Gompers Defends Labor Movement in Injunction Debate
Samuel Gompers helmed a defense of the American Federation of Labor amid criticism following the iron workers trial. He denounced government by injunction, asserted AFL’s peaceful aims, and challenged any link to violence while offering documents for grand jury scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Iron Workers
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Dynamiters
Frank Morrison
Transac
Two Doctors Err, Treatment Reverses Bright’s Disease Case
In Pueblo Colorado a man with fifteen year Brights disease was told recovery was impossible by two physicians at Place-Hospital Center. After Fulton’s Renal Compound was added his condition improved dramatically and he recovered enough to walk outdoors within weeks. Local agent Braswell's Drug Store. literature available from John J Fulton Sr. San Francisco.
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Place—Hospital
Pueblo
Colo
Bright
Gaden
Center
Mary Gaden
Fulton
Braswell’s
John J. Fulton
San Francisco
Cash Bargain Day at Weinackers on January 8
Read about specials featured in last Sunday's Item and plan your trip for Wednesday January 8 at Weinackers. The notice highlights a cash bargain day event with discount offers and store details.
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Weinackers
Forged Skylight Entry At Globe Clothing Store
A thief forced a skylight at Globe Clothing Co. 276 Dauphin Street and entered Sunday night. He took $5 from a money drawer, two pairs of shoes, shirts and neckties before escaping. Police found no clue an hour after manager Harry Miller reported the robbery. Detective Boltz arrived shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Clothing Company
Dauphin Street
Globe Company
Harry Miller
Boltz
Miller
Gompers Defends Iron Workers Amid Labor Conflicts
Samuel Gompers denounced employers and defended the iron workers after arrests linked to the Los Angeles Times explosion. He argued neither side acted without severe consequences and criticized the press and authorities while praising the workers' pursuit of justice under hardship. He named the National Manufacturers Association and United States Steel as foes and urged fair consideration of accused workers.
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Organized Labor
John Kirby, Jr
National Manufacturers’ Association
William J. Burns
McNamaras
Los Angeles Times
Harrison Grey Otis
The
Times
Gompers
Iron Workers’ Union
National Erectors’ Association
W National Manufacturers’ Association
United States Steel Corporation
Officers Elected by Mobile Typographical Union
Mobile Typographical Union No. 2% elected Walter Hill president at its annual meeting held Sunday afternoon at Central Trades Council hall. The union, founded seventy seven years ago, reports strong finances and valuable work for members. New officers named include Samuel O. Wilson vice president John J. M Russell secretary Harry Fowler treasurer and Thomas A. White sergeant at arms. Russell’s election marks twenty first consecutive year and Fowler’s fifteenth. An additional session is set for January 19 to finish business.
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Walter Hill
Mobile Typographical Union
Central Trades Council Hall
Samuel O. Wilson
John J. M Russell
Harry Fowler
Thomas A. White
Mr. Russell
Mr. Fowler
Cascarets Ad Promises Quick Purge and Cheer
A 1900s style advertisement urges readers with bilious symptoms to take Cascarets a 10 cent box to cleanse the liver bowels and stomach. It promises a refreshed head cheerful mood and a productive day after use. The tone reflects period health marketing.
Tariff Revision Draws Expert Testimony On Chemicals
The tariff debate centers on lowering duties for noncompetitive domestic chemicals used in textiles and medicines while boosting government revenue. Henry Howard of the Manufacturing Chemists Association urged expert review by a subcommittee, warning broad bodies cannot handle technical details. H. J. Krebs and Louis L. Brigham pressed for relief from current rates, citing unfair treatment of raw materials and finished products in gelatin and other chemicals.
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Henry Howard
New York
Manufacturing Chemists’ Association
Howard
Association
Ways and Means
H. J. Krebs
Krebs Pigment and Chemical Company
Newport
Del
Louis L. Brigham
Brigham Sheet Gelatin Company
Randolph, VI
Birthday Arrest Sends Browning Toward Prison
Luther Browning, age twenty, arrested in Dickson Tennessee for the Pentecost jewelry store robbery, began a journey toward a long sentence. Clayton Ballard and Arthur Maxell are held as accomplices with Browning admitting theft and fraud. Sheriff Coleman, with detectives Murphy and Lacey, recovered jewelry from their pockets and pursued Browning's claim that Leslie Fussel was present. The trio traveled with Browning as he confessed and returned jewelry to the Dickson authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Browning
Pentecost
Dickson
Tenn
Clayton Ballard
Arthur Maxell
Murphy and
Lacey
Coleman
Mobile
Three Detroit Men Held in Chicago Diamond Robbery
Detectives arrest Albert Charest and John Mitchell along with another Detroit man for a citywide diamond shop heist. A fourth Detroit suspect, Hubert Catlitt, escaped after overpowering an officer. Police recovered revolvers and tools linked to the gang amid the raid on a flat. Policeman Sticken identified Charest and Mitchell as assailants in the attack.
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Chicago
Detroit
Mich
Albert Catlitt
Mitchell
McNeff
Neff
Hubert Catlitt
Charest
Catlitt
Cattlitt
Morgan
Charles Sticken
Sticken
Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Quinine
Advise taking laxative bromide quinine tablets to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Box bears signature E. W. Grove. 25.
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E. W. Grove
Bids for Convict Labor in Mobile County
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners calls for bids for convict labor from prisoners sentenced for six months or more. Bids open at noon Monday January 13 1912. Mark Bid for Convict and return to undersigned Mobile Ala P Williams Jr Clerk.
