Ragland Case Before Alabama Supreme Court Today
The Alabama Supreme Court hears criminal appeals today including John Ragland, a first degree murder suspect on death row from Morgan County. If the higher court upholds the lower court, Morgan County may see its first hanging in about eight years. Ragland remains calm and says he is ready to die if the decision goes against him.
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Supreme Court of Alabama
John Ragland
Morgan County Law and Equity Court
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Morgan County
Ragland
Law and Equity Court Jury Call for Morgan County
The Morgan County Law and Equity Court begins Monday February 9. A list of summoned jurors includes J Tollie Johnson Jas M Patton Alvin Childers Graves Petty Chas A Nichols Robt Orr Sr John H Russell Andrew Jones W Tom Green Jas R Tunstill Jas F English John W Sandlin Chas L Campbell Robt B Graves Pat W Williams Jas T Johnson and many others.
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Morgan County Law and Eculty Court
J. Tollie Johnson
Jas. M. Patton
Alvin Childers
Graves Petty
Chas. A. Nichols
Robt. Orr, Sr
John H. Russell
Andrew Jones
W. Tom Green
Jas. R. Tunstill
Jas. F. English
John W. Sandlin
Chas
Blem Y. Taylor
Isaac M. Rogers
George C. Childers
Brown Owens
Terrill R. Sanders
Wash W.owens
Jas.w. Nunnally
Harvey Turvey
Wm.a. Sboger
Everett Stroup
D. Falk Stroup
Jesse Woo
Geo Iu. Cleland
Posey Taylor
Wm J. Walling
C. Taylor Sewell
Tom C. Higdon
W. Harley Holt
Ed. T. Whitem
R. Lee McCulloch
Joe M. Roberts
John E. Matthews
Chas. T. Harvey
Robt. Orr
Ijr
Roman T. Bracken
Revolution in Ecuador Gains Ground Across Provinces
Mail from Panama reports the Alfaristas rebellion expanding in Ecuador. Esmeraldas is controlled by about 1000 rebels led by Colonel Carlos Concha, while Colonel Carlos Arcade commands 800 rebels in Tuscan seeking to link with Manabi. They demand President Leonidas Plaza’s resignation and claim the former president Bloy Alfaro is financially and politically compromised.
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Panama
Ecuado
Guayquil
Esmeraldes
Carlos Concha
Carlos Arcade
Tuscan
Iure
Pacific
Manabi
Alfaristas
Leonidag Pl
Tiey
Quito
Campaign 18 Begun in San Francisco Bond Election
Backed by the Chamber of Commerce City Club and mothers clubs the election committee appointed by the Board of Election to run the 1 000 000 school bond election has begun work with the goal of securing passage for kindergarten and other improvements.
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San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce
City Club
Board of Election
Smallpox Scare Delays Kentucky Legislature
Frankfort Ky Feb 5 The Kentucky legislature faced near suspension as word spread that Senator J Forrest Porter of Webster County was isolated with smallpox. Early panic gave way to a calmer day as both houses debated adjournment and a joint resolution to bar floor access failed.
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Frankfort
General Assembly
J. Forrest Porter
Webster County
Utler
Representative Hall Secures Army Engineers Report on Cumberland
War Department armal report favors improvement of the upper Cumberland River and is handed to the House Rivers and Harbors Committee. A customs wagon crossed the border from El Paso to Juarez with the first armaments allowed to rebels under the embargo lift.
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Representative Hall
Tennessee
War Department
Army Engineers
Cumberland River
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
International Bridge
el Paso
Jaurez
Objection Blocks House Vote on Lincoln Memorial Resident
Representative Dees of Texas blocked House consideration of the joint resolution designating J. C. Blackburn as the Lincoln Memorial resident commissioner.
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Representative Dees
Texas
House
Joint
J. C. 8. Blackburn
Lincoln Memorial
Senator Hitchcock Attacks Stock Exchange Regulation Bill
Senator Hitchcock criticized the Stock Exchange Regulation Bill before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee as establishing censorship over the press by the Postmaster General. The remark framed the bill as threat to press freedom during the congressional review.
