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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
1
Mayor Wolcott announced warrants issued for three individuals who failed to pay the street tax. Officers will serve the warrants today and those unpaid may incur costs up to 1.10 plus any fine imposed by the mayor.
Ethel Harris, 16, formerly of Ohbicasha, whose body was found in a hut on a lonely road near Ardmore Oklahoma, prompted arrests of three suspects after they claimed the girl was accidentally shot during a car ride and they feared to reveal details.
Major John C. Mallory retired A A jumped from the ninth floor window of the Manhattan Hotel in New York City. He had long been despondent and was appointed to West Point from Alabama.
Washington December 6 The appointment of five Supreme Court members by President Taft is noted as unique. It is suggested President Wilson may appoint a third of the tribunal. Names listed include Chief Justice White and Associate Justices McKenna Holmes and others. Retirement rules for justices age seventy and ten years on bench are cited.
Rumor at the Capitol says the entire Georgia state supreme court may be re sworn into office after Chief Judge Ben Hill of the court of appeals found the oath used by justices differs from the law prescribed oath. Only Justice Atkinson is claimed to have taken the proper oath. The court likely will be re sworn soon.
Washington reports the House Money Trust investigating committee turned its subpoenas to the New York Stock Exchange. Several directors were ordered to appear as the panel probes organization and management, seat prices, and alleged control by financial powers over listing and trading on the floor.
The Commercial Club of Chicago proposes $1,000 to any Southern county that matches it to fund agricultural development. Morgan County commissioners pledge $250 if citizens raise $750. A meeting in Decatur or Morgan County will plan fundraising, with one idea paying one cent per acre from each property owner on 384,000 acres totaling $3,840 plus the Chicago gift.
Washington reports J. W. Abercrombie of Tuscaloosa will have his name first on the House roll displacing John M. Adair of Indiana. The second letter in Abercrombie’s name, a “b,” makes him the bellwether of the Democrats guiding party votes.
Lewis Tutwiley a Negro about 50 years old was found unconscious at the American Oak Extract Company where he worked. Physicians tried to revive him but he died. Coroner I. N. Butler held an inquest and ruled the death caused by apoplexy or opium poisoning.
William G. Oakley faces murder charges in Montgomery as artists testify to threats against P. A. Wood before he was shot. Witnesses recall his "Crazy Bill" nickname and a troubling infatuation with an 8 year old girl. insanity plea filed amid motion for continuance denied. Oakley shows agitation in court as proceedings proceed.
A jury found Vince Garth guilty of second degree murder in the killing of Jim Bowman at Hartselle. He was sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary for the crime. The verdict came in after several hours of deliberation.
A classic silent drama Trusties of the Law screens at the Star Theatre along with The Doctor's Debt Lubin film and two comedy pictures. The program promises a varied bill and asks patrons not to miss these pictures.
The Probate Judge Brazwell Easterwood in Holly Pond issued a marriage license to Miss Bertha Plunkett of Holly Pond.
Pas senger Steamer Eastern with fifty aboard runs on rocks off Irigouis reef thirty miles west of Port Arthur as one of the worst blizzards on Lake Superior rages. Two tugs and a lighter stand by. passengers are being removed amid feared heavy loss of life while several ships face danger.
Logansport Indiana December 6 Elizabeth Lang received a indeterminate sentence of two to twenty-one years in the woman's re formatory and a $25 fine for shooting Mary Copple over gossip. Lang cried in her husband’s arms as the sentence was read. Judge Lary urged the five year old daughter of the victim to testify, but the child cried.
The Coca Cola Company of Atlanta appeals a Memphis ruling in a Cincinnati circuit court case over unfair competition. Coca Cola sought to stop syrup underselling and infringement with a request for injunction and relief. the higher court ordered reversal of the lower Memphis decree.
Selma December 6 The Buckeye Cotton Seed Oil Company Peopleson Company Alabama Cotton Oil Company and the Selma Oil Ice and Perilizer Company were indicted by the Dallas County circuit court grand jury. They face charges of forming pools to regulate cotton seed prices, in violation of Alabama code section 7570. The indictments allege an agreed price of sixteen dollars per ton for cotton seed last season. Proceedings likely continue at next court session.
Washington reports fashion in Korea remains fixed with women obeying husbands and in laws. Mary Sha notes brides face three days of preparation and cosmetic rituals before marriage. Korea is described as gradually adopting new customs while women stay subservient.
Unconfirmed dispatches from Constantinople say Greece has accepted terms of a Turk Bulgarian Serb and Montenegrin armistice. Reports indicate Athens will issue official statements confirming the armistice and Greece's participation in the forthcoming conference.
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