NO ACTION TAKEN ON TELEPHONE MATTER IN NEW DECATUR
At close of a tame New Decatur City Council meeting the only item discussed was granting a franchise to Southern Bell Telephone Company. Ex-Meyer Payne urged waiting until the AT&T franchise action is settled, while Humes argued for adopting the ordinance. Malone moved to refer to the finance committee, and the motion passed.
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New Decatur
Moulton Street
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Humes
Telephone Company
Hartung
Hames
Meyer BE. C. Payne
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Decatur
Alderman Mason
Malone
Finance Committee
WAEGE AT MT PLEASANT CLAIMS LIFE OF TWO
Report from Columbia Tennessee states a Louis ville and Nashville work train car wrecked on the Gordonsburg branch near Mt Pleasant. Two negroes were killed and another gravely injured. a fourth had a leg broken. Homes identified as Gordonsburg Lewis county and Ridley Tennessee. Details unavailable.
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Waege
MT. Pleasant
Columbia, Tenn
Louis Ville and Nashville Railroad
Lewis County
Gordonsburg
Ridley
L. and
N. Wrecke
German Catholics Bar Italian Wines
Berlin reports the Catholic clergy and the German government condemning Italian mines. The bishop of Wu eraburg warned clergy against substitutes for wie in communion. The government planned restrictive regulations to aid wine growers, noting temperance beverages hurt wine sales and government revenue.
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Berlin
Wueraburg
Lawsuit Filed Over Injuries at Local Shops
Sam Boulding sues the L and N railroad for five thousand dollars in damages claiming injuries received in the local shops.
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Sam Boulding
L. and N. Railroad
Rayburn Case Proceeds Against Lone Star Railroad
The Rayburn versus Lone Star Railroad suit continues on trial as proceedings move forward in the case, with court activity ongoing and the outcome to be determined.
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Rayburn
L.ant N. Railroad
Stranger in jail cell named Thurman Hoskins found after months
Kansas City officials discovered a stranger prisoner in a county jail cell. He claimed to have been held seventy days without a name on the books or charges. A writ of habeas corpus was sought with a hearing upcoming. He said an office arrested him and placed him in the cell.
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Kansas City
Circuit Court
Thurman Hoskins
Human Hearts at the Ma sonic theatre
Hal Reid’s melodrama Human Hearts comes to the Ma sonic December 13. Tom Logan a village blacksmith is wrongfully convicted after the villain kills his father. A hobo provides crucial evidence to clear him and the play ends happily.
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Hal Reid
Tom Logan
Nature
Villian
Tom
Evience
Joy Riders Slay Detroit Officer In Car Theft Incident
Detroit police confront two Joy Riders in a stolen car. Patrolman Thomas Madden is shot and killed while questioning them. suspects escape as the car is found abandoned blocks away. Madden is the fifth Detroit officer killed on duty in a year.
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Detroit
Miehs
Dee
Thomas ¥. Madden
Madden
Enlists in Army from Lawrenceburg Soldier Henry Green
Henry C. Green of Lawrenceburg Tennessee enlists in the Coast Artillery branch of the United States Army. The enlistment signals his entry into military service during a period of national mobilization. Local officials note his commitment and will track his training and assignment.
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Henry C. Green
Lawrenceburg,Tenn
Band of Roanoke County Robbers Haunts Valleys Near Glenvar
Authorities report a small group of desperadoes roaming western Roanoke County from Glenvar to Sears Crossing. They strike at night and hide in mountains and abandoned huts, stealing food, milk, honey and inventory from several stores and outbuildings. Local officials acknowledge ongoing pursuit but lack solid sightings.
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Roanoke
N. C
Roanoke County
Glenvar
Singer
Lafayette
Sears Crossing
Hitle the Bend
Salem
Cvpry
Sajem
Jaurez Rebel Commander Orders Death for Prohibition Violations
Jaurez Mexico December 11 rebel military commander issues a firing squad penalty for anyone who violates or attempts to violate the prohibition law. The order targets both those who sell liquor and those who would purchase it. Officials state merchants and saloonkeepers are selling liquor in defiance of the law.
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Jaurez
Mexico
Two Democrats in House Clash Over Prohibition Petition
Washington report on a heated exchange between Representatives Donovan of Connecticut and Hobson of Alabama. Donovan blocked Hobson’s request for an hour to discuss a petition for a constitutional prohibition amendment. The dispute, near the speaker’s rostrum, drew strong reactions and a threat of further confrontation.
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Washington
Donovan
Connecticut
Hobson
Alabama
House
Igi
Anti-Saloon League
Bartholdt
Missouri
Governor signals local optionists to concentrate on candidates
Montgomery December 11 The governor stated that local optionists will soon focus their strength on one of the current local option candidates or another not in the race. He intimated that one of the present contenders is likely to be chosen.
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Montgomery
Girl Whips A Cop And Five Other Big Men
In Ponchatoula Louisiana on December 11 Edna Watson aged daughter of a neighboring resident snatched a revolver from a policeman who fired at her father and beat him senseless. She then fought five men who came to assist the officer and fainted after the battle. Two wounded men remained in hospital. The girl is reported at home.
