France to tax fortunes under new capital levy
Paris January 14 the French cabinet presented a capital tax plan to the chamber of deputies aimed at funding expanded military costs. The bill calculates 12 to 50 cents per 200 on fortunes from six thousand up to above two million dollars, with $38 million expected in year one and additional income tax to follow. Speaker Deschanel was re elected and Abbe Lemire named deputy Speaker.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Joseph Caillaux
Paul Deschanel
Abbe Lemire
Fate of Frank Arain Delayed
The Georgia supreme court will likely announce its decision on Leo M. Frank’s appeal, convicted in the Mary Phagan murder, by mid February as Chief Justice Fish is absent due to his wife’s illness. the court reconvenes February 9.
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Georgia
Florida
Atlanta
State Supreme Court
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Fish
Supreme Court
Many Male Bulgars Lost In War Census Shows
From Sofia a census reports sharp male losses in conquered areas. In Macedonia Bulgaria saw males drop from 175000 to 42000. Bulgarian Thrace falls from 494000 to 225000. Mustapha Pasha district records 4000 males from 33000.
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Sofia
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Thrace
Mustapha Pasha
French Aviator Vedrines Plans March 25 New York Drop
Jules Vedrines, the French aviator on a world flight, cables that he will drop down on New York on March 25, not later or earlier. He intends to fly via South America.
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New York
Jules Vedrines
Cairo
South America
Royal Couple Legally Quit Historic Separation Suit
The Duke and Duchess of Orleans withdraw from court actions, agreeing to arbitration over property and support after separation. The duke, seen as the French throne pretender, married in 1896 to Archduchess Marie Dorothea Amelia of Austria. They have no children.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Orleans
Europe
Marie Dorothea Amelia
Austria
Kidney health advice urges meat avoids for kidney relief
An authority promotes stopping meat to ease dull kidney pain and urges four ounces of Rad Salts daily before breakfast. The remedy, Jad-Salts, is described as a grape and lemon juice acid with lithia that flushes kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, and keeps blood pure to prevent kidney disease.
Senator Bankhead Presses Aim for Big Good Roads Bill
Senator John H Bankhead, returning from Jasper to Birmingham, spoke in support of a nationwide good roads program. He predicts a 25 million dollar annual appropriation and favors interorganization cooperation. He noted Alabama should receive over 500 thousand dollars yearly and expects quick Senate action via the public buildings committee.
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Birmingham
Ala
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Washington
Bankhead
Senate
United States Good Roads Association
J. A. Rountree
Tulsa
Oklo
Commercial Club
Senator Bankhead
United States
Congress
House Committee On Good Roads
Ways and Means
Oscar Underwood
Public Buildings Lands Committee
House
Alabama
Detention official recovers three runaway boys in Pascagoula
L H Putnam superintendent of the Mobile Detention School for Boys arrived in Pascagoula on Tuesday to recover three runaways Adolph Waters James Hillman and Walter Brit aged about 15. They escaped Sunday night and were apprehended by Night Watchman E D Mansfield.
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Pascagoula
L. H. Putnam
Mobile Detention School For
Adolph Waters
James Hillman
Walter Brit
E. D. Mansfield
The Blindness of Virtue at Lyric Tonight
The Lyric presents The Blindness of Virtue by Cosmosiamilyon with William Morris company from London, after Chicago and Boston runs, featuring Henson May Parsons and others. The drama centers on a vicarage family and exposes neglectful parenting amid a wholesome, pursuit of virtue. Seats selling.
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Cosmosiamilyon
Wiliam Morris
Magiisa Players
Dastile Theatre
Wondon
Chicago
Boston
William Morris
London
Hamilton
England
Ralph Kimpton
Little Theatre
Gerald Henson
Henry Douglas John May
Helena Parsons
Wonderful Cough Remedy Sold by Eidson Resident
D P Lawson of Eidson Tennessee endorses a cough remedy claiming it stops coughs and colds. The advertisement text presents the product as a universal remedy without additional medical claims.
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D. P Lawson
Eidson, Tenn
Louise Farris Faces Suspended Sentence In Matrimonial Fraud Case
Louise Farris of Princeton Ind pleaded guilty in federal court to using the mails to defraud in a fake matrimonial bureau scheme run by her parents Martin and Emma Farris. Judge A B Anderson refused to lift her suspended sentence, noting she must live within the law.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Louise Farris
Princeton
Martin
Emma Farris
A. B. Anderson
Miss Farris
Washington, D.C
Anderson
Farris Lome
House of Mystery
Washington
Migs Farris
Heroic rescue by life savers off Nantucket
A nine hour battle in a freezing gale ended with Coskata Life Savers bringing ashore three frost bitten crew from the Lehigh barge after it broke loose from the Irvington. The stranded vessel drifted near Great Point during a sixty mile blow from Boston to New York. surf boat attempts failed until the gale moderated.
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Associated Press
Nantucket
Mass
Coskata Life Savers
Lehigh
Great Point
Irvington
Boston
New York
Coskata Station
Four Suspects Arrested in Robbery and Assault on Italian Peddler
In Fort Payne Alabama on January 14 a4 Hare and Roy ro with Alert Hare were arrested on farm property near Blount County charged with assault robbery of an elderly Italian peddler last June. Police said Alf Hare and Albert Hare restrained the man while the attack occurred and the peddler was robbed of goods and about 600 dollars. Authorities reported progress in the case.
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Associated Press
Fort Payne
Ala
Hare
Roy Ro
Alert Hare
Blountry
F Thompson
Albert Hare
Alf Hare
Wee
Savers Force Passage Through Surf to Reach Barge
A brief note records that savers succeeded in forcing their bore through rough surf and ice to the side of the barge, enabling access or transfer.
Danderine Promise Doubled Hair Beauty For Women
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a remedy to cleanse the scalp and boost hair growth. It claims lighter, wavier hair, reduced dandruff, and lasting shine after using a 25 cent bottle. It promises new hair growth within weeks and invites readers to try it at drug stores or toilet counters.
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Knowlton
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Cabinet
Frank Arain
van Antwerp’s Drug Corporation, Incorporated
Mobile, Ala
S. D. Copeland & Son
ST. Michael Street
Mobile
L. C. Fry
E. F. Ladd
Merchants Bank
Water and
St. Francis Streets
Superior Service
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Pullman
City Ticket Office
Royal Street
H. E. Jones, JR
Title Insurance
Title Insurance Company Capital
Joseph Street
Surprise
N. Y
Vedrines
Royal Couple
Duke
Duchess of
Monterey ST. Bargain
Monterey Street
Government _ St
On Price
Norville Bros
Bsoth
St. Francis St
Underwood
Virginia Brooks
Edward Rose
Lyric Theatre
Hamme
Onyx
Harvard Mills
Hammel Savings Bank
Hammel
Northern
Maine
Alaska
Valentine
van Antwerp Seed Store
South Royal Street
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