Fast Train Wrecked Near Lit tleton Injures Two
Special to the Star reports the No. 364 fast mail on the Southern wrecked at Standard mines near Littlet on. Engineer Linsays and Fireman Seargent were pinned under the engine and rescued. Linsays suffered multiple leg fractures and internal injuries. Seargent sustained a broken leg and internal injuries. The track damaged with cars derailed and mail car half telescoped. Passengers uninjured aside from shock.
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Star
Birmingham
Fast Mail
Standard Mines
Littleton
Linsays
Seargent
Georgians Seek More Immigrants Conference Opens in Macon
In Macon Georgia a crowd of about five hundred delegates from banking farming and milling sectors gathered to discuss immigration as a state priority. Mayor Bridges Smith welcomed attendees and later Commissioner Sargent Governor Terrell and Governor elect Hoke Smith were planned speakers at the conference.
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Star
Macon
Georgia
Bridges Smith
Sargent
Terrell
Hoke Smith
Pell City measures pass Senate in Alabama shifts
Special to the Star Montgomery February 19 The senate has passed a bill authorizing Pell City St. Clair county to establish and operate a dispensary for buying and selling liquors and to distribute certain profits. The senate also approved a bill for holding regular terms of St. Clair county court at Ashville and Pell City.
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Star
Montgomery
Senate
Pell City
St. Clair County
Ashville
Said County
Benefit for Veteran Actor Frank C Banks
New York February 19 Scores of prominent players contribute services this afternoon to a benefit for Frank C Banks the veteran actor over seventy who recently suffered an accident that permanently incapacitates him for further stage work
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Star
New York
Frank C. Banks
Weather forecast for Anniston and vicinity
The forecast for Anniston and surrounding areas calls for rain and colder temperatures tonight. Wednesday is expected to be fair with improving conditions and lighter winds.
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Anniston
Strengthen Armaments Strengthen Armaments
Berlin February nineteenth The new reichstag opened with a throne address. The Kaiser pledged stronger defenses and colonial development while promising social reforms and participation in the Hague peace conference. He harshly denounced the socialists.
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Star
Berlin
Reichstag
Kaiser
Germany
Ward Wins Out In Birmingham Nomination Fight
In a tightly watched municipal primary, George B. Ward was renominated for mayor of Birmingham by a narrow majority over Frank P. O'Brien. William E R. Weir led over Bodeker for chief of police, and George Eustis was renominated city treasurer and tax collector, signaling a victory for the administration across offices.
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George B. Ward
Birminghhin
Frank P. O’brien
William ER. Weir
Bodeker
George Eustis
Watson Gets His Own Room Again
After a lengthy dispute, Iver E. Watson, clerk of the Circuit court, reclaims the office he previously occupied. The board of Calhoun county commissioners move other officials into vacated rooms as courtroom leadership shifts take effect following the election. White side moves to Watson’s former space on the second floor.
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Board of Commissioners
Calhoun County
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Supreme Court
Whiteside
Register Hanna
Hanna
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H. T. Persons
United States District Court
Birmingham man takes charge of local electrical department
Mr. Charles Patillo of Birmingham has been engaged by the Alabama Plumbing and Electric Company to lead the electrical department of the firm in this city.
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Charles Patillo
Birmingham
Alabama Plumbing and Electric Company
Thaw Trial Witness Evelyn Thaw Takes Stand
New York February 19 Evelyn Thaw the first witness in the Thaw trial appeared pale yet steady in court She identified letters written by White and recounted stories of abuse and scandal The testimony touched on May Mackenzie Stanford White and the alleged pursuit of women plus Thaw's belief in White's guilt and his own.
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The
Star
New York
Evelyn Thaw
Thaw
Harry Thaw
McPike
White
Evelyn
Jerome
Harry
Stanford White
Delmas
Anthony Gomstock
Society
Additional Paving Delayed By L N
An Anniston resident, honored by the city, criticized the L N Railway for delaying paving on Noble Street between Eighth and Thirteenth. Mayor Kilby reported inquiries from L N without definite replies, while Southern Builthic Company reps depart as East Tenth Street extension nears completion and Montgomery holds the contract.
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Anniston
Noble
Tenth Streets
Noble Street
Eighth and
Thirteenth
Alabama
New Jap treaty to bar coolies from U S
Washington officials announced that the United States is negotiating a treaty with Japan to prevent Japanese passports being issued to coolies wanting to enter the United States. The move reflects official policy to keep coolies from traveling to America.
