Judge Hough Rules Libel Punishable by State Laws
In a landmark Indianapolis ruling, Judge Hough quashed the federal indictment against The New York World and others over a Roosevelt Panama story. He held the libel statute insufficient to sustain federal jurisdiction, signaling a closing chapter for the Panamanian case and marking a victory for press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hough
Roosevelt
New York
Press Publishing ‘Company
New York World
Joseph
Fulltner
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Unttea States District Court
Howey
Mber Cave
Douglas Robinson
Tatt
Charles .P. Taft
Indianapolis New
Sttck
Panama Company
United States
America
Congress
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Joseph Pulitzer
Indianapolis
Charles FR. Willams
Anderson
Washington
Judea Hough
West Point
Supreme Court of the United States
Delancey Nicoll
Eepgenes
Wte
Star Chamber
Henry A. Wise
Li Reste
the United
Viaduct Plan Favored To Haynes Street In West City
City West Side planners favor a viaduct extending to Haynes Street to serve the western city, with a long elevated 3,800 foot bridge costing about 250 000 dollars. Local railways and the Seaboard Railway may fund a large share and committees are formed to confer with several rail companies to advance the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsyth
Yariy
Rhodes Street
Haynes Street
Mester Alabama
Stt
Nus
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Aunts
Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Seaboard’ Airline Fairway
Haynes Streets
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Seaboard
Bunlnesa
Rhodes
West Stdy Club
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlanta Railroad
J. B. Everett
A. 5. Johnson
Western and Atlantis Railroad
John W. Grant
Charcoal Lozenges Promised as Quick Remedy for Bad Breath
A historical ad touts Fela Package of Steam's Charcoal Lozenges as a positive cure for foul breath caused by stomach issues. It claims charcoal absorbs acids and normal digestion restores breath, urging readers to chew and wash with water, with a sample offer from the Fairfield Square Building address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Launcelot
Stuart
Marsnail Wehigem
Atlanta Labor Boycotts Meat Over Trade Union Vote
In Atlanta a labor group debated a meat boycott tied to union issues as officers were elected. Officers named included President S. B. Marka and Vice President A. K. Burk, with N. H. Kirkpatrick as secretary and others serving as trustees and officers in related unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giy Jponltion
S. B. Marka
Webb Presemen‘s Union
A. K. Burk
Steam Engineers’ Union
N.H. Kirkpatrick
Atlante, Typographical Union
Trbatees
Claude Ashley
Thomas Scales
W. R. Shockley
Nittse
Weenon
Nor
Man
Karlson
Ladgon
Ate Ignte
White Slave Bill Passed by House
Washington reports the Mann white slave bill passed by a viva voce vote. Debated provisions include requiring owners of certain houses to report names of young women to immigration authorities, seen by Bartlett and Kiefer as unconstitutional state rights violations. The measure imposes fines up to 5000 dollars and up to five years imprisonment for aiding interstate or foreign prostitution.
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Washington
Druggists Ban On Liquor Sparks Childs Death
Provo Arizona January 26 druggists entered an agreement to withhold whisky or brandy for sixty days to save a 2 year old boy diagnosed by a physician as needing the medicine. The child died yesterday from pneumonia. The prescription was refused after the city council president and a councilman lobbied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provo
Ariz
T. J. Smith
Emith
Cure for Eczema Reported After Cuclura Trial
A reader recounts seven years of a skin ailment beginning on the leg and spreading to the knee, with severe itching disrupting sleep. After futile treatments, the wife encouraged use of Cuclura Remedies including Cuclura Resolvent and Cuclura Soap, leading to the condition clearing with no recurrence for years. The testimonial notes a return of older symptoms absent since that cure.
Governor refuses requisition for Britton in murder case
Birmingham prisoner Frank Judson Britton, accused of killing his mother Mrs Lovie Britten, faces no requisition after Gov Brown rejected the request urged by Attorneys Thompson Hayward. Officials say the move delays execution for George Burge, sentenced to death, while Britton’s innocence is claimed by supporters.
