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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
1
Sheriff R. N. McCulloch and Deputies Lile and Leonard McCulloch and Harvey Wright raided the soft drink stand run by William 8 Cummins alias Bud this afternoon at 1 30. They forced entry after Cummins refused to open the door discovering about 200 gallons of intoxicants and 100 beer bottles stored in the cellar. Cummins fled and was not yet captured. a charge of resisting an officer may follow.
New York March 7 Judge Foster of General Sessions Court told Leon Gerard a taxi driver acquitted of murder you may go home get another taxicab go out and kill somebody else The judge scolded the jury saying they allow a drunken chauffeur to run reckless and go unpunished Gerard faced murder charges in the death of Mrs Mary Lithridge a cousin of District Attorney Whitman run down April
Emmet Gilliam and John Prosser, both white, were fined ten dollars and given coats by Justice Battler this afternoon. Gilliam faced a charge of breaking into the South Town schoolhouse, while Prosser was charged with drunkenness. They were arrested yesterday by Chief Davidson.
The World states Mr. Wilson will err and his administration may not meet all expectations yet the nation must support him. If supported, the president may achieve his pledged goals. failure would threaten democracy itself.
Special to the Decatur Daily reports a disastrous morning fire on Central Avenue Hot Springs Ark across from the Arlington Hotel at the Central Sanitarium. Six persons died and several others were injured in a gas explosion caused blaze.
A tribute praises a leader for decisiveness and devotion to duty. It emphasizes his splendid ideals and extraordinary performances in New Jersey, asserting they speak louder than detraction and doubts.
The public shows interest in results over sacred party labels and will be fair to the President while maintaining the right to criticise his program. It notes criticism may come if his plans fail whether by his laws or through the political system.
The Philadelphia North American portrays Woodrow Wilson as uniquely free of personal or postal obligations, arguing fate grants him a stainless parchment to write his next years in the presidency without erasures or hindrance.
The Chicago Tribune notes Wilson's fit for public responsibility and the political machinery. It cites his brief record in public duty proving he can act and earn his countrymen’s loyalty with high aspiring aims and noble achievement.
A brief civic note from the Washington Post welcoming Woodrow Wilson and expressing hope that his administration earns public praise through its conduct and achievements.
A Chicago Records Herald piece praises a thoughtful and progressive man who speaks for all Americans under a disciplined, single minded purpose to serve the people without faction or self interest.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank sues D. W. Speake for 350 for collection of a note. James N. Hornbuckle sues Morgan County Ala-Cola Company for 10,000 alleging injury after a bottle exploded while he drank it.
Paducah reporters say Captain James Till of Waterloo Alabama faced steamboat inspectors Joe St John and J M Green as the trial into the February 8 wreck near Coffee Landing Tennessee resumes after thirty days. Witnesses testified Florence signals and unlicensed pilots were issues while Tomahawk crew faced no lights.
A small black purse on North Clark Street held a $41,000 check drawn on the State Bank of Elkhart and payable to H L Stevens signed Mrs Mabel Mills. Police doubt authenticity as Mills has no Elkhart account and the signature is not on file, amid ties to a Kansas City claim of loss.
Baltimore March 7 resolutions authorizing the appointment of a finance committee on by laws to assist in developing the agriculture commercial and industrial resources of the southern States were adopted at the executive committee meeting of the Southern Development and Settlement Organization. Both committees will be appointed by chairman S Davies Warfield of Baltimore. The finance committee will raise funds and include Southern state representatives. The scope of work will be defined by the by laws committee.
The grand jury report cites unsanitary conditions at the Morgan County court house with a deteriorating upstairs lobby ceiling and loose lathes. It notes the building, once among the state’s prettiest, is running down and urges appropriating a few thousand dollars for remodeling.
Florence March 7 Mrs Zoe Winters was struck in her kitchen on Granburg Hill East Florence at 4 30 yesterday morning bound and gagged and robbed of 350 dollars. The burglar cut her skirt with a knife and escaped leaving the pickhandle on the kitchen floor. Chief Bailey ordered investigation and guards were placed to preserve the scent.
The Moulton Advertiser reports a press breakdown repaired by Jervis Foundry and Machine Company. They offer prompt service and first class workmanship for mechanical troubles.
William G. McAdoo resigned as Secretary of the Treasury a day after his appointment as president of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company was accepted. Wilbur C. Fisk was elected to succeed him. The railroad runs the Hudson tunnels built under his leadership.
Yesterday the Bank of Commerce received a Victor safe of manganese style weighing 10,000 pounds. It was installed in an enclosed front section of the building with a steel fireproof case and a double time lock, ensuring protection against burglary.
Star Theatre presents a magnificent two reel western feature the Millionaire Cowboy critics hail as one of the best western pictures. Also showing is another John Bunny comedy just like the one shown last night. All for a dime.
The Salvation Army opens its new hall at 8366 East Grant tonight at 7:30. The facility provides a second hall in Decatur and broadens entry to the organization's jurisdiction and activities for local conditions.
Washington March 7 Joseph P Tumulty President Wilsons secretary started a small precedent shattering campaign by arriving at 8 o clock The move surprised many officials who typically report to work around nine or ten Tumulty cleared his desk and prepared for the day before others arrived signaling a new standard in government work hours
The steamer Chattanooga sits on the ways due to a broken boom pole and repairs are expected to be finished today. A shipyard crew works to restore the vessel to service as soon as possible.
Senator William Alden Smith presented President Wilson with the resignation of Ambassador to Italy Thomas G. O'Brien. O'Brien, a Michigan native, asked Smith to deliver the notice in person and hinted a Democrat may succeed him. The senator declined to name a specific successor.
Huntsville announces fertilizer prizes awarded for top acre yield this season. Reuben Jordan, a colored farmer, wins $100 for 2000 pounds of seed cotton. J Love of Harvest earns $50 with 1838 pounds. C B Brewton of Larkinsville takes $25 for 1800 pounds.
March 7 New York. Dr Frederick Franz Friedmann, visiting Berlin physician, conducted Americas first demonstration of his tuberculosis treatment. Three patients from the city, two men and a woman, were treated at People's Hospital. The two men show improvement and weight gain, while the woman suffers a chronic knee case.
The Ledger inauguration party from Alabama, consisting of 62 boys, were presented to President Wilson at the White House at 3 p.m. on Thursday. Accompanied by Alabama's two senators and their congressman, each boy shook hands as the president spoke kindly. The party left Washington last night and their train to Birmingham was due this evening. The boys report they are enjoying the trip and having the time of their lives.
Chicago officials report executive members of seven large stores with three teenage employees will testify before the State Wage Commission next Friday. Lieutenant Governor O Hara chairs the inquiry as merchants and their workers describe pay and living conditions.
Acting Governor Jett O'Hara asks Illinois governors and all 47 others to cooperate after a state senate investigation into white slave activity, citing a report estimating many Chicago women earn little weekly. The piece notes the probe and calls for intergovernmental support.
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