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United States
the Star
Washington
State Department
Japan
Bill Seeks Prohibit Coca Cola Sales in State
Montgomery February 19 Representative Parker introduced a bill to prohibit sale of coca cola in the state. He said many constituents urged action and he considers the drink more insidious and harmful to young men than whisky.
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Montgomery
Parker
Coca-Cola
Cotton Movement Sees Nearly Ten Million Bales in Sight
New Orleans February 19 Secretary Hesters analysis of cotton movement from September 1 to January 31 shows Gulf states including Texas and Indian Territory bring into sight about 1,062,000 bales. The report compares movement with the prior year and notes substantial gains in the gulf region.
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Hester
Star
New Orleans
Texas
Ory
Gulf States
Louis
Garrett 10 Get Plage Garrett 10 Get Plage
New York February report indicates William A. Garrett first vice president of Bea board Air Line will become president of Seaboard Air Line, with directors to meet February 28. The move, long anticipated, now appears virtually certain from authoritative sources.
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The
Star
New York
the Herald
William A. Garrett
Beaboard Air Line
Alfred Walter
Seaboard
Garrett
Herald
Oxford Dispensary Bill Advances In Senate
Special to the Star from Montgomery reports a bill to establish a dispensary in Oxford Calhoun County moving through the Senate. Also under consideration is a bill to purchase two surveyors transits for Calhoun County’s two commissioned surveyors at county expense.
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Montgomery
Oxford
Calhoun County
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Banquet in Atlanta to feature Ohio Society speakers
In Atlanta tonight the Ohio society of Georgia hosts its annual banquet with a slate of prominent speakers. Covers are arranged for several hundred guests as members gather for the event hosted by the Ohio Society of Georgia.
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Atlanta
Ohio Society of Georgia
Blackmon Urged Higher School Fund in Senate
In Montgomery the senate debated a common schools funding bill. An initial $500,000 supplemental appropriation was amended to not be available until next school year. Barbour sought $350,000, Barbour’s amendment passed 19 to 1, Blackmon’s bid for $400,000 was tabled, and the measure passed as amended totaling $850,000 to take effect next year.
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Blackmon
Barber
Miller
Barbour
Senate
Atlantic and Southern States Marketing Change Report
The group of western and inland states marketed 808000 bales more while the Atlantic states including Alabama North and South Carolina Georgia Florida and Virginia marketed 27000 less, yielding a net increase of 1843000 bales.
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Iana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
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Alabama
North
South Carolina
Florida
Virginia
Bitulithic Paving Company Finishes East Tenth Street Job
The Bitulithic Paving Company completed the contract paving East Tenth street from Noxble to Wilmer avenue around noon. This marks the completion of all company contracts in the city. If no new deal is arranged, the firm will remove its equipment early next week.
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East Tenth Street
Noxble
Wilmer Avenue
Newspaper publishers begin annual convention in New York
The American Newspaper Publishers' Association opened its yearly convention in New York with prominent publishers from across the country in attendance to discuss postal issues and other matters of vital interest. The event will conclude Thursday night with a banquet and speeches.
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Star
New York
Amercan Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Rock Springs Opens Large Rock Crushing Plant
The Rock Springs Stone and Ore Company completed a major rock crushing plant in this part of the state. The machine, described as immense, can crush fired stone at a rate of about one ear every 40 minutes. A 50 horsepower engine powers the plant. Contracts have been made with several furnaces for limestone rock, including the Quinn Furnace Company of Gadsden. About one hundred men will be employed to operate the plant.
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Rock Springs Stone and Ore Company
Maschine
Wil
Quinn Furnace Company
Gadsden
Navy Discharges Officer for Technical Embezzlement
Washington February 19. The Navy Department announced the dishonorable discharge of Assistant Paymaster W T Sypher of Washington who was recently court martialed and found guilty of technical embezzlement. President Roosevelt has approved the sentence. Sypher was the son of the late General Sypher famed in the Civil War.
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Star
Washington
Navy Department
W. T. Sypher
Roosevelt
Sypher
General Sypher
Mississippi Masons Begin Annual Grand Lodge Session
Natchez Miss February 19 The Masonic grand lodge of Mississippi opened its annual sessions with a large turnout of high degree Masons. A key topic is plans for a widows and orphans home to be built at Meridian.
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Natchez
Miss
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Mississippi
Meridian
Texas Cotton Growers Meet in Fort Worth
In response to a call by President W. Baker leading members of the Cotton Growers' Union gather in Fort Worth, Texas for a ten day conference to discuss plans for a more united organization of the state.
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Star
Fort Worth
Texas
Presid
W. Baker
Mers’ Cotton Growers’ Union
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