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Board of Revenue and
Roaa Commissioners
Mobile County
Mobile
Ala
Money trust inquiry resumes as Ryan to testify
Washington action on the concentration of money and credits drives the money trust investigation forward. The house banking and currency committee completes most of its stock exchange and clearing house review. Chairman Pujo aims to present a report to the house by February 1 with Thomas Fortune Ryan among witnesses this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Money Trust
Pujo
House
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Coldest Weather Expected Coast to Gulf This Week
The coast and western states face a broad low pressure area with a slow moving high over the Atlantic and a west high blocking its eastward movement. A Gulf storm is retreating to the Gulf but will modify extreme cold. Forecasters predict below normal temperatures for two to three days with possible freezing conditions.
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Atlantic
Gulf
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Storm Warning for West Gulf Coast Issued
A north west storm warning from New Orleans to Brownsville Texas was issued by the weather bureau this morning. Brisk to high winds expected this afternoon and tonight with freezing temperatures along the coast Tuesday.
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West Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Texas
Weather Bureau
Cold wave warnings issued for Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi
A federal weather bulletin reports the easternward cold wave is slowed by a high pressure area over the western Atlantic coast states. Very low temperatures extend to the Texas Panhandle with zero readings. The cold wave is expected to reach the east gulf states and the Ohio valley by Tuesday with rains in the South.
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Alabama
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Galveston banker links crime to embezzlement case
A. J. Stenzel told Spokane police he was wanted in Galveston for embezzling 5300 from Citizens National Bank of Galveston. He said stock gambling led to his downfall. An indictment in Galveston accuses him of stealing 5800, and he was traced to New Orleans and Mexico before capture.
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Spokane
Wash
A. J. Stenzel
Galveston
Tex
Citizens’ National Bank of
Stenzel
Arthur J. Stenzel
National Bank
New Orleanes
Mexico
First Negro Women Suffrage Club Organizing in Chicago
A meeting at Quinn Chapel aimed to form the first Negro women suffrage club in Chicago under the No Vote No Tax League of Illinois with Belle Squire leading. Clara Gilliland and Antoinette Funk urged active participation in the equal suffrage fight.
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Chicago
Negro Woman's Suffrage Club
Quinn Chapel
No Vote
No Tax League of
Illinois
Belle Squire
Clara Gilliland
Antoinette Funk
Mobilian R. T. Powers Visits Mobile After Fifteen Years
R. T. Powers former Union Pacific passenger department official in Omaha is touring Mobile with nephew John L. Moulton. He notes the city has changed since his last visit fifteen years ago and mentions his relation to printer C. L. Powers. He is joined by J. P. Cheek, another Union Pacific representative.
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R. T. Powers
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Neb
Mobile
John L. Moulton
Mr Powers
Royal Street
Terminal
Mr. Powers
C. L. Powers
J. P. Cheek
Union Pacific Road
Elks Minstrel Rehearsal Ahead of Big Show
The Elks hold a final rehearsal at 7 30 tonight for the minstrel show to be staged tomorrow and Wednesday with a Wednesday matinee. A long list of participants is named as cast members. The two hour and fifteen minute program promises fast, lively acts with one intermission. Many seats sold but remaining tickets available for both evenings and the matinee. Children under 12 admitted for 50 cents on Wednesday afternoon. A street parade is planned Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Minstrels
Clarence E. Jordan
Thomas P. Brown
Charley Hess
Fred Temphis
George W. Hathaway, Jr
W. Black
George E. Campbell
Greg Alston
J. M. Alston
W. A. Copeland
William J. Allen
W. T. Hieronymus
H. A. Horst, Jr
E. H. Shaffer
J. E. Toomey
T. D. Nettles
F. G. Touart
Lein Kauf School Improvement Association Meeting
An important meeting of the Lein kauf School Improvement Association will be held Monday afternoon at 3 30. The notice invites members to attend and participate in the discussion and decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leinkauf School Improvement Association
Manmer
Rehearsals Underway for Ambitious Stage Production
Rehearsals run smoothly with Mrs Rowley leading a ten piece orchestra and a cast of about seventy including singers and dancers. Richard Henry Luscher will act as interlocutor with end men Jimmy Quill Joe Bullock Colden Brown Troost Parker John Jones William Gass and Carl Holzborn. Soloists include John C Willis Elbert E Finch and E M Finch.
British Officers Visit Washington Escort by U S Navy
Four officers from the British cruiser Natal, escorted by Lieutenant Commander Sypher, arrived in Washington as guests of the Navy Department. They include Captain Greatore, Engineer Commander Sutton, Lieutenant Eliot, and Assistant Paymaster King. The Natal also conveyed the body of the late Ambassador Reid.
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Washington
Sypher
Natal
Navy Department
Greatore
J. Sutton
Ralph Eliot
F. King
Ambassador Reid
Peddling Whiskey Charge in Crichton
Marshall Grant was arrested in Crichton on a warrant charging violating the prohibition law. He was released on bond and will stand trial in an inferior criminal court. R M Wienacker says Grant was delivering whiskey to customers when arrested and that packages were marked for each customer. he notes a Christmas Eve streetcar collision damaged several jugs.
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Marshall Grant
Snday
Hugh Gills
Crichton
Grant
Ah Inferior Criminal Court
Gillis
R. M. Wienacker
Weinac
Sails for Mobile to be Feature at Carnival
The gunboat Wheel sailed from Savannah toward Mobile and will stay there for the carnival. It is expected to arrive January 26 after visits to Tampa and Key West. The ship may then proceed to New Orleans Galveston and possibly Sa Domingo around March 1, as previously ordered.
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United States
Savannah
Mobile
Tampa
Key West
Wheeling
New Orleans
Galveston
Sa Domingo
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Robespierre
ES A
Rompers
Bank of Mobile
National Banking Association
P. Williams, JR
First Suffrage Club
ELKS
Bill
Elks’ Minstrels
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
M.D
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