County Board Votes Inquiry Into Prison Escapes
Mobile county officials clash over tax fears and prison escapes. The board orders an investigation of the convict camp escape and authorizes an extra guard. Singletary is targeted with a $50 reward. a jail escape inquiry is set for Friday.
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Mop County
Hagan
Gaillard
Ilard
Cort B. Singletary
Sinry
Single
Ivar Boe
St. Elmo
Roe
Mandaas
Corbett B. Singletary
Singletary
Tormey
Issioner Gaillard
Io Board
Sullivan
President Wilson Signals Cooperation on Sherman Act Reforms
President Wilson indicated that several corporations besides AT&T are considering reorganizations to comply with the Sherman act. He said there is a general drive to understand the law and cooperate, with the attorney general supporting business initiative. He hinted future messages to Congress and a cautious approach after signing the currency bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Congress
Department of Justice
Purse strings of rich loosened as year ends
New York report notes charitable gifts in the United States totaling 80,135,476 for the last twelve months at about 2.91 dollars per second. Benjamin Altman's 15,430,009 gift to the Metropolitan Museum tops the list, followed by John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s 10,000,000 to end white slavery.
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New York
United States
Benjamin Altman
Metropolitan Museum of New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Kolb Supporters Plan State Campaign With Flying Squad
Captain Reuben F. Kolb denounces reports of a local option conference in Montgomery as false. He says the gathering is to organize a state campaign with a Birmingham chairman and about thirty speakers before election day. Attendees include R. R. Poole Dallas J M Burns Espalla Sid ney Douglass J B Webster and others from Mobile Birmingham and Selma.
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Montgomery
Ala
Reuben F. Kolb
Kolb
Birmingham
R. R. Poole
Marengo
J. M. Burns
Dallas
Joseph Espalla
Sidney Douglass
J. B. Webster
Mobile
P. G. Bowman
J. W. Allen
W. M. Coleman
John C. Coleman
Mr. Kyser
Marshall County
W. A. Acree
Dothan
Mr. Hollman
Fayette
W. R. Pearock
A. W. Acker
Selma
Stevens Denies Candidacy for Lieutenant Governor
The Montgomery Advertiser reports an announced bid by Thomas M. Stevens of Mobile for lieutenant governor, which Stevens denies He states he has no plan to run and will not actively back any candidate while intending to vote in contests He prefers supporting Mr Underwood’s election to avoid harming the state and party unity
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Montgomery
Thomas M. Stevens
Mobile
Underwood
Democrats
Alabama
National Party
Villar In Bar Before Shooting With All His Pay
Police investigate a fatal shooting as a man linked to a bar scene with his payment in hand becomes the focus of a developing case. Clues fail to resolve the mystery and a robbery theory is considered amid concerns about street disorder.
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Villar
Two Men Robbed J H Rodiger After Villar Murder Claim
J H Rodiger of Mobile Roofing and Cornice says two white men robbed him of nine dollars Saturday night near Dauphin street about 11 15 PM and he believes the attackers may be the same men who killed J A Villar at Joachim and Government streets. Police decline to comment.
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J. H. Rodiger
Mobile Roofing and Cornice Company
J. A. Villar
Joachim
Government Streets
Mr. Rodiger
Rodiger
Dauphin Street
Villar
Prisoners Taken to Jug and Reformatory in Federal Transfers
United States Marshal Gilbert B. Deans departed Mobile for Washington D C with William Henderson a young African American convicted of burglarizing a post office at St Elmo Henderson received a three year sentence and will be placed in the National Training School for Boys in Washington Deputy Marshal J H Gates left Mobile with John Blanks a Black man convicted of altering a one dollar bill to ten dollars Blanks received two and a half years and will be sent to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta Georgia
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United States
Gilbert B. Deans
Mobile
Washington, D. C
William Henderson
St. Elmo
Henderson
National Training School
Washington
J. H. Gates
John Blanks
Federal
Atlanta
Associated Press
Congress
Wilson
House
Senate
Bulkeley
Treasury McAdoo
Treasury
Underwood
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Agriculture
Burton
Organization Committee
Hete
Alaska
Suffragette arsonists in court over mansion fire
Miss Red and Miss Black two militants of an arson squad faced police court in Shetlandham England on a charge of setting fire yesterday to Alstone Lawn mansion on the city outskirts Their stockings were soaked with kerosene from cans used to saturate the woodwork and they appeared barefoot while remanded for trial
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Sheltenham
Eng
Miss Red
Miss Black
Alstone Lawn
Southeast Great Record in 1913 Farm Clubs Honor Southern States
President Harrison of Southern Railway praises the 1913 U S Department of Agriculture results showing Southeastern states leading boys and girls in corn and tomato records. Walker Danson of Alabama sets a new 232.7 bushel per acre corn mark. Miss Clyde Sullivan of Georgia yields 5 354 pounds of tomatoes per tenth acre. The figures highlight Southern agricultural advantages and diversified farming potential.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculee
Uta
Harrison
Southern Railway Company
Southern
Jerry Moore
South Carolina
Walker Lee Danson
Alabama
United States
Southeast
Walker Dawson
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Walker Danson
Clyde Sullivan
North
West
Lizzie Kelley
Ohio and
Potomac Rivers
Mississippi
Pepper of Iowa Dies in Clinton
Congressman L S Pepper of Iowa's Second District dies in Clinton after months of illness. The longtime public servant died today and had served in Congress since earlier years.
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Associated Press
Clinton
Iowa
L S. Pepper
Man Fined After Train Disruption On Louisiana Route
W. E. Langley, arrested on a New Orleans Mobile and Chicago railroad train, was fined 5 dollars or ten days for drunkenness after a disruptive scene requiring rope restraints. John William received an additional four months for escaping a county camp. Sam Lunn, jailed for vagrancy after abusing officers, was ordered out of Prichard.