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Hitchcock
Stock Exchange Regulation
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Rebels Halted In Skirmish Near Torreon Pass
Federal troops clashed with rebels thirty miles northwest of Torreon, the first engagement in the campaign to defend the city, forcing the attacker to retreat from the mountain pass.
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Torreon
Henderson clerk pleads guilty to stealing from a letter
William Grider a night mail clerk at the Henderson Kentucky post office pleaded guilty in Owensboro to abstracting money from a letter He was held to the Federal Grand Jury and awaits further action in federal court.
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William Grider
Henderson, Ky
Owensboro
Federal
Haiti Struggle May Not Trigger U S Intervention
The article notes that if rebel factions result in a leader who supports constitutional government the United States is unlikely to intervene. It discusses potential noninterference depending on the successor’s commitment to constitutional rule and stability.
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Haiti
United States
White Opens Testimony in Parrish Murder Trial
Yesterday Ane White began the introduction of testimony in the trial of mine deputies and guards for the murder of Steve Parrish in the Michigan Copper Field.
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Ane White
Steve Parrish
Michigan
Night work on 25 million federal aid roads bill
Night sessions for the House moved ahead on authorizing a 25 million dollar federal aid to good roads project. The measure gained approval yesterday, advancing toward final passage.
Morgan County Bank Plans Major Building Expansion
Plans are drawn and contracts will be let soon as Morgan County National Bank extends its building to the full 140 foot Johnson Street lot. New fixtures and a enlarged front lobby will be installed, with ladies’ corner, safety deposit boxes, and a private customer room. Inside, tellers’ windows and desks will be rearranged for greater comfort, with no interruption to daily business. The bank, with over a half million dollars in resources, is praised as a progressive yet conservative institution reflecting Decatur’s growth.
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Morgan County National Bank
Johnson Street
Decaturs
Morgan County
Workhouse Sentence For Liquor Law Violators In Tennessee
In Chattanooga on February 5 two saloon men Jerre King and Mack Lamb received six month workhouse terms plus a $50 fine and costs in the ongoing prohibition crackdown. Judge McReynolds warned other sellers that liquor will not be tolerated and urged violators to stop. Earlier, Mr Felman and Will Jones were arrested on liquor charges.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Jerre King
Mack Lamb
King
Mr .Felman
Will Jones
Senate Refuses Seat for O'Neal Appointee Glass
Washington February 0 A narrow 32 to 31 vote defeats Frank P Glass of Birmingham for a U S Senate seat The ruling confirms the Privileges and Elections Committee decision that his Alabama governor appointed seat after the seventeenth amendment directing election of senators was not valid
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Washington
Frank P. Glass
Birmingham
United States Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Glass
Alabama
Joseph F. Johon
Governor weighs special counsel in Lacy case
Governor O Neal debates hiring special counsel for the Theo Lacy prosecution. Gregory L. Smith of Mobile declined due to his civil practice, while Capt Frank S. White of Birmingham may be retained. White is expected in Montgomery for a conference, noted as a leading state lawyer with past murder-case service.
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Montgomery
O Neal
Theo Lacy
Gregory L. Smith
Mobile
Smith
Franks. White
Birmingham
Lacy
White
Captain White
Jefferson County
Teck Duncan
Supreme Court
Daniel W. Troy
Troy
Commonwealth
Steiner, Crum and Weir
R. B. Evins
Greensboro
Selma
Madison Avenue
Central City
Brooke
Paw Brooke
Washington
Suffrage Convention Opens at Huntsville
Huntsville February 5 The Second Annual Convention of the Alabama Equal Suffrage Association opens with a large gathering as many of the state's leading women attend. Addresses on suffrage are delivered in the YMCA gymnasium after a reception honoring visiting officers and delegates.
