Interest in Commercial Club grips Decatur business men
White hot interest drives Decatur toward forming a Commercial Club or Board of Trade. At tonight’s 7:30 meeting at City Hall prominent figures like B Lampkin Foster H Pointer and Joseph B Babb urge attendance to support a city uplifting organization.
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Decatur
Commercial Club
Board of Trade
Bak
Decaturalty Hall
B. Lampkin
Foster H. Pointer
Joseph B. Babb
Babb
City Hall
Archbold Acts as Subpoena Helper for Money Trust Probe
United Press reports John D. Archbold volunteered to aid the Money Trust Investigating Committee by informing William Rockefeller to appear or depose. Rockefeller had resisted service. Archbold’s involvement revived hopes for securing him as a witness. E K Sturgis testimony resumed as Rep Untermeyer pressed morals and Wall Street manipulation.
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Washington
John D. Archbold
Money Trust
William Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Archbold
E. K. Sturgis
New York Stock Exchange
Termeyer
Wall Street
Btngie
Untermeyer
Stugls
Brutality Trial In Volna Police Case At Petersburg
At the Petersburg trial Police Inspector Makaren and three officers faced punishment for brutal treatment of a peasant detainee. Witnesses testified they beat him and flung him into an underground jail where he died. Sentences ranged from days to months in prison. comparisons were drawn with other recent penalties.
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Bt. Petersburg
Makaren
Yollna
Sixnonth
Garbunoff
MH. Boulanger
Madame Nich
Tolstoiy
Birmingham Man Arrested In Four Year Old Kidnapping Case
Edgar Hooks, 36, a Birmingham resident, was lodged in Mobile police custody after a weeklong Burns detectives inquiry into the abduction of Opelousas, Louisiana boy Robert Dunbar. Authorities say Hooks denies the charge but alleges his wife has been involved. a confederate is thought to be in Macon, Georgia. A $6000 reward is offered for the child’s whereabouts.
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Crenshaw
Mobile
Hooks
Burne
Dunbar
Macon
Hooks Entered An Absolute Denial But Chief Crenshaw
Opeldusas
New Orleans
Pengacola
Louisville & Nashville
Alabama River
Dixie
Hooks Auye
Candy Trust Under Government Probe
Government files an anti trust mult against the alleged candy trust in Philadelphia on December 18. Charges claim certain Philadelphia concerns conspired to coerce candy manufacturers from selling directly to retailers or jobbers other than wholesale dealer St. tastanton.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Lomsman St. Tastanton
Maj Charles Bassett Removed as Assistant Postmaster
Orders remove Maj Charles Bassett from the New Decatur post office position effective December 15 for pernicious political activity. He is succeeded by Miss Gladys Warner, daughter of Postmaster W A Warner. Bassett, appointed March 1910, served long and with esteem, at 80 years old seeking rest in private life.
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Maj
Chas. Bassett
New Decatur
Gladys Warner
W. A. Warner
Maj. Bassett
Bassett
Post Office Department
Decaturs
Red Cross Seals To Be Sold In Decatur Stores
Red Cross Christmas Seals will be placed in Decatur stores under the oversight of C T Mapper district traffic chief of Southern Bell. Ladies will be invited to participate in selling the seals at prominent Decatur locations as part of the annual national campaign to combat tuberculosis. Proceeds fund open air schools and free patient services from coast to coast alongside educational literature and dispensaries. The drive seeks support to meet a funding shortfall and notes the 220,000 dollar reserve used last year for related efforts.
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C. T. Mapper
Southern Bell Telephone
Decatursity
Happer
Red Cross
Decaturs
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
More Delays in Peace Conference
Turkish envoys fail to arrive for the peace conference delaying sessions set to open today. Officials cite travel issues and security checks causing the postponement of early talks and negotiation schedules.
Greeks And Turks Battle Report On Banned Sea
A Turkish envoy delay delays Balkan peace conference start to Monday. Greek and Turkish fleets are said to be engaged in a terrific battle on the Kagan Sea with no details yet available. Any negotiation hinges on Greece signing the armistice terms.
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Eagan Sea
United Press
London
Berlin
Constantinople
Kagan Sea
Bloody Friday executions in Oregon amid petitions
Salem, Dec. 13. Four murderers were hanged after Governor West rejected commutations. Mike Morgan Frank Garrison Noble Faulder and E Roberts paid with their lives for murder including a double murder case. West opposed capital punishment but upheld the hangings after the failed amendment.
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Salem
Oregon
West
Garrison
Faulder
Morgan
Roberts
Protesters hold 24 hour vigil against capital punishment in San Francisco
In San Francisco on December 13 Socialists and opponents of capital punishment began a 24 hour protest against the Oregon quadruple hanging. From 6 PM last night crowds gathered at Market and Grant, with speakers alternating hours. They planned to continue relay talks until 6 PM today.
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United Press
San Francisco
Oregon
Market Street
Grant Avenue
Switzerland's spying crackdown spreads to hikers at border
United Press reports Switzerland arrests four Milan Alpine club members who strayed into Swiss territory while descending Mount Clovedelk. Authorities say the group possessed photographs tied to alleged military spies, extending the European mania for arresting suspected international espionage.
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United Press
Milan
Italy
Switzerland
Milan Alpitelub
Clovedelk
Curfew Law Petitioned For New Decatur County
A local effort seeks passage of a curfew ordinance in Decatur County. The petition asks authorities to draft and enact curfew safeguards to regulate youth late hours.
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New Decatur Counch
Compulsory Education Meeting Favors Curfew and Bell
A Mayors and trustees meeting at Willoughby Presbyterian drew mothers and fathers who urged the city to impose a curfew law and install a loud bell on the Southside. They advocated strict measures to keep boys off the streets and support ‘stringent methods’ for youth oversight.
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Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Board of Aldermen
New Decatur
Board of Trustees
Uish
Southside
New
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Robert Dunbar
Candy Trust
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C. T. Happer
Southern Bell Telephone Co
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