Roosevelt On Hand Early For Trial In Libel Suit
In New York April 19 twelve jurors were selected for William Barnes libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt. Court opening drew a large crowd as Roosevelt and Barnes observed court proceedings from adjacent tables. The special panel of 75 talesmen faced six peremptory challenges per side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Barnes
Se, N. Y
William J
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Ries
Sesson
Mr. Barnes
Colonel Roosevelt
Horace Wilkinson
William H. Andrews
William L. Barnum
Syracuse
Talesmen
Mobile urged to act on proposed Southern highway
The Streets and Roads Committee of Mobile Chamber of Commerce met led by John Bose to discuss a planned Dixie highway link from Nashville through Birmingham and Montgomery to Mobile and New Orleans. If not acted on, a shorter route bypassing Mobile may be built via Montgomery Selma Hattiesburg to New Orleans.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
John Bose
Board of
Bose
Birmingham
Nashville
Montgomery
New Orleans
Texas
Selma
Hattiesburg
Boy's Money Stolen With Penalty for Larceny
John Bennet, a negro, was charged with stealing a pocketbook from Arthur Kearley a white boy. He received six months at hard labor after a petit larceny conviction by Recorder Edington. The pocketbook held $2.95. Bennet appealed and bond was set at $250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bennet
Arthur Kearley
Edington
Bay
Burglary Suspect Held After Store Break-in
Pollard Alabama April 19 Special Homer Emmons a young white man is arrested and jailed in Escambia county on suspicion of involvement in the burglary at Jernigan Walton's store Friday night.
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Pollard
Ala
Homer Emmons
Escambia County
Jernigan & Walton's
Carl Irwin faces disbarment charges in Mobile court
The first disbarment trial in Mobile was begun against Carl Irwin in the circuit court before Judge Samuel B. Brown. The state alleges wilful misconduct including soliciting clients and promising or giving valuables to secure cases. Affidavits claim Irwin procured clients amid injuries and sought cases from soldiers and a widow, while Jarvis accuses Irwin of arranging payments and commissions.
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Mobile
Samuel B. Brown
State of
Alabama
D. H. Edington
Carl Irwin
Irwin
Mobile Bar Association
David C. Jarvis
H. H. Smith
W. B. Cornelius
39Th Company
Coast Artillery Corps
Mobile and Ohio
Inge-Bondurant
Anderson
Wablic
Nm Ry. Dlic
M Son
Elder-Dempster Steamship Company
In and Equity
Esselman
Emma Esselman
Jarvis
Te Inge-Bondurant Sanitorium
Ovid Ewald
Coen
Edington
W. M. Fitzpatrick
Ewald
Gregory L. Smith
Norville R. Leigh
Oeened
T . & Kirkpatrick
King's Pledge Sunday draws 2000 pledgees in London
Ten thousand Protestant churches observed King’s Pledge Sunday with the largest gathering in central London where over 2000 people vowed to abstain from intoxicants for the war’s remainder. Also reports a railway threat, a drowning accident, and a major city fire with heavy losses.
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London
England
Montreal
Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad
Inter-Colonial Railway
An, N. Y
Margaret Donion
Nellie Donohue
Harry Wakeman
Blake-McFall Paper Company
Auto crashes claim many victims in north and east
In Farmington Midh April 19 Cecil Cogsdill a farmer and his daughter Harriet 68 were killed when his car was hit by an electric vehicle. Cogsdills three year old son Glen was seriously injured and a Terhune child escaped with bruises. In Tyrone Pa April 19 De C E Shaffer of Windber was killed and five others injured. all the injured will recover.
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Farmington
Midh
Cecil Cogsdill
Harriet
Cogsdill
Cogsdills
Glen
Tyrone
de C. E. Shaffer
Windber
Metropolitan star margarete matzenaur hurled from auto
Madame Margarete Matzenaur contralto of the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York was badly hurt when she was thrown from an automobile in collision at Long Island City. Her husband Edouardo Ferrari Fontana tenor of the Boston Opera Company was also cut and bruised.
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New York
Margarete Matzenaur
Metropolitan Opera Company of
Long Island City
Edouardo Ferrari- Fontana
Boston Opera Company
Pas Joins Pas A couple die in car plunge near lake
A Passaic couple, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Terhune of Passaic, died when their automobile plunged down an embankment near Lake Hopatcong New Jersey on Sunday. The tragedy occurred near here as rescue crews attended the scene. The accident details were reported from the Lake Hopatcong area.
