Demurrers of Standard Oil Co Overruled in Miss Case
Demurrers of Standard Oil companies of Kentucky New Jersey and Louisiana to Mississippi anti trust suit were overruled in a Meridian chancery court. The state seeks forfeiture of charters and ouster of foreign corporations with damages around 6 million dollars for alleged Sherman law violation.
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Associated Press
Meridian
Miss
Standard Oil Companies
Kentucky
New Jersey
Louisiana
Mississippi
Chancery Court
Convention Plan Not Yet Given Up
Washington December 6 The direct presidential primaries issue featured in discussion by the Republican national committee ahead of its December 16 meeting. Senator Cummins, head of the Chicago conciliation committee, urged not to derail a special convention while backing direct primaries, though he warned primary laws may be delayed or not pass. He emphasized completing reforms to make party machinery responsive to voters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Republican National Committee
Congress
Cummins
Chicago
Firemen Found With 7000 Rounds Aboard Liner Matanza
In New York two firemen were searched after boarding the Ward liner Matanza and 7000 rounds of ammunition were found on each man concealed in canvas vests. The munition was confiscated and the ship is bound for Havana on December 11. Officials suspect the arms were intended for Mexican rebels.
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Associated Press
New York
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Advertises Croup Shield
A Middleton Georgia reader praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the best safeguard against croup and recommends keeping it at home. The note claims prompt relief for children with colds, coughs, hoarseness, and lagrippe coughs and notes the product contains no opiates and discourages substitutes.
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Foley
P. H. Ginn
Middleton
Five Volo Women Convicted for Riding Woman on a Rail
Five gray haired Volo women Emma Stadfield Levina Raymond Alma Watson Mary Sabel and John Stadfield were found guilty of aiding Mrs. John Richardson by riding her on a rail last July. Kate Wagner was freed for leaving before the assault. Each faces fines up to 200 dollars and six months in jail. A court suit seeking 100000 dollars was noted against them. Edward Krepel implicated in the scheme is at large.
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Waukegan
Volo
John Richardson
Emma Stadfield
Levina Raymond
Alma Watson
Mary Sabel
John Stadfield
Kate Wagner
Wagner
Richardson
Edward Krepel
Santa Claus Association Forms to Aid Poor Children
The Santa Claus Association, formed in New York to operate nationally, plans to answer Christmas letters to Saint Nicholas and dispatch gifts. It will coordinate with charities and city groups, with Dr. William Edward Fitch John D. Gluck and Countess Grace Sterling Mankowski among the organizers.
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Associated Press
New York
Santa Claus Association
Saint Nicholas
Edward M. Morgan
Santa Claus
William Edward Fitch
John D. Gluck
Grace Sterling Mankowski
Brazil Keeps Preferential Trade Benefits This Year
The Brazil budget released in Rio de Janeiro preserves the prior year’s preferential treatment for American imports. U S officials say Brazil will not end the policy, safeguarding millers and trade worth millions. The issue followed a 1941 coffee seizure dispute and a long history of tariff differentials guiding American-Brazilian commerce.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Departmet of Justice
Valorization Committee
United States
Divorce Granted to Mrs Adele Salisbury Wife of Commodore Salisbury
Mrs Adele Trowbridge Salisbury, wife of Commodore George R. Salisbury U S N retired and former Guam governor, was granted an uncontested divorce in Kansas City. She testified they married in 1889 and separated after five years of neglect and absence while he was in Alaska on a reindeer transplantation mission.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Adele Trowbridge Salisbury
George R. Salisbury
S. N
Guam
Commodore
Commodore Salisbury
Alaska
Interior Department
Aleutian Islands
Wall Street Journal Reports Rail Line Covers Fixed Charges
New Orleans Mobile and Chicago railroad earned its fixed charges in each of the first three months of the current fiscal year. In October net earnings exceeded charges by about $16,000, a rare sign as debt structure and refinancing plans loom.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Southern omnibus claims bill stalls in House battle
The House spent most of the day debating the Southern omnibus claims bill totaling 1 729000 for Civil War damage claims. A Mann filibuster blocked action, with Democratic Leader Underwood promising future passage despite minority opposition. The package allocates 1191000 for individual store and supply claims, 486000 for churches colleges and other buildings, and 51000 for miscellaneous claims per Court of Claims findings.
