Alabama Conference Holds Two Sessions in Union Springs
Two Alabama Conference sessions concluded in Union Springs with Bishop Kigbu presiding in the morning and A. J. Lamar in the afternoon. The meeting announced Monday appointments for Montgomery and reported 70 337 church members in the Alabama Conference.
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Union Springs
Ala
Alabama
Kigu
A. Jt. Lamar
E. P. Craddock
Mobile
E. C. Maye
Northern Methodist Conference
Foley
Martin
Woman’s College At
Montgomery
T. F. Davis
Dexter Avenue Church
A. E. Barnett
Wilson
Kilgo
H. L. Johnson
E. C. Moore
H. H. McNeill
A. P. McFerrin
Cochrane names delegates to Panama Canal conference
President John T. Cochrane announced appointments of Albert P. Bush and Horace Turner to represent the Chamber of Commerce as Business League at the Panama Canal Conference in Atlanta December 10 and 11. He could not attend due to other engagements.
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John T. Cochrane
Albert P. Bush
Horace Turner
Chamber of Commerce
Business League
Panama Canal
Atlanta
Cochrane
Washington
Mobile
Rivers An Harbors Congress
Gulf Ports
C. L. Spottswood
Spotswoed
A. O. H. To Meet for Annual Division Meeting
The annual meeting of Division No 1 A. O. H. will be held Monday at 7 30 PM at the Y M C A hall. Officers will be elected and refreshments served. A jolly time is expected by the several hundred members of this popular organization.
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Y. M. B. A. Hall
Mobile Displays Largest Thermometer in United States
The Van Antwerp Drug Company installed a six foot high thermometer with three inch numerals at their Dauphin street entrance. Made by Limeburner company of Philadelphia, it’s the nation’s largest thermometer and uses an alcoholic percolator instead of mercury to record temperature, enabling a lower freezing point.
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van Antwerp Drug Company
Dauphin Street
Limeburner Company
Philadelphia
United States
van Antwerp Company
Limeburner
Dickens Sister in Bankruptcy Over Litigant Case
Richmond?Va? December report notes Mrs Cornelius J Hughes of Richmond is in bankruptcy and faces eviction after mortgaging her home to fund her brother Charles C Dickens Mobile litiga tion efforts. Sheriff awaiting order to eject as Dickens misses court and allegedly sent threatening letters to Judge Scott. Liabilities estimated at 3960 dollars with assets about 1,000 dollars less.
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Richmond
Charles C. Dickens
Mobile
Cornelius J. Hughes
Mobile Court
Supreme Court of Alabama
National Surety Company
Hughes
Romeo Perry
Scott
Troublesome Alien Gylander Faces Deportation
Federal immigration officials grimly pursue Edward Gylander once jailed for stabbing a ship master at the port. After initially agreeing to return home, Gylander reversed position claiming attachment to America. Inspector Stretton continues to hold him as a deportation decision awaits Treasury Department action.
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Edward Gylander
Konakry
Gylander
Stretton
Treasury Department
Washington
Mariner
America
Inspector Stretton
Will the President Pardon Rev Sanford
Lisbon Falls Maine December 7 President Taft is to pardon Rev Frank W Sandford head of the Holy Ghost and Us Society who is serving a ten year sentence at Atlanta federal prison for manslaughter A letter from Sandford to a former inmate at Shiloh says the pardon is expected before Christmas. He plans to lead an expedition to the West Indies after returning home.
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Lisbon Falls
Maine
Taft
Frank W. Sandford
Holy Ghost and
Us Society
Atlanta
Shiloh
Sandford
West Indies
Carnegie not generous says Wesleyan professor
Meriden Connecticut December 7 Professor Willard C Fisher former Middletown mayor and Wesleyan political science instructor told the Meriden Scientific Association that the poor man who gives with feeling is more generous than Andrew Carnegie He dismissed Carnegie as generous and claimed his 50 million dollar gift was not generosity noting Carnegie plans to die poor by reducing wealth to one million and self as poor
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Meriden
Conn
Andrew Carnegie
Willard C. Fisher
Middletown
Wesleyan University
Meriden Scientific Association
Fisher
Prof. Fisher
Carnegie
Katydid coal dump being investigated in Archbald case
Testimony in the Archbald impeachment trial centers on the Katydid coal dump sale planned by Archbald and partners for 8000 dollars. Richard Bradley says he tried to buy the dump from Archbald and Williams for 20000 dollars and aimed to net at least 10000 dollars profit. Only a few witnesses have testified in five days of proceedings as adjournment is ordered for Sunday travel.
