Goodwyn Warns Committees on Primary Law
Special to The Item from Montgomery reports Goodwyn, head of Alabama Democrats, mailing strict instructions to state and county committees. He stresses enforcement of voter qualifications and warns that illegal voting is a misdemeanor or felony under the primary law. He urges uniform adherence to state party rules across counties.
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Montgomery
Goodwyn
Alabama
State Democratic Committee
State Committee
Bama
Scntive
Democ
Tri
London Coal Strike Nearing End
The Associated Press reports the London coal strike may end as iron men vote to resume work where employers agreed a two shilling per ton loading increase. The stoppage affected about 10,000 miners across major pits, with several yards already back to work and others expected to follow.
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Associated Press
London
Genery
Pensacola Paper Ownership Dispute Emerges
In Pensacola on January 27 a newspaper faces an ownership dispute after bankruptcy. B H Thomas and Miller claim ownership of stock while Hanson brothers contend they own the paper. Lillard, appointed receiver, reports the plant remains ownerless with no formal change in publication.
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Pensacola
Fla
B. H. Thomas
Hanson Brothers
Miller
Mr. Lillard
Wilson meets with senators on Mexico and arms embargo
President Wilson discussed the Mexican situation and Panama canal tolls with the new Senate foreign relations committee. Lifting the arms embargo was the main topic with some senators arguing it would hasten hostilities. The Japanese situation was touched on with a general view that Japanese officials are friendly to the United States but pressured by radicals.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Panama Canal
Japan
United States
Promotions on Southern byline reshuffle in railway agency
Semi official notice from Washington reports Frederick S. Wynn, purchasing agent of the Southern Railway, named to succeed the late Lankford as secretary at Southern headquarters. He will not become a vice president. Charles R. Craig of Mobile & Ohio moves to Southern as purchasing agent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frederick S. Wynn
The
Southern Railway
R. D. Lankford
Mr. Lankford
Charles R. Craig
Mobile & Ohio
Southern
Police Activity Surges in Mexico City Amid Anti Government Plot
Mexico City January 27 police activity increases in connection with an anti-government conspiracy reported yesterday. Officials gave no details but warned arrests would continue. Rumors claimed figures like Federico Gamboa and Jose Louis Requena were involved, but reports proved false. President Huerta travels by car with minimal guard.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Huerta
Federico Gamboa
Eugenio Rascon
Oaxaca
Jose Louis Requena
Felix Diaz
Frank Caruana arraigned on license violation
Frank Caruana was arrested by Officer James McGinnis and arraigned in the recorder's court Monday on a license ordinance violation. He was fined $2.50 or five days in jail.
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Frank Caruana
James McGinnis
Recorder’s Court
Zeigler Fined for Cruelty to Animals in Recorder Court
Ed Zeigler was arrested by Humane Officer J. B. Ducorneau for cruelty to animals and fined $5 or ten days in the recorder's court on Monday.
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Ed Zeigler
J. 8. Ducorneau
Recorder’s Court
Pascagoula Businessmen Protest Vardaman Appointment
The Pascagoula Business Men's League reproves Senator Vardaman's recommendation for a port collector in the Mobile district. The group reserves that the officeholder be a Gulf coast resident and sympathetic to local business, protesting nonresident candidates and favoring Gulf coast Democrats.
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Pascagoula Business Men’s League
Action OF
Vardaman
Pascagoula
Miss
Theula Business Men's League
W. M. Canty
C. Scott
K Vardaman
Bus
Mobile
F. H. Lewis
Columbus
Gulf Coast
Masivess
Mississippi
Fair to Raise Mobile County Cattle Grade
South Dakota farmers visited the Minnesota fair and learned premium points. They bought a thoroughbred bull and eighteen cows for cooperative use, improving their stock in three years. A Birmingham baby beef calf valued at 72 dollars contrasted with its scrub mother at 20. The Central Committee urges reading the daily fair story.
