Prohibition Debate Draws Crowd in Milwaukee Hippodrome
Thousands gathered in Milwaukee to hear a debate on national prohibition at the Hippodrome with Mayor Rose opposing and President Samuel Dickie of Albion College arguing for nationwide prohibition. Rose cited crime, insanity, and divorces rising in prohibition states while Dickie argued liquor fuels crime and harms workingmen. The event, part of a broader anti prohibition campaign, charged high prices and marked the first of a series planned by national prohibition leaders amid brewing opposition from liquor interests.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Hippodrome
Mayor Rose
Samuel Dickie
Albion College
Dickie
Rose
Northwest
Aged Lady Mrs Sarah Barkaloo Price Dies At 78
Mrs Sarah Barkaloo Price widow of W J Price died yesterday noon at 1021 Grant street after a brief illness. Born in Brooklyn she moved south in youth and was known for charity work and Presbyterian faith. Survived by relatives including Miss Willie Barkaloo and nephew Harry Barkaloo. Funeral at 10 from the house Rev R E Boykin officiating. Interment Palmetto. 2t142
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Sarah Barkaloo Price
W. J. Price
Grant Street
Willie Barkaloo
Harry Barkaloo
R. E. Boykin
St. Mark's
F. D. Thomas
Palmetto
Jekyls Island Clubhouse to Close Next Thursday
After a strong season with high attendance the Jekyl Island clubhouse will close next Thursday. Many guests have departed for the north while others stay until season end. At one point Sans Souci was fully booked with 125 guests, and prominent visitors came and went with little publicity, preserving quiet and comfort for members.
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Jekyl Island
Sans Souci
Jeky
Notice on Limitation of Crew Debts for George Fleming
The master or owners of the British steamship George Fleming will not be responsible for any debts contracted by any officer or crew member, except those made by the master. F. D. M. Strachan & Co. serve as agents.
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George Fleming
F. D. M. Strachan & Co
British Evangelist Kennington to Preach at Advent Church
Rev. T. W. Kennington of Leeds England arrived in Brunswick after a six week southern tour and will preach at the Advent church Sunday morning. He is described as a gifted evangelist with strong personality and will be greeted by a large congregation.
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T. W. Kennington
Leeds
England
Jacksonville
South
Brunswick
Advent Church
Near Fight Over Tariff Sparks House Session
In Washington on March 26 a heated moment erupted during the tariff debate as Michigan Representative Fordney clashed with Mississippi's Byrd over lumber tariffs. Byrd accused a lumber trust. Fordney retorted as remarks escalated and Byrd briefly removed his coat before colleagues intervened. The scene recalled Buck Kilgore’s cloakroom flare ups.
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Washington
Fordney
Michigan
Byrd
Mississippi
Buck Kilgore
Portland Resents Emery Wedding
In Portland Oregon on March 26 fear of public outrage drives Henrietta Emery and Prince Aoki to hide after arrival. Police say the couple may wed in Tacoma tomorrow as crowds search trains and hovels for them following broad newspaper reports of the engagement.
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Portland
Ore
Henrietta Emery
Archdeacon Emery
Diocese of
California
Prince Aoki
Tacoma
Elks Name Officers For This Year In Brunswick Lodge
At a Brunswick lodge meeting No. 691 officers were elected for the coming year. Albert Fendig is exalted ruler with Geo H. Smith leading knight and W C Peeples loyal knight. Other officers include E C Butts lecturing knight W B Lee secretary J L Andrews treasurer G A H Jennings tyler. Albert Fendig trustee three years L R Akins grand lodge rep and F A Wrench alternate. Installation follows with social session. A new lodge home is likely as the year progresses.
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Brunswick Lodge
Albert Fendig
Geo. H. Smith
W. C. Peeples
E. C. Butts
W. B. Lee
J. L. Andrews
G. A. H. Jennings
Tyler
Woman Kidnapper Says She Is Not Wanted Yet
In Pittsburg on March 26 Mrs James Boysie formerly Anna McDermott daughter of a Chicago fireman said I guess they don't want me in Sharon just now when told her husband was moved to Mercer Pa He is heavily manacled The attorney for Mrs Boyle said she is well known to people in Sharon but did not explain why she is held there
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Pittsburg
Sharon
James Boysie
Anna McDermott
Chicago
Whitla
Mercer
One Tooth Worth Forty Thousand Dollars in Suit
Horace E. Bishop, a photographer, values a broken front tooth at 40000 in a suit against George H. Piguerea, owner of a Union Square West office building, damages. The incident occurred when an elevator man struck Bishop during a dispute in the building.
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New York
Horace E. Bishop
Supreme Court
George H. Piguerea
No. 32
Union Square
West
Goff
Bishop
Store thief confesses as clerk Mary Smith jailed
Officers Brady and Lowe arrest Mary Smith, a longtime MecClure store employee, for thefts on Newcastle street. A search of her Dixville home yields merchandise worth about 300 dollars. Judge Krauss fines her 3100 dollars and costs after a guilty plea, aiding efforts to close a spate of thefts in the area.
