Negligence of Employes Cited in Train Wreck Report
The Associated Press summarizes a federal safety commission report urging new powers over railroad construction operation and capitalization. It cites 76 accidents injuring 1,880, with 74 percent due to employee errors such as disregarding signals and improper flagging. It calls for better supervision and mandatory inspections to reduce human error and improve safety.
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Associated Press
Washington
Con
Uar
Hunters Unlicensed Arrests Reported
Maddox and Willie Wheeler were arrested Friday by county authorities led by E A Edwards on unspecified hunting license violations. The brief item notes enforcement action and names involved without further details.
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Maddox
Willie Wheeler
E. A. Edwards
Mayor Denies Colleague Charge Over Police Spy Claim
The hearing into three prisoner escapes from police headquarters featured a clash after Commissioner Schwarz claimed a spy fed the mayor information. Mayor Lyons called the spy statement untrue as seven witnesses, including Frank Olsen, described the dig and escape method with Olsen detailing the wall work and timing.
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Hotly
Laz Schwarz
Lyons
Schwarz
Broadus
Frank Olsen
Olsen
F. W. Crenshaw
William Nugent
Nugent
Escapes from county convict camp involve three inmates
Frank Whitten, two years for grand larceny, and Ovid Ewald, two years for forgery, reportedly escaped from a county convict camp cage with Corbett B. Singletary. The trio used saws to file iron bars and fled Thursday night. officers wide search to locate them.
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Frank Whitten
Ovid Ewald
Corbett B. Singletary
Smack J. Wildon Brings In Huge 40 000 Fish Haul
The fishing smack J. Wildon captained by Peter Peterson arrived Thursday with what is described as the port's largest catch in years. After about seventy two days off the Bay of Campache on the Mexican coast, the vessel returned with about 40 000 fish. The crew includes Paty Ryne Obediah Moore Ole Darling Willis from Detroit First Hand Tony and Steward Shady Fash.
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J. Wildon
Peter Peterson
Bay of
Campache
Mexico
Paty Ryne
Obediah Moore
Ole Darling
Willis
Detroit
Tony
Shady Fash
Navy secretary counsels Norfolk over Philadelphia drydock plan
Secretary Daniels told a Philadelphia delegation no help for building a 3 million dollar drydock in Philadelphia. He said his Norfolk plan followed the navy general board recommendations in recent congress submissions.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Gomez denies leading new Mexican revolution
Emilio Vasquez Gomez, once rumored to head a movement against Huerta and Villa, today denied the charge saying he can barely provide for his family and is not involved in Mexican politics. He cited only seeking food and shelter as his immediate concern.
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San Antonio
Tex
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Huerta
Villa
Pascual Oro
Jose Ynez Salazar
Senor Gomez
Henderson Sues Hillman Taxi for Damages to Horse
Hamilton M. Henderson doing business as the Fish and Oyster Company filed a suit in the law and equity court Friday against Hillman Taxi Service Company seeking 2000 dollars for injuries to a horse.
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Hamilton M. Henderson
The
Fish and Oyster Company
Law and Equity Court
Hillman Taxi Service Company
Union Trust Co Sues Don Farn for 2000 Debt
The Union Trust Company, a foreign corporation, filed a suit in county court Friday alleging Don Farn owes 2000 dollars. The action seeks payment of the stated debt and related costs.
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The
Union Trust Company
Law and Coulty
Don Farnor
Hungry trio of fugitives captured after long chase
George E. Stone George Glover and Frank Olsen were recaptured about 8 PM near Dog river thirty five miles from Mobile after a day in the woods. Deputies Wilmer officers and Mobile police aided the capture. Olsen escaped briefly from custody but was recaptured an hour later in a saloon near the oyster docks.
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Olsen
Frank Olsen
Glover
Stone
Turnkey Nugent
Wilmer
George E. Stone
George Glover
Dog River
Mobile
Roy E. Davis
Clifton Richie
E. EB. Davis
Roe Brannan
Walter Tanner
T. EB. Kelly
E. E. Davis
Loring Campbell
James Lewis
Thomas Mayher
Oyster Docks
Lewis
Mobile City
Wilmer Tie Company
Mr. Riche
N. C
Recorder’s Court
Égtation
Burglars Hit McGeehe's Drug Store in Broad Daylight
In Montgomery on December 19 burglars, while ten policemen walked downtown beats, pried the iron grate at McGeehe's on Dexter Avenue, broke into the cellar access, and robbed the store of merchandise and cash. $25 taken from registers. An old rubber-heeled shoe and a derby are the only clues, and authorities note the police did not hear the break.
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Montgomery
Ala
McGeehe
Dexter Avenue
Currency bill moves toward final Senate vote
The Paris Matin notes a Poincare proposal for Franco American leaders to exchange visits. In Washington the Senate rejects a central bank substitute, accepts the administration currency bill, and debates amendments to shape a transition to the new system ahead of a possible Wilson signing.
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Senate
Paris
Paris Matin
Raymond Poincare
France
United States
Poincare
Wilson
Associated Press
Washington
Burton
Owen
House
Underwood
McAdoo
Federal
Treasury
Rail Commission Moves to Enforce 21 2 Cent Fare in Tennessee
Memphis December 19 the state railroad commission is preparing a legal battle to enforce a 21 2 cent railroad passenger fare in Tennessee. Judges Ernest Bullock and Perkins Baxter are retained, with daily Capitol meetings as counsel devise procedures amid opposition from big railroads.
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Memphis
State Railroad Commission
Tennessee
Ernest, Bullock
Jackson
Perkins Baxter
Nashville
Capitol
Railroad Commission
Atlanta
Georgia
Louisville
Louisville and Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Nurse Saves Patients in Fire at Crowley Frame Sanitarium
In Crowley Louisiana December 19 a frame sanitarium burned with more than fifty patients safely removed under nurse Sibell Morris who later jumped from a second story window when trapped. She broke a leg and possibly internal injuries while the building suffered about 25000 dollars in loss.
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Associated Press
Crowley
Sibell Morris
Miss Morris
Children’s Story Hour at Y M C A Friday
The Children’s Story Hour will be held Friday at 4 p.m. in the Ramee Room of the Y M C A with Mrs D V Cobba in charge and assisted by Mrs T A Paige.
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Ramee Ae
D- V. Cobba
T- A. Paige
Law aims at falsifiers in money panic schemes
Representative Church of California introduced a bill declaring it a government offense to make or circulate false statements about the financial condition of the United States to trigger a money panic. Each offense carries a $5,000 fine and at least ten years imprisonment amid ongoing concerns about business conditions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Representative Church
California
United States
Fee Demands Bring Tears to Child Eyes
A report details how rising school or utility charges affect children, provoking distress among families. Officials weigh policy changes as guardians seek relief from financial strain.
Fee Strain on Mobile Girl Sparks School Debate
Nine year old Della May Crystal cried over a 60 cent incidental fee at Barton Academy Girls Grammar, while her mother, ill and in a city infirmary, could not pay. Principal Miss Barnickle and teacher Miss Marechal confirmed the charge and sought family details as a wider protest grows against tuition and incidental fees in public schools.
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Monroe
Mobile
Della May Crystal
Barton Academy
Agai
Miss. Barnickle
Crystal
H. M. Marechal
Miss Jones
Madison Street
Monroe Street
Jackson
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