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Washington
House
Mann
Illinois
Underwood
Court of Claims
Committee backs Mann Act enforcement in white slavery cases
Bellingham Washington dispatch reports Anthony Caminetti commissioner general of immigration says the Mann act will be enforced with all diligence. He notes statements by Seattle officials about limiting action to international white slavery cases are not binding on the department.
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Associated Press
Bellingham
Wash
Immigration Department
Anthony Caminetti
Commissioner General of Immigration
Seattle
Mercilessly Driving the Scarlet Woman to God’s Glory Book
Rev A W Elliott of The Southern Rescue Mission Atlanta Ga discusses a book on social evil and humane handling of fallen women. He argues Jesus did not crusade to condemn women and notes his mission work across the United States and a critique of closing restricted districts. Price details provided for publishing.
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A. W. Elliott
Southern Rescue Mission
Atlanta, Ga
Jesus
Rev. Elliott
Elliott
United States
Chicago
Calila
Mer
Baptist’Tabernacle
Atlanta
Publishers
P. O. Box
Real estate listing with rents and purchases in city district
A 3 year rental at 22.50 monthly on S W Conception and Maryland streets. 121 2 percent. A cottage in paved district seven rooms kitchen on S Eslava Jackson street repaired and rented for 26.50 per nice investment, six percent. will purchase five buildings on Catherine St with gas sewer water and paved streets.
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S. W. Conception
Maryland _ streets
S. Eslava
Jackson Street
Catherine St
Arson Charges Lift Fire At Winona Hotel
In Pensacola Florida G W Sheepan and wife owners of the Winona hotel were arrested on arson charges after a Thursday night blaze. Frank James an itinerant ped dler and Miss Maude Yamashi a Tampa boarder were also named in the case. James allegedly warned a fire captain ten days before the fire and later admits he declined to torch the hotel.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fla
G. W. Sheepan
Winona
Frank James
Three Japanese Sailors Die While Attempting Desertion
Three Japanese sailors drowned in the Schuylkill River while trying to desert from the steamship Teikoku Maru. The ship had barred shore leave amid suspicions of desertion, and the men used a makeshift raft built from hatchway cover to reach the shore during the night.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Schuykill River
Seale Cotton Warehouse and Bank Destroyed by Fire
Seale Alabama suffered a late night blaze that leveled the cotton warehouse housing the Bank of Seale. About six hundred bales of cotton were lost along with the building and bank fixtures. The damage is estimated at 45,000 dollars with 36,000 dollars insured.
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Associated Press
Seale
Ala
Bank of Seale
Woman’s alarm over severe cold ends with remedy
A California woman describes a severe lung infection from a cold. After coughing fits and inflamed lungs, a friend recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which she buys hoping it will relieve her symptoms.
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Chamberlain
Constipation Poisoning Your System Ad Promotes Pills
An old advertisement asserts constipation poisons the body and promises relief with Dr. King's New Life Pills. It claims rapid results for constipation and headaches and offers the pills for 26c from druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis.
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Dr. King
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Phila
Savannah man indicted for using a pink slip
Flem ing D. Tinsley former director at Merchants National Bank Savannah Ga indicted by a U S grand jury for illegally withdrawing funds last March. He allegedly obtained 60500 by depositing a pink slip pretending to show cotton on hand. Tinsley was previously tried in state court for larceny after trust from another bank and acquitted.
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Associated Press
Savannah
United States
Fleming D. Tinsley
Merchants National Bank
Ilegally
Tinsley
Headache Cure Labels Must Flag Habit Forming Substances
Solicitor General Davis urged the Supreme Court to interpret pure food laws as requiring labels on headache cures to disclose not only the drugs themselves but also derivatives of habit forming drugs. The filing was presented in Washington on December 6.
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Associated Press
Washington
Davis
Supreme Court Today
Double murder killer hanged in Rankin county jail yard
Brandon Miss December 6 Will Loonie a young Black man who killed Mr and Mrs Newell on their Rankin county farm three months ago was hanged in the jail yard here Friday. He had confessed his guilt.
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Brandon
Miss
Will Loonie
Newell
Rankin County
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