Decatur Council in Regular Session Holds Brief Meeting
Four of five council members were present with Alderman Jones absent. A building and loan committee sought a license reduction from 150 to 40 dollars for North Alabama Building and Loan Associa tion. City reports showed over 8000 dollars in balance. 84 December cases disposed of by police. An auditor was suggested but not hired. Hambier stand permit refused. Reassessment of First National Bank property confirmed in Vaughn’s name. River wharf improvement discussion held with no action.
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Decatur City Council
Alderman Jones
Broadus
Foster H. Pointer
W. H. Watson
North Alabama Building and Loan Association
Dinsmore
Shackleford
Whyte
Skeggs
Pete Collier
Garnet
Lawmakers Convened: Republicans Take Lead in Albany
Albany Jan 7 The new legislature shows 77 Republicans 61 Democrats 21 Progressives and one Independent after the fall upheaval. Governor Glynn will focus on clearing grafters and prosecuting those guilty of pilfering state funds. Republicans back reforms aligned with Sulzer investigations amid Tammany doubt.
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Sulzer
Tammany
Two More Speeders Fined in Decatur Court
Police in the Decaturs report two additional speeders fined in Decatur Court. Each offender faced a $10 fine plus costs as assessed by Mayor Skeges this morning amid ongoing patrols.
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Decatur
Decaturs
Skeges
Spielberger's Semi Annual Sale Starts Thursday
Samuel Spielberger announces a semi annual sale beginning Thursday January 8 with price slashing across items. The Decaturs are set to benefit from the event as shoppers are urged to read the advertisement for savings.
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Samuel Spielberger
Decaturs
Seven year term for Frank M. Iran in dynamiters case
Chicago reports United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirms seven year imprisonment for Frank M. Iran of Chicago, president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, in the dynamiters case linked to the McNamaras. Twenty three co defendants receive one to six year sentences, while six men including Richard H. Howlman have sentences reversed and remanded for new trials.
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Chicago
Frank M. Iran
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
United States
A. B. Anderson
Indianapolis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ryan
Richard H. Howlman
The
Union
Anderson
McNamaras
Sanrentin
Seaman
Federal District Court
International Association of Structural Iron Workers
Preachers and Temperance Forces Snap at Calif Prohibition Debate
San Francisco January 7 ministers of Protestant denominations in California clash with temperance workers over a push for prohibition this year. Ministers plan a campaign but fear public opinion is not ready for a fight while temperance advocates press for action.
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San Francisco
California
Workers For Temperance
B Crawford's Lumber Company Incorporated
B Crawford's Lumber Company Incorporated is formed by B Crawford, Paul Crawford, and C Crawford to expand business. The cabinet department has 20150 square feet, and the firm manufactures frames mantels and screens, runs extensive yards on Railroad Street, and serves as Texas Cement Plaster distributor. The B Crawford name is long established in Decatur for lumber and reliable trade.
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B. Crawford and Sons Company
Crawford
Paul Crawford
C. Crawford
Texas
B. Crawford
Decaturs
Japan's New Battle Ship 15 Almost Ready
Tokio reports the cruiser Haruna launched in December at Kobe will be ready sooner than expected due to faster material delivery. Japan plans three super-dreadnoughts in 1914 in home yards and is forming an aerial army.
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Tokio
Haruna
Kobe
Japan
Survivors Report 75 Laborers Killed in Fraser River Crossing
Angelo Pugilese of twenty five survivors says a frail boat carrying 100 Grand Trunk Pacific workers across the Fraser River in British Columbia was wrecked on a rock. The tragedy happened west of Fort George as a work site moved and forced river crossing.
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Winnipeg
Canada
France River
British Columbia
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad
Angelo Pugilese
Pugilese
Fort George
Mrs Florence Forbes Wins Ribbons With Poultry Show
Mrs Florence Forbes returned from Tatpa Wisconsin where she exhibited forty birds including Arpingtone Bantams and Leghorns winning 32 ribbons two silver cups and two A P A medals. She plans likely entries in Birmingham and Indianapolis bringing home a large display for Morgen County.
