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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
1
Unidentified individuals daubed the front door of the U S consulate in Nogales Sonora prompting Consul Frederick Simpich to protest to the town prefect. Local Sonora officials condemned the act blaming enemies of the insurgent government seeking to worsen U S relations. Special police guarded the consulate.
Chattanooga scene reports the re election of General Bennett H. Young of Louisville as Commander in Chief with his three department officers. Acclaimed by cheers he thanked supporters and praised their recommendation above all else. The event followed the twenty fourth annual United Confederate reunion in Jacksonville Florida.
The first Chautauqua tent evening drew a large crowd and pleased the public with an excellent high class performance. They hope to make the affair an annual event as Redpath Chautauqua has done in other towns.
Columbia University junior Ben Chatman Gibson, of Owensboro Kentucky, has been missing since last Saturday. Friends fear worry over exams unsettled his mind temporarily and university officials released only a brief notice before deciding to make the disappearance public.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society of the Decaturs has secured a 300 by 600 foot block on Somerville Pike between 7th and 8th avenues for the Benevolent Hospital. Bids for building will be sought immediately. Mrs E C Payne chairs publicity. The community honors the society for years of effort and looks forward to modern hospital care for the ill.
Lewie Hardage arrives in the Decatur area and plans to move to Meridian, Mississippi in a few days to assume the general agency of Massachusetts Mutual. He expects to return to Decatur in August. He is described as a man of integrity and capacity.
A. Rose of Frisco Texas visits his brother J. J. Rose and sister Mrs. A. E. Tidwell for the first time in nearly forty years. He has attended the Confederate reunion at Chattanooga and is an ex Confederate soldier who joined at seventeen. He plans to return to Texas in a week or ten days.
West Wiley was found guilty by a jury in the Law and Equity court for making indecent proposals to a woman. The judge imposed a 30 Haya road sentence and a fine of 100 dollars after the verdict delivered at 11:20. Attorneys Tidwell and Samply represented the defense. Melvin son prosecuted. witness Arthur Lane was fined 1 dollar for nonappearance.
Police seek Wade Stevens 19 son of Mrs. Sarah Stevens after a charred skeleton and that of an adopted daughter Nellie were found among ashes at the Mc Donough road residence. Skulls crushed and robbery suspected. coroner’s jury released Stevens who vanished after expressing intent to go to Chattanooga.
In Washington on May 29 officials dismiss talk of imminent war with Japan. Despite sensational Pacific coast predictions, President Wilson and advisors say Japan’s honor is not involved in the California anti alien land issue, and global sentiment supports careful handling of the dispute.
In Anniston on May 29 authorities report the Alabama Pasteur Institute in Montgomery overwhelmed with hydrophobia cases. Thirty patients are housed and twelve await care. A dog head sent from Anniston tested hydrophobic leading to transfers including Bud Harrison and three children and Mrs Beck and child to an Atlanta infirmary.
River stage stands at 12.8 feet with flood level at 21 feet. The river is rising, signaling increasing flood risk for nearby communities and waterways.
Cleopatra with Helen Gardiner opens at the Masonic Theatre tomorrow night and runs through Saturday. The five reel film features lavish costumes valued over one hundred thousand dollars and is praised for dramatic intensity and refined storytelling.
Ivy Johnson, described as a negro, was fined $5 and costs by Mayor Wolcott this morning for disorderly conduct.
Dr. Ambroise T. Grayson opens a new medical office at 602 Second Avenue, Huntsville. He comes from Shawnee, Oklahoma to focus on diseases of children and ophthalmology, and will direct his practice there. We welcome him to the community.
Louise Bowling faced a murder trial in Law and Equity court for the death of Erwin Holloway, shot on April 2 in a house on Pond Street. Prosecution by Hutson and assistants, defense by Chenault Callahan Harris. witness Blanche Moore testified that Bowling threatened Holloway and fired, claiming an accidental discharge. Jury seated with members listed as Overstreet, Lake, Slater, Ryan, Napp, Morgan, Roberts, Hall, Johnson, Black, Norwood, and Roberts.
Secretary Daniels announced no formal inquiry into the April 5 incident when gunners aboard the monitor Tallahassee fired at the yacht Dolphin mistaking it for a target ship. After discussions with Senate and House naval committees aboard the Dolphin he sent a letter admonishing the responsible crew to exercise caution.
The funeral of Clifford Mangrum, who died Tuesday at the family residence on Fourth Avenue South in Atlanta, was held this afternoon at 4 30. Revs Woodward and Walston conducted the services, followed by interment in the city cemetery with many friends and relatives in attendance.
Biloxi resident Captain 8. O. Freeman visits Hon. Samuel Blackwell returning from the Confederate reunion in Chattanooga. Freeman, wounded five times from Missionary Ridge to Atlanta, is one of six brothers who enlisted from Mississippi and Morgan County, with one brother killed in battle. The South takes pride in such men.
A Star Theatre feature highlights Wheatley Davis as a key player in the moving pictures with his taps and bumps aiding scenes from baby cries to cowboys on a rampage. The ad then shifts to tailoring by W. J. Edwards promoting summer fabrics and attentive service for men’s clothing.
A morning bomb at the Decatur court interrupted proceedings in the American Hotel case. An unusually large, civic audience was dismissed by the judge after landlord Pete Collier, away, faced a $26 fine plus costs. Women held at the hotel were escorted away as men bonded.
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