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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1913
Page
1
Washington reports the next week will reveal how President Wilson can press the Senate to pass currency reform and approve the Glass-Owen bill without delays or major changes. He aims to finalize banking reforms and a new paper currency system before December.
The athletic bee begins at Decatur two high schools with plans for football and baseball at New Decatur High. Decatur School forms a tennis club with a court on Ferry street for play.
See the fall styles in Buttrey's show windows. The display features tasteful design and quality with artistic handiwork that would suit a city larger than this. The windows show the latest materials and superior arrangement and drapery for a long time.
A 1.5 million gallon water surge from a collapsed reservoir in Pittston near Wilkes-Barre poured down a side street on Thursday. Cellars flooded but damage limited. The failure was caused by settling of the Butler mine of the Pennsylvania Coal Company.
Paris reports a concertable plan for a "movie opera" in New York with an orchestra and pipe organ. Cinematograph pantomime will present 20 operas with elaborate costumes at the Academy of Music and two other venues. Mildenberg, Hanson, and associates push a novel format amid opera industry talk and rumors about Toscanini and the Met.
Police raided a so called vacant house in East Decatur near the tannery and found a Sunday dice game in progress. Two men were arrested for loitering and fined six dollars and sixty cents plus costs as a crowd dispersed.
A afternoon meeting at the R R Y M C A featured A G Patterson speaking on the parable of the talents. He urged balanced development of body mind and spirit and warned against overemphasizing one facet. He cited five two and one talent examples to illustrate faithful effort and accountability before God.
In Mayor Skeggs absence Captain Jack Edwards will preside over the Decature police court tonight. Edwards serves as President Pro-Tem of the council and will carry out the duties in his stead.
The K C B Team of Nashville began a revival yesterday at First Methodist Church Decatur led by Dr. William J. Cambron. He preached two sermons to large crowds with themes Christ knocking at the door of the human heart and The Incidental and Essentials. Services continue daily at 2 30 pm and 7 30 pm this week with a chorus singing. Rev G A Klein and soloist P M Boyd, in Richmond, Va., are expected Saturday.
The Association of Chicago Dancing Masters announced the waltz and the two step dead. They define the tango as the standard dance for the era, outlining its steps and rejects. The group also approves new dances for the coming season, including the sorority romp and Venus waste.
Atlanta report quotes U S Marshal Howard Thompson saying deserters from the army and navy are today almost as numerous as the new recruits. The statement highlights ongoing manpower challenges during the period.
Special to the Decatur Daily reports Secretary J A Rountree of the United States Good Roads Association met with Senator J H Bankhead in Jasper to discuss future efforts. Bankhead backs a $25 million annual federal appropriation and anticipates strong St Louis convention support and broad southern turnout.
Washington September 22 scoffing at a straw hat is punished by the police court. George Smith jeered at a man wearing No 42 shoes who happened to be an off duty policeman. The judge lectured him and released him with a stern warning that future criticism of a straw hat will bring severe punishment.
A special grand jury reported to Judge Wert this afternoon and returned indictments against John Ragland for murder. Defense attorney H. V. Cashin was appointed. Ragland entered a double plea of not guilty and temporary insanity, with possible trial this week likely Thursday.
The grand jury indicted Guy Miles Sam Black and Ben James for burglary with sentences of 16 months and 27 days 16 months 24 days and 16 months 29 days respectively. Roy Wise faces trial Wednesday on an unmentionable charge.
Thousands filed through the rotunda and past William J. Gaynor's lying in state at City Hall in a rain soaked tribute. The long processional line stretched half a mile along Broadway as workers, police, firefighters and city officials joined the public in mourning. Women and children carried bouquets to honor the late mayor.
Olshine Bros advertise a sale to clear stock of ready to wear millinery items to free floor space. The notice directs readers to page four for full details and pricing.
Ashville Judge Frank Carter told the grand jury that modern conditions threaten government through the telephone. He said it fuels immorality among youth, increases bills through impulse purchases, and drives private extravagance toward public extravagance, fueling crime and potential bankruptcy.
A New York rumor claimed Congressman Herman A. Metz of Brooklyn had heart trouble on a Washington to New York train. An undertaker’s wagon awaited at the uptown terminal, the crowd silent in a mistaken vigil before Metz learned the joke and hurried home, noting he remained "a lively one."
Boulder Colo Sept 22 After having his stomach removed due to long cancer Hastings R W 38 returned home this evening apparently completely cured. He was a well to do farmer who had prepared to die when his wife persuaded the operation. The stomach and cancerous growths were removed and Hastings began convalescing.
L N Railroad linemen finish section to Nashville as they string telephone lines for train orders. Old telegraph lines are discarded as trains rely on the new wired system. Predictions say other railroads may adopt this method within years.
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