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Florence Forbes
Tatpa
Wia
Correction on Insured Parcel Count at Decatur Post Office
A correction notes that the insured parcel tally at the New Decatur post office was misreported as 5500 instead of 550 due to an added cipher. The accurate figure is 550 parcels.
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New Decatur
Kentucky Legislature Organized and Early Sessions Begin
Both branches organized and appointed committees to notify the governor they are ready for business. Senator M. O. Scott was chosen president pro tem and Claude B. Terrill as speaker. Reed’s bill seeks extra help for a sixty day session at 9810 dollars. Federal appeals court upholds prison sentences for 30 iron workers. JPMorgan testifies on the new Federal Reserve plan and bank district placement.
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Kentucky
M. O. Scott
Senate
Claude B. Terrill
House
Stanley F. Reed
Prediction of Big Things for the Suffragists
New York January 7 1914 Dr Anna Shaw president of the National Association of Suffragists predicts a strong year ahead from her 1913 victories at the Hotel McAlpin She cites 1913 as the luckiest year in the movement moving suffrage into practical politics while noting Alaska and Illinois as key gains Illinois electoral votes and a quick enfranchisement in Alaska are highlighted 1914 is forecast to yield actual victories Though she regrets Congress and the presidents message did not advance the cause this year
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New York
Anna Shaw
National Association of Suffragists
McAlpin
Illinois
Alaska
Shaw
Suffrage
Congress
Union Pacific to Recommend Baltimore and Ohio Stock Distribution
The Union Pacific railroad announced it would recommend to its directors the distribution among stockholders of the Baltimore and Ohio stock owned by the company, together with $3 in cash per share.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Court frees defendants after militia call at Whitesburg
The charge of confederating for the purpose of intimidation against several Letcher Fiscal Court members was dismissed after a court hearing following the calling out of the militia at Whitesburg.
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Letcher Fiscal Court
Whitesburg
Heroes of Gregory crew aid five Oklahoma survivors reach New York
Three Gregory officers rescued five survivors from the tanker Oklahoma after it broke free off Barnegat in a Sunday storm. A congress report from the Public Buildings Commission will propose ending pork barrel projects to allow cheaper public structures.
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Gregory
New York
Barnegat
Congress
Public Buildings Commission
Notable deaths in transportation circles and wartime park plans
C. C. Riley general superintendent of transportation for the Baltimore and Ohio and Captain George W. Booth controller of the same line died in Washington and Baltimore respectively. A board of army officers urges government purchase of Bull Run battlefield for a national park. Woman suffrage faces rejection at the Women's National Democratic League convention opening in Washington. The late Col. John Jacob Astor estate is valued at 85,890,826 per a devaluation report filed in the Surrogate's Court.
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Cc. C. Riley
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
George W. Booth
Baltimore
Bull Run
Board of Army
Garrison
Women’s
National Democratic ‘League
Col
John Jacob Astor
Tragic Fraser River Disaster Drowns 75 Labourers
Seventy five laborers on the Grand Trunk railroad in British Columbia perish when a flatboat carrying workers to a crossing on the Fraser river wrecks. Officials investigate cause and rescue attempts follow the wreck.
Wilson Considers Federal Reserve Board Members
President Wilson spends part of his time at Pass Christian weighing candidates for the soon to be appointed federal reserve board.
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Wilson
Pass Christian
Federal Reserve Board
Governor Ferris Interviews Copper Country Figures
Governor Ferris of Michigan conducted a personal investigation into the copper miners strike, interviewing citizens and officials in the Copper Country about the dispute and its causes.
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Gov. Ferris
Michigan
Burke Denies Profit On The Side In Canal Commissary Case
John Burke, manager of the Panama Canal Commissary Department, denied profiting on the side from purchases. He said the accusation came from a disgruntled employee as he ended his Indianapolis visit and prepared to sail back to the canal zone.
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Burke
Indianapolis
Ind
John Burke
Panama Canal
Boston Recess Committee to Report on Child Health Test
Boston mass Jan 7 the recess committee weighing a law barring minors under sixteen from working more than eight hours may report today. Rumor says a health test requiring physical exams for all state employed children may replace the eight hour limit in healthy youths Representative Tufts says one of two members favors the idea.
