Hand of Comer Seen Behind Alabama Legislatures Lobby
Montgomery reports reveal early lobby activity as the state wide prohibition front and Alabama Power push for Carmichael to win the speakership. Prohibition leader Sam Will John has filed a new state wide bill with Fuller and Carmichael backing, while water power interests back Carmichael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama Power Company
Edward Johnston
Henderson
Alabama Anti-Saloon League
A. H. Carmichael
The
Water Power Trust
Carmichael
Sam Will John
Dallas County
Jefferson
Fuller
John
Bell
Comer
Sam B."weakley
Brooks
Lawrence
Walter Sessions
Charles Rice
B. B. Comer
Dr. O
Justice
Elmore County
E. D. Johnston
Charles Henderson
Johnston
Kilby
Senate
Henry B. Gray
Clash Over Child Labor Policies At Washington Session
Dr J A McKelway Southern secretary of the National Child Labor Committee and David Clark Charlotte editor sparred at the eleventh annual conference on child labor in Washington Clark accused Northern states of hypocrisy over mills and Sunday theatres and urged states to clean up their own houses first McKelway cited a NC supreme court ruling and federal findings showing widespread violations by mill operators while denying claims of four and five year olds in North Carolina showing the dispute over national legislation and industry practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
J. A. McKelway
National Child Labor Committee
David Clark
Charlotte
N. C
Clark
Massachusetts
New York
South
McKelway
Lark
North Carolina Supreme Court
North Carolina
Ahatana
Smallpox Rages in Vera Cruz as Puebla Falls to Obregon
American consul reports smallpox outbreak at Vera Cruz while Villa Zapata forces suffer heavy losses in Puebla. Carranza troops retake Puebla after six hours of bombardment led by General Alvaro Obregon with an estimated 30,000 men. Many Villa Zapata troops are killed or taken prisoner. chaos follows the Puebla battle.
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Washington
Vera Crux
Canada
State Department
Puebla
Carranza
Villa-Zapata
Tepeaca
Alvaro Obregon
Obregon
Villa
Zapata
Mexico
Turks Deal Crushing Blows in Caucasus War News
London reports detail a Russian rout of Turkish forces in the Caucasus with the fall of the Kars plan. Ardahan is surrounded as Turkish forces suffer heavy losses while Sari Kamysh capitulates. Allied leaders in both east and west exchange confirmations of the defeats.
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Associated Press
London
Caucasus
Alsace
Muelhausen
England
Kars
Egypt
Petrograd
Ardahan
Sari Kamysh
Nicholas
Filso
Ninth Army
Russians Eye Strike Across Transylvania Amid Hungarian Tensions
British observers report signs the Russian general staff intends a heavy blow in Hungary as Bukowina is occupied. An invasion of Transylvania appears possible with 3000 Roumanian-stock residents cited as potential to rise against Roumania and unite with Russia. Roumania warns reservists to be ready. The advance guard on the Roumanian border reportedly includes men fluent in Roumanian.
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Warsaw
Hungary
Bukowina
Transylvania
Roumania
Russia
Woman and escort fined after missing teeth clue
In Chicago a woman Mary Doe and her escort Peter Carney were questioned when she cried about missing molars. The pair argued over the alleged theft, and Carney was fined five dollars plus costs after the incident surfaced before Municipal Judge Flanagan.
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Chicago
Mary Doe
Peter Carney
Elmwood Avenue
Carney
Flanagan
Cornered Auto Thief in Atlanta Fires on Police Then Kills Self
Walter Burdett a 20 year old sought by the county police on auto theft charges was killed on the roof of the Woman's Club after being cornered in his room He leapt to the adjoining building then fired at officers and shot himself rather than surrender confirming death by self inflicted wound in Atlanta Georgia authorities said on January 6.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Walter Burdett
Burdett
Battalion to Muster in Mobile Infantry Units
Companies A E and M of the Mobile Battalion First Infantry A N G prepare for a muster. Details note the date and location to assemble, with commanders coordinating the event.
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Infantry
Onan
New York City Hall Fountain Design Rejected
The New York City municipal art commission rejected Frederic Mac Monnies design for a City Hall Park foundation as architecturally and sculpturally unrelated to the city hall. The 1909 contract was for 60 000 dollars with 10 000 advanced. He is asked to submit a new model but is in France at Giverny hospital with his studio.
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Frederic Macmonnies
New York
City Hall
Municipal Art Commission
City Hall Park
MacMonnies
Giverny
Department of Lore
France
Few Additions to the Arm This Year
Washington reports a conference among Secretaries Daniels and Garrison and congressional leaders ends with no major military increases this year. Next year, defense funding will be tied to broader revenue plans as stamp taxes expire. The House Naval Committee backs a strategical bureau under a chief of operations and approves a $1,000,000 aviation appropriation.
