Labor union officials jailed in dynamite conspiracy cases
In Indianapolis on December 30, 38 labor union officials were sentenced for dynamite conspiracy. Penalties ranged from seven years for Ryan to one year and one day, with some suspended sentences. Several defendants, including Olaf V. Tveitmoe and Eugene A. Clancy, received six years. One witness Edward Clark drew a suspended term. A dramatic scene showed families pleading as sentences were read.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Leavenworth
Kas
Olaf V. Tveitmoe
San Francisco
Los Angeles Times
Eugene A. Clancy
Ryan
St. Louis
Henry W Legleitner
Denver
Charles N. Beam
Minneapolis
Michael J. Cunnane
Philadelphia
Richard H. Houlihan
Chicago
William Shupe
Edward Smythe
Peoria
James ©. Ray
Ill
George Anderson
Cleveland
Michael J. Hennon
Scranton
Penn
Edward E. Phillips
Syracuse
Charles Wachtmeister
Detroit
Ernest G. W. Basey
Fried Sherman
Frank C. Webb
New York
Red J. Moonel
Duluth
William J. McCain
Kansas City
William FE. Deddin
Milwaukee
Patrick F. Farrell
James Cooney
James Coughlin
Hiram R. Kline
Muncie
Frank J. Murphy
Edward Clark
Cincinnati
Dynamiter
Hockin
Ortie KB. McManigal
Anderson
City avoids embarrassment with bond bid above par
City officials faced a fragile funding moment when bids for a $72 000 bond issue were scarce in a dull market. The City Bank Trust Company offered the sole premium bid of 115 20 over par to finance the tenth venture improvements, while other bids ranged below par.
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City Bank & Trust Company
Mobile
Western Securities Company
Spitzer-Rorick & Co
Toledo
Bank of Mobile
Bay share blind tiger cases end with fines and continuances
The bay share blind tiger cases drew a large crowd in the inferior criminal court. Justin Lartigue was discharged for lack of testimony, Frank Farleycase continued, and Frank Levine fined 590 dollars plus 140 days hard labor. Levine appealed with a 500 dollar bond. Farley case continued due to a key witness absence.
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Bay
Justin Lartigue
Frank Farley
Frank Levine
Inferior Criminal Court
Lartigue
Rube Lumpkin
Levine
Farley
Urges Adoption of the Houston System in Mobile
Alfred J. Wolf of Fairhope writes Mayor Schwarz urging adoption of the Somers system of municipal taxation in Mobile. He notes Houston uses the system and cites the mayor’s view that license tax could end with equitable property assessment. He condemns current taxation as unfair to small property holders.
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Alfred J. Wolf
Fairhope
Schwarz
Somers
Mobile
Houston
Tex
Oj. J. Pastoriza
Wolt
Mr. Wolf
Special team ordered to try an assailant
Governor O Neal urged Circuit Judge Pearce to convene a special term at Troy to handle Albert Warren the man who attempted to assault Miss Alice Graves at Brundidge last Monday Warren was arrested at Elba and hurried to the Montgomery jail to avert a mob.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
H. A. Pearce
Troy
Albert Warren
Alice Graves
Brundidge
Calero Refuses Resignation as Ambassador
Washington December 30 President Madero faces a possible ambassadorial crisis as Senor Don Manuel Calero leaves for Mexico City and will not return if his resignation is not accepted His successor remains unidentified and uncertain.
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Washington
Madero
Senor
Don Manuel Calero
Mexico City
United States
Tax reform advocate urges land value taxation in Mobile
Joseph Fels of Philadelphia and London urges Mobile to abolish property and business taxes and tax land values instead. He cites Houston and Canadian cities adopting single tax principles, and urges widening discussion at the Chamber of Commerce and a 4 PM address followed by an 8 PM public reception for Mr. Fels.
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Joseph Fels
Philadelphia
London
Mobile
Atlanta
Mr. Fels
Fels
F Mobile
Eeem
Houston
Texas
United States
Canada
Vancouver
Victoria
Edmonton
New Westminster
Prince Rupert
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Wilson Confers With Democratic Leaders in Congress
President elect Wilson began talks with Democratic leaders in both houses to plan policies. Visitors included J Hamilton Lewis, senator from Illinois, and Senators Williams, Lea, Chamberlain, plus Representative Redfield, who helped shape tariff speech material. The governor will avoid winter automobile trips from Pringleton to Princeton due to a cold recovery.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Congress
J. Hamilton Lewis
United States
Ilinois
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Chamberlain
Oregon
Representative Redfield
Brooklyn
Redfield
Pringleton
State House
Princeton
Rev Mortimer Unfrocked By Bishop In Philadelphia
Rev Alfred G Mortimer 64 resigning as rector of St Marks Episcopal Church was deposed as a priest by Bishop Rhinelander after Mortimer sent a letter renouncing the ministry The unfrocking occurred with two church priests present Mortimer is staying with a brother in Jersey City and plans to sail for England shortly He came to the United States from England in 1877
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Philadelphia
Alfred G. Mortimer
St. Marks Protestant Episcopal Church
Rhinelander
Mortimer
Jersey City
England
Ewngland
Demurrers Sustained in Lemon Indictment Case
Demurrers to the indictment against Harry H. Lemon were sustained in city court. Lemon was ordered rearrested and the case referred to the next grand jury. The charges allege he defrauded W. D. King of 100 dollars by claiming ownership of the pile-driver barge Belle and the old bark Hornet.
