City Council Handles Busy Session and Contracts
City council met in regular session with full board present for over two hours. The Norwich sidewalk contract was awarded to Logan Coal and Supply Co of Jacksonville for about $7,000 with bids of 94 cents per square yard for sidewalk, 19 1 2 cents per linear foot for four by eight curbing and 9 1 2 cents per linear foot for three by eight curbing.
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Baker
City Electrician
Fire Department
Tom Sudiow
Formrly
Atlanta
John T. Stack
Council
Philathea Society
Finance Committee
Board of Education
Alderman Baker
Bowen
Boyle
Park and Tree Commission
A. V. Wood
Jewelry Auction At K D Mott Store To Go At Your Price
Jewelry, fine china, cut glass, silverware and odds kept in the K D Mott store to be sold at auction at your own price. Everything to be sold if it brings ten cents on the dollar. A fine present and two gold watches at the closing sale. Starts Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Conducted by J T Kelly of Chicago with entertaining talker.
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K. D. Mott
J. T. Kelly
Chicago
City Court Dockets and Verdicts Reported
Judge Krauss presided as a busy docket wrapped with several cases in City Court. A libel suit Kennon Mott versus J D Hirsh yielded a $1 verdict for the plaintiff after a prolonged jury deliberation. Notable criminal outcomes included Manny Brown pleading guilty to a misdemeanor with nine months or a $100 fine, Joe Young found not guilty of larceny, Prince Jackson pleading guilty to gaming with four months or a $25 fine, William Carey and Thomas Leonard convicted with penalties totaling $250 or 12 months, and Georgia Austin found guilty with nine months or $150 plus costs.
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Krauss
Kennon Mott
J. D. Hirsh
State
Manny Brown
Joe Young
Prince Jackson
Gaming
William Carey
Thomas Leonard
Georgia
Austin
Roosevelt Delivers World Movement Lecture in Berlin
Theodore Roosevelt former U S president gave his talk on the World Movement at the University of Berlin and received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree. Emperor William attended the event with Col Roosevelt joining him as four hundred guests were seated. The kaiser heard a historic review of the world movement without favor to any single country.
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Berlin
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
University of Berlin
William
Emperor William
Col
Roosevelt
America
Kaiser
John W. Burgess
Columbia University
Northwest
Brunswick Children to View Halley’s Comet This Morning
Brunswick school children will view Halley’s comet from the boulevard near the lake this morning. Teachers will join groups from several grades so pupils can get a good look at the celestial visitor as crowds along the boulevard grow each day this week.
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Brunswick School
Charles W Meade Dead Tribune City Editor
Yonkers May 12 Charles Watson Meade longtime city editor of the New York Tribune for fifteen years has died.
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The
New York Tribune
Yonkers
Charles Watson Meade
Interest Rapidly Paid by the A B & A Noteholders
A committee of noteholders manages the Atlantic Birmingham and Atlantic affairs amid reorganization talks. They report funds raised by construction company stockholders worth 800000 dollars to cover 194975 dollars in interest due May 1, with new notes issued for the remaining principal secured by existing collateral.
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Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Noteholders
Atlantic and Birmingham Construction Company
U. C. Clark
Clark, Dodge & Co
8. L. Schoonmaker
G. Louis Boissevain
Russell G. Fessenden
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic
Construction Company
Trust Company of America
General Reorganization Committee
Man Sentenced to Sixty Days for False Fire Alarm
W. B. Higgins, a young white man, was convicted in municipal court Monday of maliciously sending in a false fire alarm. He faces 60 days on the city chain or a $100 fine. Higgins sought money from relatives in Thomasville without success and will begin serving his sentence this morning.
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W. B. Higgins
Gaing
Thomasville
Rock Island contractor Testifies Faints in Bribery Inquiry
Chicago May 12 Thomas Cox a Rock Island Jr contractor fainted in the grand jury room at the criminal court building while being examined as a witness in the legislative bribery investigation in progress today.
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Chicago
Thomas Cox
Rock Island, Jr
Criminal Court
River Steamer City of Pattillo Strikes Rock Founds Near St Louis
The Mississippi steamer City of Pattillo hit a rock and foundered near Glen Park twenty four miles south of St Louis. Two women passengers Miss Anna Rhea and Mrs Isaac T Rhea of Nashville are drowned. Capt Crane reports many missing. boat carried twenty seven passengers and thirty crew. The disaster happened at night with chaos amid a voyage to Waterloo Alabama.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Pattillo
Glen Park
Anna Rhea
Isaac T. Rhea
Nashville
Crane
Waterloo
Ala
He Was Given A Divorce Yet Remains A Married Man
V Pinabad of this city seeks to prove he is the husband of his former wife after Glynn County court granted a divorce. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the trial court ruling, declaring the divorce valid and leaving the status unresolved. Attorneys Ernest Dart represented Mrs Pinabad and Crovatt Whitfield for Pinabad.
