Eagles Name Opelika For Next Meeting At Lake Event
The Fraternal Order of Eagles adjourned in Opelika after a session at this place and will meet next in Opelika. Officers elected include Deputy Grand President Jerry Fountain and Worthy State President R T Simpson. Delegates from Bessemer Birmingham Pratt City Ensley Montgomery and others attended the sessions.
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Jerry Fountain
Bessemer
Board of Trustees
P. B. Patton
Ensley
M. T. Ormand
Tuscaloosa
R. ©. Gordon
Mobile
J. L. Murphy
Aerie
Bessemer Eagles
Eagle’s Hall
J. H. Edmondson
Fred L. Blackmon
Kilcoby
Senator Blackmon
Railroad presidents fail to appear at ICC coal hearings
Washington June 21 The presidents of all railroads under ICC coal inquiry were invited to testify but none appeared. John B Thayer Pennsylvania Railroad fourth vice president described coal car distribution on a prorata basis tied to physical and commercial capacity of mines.
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Ing. John B. Thayer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Arrest of caretaker over 300 children incident near Cracow
Telegraph report from Vienna June 21 states Maian Konop kovobb was arrested near Cracow charged with a serious incident involving over 300 children mostly illegitimate she cared for. A crowd at the arrest scene attempted to lynch her.
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The
Star
Vienna
Maian Konopkovobb
Cracow
Naval Academy Loses Longtime Mathematics Instructor
Washington June 21 The United States naval academy at Annapolis loses Prof William T Hendrickson a long time mathematics instructor who retired upon reaching the active service age limit He is a Pennsylvania native and a 1863 graduate noted as an authority and author of several math texts
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Washington
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
William T. Hendrickson
Navy
Hendrickson
Pennsylvania
Naval Academy
Shinault Sentenced to Ten Years for Brother Killing
In Wytheville Virginia on June 21 a jury convicted Shinault of killing his brother over a card game at Ivanhoe last month. Shinault, a North Carolina resident, received a ten year penitentiary sentence. Officials Everett Tuscaloosa M T Ormand M P Poole Opelika D B Smith Jr B C Condon North Birmingham W W Walker E Witham Avondale M F Wood John Deagan were present alongside many visitors.
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R. T. Simpson, Jr
M. T. Ormand
Dallis B. Smith
James T. Greene
W. E. Everett
R. E. Gordon
Order of Business
John Meager
J. W. Swain
R. E. Nance
P. B. Patton
M. F. Wood
W. W. Walker
P. J. Duffin
D. H. Mayfield
B. H. Johnson
The
Star
Wytheville
Shinault
Ivanhoe
North Carolina
Coronation Preparations Fill Trondhjem For Haakon Crowning
In Trondhjem Norway anticipation runs high as Haakon and Queen Maud prepare for their coronation tomorrow. The city hosts officials ambassadors and many visitors including American tourists. Security is tight with secret police from several nations aiding local authorities. The cathedral ceremony starts at 11 am with a state dinner for about three hundred guests.
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Red International
Germany
England
Denmark
Beef export dips as packers protest grows at Washington
Official Commerce and Labor data trace a crisis in foreign trade from Packers agitation. January sees beef exports up two million pounds after The Jungle revelations, February down 300000 pounds, March 50 percent lower, April and May continue declines with fresh beef exports easing.
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Star
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
40000 to journey to Sheepshead for races
Forty thousand persons will journey to Sheepshead Bay track this afternoon to witness the suburban handicap. Eleven evenly balanced horses start with no pronounced favorite though Caringhorn, Tobalona and Dandelion have many friends. The track is in good condition and a fast but stormy afternoon is threatened.
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The
Star
New York
Sheepshead Bay
Caringhorn
Tobalona
Dandelion
Kaiser appoints Prince Henry to command German navy
Berlin June 21 The Kaiser appoints his brother Prince Henry of Prussia as commander of the German navy signaling a major promotion and shift in naval leadership amid evolving European tensions.