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Washington
Archbald
Richard Bradley
Senate
Archbald and Williams
Rainfall Signals Road Improvement Push in Mobile
Weather forecaster predicts that heavy rains may spur a movement for better roads and streets in Mobile. Forecaster Aschenberger notes 1912 rainfall near 1900 levels with weeks left to reach a record, while Mobile’s forty one year average runs 62 inches and 1904 was a low rainfall year linked to water supply efforts.
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Aschenberger
Mobile
Program for Hotel Men's Association Convention in Mobile
The Alabama Hotel Men's Association approves a two day 1814 Mobile convention with events at Battle House Lyric Theatre and Vineyard Inn. The program includes meetings, a luncheon, a dog river oyster roast, a Gulf boat trip, and a Southern breakfast at Klosky's. Officers are E. C. Taylor Gay-Teague Montgomery president and C B Hervey Cawthor Mobile vice president with secretary-treasurer H A Bruner Talladega.
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Alabama Hotel Men's Association
Mobile
Battle House Auditorium
Battle House Grand Cafe
Automobile and
Dog River
Vodevil
Lyric Theatre
Fourton
Vineyard
Cawthon
Klosky’s
Mobile Bay
Gulf
Charles B. Herney
John J. Monaghan
Arthur E. Stiles
P. C. Steele
Colden Brown
Charles Schimpf
J. B. Webster
R. G. Richard
E. C. Taylor
Gay-Teague
Montgomery
C. B. Hervey
Cawthor
H. A. Bruner
Central
Talladega
Ten Dollar Loan Costs Negro $228
Charles Morrisette of 264 North Franklin street told Sheriff T. T. Palmer that in October 1906 he borrowed $10 from a Mobile money lender and has paid about $228 in interest by last month. He plans to affidavIt's the usury law that could punish the lender if proven. Morrisette said he borrowed the money to help bury a relative.
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Charles Morrisette
North
Franklin Street
T. T. Palmer
Mobile
Morrisette
South Carolina Governor Blease Snubbed at Gridiron Banquet
Washington dispatch reports Governor Cole S. Blease refused an invitation to the Gridiron banquet due to his stated remarks, with club leaders citing he is not a gentleman. Senator Smith of South Carolina launched a movement to repudiate the governor over his unpardorable expressions before a governors conference.
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Washington
Cole S. Blease
South Carolina
Louis Garthe
John C. Rose
Lattimore
Slease
Senator Smith
Bilease
Most Unique Y M C A Convention to Meet in Peking
A historic Y M C A convention schedules December 12 to 15 in Peking with Korean and Chinese branch attendees. Notables include Chang Po Ling and Rt Rev. L. H. Ioott in Mandarin discussions on the future of the Y M C A movement, church relations, and Christian service. A three story Hataman street frame house is leased for the event.
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Peking
Young Men’s Christian Association
Chang Po Ling
C. GC. Wang
H. L. Zi
L. H. Ioott
J. W. Jenks
Chung Wing Kwong
J. W. Bashford
Y. Tsu
Hataman Street
Young Men's Christian Association Movement
China
Association
Church In
World's Students’ Christian Federation
Jesus Christ
Sulzer Crawford Bill Garners Strong Support Abroad
Presidentelect Woodrow Wilson favored the Sulzer-Crawford Bill for an international conference on the high cost of living. A Massachusetts congressman presided over a meeting with New York and Yale participants noting broad endorsement and expected smooth passage.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Curley
Massachusetts
Frank 8. Gardner
New York Board of Trade
Charles G. Copeland
New York
Jamcs T. Holle
L. B. Green
Frank E. Mack
Treadwell Cleveland
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Cavalry Defeats Infantry on Grid at Chickamauga Park
In Chattanooga December 7 the Eleventh Cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe Ga defeated Atlanta Seventh Infantry 41 to 0 for the Southern division army championship. The cavalry outplayed the infantry in all phases despite losing two regulars.