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Brown
Alabama
Frank Judson Britton
Birmingham
Lovie Britten
Bure
George Burge
Thompson & Hayward
Charles D. Hi
Hill
Britton
Tral
Til
Hayward
Fhompoon
Crowley
John C. Hartant
Tmi- Hin
Abe
Bama
Jess
Robert L. Rodgers
Hotwil
Anniston
Ais
Atlanta
Frank Crowley
Britten
Alex’ Byker
Young Britton
Lovey Burge
Mwarke
Union Foundry
Brttton
Sykes
Mr. Bykes
Frank Britten
F. G Crowley
Woman Accused of Faking Quadruplets in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on January 26 Judge Curtiss D. Wilbur heard a case in which Mrs. W. W. Wilson is charged with assembling four foundlings to claim she bore quadruplets. The birth dates and ages of the babies are disputed by doctors and hospital staff, with affidavits backing her story from a nurse and her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Solomon
Curtiss D. Wilbur
W. W. Wilson
A. C. Pratt
$1,000,000 sought to fund national highway commission
St Augustine January 26 delegates from nineteen states backed a plan for a 1 million dollar appropriation to create a national highway improvement commission. The group urged congress to pass the bill with a president appointed mix of officials and citizens to survey and coordinate a national road system. Taft reportedly supported survey efforts.
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St. Augustine
Fla
National
Commission On Highway Improvement
International League For Highway Improvement
Congress
Iate
Post Office Department
Elea
Department of Agriculture
Taft Hag
Washington
John A. Stewart
New York
League
Error over postal deficit sparks magazine rate debate
Washington reports a $60 million error in post office deficit figures cited by the Association of American Magazine Publishers. Twenty five publishers testified before the House committee on post offices and post roads. A pamphlet argues the department shows a $17 million deficit but actually has a surplus when rural free delivery costs are considered. The pamphlet contends second class assessments of $44 million were overstated by $60 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Association of American Magasing
Postoffice Department
Periodical Publishers’ Association
House Committee On
Town Builds Rise Amid High Demand for Dwellings
Quote indicates strong demand for housing and ongoing construction in the town. Notes a peak in building activity with prospects for even more in the near future. Mentions labor and dwellings as key factors driving growth and prosperity.
Veteran found dead in bed at Twiggs county home
Malachi Sanders father Captain Sanders, a Macon veteran with a storied war record, was found dead by his bed at his Twiggs county farm yesterday. Authorities say exposure to the cold caused death after a half clothed night. He left $66 in cash and $60 pension funds awaiting him. Coroner and jury recorded the cause. funeral set for this afternoon as his children are notified to claim the remains.
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Brown House
Macon
Malachi Sanders
Captain Sanders
Twiggs County
Bond
C. M. Wiley
Sanders
Young
Jary
Welegraph
Birmingham to Build a $200,000 YMCA Building
Birmingham January 26 The ten days campaign for a $200,000 YMCA building in Birmingham closed tonight with subscriptions totaling $213,000. More than $327,000 of the amount was raised on the final day, and there were only two contributions of $10,000 or more. Those in charge say the raising of over $200,000 in ten days sets a new record for this work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ale
Young Men's Christian Association
Charce
General Grosvenor Named
Washington January 26 General Charles H Grosvenor of Ohio reserved from the broad anties of his appointment as a member of the Chickamauga Park Commission. He plans to push an amendment to the act to transfer the head quarters from the war department in Washington to the park or to Chattanooga to keep close touch with the project.
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Grosvenor
Washington
Charles “H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Nroaidant’ Anties
Chickamauga Park
Chickamauga Pat
Coramlasion
Swear Department
Chattanoows
Pledge Breaker in Monroé Tragedy Ends Life by Suicide
In Monroé, Skinner broke his pledge to abstain from drinking by night but kept it by day as he killed himself with a pistol to his head. The incident follows a prior vow made earlier this year.
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Monroé
Skinner
Negro with the Smallpox Disrupts Washington Court
In Washington Georgia on January 26, Cy Bullard, a Black man arraigned on a misdemeanor, faced Judge William Wynne. The county physician declared smallpox, prompting court officers and spectators to flee, leaving the man briefly in the room before an immune officer escorted him to jail as the sole prisoner.
