Sam Schepps Named Useful Witness in Rosenthal Case
Investigators pursue Rosenthal conspiracy leads with Sam Schepps expected to testify. Detectives search Methuen Mass for fugitives Bridgie Webber and others after a letter revealing the plot. A $5,000 reward is offered for the gunmen’s arrest as Schepps is to be arraigned Monday on aid charges.
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Methuen
Sheppe
Schepps
Rose
Wallon
Webber
Asant
Rubin
Ging Schepps
District Attorney Rubin Takes Sam Schepps to New York
District Attorney J R Rubin escorted Sam Schepps to New York as a material witness in the Rosenthal murder case. Rubin said the route to New Port City would be kept secret to avoid outside interference and declined to discuss Schepps’ role further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Rubin
Sam Schepps
New York
Kepps
Schepps
Rosen- Care
Mystery in Ingham Shooting In Alabama Hotel
Mise Yielding of Oneonta Alabama was fatally shot near the heart in an Ingham Alabama hotel. R S Couch and John Beveridge are jailed charged with attempted murder after Miss Yielding and Beveridge gave similar stories to detectives. The pair allegedly invited Yielding to a hotel room to discuss the matter with Couch claiming the shooting was accidental. The hostel maid witnessed the trio enter the room and sit at a table before the events unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irmingham
Ala
Oneonta
Couch
John Beveridge
Miss Yifeld
Beveridge
Pls
Miss Yield
Bever
Misa
Democrats Firm on Liquor Plank at Tennessee Convention
At the Tennessee Democratic state convention in Nashville the platform committee debated liquor policy for governor candidate Benton McMillin. The minority report, adopted, supports retaining the four mile law with Nashville Chattanooga and Memphis modifications plus regulation and licensing. The majority urges leaving the issue to the legislature, echoing Woodrow Wilson’s view of liquor as a moral social question.
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Nashville
Tenn
Benton McMillin
Chattanooga
Hemphis
Woodrow Wilson
Lyons General Meeting Tonight at Campaign HQ
Chairman Harry T. Smith calls a general meeting of the friends of Captain Pat J. Lyons at 60 St Michael Street tonight at 7 30. Public men will speak and active Lyons supporters are urged to attend as important business will be discussed.
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Harry T. Smith
Friends of
Pat J. Lyons
St Michael Street
Captain Lyons
The
St. Michael St
Pathé's Weekly at a es oo admission to cents children
The readable fragment notes a Pathé weekly showing with a price note indicating children pay six cents. It lacks clear names, dates, or locations.
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Pathe's
Electric lineman survives 2800 volt shock in Nentwood
Dewitt Smith, a tele phone line worker in Nentwood Louisiana, was shocked by 2800 volts while stringing wires. He hung among live lines for five minutes before rescuers cut the current and he walked to a doctor. He was badly burned and later moved to a New Orleans hospital.
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Nentwood
Dewitt Smith
Smith
Tie
New Orleans
Drowned Man Near Long Beach Identified Suspicious
Long Beach Miss residents ponder identity of a drowned man pulled from the Mobile river. The body, buried yesterday, is described as about 60, with light hair and a reddish moustache, a checked suit, striped undergarments, and cheap shoes. A Colins Phelps inquiry coincided with the discovery, but the body does not match the Long Beach man’s description. The Rothe Burke Undertaking Company took charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colins Phelps
Long Beach
Miss
Mobile River
Rothe-Burke Undertaking Company
Walcott Case Dismissed At Daughter's Request
The records court dismissed the disorderly conduct charge against Thomas L. Walcott after his daughter Mrs. Haniel Lockier asked to drop prosecution. Rosa Ritz, a thirteen year old witness, had alleged aunt abuse and is under humane officer care pending word from her mother.
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Thomas L. Walcott
Haniel Lockier
Mreé
Lockier
Rosa Ritz
Recorders Court
Ritz
Rosa
Ducorneau
Rita
Walsh
Soren
Government Moves to Dissolve Moving Picture Trust
Philadelphia report on a federal civil suit seeking dissolution of the Motion Picture Patents Company and General Film Company. Ten firms and listed officers allegedly monopolized film production and distribution, restricting foreign imports and exhibitor choices. The suit seeks interlocking patent restraints cancellation and details vast investments and 7,000 exhibitors under licenses.