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Washington
Daniels
Garrison
Congress
House Naval Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Fears Grow for Entire Rambler Crew Lost
Brunswick, Ga. Fears that the six man crew of the tug Rambler are drowned grew after two bodies were found on Cumberland beach. The tug, which sank in a heavy sea off Cumberland Island, left no survivors despite searchers locating the partially submerged vessel. Captain Harry Ingram and Engineer Charles Dart were among the missing.
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Associated Press
Brunswick
Rambler
Cumberland Island
Cumberland Beach
Here
Harry Ingram
Charles Dart
Hooper Urges Constitutional Vote for Women’s Suffrage
Gov B W Hooper tells the Tennessee legislature that women will win the vote nationwide and urges an amendment to the state constitution granting the franchise to women to prevent Tennessee from being backward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
B. W. Hooper
Tennessee
Burns Child Serious After Tea Pot Accident
The one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Burns on Wilkinson street between Texas and Elmira streets was seriously scalded Tuesday evening around seven when she overturned a pot of tea on the table. Dr Oliver H Harris attended the injured child who suffered severe burns on face and hands.
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William Burns
Wilkinson Street
Texas
Elmira
Oliver H. Harris
Prohibition Clash Delays Illinois General Assembly Session
Springfield January 6 In the opening session of the new Illinois General Assembly the wet and dry issue looms as the key obstacle to harmony a speakership deadlock appears likely as lawmakers begin work on the early agenda.
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Springfield
Ill
General Assembly
Lorain Dock Expands Coal Land in West Virginia
Huntington West Virginia January J G Johnson general manager of the Lorain Dock and Coal Company announced the purchase of fourteen thousand acres of coal land in Logan county West Virginia. Development will begin immediately and the operation is described as among the largest in southern West Virginia. Johnson denied plans to close mines in the eastern Ohio district where a strike has persisted since April.
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Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
J. W. Johnson
Lorain Dock and Coal Company
Logan County
West Virginia
Johnson
Ohio
Ghost Has Laugh on Blease Died Before Pardon
Spartanburg South Carolina January 6 authorities reported Governor Bleeases clemency one of his recent pardons was granted to Anna Drummond a Black woman two years after her death She was convicted of murdering her husband nearly three years ago and died in the county jail shortly after sentencing to life at the state penitentiary
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Associated Press
Spartanburg
8. C
Blease
Anna Drummond
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mobile
The weather section reports cooler and fair conditions statewide tonight. In Mobile the forecast calls for fair but much colder conditions with a low around 40 degrees and Thursday remaining fair and colder.
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Alabama
Mobile
Sweetheart Shoots Self After Saying He Is a Failure
In New Orleans Ollie Hendryx, 20, entered 1030 St Louis Street room as Clarence Davis, a newcomer living with Tom Morales at 24 The Barracks, shot himself. Davis spoke to Hendryx before dying aid at Charity Hospital. He said I am a failure and I am disgusted.
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New Orleans
Ollie Hendryx
St. Louis Street
Clarence Davis
Himelf
Davis
Brickell Named Eighth Circuit Judge In Alabama
Governor appoints Robert C. Brickell attorney general to the Eighth judicial circuit and H P Heflin to the Birmingham criminal court. William L. Martin named as successor, filling vacancies created by the deaths of Judges Speake and Greene.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robert C. Brickell
Alabama
H. P. Heflin
Jefferson County
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Birmingham Criminal
Decatur
Heltor Hefling
Samuel E. Greene
Tragedy in Akron: Husband Shoots Wife Then Boarder
In Akron Ohio on January 6 Charles W Hyssop shot and killed his wife then shot boarder Joseph Schraeder in the same house and killed himself. Schraeder was not expected to live. Neighbors lacked a clear motive. The wife fled to Schraeder's room before being pursued and shot.
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Associated Press
Akron
Ohio
Charles W. Hyssop
Joseph Schraeder
Schraeder
Hyslop
Schroeder
Holstein Ball Gold Auction Wins for Korndyke 8th
By Associated Press Syracuse report says Ray Apple Korndyke an 8th grade Holstein ball earned gold at a local auction last night Oliver Cabana Jr of Buffalo bought the prize at the sale with bidder details and location noted.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Oliver Cabana Jr
Buffalo
Lumber is sent Vi. Schooner to Irish Port
The Norwegian bark Alfheim, in harbor months, loads 850000 feet of rough and dressed timber for Queenstown Ireland. She is timed to sail Wednesday night as the first port departure for that destination in over two decades. The timber cargo is from Hunter Benn Lumber Company of this city.
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Alfheim
Queenstown
Ireland
Hunter- Benn Lumber Company
Louisa
Turner-Hartwell Docks
Genoa
Italy
Senators Seek War Vessels For Mobile Mardi Gras
Alabama lawmakers press the Navy to send warships to Mobile for Mardi Gras. Replies from Oscar W. Underwood and Frank White note telegrams and promises to urge the Navy Department to arrange ships for the event.
