Postmaster Beebe Resigns Over Campaign Fund Demand
Beebe Arkansas postmaster Thomas J. Camp testified before the senate campaign funds committee about pressure to contribute to Arkansas Republican funds. He refused a $39 demand, about 3 percent of his salary, and resigned after receiving resignation demands from federal officials. The inquiry concerns campaign finance practices connected to the 1912 election.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas J. Camp
Beebe
Ark
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Camp
Gordon H. Campbell
Republican State Committee
Hitchcock
Grandfield
Post Office Department
Vic
Cox May Again Be Held For Perjury
The Ohio supreme court sustained a bill of exceptions allowing George B. Cox of Cincinnati to be indicted again for perjury. The ruling overruled Judge Dickinson’s earlier decision that Cox’s constitutional rights were violated. Cox allegedly testified falsely before a grand jury about $66,000 paid to him by Tilden B French, Hamilton county treasurer, from county deposit interest.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Ohlio Supreme Court Today
Hunt
Cincinnati
George B. Cox
Supreme Court
Dickinson
Cox
Tilden B French
Hamilton County
Judgment Rendered Against Hardaway Young and Creamery
The Mobile city case over tuberculin testing fees for 134 cows ended with default judgments. Hardaway Young owes $107.53 and Clover Creamery $78.14 after Young refused to pay the fifty cent per head inspection fee. The tests were conducted by the milk inspector about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Hardaway Young
Clover Creamery
Young
Creamery Company
Successful medical applicants announced by University of Alabama
The University of Alabama announced the successful medical applicants today. Dr. Sanders listed James H. Davis, McInnis L. Goff, Rayford A. Smith, C. Van Devoort, Jesse P. Chapn, Levy A. , Henry D. Smith, Leonard T. Lane, and Hurbie T. Taylor as admitted students.
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University of Alabama
Dr. Sanders
James H. Davis
McInnis L. Goff
Rayford A. Smith
C. van Devoort
Jesse P. Chap N
Levy A
Henry D. Smith
Leonard T. Lane
Hurbie T. Taylor
Gaillard Poised to Fill Mobile County Board Vacancy
Information from Mobile indicates Governor Emmet O Neal will appoint S P Gaillard to the Mobile County Board to replace the late Commissioner Frank Andrews. Gaillard, a leading attorney and president of the Mobile County School Board, is expected to resign that post.
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Mobile
Emmet O'Neal
S. P. Gaillard
Frank Andrews
State Pardon Board
Gaillard
O’neal
Grocers Unmoved by Contempt Proceedings
Jacksonville Fla Feb 11 The Southern Wholesale Grocers Association says federal contempt actions in Birmingham over anti trust decree are an attempt to compel what the court refused to do and to serve private ends The group asserts its integrity and constitutional rights and remains undisturbed by the government action.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Birmingham
Grocers’ Trust
J. H. McLaurin
United States Court
United States
Southern Wholesale Grocers
Illustrated lecture on Solomon's Temple inPass Christian
Religious circles in Pass Christian Mississippi anticipate Rev Dr D A Planck to lecture Tuesday evening at the Mexican Gulf Hotel on Solomon's Temple illustrated with stereopticon slides. Proceeds will go to charity.
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Pass Christian
Miss
D. A. Planck
Central Presbyterian Church of
Mobile
Fire Engulfs East Sixtieth Street Area in Chicago
A noon blaze on East Sixtieth Street and Washington Avenue roared through the Ingraham flats with sixty apartments, forcing nearly a hundred residents to flee. The Kail building housing thirty apartments also emptied as fire spread to nearby Dickerson apartments and the Chicago Motor Cycle Club. Fire Chief Seyferlich supervised as crews fought the flames amid high winds.
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Associated Press
Chicago
East Sixtieth Street
Washington Avenue
Ingraham Flats
Kail
Seyferlich
S of Water
Aed & Tear
Dickerson
Chicago Motor Cycle Club
Patten Pleads Guilty In Cotton Pooling Case
James A. Patten, noted cotton and grain speculator, pleads guilty in federal court to the sixth count charging restraint of trade linked to the cotton ball campaign. Judge Mayer imposes a $4,000 fine. co-defendants Eugene Scales of Waco and others face separate cases.
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Associated Press
New York
James A. Patten
Mayer
Mr. Patten
Patten
Eugene Scales
Waco
Texas
Supreme Court
Three other cotton pool defendants refuse plea in New York
William P. Brown and Frank B. Hayne, both New Orleans residents, and Eugene G. Scales of Waco Texas, reject pleading guilty to the federal indictment connected to the 1910 11 cotton crop pool. They deny any guilt and warn a guilty plea would amount to perjury. The men are among the Souths wealthiest cotton operators whose three year campaign netted farmers over a hundred million dollars.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Bull Pool
James A. Patten
New York
William P. Brown
Hayne
Scales
Myself
Frank B. Hayne
Patten
Mr. Brown
Mr. Hayne
Eugene G. Scales
Pool
Waco
Texas
South
Virginia and Georgia Sail for Mexico
The battleships Virginia and Georgia of the Atlantic fleet departed Guantanamo at 2 a.m. today bound for Mexico. Virginia heads to Vera Cruz while Georgia sails to Tampico. Colorado and South Dakota at San Diego are ordered to sail for Pacific Mexican ports. Pedro Lascurain, Mexican foreign minister, telegraphed the embassy.