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V. Pinabad
Tryig
Supreme Court of Georgia
Glynn
Georgia
Sagh Tribunal
Vincent Pina
Councel
Supreme Court
High Court
Parker
Pinabad
Ernest Dart
Crovatt & Whitfield
Manager Finney Adds Orchestra at the Grand
Brunswick will host Prof. Pilcher and the Amuso Theatre Orchestra from Jacksonville for the vaudeville season. The ensemble arrives Sunday and opens Monday at 5 30 PM, a move hailed by local theatergoers seeking a first class musical act.
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Brunswick
Finney
Pilcher
Amuso Theatre Orchestra
Jacksonville
Grand
Robbers Hold Up South Park Streetcar in Seattle
Three bandits robbed a South Park streetcar in Seattle this morning taking between 1500 and 2000 dollars in cash and jewelry. Twenty riders were aboard the car and the heaviest losses fell on salon keepers and bartenders returning home after a night shift.
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Seattle
Wash
South Park Street
Farmer Finds Twenty Pound Silver Nugget in West Virginia
Jvansville West Virginia May 12 A farmer on the E R Flaharty farm reports a silver nugget weighing twenty pounds found on the property Excitement spreads through Calhoun and neighboring counties The farm owner says he sold an option on the farm to a New York concern for 500 and could receive 7500 more if the metal yields paying quantities
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Jvansville
W. Va
Calhoun
E. R. Flaharty
New York
Miners Entombed After Wellington Mine Blast
An explosion at the Wellington coal mine in Whitehaven traps 136 miners underground. Rescue teams save four near the shaft bottom but gas blocks access to the imprisoned workers. Grim anxiety rises as 85 hewers and over 50 shift men remain in the three mile distant section amid toxic fumes.
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Manchester
England
Wellington
Whitehaven
Explosion on East 113th Street Tenement Kills None
Escaping gas caused a fourth floor explosion in a tenement on East One Hundred Thirteenth Street New York today. Several tenants fled to the fire escapes in a panic.
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New York
East One Hundred and Thirteenth Street
Referee 15 Upheld in Hawkinsville Bank Case Appeal
In Valdosta Judge Emory Speer sustained Referee Max Isaac ruling in Hawkinsville Bank and Trust Co v W J Smith Waycross. The higher court affirmed Isaac, despite public criticism by Judge J L Sweat who faced contempt charges. The contempt case remains before Judge Speer.
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United States
Valdosta
Emory Speer
Hawkinsville Bank and Trust Company
W. J. Smith
Waycross
Max Isaac
Isaac
J. L. Sweat
Smith
Hawkinsville Bank
Seortly
Sweat
Speer
Sherman to tour summer in defense of Payne tariff law
Vice President Sherman will speak throughout the summer except August to back the Payne tariff law and aid Republican congressional candidates. Planned stops include Kalamazoo May 17 and Iowa City June 15, with June 2 at Saratoga Springs editor convention. September includes Kansas and Oklahoma engagements, and he visited Binghamton this afternoon for business matters.
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Utica
N. Y
Sherman
Kalamazoo
Mich
Iowa City
Iowa
Saratoga Springs
Kansas
Oklahoma
Binghampton
Florida Dreadnaught Launched With Spectacle in New York
In the presence of Governor Gilchrist and navy leaders, the Florida was launched with Miss Elizabeth Fleming breaking a wine bottle on the bow. The 9,000 ton hull, about 65 percent complete, required a tug fleet to guide it past the Williamsburg Bridge as a holiday for Brooklyn navy yard workers was declared by President Taft.
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New York
Gilchrist
Navy
Sam
Florida
Elizabeth Fleming
East River
Williamsburg Bridge
Taft
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Lyens Fight to Prevent Trial in This County
In Glynn county jail, W. B. Lyens and son Archie Lyons face murder charges. Attorneys seek Supreme Court intervention to bar trial here, arguing change of venue and prior defense objections. Delays may push trial beyond the June session as venue questions loom.
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W. B. Lyens
Archie Lyons
Glynn
Superior Court
Fleming Smith
Supreme Court
Conyers
Wayne County
Lyons
Glynn County
Savannah Knights of Pythias Visit Brunswicks Grand Lodge Preparations
Delegation from Savannah led by J. M. Davis C. C. Thorpe and J. H Floree spent the day in Brunswick on Grand Lodge plans for May 18. Davis, editor of the Pythias Lodge Secret and a D O K K leader, outlined ceremonies and parade ahead of the meeting.
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Savannah Pythians
Grand Lodge
J. M. Davis
C. C. Thorpe
J. H Floree
Savannah Knights of Pythias
City
K. of P. Grand Lodge
Brunswick
Mr. Davis
Pythias Lodge
Georgia Knights
Savannah
Atlanta Fears A Fire In One Of Her Skyscrapers
Atlanta residents consider a hypothetical tenth floor skyscraper blaze and the city tables a plan to train firefighters in wall scaling and high rise rescues. Mayor Maddox approves drills at a six story practice tower with ladders elevated pipe lines and net dives.
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Atlanta
New York
Maddox
Board of Firemasters
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W. D. Hirsh
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Charles W. Meade
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Smith Case
Neptune
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