Supreme Court sets eight hour law case for January 8
The Supreme Court scheduled arguments on the constitutionality of the eight hour law for January 8. The Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf railroad case heads a docket of important matters, with Solicitor General Davis and railroad counsel preparing for a swift decision. Special accounts of wages would be kept to pay employees promptly if the law stands.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
White
Union Pacific
Northern Securities Company
Davis
G. Carroll Todd
Marvin Underwood
Frank Hagerman
Walker D. Hines
New York
Railroad
Censel
Arthur Miller
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroas
Department of Justice and Railroad
Congress
Berlin reports sinking of a French destroyer
Berlin dispatches state the French destroyer Yatagan was sunk in a collision with a British transport, marking the fifth French destroyer lost in such incidents during the war. The Yatagan, 307 tons displacement, 187 feet long, built in 1900, carried one 9 pound gun six 5 pounders and two torpedo tubes.
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Berlin
Sayville
Yatagan
United States Court Officials Return to Mobile from Selma
United States court officials who had been in Selma attending court returned to Mobile this morning. Richard Jones clerk of the United States court H T Pegues assistant district attorney and Deputy Marshal Horton arrived. United States Marshal C C Gewin had gone to Atlanta to transport prisoners to the federal penitentiary and would return to Mobile within a few days.
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United States Court
Selma
City
Richard Jones
H. T. Pegues
Horton
United States
C. C. Gewin
Atlanta
Mobile
Dr Brewster Returns From New Orleans Visit
Dr Matthew Brewster rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Mobile has not decided on the call from the Church of the Annunciation in New Orleans. He returned this morning from a five day visit to Crescent City where he preached on Sunday. A New Orleans committee recently met him in Mobile requesting him to accept the rectorship.
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Matthew Brewster
Christ Episcopal Church
Church of the Annunciation
New Orleans
Brewster
Mobile
Crescent City
Switzerland Interfering If Belgian Deportations Affect Its Interests
Paris dispatch says Germany’s reply to the Swiss note on deportations in Belgium was received from Berne. The reply is described as polite but clear that Switzerland reserves the right to intervene if its own interests are affected.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Berne
Pepeoney
Switzerland
Missionary Deaconess to Lecture Tonight at Christ Church
Deaconess Gertrude Stewart will give an illustrated lecture on China's missionary progress at Christ Episcopal Church chapter house. Stewart has spent 25 years as a missionary in Hangkow and surrounding areas and is hosted by four branches of the Woman's auxiliary to the board of missions during her furlough. Lecture scheduled for 7:30 tonight at Saints' Episcopal Church.
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China
Christ Episcopal Church Chapter House
Gertrude Stewart
Hangkow
Stewart
Woman's Auxiliary
Board of Missions of the
Episcopal Church
Eteken Saints’ Episcopal Churc
Greatest Temptations of Gotham Discussed in City Sermon
Dr. Fred Winslow Adams convened a mixed jury of men and women to reveal their views on New York temptations. Women named fashions and clothes as the chief peril for girls, while men offered varied worries about personal conduct and temptations of youth.
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New York
New York City
Fred Winslow Adams
St. Andrew’s Methodist Episcopal Church
West Seventy-sixth Street
Jacob H. Schiff
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia College
Isaac Franklin Russell
Frank Crane
John Wanapapas
Theodor Itchell
Henry E. ‘Oolever
The
Christian Advocate
William CD. Shepherd
M. E. Church
Adams
Katharine Bement Davis
Parole Commission
Mabel Cratty
Young Women’s Christian Association
Angela Morgan
Quotes on time and temptation from early 20th century leaders
A compilation of remarks by prominent figures including Jacob Schiff Frank Crane Nicholas Murray Butler John Wanamaker and others on time morality wealth excess and the lure of material pleasure. The speakers warn that frittering time or pursuing luxury fuels sin and poor choices in urban society.
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Jacob Schiff
New York City
Frank Crane
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
John Wanamaker
Heavenly Father
Isaac Franklin Russell
Harry E. Woolever
The
Christian Advocate
William O. Shepherd
Theodore Mitchell
Katherine Bement Davis
Parole Commission
Broadway
Nixeola Greeley-Smith
Lone
Wonders of Trees and Plant Intelligence Explored
A science essay argues that eggs are reproductive cells for both animals and plants and that plants may possess rudimentary feelings. It notes sensitive plants like mimosa and carnivorous species, and discusses how trees seek water, grow toward light, and respond to obstacles in their environment.
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Haps
Rank
India
Temptations of Cities Shape Verdict on Women
The speaker contrasts Kokomo New York and Fiji islands showing how urban life tempts young women with fashion beauty and ease. He argues New York blends calls from Fiji and Kokomo creating pressure and lonesome seeking and delayed moral clarity.
Real vs. false standards in a modern temptation sermon
Dr. Adams warns against superficial pursuits that imitate success and wealth. He urges young people to seek real worth in the spiritual and eternal, asking how to make life meaningful rather than what to gain.
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Jesus
Adams
Lizzie
St Mary's Welcomes Three Sodalities With 192 Receptions
A large parish crowd attended at 4 pm Sunday as St Marys parish welcomed into three sodalities 192 children and young ladies. The Children of Mary Holy Angels and Junior Holy Name received badges and three silk banners were presented to sodality presidents. The event featured hymns, a procession, a sermon and benediction. Rev J R, former assistant pastor, directed the ceremony.
