City Council Acts in Clean Up Drive with Controls
Measures target advertising and street features as part of a civic improvement push. Bills require removal of Noble street bill boards by July 1 and ban new boards between Sixth and Twenty first streets. West Fifteenth street awnings to go, with $100 penalties for new ones. Also set to create separate cemetery entrances and pave Wilmer avenue sidewalk at property owners’ cost.
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Civic Improvement Society
Noble Street
Twenty-first
West Fifteenth Street
Mulberry Avenue
Edgemont Cemetery
Wilmer Avenue
Seventeenth
Eighteenth Streets
Annistonians Send Aid to Starving China
Anniston residents raise funds for famine relief via church collections and a $195 check from Parker Memorial Church treasurer R M Ingram plus $200 previously donated by Mr Kaplan. Rev J D Simpson signals further collections may follow, aiming to total over $600.
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R. M. Ingram
Parker Memorial Church
Christian Herald
China
Kaplan
Model City
First Presbyterian
J. D. Simpson
First Methodist Church
Universal Brotherhood
Annistonians
Million Dollar Tobacco Blaze Destroys South Boston Factories
A disastrous fire in South Boston Va destroyed tobacco plants including the R. J. Reynolds factory and nearby buildings, threatening the town and causing an estimated loss of 1 million dollars. Appeals for aid were sent to Danville Va and Durham NC.
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Danville
Boston
Here
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Telephone Exchange
Durham
N. C
Weather Forecast for Anniston and Vicinity
Fair tonight and Saturday in Anniston and surrounding area. Temperatures gentle with light winds. No precipitation expected.
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Anniston and Vicinity
Railway Wrecks Blame Shift by Overworked Crew
Samuel Gompers denounces railroad managers for trying to shift wreck blame to unions. He argues that overworked train crews, a condition created by management, is the root cause and the responsibility lies with railroad leadership.
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The
Star
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federationist
Intendo
Gompers
Educators Mix Pleasure and Work at Alabama Convention
Mobile March 29 Alabama educators gathered for their annual convention. Morning talks centered on high school issues with leaders C. O. C. Thach J. B. Cunningham L. P. Giddens and Joel C. DuBosestarring. Afternoon tours included Fort Blakely and other city sites. Tonight Tulane’s Bb. B. Craighead speaks at open session. The event ends tomorrow with officer elections.
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Mobile
Alabama
C. O C. Thach
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
J. B. Cunningham
Birmingham
L. P. Giddens
The
Southern University
Joel C. DuBose
University of Alabama
Fort Blakely
Bb. B. Craighead
Tulane University
North Central Association Opens Annual Meeting In Chicago
The North Central Association of high schools and colleges began its annual meeting in Chicago with many distinguished educators in attendance from Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and other states.
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Chicago
North Central Association of High Schools and Colleges
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Y M C A Conference Opens With Delegate Enthusiasm in Wilmington
Special to the Star from Wilmington N C March 29 Delegates to the interstate Y M C A opened their meeting this afternoon with evident enthusiasm Governor Glenn will speak at tonight's session and the conference will run through Sunday
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Star
Wilmington
N. C
Interstate Y. M. C. A
Glenn
West Coast Train Wreck Claims Over Fifty Lives
Colton California March 29 The death list in a Southern Pacific tourist train wreck near Colton will exceed 50 with a dozen wounded in danger and three or four likely to die. Identified Americans include George L Sharpe of Muncie Indiana and W Shiek mail clerk of Milton Hill. Officials say a switching crew member left a switch open, causing the crash. three crew members are held on $1000 bail each.
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Star
Colton
Cal
Southern Pacific
George L. Sharpe
Muncie
Ind
W. Shiek
Milton Hill
Myes
Thaw Trial Anticipated to Resume Early Next Week
Report from York describes plans to resume Harry Thaw's trial soon after an interruption caused by a demand for the commission. Thaw’s lawyers expect progress Tuesday and believe examination will show his fitness, with a likely update from the Bion on Monday.
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O the Star
York
Harry Thaw
Jerome
Bion
Peabody
Easter Egg Hunt Prep at White House Grounds
Washington March 29 Preparations are complete for the annual Easter egg rolling festival on White House grounds Monday The Engineers band will play replacing the Marine band absent The president and his family will view from the south portico Archie cannot participate due to unavailable details
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Washington
White House
Engineers
Marine of Band
Archie of
Ten Coaches Derail In Southern Pacific Wreck Near Colton
A Southern Pacific eastbound train from New Orleans to San Francisco derailed after striking an open switch near Colton California. At least twenty six people were killed and about one hundred injured, many of them Italians from New York and New Orleans. Eighteen bodies were recovered by evening with eight more found beneath overturned cars.
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Colton
Cal
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
San Francisco
New York
George Sharpe
Muncie
Jad
Pullman Train Wreck Leaves Most Tenants Unhurt
A wreck involving three Pullman coaches and a diner derailed after a rainstorm. Engineer Clarence Wormington and Freeman Victor Creeb were trapped under debris and severely burned. About 80 passengers were aboard with only two seriously injured.
