Initial Hearing Kept Secret In Assailant Case
Willie Gray, believed real name of suspect linked to Mrs. Brittain assault, is wanted in Clay County on three charges. Jefferson County sheriff says hearing date will be kept secret while awaiting preliminary trial, with reports of transfer discussions among Clay Calhoun and Ashland authorities.
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Willie Gray
W. F. Brittain
C. T. Brooks
Clay County
Young Gray
Brooks
Birmingham News
Gray
News
Julian Williams
Birmingham
Anniston
McAdory
W. D. Mayo
Ashland
Mayo
Calhoun County
Jefferson County
Williams
Huntsville Adopts Commission Plan Under Kilby Bill
Huntsville approved the Kilby bill commission plan in a city election with 396 for and 151 against. The move creates three city commissioners earning a total of 3000 annually to oversee all city affairs, with annual elections for a commissioner after one year.
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Huntsville
Kilby
O’neal
Fire Threatens Maricopa California Town
Western Union operator in Maricopa reports the town is endangered by fire. He flashed the warning to San Francisco before fleeing the advancing flames.
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San Francisco
Western Union
of Maricopa
Cal
Ee Maricopa
Commissioners Call Bond Issue Mass Meet
County officials adopted a July 12 hearing plan on a $300000 road bond issue. Citizens are invited to mass meetings and to submit petitions, with Judge McCarty outlining state law limits on city shares of bond funds and the need for public input before an election.
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Calhoun County
Star
Court of County Commissioners
McCarty
Anniston
Supreme Court
Chicago Black Hand Claims Thirty-Third Victim This Year
The Chicago Black Hand reported its thirty third victim of 1919 as Carmelio Lazora died from a bullet wound just before midnight. Lazora was shot twice by an assassin who fired from over a block away.
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Chicago
Chir Ofcago Black Hand
Carmelio Lazora
Taft Party Greatest Yet Held at White House
Washington June 20 The twenty fifth anniversary celebration of President Taft and Mrs. Tafts wedding was praised as the most beautiful White House function. Tonight the grounds and mansion will open for the public with about 15000 expected to attend. The president is absent on an Eastern trip.
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Bration
Taft
Washington
McCormick Says Hines Aimed to Secure 10000 Donation
Cyrus McCormick, president of International Harvester, testified that Edward Hines tried to obtain a 10000 donation from the company to repay an alleged 100000 used to secure Lorimer's election.
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Washington
Cyrus McCormick
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Edward Hines
Lorimer
Unsettled Weather With Showers Tonight or Wednesday
Unsettled forecast with local showers expected tonight or Wednesday. The outlook indicates possible rain showers and a break in dry conditions, with temperatures not specified.
Can't Recognize Maine's Victims
Havana reports fragments of coal encrusted bone found in the wreckage of the battleship Maine. Officers guiding the recovery say they do not believe any of the 65 missing sailors will be found.
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Havana
Maine
Colonel Walter Scott Retires After 37 Years of Service
Colonel Walter S. Scott of the Fifteenth Infantry is placed on the retired list after 37 years in the army. A native of Arkansas, he was appointed from California. The article notes an accompanying wreck and rising flood damage from heavy rains.
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Washington
Walter S. Scott
Fifteenth Infantry
Scott
Arkansas
California
Missouri Nine Hour Law Takes Effect Today
Jefferson City Mo June 20 The enacted nine hour law limits women and girls to nine hours per day and fifty hours per week in manufacturing mechanical and merchandising employment. It applies to any establishment within the state and aims to protect female workers from overwork.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Landlords Ordered to Evict Tenants Over Prohibition Violations
Official notice served Tuesday on Ross Chatman and John W. Eden owners of a livery stable at Ninth and Noble streets and Charley Higginbotham and wife Minnie occupants upstairs at Ninth and Noble. Tenants deemed objectionable for alleged violations of the prohibition laws and must vacate. Police served the notice. public to watch developments.
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Ross Chatman
John W. Eden
Charlie Higginbotham
Minnie Higgenbotham
Ninth and Noble Streets
Charley Higginbotham
Minnie Higginbotham
Ninth
Noble Streets
Senator Lea's Sacrifice Of Blood May Be Futile
Mrs Luke Lea lies in critical condition at Georgetown University Hospital after her husband Senator Luke Lea donated a quart of his blood in a desperate transfusion attempt. Doctors say Mrs Lea has barely a fighting chance to live while the senator’s condition is not serious.
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Senator Lea
Washington
Luke Lea
Georgetown
University Hospital
Lea
Typhoon devastates coast with heavy loss of life
Typhoon strikes Tokio coast on June 20 destroying hundreds of fishing boats and causing at least two hundred deaths with reports of widespread ruin and long seawall damage.
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Tokio
Senate OKs Grady bill on signed editorials
Albany June 20 editors must sign editorials after September first under new law. The senate passed the Grady bill mandating signed editorials for all newspapers beginning next autumn.
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Ate Today
Coronation Rehearsal at Westminster Abbey for King George and Queen Mary
London June 20 Westminster Abbey staged a full coronation rehearsal with the king and queen in regalia and the entire ceremonial display, including the music. Lord Curzon Keddleston received a peerage, William Lever and Dr Oster were made baronets, and a state banquet followed with the Shakespeare ball. J Pierpont Morgan paid for a ball admission and William Waldorf Astor invited 300 nurses to view the procession.
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London
Westminster Abbey
George
Mary
Lord Curzon Keddleston
Mary Lester
Chicago
William H. Lever
Dr. Oster
Oxford
Johansplanes
J. Pierpont Morgan
William Waldorf Astor
London Hospitale
North Carolina Doctors Open 58th Medical Society Session
The medical profession of North Carolina is well represented at the 58th annual session of the Medical Society of North Carolina which opened in Charlotte for a three day meeting this morning.
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Charlotte
N. C
Medical Profession of
North Carolina
Medical Society of North Carolina
Model City Wins Third Regiment Encampment at Oxford Lake
Official orders from Colonel W. H. McKleroy name Model City as winner over Mobile and Birmingham for the Alabama Nations Guard Third Regiment encampment. The eight day event runs July 18 to 26 at Oxford Lake with expected good facilities, drills, and recreation.
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Alabama Nations Guard
Oxford Lake
Mobile
Anniston
Minister Opens Sunday Baseball Game with Sermon
In Poughkeepsie New Jersey on June 20 a semi pro game began with Rev J W Larkin delivering a sermon to about a thousand spectators. After nearly an hour the umpire called play ball marking the start of the game and a new era in Sunday baseball.
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Poughkeepsie
N. J
J. W. Larkin
Meetings Set With Broad Medical Program and Hookworm Conference
Elaborate programs prepared for all meetings with papers reports and addresses covering nearly every phase of medicine and surgery. On Wednesday a special conference for the discussion of hookworm disease will follow the regular session.
Great Day Coming At Heflin on July 4
The July Fourth celebration in Heflin centers on an old fashioned Sacred Harp singing at the courthouse. The Cleburne County Singing Convention expects 500 to 600 singers from Georgia and Alabama with a noon dinner and memorial lessons in the afternoon. Hospitality is open to all decent and orderly attendees.
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Heflin
Cleburne County
Georgia
Alabama
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