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Associated P
Washington
Virginia
Georgia
Guantanamo
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Taimpico
Colorado
South Dakota
San Diego
Cal
Pacific
Pedro Lascurain
City Commission Rejects Plan to Acquire Docks in Mobile
Mobile authorities rejected a proposal by W E P Wilson for a holding company to buy the Hieronymus dock and lease to the city, with the city guaranteeing 30 000 in bond interest. Commissioners questioned legal authority and feared increased bonded indebtedness would block bay island projects and new docks.
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Hieronymus Dock
Pillans
W. E. P. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Mobile
Ala
Board of Commissioners
City of
Wilson
Mr. Pillans
Pelham Named Trustee of First District Agricultural School
Governor O Neal appoints Joe M Pelham of Chatham to the First District Agricultural School Jackson as successor to Howard. The action announced in Montgomery states Pelham takes the trusteeship to oversee the school operations and future plans.
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Montgomery
Ala
O’neal
Joe M. Pelham
Chatham
Jackson
Howard
Weather forecast for Mobile Alabama and Mississippi
Rain and colder tonight with a low around 44. Wednesday turns fair and much colder with moderate north winds. In Alabama rain ends Wednesday morning with very cold conditions. Mississippi expects rain tonight or Wednesday and much colder Wednesday.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Mobile Citizens Seek Efficiency and County Reform
A mass meeting at German Relief Hall led by Estes D. Baker formed a Citizens League of 100 to fund legal advice on county road projects and wary county expenditures. Over 200 attendees heard W. M. Doyle attack county officials as thieves while moderating voices urged restraint and reform.
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Estes D. Baker
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Citizens’ League of 100
Citizens’safety Committee
Heyman Gabriel
Ashbel Hubbard
Olive J. Semmes
W. M. Doyle
O’neal
Mobile
Desperate Condition Reported For Patient Gaston Robertson
Gaston J. Robertson was taken to Birmingham for an operation and on Tuesday was described as in a most desperate condition.
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Gaston J. Robertson
Birmingham
Battle in Mexico City as federals shell rebels
Reports from Laredo say at 10:15 AM federal artillery and machine guns bombarded rebels near a National theatre in Mexico City. Rebels under Felix Diaz number about 3,000 to 4,000 as of early reports. Federal troops, led by Generals Blanquet and others, mobilized near daybreak with 6,000 to 7,000 federal forces in position around the capital.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Mexico City
Madero
Felix Diaz
Victoriano Huerta
Felipe Angeles
Jose de la Vega
Alameda
Blanquet
Pr Madero
Monterey
Mexico
Widow Hears Fate of Captain Scott in Blizzard Return
In San Francisco on February 11 the widow of Captain Scott likely learned her husband perished in a blizzard while returning from the South Pole. Mrs. Scott sailed February 6 aboard the liner Aorangi toward Wellington, New Zealand, with wireless contact hampered by limited range and daylight outages.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Scott
South Pole
Wellington
New Zealand
Honolulu
Terrific Battle With Wind and Wave Ends at Mobile Bar
British schooner Harry Miller 346 tons from St Johns N B endured a 35 day voyage battling gales and seas to reach Mobile Bay. Captain M G Mosher, Mrs Mosher, and six crew members survived 3000 miles of detours, reporting near Cuba before finally anchoring off Fort Morgan.
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Harry Miller
St. Johns
N. B
Fort Morgan
M. G. Mosher
Mosher
Mrs. Mosher
Cuba
Brown
Santo Domingo
Shelb
Mobile
Gulf
Keller Inspects State Aid Road Progress
State Highway Engineer W. E. Keller and County Board Superintendent J. H. Jackson inspected the state aid road along the old military road through Chickasabogue creek swamp. The project, supervised by the road superintendent under the Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners, is near the gravel stage and expected to become the finest highway in the state.
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W. 8. Keller
County Board
J. H. Jackson
Military Road
Chickasabogue Creek
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Keller
N O M C Officers Re-elected In Louisiana Line News
Information from the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago railroad offices reports the re-election of W F Owen as president and the reaffirmation of Milton H Smith B L Winchell W J Dickinson G W Crary T D Hitant H V Pret H L Boyden in key posts.
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New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railroad
W. F. Owen
H. V. Pret
H. L. Boyden
Widow sues over licensed sale for 1700 dollars
Mrs. Mamie Z Fourment says after her husband’s death the 7 St Francis street business was offered for 4700 by buyers, but excise officials denied transfer and she sold for 3000 losing 1700. She claims the system harmed a widow and child. Zuckerman denies applying and offering 4700.
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Mamie Z Fourment
St. Francia
John Danzy
Ges
St. i Street
Joseph Tyrrell
Charles Wasmuth
Jacob H. Zuckerman
Excise Co
EF. J. Yeond
Excise Commission
Zuckerman
Danzy
Adams Street
Scott
Lipscombe Streets
Joel W. Goldsby
Fourment
Commission
J. H. Zuckerman
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Arkansas
Ohio Supreme Court
Nomurrer
Southern Wholesale Association
George W. Merrick
Wise
Atlantic Fleet
Hieronymus
Pelham
Mobile Citizens Committee
Mobile County
Diaz
Bulletin
Mobile Bar
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