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St. Mary's Parish
Holy Angles
Holy Name
Sodalities
J. R
Alabama Hotel Men to Meet in Mobile for Semi annually Convention
Mr C B Hervey of the Alabama Hotel Men's Association announced the semi annual convention will be held in Mobile December 15 and 16. About fifty members from across the state and hotel men from Cincinnati Chicago New Orleans Pensacola and Atlanta will attend. Events include a luncheon at the Battle House a sight seeing auto trip a banquet at the Cawthon vineyard and a dance. Saturday features a day in Coden with fishing and a shore dinner before returning via the Satsuma orange district.
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C. B. Hervey
Alabama Hotel Men's Association
Jene
Cincinnati
Chicago
New Orleans
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Atlanta
S. H. Peck
Battle House
Vineyard
Cawthon
Coden
John E. Rolston
Rolston Hotel
Mobile
Satsuma Orange District
Despairing Scene in a Dark Forest
A bleak passage depicts a tangled thicket and the attitudes of despair as a grim scene unfolds in a black hole like forest. The imagery of smothered trees and contorted limbs conveys suffocating gloom and dread.
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Utta
Sloan's Liniment Eases Sore Muscles After Cold
An old newspaper ad promotes Sloan's Liniment as a quick relief for stiff muscles after a cold or grippe. It claims the product does not stain skin and works for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago strains sprains and bruises. Available at druggists for two cents.
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Sloan
Sioan
Recorder Fines Speeding Driver In Court Plea
In Recorder's Court Frank Jordan was fined ten dollars for speeding after police testified he exceeded the limit. Vernon Lindell, riding a motorcycle, was fined ten dollars for a collision with a streetcar. Orleans Jackson, charged with cutting James McKnight Jr., was jailed ten days. McKnight also faced a ten dollar disorderly conduct fine. Prohibition case against John West continued to December 12.
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Recorder's Court
Frank Jordan
Recorder
Vernon Lindell
Orleans Jackson
James McKnight, Jr
McKnight
John West
Prohibition violators fined in Inferior Criminal Court
George McGuire and T. J. Perry were fined $50 or twenty days hard labor for violating the prohibition law and paid the fine. Other prohibition cases were continued or reset with Walter King and Perry Williams, writ of arrest and bond forfeited.
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Inferior Criminal Court
George McGuire
T. J. Perry
Jim Dennis
R. J. Case
Jim Parnell
Walter King
Same
Perry Williams
City Court Faces Embezzlement and Grand Larceny Trials
Judge Grayson presides as John W. Conway stands trial for embezzlement and grand larceny on Monday. Special jurors are drawn for murder cases of Tobe Sayles and Charles Sims. Tuesday’s call lists Leona Evans charged with grand larceny.
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Grayson
John W. Conway
Tobe Sayles
Charles Sims
Leona Evans
Amicitia and Forth Sunk, Lloyds Reports
Lloyds announces the Norwegian steamer Amicitia of 1111 tons and the British ship Forth of 525 tons have been sunk. A London dispatch notes the losses as part of ongoing shipping hazards. A Columbus Georgia Enquirer item adds a separate health quote about warmth from a scientist.
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London
Lloyd's
Amicitia
Shivar Mineral Water Ad Promises Delivery by Van Antwerp
An advertisement urges readers to avoid nighttime trips and enjoy Shivar Mineral Water. It promises a money back guarantee, notes the taste is fine and the price is a trifle, and offers delivery anywhere via Van Antwerp Drug Corp mobile distributors with a phone contact.
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van Antwerp Drug Corp
Greeks May Force King to War on Entente Says Minister
Budapest dispatch quotes Austro Hungarian minister to Greece Dr Szilaasy saying King Constantine and his government face impotence yet may take a desperate step if the Entente presses further. He notes strong Greek public support and warns civil strife could be averted by Venizelos followers leaving Saloniki. He insists the king army and people are not tools of the Entente.
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Associated Press
London
Morning Post
Budapest
J. Szilaasy
Greece
Constantine
Old Greece
Entente
M. Venizelos
Saloniki
Athens
Council Seeks Salary Basis for Evangelists
The Federal Council of Churches commission on evangelism asks the quadrennial convention to replace the present mix of part salary subscriptions and free-will offerings with a fixed salary. The report argues current methods inflate evangelists’ income and commercialize evangelism, fueling suspicion of vocational ministry.
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ST. Louis
Commission On Evangelism
Federal Council of Churches
Council
Judge Semmes Improves in New Orleans Illness
News from Judge O. J. Semmes of the city court reports he is better in New Orleans though no return date home was given.
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O. J. Semmes
New Orleans
Entente Officers Observe Formalities on Central Powers Departure
During the departure of Central Powers diplomats the Entente officials followed the standard ceremonies. Dr.8 notes the strict observance of customs and proper protocol marking the end of talks and a pledged triumphant return.
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Dr.8
Entente
Cotton market slides as futures open lower this morning
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes cotton futures slipping in early trading with January near 18.05 and March around 18.39 after Friday close of 18.26 and 18.67. Grain and lumber markets hold steady with May July wheat prices similar to Saturday, export timber demand strong.
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Saturda
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Fiji Islands
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Fiji
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Alabama
Law and Equity Court
Berney
Bessie F. Syson
Aubrey Boyles
J. Roberts
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Louis Forcheimer
Elizabeth G. Zadek
FR. A. Myles & C O
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Clara Collins
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Hastings- Stout Co
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Kate McDonnell
H. S. Tuthill
Hastings Stout Co
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