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Huntsville
Alabama Equal Suffrage Association
Y.M
Brothers Reformed Burglars Admit Daily Thefts in Brooklyn
Charles and Gustav Leeks brothers aged 21 and 18, confessed to one robbery daily for six months in Brooklyn. They targeted homes during week six days a week and avoided Sundays due to church attendance and scruples against selling religious items. They confessed to breaking doors with a false key and throwing away cross es rosary beads and other sacred objects.
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New York
Charles
Gustav Leeks
Brooklyn
Elmira Reformatory
Gustav
Big Tim Sullivan Remembered On Bowery Shoe Giveaway
On the Bowery a continuous shoe distribution honors late congressman Big Tim Sullivan. The Timothy D Sullivan Association handed out 176 shoes in 176 cases with a verse about missing him, as 2750 pairs were planned for the day and 20 cases remain for today.
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New York
Bowery
Tim” Sullivan
Congress
Adn
Lower East Side
Miss Kellogg to Read at Decatur Y M C A Event
The South’s renowned reader Miss Jeanette Kellogg will visit Decatur to entertain at the Y M C A with the Apollo Glee Club. She will perform Saturday at 7 30 PM and stay over Sunday for a 3 PM reading. A noon arrival is promised.
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Jeaniette Jewell Kellogg
South
Estate bequeaths assets to James H. Smith and Yale University
The late Lord Strathana’s stepson James H. Smith receives a portion of the income amounting to 125000 dollars. The same will leaves five hundred thousand dollars to Yale University.
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James H. Smith
Lord Strathana
Yale Univer
Wilson’s Puritan Mask Dropped in War Embargo Debate
El País accuses President Wilson of acting for mercantile gain by lifting the arms embargo aiding Huerta. The paper says neutrality was a cover for commercial interests as European and Japanese factories backed the Mexican government. It warns of Yankee intervention and a broader conflict from the frontier to South America.
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Mexico City
Wilson
el Pais
Commercia
United States
Washington
Huerta
America
Bier del Fuego
One Sure Sign of Spring Arrives Seeds From Congressmen
The article notes spring arrival with garden seed packages sent by congressmen to constituents. Seeds reached Decatur today signaling the imminence of planting season.
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Decaturs
Traffic laws observe well on Second Avenue
Officer Cobb reports strong compliance with the new traffic regulations on Second Avenue. He notes no arrests so far as drivers of buggies autos and wagons keep to the right, suggesting continued adherence may avoid enforcement actions.
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Cobb
Second Avenue
Fate of two convicted of murder with O Neal
Montgomery February 5 The fate of two murderers sentenced to death this Friday at Anniston and Birmingham rests with Governor O Neal. Alex Waldrop white man awaits execution in Anniston while Sam Gilbert a Negro has a gallows prepared at Birmingham. Efforts seek commutation for Waldrop to life imprisonment citing addiction to drugs and whiskey. no petition has been filed for Gilbert. The condemned man appears to have no friends.
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Montgomery
Anniston
Wirmingham
O Neal
Alex Waldrop
Sam Gilbert
Birmingham
What He Got for His Persistent Violation
Fred Hood, longtime violator of Maury County liquor laws, pleaded in three cases in Columbia Criminal Court and received sixty days in the workhouse and a $100 fine in each, totaling six months and $300. One sentence was reversed and thirteen cases were not pressed. Hood ran a joint at the union station under a Federal license and reportedly amassed a large profit.
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Columbia,Tenn
Fred Hood
Maury County
Hood
Union Station
Subscriptions urged for Ladies Benevolent Hospital drive
The Ladies Benevolent Hospital appeals for more contributions after a ten thousand dollar drive. small donations fuel the campaign and every Decatur resident is urged to invest in the hospital. Subscriptions can be paid to George Hott at the Morgan County National Bank to aid collectors.
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Decaturs
Ito
Geo.ry Hott, Saalean
Morgan County National Bank
H. L. Dean
Seal
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