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Passaic
Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Albert Terhune
Pas
Auto collision kills two in Kalamazoo street car crash
In Kalamazoo Michigan on April 19 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pare died when their auto struck a street car. Two other occupants in the car were injured in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Paul Pare
Philadelphia underwear maker killed in Egg Harbor incident
Benj L Stratt a Philadelphia underwear manufacturer was killed when he overturned Sunday in Egg Harbor New Jersey. The report notes Stratt was a Philadelphia based businessperson and the accident occurred during a visit.
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Egg Harbor
WN. J
Benj. L. Stratt
Philadel
Disappearance of Otto Fuller Raises Death Threat Concerns
Secretary Evans reports to the Y M C A that Otto Fuller a French teacher vanished after sending a suicide note via postal card from Mobile on April 18. Police will search locally and monitor the river while Fuller, described as about 40, 5 feet 9, with black hair and a foreign accent, is sought.
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Otto Fuller
F. Ww
Mr. Evans
Chief Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Fuller
Evans
Liege
Garros Captured by Germans Says Berlin Report
Berlin reports Lieutenant Roland Garros the famed French aviator has been captured at Inglerainister Belgium, seven miles north of Courtrai. Garros visited Dunkirk and flew in many U S meets in Richmond Chattanooga Memphis New Orleans Dallas Fort Worth Oklahoma City Waco Houston San Antonio El Paso Mexico City Vera Cruz Havana and New York winning speed prizes.
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Berlin
Roland G. Garros
Inglerainister
Belgium
Courtrai
U. S
Garros
United States
Dunkirk
Richmond
Chattanooga
Memphis
New Orleans
Dallas
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Waco
Houston
San Antonio
el Paso
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Havana
New York
German Field Marshal Von Lindequist Dies
Telegrams from Berlin report the death of General Field Marshal Oskar von Lindequist. Born 1838 he became a lieutenant at 19 and served in the 1864 Danish campaign the 1866 Austro-Prussian War and the 1870 Franco Prussian War including Sedan and the siege of Paris.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Oskar von Lindequist
von Lindequist
Austria
Sedan
Paris
Germany abandons general move on French front in World War I
Official communications to the Italian cabinet suggest the German general staff will not launch a broad offensive on the French front and will stick to defense. In Petrograd via London, Austrians fail to regain heights in Mezalaborez district after six days of combat.
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Rome
Paris
Germany
Petrograd
London
Mezalaborez
Hungary
British Trawler Vanilla Sunk in North Sea
Captain Hill of the trawler Fermo reports the British vessel Vanilla was torpedoed by a German submarine in the North Sea. He says he was within 300 yards of the Vanilla during the attack and that the submarine also attacked the Fermo as he attempted rescue, forcing her to seek safety.
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London
North Sea
Hill
Fermo
Austrian artillery to Verdun moved to Poland
A Vienna dispatch says a council of war led by Field Marshal Von Hindenburg ordered the Austrian heavy artillery facing Verdun to be redirected to Poland and Hungarian cavalry stationed on the western front to return to Cracow.
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Geneva
Paris
Vienna
Tribune
von Hindenburg
Verdun
France
Poland
Cracow
Germany to intensify submarine action against England
The Daily Mail correspondent cites reliable German sources stating several new submarines will enter blocking work around England today. Berlin reportedly is building two submarines weekly.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Berne
England
Germany
Hole in Wayfarer hull noted after torpedo strike
Divers inspecting the steamer Wayfarer tell of a forty foot long and several foot wide hole below the water line. They say it is remarkable the liner stayed afloat and reached port after the German torpedo hit.
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Queenstown
Turkish fortifications along Bosphorus reported by Odessa
London dispatch quotes the Daily Mail Odessa correspondent saying the Turks are building wire entanglements and other defences on both sides of the Bosphorus. A coastal railway is being extended to move guns as needed if Russians resume their assault.
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London
Bosphorus
Daily Mail
Odessa
Fortifications Mark Vienna and Budapest Strengthened
A Times correspondent reports Vienna and Budapest are heavily fortified with trenches barricades and barbed wire on the left bank of the Danube. About fourteen million dollars has been spent on fortifications.