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South Dakota
Minnesota Fair
United States
South
M. J. McDermott
George Fearn, Jr
Frederic I. Thompson
Albert P. Bush
John T. Cochrane
Kaiser Wilhelm Hale and Hearty at Fifty Five
Emperor William celebrated his 55th birthday in Berlin with vigorous health and wood chopping feats. Across the empire subjects held observances from universities to veteran associations. A choral salute from the castle dome and grand reveille marked the day as officials and court circles congratulated the monarch.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Willian
Academies of Arts and Sciences
Army
Navy
Empire
Unter den Linden
Under sized boy testifies in NYC bombing trial
Alfred Lehman, a small youth, admits taking part in sixteen bomb outrages and naming others, claiming earnings from attacks and detailing two murders. He testifies in the Angela Sylvester bombing case, confirming prior police confessions and describing bombings that damaged Brooklyn homes for insurance money.
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New York
Alfred Lehman
Lehman
Angela Sylvester
Brooklyn
Storm Lashes Coast From Canada to Mexico With Eight Dead
A Pacific coast storm drenched from Canada to the Mexican border, causing eight deaths and widespread damage. Southern California river floods, washed bridges, and railroad disruptions crippled service. Bakersfield and Pasadena saw severe impacts while Sacramento rivers neared 28 feet. Snow and washouts disrupted Canadian routes as trains stalled and lines cleared gradually.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Nevada
Pasadena
Ventura
Kern
Bakersfield
Tehachapi Mountains
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Eyacys
Los Angeles
Canada
Southern Pacific
Wabuska
Hazen
Nevada, California
Oregon
Virginia
Truckee
Virginia City
Congress completes day with mixed action on postal and trust issues
Senate met at noon and continued Blair Lee Maryland senator case while the post office committee reported Norris resolution seeking disclosure of the government ownership probe. House sessions planned hearings on trust bills and debated seating Whaley over Charleston mayor contest. foreign affairs postponed Niagara Falls power regulation until February 9.
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Senate
Blair Lee
Maryland
Post Office Committee
Norris
Postmaster General
House
Commerce Committee
Whaley
South Carolina
Grace
Charleston
Foreign Affairs
Niagara Falls
Protest Over Mobile Collectorship Appointment
A Mississippi figure stirred coast residents by proposing to appoint an upstate man to the Mobile collectorship, prompting roadside furor and public opposition. Local leaders weigh constitutional and regional balance concerns as tensions rise.
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Mississippi
Mobile
Lost Mississippian Merchant Found in Mobile
Luther C. Hines, a prominent Guntown merchant who disappeared January 19, surfaced in Mobile this week. He answered a classified ad in The Item for a stenographer, was identified by a photo, and was reported dazed and unclear about his whereabouts. Relatives K C Hinds of Tupelo and W H Carlisle of Aberdeen aided the search before leaving Mobile.
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Luther C. Hines
Guntown
Miss
Mobile
Hinds
Tupelo
W. H. Carlisle
Aberdeen
Luther C. Hinds
Focal
Schooner Seized Over $1500 Libel Suit in Court
A libel suit for 1500 dollars was filed in the U S district court Tuesday by A E B Lutz against A D Mills and Son alleging breach of charter party. United States Marshal Dean has seized, as property of the defendant, the schooner Katherine.
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United States District Court
A. E B. Lutz
A. D. Mills & Son
United States
Dean
Katherine
Will Hunter arraigned in warehouse robbery case
Will Hunter was arrested for breaking into the H. L. Wilson & Co. warehouse and stealing several hundred sacks. He was arraigned in the recorder's court Monday afternoon and bound over to the grand jury under a $500 bond. Willie Kenny, thought to be connected with the robbery, was discharged.
