at Fort Bliss
Huerta government representatives in El Paso announce plans to file habeas corpus petitions to liberate about 5000 Mexican refugees interned at Fort Bliss. They argue no international law or treaty justifies their detention after fleeing the Battle of Ojinaga.
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el Paso
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United States
Ojinaga
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Missouri Supreme Court bars C. O. D. liquor shipments to Texas
Jefferson City Missouri The Missouri supreme court upheld express companies right to refuse C O D shipments of liquor into Texas The decision rests on Texas law banning such shipments Abraham Rosenberger claimed delivery of liquor to Pacific Express and Wells Fargo Express for Texas points The Texas ban became effective before delivery.
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Jefferson City
Texas
Missouri Supreme Court
Abraham Rosenberger
Pacific Express Company
Wells, Fargo & Co’s Express
Texas Points
Wilson's Canal Tolls Message Faces Repeal Push
President urges lawmakers to repeal canal tolls and warns delay could complicate other matters. House and Senate majorities back a flat repeal, with the Sims bill reported favorably 13 to 3 and 17 to 4 when absentees are counted. Wilson asserts that failure to repeal may breach treaty obligations and jeopardize broader legislative goals.
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Wilson
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Wilson Pleads Repeal of Panama Canal Exemption
President Wilson asked Congress to repeal the Panama canal act provision that exempts U S coastwise shipping from tolls arguing it violates the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and is poor economic policy. He stressed the need to honor treaty language and maintain U S credibility in foreign policy. Washington. New York.
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Wilson
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United States
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