Will Brown seeks parole from Alabama pardon board
Will Brown known as the Jean Valjean of Alabama’s penitentiary has applied for parole. The pardon board met in regular session and will reconvene next week for Christmas parole considerations. Brown, a Marion county convict, escaped three years ago after six years served and later surrendered. He worked in Cincinnati under the name William Kelly and has backing from a Cincinnati lumber company president. King May Get Parole. Connie O King of Limestone county, with a wife ill from tuberculosis and three children, has received a forty day parole to aid his family and may receive Christmas clemency from the pardon board. Andrew Cleghorn, a Marion county convict, was paroled temporarily due to poor health. he was imprisoned for miscegenation.
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Ala
Will Brown
Jean Valjean
Alabama
State Pardon Board
Brown
Marion County
Cincinnati
William Kelly
Lumber Company
Yuletide
King
Connie O. King
Limestone County
O'Neal
Wetumpka and
Speigner’s
Cleghorn
Andrew Cleghorn
Marion “ County
Judge to rule on Niles restitution suit against Frisco directors
Federal Judge Walter H. Sanborn was to decide within days if William Niles can file a restitution suit against current and former directors of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. Niles argues directors were responsible to stockholders for losses from sale to feeder lines they promoted. Earlier reports claimed permission had been granted, but that was found incorrect.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Walter H. Sanborn
William Niles
The
St. Louis and
San Francisco Railroad
Ruthenian Deputies Protest in Austrian Parliament
Ruthenian deputies created a disturbance in the Austrian imperial parliament protesting the government's passive attitude. The disruption lasted over an hour as the session continued despite the protest.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Two vs four dreadnoughts arms plan debated
Josephus Daniels argues for two dreadnoughts eight destroyers and three submarines next year urging steady progress with a well proportioned navy. He opposes Admiral Dewey who wants four dreadnoughts due to fiscal limits. Daniels warns lack of a clear naval policy risks war.
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Josephus Daniels
Admiral Dewey
Daniels
Naval Board
Washington
Pension purge nears final tally in Alabama counties
The Alabama state pension board prepared a purge report listing about 579 pensioners for removal from sixteen county rolls. Gen. Fred S. Ferguson sent the document to Capt. John C. Webb for signature, with Governor O Neal to receive the final file. Protests are anticipated from the most affected areas as murmurs of discontent reach Montgomery.
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Montgomery
State Pension Board
Alabama
Fred S. Ferguson
John C. Webb
Demopolis
Ferguson
O'Neal
H. Y. Brooks
Nobel Peace Prize Awards Go To Root and La Fontaine
The 1912 prize was awarded to Senator Elihu Root of New York and the 1918 prize went to Senator Henri La Fontaine of Brussels Belgium. La Fontaine formerly led the International Peace Bureau in Berne Switzerland.
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Chistiania
Norway
Elihu Root
New York
Henri la Fontaine
Brussels
Belgium
International Peace Bureau
Berne
Switzerland
Mecklenberg Aground Then Floated Off Frying Pan Shoals
The German steamer Mecklenberg from Hamburg ran aground on Frying Pan shoals last night near Wilmington. The revenue cutter Seminole arrived at 3 a m and found the ship afloat with no assistance needed.
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Wilmington
N. C
Hamburg
Frying Pan Shoals
External Vicks Vap-O-Rub Croup Remedy Advert
An old remedy promotes rubbing Vicks Vap-O-Rub on the throat and chest for croup and pneumonia salve with pine tar menthol thymol and eucalyptus. The warmth releases vapors to loosen phlegm and ease breathing and a bedtime application promises sleep. Available in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes.
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Vicky
Vick'’s
Soldierly vow before execution in Ford murder case
Nelson Sharp, condemned for the murder of Auburn patrolman Frank Ford, said he had served in the army and navy and would meet death like a soldier. He claimed no one was to blame, that his trouble in his boarding house sparked the tragedy, and Ford was killed when he tried to restore order.
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Associated Press
Auburn
Frank Ford
Ester
Nelson Sharp
Ford
Sharp
Arguments for Higher Freight Rates by Eastern Railroads
Hearings resumed before the Interstate Commerce Commission as Eastern railroads push a proposed six percent rate increase. They cite new statistical evidence to show higher rates are needed to maintain service quality and provide a reasonable return for their work.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Officials Talk of Quitting Over Philippine Budget Bill
Associated Press reports Manila officials threaten resignations as the assembly passes an appropriation bill cutting about 2,000,000 dollars in government expenditures chiefly by salary reductions. It is expected the Philippine commission will modify the measure.
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Manila, Co
Philippine Commission
Warner
Warner's Safe Remedies Co
Rochester
N. Y
Beiliss Freed Automatically After Appeal Window
In Kiev on December 10 the appeal period expired without action by the public prosecutor, making Mendel Beiliss's acquittal judgment final by automatic ruling after the blood ritual murder trial.
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Associated Press
Kiev
Russia
Mendel Beiliss
Andrew Yushinsky
Community Invests In Wiring Project Drives Labor and Capital
A local initiative highlights labor and enterprise as essential capital fueling housing wiring work and community development, reflecting collective effort to improve infrastructure and living standards.
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