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Clarence Wormington
Freman Victor Creeb
Wreck investigation cites careless switch left open
In Cotton, California, investigators probe charges of criminal carelessness behind yesterday's wreck. The switch was allegedly left open by the switch engine crew, causing 28 deaths, all men except one Italian woman. Remaining injured include Julius Kretch of Corapolis and Fred Ackerman of Utica, New York.
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Cotton
Cal
Julius Kretch
Coraopolis
Fred Ackerman
Utica
Nes
Prof Carmichael Sends Three Papers At Chicago Meeting
Prof R D Carmichael of this city has three original papers for the Chicago section of the American Mathematical Society to be presented tomorrow at the University of Chicago. In his absence the secretary H M Slaught will present the papers which treat a quartic curve that may degenerate into an ellipse a table of values of Euler phi function and a method for constructing a cube with a given ratio to another cube. The complete program includes 21 papers by 16 contributors with Carmichael the only one to file three papers.
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R. D. Carmichael
Chicago
American Mathematical Society
University of Chicago
Carmichael
HI. EB. Slaught
Euler
Prof
Good Friday Observed Across Churches in Big Cities
In New York on March 29 Catholic and many Protestant churches held special services for Good Friday. Exchanges closed and only banks remained open among large financial houses.
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The
Star
New York
Anniston Council Faces Banks Junk Shops and License Measures
Anniston council debates tax license actions against two banks and junk dealers amid proposed ordinances. Mayor Kilby opposes savings bank taxation while Dr. Wikle argues savings departments fall outside federal exemption. Senator Blackmon backs the proposal as crime-reducing.
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Kilby
Alabama
Wikle
Rutherford Lapsley
Fred L. Blackmon
Mother hurls infant overboard on voyage
The steamship Konig Albert reports Italian steerage passenger Filomena Equila threw her 14 month old daughter overboard through a porthole near departure ports Genoa Naples and Gibraltar. A crew search found no trace of the child and the mother attempted suicide but was prevented.
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The
Star
New York
Genoa
Naples
Gibraltar
Filomena Equila
Good Friday Observances Across Chicago
In Chicago on March 29 a general Good Friday observance occurred with services across most churches and special hours from noon to 3 PM. The board of trade and stock exchange suspended business while the produce market operated as usual.
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Chicago
Board of Trade and the Stock Exchange
Foreign pilgrims flood Rome during Holy Week
Rome reports an unusual influx of international visitors for Holy Week with many pilgrims and sightseers. The American bishops are among the notable foreign guests, reflecting a surge of Atlantic travelers in the city.
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Rome
Atlantic
Youthful Thief Sentenced to Public Thrashing
George Hudgins a 12 year old boy was found guilty in police court of stealing a baseball bat from City Hardware. The judge ordered a sound thrashing by his mother witnessed by Officer Eason, a punishment she enforced amid protests.
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George Hudgins
Eason
Girl 7 Killed by Electric Car in Birmingham
Margaret Farry, seven, died after a Powderly electric car struck her as she crossed a street in Birmingham at about 8 pm. Her father, on a nearby porch, witnessed the tragedy but could not intervene.
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Birmingham
Margaret Farry
No Strike Delayed as Gov Act Sought
Chicago March 29 no strike will be called until government mediates. Garretson and Morrissey leaders of the train men say the strike board approved the decision. Martin A Knapp chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and United States Labor Commissioner Neill will arrive tomorrow to avert a strike and hope radical members can be restrained until Monday.
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The
Star
Chicago
Messrs
Garretson
Morrissey
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Labor
Neill
Jacksonville Normal Defeats Owenton Team 7 to 4
In Jacksonville on March 29 the Jacksonville Normal College baseball team beat Owenton College 7 to 4 in the first of a three game series. Neither side scored until the third inning.
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Jacksonville Normal
Owenton
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Normal College
Owentos College
Bennett Case Dismissed In County Court
Fred Bennett was discharged by Judge Crook in County court this afternoon on the state charge pending against him. The action was based on Bennett already being punished for the offense in police court. Two men, F J Michalhime and Peter McClellan, were convicted of trespassing on the Southern railroad and ordered to pay a fine of 22.50 each.
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Fred Bennett
Crook
Bennett
F. J. Michalhime
White
Peter McClellan
Readron
Southern Railroad
Maxim Gorky Ill in Rome
Maxim Gorky the Russian writer is seriously ill in Rome with consumption as of March 29.
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Rome
Maxim Gorky
Loftin Free After Compromise Of Charges
C. M. Loftin, jailed in Birmingham and brought back on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses, was released today as his mother settled his obligations and charges were compromised.
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C. M. Loftin
Birmingham
Body of Unknown White Man Found in Mobile River
The body of a well dressed white man was found floating in the Mobile River early today with a long rope around the waist attached to an iron bar weighing 100 pounds. The body was apparently dead before being thrown into the river.
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The
Star
Mobile
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FE. P. Cooper
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Interstate
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Neil
Cision
Maxim Gorky III
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