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Washington
Cy Bullard
William Wynne
South Holds Key to Lower Prices Says Governor Patterson
New York January 26 Governor Malcolm Patterson of Tennessee argues lower living costs come from southern land abundance and population shift southward He says moving millions from crowded eastern cities to rural South would ease prices and create future fortunes with work opportunities Also notes cheaper land and lack of railroad subsidies as factors Piles cure claim offered at 50c with guaranteed results and money back if not cured
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Malcolm FR. Patterson
Tennessee
Patterson
South
West
Handsome Ford Stolen From Local Street
A Ford car owned by A. L. Brooks of 199 Crew Street was stolen about 7 PM near Peachtree and Marietta. Brooks left the car while shopping. it carried plate 367. Police are actively searching for the thief.
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A. L. Brooks
Crew Street
Peachtres
Marietta
Brooks
Unnamed Chicago Woman Rescued After Suicide Attempt
A well dressed woman identified as Mrs Nick Kunth of Chicago was found unconscious on a Dallas street late last night. She was rushed to Emergency Hospital, where doctors say she is out of immediate danger. A note in her purse asked that her husband in Chicago be notified. She claimed ties to a leading Chicago family and lamented that her suicide attempt failed.
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Dallas
Nick Kunth
Chicago
Phea
Lost Strength and Wasting Disease Remedy Ad
An advertisement urges seeking an honest specialist for serious health issues like heart liver kidney bladder trouble nerve exhaustion and sexual disorders. It promotes Haway and Co at 33 Inman Building Atlanta offering examinations booklets and treatment plans claiming long experience updated equipment and many successful cases.
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Bolentine
PH Hathaway & CO
Atlanta
Taft Roosevelt Lobby Allegations Rise in Alaska Lobby Case
Washington hearings reveal Delegate Wickersham accusing President Taft and ex President Roosevelt of supporting an Alaska lobbyist network in Washington. He links Major Richardson and Governor Hoggett to Guggenhelms driven bills. Hoggett defends himself while Beveridge restricts testimony.
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Washington
Wickersham
Taft
Roosevelt
W. B. Hoggat
W. F. Richardson
Senate Committee On Territory
Juéie Wickersham
Beveridge
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Guggenhalms
Richardson
Hog- Bat
Guggenhelms
Wwe Itivedrusun
Aia
Mefor Richardson Judge Wicker
Alaska
Hoggett
Multiple infant deaths and local obituaries reported
Bvylen Smith infant daughter of J W Smith dies at home with funeral at 3 30 this morning interment in Hollywood Cemetery. Edgar Franklin Malcom infant son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Malcom services at Greenberg Sand Bloomfield chapel at 8 o'clock this morning interment White Plains Ga. Captain A J Harris Confederate veteran dies at 72 native of Talbot county long tax collector. Gary B Rogers 21 dies at private sanitarium survived by wife two children mother four sisters two brothers body to Savannah for funeral. E H Waldrep 64 dies at 90 South Boulevard survives wife two children two sisters one brother funeral at Hardenman’s church. M M Duncan 71 dies at Pine and Fourteenth streets survived by two sons two daughters funeral at North Atlanta Baptist church interment Sandy Springs cemetery. Mrs Kate Amazon Macon dies after brief illness funeral planned. Mrs Nancy Mayfield 80 dies at 683 Woodward Avenue funeral arrangements pending. Mrs B E Humphries and Mrs ute Mangee noted without funeral details.
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Bvylen Smith
J. W. Smith
Richardson Street
Hollywood Cemetery
Edgar Franklin Malcom
Hager Franklin Malcom
Arthur Malcom
Greenberg, Sand & Bloomfield
White Plains
Gary B. Rogers
Gary
Rogers
Harry G. Poole
Bapel
Savannah
E. H. Waldrep
EB. H. Waldrep
South Boulevard
Hoela
Alstere
Hardeman’s
M. M. Duncan
Tl Fears
Pine and
Fourteenth Streets
Bricklayers’ Union No. 14
North Atlanta
Nancy Mayfield
Nancy" Mayfield
Woodward Avenue
Sone
G. A. For
Ty and Cor
B.E. Humphries
Mra’ Ute Mangee
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George Muse
Clo. Co
Black Eye
Cye
Tolese Mneste
Fela
Page One
Skirt Co
Whitehall
Bartlett
Arizona
Cuticura
Ark
League For Highway Improvement
Evansville
Alabama Street
Peter -Poolas
Propr
Washington Court
Taft and
A. J. Harris
Columbus
Talbot County
Kate Amazon
W. T. Amazon
Newepas
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