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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
1
Sheriff McCulloch with Deputies Wright and Butler raided Sherman’s East Pond Street property and recovered 160 gallons of whiskey and beer. Hidden behind a double wall in a narrow closet, the booze was stacked in shelves and three barrels of beer were found untouched. The liquor was subsequently moved to the jail cellar.
Obituary notices report the death of R A Aday at his Moulton pike home with funeral and Rapler graveyard burial planned. Luke McNaughton, Confederate veteran, dies at Watson Greer Infirmary. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 30 p m from Ledingham home with cemetery services by Confederate veterans and Masonic order.
State game and fish commissioner John H. Wallace Jr distributes the 1913 Bird Day Book. He notes Bird Day in Alabama will be observed on Monday May 5, and asks every public school to participate statewide.
To allow Judge W. J. Grubb more time to decide, the Alabama Railroad Commission suspended its 24 cent passenger rate order until May 1. Louisville and Nashville currently charges 3 cents per mile in Alabama. the commission had moved toward a 2 cent rate, with the federal court previously halting the change. The commission sought to avoid conflict with federal decrees while continuing to review the Western Railway matter. W. H. Smith, its auditor, testified during cross examination.
Boyd Baker received ten days in Decatur police court for joltering to the depot. Irwin Phillips and John Moore pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct before Mayor Wolski and were fined 5.00 each.
Ella Gilbert a Negro woman charged with assault with intent to murder appeared before Justice of the Peace I N Butler this morning. She was bound over to the grand jury in the sum of 300 dollars.
Captain Hayden at the naval station reports a Cairo Egypt letter claiming the Lloyds wireless station copied messages from Key West. The distance exceeds seven thousand miles, far beyond prior records, signaling a remarkable long distance transmission.
Harlem gambler Michels once called king of gamblers testified before a grand jury and told District Attorney Whitman how he paid police officials to operate pool rooms. He said $25,000 yearly was paid for immunity, and that graft persisted after a murder.
The Star Theatre features Mary Meyers in The Lost Son with an all star cast. Delite screens Mathias in The Bells by E P Sullivan. The Masonic program includes G M Anderson as Broncho Billy in a strong local showing.
Corrected market report shows steady values for middling at 113 4 and good middling at 12 with strict middling 117 8. The Jones Cotton Co. provides the price alignment.
Ottawa March 14 Doctor Fred F Friedman spoke before the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis about his new non toxic tuberculine. He traced twenty three years of research and noted he first tested the remedy on himself after discarding human tubercle bacillus. He said a turtle origin bacillus became virulent and atoxic after repeated transplanting and that injecting it into patients and healthy children in tubercular surroundings proved the treatment harmless.
Josh Brim of Bell county, a penitentiary inmate, pulled Deputy Sheriff Alex Carrol from wreckage after a Richmond day coach crash near Frankfort. He aided in care and urged his own confinement, while authorities consider a pardon effort as Brim faces a manslaughter sentence.
A called meeting of the Woodmen of the World is scheduled at their hall on Second Avenue tonight.
The National Good Roads Federation plans a Birmingham meeting on April 24-25 drawing thousands of delegates from across the United States. Key goal to unify six national groups into a federated body to press Congress for larger federal aid. General John A. Stewart of New York City has accepted the invitation, with others expected to follow.
In Paducah Kentucky traveling salesman H B Duncan of Deming New York died after a dispute over a meal. Waiter Allen Edmons a Black man refused to concede the order and struck with a bottle crushing Duncan's skull. Edmonds jailed on the charge.
The Chicago American editorial pledges a strict purging of dangerous or questionable ads. It says no whiskey advertising will appear in its columns and condemns remedies that mask alcohol as health products.
Montgomery March 13. Governor O Neal will designate about 24 depositories for another term as three year limits expire in weeks. Banks must supply at least 16000 dollars in registered bonds as security. State officials say the move will save funds on transfers by requiring duplicative slips to the state treasurer.
A severe downpour flooded Lower Second Avenue and the L N switch area, with water several feet deep in places. Street car service was seriously hampered as tracks and underpasses flooded, requiring track crews to keep cars moving amid widespread reports of heavy rainfall citywide.
Kansas City March 13 All evidence in the Hed murder case has been submitted. Judge Porterfield will give instructions to the jury and hear final arguments. Mrs Logan O Swope testified that Mrs Hyde said she would like to know the cause of a convulsion Margaret Swope suffered.
The opening meeting in Jacksonville Florida of the National Child Labor Conference heard informal debate on whether immature children deserve charity via state aid or school support. A. T. Jamison of Greenwood argued against child labor under fourteen and urged care and moral training as the need, with Miss Addams noting risk of destitution spreading as elder siblings learn trades. Other speakers included Jeana of New Orleans William P. of Associated Charities Ingham and Leon Schwartz Mobile. Richard K. Conant spoke on Textile Industry and Child Labor.
Washington reports that Postmaster General Burleson may immediately enforce the newspaper publicity law if the Supreme Court does not restrain him. Notices went to publishers to provide required information within ten days or risk denial of publication in the mails. About 91 percent have filed reports. roughly 140 have not.
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