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Brady
Lowe
Mary Smith
MecClure
Newcastle Street
Ramsey
Dixville
Dart
Krauss
Presiding Elder Langston Visits First Methodist Church
The Rev. Whitley Langston, new presiding elder of the Waycross district, preaches at 11 a.m. The pastor leads the 7:20 p.m. service with Langston praised as a fine speaker. Rev Kerr preaches at 7:30 p.m. on Spiritual Manhood for young men. Sunday school at ARG parish, Epworth League 6:45 p.m. Prayer service Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Visitors welcome.
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Whitley Langston
Langston
Waycross
Kerr
Epworth League
No More Cheap Coal Says Baer
At a meeting in New York, President Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, controlling over 37 percent of anthracite output, declared he would not sanction any coal price cut in the coming summer. His stance is expected to reduce summer demand by about half among large eastern consumers.
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New York
Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Divorces Sought by Julia Kuttner in Lunacy Suit
Middletown New York March 26 Julia Kuttner wife No 2 of Ferdinand Pinney Earl filed for an annulment claiming Earl is a lunatic and asking the court to let their year old child take her maiden name. The marriage followed Earl’s prior divorce and drew national attention.
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Middletown
N. Y
Julia Kuttner
Ferdinand Pinney Earl
Earl
Kuttner
Suicidal act shakes Herald building crowd in New York
Acquilla Chase, son of General Daniel Chase and a cousin of Salmon P. Chase, killed himself on the Herald building steps as hundreds watched in silence. A policeman failed to reach him in time to intervene. The incident occurred in New York on a March day.
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New York
Acquilla Chase
Daniel Chase
United States Army
Salmon Chase
George Bell's personal crisis ends wild career in Georgia
March 26 report follows Mrs George Bell filing for divorce from George H Bell, former legislator and journalist. Bell had been confined in a sanitarium and released a month earlier, then died by self-inflicted stab wound in a Central of Georgia car between Gordon and Toomsboro, later died at Tennille. He borrowed a knife from a passenger and drove it into his heart while en route to Swainsboro to answer divorce charges.
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Waycross
George Bell
George H. Bell
Bell
Swains
Chuarses
Milliken Will Creates Major Bequest for College
James Milliken's will leaves a 1.5 million estate to charity after a 400000 endowment to the university named for him and a 6000 annual payment for his widow. The Orlando death prompts the university to launch a fundraising campaign to secure the gift, the largest in the region aside from Rockefeller gifts.
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Decatur
James Milliken
Orlando
Fla
University
Firs Place
Campaten
Rockefeller
Milliken
Church College
Taft to Restore Marines on War Vessels
President Taft announced after a cabinet meeting that the March 3 amendments revoking Marines’ duty on warships are revoked and the old regulations restored. Attorney General Wickeysham consulted with Admiral Dowey on the action.
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Marines
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Wickeysham
Admiral Dowey
Big Freighter Ashore Off Sandy Hook
The freight steamer El Rio of the Southern Pacific bound from Galveston ran aground on North Sandy Hook during a high wind and low tide. It backed off the sand bar and continued up the bay without apparent damage, with no passengers aboard.
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Rio
Galveston
Sandy Hook
New York
el Rio
Southern Pacific Company
North Sandy Hook
Mystery surrounding Harold Moon kidnapping narrows to Pontiac clue
Chicago March 26 light falls on the February kidnapping of Harold Moon ten year old son of Luman Moon Flint Michigan. Mrs W H Frost reports seeing a boy matching the description in a box car at Pontiac with a well dressed man who ordered the child about angrily. Police will pursue the clue with a close search of the area.
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Chicago
Harold Moon
Luman ‘Moon
Flint
Mich
W. H. Frost
Pontiac
Mutual's Smokestack Rises to City's Tallest Structure
The Mutual's new six foot steel smokestack grows steadily toward a planned height of 100 feet. Each two foot section is riveted to the previous, forming a towering landmark that will exceed the height of the F street water tower.
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Mutual
F Street
Once Rolled in Wealth Is Dying a Pauper
Seattle March 26 Charles Gilman once rich from California gold finds himself dying in a hospital in poverty. Over 80 years old, he drank, gambled, and speculated in wildcat mining losing his family to smallpox and becoming a roving hobo.
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Seattle
Wash
Charles Gilman
Gilman
California
Dresden Orchestra to Play Two Concerts in City
Messrs Fleming and Wrench have signed the Dresden orchestra for two performances on April 26 and launch a drive to bring at least two hundred visitors. Boxes have already been sold to Quitman and Fitzgerald parties. Subscribers choosing season or single seats will pre select at the sale opening April 10. The artist list totals ten with an orchestra of sixty five for Jacksonville Atlanta and Savannah concerts.
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Messrs. Fleming and
Wrench
Dresden
Quitman
Funeral for Hon Herman Myers Draws City Wide Honor
Savannah记 March 26 Thousands lined the streets to the Jewish Temple for the funeral of Hon. Herman Myers. The body lay in state in the council chamber until noon and stores closed between 3 and 4. Flags were at half mast and all classes represented in the honorary escort.
