Cuba Libre Returns as Gomez Is Elected President
Havana celebrates the inauguration of Jose Miguel Gomez as Cuba’s president with Major General Magoon stepping down after more than two years of rule. Alfredo Zayas sworn as vice president, U. S. troops withdrawn, and ships in harbor dressed in flags. Streets filled with spectators, arches, and a 21-gun salute crown the event.
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Havana
Magoon
Jose Miguel Gomez
Alfredo Zayas
U. S
Maine
Mississippi
Gomez
William J. Bryan
New Republic
Zayas
Thun Drest
Cuba
Inauguration of Gomez Dictates Cuba's New Republic
Washington reports on the January 28 inauguration of Jose Miguel Gomez as Cuba's leader. The piece highlights mixed expectations, Gomez's guerrilla past, his role in reconstruction and governance, and Cuba's looming finance crisis with an official treasury around 13.6 million dollars plus 70 million poured in, plus outstanding contracts needing funding.
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Cuba
Santa Clara
United States
Silver service planned for cruiser Birmingham in Mobile
Birmingham prepares to present a silver service to the cruiser Birmingham with plans finalized. Affected residents urged to attend as committees arrange travel from Birmingham by train and organize events in Mobile including a banquet at the New Battle House with Lt Governor Henry B Gray as host and Mayor George B Ward delivering the address.
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Cruiser
Birmingham
Mobile
C. B. Hervey
W. F. Tebbetts
Albert Bush
Walling
Winona
Henry B. Gray
George B. Ward
R. N. Rhodes
New Battle House
Tebbetts
New Theory Advances Why C R Smith Killed Laurent
A rumor circulates that C R Smith killed Laurent in Artesia over losses to his stake in the New South Plow Company where Smith allegedly lost twenty five thousand dollars. The trial in Columbus is set for Wednesday.
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C.R. Smith
Laurent
Columbus, Miss
C. R. Smith
ER. A. Laurent
Artesia
New South Plow Company
Smith
No More Racing In Washington Passes House
Representative Hansen's bill making race track gambling a felony passed the House by a large majority in Seattle. With Senate passage likely, racing interests have largely given up hope of defeating the measure.
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Seattle
Wash
Hansen
House
Senate
Polytechnic to Extend Waterworks to Auburn
Montgomery January 28 At a building committee session of Alabama Polytechnic Institute President C C Thach was authorized to extend the college waterworks system to Auburn The town has been without a system and seeks the extension with mutual advantage expected from the modern college system Dr Thach reported on Auburn's building condition with Reed Barnes Judge Denson William Feagin General Ligon and Governor Comer present
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Montgomery
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Comer
C. C. Thach
Auburn
Thach
Reed Barnes
Dr. Thach
Judge Denson
William Feagin
Ligon
Son of ex king Milan to sing in Budapest cafe
George Christie, an illegitimate son of the late King Milan of Servia who abdicated and died in 1901, has been engaged to sing in a Budapest cafe at ten dollars a day. He was once a claimant to the Servian throne.
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Budapest
George Christie
Milan of
Servia
Texas county judges and commissioners meet in Fort Worth
The Texas association of county judges and commissioners held a semi annual session in Fort Worth on January 28 to consider needed legislation and the good roads movement.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Association of County Judges and Commissioners
Juror Leigh Barred in Carmack Murder Trial
Nashville January 28 Juror James Leigh was removed for alleged drunkenness and bias against the Coopers and Sharp murder defendants ex Senator Carmack. Judge Hart noted Leigh denied habitual drunkenness but admitted disfavor toward the defendants. Perjury charges were considered with bond set at 1500. Other jurors Jackson and Whitworth faced removal due to drunkenness and health concerns respectively.
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Nashville
Coopers and
Sharp
Senator Carmack
James Leigh
Hart
Leigh
Ais
Tad
Carmack
McCarn
MecCain
Poll Tax Returns Slow in Calhoun County
Only 849 residents had paid poll tax by noon to Deputy Collector Montgomery, with a few paying Collector Goodlett at Jacksonville. Three business days remain to qualify to vote. books close February 1 for the regular sitting, with a later special session for those unable to qualify then.