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Will Hunter
H. L. Wilson & Co
Recorder’s Court
Willie Kenny
Failure prevention cited in steel merger hearing
At a Chicago hearing on the government’s suit to dissolve United States Steel’s acquisition of Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad, John G. Shedd testified the purchase prevented a $30 million Moore & Schley collapse and a potential financial panic. Other executives for the defense also testified.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
United States Steel Corporation
John G. Shedd
Marshall Field & Co
Tennessee Company
Roosevelt
Moore & Schley
Dismiss Two Officers and Reorganize City Budgets
Commissioners approve dismissals from the police force of Officers William Conniff and Marshall Thompson and reduce Captain James Stanton of Fire Company No 3 by five days suspension for unbecoming conduct. Stanton injured in the Mobile Theatre fire and Fireman Joseph Serda was killed last year. Budget proposals include a $12.50 monthly increase for the Boys Detention School and various department appropriations.
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William Conniff
Marshall Thompson
James Stanton
Fire Department
Stanton
Mobile Theatre
Joseph Serda
George Fearn
Ine
Pillans
Mobile
Water Street
Coroamissioner
Lyons
F. H. Reed
Michigan Avenue
George W. Costello
Dauphin Street
Fire Company No. 3
Franklin Street
Health Department
Schwarz
Lhe
Militia Deployed to Guard Confessed Slayer in North Carolina
Company B of the North Carolina state militia was sent to Wendell to protect Jim Wilson, a Black man charged with killing Mrs. William Lynch near Wendell. Wilson, captured at Selma, allegedly confessed. Authorities sought Governor Craig for aid to prevent lynching as he is moved to Wendell under guard.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Wendell
Jim Wilson
William Lynch
U S Steel Declares Quarterly Dividend
New York Jan 27 United States Steel Corporation today declared its regular quarterly dividend of 11 2 per cent on the common and 13 4 on the preferred. The quarter ending Dec 31 shows earnings of 23 036 349 with net income 17 268 625 and a deficit of 1 002 804.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation Today
Debtor Jessie Sanderson arraigned in recorder court
Jessie Sanderson was arraigned in the recorder's court on a theft charge linked to stealing a piece of crepe from a door at a house where a death occurred. The case was continued at the request of Chief of Police Crenshaw, who said Sanderson is wanted in Columbus, Mississippi, for additional thefts.
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Jessie Sanderson
Recorder’s Court
Crenshaw
Columbus
Miss
U S Seeks Statistical Clerk and Trained Nurse
Civil service exams announced for statistical clerk on March 4 and trained nurse on April 15 to fill vacancies in the Indian Isthmian Canal and Philippine services.
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Department Service
Continuous Circle Counting Can Cure Care
An editorial fragment urges readers to banish dull care by solving a circle counting puzzle. It claims persistent effort and patience will keep one busy and references a reader who counted seventy eight circles, finding they continued where he left off. The text hints the solution lies in careful pages.
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Dauphin
Royal
National City Bank Votes to Join New Reserve System
National City Bank of New York directors voted unanimously to join the federal reserve system. The bank, a leading institution, lists J. P. Morgan Henry C. Frick James C. Stillman William C. Rockefeller J Ogden Armour Jacob H. Schiff and Frank Vanderlip among directors with Vanderlip as president. Paid up capital is 25 million dollars and deposits exceed 210 million.
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Associated Press
New York
National City Bank
United States
Federal Reserve System
Financial District
J. P. Morgan
Henry C. Frick
James C. Still
New Revenue Cutter to Be Fire Fighter if Necessity Demands
At the Joint Rivers and Harbor Committee meeting in the Chamber of Commerce Horace Turner says Congressman George W. Taylor is pursuing government action to replace the Winona with a new revenue cutter equipped for fire fighting. The move would station the vessel in Mobile if required. A waterfront petition presented to Colonel Charles Kellar, who pledged support, was also discussed along with revised committee rules.
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George W. Taylor
Mobile
Joint Rivers and Harbor Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Horace Turner
Taylor
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles Kellar
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Pensacola Paper
Mexico
Wynn
Craig
Mobile County
Kaiser Wilhelm Hale
William of Germany
St. Michael Street
U. S
City
R. R. Co
Steel Corporation
Moore & Sclfley
Laz Schwarz
Pat J. Lyons
Fi Nance
U. S. Steel
National City Bank OF New York
NEW Reserve System
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