Alabama to Test State Tax on Mineral Lands
Governor O Neal and the state tax commission report Bibb county leasehold assessments on coal lands totaling about ten million dollars have been appealed to Bibb circuit court. Hearings set for Centerville in February to test state power beyond property taxes, likely reaching the supreme court. A conference will outline action with the attorney general and Bibb county solicitor Fritz Thompson.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
State Tax Commission
Tno
Bibb County
Circuit Court
Centerville
Supreme Court
Fritz Thompson
Bibb Country
Assault Charged Against Frank Williams in County Case
Frank Williams residing near the county poor asylum was arrested Thursday afternoon by Deputy Sheriffs Lynch and Brown and jailed on a charge of assault. Complainant Mary Taylor alleges the offense was brutal.
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Frank Williams
Lynch
Brown
Mary Taylor
Good Roads Association Plans Expansion in Alabama 1914
Alabama Good Roads Association executive committee met in Birmingham with 40 leaders present. They plan to grow membership to 10 000, urge candidates to support roads issues, name 100 delegates to the US Good Roads Association in Tulsa, and promote Good Roads Days August 14 16 with church and school discussions and a gubernatorial proclamation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Good Roads Association
Alabama
John Craft
Mobile
A. Rountree
Tulsa
Craft
United States Good Roads Association
Okla
John H. Bankhead
Emmet O'Neall
Boards of Revenue
Emmet O'Neal
Fort Worth Hit By Two Conflagrations
Fires in Fort Worth caused by a passing locomotive sparked the Trinity Compress Company plant fire, destroying 4500 bales of cotton and about 25 freight cars with losses around 350000 dollars. A second blaze from a stove falling ember burned thirteen small houses on East Ninth Street with value about 20600 dollars.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Trinity Compress Company
East Ninth Street
Oceano Rescued After Five Weeks at Sea in Tow
The Italian steamship Oceano reached port in tow of the German steamer Elizabeth after five weeks of storms. Her coal failed, boiler tubes damaged, and she was battered while en route from Lisbon to New York with cork figs and cocoa.
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Associated Press
New York
Oceano
Elizabeth
Sandy Hook
Lisbon
Immense Concern Seeks Reorganization in Rochester
The Mentor and Rosenbloom Company of Rochester placed its affairs in the hands of a creditors committee as it pursues a reorganization. Assets are listed at 605000 with liabilities at 326000, affecting its 59 installment stores nationwide.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Mentor and Rosenbloom Company
New Discovery praised as cure for coughs and colds
D Lawson of Eidson Tennessee writes that Dr King s New Discovery is the most wonderful cough cold and throat and lung medicine he has sold It cannot be beat and sells easily The remedy relieves obstinate coughs and colds and long troubles are quickly helped Keep a bottle in the house at all times
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Dr. King
D. Lawson
Eidson
Tenn
King
Colorado Governor Pushes Radium Commercialization Plan
The Governor of Colorado seeks to commercialize radium to benefit mine owners and spur industry growth. The proposal aims to unlock radium resources, establish a state framework, and attract investment while addressing regulatory and safety considerations.
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Colorado
Auto Crash Kills Bert Levy and Injures Three in Pittsburgh
One man was killed and three others injured when an automobile skidded on Grant Boulevard before midnight and overturned. The dead man is Bert Levy, aged 38, with two of the injured listed as seriously hurt. Police investigated the crash and identified the victims at the scene.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Grant Boulevard
Bert Levy
Suffragists 10 Try New Tactics for White House Appeal
The Congressional Union plans a second appeal to President Wilson for a federal suffrage amendment. After a disappointing first interview they shift to direct outreach by working women from factories shops and mills across states. A February 2 march on the White House is announced with delegations to assemble February 1 in Washington and enlist volunteers from New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Connecticut Virginia and others.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congressional Union
Wilson
White House
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Connecticut
Virginia
States
Virginia Legislature Passes Enabling Act for Prohibition Vote
In Richmond the lower house approved by 76 to 19 the enabling act allowing 18 000 Virginia voters to demand a state wide election on prohibition. The measure had passed the House two years earlier and now goes to the Senate for approval or rejection.
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Associated Press
Richmond
General Assembly
Virginia
House of Delegates
Senate
St Louis Judge Kimmel Urged for Possible Removal
The St Louis grand jury urged Mayor Kiell to investigate Judge Karl Kimmel of the municipal police court over actions during garment workers strikes. He discharged 150 arrested pickets and many striking waiters, and 24 waiters released by him upset police board President McMeeters who said leniency undermines speed law enforcement. The mayor can remove a police court judge.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Karl Kimmel
Kiell
St Tau's Grand Jury
Kimmel
Garment Workers
McMheetera
Police Board
Ad copyright ruling sparks debate in New Orleans
In New Orleans on January 23 Judge Rufus E. Foster held that advertisements are not automatically protected by copyright unless they show sufficient artistic or literary merit. He dismissed a suit by a local piano firm after an advertising company reprinted ads from the firm’s own manual of instructions.
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New Orleans
Rufus E. Foster
United States District Court
Foster
Johnsons Bondsman Causes Sensation in Chicago
Federal grand jury to probe veiled charges that court attaches and district attorney staff profited from banker Sol Lewinsgohn's disappearance. Robert W. Childs and David D. Stansburry to lead inquiry with subpoenas served on Tiny Johnson and Johnson family members.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Federal Court
Sol Lewinsgohn
Jack Johnson
Federal Grand Jury
Robert W. Childs
David D. Stansburry
Tiny Johnson
Charles Johnson
It Is Always Quiet the First of the Year
A brisk note observes that the new year starts quietly but asserts some businessmen resist believing the calm will last. The remark hints at ongoing commercial activity despite January’s placid facade.
Second Tragic Death at Penn University
Wardwell Town Towneley, 22, was found with a bullet in the brain near the Cricket Club golf links. A revolver lay at his side. authorities ruled suicide. The same week, sophomore Addison Hartley McCullough, from Pittsburgh, drowned in the Delaware River.
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Pittsburg
Delaware River
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