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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
3
Mayor Wolcott announced warrants for 63 individuals who failed to pay the street tax. Officers will serve the warrants today and those unpaid face an extra $1.10 in costs plus possible fines.
Ethel Harris a 16 year old from Chickasha visiting grandparents near Ardware Oklahoma was found dead in a hut ten days after going for an auto ride with Vaught Carruthers and another woman. The trio claim she was accidentally shot and they moved the body, then kept silent.
New York December 6 Major John C Mallory A S A retired officer leaped from a ninth floor window of the Manhattan Hotel after a long illness and deep despondency. He was appointed to West Point from Alabama.
Washington December 6 The White House debate on Supreme Court appointments notes Tafts five appointments set a precedent not to be repeated by Wilson yet suggests he could appoint about a third of the court nine members. The announces list includes Burton Hughes Van Devanter and Pitney. White and McKenna Holmes face retirement as the court nears the age limit and tenure milestones.
Atlanta reports a rumor that the entire Georgia Supreme Court will be re swore after Chief Judge Ben Hill found the oath used by justices differs from the legally prescribed form. Only Judge Atkinson is said to have taken the correct oath, potentially prompting a full re swearing of the bench soon.
Washington December 6 the House Money Trust investigating committee turned its attention to the New York Stock Exchange. Directors were questioned about exchange controls and the high price of seats, which barred many brokers from free trade. Pujo, chairman, said arbitrary listing and admission powers restrict listing and floor trading, suggesting potential abuses by major financial powers.
The Commercial Club of Chicago offered $1,000 to any Southern county that raises an equal amount for agricultural development. Morgan County Commissioners pledged $250, leaving $750 to raise. A January meeting will decide the plan, including a one cent per acre tax by property owners, which would yield about $3,840 for Morgan County alongside the Chicago gift.
J W Abercrombie newly elected representative from Tuscaloosa will have the first name on the House poll displacing Indiana's John M Adair who held the post six years. The second letter in Abercrombie is b making him the bellwether for Democrats while Republicans vote opposite.
Lewis Tutwiley a negro about 50 years old was found unconscious at the American Oak Extract Company where he worked. Physicians attended and pronounced death from apoplexy or poisoning after a struggle to revive him.
William G Oakley, charged in Montgomery with shooting P A Wood at the State capitol after threats cited by six officials. Witnesses recall his alias Crazy Bill at Cartersville and infatuation with an eight year old girl. Defense seeks delay. insanity plea noted as the trial proceeds.
A jury finds Vince Garth guilty of second degree murder in the killing of Jim Bowman at Hartse lle. The verdict orders 15 years in the penitentiary, delivered after a trial that concluded in the afternoon.
Trustees of the Law a stirring picture of slavery tithes is the offering at the Star Theatre today. The Doctor's Debt a working Lub'n drama and two comedy pictures complete the program. Don’t fail to see these pictures.
Brazwell Easterwood of Holly Pond and Miss Bertha Plunkett of New Decatur received a marriage license from the Probate Judge. The record confirms the issuance and names both parties involved.
A Pas senger Steamer Eastern with fifty aboard is wrecked on rocks near Irigouis reef thirty miles west of Port Arthur as one of the fiercest Lake Superior blizzards sweeps the area. Two tugs and a lighter stand by while passengers are ferried to safety. officials report all aboard saved despite fears of heavy loss to other ships.
Logansport Indiana December 6 Elizabeth Lang received an indeterminate sentence of two to twenty one years in the woman’s reformatory and a $25 fine for the killing of Mrs. Mary Copple over gossip. Lang cried in her husband’s arms as the judge attempted to elicit testimony from Copple’s five year old daughter, who only wept.
The United States Court of Appeals in Cincinnati heard Coca Cola Company of Atlanta against Gay-Ola Company of Memphis. Coca Cola sought to enjoin further infringement after alleging Gay-Ola sold syrup at lower prices. The appellate ruling reversed the Memphis federal court, directing a decree in line with Coca Cola’s prayer.
Selma December 6 grand jury of the circuit court of Dalas County indicted Buckeye Cotton Seed Oil Company Peoples Oil Company Alabama Cotton Oil Company and Selma Oil Ice and Fertilizer Company for forming pools to fix cotton seed prices. It is alleged mills agreed on a $16 per ton standard price for seed farmers past season. Cases likely to be continued to next session.
Miss Mary Sha described Korean bridal customs and wife roles in Washington. She noted brides are subservient to family and undergo beauty rituals before weddings, while Korea slowly adopts some modern customs and sees more wives.
Unconfirmed dispatches from Constantinople report Greece has accepted terms of the armistice with Turkey and Bulgaria and an Athens official statement is expected confirming the armistice. Greece will participate in the settlement.
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