Railway Workers Seek Higher Wages Across Southern Lines
Atlanta Feb 11 Railway telegraphers and block signal operators on the Southern Railway join conductors and trainmen in demanding wage increases to cope with the rising cost of living. They warn of workers leaving for better pay elsewhere and argue that better wages will attract skilled operators to maintain safe, efficient service amid increased traffic and trains.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
South
Western and Atlantic
Louisville and Nashville
Refugees Arrive as Floodwaters Rise Near Natchez
Refugees from the Louisiana swamps mix with carnival crowds at Natchez as eight families traveling in covered wagons arrive Sunday night and camp near city limits until flood waters recede. The Osgy gauge measured 48.6 feet Monday morning, 4.6 feet above danger.
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Natchez
Miss
Louisiana
Osgy
Protest So Called Burkett Bill in Congress
In Helens Montana on February 7 the Montana stock men's association met and adopted resolutions opposing the Burkett bill then pending in Congress which would grant public range privileges.
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Helens
Montana Stock Men's Association
Congress
Texas Rails Ordered to Run Trains on Time
Austin February 11 The Texas Railroad Commission issued an order requiring all railroad companies and receivers to operate at least one passenger train each day in both directions except Sundays. Trains must start from origin points on published schedules and follow them with up to a 30 minute wait for connections unless reliable reports show longer delays. Exceptions are allowed for satisfactory reasons.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Austin
Tex
The
Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission of Texas
Teas
Thia
Iite
Saratoga Storm Swept Stranded at Delaware Harbor
The Pennsylvania schoolship Saratoga, sailing from Philadelphia January 22 for a winter West Indies cruise, was towed into Delaware’s Delaware Breakwater harbor on February 11 in distress after a northwest gale on January 27 200 miles north of Bermuda. Despite constant pumping and efforts by Commander Atwater and crew and crew’s assistance from young women, the vessel leaked and began to falter at sea before reaching port.
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Saratoga
Delaware
Del
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
West Indies
Asa W. Hughes
Bermuda
Atwater
Weamen
Mysterious Death of Vice Admiral Halil Pasha in Constantinople
In Constantinople on February 11 the sudden death of Vice Admiral Halil Pasha sparks comment. He had just been named chairman of a commission to examine the battleship Ashar-i-Tewfk after modernization. An official sought to cancel the trade days later, but the admiral refused and was found dead four hours afterward, about 60 years old.
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Constantinople
Halil Pasha
Imperial Trade
Ashar-i-Tewfk
France
Germania
Keil
Hairi Pasha
Persias Dispensations Remove Belgian Officials From Posts
Teheran reports the government has dismissed M Naus minister of customs and posts and M Priem another Belgian official. The moves follow representations that Belgians were being kept in office amid long standing complaints about their conduct in administration.
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Teheran
Pers
M. Naus
Rip Van Winkle Open Air Performances Planned Near Palenville
New York Feb 11 an announcement says Palenville in the Catskills will host two open air performances of Rip Van Winkle next summer. A well heeled summer resident is said to finance the project.
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New York
Palenville
Catskill Mountain
Rip van Winkle
Means
Influenza confines former Holy Synod prosecutor
Suffering from influenza in St. Petersburg on February 11, M. Pobiedonostzeff, former procurator general of the Holy Synod, is confined to his bed. His advanced age raises some apprehension about his condition.
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St. Petersburg
M. Pobiedonostzeff
The
Holy Synod
Troops Deployed to Ashio Copper Mines
Tokio February 7 troops have been dispatched to the Ashio district copper mines after miners attacked property with dynamite.
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Tokio
Ashio
Verdict of Not Guilty in Riverhead Murder Case
Riverhead New York February 7 The jury in the murder case of Dr H W Simpson charged with killing his father in law returned a verdict of not guilty.
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Riverhead
N. Y
H. W. Simpson
Lady Crofton Noted British Hostess and Aristocrat
Lady Crofton wife of Sir Morgan Crofton is a leading young matron of the British aristocracy. The couple, owning extensive estates in England and Ireland, entertain lavishly and count Sir Morgan a brilliant young army officer.
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Lady Crofton
Sir Morgan Crofton
Croftons
Sir Morgan
England
Ireland
Shoemaker Robbed of 400 Dollars in Macon Store
Louis Cohen, a Macon shoemaker on Poplar street, was relieved of 400 dollars in cash, his gold watch, and a diamond pin by a trusted coworker. Police seek William Walter, a former shop employee, as Cohen mourns the loss that would have financed his family’s move from London.
