Montgomery 4sts scandal scuttles gravel pit purchase
Montgomery Alabama faces a municipal scandal as the city council recalls an ordinance to buy a gravel pit for 3000 amid accusations of undue influence. An investigating committee, led by Alderman Loeb, held an executive session with Mayor-elect Cart among witnesses. The pit owner denies bribery claims and promises full disclosure as the probe continues.
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Montgomery
Alu
Thomas H Cart
Joeb
County of
Loeb Miys
Judge Alston denounces jurors over Durham verdict
Huntsville Ala August 9 Judge Alston Circuit Court sharply condemns Madison county jurors for revealing the verdict before it was read the judge warns that leniency toward self defense risks cheapening human life in the county He cites repeated homicides with no convictions while Durham was acquitted in a murder case involving Frank Blackwell and John Scott and laments public sentiment favoring the prisoner
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Alston
Durham
Huntsville
Ala
Jesse Durham
Circuit Court
Madison County
Durham Cage
Frank Blackwell
John Scott
Indiana mob tries to lynch assault suspect in Geneve
A mob in Geneve Indiana formed to lynch Arthur Williams aged 38 after a man named as accused of assaulting Froesie Barr aged 14 and Verna Wilson aged 13. He was captured by a crowd and narrowly escaped lynching as guards and officials secured the suspect with help from additional forces.
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Geneve
Ind
Arthur Williame
Froesie Barr
Verna Wilson
Seaboard Air Line case rehearing granted in Seawell suit
Associate Justice Cognor of the Supreme Court grants a rehearing of the Seawell case against the Seaboard Air Line over an assault incident in the railway’s run at Ets, where damages were initially 4500 then increased to 44500. The high court previously affirmed, and the matter will be reheard in October upon a petition filed yesterday by the Seaboard Air Line.
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Zion
Supreme Court
Pregs & 4
Seaboard Sl Line
Crowded Cars Collision Near Cincinnati Hurts Sixteen
An interurban collision between Mount Washington and Bethel Ohio injures sixteen passengers, four seriously, due to a telephone order misunderstanding. Reported injured include Truhlt Paris Emetziger Lewis Hopper and several relatives and bystanders from Cincinnati Covington Bethel and Mount Washington with details cross referenced in multiple local names.
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Cincinnati
Mount Washington
Bethel
Ohio
Truhlt
Wiliam Paris
Covington
Mresj
Emetziger
J. W. Lewis
Killed Bride as She Slept in Tragic Double Act
Lancaster August 9 a bride of four months Mrs Edgar Frants 19 slain in sleep by husband a drug clerk who fired two bullets then swallowed morphine after leaving a note claiming they would die together. Police believe jealousy motive and identify several named individuals in the case as associates.
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Lancaster
Edgar Frants
Frantz
Frante
Luciano Taken Off His Guard
New Orleans report says Tony Luciano head of an Italian faction was murdered today in a feud with the Calamia faction. He lured by Sam Astpero to a gallery, then shot on a deserted stairway and the killer fled into a side street where bystanders detained him. Astpero denies involvement.
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Constantinople
Tlate
Himlt Pacha
Reform Movement
Clisuri
Monastir
Djivarek
Kastoria
Gna
Kazas
Kazas As the Vilayet of Monaath, and In the Vilayet of
Okhrida
Musselman
Vilayet of
Monanthr
Maurocordato
Porte
M Rostkoveki
Zaptla
Said Pacha
Tewfik Pacha
Minovief
Sofia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Associated
Preas
Boris Sarafoff
Beieve
Ppesent Revolutionary Organization
New Orleans
Tony Luciano
Calamia
Sam Astpero
Hia
Astpero
Luciang
North Carolina Tobacco Farmers Worried Over Decline in Prices
In Raleigh special dispatches, reports from N C tobacco growers show severe price drops, with Sampson county farmers saying harvest and curing may not be worth the cost. The American tobacco trust standoff persists, urging cessation of growing if needed to disrupt supply. Also notes charter grants, rail wealth gains, Asheville water supply on, and labor event plans.
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North Carolina
General
Neves
Raleigh
N. C
Dewey
Newborne
New York
Canada
Pamlico and Neuse River Timber Company
Mewberne
E W Green
D J Nusewander
C. H Mills
Ioleda
Ohio
Corporation Commission
Lacy
Dixon
Sampson County
American Tobacco Trust
North Carolina Tobacco Growers’ Association
L. T Catuingham Timber Company
Maxton
Fisher Tobacco Company
Washington
Capitel
Nannie I
Mt Mitchell
Rocky Mountains
Durham
Kinston
Goldsboro
Granville County
United States Department of Agriculture
Aycock
Wrightsville Beach
WILLIAM J BRYAN IN WRECK NEAR MOUNT VERNON
W J Bryan was severely shaken up but escaped injury in a Southern railway wreck near Mount Vernon Illinois. The train ran into an open switch causing a delay of several hours. Beyond bruises no one injured. Bryan arrived from Louisville and continued to Sica more Illinois.
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St Louise
W J Bryan
Southern Railway
Mount Vernon
Mar
Bryan
Louisville Ky
Sicamore
Threats and arrests mix with August news from Georgia
A reported anarchist claim in Berlin links a tramp to planning harm against a crown prince’s eldest son, with the suspect saying dynamite and pistols would hurt innocents. Near Georgia notes: a religious meeting closes in Hermony Grove led by Rev. Ont, a cotton mill in Columbus breaks production records, and Rev. J. K. Wray accepts a Labor Day address invitation in Columbus.
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Herlin
Berline
Hermony Grove
Methodist Church
Bakes
T. J. Ont
Tlan
Carteraville
I. Christian
North Georgia Conference
Columbus, Ga
Girard Cotton Mill
Mr. Wray
J. K. Wray
St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church
Columbus
Tolstoy pamphlet banned by Kaiser stirs debate on war
A confiscated pamphlet titled Thou Shalt Not Kill by Tolstoy is cited as urging rulers to end militarism. The Kaiser orders suppression, noting Tolstoy mocks war and uniforms. In Waterbury, Conn., trolley workers settle a 30 week strike with partial rehiring and future talks.
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Leipzig
Toletol
Tolet
Tolstoi
Alexander
Carmet
Humbert
Hye
Waterbury
Conn
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Moo Romikovski
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Russia
Salonica
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Lagiva
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Fesna
London
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Bulgerta
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Monastor
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Carol
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Ischl
Francia Joseph
M. Goluchowski
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Serge
Aria
Wranisa
Greece
Ates
Lgear
Albania
Mitrovitea
His Royal Highness
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Ferdinand of
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Henry K. Crocker
Frank F. Veasie
Raymon G. Hall
Charles W. Holmes
Oliver F. Stilling
Thomas Hodges
Luciano
William J. Bryan
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Whitehall
Columbia
Lizzie Aiken
Colleton County
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Tolstops
Leo Tolstoi
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