Soldiers shot after street car riot in Montgomery
Corporal Stronecker of Company C, Second Regiment, wounded when three soldiers were shot after a street car riot sparked by bricks from a black crowd on Pollard and Union streets. Negroes Jim Gosha and son were arrested. Major Knox implicated as witnesses and later bond issues.
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Black
Major
Montgomery
Ale
Aus
Stronecker
Union
Jim Gosha
Carrie
Camp
Henry Gosha
Major Knox
Philadelphia Named Farm Loan Bank Head
George Morris of Philadelphia was designated by President Wilson as farm loan commissioner and executive head of the farm loan bank system under the new rural credits act. He is one of two Democratic members of the farm loan board, with the announcement prepared for the board’s first organizing meeting. Secretary McAdoo, as ex officio member, presides over meetings.
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Associated Press
Washington
George Morris
Philadelphia
Wilson
Morris
Farm Loan Board
Adoo
Federal Reserve Board
Weather forecast for Florida Alabama Mississippi
Forecast notes showers likely in Florida and Alabama tonight and Tuesday. Mississippi expects fair weather tonight with showers likely Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Peace in sight in New York strike
President Mahon of the Amalgamated Association announced a tentative agreement to end the street car strike had been ratified and that workers would return if the New York Railways Company directors ratified it. company directors were still in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electrical Railway Employes
New York Railways Company
Peaceful end seen for New York railway strike
Aug 7 1907 reports a peaceful end to the strike on New York City surface car lines. Union leaders and railway directors meet at 11 am to discuss settlement proposals approved by President Shonts and Amalgamated Association officials. Mayor Mitchel calls the proposals a basis for settlement. Leaders vow to seek ratification by both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
New- York Railways
Railway Company
Shonts
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
Mitchel
Strikers See Wage Scale Win As Arbitration Is Agreed
Reported terms grant 80 to 33 cents an hour wage scale, union recognition, and arbitration by a representative committee. Conductors and motormen seek the right to organize without intimidation. If New York Railways settles, similar deals are expected on surface lines in Queens and other routes. Service resumes with 839 cars operating, police on board cars, Bronx power houses restricting contact. No disorders reported as dawn arrivals proceed quietly.
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New York Railways Company
Queens County
Third Avenue
Staten Island
Bronx
President Wilson Returns After Mayflower Cruise
President Wilson comes back from a weekend Potomac voyage aboard the naval yacht Mayflower and is driven to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Potomac
White House
Sinking of Italian Steamer Lets No Americans Aboard
Rome already reports that the Italian steamer Letimbro sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean last week carried no American passengers or crew. The attack caused heavy loss of life according to dispatches received via Paris.
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Rome
Paris
Mediterranean
New Plague Plan Is Made in New Rochelle
New Rochelle announces a policy to curb infantile paralysis. Aimed at calming foreign elements and avoiding hospital raids, the plan requires families meeting sanitary standards to care for affected children at home. those unable will have children removed to special hospitals regardless of status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
N. Y
Firefighters respond to two storm wire incidents and two minor blazes
The fire department answered two wind related alarms from live wires on State and Commerce streets and Franklin and St Francis streets. A frame dwelling at 654 St Louis Street owned by John Nichols and occupied by Oline Saxton sustained slight fire damage from sparks. A second small blaze occurred at 107 Plum Street caused by a defective flue, owned and occupied by Kate King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hose Company No. 2
State and
Commerce
Hose Company No. 5
Franklin and
St. Francis
St. Louis Street
John Nichols
Oline Saxton
Plum Street
Kate King
Feldner Bound Over For City Court Trial
Sam Feldner grocer at Kennedy and Adams held to city court under 250 bond by Acting Recorder Gordon on charge of buying or concealing stolen property. James Knight, who pleaded guilty to two grand larceny counts, testified he sold Feldner a bicycle he stole from R. O. Harris's grocery. Knight also admitted stealing a suit of clothes and $25 from Walter Davis nearby.
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Sam Feldner
Kennedy
Adams
Gordon
James Knight
Feldner
R. O. Harris
Knight
Walter Davis
British July Exports and Imports Rise in Trade Report
The Board of Trade notes July imports up 1,048,604 pounds and exports up 11,601,546 pounds. Major export gains include 1,750,000 pounds in cotton, 1,540,000 in wool, and 1,631,000 in iron and steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Board of Trade
Day in Congress Faces Child Labor Bill Defense
At 11 a.m. Senator Overman challenged constitutionality of the child labor bill. Conferees resumed naval bill differences as Finance committee Democrats pressed general revenue bill. House met at noon to handle miscellaneous calendar items.
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Overman
Farmdale Man Declares Bankruptcy In U S District Court
Henry A Wynne of Farmedale Alabama filed for bankruptcy reporting liabilities of 1082.62 with no assets. Judge H T Toulmin ruled him bankrupt and Referee B H Craig of Alabama was assigned to his case.
