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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1913
Page
1
Local bankers plan to host Alabama Bankers convention in Decatur and Dothan with a large delegate turnout. Citizens will assist in entertainment and hospitality though no financial contribution is required. A committee will meet soon to organize activities and impressions for visitors.
The New Decatur city council refused to receive bids on street improvements after contractors attended a meeting. Bids were returned unopened as the council debated preliminary letting. New specifications will be prepared by City Engineer Lund, with bids readvertised.
Frank J. Troup has broken ground for a $4,000 brick veneer residence at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Jackson Street, marking the start of construction on a new home.
Bohumir Kryl and a 30 member band will headline Chautauqua Week in the city. Kryl will lead the ensemble and perform cornet solos at each show. He is hailed by major papers as among America's top bandmasters and performers. Last summer his group toured Redpath Chautauquas in Tennessee Kentucky Michigan and Indiana amid strong demand.
The steamship Chiltern Range, a British freighter, nearly collided with an iceberg east of the Newfoundland banks while sailing from Hull to Montreal. Capsized by dense fog and towering ice, the vessel dented bow plates but escaped disaster as it slid away and lay to through the night amid echoes from unseen icebergs. Captain Rez described a slow, cautious approach as ice surrounded the ship.
L and N freight No 16 rode cross ties across the Tennessee River bridge after a wheel jumped the track. The front truck left the rails and traveled to a switch before a frog, then returned to the rails and continued. About $3,000 damage to railroad ties occurred. how the car did not overturn remains a mystery.
On May 13 Mayor Harrison took part in State’s Attorney Hoyne’s campaign to curb pickpockets. A list of forty known thieves was presented to Acting Chief Schuettier, outlining how they evade jail after arrest. The officials ordered a citywide assault, directing police to arrest known pickpockets on vagrancy charges, replacing prior larceny arrests where convictions were rare.
District Commissioners sent a protest to Congress against Senator Hughes' bill to grant a special medical license in Washington for Dr Friedmann who claims TB cure. They demand standard qualifications tests and warn the law would set a dangerous precedent undermining current statutes.
An abridgment of an address by Kansas Attorney General John S. Pawson outlines the impact of prohibition since 1879. It notes Kansas as a dry state and highlights the Attorney General’s fourteen years in public service and long tenure in the attorney general’s office.
The Standard Oil Company of Nebraska yesterday declared a stock dividend of 25 percent plus a regular semiannual cash dividend of 10 dollars per share and an extra cash dividend of 5 dollars per share for holders of record May a.
A Kansas speaker outlines school reach and funding, noting 16 million in school buildings and 10 million in public endowment funds. He cites growth in private and denominal schools, limited whiskey advertising in the press, and literacy improvements from 49 percent to under 2 percent, with mentions of foreign language periodicals.
President Wilson says negotiations over alien land legislation in California are not alarming and talks with Japan are frank and friendly. He notes the Webb bill may not violate the treaty, and that Japan’s protest stems from alleged discrimination against Japanese non citizens.
Secretary of State Bryan telegraphed Governor Johnson of California with President Wilson’s request to veto the anti alien land law. The move aims to resolve the issue via diplomatic channels and steer the question toward a veto.
Rome May 13 A solemn te was celebrated in St Peter's by Cardinal Rampolla in thanksgiving for the Pope's recovery. Thousands attended as churches joined in evening illumination. About 14,000 lanterns were used to illuminate the city and mark the jubilee of the church.
Walter Pryor, a Black man, was found in a smoke house near a station seventeen miles east of Gadsden. He killed G F Quest of the Alabama Power Company on the night of April 29. Pryor was brought to the county jail at 8 o clock yesterday after police located him and coordinated the arrest.
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