Woman Bound and Drugged Aboard Big Four Train
Evely Stewart, a Jacksonville, Florida woman engaged to marry in Knoxville, claimed a man attacked her on a Chicago to Knoxville run. Found bound in a Pallman berth near Chicago, she described a masking assault before regaining consciousness in a hospital. Police and railroad officials investigate.
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Cincinnati
Evely
Stewart
Pallman
Chicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Knoxville
Tenn
New York
Decatur City Council Sits Briefly In Quiet Session
Decatur City Council held a short meeting with little business besides a dispute over handling dead dogs. An elderly Black man named Jack White demanded 25 cents per dog for removal rights tied to a past commission. Mayor Skeggs refused immediate action, citing a need for written orders. Several petitions for tax relief were rejected and the council adjourned into executive session.
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Decatur
Darkey
Jack White
Drew Young
Fis
Skeggs
Audi Ie
Suit Filed Against State Health Officer in Montgomery
Attorney General Robert C. filed suit in Montgomery against Dr. W. H. Sanders state health officer for failing to turn over to the state treasurer an unexpended balance of 4 998.65 from an annual appropriation and entry increase held by law. The action was entered yesterday afternoon in the city court.
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Montgomery
Robert C
Burt of
W. H. Sanders
Market Report: Orton Prices Steady
In Orton the market shows steady tones with middling at 125 8 and middling 123 4 as buyers hold prices. Traders note firm demand across grades and continued market balance amid cautious bidding.
Sunday School Teachers Organize for New Year
The Sunday School Teachers Union meets at Central Methodist Church at 2 30 tomorrow to organize for the new year under a new plan. Everyone including teachers and pupils may join six month Genesis study. The Advanced Class led by Miss Groenendyke will discuss the Albigensian and Waldensian Revolt. The first standard class with Mrs Payne will study The Life of Christ by Periods. All Bible lovers are invited.
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Central Methodist Church
Christ
EB. C. Payne
Aliens Affect Husband's Affections Charged in Nashville Suit
16 year old Mrs. Alice Goodman Marshall sues her father in law J P Marshall Sr. for 15000 alleging he alienated her 17 year old husband J P Marshall. The deaf mute couple faced estrangement after a hasty two month marriage.
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Nashville
Alice. Goodman Marshall
Circuit Court
J. P. Marshall, Sr
J. P. Marshall
Liquor Found in Moulton Street Cafe
Chief of Police Davidson and Officer Cobb confiscated eight half pints of whiskey this morning in the New Decatur Cafe on Moulton street. The proprietor disclaimed ownership and said the liquor was left minutes before by a Negro who promised to return. No arrests have been made.
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Davidson
Cobb
New Decatur
Moulton Street
Franklin K Lane Wins Commerce Commission Chair
Franklin K Lane of California was elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the year starting January 13. He succeeds Commissioner Prouty as head of the commission.
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Washington
Franklin K. Lane
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commissioner Prouty
Citrus Crop Hit Hard by Frost Across Southern California
The cold snap devastates orange and lemon groves from San Bernardino to Los Angeles with Pomona as a center of loss. Estimates place total damages around 20 million dollars, with rail freight losses of 5 to 8 million. San Bernardino county suffers up to 90 percent ruin, including the Redlands orange belt.
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Pomona
San Bernardino County
San Bernardino
Redlands
Riverside
Slayer of M Garley Wilson Discharged
Jim Ray was discharged after a two day preliminary trial for the killing of McCarley Wilson near Valdermosa ten days ago. Justice Butler ruled Ray acted in self defense citing threats against his life by Wilson.
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Jim Ray
McCarley Wilson
Valdermosa
Jeace Butler
Ray
Wilson
Teck Duncan Testimony Shocks Alabama County
Teck A Duncan serving life for the Felix Ellard assassination was moved from Wetumpka to Birmingham to testify before the grand jury. Rumors say he will describe the murder plan, prior abortive schemes, and alleged profits including a $100 monthly position and a $100 cash payoff.
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Birmingham
Teck
A. Duncan
Felix J. Ellard
Lewisburg
Wetumpka Penitentiary
Seflarion County
Duncan
Felix Ellard
Ellard
White boy charged in Delite Theatre box office break in
A sixteen year old white boy, suspected of breaking into the Delite Theatre box office last Monday night, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Chief Davidson and Officer Cobb and will be sent to the Birmingham Boys Industrial School. The youth has previously spent time at the school and recently returned to Decatur.
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Delite Theatre
Davidson
Cobb
Birmingham
Decaturs
Commissioners Court Session Reported Quiet Business
The Commissioners Court holds its regular meeting with audits and voucher payments as the main agenda. Little other business is addressed during the session.
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Lhe Commissioners Court
Orferins
Doctor Operates on Himself in Van
Desperate Dr W H Beck of Crankfield Minnesota performs an improvised self operation in his office cutting below the jaw scraping bone and sewing the wound. The failed procedure left a growth threatening the jaw bone and another operation has been done in a hospital.