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United States
Alabama
Mobile
Oscar W. Underwood
Frank 8. White
Washington, D. C
Ala
Absence of Witness Delays Pharr Case in City Court
In Prichard Alabama William Pharr charged with the murder of John Ervin, an aged Black man, the case was called and continued to the next term due to the absence of Haywood Barnes, a material state witness.
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William Pharr
John Ervin
Prichard
Ala
Haywood Barnes
L. and N. Appeal Dismissed Over Kentucky Rates
The Supreme Court today dismissed the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company's appeal. The Kentucky federal court had upheld a state railroad commission order reducing rates on grain and other supplies for inland Kentucky distilleries.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Kentucky Federal Court
State Railroad Commission
Kentucky
Michigan Legislature Opens With Strong GOP Majority
Lansing report states the forty seventh Michigan legislature convened with a large Republican majority in both houses, reflecting party control as the new session begins.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
Jan
Michigan
Notaries File Bonds After Governor Appointment
E. H. Davidson Nannie Clarke and L. Hopkins appointed notaries by Governor O Neal filed their bonds in the probate court on Tuesday afternoon.
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E. H. Davidson
Nannie Clarke
L. Hopkins
O'Neal
Madame Gerville-Reache Dies at Roosevelt Hospital
Madame Gerville-Reache former contralto at the Manhattan Opera House died late yesterday at Roosevelt Hospital New York on January 6 1940 obituary notes her career and status in the opera world
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Mme. Gerville-Reache
New York
Madame Gerville-Reeache
Manhattan Opera House
Roosevelt Hospital
Friends Would Py Minden Forged Checks Case In Recorder Court
A mysterious friend of W M Minden allegedly forged checks on Mobile merchants during a Saturday night incident. If Minden is convicted on all seven charges he faces more than thirty years. Some victims were approached by a friend offering to cover losses but the forged checks cannot be returned as they are state evidence. The trial in recorder's court is set for Wednesday afternoon with Gerald H Kruempel defending.
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W. M
Clarke
Crenshaw
Minden
Recorder’s Court
Gerald H. Kruempel
Bay Island standoff as ex-con Boyer defies officers
On a Rockford area island in the Rock River near Oregon Illinois an alleged ex convict Joseph Boyer and his brother in law Sheffier barricaded in a summer cottage defied sheriff deputies. They fled the shack after driving off officers with threats to shoot. Several nearby cottages were ransacked for valuables.
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Rockford
Rock River
Oregon
Joseph Boyer
Boyer
Sheffier
No True Bill In Fort Deposit Lynching Case
Lowndes county grand jury, convened by Governor O Neal to probe the lynching of Will Jones near Fort Deposit, adjourned without returning a true bill. The case centered on an alleged attempted assault and the ensuing mob killing two weeks earlier.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Lowndes ‘County
O'Neal
Will Jones
Fort Deposit
Subway Fire Chokes New York Hospitals
A New York subway fire caused by an electrical explosion between the Fiftieth and Fifty ninth street stations sent about 200 people to hospitals, one woman died, and transit officials faced days of disruption. Rescue operations continued for hours as ambulances ferried injured passengers from the scene.
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Associated Press
New York
Ospital
Fiftieth
Fittyninth Street
McCall
Public Service Commission
the &O~ Sons
Train disaster scene described with panic and damage
Fire Chief Kenion reported teams bored holes in the concrete and removed passengers from two trains after a terror panic. Survivors filled seats and aisles while windows lay shattered and clothing torn along the platform.
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Gpa
Kenion
Crews at Biloxi Rebel vs Seizure Over Lumber Voyages
Two libellants from Norwegian ships Hudson and Norma file suits in Gulfport alleging contracts to carry lumber from Gulfport to the west coast of England. They claim wartime contraband and warn masters cannot take crews aboard as England is at war with Germany, risking seizure.
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Biloxi
Miss
United States
Hudson
Norma
Gulfport
England
Germany
Alligator Sent by Parcel Post Joins Portland Zoo
Portland Oregon January 6 A small live alligator arrived by parcel post from New Orleans and was given to the Portland Zoo by Miss Vivianne de Lory a public school teacher who presented the reptile to the city.
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Portland Zoo
Portland
Ore
New Orleans
Vivianne de Lory
New York License Record Breaks as City Officials Report
New York officials report a broken 60 981 inch license record in the 1914 figures cited by City Clerk Patrick J. Scully. The January report notes initial data from the license registry with details continuing in the five year period.
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New York
Patrick J. Scully
Tsing Tau P. O Open
The brief sparse copy notes a New York report dated January 6 from the Associated Press. It mentions a naval or maritime topic titled Tsing Tau P. O and an opening note. No further details are provided in the readable text.
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Tsing Tau
Associated Press
New York
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Mysh
Sheesh
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TUG
Gov. Hooper
Sweetheart
Brickell
Eighth Circuit
Irish Port
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Mobile Item
Navy Department
Pharr
Woods
Arthur Woods
William Counsel
Sal Mae
Ori
Mitchel
Co) Woods
Ellison
Kruempel
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