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Philadelphia
Atg 16
Moving Picture Trust
Motion Picture Patents Company
General Film Company
Moving Picture Film
Biograph Company
Thomas A. Edison (Inc
Essanay Film Company
the Kalem Company (Inc
George Kleine
Lubin Manufacturing Company
Melies Manufacturing Company
Pathe Freres
The
Selig Polyscope Company
Vitagraph Company of America
Frank L. Dysert
William Pelzer
Henry N .Martin
J. J. Kennedy
Samuel Long
J. A. Berst
Sigmund Lubin
Gaston Meir
Eli Smith
George K. Spoor
W. N. Seligman
Edwin P. Grosvenor
International Harvester Company
United States
John C. Swattiey
Wickersham
James A. Fowler
Taahitacturers
New Jersey
Maine
Patents Company
Patents
Mobile Woman Victim of Thief at D. H. Holmes
Miss Bellé T. Tilden of Mobile Alabama says her hand satchel was stolen in the D. H. Holmes department store after she left it on a book in the ladies dressing room. The bag carried $55 in cash a lady's watch and other trinkets totaling about 3485 in value. Summer cold remedies are advertised with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound praised for quick relief and safe use for children. For sale by Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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New Orleans
Bellé T. Tilden
Mobile
Ala
Christian Woman's Exchange
South .Street
D. H. Holmes
Foley
H. Alen
Wis
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Death of Mrs Alva Cave Sparks Jealousy Theories In Nashville
Funeral held for Mrs. Alva Cave widow of Steve Cave son of Dr. R Lin Cave chaplain general United Confederate Veterans who was shot by Mrs Leola Hooper Jones. The tragedy prompted scrutiny of Jones divorce suit against J G Jones filed in 1911 alleging drunkenness and mistreatment but not infidelity.
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Nashville
Tenn
Alva Cave
Steve Cave
R. Lin Cave
The
United Confederate Veterans
Leola Hooper Jones
Sohphia Levidos
Student completes first aeroplane flight across state
Grover C. Bergdoll, 19, a Pennsylvan ia law student from a wealthy Philadelphia family, flew with passenger Krouse from near Linden (west of Philadelphia) to Atlantic City. He took off at 5:40 and landed at 7:06, averaging about 50 mph for a 70 mile trip.
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Atlantic City
Grover C. Bergdoll
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Krouse
Bergdoll
Lianerch
Alleged Combination Involving Beet Processing Machines
The report mentions alleged agreements and a combination related to a large number of beet processing machines. Investigators note possible collusion among parties but provide few concrete details in the fragment.
Important Sherman Act Test Case Opens Patent Monopolies Issue
Washington Aug 16 The moving picture anti trust suit filed today is seen by the Justice Department as a key Sherman act action. It seeks a judicial ruling on how the statute relates to patent laws and whether corporations and individuals may fuse their patent monopolies into a single monopoly through alleged practices.
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Sherman Arms
Trust Law
Washington
Department of Justice
Exoneration for Prof B F Smith at Moundville Normal School
Prof B F Smith, president of the Moundville Normal School, is cleared of charges of inefficiency and neglect. The state normal school board, in special session with the governor, adopted the investigating committee report sustaining him and cautioned against mischaracterizing schools as colleges.
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Montgomery
Ala
B. F. Smith
Moundville Normal School
Moundville
State Normal School Board
Smith
John Weakley
Birmingham
W. W. Lavender
Centerville
R. Eb. Evins
Greensboro
Normal School Board
Florence and Livingston
Further Continuance in the Clayton Case
The state and defense agreed to a further postponement of the preliminary hearing in the Clayton case, extending the date to August 27. Attorney Charles W. Tompkins and state witness Mike Pappas are reported ill with fever, delaying readiness for trial.
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Frank Clayton
Alex Marshall
Recorders Court
Charles W. Tompkins
Clayton
Mike Pappas
Tompkins
Winsome Wins King's Cup in Newport Sail Race
Sloop Winsome owned by E Trowbridge Hall of Greenwich Conn won the King's cup in a 35 mile race with three schooners and seven sloops sailing. The winner was cabled to King George V the donor of the trophy.
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Winsome
Newport
R. LE
E. Trowbridge Hall
Greenwich
Conn
King Geore V
Atherton Backs Wilson for Women Vote in California
Mrs Gertrude Atherton spoke to newly enfranchised California women urging support for Woodrow Wilson. She contrasted Wilson's self control with Roosevelt s bluster calling Roosevelt a bluffer and noting Wilson opposes woman suffrage while Roosevelt supports it. She warned Socialism gaining traction in New York.
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San Francisco
Gertrude Atherton
California
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Roosevelt
Atherton
Ernor Wilson
Charlotte Bronte
Rochester
Woody
Teddy
Boyd Assumes Office as State Bank Examiner
C. H. Boyd began his duties as bank examiner in Alabama taking over from E. B. Meredith Jr. who resigned to join Union Bank and Trust Co. in Montgomery. Meredith was replaced by J. M. Winchester who had served many years. Boyd previously worked seven years in the state treasury and two years with Avondale Cotton Mills of Birmingham owned by former Governor B. B. Comer.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Banking Department
C. H. Boyd
EB. C. Meredith, Jr
Union Bank and Trust Company
J. M. Winchester
Boyd
State Treasury Department
Avondale Cotton Mills
Birmingham
B. B. Comer
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Ives
Mass
ING
Indianapolis
Ingham
Liss
Tennessee
Lyons General Meeting
Walcott
C.D. Kenny CO
Davpwin Sr. Bell
Government After Moving Picture Trust
H. M Friedenthal
Roliow
Joachim
Dauphin
Miss Tilden
Prof
BF. Smith
Moundsville Normal
Mrs. Atherton
State Bank
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