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Vienna
London
Austria
Hungary
Times
Bucharest
Budapest
Italy Nearing Break With Vienna Over Territorial Demands
Italy's talks with Austria over territorial concessions are at an unofficial standstill as tension rises toward a potential clash. London observers note Italy may face an ultimatum tied to frontier military buildup while Switzerland seizes a shipment of U S made machine guns destined for Germany. Both fronts await better weather and broader supplies for large scale operations.
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Italy
London
Rome
Vienna
Geneva
Germany
Genoa
Martin Says $100000 Appropriated Can't Be Used to Pay Interest
Alabama Attorney General William L. Martin rules that the 190000 dollars appropriated by the legislature for paying interest on existing and future obligations cannot be used for that purpose. The announcement came as Governor Henderson was absent on business duties in New York and officials provided no further details.
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Martin
Montgomery
Ala
William L. Martin
Henderson
New York
Mississippi Negro Violated His Parole
John Quimby a Mississippi convict of murder who was paroled on the condition not to leave the state was arrested Sunday at Prichard by Deputy Sheriff H M Cochran. He was jailed and later taken to Pascagoula with plans to return him to the state penitentiary.
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John Quimby
Mississippi
Prichard
H. M. Cochran
Lindinger
Quimby
Pascagoula
Quit College Alimony Order From Denver Judge
Denver judge orders Harvey J. Pugh to quit the University of Colorado, get a job, and begin paying $30 monthly alimony within two weeks or face county jail. Mrs. Pugh had cited him for failure to pay.
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Denver
Col
Rot
Harvey J. Pugh
University of Colorado
Tumulty Denies McCombs Resignation Gossip
Secretary Tumulty at the White House called claims that William F. McCombs would resign as national Democratic Committee chairman “made out of whole cloth” and “gossip of her sons.” He said no change in leadership is contemplated. The reports also suggested Homer S. Cummins might succeed McCombs.
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Washington
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Tumulty
White House
McCombs
National Democratic Committee
Homer S. Cummins
Connecticut
National Committee
F-4 Submarine Lift Delayed as Scow Defect Found
Honolulu April 19 Efforts to raise the sunken submarine F-4 were delayed to fix a minor defect in a scow pontoon drumhold. A second scow passed the lifting test and authorities approved alternate lifting with tugs to move the craft to shallow water.
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Honolulu
Moore
British Torpedo Boat Sunk in Collision Off Yarmouth
Dutch steamer Kinderdijk captain recounts a collision off Yarmouth in which a British torpedo boat sank. Crew rescued by Kinderdijk, no lives lost, and a British naval board found Captain Teensma blameless.
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Boston
Teensma
Kinderdijk
Rotterdam
Yarmouth
England
German aims in World War I as Belgium issue looms
Amsterdam via London April 19 The Tijd Cologne correspondent notes no serious German will to retain Belgium and predicts surprising statements soon as leaders agree Germany’s national existence and colonies must be secured.
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Amsterdam
London
Tijd
Cologne
Germany
Belgium
Porto Rican Liner Aground in Channel at Beacon 12A
Dense fog blanketed Mobile harbor Sunday afternoon as the Isabelle a Porto Rican Steamship Line liner grounded near Beacon 12A in the lower bay. Tugs could not aid at once but remained nearby through the night. Monday the fog lifted and the tug Independent with barges began unloading most of the cargo.
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Mobile Harbor
Isabelle
Porto Rican Steamship Line
Mobile
Beacon 12A
Bay
Independent
Tiger Arrested for Selling Liquor Without License
Detectives Newbern and Harris arrested Tom Allen on a Sunday night charge of liquor sales without a license. Officers found several bottles at Warren and St Louis, and Allen was fined $101 and 50 days in jail. He appealed with bond set at $300.
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Newbern
Harris
Tom Allen
Warren
St. Louis
Allen
Recorder’s Court
Beating Way on Train Causes Boy Loss of Arm
A 15 year old boy from Birmingham Alabama was riding a northbound Louisville and Nashville freight train Sunday night about 7 o clock. He fell beneath the wheels and his left arm was mangled beyond repair and had to be amputated. He was taken to the city hospital by ambulance for treatment. The accident occurred while he was beating his way on the train.
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Louisville and Nashville
J. B. Howard
Birmingham
Ala
City Hospital
Transfer tax appraisal cites Longworth share of trust fund
New York April 19 The transfer tax appraisal of G. C. Lee estate shows his granddaughter Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth is entitled to one sixth of a trust fund of 79228 dollars created in 1893 for the benefit of his wife who died recently.
