Japan Will Wage War Yet It Will Be Commercial War
Rev. James J. Chapman returning from Kanazawa argues there will be no war with the United States but a commercial battle. He notes Japan becomes a manufacturing nation, Osaka as the Pittsburg of the East, and Japan will outclass others in Eastern trade. He cites large numbers of Japanese students, education, and a shift toward a Romanized script while Christianity grows and bishops back his message.
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Japan
United States
East
James J. Chapman
Kanazawa
Kuyushu
Little Island
Osaka
Pittsburg
London
China
Chapman
America
Beckwith
Glass
Prosecution Planned in Paris After May Day Shooting
Jacob Low, a naturalized American, is to be prosecuted for attempted willful premeditated homicide against police after he shot at soldiers during the May day demonstrations. He lies badly wounded and is held as a prisoner. police face evident crowd brutality injuries and a damaged head photograph.
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Paris
Jacob Low
Low
Weather forecast for Anniston area
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight then Friday becomes fair and warmer. Pleasant conditions with light winds through the period.
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Anniston
Bakers Strike in Paris Ends Today
Paris May 2 Special report says bakers vote to return to work ending the strike today in Paris. The labor stoppage had disrupted bread supply as union bakers halted work across the city.
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Bakers
Paris
Unveiling of Gen McClellan Statue Prompts Grand Pageantry
President Roosevelt attended the May 2 unveiling of the bronze statue of Gen George B. McClellan. A large military parade preceded the ceremony with troops sailors marines and guards present. Federal and local officials attended as speakers including Dan Sickles O O Howard and Grenville M. Dodge paid tribute to McClellan.
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Star
Washington
George B. McCleLlan
Army of the Potomac
Washington Navy Yard
National Guard of
District of Columbia
New Jersey National Guard
Washington Barracks
Fort Washington
Fort Hunt
Fort Myer
Roosevelt
White House
Henry ©. Pwight
Hartford, Conn
Marine Band
Gen. McClellan
Daniel FE. Sickles
O. O. Howard
Grenville M. Dodge
Decatur Mob Near Misses Lynch Attempt at Jail
A 300-man mob besieged the Decatur county jail seeking Lipscomb after an alleged assault on Mrs. Ecrompher. Sheriff Shipp reported Lipscomb had been sent to Birmingham for immediate trial. A. P. Brindley appealed for law and order and the mob dispersed after no suspect was found.
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Star
Decatur
Sheriff Shipp
Lipscomb
Court House
P. H. Brindley
Hartselle
Bold assault on Mrs Morrison ends with gunfire
Florence on May 2 reported Mrs Naomi Morrison was attacked by a Black assailant. She fired at the man and emptied all six chambers, sparing herself from serious harm due to quick action.
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Star
Florence
Naomi Morrison
Lady Henry Somerset Announces Retirement From Public Work
London May 2 A large Bridgewater House crowd hears Lady Henry Somerset announce she will curtail her work due to fatigue and health concerns. Her Duxhurst Surrey industrial colony remains a pioneer home for women recovering from alcoholism.
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Star
London
Bridgewaterhouse
Henry Somerset
Henry
Duxhurst
Surrey
Mississippi Teachers Meet Opens in Gulfport Tonight
The 27th annual Mississippi teachers association gathering begins in Gulfport this evening with several hundred educators already on site for the event.
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Star
Gulfport
Miss
The
Mississippi Teachers’ Association
Five Years for Fleming in Cobbtown Murder Case
Will Fleming, a colored man, was found guilty of the murder of Jules Tyre, a fellow Black man, at a Cobbtown party about two years ago. The jury recommended five years in the state penitentiary after a trial that lasted under six hours.
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Fleming
Cobetown
Will Fleming
Jules Tyre
Tyre
Cobbtown
Supreme Court
Florence woman foils intruder at window in second incident
Mrs Morrison, wife of a leading Florence businessman, fired a pistol to stop a man attempting to force open her window last night, following a similar incident last Friday.
Suit settles for twenty five thousand against railroad
In Birmingham on May 2 the Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line settled the $650,000 breach of contract suit brought by William H. McAfee as signee. The railroad agrees to pay $25,000 to McAfee.
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The
Star
Birmingham
William H. McAfee
Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line
McAfee
Officers Save Miller by Arrest at Junction Track
Officers McNamara and Jirels found H F Miller unconscious on railway tracks at the Southern and L N junction near the Central Foundry. They carried him to the station with the help of W E Parker and John Smith saving him from likely death as trains approached. Miller was fined five dollars in police court this morning.
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McNamara and
Jirels
W. E. Parker
John Smith
H. F. Miller
Southern
L. & N. Railway
Miller
Central Foundry Company
McNamara
Mesars
Smith
Parker
Death of John J. Rees in Dallas Texas
News reaches Anniston that John J. Rees died in Dallas Texas on Tuesday. He was a former citizen of Anniston and a brother in law of W Wrenshall. Many friends here mourn his passing with sorrow.
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W. Wrenshall
John J. Rees
Dallas
Tex
Rees
Wrenshall
Anniston
Little Life Crushed by Montgomery Car
Monroe Harrison aged 3, son of Mr and Mrs James M Harrison of Montgomery, was run over by a traction company car on the Riverside line in front of his home. He died at 10 30 AM from injuries received after leaving an ice wagon to step in front of the car operated by Conductor Sam G Wood and Motorman B S Poole, who were arrested.
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Montgomery
Assault on Girl in Philadelphia Leaves Student Bruised
Miss Dorothy Paris aged 19 a Friends school student is confined to bed with cuts and bruises after an assault on her way home to Wenonah New Jersey. The assailant a negro was frightened away and later captured.
