Graft Evidence Mounts in New York Police Probe
Grand jury and District Attorney Whitman hear confessions from hotel owners and disorderly resort operators about paying police for immunity. Witnesses describe graft involving inspectors and officials, with Mary Stacom and Annie Grey among key informants while Samuel Levy recounts bribe-fueled cases and a police payoff that overturned a liquor charge.
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John J. Murths
Murtha
Harlem
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Stacom
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Annie Grey
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Whitman
Samuel Levy
Southern Railway appoints two live stock assistants
Atlanta March 12 two animal husbandry experts Dr Walter Sorrell and Dr C D Lowe join the Southern Railway as assistant live stock agents. Sorrell will cover Virginia and the Carolinas while Lowe works across Tennessee Alabama Georgia Kentucky and Mississippi from Chattanooga. They will advise farmers on feeding erecting and caring for livestock and help organize livestock clubs and demonstrations at no cost.
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Virginia
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South Carolina
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Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
L. Ward
Atlanta
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Lowe
United States
Southeastern States
Gov Blease and Police Chief Clash Over Chauffeur Arrest
In Columbia South Carolina Gov Cole Blease and Police Chief Cathcart clashed over the arrest of the governor s chauffeur for violating a city speed law. The chauffeur was fined for a second time in four days. a prior $3.75 fine was pardoned by the governor, who threatens to take over the police department and marshal the city if prosecutions continue.
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Cole Blease
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Fowards and Yergin Dissolve Partnership
W. J. Edwards becomes sole owner of the Edwards and Yergin tailoring establishment after dissolving the partnership with Mr. Yergin. Yergin leaves for Nashville to marry in Memphis and will not rejoin the business. Edwards plans to add an expert cutter and may choose between two Chicago tailors.
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Bank Street
Edwards & Yergin
Mr. Yergin
Edwards
Chicago
Sam
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Nashville
Memphis
Decaturs
Trip Crooningham Party Plans Philadelphia Return Next Saturday
A card from Mr. J. W. Cuuningham with Mr. John L. and Noah Brock notes a pleasant trip after leaving New York. They expect fine weather and a probable Philadelphia visit before returning around next Saturday.
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John L
Noah Brock
Philadelphia
New York
Death of Showman Jack Sutton Stuns Circus Cast
Louisville March 12. Jack Sutton a veteran circus showman and manager of the Tasmanian Van Diemans died in his room at a theatrical boarding house just as his wife Mrs. Sutton performed an aerial act with five others. She learned of his death after a stagehand found him dying. a doctor arrived too late.
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Hopkins Vaudeville Theatre
Sutton
Tasmanian van Diemans
Louisville Lighting Co
Fierce Battle on Mexican Texas Border
Desperate five day fighting at Parral Chihuahua between constitutionalists and Huerta loyalists ends with rebels driving from surrounding hills and gaining control of the town. Federal reinforcements arrived as townspeople looted markets and banks amid bombardment and street fighting in El Paso reported later.
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Cotton Market Steady with Midpoint Price Notes
Market shows steady tone with corrected figures. Middling 113 4. good middling 12. strict middling 117 8.
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Jones Cotton Co
New Decatur Post Office Status Clarified
Washington telegrams indicate the New Decatur post office is temporarily suspended while officials decide if the office may be kept. Mayor Wolcott and Postmaster Warner in Decatur seek retention and await a final Washington ruling expected soon.
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Mdsely
Decatur
Burleson
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New Decatur
Warner
Washington
After Failing to Die Man Rotifies Friends
New York dispatch reports Charles Berry fired five bullets at himself and, after surviving, frightened relatives by calling to say death had not come. Two shots wounded him in the head but he is expected to recover as he wandered his apartment in denial of death. He had separated from his wife and is under arrest for attempting self death.
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New York
Charles Berry
Berry
Emigration Boosts Questioned by Portland Writer
A Courier-Journal excerpt from Portland critic warns readers against exaggerated emigration appeals to the western United States. The piece urges separating credible claims from deceptive booster literature and notes real Southern advantages in farming, land, and climate.
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Ore
Louisville Courier-Journal
Raids Seize Large Liquor Cache From Decatur Tiger Den
Authorities raided the Lone Star Hotel depository in Decatur yesterday, confiscating over one thousand gallons of liquor worth about $2,000. Items were linked to Chas Woodward Ben Strange Earnest Carriger and J W Mulligan who face contempt charges. A lone worker denied ownership while sheriff ridicules him. Five wagon loads of alcohol, stored upstairs, filled two rooms and included beer to absinthe with new jail doors needed for storage. Bud Cumming, tied to a prior raid, was arrested and bonds set at $1,000.
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Lone Star Hotel
Sullivan stars in The Bells at the Delite
Edward P. Sullivan appears in The Bells at the Delite Theatre on Thursday March 13 in a two reel screen pantomime. The Reliance Company showcases Sullivan in the Mathias role with double and triple exposure effects and a dramatic climax ending in death.
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Edward P. Sullivan
Henry Irving
Mr. Sullivan
Mathias
Sullivan
Deliie Theatre
Resigned Officer Joins L N Clerk Post
James T. Guire traveled to Birmingham today and resigned from special agency work on the L and N Railroad after years of service. He previously served as deputy sheriff under Sheriffs Wiggins and Shipp and earned a reputation as a capable officer. He accepted a clerkship at the L N Railway office.
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James T. Guire
Birmingham
L. & N Railrroad
Mr. Guire
Wiggins and Shipp
L. & N. Fretghe
Fee
Young Columbia man elected secretary treasurer of Trade Board
Ashley B. Sowell of Columbia Tennessee has been elected Secretary Treasurer of the Board of Trade in that city. The Nashville Democrat features his portrait and notes he has not yet reached majority, yet his proven gifts and integrity place him for a high position at a tender age.
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Ashley B. Sowell
Columbia, Tenn
Board of Trade
Nashville Democrat
Sowell
Ashley Sowell
Bonaparte's Grandson Found Working in Lumber Yard
William Gordon, claimed grandson of Napoleon Bonaparte, was running a lumber yard job in Los Angeles as the Crittenden Memorial Society searches in San Francisco for the aged son of John Gordon. Gordon, 65, asserts his lineage while recalling a life spanning St Helena and Edinburgh, amid details of birth in 1847 in London Connecticut.
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John Gordon
Crittenden Society
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St. Helena
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Scotland
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Peror
Spring stock from Bailey and Pointer in Daily ad
Bailey and Pointer of things for men fame present a two column display announcing their spring stock. The haberdashers offer spring hats and runford ties with fresh stock designed to attract gentlemen dressers and reflect their reputation as excellent buyers with sound judgment.
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Bailey & Pointer
Ford
Mayor Skeges Court Fines Reported for Several Offenses
This morning in Polige court, W. T. Gordon was fined $4.40 for drunkenness, H. C. Abshire $6.10 for disorderly conduct, F. A. Freudenberg $6.10 for disorderly conduct, and Colored Jack Johnson $13.60 for speeding in an automobile.
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Seale
W. T. Gordon
H. C. Abshire
F. A. Freudenberg
Jack Johnson
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