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Boston
Mass
Tufts
Brokers Organize for Protection in Stock Exchange Firms
New York brokers form the Association of Partners of Stock Exchange Firms with about 2,500 eligible members. The group aims to uniformly protect partners whose interests are interlinked within brokerage firms.
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New York
Association of Partners of Stock Exchange Firms
Gartner
December a Gala Matrimony Month
December was a gala month for marriages in Morgan County with Probate Clerk Frank J. Davis issuing three and four licenses. The holidays saw Cupid active before the Yuletide climax as many unions were arranged to avoid post Christmas expenses.
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Morgan County
Frank J. Davis
Cupid
New Table of Postage for Fourth Class Mail
Washington on January 7 reports a new postage table for fourth class mail. Parcels weighing four ounces or less cost one cent per ounce or fraction regardless of distance. Parcels over four ounces ship at pound rates with any fraction counted as a full pound. Parcel post maps and guides remain useful.
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Washington
Star Spangled Banner centennial plans in Baltimore 1914
Baltimore advances plans for the Star Spangled Banner centennial as a national event with celebrations across Washington Annapolis Frederick and Chesapeake Bay. The Star Spangled Banner Centennial Commission is incorporated with Woodrow Wilson Taft Roosevelt honorary presidents and James H. Preston as active president coordinating forty committees. The program opens September 3 with a river pilgrimage and wartime sites including Upper Marlboro and Pt. William Beans grave, amid war memorial events.
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Baltimore
Balti More
North Point
Fort McHenry
Nation Star Spangled Banner Centennial Commission
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Thomas R. Marshall
Aoe
Goldsborough
Maryland
Union
James H. Preston
A. B. Bibbins
Allen S. Will
Robert E. Lee
T. Rowling Thomas
Lynn R. Meekins
Propxent
Upper Marlboro
Pt. Wm. Beans
Minden” Key
Opponents of the Steel Trust Voice Grievances in Birmingham
In Birmingham on January 7, opponents of the government anti trust suit against United States Steel Corporation gather as the case proceeds. The proceedings occur in the offices of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company with multiple speakers presenting their views on the steel trust issue.
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Steel Trust
Birmingham
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal, Iron Railroad Company
Sererat, Y
Returned Decatur Boy Surprised at Our Growth
Dr. W. T. Ballow, an old Decatur boy now a physician in Key West Florida, visits relative Percy Parker. He serves in the hospital corps of the Flagler railroad system, which built the large concrete bridge linking Key West to the mainland. He has been away seven or eight years and is impressed by Decatur’s growth and prosperity.
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W. T. Ballow
Decatur
Key West
Fla
Percy Parker
Hospital Corps
Flagler
Key Weat
Decaturs
Unusually 6000 Programs At All Theatres Today
Multiple houses present strong programs with varied features. Star shows Francis X. Bushman in a love drama, Masonic, Grac, Cunard and Francis Ford theatres headline with a Latin Paris quartet story. Delite offers a Broncho feature and Keystone comedy.
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Francis X. Bushman
Masonic
Grac
Cunard
Francis Ford
Paris
Delite
Playgrounds in 42 American Cities
New York January report shows 642 U S cities active in playgrounds or recreation centers last year with 342 cities maintaining 2402 playgrounds under paid supervision. 6318 supervisory leaders created a new profession and spending reached 5 700 223 81 dollars in supervised cities plus ban issues in 20 cities.
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New York
Playground Association of America
Explosion Injures Three Men at Selma Works
Three workers at the Union Tron Works in Selma were severely burned when a piston rod exploded while heating it. Foreman B. My Patterson and workers Ernest Burfitt and Ben Ellis suffered facial and hand injuries as the rod ignited them and singed their faces. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon around 3 30.
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Selma
My Patterson
Union Tron Works
Ernest Burfitt
Ben Ellis
Mesa
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Florence
New Haven
Hartford
Department of Justice
J. P. Morgan
Federal Reserve System Organization Committee
DR. Shaw
Grand Trunk Railroad
Fraser River
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