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Louisiana
Ponchgtoula
Edna Watson
Water Shutdown Planned in Utah Apex Mine Standoff
In Bingham Utah on December 11 sheriffs resume efforts to trap Ralph Lopez by cutting off water supply in the Utah Apex mine. They will send a posse to the mine as a second underground confrontation looms after Lopez killed a miner and three officers in late November.
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Bingham
Utah
Ralph Lopez
Utah-Apex
Lopez
Council of Sheriffs
Ipez
Peice
Judge Pelt Reverses Ruling in Big Cotton Case
New York December 11 The United States circuit court of appeals reversed Judge George C Pelt’s $7 230 judgment in favor of A Hannay and Company Liverpool against Guaranty Trust Company in a forged cotton bills of lading dispute involving about $4 500 000. The decision marks a major reversal in a sequence of suits targeting New York banking houses that discounted the bills for Knight Yancey and Company Decatur Ala and Steele Millamer and Company Fortmth Miss The Rogers written opinion by Judge Henry Wade Rogers formerly director of the Slept Law School.
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New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District
George C. Pelt
A. Hannay and Company
Liverpool
Knight, Yancey and Company
Decatur
Ala
Steele, Millamer and Company
Fortmth
Miss
Guaranty Trust Company
Henry Wade Rogers
Sleet Law School
Decatur Man Named Floyd Arrested for Concealed Pistol
A man who gave the name Floyd was arrested yesterday afternoon by Chief Whyte and Policeman Bass of the Decatur department and charged with carrying a concealed pistol.
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Floyd
Whyte
Bass
Decatur
Stolen Cow Burglaries Hit Hartselle Meat Market
Chief Deputy Wrighty describes a puzzling burglary at Hartselle Meat Market where most of a dead cow vanished between sundown and sunrise. Police traced meat hidden elsewhere, noting the bizarre tale alongside a reporter's questions about disbelief.
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Hartselle
Deputy Wrighty
Wright
Explanation of Ordinance on Southern Bell Franchise
The Decatur Daily explains that if the franchise is granted Southern Bell will take over the New Decatur exchange from American Telephone, consolidate Decatur and New Decatur exchanges, and build a central office in New Decatur. The change pledges better service but higher telephone rates.
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
Decaturs
New Decatur Exchange
American Telephone Company
Southern Bell
Decatur
New Decatur
Ministers Denounce Modern Women In Charleston Style
Atlanta preacher Rev. Hugh Wallace attacks young wives who cling to fashion and luxury saying giddy wives are worth five cents a carload as material for happiness. He condemns wives who seek perpetual youth and stylish dress as unambitious and compares such husbands to donkeys.
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Atlanta
Hugh Wallace
Jones Avenue Baptist Church
Decatur Fund Campaign Exceeds 200 Dollars Raised
Reports from Salvation Army fund committees show Bank Street alone raising two hundred dollars and Second Avenue surpassing one hundred. Captain Wales says doctors are likely to contribute more than the initial three hundred dollars sought.
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Salvation Army
Bank Street
Second Avenue
Wales
Five Thousand More Bales Cotton Ginned in 1913
Government census figure shows 20 845 bales ginned county by December in 1913. The report compares current cotton production to prior totals, noting a round bale and a half bale counted in the tally.
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Gan
Schumann-Heink plans San Diego expo display with family grown produce
The singer and her San Diego based children will exhibit produce from the Schumiano Heink ranch at Grossmont for the 1915 exposition. She believes a prize for their grapes or citrus would honor their horticultural efforts and personal standing.
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San Diego
Schuman- Heink
Sa Diego
Schumiano-Heink
Grossmont
Schumann-Heink
Grossmont Ranch
Negroes Attached by Deputies in Burleson Case
Deputy Murphy and Deputy McCulloch went to Burleson last night and attached two negros who were wanted as witnesses in the Law and Equity Court.
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Murphy
McCulloch
Burleson’soom
Law and Equity Court
City National Bank Declares Eight Percent Dividend
The City National Bank announced a good dividend at a directors meeting this week. The bank, barely ten months old next January, reported an 8 percent dividend and a $6,000 transfer to surplus, yielding a net earning of 14 percent.
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City National Bank
City National
Electric chair demanded for Catholic priest in murder case
New York December 10. Assistant District Attorney Delehanty opened by seeking the death penalty for Father Hang Schmidt the Catholic priest who killed Anna Aumuller. He described the crime as gruesome and said the prisoner feigns insanity. The priest heard the remarks without reaction.
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New York
Hang Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Delehanty
Letters to Santa Claus From Bessie Louise at Fifth Avenue
A child writes Santa in a city brief seeking a horn drum climbing monkey car fire wagon candy and nuts for themselves and sibling. The note includes multiple requests and two addresses in New York.
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Holland
Santa Claus
Bessie
Louise
Fifth Avenue
West
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