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Star
Philadelphia
Dorothy Paris
The
Friends’ School
Wenonah
N. J
Haywood Trial Set to Begin Next Thursday
Boise Idaho May 2 The trials of Western Federation of Miners officials charged with complicity in the murder of former Idaho Governor Steunenburg will start soon Haywood's trial begins next Thursday and is expected to last at least four months with extensive jury selection anticipated
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The
Star
Boise
Indha
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenburg
Idaho
Haywood
Advertisers urged to pre arrange Saturday ads
The Evening Star asks advertisers to place and supply copy for Saturday issues by 5 PM Friday to guarantee insertion. The policy aims to prevent crowding and allows space for attractive display ads.
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Evening Star
Gas Range Interest Prompts Morning Sleep Delay
Readers are urged to consider a gas range purchase paired with a routine to sleep half an hour later each morning. The note links appliance use to shifts in morning wake times and daily productivity.
Mitchell weak but condition satisfactory
Spring Valley Til May 2 John Mitchell remains weak yet in satisfactory condition today after illness.
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Mitchell
Spring Valley
Til
John Mitchell
Mine Disaster in Fayette County Claims More Casualties
Charleston W Va May 2 The Whipple mine explosion in Fayette county has a rising death toll with 11 dead and 4 seriously injured. Efforts to recover entombed workers have been unsuccessful but all bodies have now been recovered. The cause remains unknown despite the mine being in good condition.
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The
Star
Charleston
W. Va
Whipple
Fayette County
Dwight Manufacturing Purchases 73 Acres Near Mills
The Dwight Manufacturing Company buys 73 acres of Alabama City land from Col. Tf. B. Kyle for 21500 dollars. The deal includes several factory buildings and creates an unbroken tract along the east side of its mills toward Black Creek, with space for future mills cottages or parks as the Kyle Lumber Company planing mills are razed.
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Gadsden
Alabama City
Dwight Manufacturing Company
Col. Tf. B. Kyle
Dwight Company
Black Creek
Kyle Lumber Company
American Arrested in Dresden for Les Majeste
Special to the Star Dresden May 2 United States citizen Tynace Marcel tel of Brooklyn NC employed by a major American tobacco company was arrested for les ma jest e and released on bail. He allegedly uttered insults about the king of Saxony in a public bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Dresdesx
Attalla Methodists Dedicate $15,000 Church
Attalla on May 2 reports the $15,000 Attalla Methodist church building completed and ready for formal dedication next Sunday. Rev. James O. Haynes of Wea ley chapel Birmingham will preach the dedicatory sermon with other prominent Methodist ministers in attendance.
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Attalla
James O. Haynes
Wealey Chapel
Birmingham
L. C. Branacomb
Talladega
Ira F. Hawkins
Mabel Gilman Says She Will Marry Corey on May 13
In New York on May 2 a newspaper man secured from Mabel Gilman at the Hotel Gotham a statement that she and Mr Corey plan to wed in this city on May 13 with both families present. Rumor places the ceremony at Sherry's.
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Fair Mabel
Corey
The
Star
New York
Mabel Gilman
Hotel
Gotham
Mr. Corey
Sherry
Episcopal Women Adjourn to Meet Next Year in Greenville
State convention officers were elected during the Episcopal Church of Alabama women’s annual session in Montgomery on May 2. The slate includes President Mrs S T McMillan Ane niston and Vice President Mrs E N Peter Lee Tusenious with several secretaries and a scholarship director. Delegates were chosen to attend the triennial Richmond Va gathering in October, with Greenville as next year’s meeting site in May.
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Episcopal Women
Greenville
Star
Montgomery
Wee Man’s Auxiliary
Episcopal Church of Alabama
S. T. McMillan
Aneniston
Enen Peter
Lee
Tusenious
Mra
B. J. Baliwin
Montgmery
Baby Branch
I. K. Legare
Forkland
Fred R. Maxwell
Tuscalooan
Wilmer
Parthenia George
Demopolis
Eligasbeth Noble
Anniston
Episco Church and Woman’s Auxiliary
Richmond
Bishop Beckwith
Parker
Mobile
Mary Clarke
Demopolia
Stollenwreek
Bond
Train Wreck Near Pleasant View Injures Twenty Two Fatally
A passenger train on the Ohio River division of the Baltimore and Ohio derailed at Pleasant View 45 miles below Parkersburg while traveling 60 mph. The baggage car jumped the track and the engine tank and five coaches left the rails, two rear cars overturning. Twenty injured, two fatally.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Baltimore & the Fast Flyer
Kenova Pittsburg
Pleasantview
Two Negros Sentenced in Westchester Ravishment Case
In Westchester Pennsylvania on May 2 two Black men were convicted of ravishing a white woman and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary each. One received a $2000 fine for repeatedly abusing a 15 year old white girl living with her uncle.
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Westchester
Aseau
Ten Thousand Mexican Troops Mobilized Near Guatemala Border
Mexico City May 2 Over 10 000 Mexican troops have been mobilized near the Guatemalan border ready to strike if war results from the dispute over the extradition of Gen Lima from Guatemala. He is wanted in Mexico for involvement in the assassination of former President Barillas. The Guatemalan populace is excited with daily insults to Mexicans.
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Mexico City
Lima
Guatemala
Mexico
Barillas
Alabama Girls Delight Boston With Rome Journey
Pretty Alabama Sunday school girls en route to the world Sunday school convention in Rome Italy made a hit with Boston residents according to the Boston Post. Miss Minnie Kennedy of the Alabama Sunday school association toured with the group.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Rome
Italy
Boston
Boston Post
Minnie Kennedy
Alabama State Suny Day School Association
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Grace Church
McLellan
Mississippi Teachers
Annistonian
West Virginia
Dresden
Attalla Methodists
McMillan
Noble Sec’y and
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