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W. E. Langley
New Orleans
Mobile
Chicago
J. M. Stringfellow
Chamberlain
T. T. Palmer
Langley
John William
Sam Lunn
Prichard
Ala
Pepper dies while weighing Senate bid in Iowa
Representative Pepper, long time secretary to former Congressman Wade of Iowa, serving his second term, had planned a bid for the Iowa senate seat to replace Senator Cummins. He returned home to gauge the race when he was stricken.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pepper
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Wade
Iowa
Senate
Cummins
Liquor sale alleged leads to arraignment
Oscar Stafford was placed under arrest on Sunday afternoon by Patrolman Ike Kruse charged with selling liquor without a license. He is to be arraigned in recorder's court Monday afternoon. Stafford allegedly sold whiskey from a small store in the northern part of the city.
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Oscar Stafford
Ike Kruse
Recorder’s Court
Stafford
Engineer Lyons a Visitor to Mobile for Christmas
W B Lyons marine engineer on the Government dredge Florida arrived in Mobile Sunday night from the St Johns River in Florida where he has been working to spend Christmas with family and friends.
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W. B. Lyons
Florida
Mobile
St Johns River
Four Evangelist Statues Blessed At St. Matthew's Church
Four statues arrived from New York for St. Matthew's Church and will be placed in the main altar niches. The figures of St Matthew Mark Luke and John were donated by Mrs Lacks and Mrs Nicholas Mobile M A McDermott of Mobile Mr and Mrs William Bereuson and Mr and Mrs Gregory Kenny. They will be blessed Tuesday morning before the 1 30 mass.
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New York
Mallory
St. Matthew's New Church
Lacks
Texas
Nicholas
Mobile
St. Mark
M. A. McDermott
McDermott Advertising Agency
St. Luke
Ex Glee Clubman Dr Milo Chapman Visits Mobile
Dr Milo Chapman of Vredenburgh Alabama a prominent physician in Monroe County arrives in Mobile to spend several days. An old member of the University of Alabama Glee Club he will attend the present club’s performance during his stay.
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Milo Chapman
Vredenburgh
Ala
Monroe County
Mobile
Chapman
University of Alabama Glee Club
City
Crichton Doctor Arrested for Speeding Case
Dr. J. A. Atkins of Crichton was docketed at police headquarters Monday on a speeding charge. Motorcycle Officer Noah Harris Jr. was the complainant in the case.
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J. A. Atkins
Crichton
Noah Harris, Jr
Murder Mystery Divides Mobile Police Over Villar Killing
Police split on motive after two men seen near Government and Conception streets before Villar’s murder. Villar was last in a saloon on South Joachim Street with his brother in law, while his widow says he had no enemies. Detectives probe past ties as vagrancy trends rise in the city.
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J. A. Villar
Villar
Government
Conception Streets
August W. Konstanzer
South Joachim Street
Konstanzer
Villars
Mobile
W. J. Denton
Edward T. Rondeau
Mr. Denton
Government Street
Kellar Banquet Planned in Mobile for Promotion
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kellar of the United States Engineer at Mobile will be honored with a banquet Monday night at the Cawthon Hotel. The event, organized by Mobile’s Chamber of Commerce entertainment committee, celebrates his promotion from major and is expected to draw a large attendance.
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Charles Kellar
United States
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Eee
Pass Christian Prepares for President Wilson Visit
Pass Christian Mississippi braces for President Wilson's Christmas visit with a no crowds policy, a temporary White House mansion at Beaulieu, a 300 foot dead line, and strict decorum as residents must keep streets clean and quiet.
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Pass Christian
Wilson
White House
Mississippi Sound
Wilson to Select Federal Reserve Board Members
President Wilson plans a three week Pass Christian rest period but will quietly tentatively choose federal reserve board members under the new currency law. He expects this choice to shape the law’s success and will avoid visitors and extensive correspondence.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Wilson
Pass Christian
Mias
Rumor of Renewal of Negotiations with Huerta
Gossip in Washington says President Wilson, while staying at Pass Christian Mississippi, may seize the chance to resume talks with Provisional President Huerta of Mexico about his removal from office.
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Huerta
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Pass Christian, Miss
Mexico
Packard fills pulpit in anti-saloon effort
Eugene Packard, left handed pitcher for the Cincinnati club, substituted for the absent preacher at Oakhurst Methodist Church in Kansas City. He urged young men to keep an ideal in life, abandon liquor and cigarettes, and pursue success in any business.
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Kansas City
Eugene Packard
Cincinnati National League Baseball Club
Oakhurst Methodist Episcopal Church
Packard
Snow Blanket Hits Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma
Six inches of snow covered the Texas Panhandle and eastern Oklahoma last night. The chillest exposure lay across north Texas north of Fort Worth where snowfall was light.
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Texas Pan
Associated Press
Childress
Texas
Texas Pan Handle
Oklahoma
Forth Worth
Rumor of Missing Will at Vatican Circles
In Rome on December 22 a rumor spread in Vatican circles that a box said to contain the will and other important papers of the late Cardinal Rampolle is missing. The report notes no official confirmation from Vatican authorities.
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Vatican
Rome
Cardinal Rampolle
Smith Atmore Case Suspect Discharged
A historical report notes actions in the Smith Atmore case with the suspect discharged. Details are fragmentary and names beyond Smith and Atmore appear uncertain in the OCR.
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Atmore
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Oea
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O. H. Payne
Cornell
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Andrew Carnegie
Washington and Lee University
Robert P. Doremus
Stevens
Arson Squad
Trilbys
Southern Ry
Engineer Lyons
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