Enrolment Rises as Anniston Opens Quintard School
About 1,450 students attend Anniston public schools with 1,200 white pupils. The new Quintard avenue building hosts 360 students while Wilmer and Quintard schools expanded first grades for south and north of Seventeenth Street. Superintendent D. R. Murphey advocates higher state school funding and has drawn praise from across Alabama and beyond.
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D. R. Murphey
Quintard Avenue
Wilmer School
Seventeenth Street
Quintard School
Murphey
Mobile
Calhoun County Institute
Alabama
Anniston
Gann Named Organizer for AFL in Anniston District
R. E. Gann, president of the Alabama State Federation of Labor, received a commission from AFL President Samuel Gompers naming him organizer and label agent for the Anniston district. The one year appointment empowers him to found and install unions under AFL guidance and enforce membership and officer installation.
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R. E. Gann
Alabama State Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Anniston
Mr. Gann
National and
International Union of the
Gann
Ways and Means Committee Busy in House Restructuring
The Ways and Means Committee met in Washington to start a new committee structure for the lower chamber. The overhaul promises the greatest changes the House has seen in sixteen years.
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Ways and Means
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Congress
Fire kills ninety at Bologoe bioscope show
Ninety persons died in a bioscope theater fire in Bologoe on March 6. Many children and their mothers perished in the flames as the building burned to ruins.
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ST. Petersburg
el Bologoe
Roosevelt Plans West South Tour After GOP League Formed
Theodore Roosevelt will depart on a long Western and Southern speaking tour starting March 6. He will deliver speeches from the Gulf states to the Canadian line, with Birmingham on March 10 as a notable stop. The timing follows the National Republican League launch, prompting speculation on political significance.
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Roosevelt
Gulf States
National Republican League
South
West
Birmingham
Clabaugh Leaves Birmingham for Justice Department Post
H G Clabaugh once linked to M B Wellborn of this city is moving to Chicago to join the justice department. His Birmingham prosecution of the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association led to a dissolution suit, and Assistant Attorney General Harrison persuaded him to join federal service.
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Hinton G. Clabaugh
M. B. Wellborn
Mingham
Chicago
Department of Justice
Birmingham
Clabaugh
Harrison
Southern Wholesa Grocers’ Association
Ies of Justice
Their Swan Song
Shouting and singing marked the day as Andrei Ispen and Wassilli Ivankowski, the Lynn bandits sentenced to death for the June murder of Thomas Landregan and James of Carroll, await execution in Charlestown.
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Boston
Mass
Andrei Ispen
Wassilli Ivankowski
Lynn
Thomas Landregan
James of Carroll
Fourteen Cities Enter Race for Conventions
Washington dispatch notes fourteen cities vying for 1912 Republican and Democratic national conventions. Milwaukee Memphis St Louis Kansas City Chicago San Francisco Boston Philadelphia New York Denver Atlanta Baltimore Detroit and Philadelphia compete for the GOP and the Dems. St Louis Kansas City Chicago Milwaukee seek the Democratic gathering while New York Boston Denver and San Francisco push for the Republican meeting. Denver and San Francisco emphasize coast ads and Panama Canal expo ties. St Louis through the Business Men's League seeks bids for both conventions.
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Louisville
Atlanta
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Kansas City
Chicago
San Francisco
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Philadelphia
New York
Denver
Roosevelt
New Orleans
Republican National
Southerners To Lead In New Democratic Front
Democratic leaders outline a plan for April special session to pass the Canadian reciprocity agreement revise wool and cotton schedules under Payne tariff law and impose duties on about 100 life essentials including apparel. Steering committee to run the program with Clayton of Alabama as head and Southerners in absolute control.
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House
Congress
Washington
Panama Canal
Appalachian
White Mountains
Senate
Permanent Tariff Board
Arizona
New Mexico
Half Breed Raid Threat Looms at San Diego
Fifty half breed Mexican women and children are being evacuated to California for safety as threats of an assault near Tia Juana in lower California loom.
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San Diego
Cal
Tia Juana
California
Railroads to Appeal Rate Rulings
Presidents of Eastern railroads and Interstate Commerce Commission officials met in Washington to discuss appeal of recent commission rate decisions. They planned to withdraw planned increase schedules that would have taken effect.
Mrs. Ella T. Wright Dies After Hospital Operation
Mrs. Ella T. Wright wife of W. B. Wright of 1024 Commerce avenue West Anniston died at Sellers hospital after a Saturday operation. Aged 52 she left a husband five children from two marriages including Lewis E. Oden Otis M. Oden Charles E. B. Oden and Mrs. W. T. Wright and Harry Wright. Funeral at 10 a m Tuesday at the husband home conducted by Rev. George Stoves and Minister Bert White with carriages at 9:30 a m. Interment Edgemont pallbearers W A Pilkington Dr E B L Curlee L P Irvin B M Johnson F M House R L Honson.
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Ella T. Wright
W. B. Wright
Commerce Avenue
West Anniston
Sellers’ Hospital
George Stoves
First Methodist Church
Bert White
Church of Christ
Murphy Undertaking
Edgemont
W. A. Pilkington
EB. L. Curlee
L. P. Irvin
B. M. Johnson
F. M. House
R. L. Honson
Unsettled Weather Through Tuesday With Mild Temperatures
Unsettled conditions tonight and Tuesday bring little change in temperatures. Expect variable skies, possible showers, and moderate warmth continuing across the forecast period.
Market Open Steady Amid Antitrust Decision Hopes
New York March 6 stock market opened quietly with a steady tone despite speculation on Supreme Court rulings in antitrust cases. Cotton market started steady with gains over Saturday's close.
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New York
United States Supreme Court
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Draws Wide Interest
An almost full attendance is forecast for the Anniston Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and smoker at the Alabama hotel Tuesday night. Dr. John W. Stagg of Presbyterian College will speak with other speakers praising progress and outlining plans for the city’s industrial and commercial advancement. The group, in harmony and high enthusiasm, looks to a prosperous future.
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Alabama
John W. Stagg
The
Presbyterian College
Association of the Business
Judge Frances C. Lowell Dead in Boston at 86
Judge Frances C. Lowell of the United States Circuit Court died suddenly in Boston today at the age of 86. He served on the bench for decades and was prominent in federal judiciary circles.
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Boston
Mass
Frances C. Lowell
United States Circuit Court
Prohibition Arrests Reported After Grand Jury
Sheriff lists several arrests for violation of prohibition laws following a grand jury report. Individuals named Will Carson Jeff Murry Tom Ferguson and Tom Pinson posted bonds of 200 each and were released.
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Will Carson
Jeff Murry
Tom Ferguson
Tom Pinson
Fire at Syndicate block in Minneapolis leaves two dead
Two people are killed and several injured as a devastating blaze roars through the Syndicate block on Nicolette Avenue in Minneapolis. Property loss surpasses one million dollars.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Nicolette Avenue
West Virginia Ordered to Pay Virginia 7,182,000
The Supreme Court ruled West Virginia must pay Virginia seven million one hundred eighty two thousand dollars ending a long standing state debt dispute. Interest questions remain unresolved by the court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Virginia
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