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New York
G. C. Lee
Newton
Mass
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Anxiety Over Gold Flow From Europe to United States
The Giornale d Italia reports Europe losing gold to the United States as the US becomes a creditor. It notes Europe must pay cash while funds move from the old continent to the new.
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United States
Rome
Paris
Giornale d'Italia
Europe
Death Row In Georgia: Frank Loses Habeas Bid
The United States Supreme Court refused to release Leo Frank on habeas corpus after a murder conviction for Mary Phagan. The decision leaves Frank’s fate to Georgia state channels, with possible commutation or resentence likely pursued by his lawyers.
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Atlanta
Lee
Frank
United Supreme Court
Georgia
Supreme Court
Leo M
District Court
Heer
Fulton
Washington
Mary Phagan
United States
Syren
Pitney
Opint
Diary Phagan
Holmes
Uni States District Court For Georgia
Fra
Leo M. Frank
Aron de Reuter Fame and Tragedy Echoed in Surrey
London April 19 Baron de Reuter a prominent European news magnate was found dead at his home near Reigate Surrey a discharged revolver lay beside him authorities call it self inflicted The baron mourned by the death of his wife last Thursday their son serves in the army and the interment awaits for the wife’s body at the home.
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England
London
Baron de Reuter
Dineater
Reigate
Surrey
Baron de Peuter
Baron de Reuter Founder of Reuters Inheritance Highlighted
Baron Auguste Julius Clemens Herbert de Reuter born March 10 1852 educated at Harrow Oxford and Paris. He married in 1876 a daughter of Robert Campbell of Buscot Park Berkshire. Survived by a daughter wife of J W Be Juglas and a son in the British army. He became baron in 1889 succeeding his father created in Saxe Coburg Gotha 1871. Royal License in 1891 to use title in England. The first baron founded Reuters, then cable link to France moved headquarters to London in 1861.
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Baron Auguste Julius Clemens Herbert de Reuter
Harrow
Oxford
Paris
Robert Campbell
Buscot Park
Berkshire
J. VW. BE. Juglas
Baron de Reuter
Duchy of
Saxe- Coburg-Gotha
England
Reuter’s
Eget Spec
EB d
France
Rey
Lonon
Movement to Secure Equal Rights for Jews Extended
In New York on April 19 a universal movement to obtain equal rights for Jews in all belligerent countries was inaugurated after a 300 delegate meeting of the National Workmen’s Committee on Jewish Rights. The committee includes 300000 Jewish labor members and envisions conventions worldwide with an aim toward Jewish representation at a future European peace congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Workmen’s Committee
Russia
A. I. Shiplikoff
Socialist Parties of Europe
Peace Congress of Europe
Weather Snapshot for Mobile Alabama and Mississippi
Generally fair conditions with little temperature change tonight and Tuesday. Alabama reports fair weather with variable winds. Mississippi notes partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with showers in the southwest portion.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
William Flinn Nearly Drowns in Bath Tub Fall
William Flinn had a close call Sunday morning when vertigo toppled him in his bath at 309 St Emme Street. He struck his head and lost consciousness before family found him and Dr D O McCrary treated him for an hour, averting drowning as he blocked the cold water pipe in the tub.
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St. Emme Street
Abarno and Carbone Sentenced for Cathedral Bombing
In New York on April 19, Abarno and Carmine Carbone, anarchists, were sentenced by a jury to not less than 11 nor more than 12 years in Sing Sing for the bomb attack on Patrick’s Cathedral.
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New York
Abarno
Carmine Carbone
Patrick's Cathedral
Sing
Abone
Wilson Talks Overshadow DAR Convention Fight for Office
President Wilson opens the twenty fourth annual Daughters of the American Revolution congress as rival presidential candidates for the DAR presidency enter a tense contest. Mrs William Cummico of Newace receives welcome. election day moves toward Wednesday with a sharp convention climax.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Soverel
William Cummico
Newace
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Augustus H
H. Baumhauer
Leandera Hohvesten
Jon W. Barter
Lee E. Sutton
Robert H . Giles
Malcomb Partin
Saic
Terhunes
James Lees Laidlaw
Whitman
Frange
M’combs
Shek
O. K
Kinderijk
Sempatyy
Holdingelgi
Amsterdam Oc
Alice Longworth
Mary Phagans
Leo Frank
Last Hope
Aron DE Reuter
William Flinn
Carbone
Bac
George Guernsey
Kansas
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