Daugette Talks Gunnels Tonight At Teachers Institute
The county teachers institute convened in the courthouse with H J Kersons presiding. Devotional led by P E McMahan, about forty teachers present, papers by T M Evins and Miss Alma Whiteside, and talks on spelling playground problems and Alabama reading circle followed by an afternoon program including primary and advanced reading and geography sessions.
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Court House
H.J. Kersons
P. E. McMahan
D. R. Murphy
F. B. Williams
Scriool
T. M. Evins
Alma Whiteside
L. T. Grogan
Bessie Ellis
F. M. Buttram
Daisy Downing
C. W. Dangette
Alabama
Prof
Dangette
Pet Trotter
Lala Stewart
Z. V. Barker
Louise Pelham
Annie Flemming
Belle Walker
Major William T. Anderson Retired From Army
Major William T. Anderson chaplain of the 10th United States Cavalry is placed on the retired list today due to ill health. A Texas native, he was appointed from Ohio as chaplain to the regiment in 1897.
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Washington, D. C
William T. Anderson
10Th United States Cavalry
Anderson
Texas
Ohio
10Th Cavalry
Governor Ames Wrecks Off Cape Hatteras
The five mast schooner Governor Ames ran on a reef off Cape Hatteras and broke up. Of thirteen crew members only one man survived. The captain’s young wife perished with the ship.
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Charleston
Dee
Governor Ames
Cape Hatteras
Leopold Relapses As Belgium Awaits New King
Brussels dispatch reports King Leopold II relapsed this afternoon with acute bowel inflammation and is not expected to survive the day. Attention centers on Prince Albert of Flanders as likely successor, praised for steadier temperament and absence of Leopold’s Congo era risk appetite.
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Brussels
Leopold
Europe
Prince Albert
Flanders
Leopold II
Philippe
Albert
Congo
Prince Baldwin
Elizabeth
Bavaria
Belgium
Carl Theodore
Penlist
Bond Lowered on Technicality in Blanche McBride Case
In a habeas corpus proceeding before Judge Coleman, the whisky charge was dismissed due to recorder error. The larceny charge of $105 was bound over to the grand jury with bond set at $150. Blanche McBride was absent due to illness but the hearing proceeded.
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Blanche McBride
Coleman
Grand Jury
Nansen Questions Cook Pole Discovery Claim
CHRISTIANA Norway December 16 Fritjof Nansen expressed doubts that Cook discovered the North Pole. Peary supporters are trying to discredit Cook before the University of Denmark which now holds his records for examination.
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Chiristiana
Norway
Fritjof Nansen
Dr. Cook
North Pole
University of Denmark
Baseball Men Meet in New York for Election
A crisis in the baseball war centers on Ward versus Heydler with Philadelphia Chicago Brooklyn and New York leaning to Ward. St. Louis reportedly nearer to Ward, while National League members resent Ban Johnson’s involvement as a vote on National League presidency proceeds in New York.
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New. York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
John M. Ward
Heydler
St. Louis
Ward
National League
Ban Johnson
American League
Ward and Heydler Tie With Four Votes Each
Robinson of St. Louis cast a vote for Heydler, tying Ward and Heydler at four votes apiece. The result reflects a closely contested ballot in the selection process.
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Ward
Heydler
Robinson
St. Louis
Railway Employes Move Toward General Wage Increase
In Chicago yesterday near all leading officials of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen gathered at the Lexington hotel to plan wage increase demands and hours concessions. A general strike is not immediate, as a thirty day notice to open contracts will precede talks, with votes and further conferences possible before a strike action.
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Chicago
Til
Lexington Hotel
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of
Presbyterians Establish Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Albuquerque
The Presbyterian Synod of New Mexico opens a tuberculosis sanatorium in Albuquerque to aid afflicted and needy patients. A committee, formed in 1907 and including Arizona, selected the city for climate and suitability. Rev. Hugh A. Cooper, pastor and chair of trustees, notes the institution is founded. Continued on Fifth Page.
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Albuquerque
N. M
United States
Presbyterian Synod of
New Mexico
Arizona
Hugh A. Cooper
First Church
Presbyterian Sanatorium
Skin Game That Failed Costs Southern Batch 23
Ernest Wilkins of Birmingham attempted a swindle on Claud Collins of Lincoln aboard Southern train No 40 to pocket five dollars from a 25 cent book scam. Collins recovered his money after Wilkins admitted the deceit and was jailed overnight in Calhoun county. he pleaded guilty and paid a fine.
