Jefferson County legislators push for special session
Eight Jefferson county lawmakers meet with a committee to urge Governor O Neal to call a special legislative session. They aim to assemble the statewide petition supporting the free system amendment and other likely measures. John W Altman chairs the group with EF R Norman C Burk Dr W Gewin and Hugh W Roberts.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
O'Neal
John W. Altman
EF. R. Norman
C. Burk
Dr. W. ©. Gewin
Hugh W. Roberts
Taft replies to Madero on Mexico intervention policy
President Taft’s telegram reply to Madero rejects reports of landing forces and reiterates U S naval precautions. He stresses patience, friendship, and the need for peace and order, noting the two year policy toward Mexico and the desire to protect American citizens and property.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Madero
Mexico
Knox
United States
William H. Taft
Madero Expects Definite Results Soon
Private dispatches from Madero to friends in Washington say he expects definite results very soon. Senator Cullom, after meeting President Taft, says he remains opposed to intervention and notes little senate support for it.
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Washington
Madero
Cullom
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft Ant
White House
Senate
Woman's Precious Gift Health and Lydia Pinkham Remedy
The article urges women to guard their health and presents Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy that has helped many women regain health when neglected or undermined by illness.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Chester S. Lord resigns after 41 years at Sun
Associated Press reports Chester S. Lord resigns from the Sun after forty one years with the paper. He became managing editor in 1880 and has held that post continuously. his departure is attributed to a wish to relinquish some activities.
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New York
Chester S. Lord
the Sun
Last conference with railroaders ends in push for arbitration
Judge Martin A. Knapp arrived in New York from Washington for a final conference with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Faresmen to avert a strike by fifty four eastern railroads. A strike order already circulated to locals is held for release pending talks. If no agreement is reached arbitration under the Erdman act with three arbitrators is demanded.
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New York
Martin A Knapp
United States Commerce Court
Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Fagihemen
Knapp
Diabetes cure touted in Stuart's Buchu and Juniper ad
An old advertisement claims Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound cures diabetes and kidney disorders. It describes symptoms like frequent urination, thirst, weight loss, and fatigue, and promises immediate relief and a complete cure after use. Pricing and distribution details follow.
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van Antwery Drug Corp
Stuart
Brag Corp
Webb Confesses Killing Detective Hart in Chicago Case
Teddy Webb says in detailed statement to State's Attorney Hoyne that James Perry, alias James Seymour, is the bandit leader from Hamilton Ontario but Perry helped rob with Webb. Webb recounts seizing Hart's revolver during a struggle, then fleeing after the officer fell. He traces travels through Oklahoma, Texas, the South, and back to Chicago.
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Chicago
Teddy” ‘Webb
Peter M. Hart
Hoyne
James Perry
James Seymour
Perry
Hamilton
Ont
Oklahoma
Iowa
Webb
Hart
Alton
Mississippi
Fort Worth
Texas
Dallas
Galveston
Reformatory 5 Invaded by Boys from Associated Areas
In Nashville Tennessee on February 17 an attempted escape at Jordania state juvenile reformatory led by Buddie Kincaid and Ed Neal to free Joe King. L Cato was wounded as Kincaid fired repeatedly while pursuing the escapees. Kincaid and Neal were arrested.
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Nashville
Tenn
Buddie Kincaid
Ed Neal
Joe King
Jordania
Here
L. Cato
Kincaid
Neal
King
Reformatory
Young King
R. &. Harris
E. Y. Woodey
Kincaid Boy
Cato
Freight privileges withdrawn by ICC ends transit orders
Washington February 17 the interstate commerce commission withdrew all requirements and orders enforcing freight transit privileges in effect leaving open the entire subject of transit privileges on all commodities especially grain and lumber
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Neill of Trenton Elected Chief Justice Today
Nashville Tenn Feb 17 The supreme court elected Justice M M Neill of Trenton as chief justice to succeed Senator elect John K Shields. Justice Samuel C Williams was appointed to succeed Shields and took his seat on the court. The new chief justice is serving his second term.
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Nashville
Tenn
Supreme Court
M. M. Neill
Trenton
John K. Shields
Samuel C. Williams
Etowah and Marshall Counties Eye Road Bond Issue
Etowah county may join Marshall in approving road improvement bonds. Marshall plans a $100000 bond vote, with Etowah funding $2000 yearly from the state fund. Last year six miles of highway near Calhoun county line held well in wet weather, boosting farmer support for similar projects despite temporary convict labor.
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Gadsden
Ala
Etowah County
Marshall County
Jin
Calhoun County
Presbyterians Open Lay Missionary Movement Convention
The third general convention of the Lay Men's Missionary Movement of the Southern Presbyterian Church opens in Memphis Tennessee with delegates arriving from across the South. The conference runs three days and features discussion of home mission work by national figures.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Presbyterian Church
Army clerk secured for adjutant general post in Alabama
First Sergeant John Ryan of the United States Army has been secured as clerk to the adjutant general in the Alabama state military department. He previously served with the Twenty-ninth Infantry at Fort Porter New York and is described as a highly efficient clerical man.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Military Department
John Ryan
United States Army
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Fort Porter
N. Y
Mawson Antarctic Expedition Party Reaches Sydney
A Sydney dispatch reports Dr. Douglas Mawson and his Antarctic expedition party aboard the relief ship Aurora. All members are well after three months of silence. The Australian expedition, begun late 1911 with fifty men, aimed to complete a geographical and magnetic survey between Cape Adare and Gaussburg over two thousand miles.
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Associated Press
London
Sydney
New South Wales
Douglas Mawson
Aurora
Mawson
University of
Laundrymen Held On Embezzlement Charge
Joseph Kelly and James A Torrance, laundrymen, were jailed on embezzlement charges and posted bond for court on Thursday. An additional indictment for keeping false accounts was returned against Kelly by the grand jury. Torrance allegedly embezzled 177 dollars from Troy Laundry, while Kelly is accused of stealing 94 dollars from American Laundry and maintaining false books.
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Joseph Kelly
James A. Torrance
Kelly
H. V. Machelder
Troy
Torrance
Alabama’s Selma Company to Attend Inaugural Pageant
Alabama will be represented in the inaugural pageant by one company the Selma militia about fifty strong traveling in Pullmans full dress uniforms issued from state headquarters the solid blue uniforms and overcoats ready for the trip central city guardsmen expected to make a fine impression
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Montgomery
Alabama
Wilson
Selma
Pullmans
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