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London
Macon
Louis Cohen
Poplar Street
Cohen
William Walter
Atlanta
Lightning Rod Agent Killed In Georgia Tragedy
Monticello Ga Feb 11 News reaches Monticello that Emmett Newton a prominent young planter five miles from town on Machen road shot and killed C P Dorsey a lightning rod agent from East Point near Machen road The tragedy stemmed from Dorsey making improper proposals to Newton's wife while alone at home Several eye witnesses to the killing Dorsey entered Newton's home in the absence of Newton and frightened Mrs Newton away from home Dorsey was said to be drunk Details are very meager.
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Monticello
Emmett Newton
Machen
C. P. Dorsey
Dorsey
East Point
Newton
Mr. Newton
Mrs. Newton
Family Escape From Fire at Anderson Home
In Wilmington North Carolina on February 11 the family of A W Anderson general superintendent of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad escaped a blaze that gutted their residence. The fire started in a pile of shavings on the rear porch and spread quickly before firefighters arrived.
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Wilmington
N. C
A. W. Anderson
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Arrange Opening of Custom Houses in New Chwang
New Chwang February 11. Russian customs collector H Kono valoff has left for Harbin to set up opening of customs houses along the Russian frontier immediately. Japanese delays in Dalny customs collection are cited as prompted by the need to avoid duties on shipments via New Chwang.
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New Chwang
Admiral Topelo Named Spanish Navy Commander
Madrid February 11 reports Vice Admiral Topelo will be named admiral of the Spanish navy succeeding the late Admiral Reranger.
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Madrid
Topelo
Reranger
Two Spanish Admirals Dead
Madrid reports the deaths of two Spanish admirals on February 11, details limited by the fragmentary dispatches. The brief item notes high ranking naval figures have died, but no causes or circumstances are provided.
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Madrid
Knife attack wounds and death in Atlanta street altercation
Robert James Moore, a Black man, was fatally stabbed by an unknown Black assailant at Crumley and Reid Streets Sunday night at 8. The attacker fled after the knife strike caused massive internal bleeding and the victim died shortly after. Bystanders pursued the assailant but he escaped.
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Atlanta
Robert James Moore
Crumley and
Reid Sts
Robber Breaks Woman's Neck in Memphis
Memphis on February 11 reports a robbery motive as Mrs Mercedes Donovan wife of Eugene V Donovan a Memphis fire department officer is felled by a blow breaking her neck. She dies soon after being returned home accompanied by her 3 year old daughter and other children. Police have arrested several suspects with uncertainty over the attacker’s race.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mercedes Donovan
Eugene V. Donovan
Four Murder Cases at Jeffersonville Ga Court
Jeffersonville Ga Feb 11 Jackson superior court sits with four murder cases on the docket. The leading case is the homicide of Marshal Jim Hammond by Will Bolton at Stat ham on February 1. Bolton, intoxicated, shot Hammond after being admonished to go home. a ball pierced his coat and another struck his heart, killing him instantly. Bolton confessed to the killing before the coroner's jury, which found cold blooded murder.
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Jeffersonville
Jackson Superior Court
Jim Hammond
Will Bolton
Statham
Bolton
Marshal Hammond
Alderman Tyson Risks Life To Save Son In Runaway
Montgomery Ala Feb 11 Alderman J C Tyson was badly injured trying to save his son from a runaway team, as two big horses thundered toward them in the street. He suffered broken injuries and internal hurts but is expected to recover. The boy and pony escaped serious harm, though bruised.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. C. Tyson
Tyson
Wounded Husband Kills Self After Letter To Wife
Chicago Feb 11 A machinist Anton J Vodkca wounded his wife and killed himself after writing a note promising one final effort at reconciliation. The letter includes a postscript mentioning Thaw and justifying the killing of White, reflecting a disturbing motive connected to legal insanity or parole context.
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Self
Chicago
Anton J. Vodkca
White
Death Claims Judge Hansell Distinguished Georgia Jurist
Thomasville Ga Feb 11 Judge Augustus H Hansell died Sunday at his home from a fractured hip from a fall ten days earlier He was born in Medgeville in 1817 aged 89 the oldest Mason in the state having joined in 1838 He attended his funeral at the Presbyterian church Monday at 3 pm He was admitted to the bar in 1838 elected solicitor general of the southern circuit in 1847 and judge in 1849 He served as judge until 1903 except six years 1853 to 1859 He was removed during reconstruction in 1865 but re elected in 1873 serving until 1903 He participated in the 1861 secession convention and the 1877 constitutional convention He served in the Indian war at 18 on General Stafford's staff and did not serve in the Confederacy but aided relief efforts during the siege.