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Berlin
Kaiser
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Eight Drown As Steamer Sinks Off Dover
Dover England June 21 The schooner Bertha from Rio Janeiro to Hamburg collided with Antwerp to New York and sank immediately. Eight persons were drowned. The American was uninjured.
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the Star
Dover
England
Bertha
Rio Janero
Hamburg
Antwerp
New York
Longest Day of the Year Across Hemispheres
June 21 marks the longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern. The sun rises at 4 34 and sets at 7 27 giving fourteen hours and fifty three minutes of daylight.
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The
Star
Washington
Outbreak at Sevastopol Grips Black Sea Fleet
A Sevastopol telegram reports a garrison mutiny and seizure of three guns, later disarmed. Additional reports say the Black Sea fleet is again disaffected and Cronstadt advices note troops and seamen ready for revolt. Four companies in St Petersburg refused sentry duty.
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Sevastopol
Black Sea
Manufacturers Restore Wages to Old Rate on July 2
Fall River Mass June 21 The manufacturers association announced they had decided to restore the old wage rate. This means a 14 percent raise over the current schedule effective July 2.
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Manufacturer’s Association Today
Canal Voting Shifts as Morgan Speaks
In Washington on June 21 the canal bill debate opens with the key issue of lock type for the Panama canal. Senator Morgan’s speech, praised as well informed, cites engineers and counters lock-system arguments. Administration senators push to secure votes for the lock plan despite engineering authority leaning the other way.
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Morgan
Chagres
Washington
Senator Pettus
Senator Morgan
Senate
Holloren Elected President of Dispatcher Association
J. E. Holloren of Springfield Massachusetts was elected president of the National Association of Train Dispatchers at the convention in Buffalo New York on June 21.
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Buffalo
N. Y
J. E. Holloren
Springfield
Mass
National Association of Train Dispatchers
Engineer supports sea level canal plan with Gamboa dam
The speaker favors a sea level canal and Gamboa dam as part of that scheme. He criticized the Presidents preference for a lock canal calling it executive fore-ordination. The speaker urged using national wealth to build the best canal.
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Gamboa
Morgan
Bryan and Wife Attend Coronation in Trondheim
W J Bryan and Mrs Bryan arrived in Trondheim and stayed with the U S minister to Sweden Charles Graves. Bryan planned to attend the coronation of King Haakon with remarks on trusts and a progressive Democratic program. He noted distrust of trusts could dominate the next election and that radical ideas can become conservative as reform grows.
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Btar
Trondhjem
Norway
W. J. Bryan
U. S
Sweeden
Charles H. Graves
United States
Haakon
Biryan
Bryan
Christiana
Bryson
America
Trusts
Ameri
Length of men's shirts becomes Kansas campaign issue
Topeka Kansas June 21 The Kansas political scene sees the length of men's shirts raised as a campaign issue by both major parties A farm paper promotes farming unions arguing longer shirts would use surplus cotton If cotton shortages arise the idea could backfire cautions from Democratic and Republican chairmen Ryan and Crummer as they urge caution
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Ryan
Crummer
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Fountain
R. T. Simpson
Worthy
J. Henry Edmondson
Anniston
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Sesson
Florence
A. E. Webb
Pratt City
T. E. Clark
D. B. Smith
Roy Nance
Tuscumbia
Huntsville
W. 8
Edge
Birmingham
J. Horan
Will Mon
Gadsden
E. E. Elder
Mobil
Finley Mc
Faddin
R. R
All Rail
Everett
M. P
Poole
D. B. Smith, Jr
B. C. Condon
North Birmingham
E. Witham
Avondale
John Dea
Queen Maud
Stiftsgaarden
Olaf
Muck Rake
Packers
Sheepshead
Ness
William
Henry
ST. Petersburg
St. Peters
Burg
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Panama Canal
Holloren
Watson
Gatun
Mrs. Bryan
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