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Van
Minneapolis
Minn
W. H. Beck
Cran‘kfield
Arguments begin in Archbald impeachment trial
United Press reports the Senate opened arguments in the Archbald impeachment case. Lawyers debate charges as proceedings near a three day stretch with a verdict not expected until late January.
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Washington
Senate
Archbald
T M Jones May Seek Decatur Post Mastership
T M Jones a well known Decatur cotton man will likely seek the Decatur postmastership. Friends urge him to run and he will announce soon after careful consideration. Jones is an longtime Decatur resident active in city administration for years.
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T. M. Jones
Decatur
Jones
Mr. Jones
Divorce Action in High Profile Arts Couple
New York reports John Fox Jr and Fritzl Scheff request to end their marriage after four years of harmony. Mrs Fox filed the action with the Supreme Court, while references were heard but no order recorded. The couple wed in 1908 and have been noted for a lavish life together.
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New York
John Fox, Jr
Fritzl Scheff
Alabama Power dam plan draws Alabama support and debate
Citizens across Alabama back the federal approval of Alabama Power Company plans to build a dam at Lock 18 on the Coosa River. Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Huntsville, Decatur and New Decatur civic bodies endorse the project and urge President Taft to support the bill. Capt. W P Lay of Gadsden denounces the veto as a breach of faith. The dam would provide atmospheric nitrogen fixation for fertilizers, boosting cotton production and attracting industry, with wide regional navigation and population benefits imagined for the Tennessee Valley.
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Alabama Power Company
Coosa River
Lock 18
Alabama
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Huntsville
Decatur
New Decatur
United States
W. P. Lay
Gadsden
O'Neal
Capt. Lay
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee River
William Howard Taft
Senate
Cooga River
Muscle Shoals
Postoffice on Alabama Georgia line proposed for Lanett and West Point
Lanett Alabama and West Point Georgia seek a jointly operated postoffice building half in each state. With populations of about 6000 and 2500 the two towns would qualify for free mail delivery. They urge Congressmen Heflin and Adamson to secure funding, following Heflin’s on site review.
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Lanétt
West Point
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Charles Adamson
Georgia
Congress
Twin Cities
Lanett
Heflin
Prominent Physician Dies in Cane Creek Flood
Huntsville January 8 Thomas Jenkins a Lincoln county Tenn physician was drowned while fording Cane Creek swollen by a freshet near Mackburn. The buggy and horse were swept away the negro driver escaped. He leaves a widow and one daughter.
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Huntsville
Thomas Jenkins
Lincoln County
Tenn
Cane Creek
Mackburn
Jenkins
William Jenkins
Kelso
Sultan and Czar to Confer on Peace Talks
Sofia dispatch reports Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria leaving for Chtajla to meet the Sultan of Turkey. The leaders plan a second battlefront meeting within a week to discuss peace between the allies and Turkey.
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London
Sofia
Czar
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Chtajla
Turkey
Probe of alleged Shipping Trust opens in Washington
Investigators began a probe into an alleged shipping trust claiming that foreign commerce steamship lines operating between the United States South America and Europe control all South American shipping and set any rates they choose. The effort centers on evidence suggesting such control and pricing power.
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Washington
United States
South America
Europe
Shipping Trust
Kansas Cold Wave Grips State With Record Lows
A severe cold wave swept Kansas with readings well below zero. Salina reported 28 degrees below, while multiple cities logged 15 to 18 degrees below. The cold spread across the north south east and west, with low temperatures recorded statewide.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Salina
Gerg
Sero
Louisville Girl Portman Arrested in Georgia Case
18 year old Migg Marie Portman, niece of Louisville Police Captain Portman, is in Atlanta after being abducted from Louisville. Prof. G Holman Gardner, 40, a Georgia Tech educator, is held for investigation for allegedly taking her to Atlanta where she used the name Cecil Jackson. Portman identified by Captain Portman’s photo letter. Gardner says Portman stayed at a Decatur home and at the Oglethorpe. authorities consider Mann White Slave Act charges pending. Portman bond posted. girl to be returned to Louisville. Portman to Atlanta for testimony.
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Louisville
Atlanta
Gardner
Georgia School of Technology
Howell Hollingsworth
Miss Portman
Decatur
West Baker Street
the Oglethorpe
Georgia
Gardiner
Captain Portman
Capt Portman
Sneed's Accomplice Placed on Trial
Memphis Tex Jan. The trial of GB Epting an employee of John B Sneed was placed on trial today on charges of complicity in the murder of Al Jr a young rancher announced by Snead last September.
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Memphis
Tex
Jam
GB Epting
John B. Sneed
al Jr
Snead
Insane Lawyer Beats Nurses Then Jumps to Death
A Orlando Florida lawyer named William B Shine fought nurses during a private room incident at a hospital and jumped from a story to his death. The confrontation left a nurse unconscious as the man leaped to his death after the struggle.
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New York
Jam
Orderney
William B. Shine
Orlando
Fin
Atory
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