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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1913
Page
1
A broad Decatur endorsement urges immediate action to curb vice in local resorts following the Holloway death. Signers include W. R. Shelton and B. L. Raney with numerous Decatur and New Decatur residents pledging support to officials' efforts to purify social life.
Washington April 7 car and depot thieves face federal prosecution under a Carlin bill approved by the president. A maximum five thousand dollar fine or ten years imprisonment is set for unlawful breaking into interstate or foreign shipments and thefts from cars depots or wharves. The measure expands federal enforcement while not encroaching on state courts.
Washington April 7 President Tafts Efficiency and Economy Commission will be continued under the Wilson administration. Wilson met with F E Cleveland head of the commission Louis M Brandeis John Purroy Mitchell and Dr Henry Bruere of New York and showed strong interest in a business like plan for national affairs. The group discussed budget systems and city government with the president who favored budget reform and may task the commission to develop a basis for budget legislation.
The Probate Judge issued marriage licenses for Murry J. Oakley and Mike Adeline Woods.
An open letter from residents of Decatur and New Decatur endorses a local newspaper’s stance against vice. Signed by the Baraca class of Central M E Sunday School and listed members include C M Clardy F K Seeley W L McCulloch and others pledging moral support for community purification efforts and support for the Decatur Daily.
Ogden Utah April 7 A rancher Thomas Whitaker reports a prehistoric looking cave near Promontory Point eighteen miles from Ogden with hieroglyphic like carvings and crude Indian pictures in walls. University of Utah professors will tour the site to investigate.
Morgan county commissioners meet in the courthouse today to conduct official business and decisions.
Memphis Tennessee April 7 flood condition is practically unchanged. North Memphis backwater covers a few more blocks while about eleven blocks remain inundated. Water from the pumping plant will be analyzed daily as a precautionary chloride lime solution is injected. The river gauge reads 44.3 feet with a six‑tenths rise today. crest is not due for at least five days.
Texas evangelist Mr. Mallard arrives tomorrow to conduct music at Willoughby Presbyterian Church. The visit aims to inspire local worship with concert-style singing and outreach.
A town booster clashes with a Prominent Citizen over a White Way project. The citizen refuses funding, says late hours won’t benefit him, and is mocked as selfish. Moral warns against bluster and excess in civic schemes.
A group of young men and boys bathed nude yesterday along Fennel Creek on the Sommerville Pike two miles from town, visible to passing carriages and autos. Citizens warn such exposure will not be tolerated and the offenders risk arrest if repeated.
The American Hotel was raided yesterday at 4:00 by Officers Thompson Hill and White. Four dozen bottles of beer were found in the building and additional beer and whiskey were seized from a person carrying the boot away in a sack. Two women were arrested and bonded, one reportedly fled town. Proprietor G. W. Collier was also arrested on bond. Trial scheduled before Mayor Skeggs tomorrow morning.
Mayor H. A. Skegge named delegates from Decatur for the good roads meeting in Birmingham April 24 to 26. Delegates include C. Harris Geo D Williamson A E Jackson J H Calvin C B Cartwright F R Betsen W E Crawford Wallace R P McEntyrd Oliver Wade Will Wyker W C Holland Jno W Jones.
Sam Austin owner of the Ameri can Hotel breaks ground for two brick business buildings just north of the hotel on Road Street, signaling expansion in the area.
Bay City Oregon April 7 Twenty two men including the ship captain the wrecking company president of Portland and underwriters representative were trapped in the hold of the German ship Mimi after it capsized off the beach. Rescue attempts were delayed by heavy seas and a failed launch while life savers watched from the shore. The Mimi had been hauled off a reef two months earlier and was en route to Valparaiso from Astoria when the disaster unfolded.
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