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Chattanooga
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Ogiethorpe
Seventh Infantry
Atlanta
Chickamauga Park
E J Troy Resigns as C O C Secretary
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League confirms E J Troy has voluntarily tendered his resignation as secretary citing a better position elsewhere. Board expected to accept at next meeting with no harm to ongoing operations.
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John T. Cochrane
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
E. J. Troy
Troy
Mobile
Incurable Man Pleads for Mercyful Death
New York telegram from John McAlister, bedridden seven years with progressive muscular atrophy, urging lawmakers to grant physicians the right to end hopeless patients. He describes his wish for a painless, peaceful death with civil and religious authorities present and notes other inmates at the incurables home suffer extreme confinement and mental decline.
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New York
John McAlister
McAlister
Trouble Brews in Old Mexico Amid Election Dispute
Mexico City reports a tense post election scene for the state of Mexico. Francisco de la Barra is thought to have won governor, but returns are not filed and Catholic and independent factions demand explanations. Nueva Era accuses Catholics of poll fraud and calls for the government to void the election.
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Mexico City
Geverty
State of
Mexico
Francisco de la Barra
Berala
Maderista
Nueva Era
Bernard Shaw Urges Home Rule at Irish Protestant Meeting
George Bernard Shaw spoke at an Irish Protestant gathering with Conan Doyle supporting home rule. He joked about Protestant and Catholic memories, claimed he is a home ruler with no sectarian preconditions, and warned against violence, urging Irish self-rule while defending restraint among factions.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Conan Doyle
Shaw
Justice Shields Weds in Quiet New York Ceremony
Chief Justice John K. Shields of Tennessee and Mrs. Jeanette Simpson Dodson Gowan of Knoxville wed at St Bartholomew’s Chapel New York. The ceremony was attended by close relatives and officiated by Rev Sydney Usher. The couple plans to travel to Florida before settling in Knoxville as their home.
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New York
John K. Shields
Tennessee
Jeanette Simpson Dodson Gowan
Knoxville
St. Bartholomew's Church
Sydney Usher
Robert Simpson Cowan
Princeton
Williams. Shields
City National Bank
Ritz Carlton
William 8. Shields
George W Baxter
L. D. Tyson
Arabella
Tyson
J. Y. Johnston
H. Saunders
Joseph
Shields
Josephine Shields
Jeanette Cowan
George
Andes, Jr
Jos
Conan Andes
Justice Shields
Florida
Witness Describes Photo of Tveitmoe in Prison Garb
In Indianapolis on December 7 Andrew J. Gallagher a character witness for Olaf A. Tveitmoe indicted Pacific labor leader testified he had seen what appeared to be a photograph of Tveitmoe in striped prison garb He said he had seen such an image while evidence was presented about the McNamara case and the Los Angeles fund involvement.
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Indianapolis
Andrew J. Gallagher
Olaf A. Tveltmoe
Pacific Labor
Minnesota
Ted
Redding
Milwaukee
Trea. Mooney
Duluth
Patrick J
New York
Iron W International Executive Board
McNamara
Pelham
N. Y
Farrell
Sim
Guy Ropes
Gallagher
San Francisco
Ev Ant
Olaf Tveitmoe
Coast Lador
Tveitmoe
Los Angelés Fund
Hoyt & Patterson
Superior
Wis
Fred J. Mooney
Iron Worker
Miller
Mooney
Stable Ordinance Case Under Advisement
In chancery court Wade H Orr sues Dr Charles A Mohr and city commissioners seeking injunction against enforcing a sanitary stable ordinance set to take effect January 1 1918 Judge Thomas H 8 reserved ruling on the matter The outcome could require owners with more than two horses cows or similar stock to install cement flooring if the ordinance is upheld and constitutional challenges fail.
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Wade H. Orr
Rype
Charles A. Mohr
Membe
City Commission
Chancery Court
Urday
Thomas H. 8
King Santa Claus Invades Mobile Stores With Toys
King Santa arrives by airship after store closures and anchors on a roof to prepare a vast display of Christmas gifts. He invites all children to enjoy themselves as Mobile merchants promise the largest distribution of gifts yet.
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King Santa Claus
Mobile
Santa
Chrimas
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C. OF C
New York Hospital
Old Mexico
Bernard Shaw
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Emerald Isle
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