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Farmsdale
Henry A. Wynne
Farmedale
Ala
United States District Court
H. T. Toulmin
B. H. Craig
Appam Value Set At 1 250 000 In Libel Case
Private and government naval architects and shipbuilders fixed the Appam’s value at 1 250 000. The appraisal by Ferguson Watt Haight was filed in U S district court to set bond for returning the vessel to the former British owners during the appeal. Judge Lehmann and counsel conferences followed the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Appam
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
R. M. Watt
Norfolk Navy Yard
Robert 3. Haight
Marine Adjuster
New York
Waddill
United States District Court
Supreme Court
Frederick Lehmann
Taft
H. T. Kingsbury
Frederick R. Coudert
Deaths and Funerals of Mrs. Martha Reinhart Schutz
Large attendance at her funeral Sunday afternoon at 3 30 from the family home at Seven Mile Post Moffat road. Service at 4 pm at St Catherine of Sienna Crichton with Rev Father Kennedy officiating. Rev Father Salentine of St Josephs Catholic church attended. Burial in Magnolia cemetery with floral designs on the grave. Pallbearers were Charles Medicus William Parks and Dr Clyde Daly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Reinhart Schutz
Charles Medicus
Williamee William Parks
Clyde Daly
Frank Neubrik laid to rest at Hebrew cemetery
The funeral for Frank Neubrik was held Sunday at the Hebrew cemetery with a Beth Zur Lodge B'nai B'rith funeral ritual at the grave. Rabbi Isaacson of Selma officiated and a large B'nai B'rith delegation attended along with mourners from 201 Monroe Street. Libe rers included James Zelnicker Reub Richard Sam Hahn Isadore Jacobson and Moses Kohn. Floral tributes decorated the grave.
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Frank Neubrik
Hebrew Cemetery
Beth Zur Lodge
B'nai B'rith
Herbert Brown
Monroe Street
Rabbi Isaacson
Selma
Costello to be buried in Mobile
The body of Mr. Martin Costello of Toulminville who died in Philadelphia last Friday will arrive in Mobile Tuesday morning. The funeral will be from the family home with Rev. Father Lauzen of St. Xavier's parish officiating, and burial will be in the Catholic cemetery.
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Mr. Costello
Martin Costello
Toulminville
Philadelphia
Mobile
Father Lauzen
St. Xavier's Parish
Death of Infant John Gerald Courtright
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Lee Courtright died at 5 am at the family home 503 Charleston street. Survived by grandmother Mrs M Baldwin three brothers four sisters and other relatives. The child was three months old. Funeral set for 10 am Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gerald Courtright
Lee Courtright
Charleston Street
M. Baldwin
Soldiers Battle Italian Forest Fire Near Savona
A large fire consumes a forest along a three mile front near Savona Italy. About two thousand soldiers have been drafted to fight the blaze. The cause remains unknown and reports come from a Rome dispatch.
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Associated Press
Paris
Savona
Italy
Hayas
Rome
Guns in Somme Battle Heard in England
Artillery duel on the Somme front in France was so loud that cannon sounds reached towns on England’s south coast about 160 miles away as southeast winds carried the noise. The echoes were also heard in Paris, 75 miles from the battlefront.
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Somme
England
London
France
Paris
Workingmen Demand Reprisals in Trafalgar Square
A massive wartime protest in Trafalgar Square demanded reprisal for Captain Fryatt's execution by Germany. Speakers urged impounding German property and called for the hanging of Emperor Wilhelm, Admiral von Tirpitz, and Governor-General von Bissing before peace.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Fryatt
Brussels
Belgium
Emperor William
Admiral von Tirpitz
von Bissing
Officials Move to Avoid Bandits in Sinaloa
The Sinaloa state government relocates from Mazatlan to Culiacan for security and better meat supply amid banditry. Food shortages persist as milk and other staples remain scarce. distribution commissaries are planned in major towns. Government fixes prices, merchants earn little, business is dull. Confiscation applies to foodstuffs leaving cities without permits.
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Mazatlan
Mex
San Diego
Sinaloa
Carranza
Culiacan
Guard Plans For Second Quiz Of Affairs In Girard
Montgomery Ala Aug 7 Special William L Martin attorney general refuses to discuss plans for the second investigation of conditions in Russell county to be begun at a special session of the county grand jury at Seale Monday A raid at Girard found three wagon loads of liquor indicating open sale despite raids and state troops present Sheriff Lindsey vows to enforce prohibition and Sunday closing laws.
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Montgomery
Ala
William L. Martin
Russell County
Seale
J. F. Thompson
Fourth Circuit
Hugo L. Black
City Court of
Birmingham
Attorney-General’s Department
A. H. Alston
J. 8. Williams
Third Circuit
Girard
Charley Phelps
R. E. Lindsey
Dissatisfied with Army Life Private Ends Life
Private Sydall Bacon of Henderson, 32, with the Third North Carolina Infantry at Camp Glenn, killed himself with his service rifle after remaining in his tent during mess call. The coroner said no inquest was necessary. Bacon had been morose and expressed a wish to leave the service.
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Associated Press
Camp Glenn
N. C
Sydall Bacon
Company C
Third
North Carolina Infantry
Henderson
Bacon
Recruits Sought by State Signal Corps in Mobile
Private C. W. Booth of the signal corps attached to the Alabama brigade in Montgomery is in Mobile today seeking two wireless operators to fill out his company.
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C. W. Booth
Signal Corps
Alabama
Montgomery
Mobile
Economic strains in Sinaloa threaten commerce and farming
Seventy percent of Sinaloa’s farmland is cultivated and crop prospects look bright. The government aims to protect paper money value with heavy penalties for violators. Merchants must pay suppliers in coin and, receiving uncertain paper funds, many halt restocking.
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Sinaloa
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Farm Loan Bank
Waters
White Rock Springs
Fathe Knicke
M. R. Schutz
Martin
Self
State Signal Corps
F. O B
Detroit
Mobile, Alabama
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