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Calhoun County
Montgomery
Goodlett
Jacksonville
Society figure Benjamin Lee shoots self amid embezzlement case
Shreveport La January 28 Benjamin Lee a former society member under indictment for embezzlement shot himself through the lungs at his Coushatta home this morning. Doctors said there was little hope for recovery and his trial was scheduled for Saturday.
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Shreveport
Benjamin
Lee
Coushetta
Shippers Seek Rate Relief In Chicago Conference
Pacific coast and western shipping groups met in Chicago with traffic officers of transcontinental lines to discuss proposed freight rate increases. Tariffs already in effect may be changed if shippers prove the raised charges are inequitable.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
West
Woodstock Manager Resigns From Woodstock Iron and Steel
H F DeBardeleben resigns as resident manager of the Woodstock Iron and Steel Corporation effective the coming Monday February 1 He will move to Birmingham to join his father in business Anniston citizens regret the severance and Woodstock Company also expresses regret No successor named for the Woodstock plant yet announced
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H. F. DeBardeleben
Woodstock Iron and Steel Corporation
Birmingham
Anniston
DeBardeleben
Woodstock
Bricken Court Martial Convenes At Montgomery
The military court of inquiry into the expenditures of the second regiment convened at Montgomery. The panel includes Brig. Gen. Louis V. Clark as president, Brig. Gen. Robert F. Ligon, and Col. W. H. McKleroy. A report by Hl. Y. Brooke hints at un authorized expenditures by Col. Bricken. The hearing is expected to reveal sensational and lively matters.
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Bricken Court
Montgomery
Military Court of Inquiry
Louis V. Clark
Robert F. Ligon
W. H. McKleroy
Hl. Y. Brooke
Bricken
Libel Filed Over Republic Hile Sinking Warship Lawsuit
In New York today a libel was filed in U S court by White Star Line attorneys against the steamer Florida of the Italian line over the Republic wreck. They seek 2 million dollars in damages and claim the Florida bears the blame for the collision.
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New York
United States Court Today
Florida
White Star Line
Republic
Folrida
Georgia Double Murder in Gainesville Feared Trigger
In Gainesville Georgia on January 28 R H Owens killed Sapp Watson then shot Munsell White who intervened All parties are described as white and well known authorities said the killings stem from alleged trouble over a woman local police investigating the case
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Gainesville
R. H. Owens
Sapp Watson
Munsell White
Wife of Caruso Gets Her Dough
Madam Guila Giachette, believed to be Enrico Caruso’s wife, sailed to Europe on the French liner Lorraine and reportedly reached a settlement with the famed tenor.
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Caruso
New York
Guila Giachette
Enrico Caruso
Europe
Lorraine
Not Guilty in Thomas Murder Case at Rome Ga
The jury acquitted Sherman Thomas after two hours in the murder case. A second murder charge grows from the same affair with new evidence claimed by the State, likely not to be tried immediately.
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Rome
Sherman Thomas
Thomas
Hundley Defended Before Senate Judiciary Committee
The Senate judiciary subcommittee opened hearings on Oscar R. Hundley for U S judge in the Northern District of Alabama. Walker Percy led the antí-Hundley side while John I. Knox spoke for Hundley. Roosevelt's refusal to listen to friends and Chief Justice Tyson’s letter of withdrawal fueled the partisan clash.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Oscar R. Hundley
United States
Alabama
Walker Percy
Birmingham
The
Ants
John I. Knox
Anniston
Hundley
Dupont Thompson
M. M. Ullman
Roosevelt
RB. Kelly
Handley
John J. Knox
Almon
Street
Frank Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
J. J. Willett
W. ©. Tunstall
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Tyson
Roosevelt Seizes Papers To Shield Steel Deal
President Roosevelt orders all papers in the Steel Corporation Tennessee Company case be brought to him after Congress sought bureau of corporations files. He claims immunity from subpoenas and warrants, citing voluntary disclosure by Steel Corporation and defense of confidential information.
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Washington
Ananias Club
Roosevelt
The
Steel Corporation
Tennessee Company
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporation
Bureau
United States
Congress
Bureau of Corporations
Chine Ruler Has Smallpox Rumor Persists
Despite court denial the rumor endures that the infant emperor Pu Yi of Pekin is afflicted with confluent smallpox.
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Chine
Pekin
Pu Yi
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