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Harry H. Lemon
Gd 7
W. D. King
O. J. Semmes
Lemon
King
Oysterman Petronas Cleared After Tax Payment in Alabama Court
Peter Petronas, an oysterman, had four warrants for oyster law violations. He paid a three cent tax to the oyster commission and the boat license, securing a dismissal in the inferior criminal court. Attorney Francis J. Inge represented him, and the case settled on payment.
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Peter Petronas
Alabama
Inferior Criminal Court
Oyster Commission
Petronas
Francis J. Inge
Weather Forecast for Mobile and Vicinity
Forecasts show mostly fair conditions through Tuesday with slightly colder tonight. Winds from the west and southwest remain moderate across Mobile Alabama and surrounding areas with rain possible in the northeast region of Florida on Tuesday.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Fels Funds Single Tax Campaign Reach in Missouri Vote
Daniel W. Kiefer of Cincinnati, chair of the Joseph Fels Fund of America, describes the fund's use in promoting the single tax across the United States. He notes Missouri voters casting nearly 106000 for the single tax as evidence of movement growth. An all day Fairhope celebration is planned, with Mobile residents expected to travel across the bay to participate.
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Fairhope
Partici- Das
Education and citizenship plans in Philippines and Puerto Rico
Brig. Gen. Frank McIntyre reports on extending vocational education in the Philippines and granting American citizenship to Porto Ricans seeking it. He urges biennial insular inspections, notes limited federal funding risks, and highlights vocational schooling and English as official court language starting January 1. He advocates legislative authorization for Porto Rican citizenship in the current Congress session.
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Washington
Philippines
Frank McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
McIntyre
Congress
General McIntyre
Gen. McIntyre
Tles
United States
Bureau
Three Obstacles to Peace Pact at Balkan Turkish Talks
London reports the Balkan Turkish peace conference faces three hindrances: the deaths of German foreign secretary Kiderlen-Waechter and Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, the British House of Commons resuming sessions, and the restart of European ambassador meetings that may offer an olive branch.
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London
Balkan States
Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter
Baron Marschall von Iieberstein
Constantinople
Turkey
Kiderlen-Waechter
Balkan
House of Commons
Edward Grey
Great Britain
Russia
Sympathetic burglar leaves $2 on counter in Joliet bicycle shop
A thief entered the bicycle store of O. F. Sunbaum in Joliet, found no cash, and left a $2 bill with a note saying Take this and buy yourself some lunch. Nothing else was taken. the till was empty and the shop was ransacked but no money remained.
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Joliet
O. F. Sunbaum
Underwood Prepares 10 Deal on Tariff Revisions
Democratic leader Oscar W. Underwood plans to meet with President elect Wilson in Princeton to align the house and the administration on early tariff hearings. He signals a general revision scheme to be proposed when Congress reconvenes next spring, with January input from consumers and producers sought before bills are drafted.
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Washington
Oscar W. Underwood
House
Wilson
Princton
Democratic Organization of the House
Underwood
Congress
Unaltered Eastern Shore Line Mapped for Montrose Town 1771 Plan
A 1771 map proposed by Lieutenant Governor Dumford outlines a Montrose site with 60 and 50 foot streets, reservoirs for vessels, and a civic center church. The eastern shore of Mobile Bay from Sweet Water Branch to Red Gully Branch is preserved in Pillans’s copy, with the original and two blueprints lost. Pillans holds a print used in Hamiltons school history. Dumford’s plantation covered Montrose area.
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Mobile Bay
Battles
Montrose
City Co
Harry Pillans
Montarta
Boo Dumford
W. Secee
Pitla
P. J. Hamilton
Ihe Ein Colonial Office
Mr. Ton
Dumford
Pillans
Bond Forged Case Strachan Faces Trial After Court Ruling
Judge Semmes forfeited bond and issued an alias writ of arrest in the burglary case of Toxey Strachan a young white man. The court rejected a certificate of appearance signed by Dr. W H Clarke and warned Strachan must stand trial without a proper document. Strachan allegedly entered William Allen of Allentown's home and stole foodstuffs.
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O. J. Semmes
Toxey Strachan
Strachan
W. H. Clarke
Semmes
William 8. Allen
Allentown
Chains Aboard HoBoes In Indiana City
In Wabash Indiana a steel chain is bolted to a wall at the city hall lodging room with a placard from the chief of police announcing that winter lodging applicants will be held prisoner for twenty four hours without food. The rule aims to curb tramp entries and is to be strictly enforced.
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Wabash
Ind
Death of Lieutenant Governor Benjamin W. Montgomery
Denver dispatch notes the death of Benjamin W. Montgomery at St Luke's Hospital after an operation. He was seventy eight, a former Ohio native who rose as a prominent figure in Colorado progressive legislation, with a contributory factor listed as complication from trouble.
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Denver
Col
Benjamin W. Montgomery
Colorado
St. Luke's Hospital
Montgomery
Ohio
Inmates Drink Sewage at County Farm Prison
State Jail Inspector W H Oates reports at a county board meeting that about one hundred inmates at the Met County poor asylum drink from a creek contaminated with sewage and possibly harboring bugs. He urges immediate action, including water supply steps and artesian wells, while the board weighs costs and long term repairs.
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Met County Poor Asylum
Inep
W. H. Oates
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
City Commission
Oates
Bauer
Andrews
Ban
Green
Commission Grenttrapeenler
Ana
Picckett
Pickett
Peer Farm
W. H
County Poor Asylum
Mobile
San
Yates
Brannan
Leta
Cimmill Andrews
Pillans
Stan
Hagan
Theodore Human, Jr
Dauphin
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Stein Pe
City Bank
Calero
City OF
C. of C
Cawthon
DR. Mortimer
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church
Insular Affairs
Burea Files
Indiana City
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