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Ernest Wilkins
Birmingham
Claud Collins
Lincoln
Southern
Wilkins
Calhoun County
Atlanta
Collins
Butch
Reardon
Crook
Taft to Open National Civic Federation Conference
President Taft will deliver the opening address for the National Civic Federation three day meeting in Washington January 17 18 and 19 His speech will set the keynote for the event He voices strong support for uniform state laws Governor Wilson of Kentucky chairs the governors committee and calls for a Washington gathering of state leaders during the federation session Delegates for wage earners include leaders from the American Federation of Labor United Mine Workers of America and several railroad and craft unions.
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Washington
Taft
National Civic Federation
Wilson
Kentucky
Amrican Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers of America
Order of Railroad Conductors
Granite Cutters International Association of America
Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen, International
Woman Fatally Shoots Lover In Home Ves tibule Mystery Looms
New Orleans police report a woman at 1122 Annunciation Street fired on Liszie McLaughly and Ralph Brown in a home vestibule at dawn. Miss McLaughly died from the shot. The motive remains unclear as investigators probe the scene.
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New Orleans
Liszie McLaughly
Ralph Brown
Campbell
Annunciation Street
Miss MelLaughly
Greater Birmingham defined in Supreme Court ruling
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the Greater Birmingham bill declaring it legally passed and establishing the expanded city. The ruling merges towns including Hast Lake Woodlawn Avondale North Birmingham Ensley West End Powderly Greymont Elyton Thomas and Pratt City, swelling Birmingham’s population beyond 150000 by the next census. Also noted is the execution date for Toward the February 4th and a rehearing in the locker club liquor case was refused.
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Montgomery
Supreme Court
Greater Birmingham
R. W. Drake
Locker Club
Birmingham
Magic City
South
Hast Lake
Woodlawn
Avondale
North Birmingham
Ensley
West End
Powderly
Greymont
Elyton
Thomas
Pratt City
Senate panel backs Judge Lurton nomination
Washington D C December 16 The Senate judiciary committee issued a favorable report on Judge Lurton but confirmation cannot occur this week due to Senate rules. No opposition to the appointment is noted.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lurton
Senate
Frost Remains Head of Woodmen After Effort
The attempt to oust J. B. Frost of Atlants as supreme consul of the Columbian Woodmen failed, according to a telegram from J. B. Graham this morning, leaving Frost still in office.
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Frost
J. B. Frost
Atlants
Order of Columbian Woodmen
J. B. Graham
Gallow's Ready for Robertson in Franklin County
Russellville dispatch reports preparations complete for the hanging of Tom Robertson, dual murderer of his wife and mother-in-law, in the Franklin County jail yard tomorrow. Sheriff Mallory confirms the trap will be sprung and the execution will follow the law, potentially the county’s first legal hanging in 75 years. Robertson had prepared a book for posthumous publication and offered to pull the lever himself if given a stick.
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Russellville
Tom Robertson
Mattie Robertson
J. W. Clark
W. D. Mallory
Riobertson
Robertson
Franklin County
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Lowery
Senator Raines Dead
State Senator Raines author of the Raines law of New York State died at an early hour this morning in Canadagua New York. He was a longtime legislator and prominent figure in state politics. His death marks the end of a career noted for reform efforts and legislative leadership.
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Raines
Canadagua
N. Y
New York State
Wreck Toll Grows as Train Crash Claims Kilby Kin
Twelve critically ill and many others dead after Southern railway wreck near a muddy creek. Funeral for Frank Kilby set in Atlanta after he died en route to Anniston, with Kilby family distraught by mistaken reports of different relatives' deaths.
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Raleigh
N.C
Dee
Southern Railway
Thomas BE
Kilby
Atlanta
Frank Kilby
Tie
Anniston
Richmond Pullman Wreckage Scattered on Wet Bank
The Richmond Pullman is listed as a wreckage scene along a muddy stream bank. Parts of two beds and surrounding debris are buried in mud after a night of wreckage distribution.
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Pullman
Grewrome Details
Greensboro
Richmond
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Gunnels
Ayioo
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Leopold Relapses
Prince Albert of
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Creensboro
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Alabama Frog and Switch Company
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