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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
9
Charlie Higginbotham, employed in the wood department of Western Steel Car and Foundry, was badly injured when a revolving shaft stripped his clothes and hurled him about the floor. He survived after a physician treated head wounds and the opiates wore off, with recovery expected.
Anniston residents are likely to send delegates to the Alabama Anti-Saloon League convention in Birmingham February 4 and 5. The program includes sermons, reports, and talks on law enforcement, the League’s Alabama origins, and organizing the coming fight with leaders from churches Sunday schools and women’s groups.
Jacksonville officials move to let citizens vote on issuing 12000 in bonds for a new water works plant. Aldermen approve all but Charles D. Martin, postponing the measure to March 16. An ordinance also orders repairs to a storeroom chimney and underpinning of a nearby property.
The Australian football team, after finishing a UK tour, sailed from Liverpool on the Arabic to Philadelphia. It plans several games around New York and later in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The squad will depart San Francisco on February 26.
In Nashville Van 22 court opened to finish the jury for the Cooper and Sharp murder trial of BE W Carmack. Four affidavits accuse Juror J H Leigh of being a habitual drunkard and gambler, prompting filing for court review. Juror James Whitworth pleaded for leniency as he admitted daily drinking, and the judge ordered a deputy to supply him with a drink with a touch of sweetening.
Congressmen Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama asserts war looms unless the battle fleet is sent back to the Pacific. He argues Japan, flushed by victory, seeks control of the Pacific and fears anti race laws on the Pacific coast could trigger conflict if the United States does not reinforce the Western coast and Pacific territories with its navy.
The eighth anniversary of King Edward the accession was honored across the United Kingdom with salutes flag flying and bell ringing.
Washington lawmakers launched a confrontation over the president's plan to build four additional battleships as opposition signals determined efforts to block the executive proposal.
Strauss opera Electra receives its premiere in Dresden with the King of Saxony and court in attendance. Cosima Wagner and her son Siegfried will be present as the 130-piece orchestra accompanies noted performers including Mme Schumann-Heink.
Paris dispatch reports Raisuli former brigand turned Tangier governor had his long hair cut in a public ceremony after years in prison. He paid 2,000,000 francs for the post, gained Mulay Hafid favor, and kept a beard tuft. he may renounce British protection.
Baron Tohiro Motono leaves Tokyo for St Petersburg as Japan appoints its first ambassador to Russia sparking a historic diplomatic milestone.
C P Moore the e telegraph operator once in Anniston is wanted at Griffin Georgia to answer a forgery charge. He allegedly forged a 25 check on his father and obtained cash. Moore is currently serving a city street sentence after minor theft and drunken misconduct in Anniston.
The body of William Roberts, missing a week, was found in an abandoned well near Wolf Run with bullet holes. Brother-in law John Holph is jailed on suspicion of involvement. A later program in Birmingham includes a constitutional prohibition discussion and religious presentations.
Chicago crowd braces for a dirt track marathon duel at Dexter park pavilion between Dorando Pietri and Albert N. Corey. Corey, in his first professional race, won the last Illinois Athletic Club Marathon among 80 entrants and placed second in the St. Louis Marathon before a Yonkers distance defeat by John J. Hayes after two miles off course.
Charges against J. D. Humphries of Oxford for public intoxication and obtaining money under false pretenses were disposed of Friday morning. Humphries pleaded guilty to being drunk and was fined nine dollars. the false pretenses charge was dismissed after explanation by his friends.
The president sent to the Senate James L. Davis for postmaster of Lafayette Alabama. The nomination of Rufus E. Foster to be United States judge for the Eastern district of Louisiana was sent to the Senate by President Roosevelt.
A 20 year old Bonn student, Joseph Roeke, in Mayence kills his father Nicola Recke 65 and two sisters aged 25 and 20 and maims another sister with a wire fastened blade after removing his father's gun barrel. He slept after the act as police investigated noting long standing mental instability and a letter saying he would free his father from all cures.
The cruiser North Carolina arrived at Charleston and Montana is due tomorrow. They will depart Monday for the Panama canal zone with President elect Taft and his party aboard. Taft seeks a thorough canal inspection and plans tests of Gatun dam foundations by expert engineers.
Terrence V Powderly aged 60, chief of the immigration bureau of the Department of Commerce and Labor, longtime grand master workman of the Knights of Labor for 15 years. While serving in office his wife held the same post. He studied law, practiced after an 1893 re election defeat. Co D Martin of Jacksonville is in Washington today.
President Roosevelt transmits the National Conservation Commission report to Congress, urging action on forest protection and watershed development. He warns against waste of mineral resources and monopolies, calling for stronger public land, forest protection, fire patrols, and revised tax laws to preserve natural capital for future generations.
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