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Savannah
Herman Myers
Oyster Roast Plans for Pythian Visitors in Brunswick
Captain Sig Levison of Oglethorpe company Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias arranges events for Major General Stobbard and party arriving Monday. General Cox accompanies them with Colonel Dresser, Colonel John Davis and W H Leopold of Savannah. A Frederica fish fry oyster roast follows, with Castle Hall open meeting and a closing banquet for speeches. Brunswick Pythians prepare a royal reception for the visitors.
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Sig Levison
Oglethorpe Commpany
Knights of Pythias
Stobbard
General Cox
Dresser
John Davis
W. H. Leopold
Savannah
Levison
Brunswick
Capt
Oglethorpe Company
Oglethorpe Hotel
Frederica
Castle Hall
Order
Brunswick Pythians
Death by Own Action Solves Culbertson Case in Vincennes
Vincennes Indiana March 26 Police say they solved the death of Mrs Jessie Overton Culbertson a three months bride by a note found on her usual stationery. The note suggests self inflicted death not murder tied to the arrested man and woman who were held on murder charges. A Chicago telegram reports Mrs Longwell a former sweetheart may return to establish an alibi but officers resist.
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Vincennes
Ind
Jessie Overton Culbertson
Chicago
George Fleming Arrives From Savannah to Load Cotton
The British steamer George Fleming under Master Greenhill arrived yesterday from Savannah and will load cotton for Strachan & Co. She is expected to be loaded and cleared by Saturday.
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George Fleming
Greenhill
Savannah
Strachan & Co
Fleming
Olga Nethersole to Build Modern Theatre in Chicago
Chicago March 26 Olga Nethersole the renowned actress of kissing fame has secured options on two downtown properties. She plans to construct a modern theatre on one site following plans of her own.
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Chicago
Ogla Nethersole
Kissing Fame
Noonday Services At St Mark's Church
Noonday prayer services at St Mark's Episcopal church draw good attendance. The brief ten to twelve minute services generate interest among parishioners and the community.
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ST. Mark's Church
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
County Chaingang Returns to Do City Work
The county chaingang was moved from Fancy Bluff to the camp east of the city yesterday. Suburban work will be completed as a result of the relocation.
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Fancy Bluff
Firebug William Brown Guilty of First Degree Murder
Richmond in March 26 William Brown the fourth Powhattan murderer and firebug was found guilty of murder in the first degree the penalty is death in the electric chair.
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Richmond
William Brown
Day convicted of first degree murder in Goodyear case
R L Day was found guilty of murder in the first degree with a mercy recommendation and sentenced to life imprisonment. Day confessed during the trial admitting the shooting at the Bea man Goodyear murder near Douglas Georgia six weeks ago. Mattie Lyles indicted as accessory likely to be tried next.
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Douglas
R. L
Day
Atorneys
Will puzzling will valued at sixty thousand in Norristown
A will drawn by David Hunsberger of Orvilla was probated in Norristown on March 26. The document described as the strangest on record resembles a jig-saw puzzle and is unclear to read. Hunsberger had died the previous week leaving an estate valued at $60,000.
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Norristown
David Hunsberger
Orvilla
Destitute Brit Kills Self in New York Boarding House
In New York on March 26 Robert H Robertson of Glasgow Scotland was found to have died by his own action in a boarding house at 16 Charlton Street. He had only one English penny in his pockets.
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New York
Robert H. Robertson
Glasgow
Scotland
Charlton Street
Crew of the Morse Rescued After Schooner Found Ashore
The life saving service was notified this afternoon of the rescue of the eighteen crew members of the fishing schooner William A Morse which ran ashore on the Massachusetts coast earlier this week.
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Washington, D. C
William A. Morse
Massachusetts
Mayor Busse Refuses Boxing Permit In Chicago
Chicago on March 26 reports Mayor Busse denied Jack Johnson a permit for a boxing exhibition. He stated he would not encourage prize fighting and thus blocked the event.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Busse
Bankruptcy court session to hear Selig case today
Referee Max Isaac will conduct a U S bankruptcy court session this morning in which the Selig case from this city is scheduled for a hearing. Other minor matters will also be heard during the day.
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Max Isaac
U. S. Bankruptcy Court
Selig
Servian King to Seek Parliament Sanction for Succession Change
Belgrade March 26 Crown Prince George has told King Peter his wish to renounce his right to succession. The king will assent and ask Parliament to sanction a proclamation naming Alexander as the heir to the Servian throne.
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Belgrade
George
Peter
Alexander
Not Kidnapper's Father Denies Link in Whitla Case
Edward Faulkner of Bellevue Kentucky denies his father, a patient at Long View Asylum, is the parent of Mrs Helen Faulkner Boyle who is under arrest in connection with the Whitla case.
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Cincinnati
Edward Faulkner
Bellevue
Long View Asylum
Helen Faulkner Boyle
Whitla
President Tafts Son to Act With Schoolboys
Charles Taft the presidents son and Taft School for Boys student in Watertown will act in The Private Secretary staged by Water town home talent at Town Hall on April 26. He is 11 years old and the youngest pupil at the school.
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Winsted
Conn
Charles Taft
Taft
Taft School For Boys
Watertown
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