Kingsbury describes Wilson policy favoring negotiated settlements
Vice President Kingsbury of AT and T outlines a presidential shift to settlement over litigation with big corporations. He says the administration invites corporations to discuss issues in Washington and praises a “game spirit” of fair dealing, noting no binding guarantee but an emphasis on honesty and voluntary compliance.
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International News Service
New York
N. C. Kingsbury
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Heyes
Wilson
Mr. Kingsbury
Department of Justice
Washington
Dent
Great Britain
Merry prisoners sing while steel cuts bars
County officials consider expanding guard presence at the convict camp as 69 prisoners remain housed there. Four escapes in three days include Alexander Wright who grabbed a MobileOhio train near Oak Grove after stealing six hundred dimes from a St Emanuel Street boarding house. Road surveys and a Monday meeting will discuss preventing further escapes and evaluating labor systems and accounting for time served.
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Alexander Wright
Mobile & Ohio
Oak Grove
Mobile
Wright
St. Emanuel Street
Liberty
C. D. Singletary
Frank Whitten
Ovid Wwald
A. Wright
Walter Gamble
J. H. Jackson
Charles Foster
Ovid Hward
McCarthy
Board of Revenue
John D. Hagan
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
County Board
Kingsbury Denies Merger Dissolution and Price Hike
In remarks about the Justice Department action on telephone and telegraph interests, Kingsbury denies any merger or dissolution and asserts no coercion. He says the attorney general and president suggested the best course, not a requirement. He pledges no service price increases and no drop in efficiency, endorsing cooperative offices where feasible.
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Telephone Trust
Department of Justice
Telephone and Telegraph
Kingsbury
Department of Justic
American Telehone and Telegraph Company
Mr. Kingsbury
Western Union Telegraph Company
Train Wreck Near Chintepec Station in Guan tajar a
A passenger train on the Mexican Central railroad overturned at Chintepec station in Guanajara state. The engine and cars were toppled and no figures on casualties have been reported. Authorities attribute the wreck to rebels.
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International News Service
Mexico City
Mexican Central Railroad
Chintepec
Guantajara
W. J. Brown Frees on Bond After Acquittal Bid
William J. Brown, previously sentenced for the killing of Alfred Percy, was released on an $1,800 bond after Judge O J Semmes granted a former acquittal plea. Bondsmen included J P Barrett, William Thompson, Frank Henderson and James M Campbell. Brown had been jailed since the shooting and earlier appeals had reversed prior conviction, remanding for new hearing.
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William J. Brown
Alfred Percy
O J. Semmes
C. W. Tompkins
Brown
Bond
Mr. Tompkins
J. P. Barrett
William Thompson
Frank Henderson
James M. Campbell
Percy
Court of Appeals
Mobile
Old Fashioned Warnings On Manners And Cups
A witty remark contrasts masculine dullness with lost collar height and old fashioned women filling coffee cups far beyond the brim, implying social norms and generous hospitality in a humorous tone.
Clarence Darrow Freed of Bribery Charges in McNamara Case
Los Angeles December 20 Clarence Darrow Chicago labor lawyer was freed of bribery charges as Judge Grant Jackson dismissed the charge on motion by District Attorney Fredericks. Darrow had been tried twice for bribery and was acquitted on the juror bribery charge regarding Juror Lockwood.
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Los Angeles
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
McNamara
Grant Jackson
Fredericks
Darrow
Robert Bain
Lockwood
Highwayman Killings Shock Mobile Family
A man named Villar was fatally shot en route home after an evening of shopping in Mobile. Police note no known enemies and describe the scene as a dark downtown spot near Government and Church streets. A post mortem is planned to locate the bullet. the killing recalls the 1906 Hagerty case on Royal Street with no end to the investigation.
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Charles Ramm
L. A. Zieman
W. B. Dreaper
Pensacola
Villar
Gulf Dry Company
Elmira Street
Mobile
Government Street
Church Street
Royal Street
Broad
R. L. Dorson
City Hospital
Haggerty
Charles Haggerty
Conti
Relatives in Pensacola remember murdered ship carpenter
J A Villar formerly lived in Pensacola and worked as a ship carpenter. He was described as quiet and well liked. His brothers George, Martin, and J K Villar hold railway positions in Louisville and Nashville and Pensacola. The report notes his murder by highwaymen in Mobile.
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Pensacola
Fla
J. A. Villar
Mobile
George Villar
Louisville
Nashville
Martin Villar
J. K. Villar
Casualties In New York City For Eleven Months
Statistics from the National Highways Protective Society list 512 people killed by autos surface cars and wagons in New York City from Jan 1 to Nov 90. Automobiles caused 277 deaths, 137 of them children. 1,098 injuries including 340 children. Surface cars caused 192 deaths with 32 children and 570 injuries. wagons caused 123 deaths with 79 children and 317 injuries. State totals for eleven months end Oct 30 show 139 deaths and 1,051 injuries. all under sixteen counted as children.
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New York
National Highways Protective Society
New York City
New York State
Estes
Government struggles to pay interest as rebels advance
Mexico City dispatch reports Senor De La Lama seeks a European loan as customs receipts fund bond interest, threatening war costs. Rebels move south toward the capital, capture Juchipila, and threaten the state capital with federal forces evacuating. Zapataistas press suburbs, while government warns press against anti-government reporting. Neurenberg cruiser arrives at Manzanillo and San Luis Potosi receives oil-tank trains from Tampico without rebel news.
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Mexico City
Senor de la Lama
Secatecay
Catera
Juchipila
Morelos
Zapata
Judge Ben Lindsey Joins Benedicts in Denver Marriage
Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey legendary Denver juvenile court reformer married Miss Henrietta Brevoort at the Auditorium hotel in a private ceremony. The 48 year old judge and 23 year old bride met last spring while both were patients at a sanitarium after Denver elections.
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Denver
John Brisben Walker
Woman overcomes highwayman in Butler Street attack
Mrs. Josephine Smith, a social figure from Butler Street Pittsburg, confronted highwayman Thomas Kearney who attacked her for her handbag. She knocked him down and sat on him as police arrived an hour later, fractured ribs and all, while both parties claimed mistreatment by authorities.
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Pittsburg
Josephine Smith
Butler Street
Thomas Kearney
Beachey Breaks Looping the Loop Record in Flight
Lincoln Beachey completed four full looping the loop stunts at the Fresno country fair grounds setting a new world record. He crossed the aviation field and drove over the crowd during the stunt billed as an eighth of a mile.
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Fresno
Cal
Lincoln Beachey
Piget Econ
Ry Cae Ga
Starved for divorce claim shocks New York society tale
Mrs Emily B And I, once a Upper Montclair social figure, accuses husband P E Anderson of a starvation campaign to push a divorce. She says Anderson would gain grounds via an agreement, while she received $40 weekly alimony, $500 counsel fees and custody of their 16 year old son, with a letter of farewell delivered at Roque Lake, New York. Justice Ford granted alimony and custody in a separate order.
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New York
Emily B
Upper Montclair
N. J
P E. Anderson
Percy EB. Anderson Co
Anderson
Percy E. Ande
West County
Justice Mills
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Ewald
W. J. Brown
Freedom
Semmes
Imperial Sanitary
Carpenter
O'Neal
Capital
Ben Lindsey
Benedicts
Detroit
Newsie
Billy Rugh
Graham
Dauphin Street
New Yor
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