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Georgia
Thomasville
Augustus H. Hansell
Medgeville
Milledgeville
Thomas County
Hansell
Stafford
Relief Committee
Atlanta
Col Farrow, Prominent Georgia Political Figure, Dies
Atlanta Feb 11 Colonel Henry Patallo Farrow died Sunday at 3 15 PM at his son in law John A Whitner's home from valvular heart disease aged 73 Funeral services will be at Whitner's residence and Oakland cemetery pallbearers will be Farrow's four grandsons He had long influenced South Carolina Georgia politics and retired to Queen of the Mountains Porter Springs Lumpkin county near Gainesville survived by two daughters.
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Georgia
Atlanta
South Carolina
Henry Patallo Farrow
John A. Whitner
Whitner
Oakland Cemetery
Farrow
Colonel Farrow
Queen of the Mountains
Porter Springs
Lumpkin County
Gainesville
Edison at sixty plans to retire from lab work
Thomas A. Edison, New York, February 11, aged 60, announced in a Sunday interview that he will stop commercial laboratory work starting Tuesday and devote himself to pure scientific play, saying decades of electricity experiments aimed for commercial value left little time to enjoy pure curiosity.
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Thomas Edison
New York
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Murder Confession in Miss Lake Case Shocks Essen
Edward Land, 20, confessed at the Essen police station to killing Miss Madeline Lake daughter of a British army officer whose mutilated body was found in the city park October 1. Land said he worked for the Rhine Westphalian coal syndicate, fled to Belgium, then returned to Essen to surrender due to conscience and lack of funds.
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Essen
Germany
Madelaine Lake
Edward Land
Miss Lake
Rhine-Westpha- Man
Land
Basen
Editor kills gambler in Pendleton saloon shootout
John P. McManus editor of the Pilot Rock Record shot and killed Robert Esteers in a Pullman saloon on Main Street Pendleton. No motive is known as the men were not acquainted. McManus reportedly mistook Esteers for a man who had robbed him last week.
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Gambier
Pendleton
Ore
John P. McManus
Pilot Rock Record
Robert Esteers
Pullman
Main Street
Jay
Euton
Explosion at Woolwich Arsenal Destroys Buildings
A massive blast at the Woolwich arsenal chemical research department and cordite magazine caused widespread destruction for miles, felt forty miles away with no loss of life. Thousands rushed from towns in panic as walls, doors, and roofs shattered. the cause remains under investigation.
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Woolwich, Eug
Chemical Research Department
Woolwich Arsenal
Arsenal
Bainbridge
Frye Opposes Million Dollar Savannah Harbors Grant
Washington February 11 Senator Frye chairman of the senate committee on commerce opposes a planned one million dollar appropriation for the Savannah harbors. Senator Clay plans to urge the grant while Frye argues the sum is out of proportion to the harbor’s importance.
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Frye
Savannah
Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Clay
House Honors Late Member
Washington Feb 11 a special train bore the body of late Representative John E Rixey of Virginia who died in Washington Saturday. It left at 10 am Monday for Culpepper Va for burial in the afternoon. Ac companying the body were the congressman's family colleagues and honorary pallbearers.
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House
Washington
John E. Rixey
Virginia
Culpepper
Kingston Mayor Charles Tait Dies After Earthquake Collapse
Kingston Jamaica February 11 Dr Charles Tait aged 68 mayor of Kingston died at the public hospital from injuries received when a building collapsed during a council meeting. He collapsed after the earthquake struck.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Charles Tait
Tai
James D Money Jr Cleared of Murder in Henderson Case
Greenwood Mississippi February 11 A jury found Joc D Money Jr nephew of United States Senator Money not guilty of murder in the shooting death of L J Henderson following a bed quarrel members of the jury declared Money not guilty after deliberations in the local court Henderson died from gunshot wounds in the dispute between the two men
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James D. Money
Greenwood
Miss
Joc. D. Money, Jr
United States
Money
L. J. Henderson
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Col. Farrow
Gadsden
Misa Grace ‘Robinson
W. D. Adams
Alabama City
Misa Robinson
Alabama
John A. Finley
Finley
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