Outsiders Retain Architecture Firm for Three School Projects
The Mobile school board voted five to two to retain Stevens and Nelson Architects to design three new or remodeled buildings, amid heated debate and allegations of lobbyists and ethics violations. Commissioners backed the contract after reviewing letters and testimony and stood by the firm despite claims of improper influence.
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Vens & Nelson
Barton Academy
Stevens
Cochrane
Thornton
Comers Cochrane
Galion
Mobile
Door Board
M. ‘T. Lewmian &Co
Nelson
Charles Phibbodeaux
Opelousas
Stevens & Nelson
Techs
Smith & E
Montgomery
Mr. Stevens
Com
County Fair Profits Trade In Many Lines
The Mobile fair will bring direct profit to every dry goods millinery and ready to wear dealer. The fair, likened to an Autumn Easter, will attract interior shoppers, deplete stocks, and boost the week’s business for shoe dealers and haberdashers. Central Committee of One Hundred led by M J McDermott and others urge readers to follow the daily fair story.
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M. J. McDermott
George Fearn, Jr
Frederick S. Thompson
Albert P. Bush
John T. Cochrane
W. T. McGowin
Junius Woolf
Daily Fair
Mississippi mills push to extend child labor hours
In Meridian Mississippi mill interests seek to amend 1912 child labor laws to raise allowed work hours from eight to ten per day. Labor groups oppose changes, ministers plan protests in Jackson, and women in Lauderdale mills are divided after a Monday visit.
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Meridian
Miss
Jackson
Lauderdale Mills
Negro Man Killed by Train in Selma Yards
In Selma Alabama last night a Negro about 35 known as Doc Rivers was run over and killed by a Southern Railway engine in the northern yards. Police believe he stepped in front of the train during a personal crisis.
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Selma
Ala
Southern Railway
Senate considers Goethals for Panama Canal Zone governor
The day in Congress includes a nomination of Col. George Goethals to be first governor of the Panama Canal Zone sent by President Wilson, and Britten proposes a $15,000 annual governor salary while Goethals holds the post. The foreign relations committee suspends business in memory of late Senator Shelby M Cullom. Also a rural credit bill is introduced, Bryan backs six vice admirals, and mines committee plans field testimony for Michigan and Colorado strike probes.
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Shelby M. Cullom
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Wilson
Fletcher
Bryan
Mines Committee
Michigan
Colorado
Britten
Goethals
Washington
Senate
Goethals to Lead Panama Canal Zone Governor Aim
President Wilson nominates Colonel George W. Goethals for governor of the Panama canal zone after April 1. Secretary Garrison confirms Goethals will accept with a full, unquoted terms offer. A salary bill seeks to raise the governor’s pay to 15,000 while he holds office.
Rehearing Likely for Meridian Girl Miss Mabry
In Meridian Mississippi habeas corpus petitions are planned to force a rehearing for Jessie Mabry who was sent to East Mississippi Insane Hospital by a jury. Juror Robert Emmons plans to reveal new information and may lead to her release. Testimony from Mabry witnesses and Lake Commercial College associates is expected as attorneys volunteer for a new trial.
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Meridian
Miss
Jessie Mabry
East Mississippi Insane Hospital
Robert Emmons
Miss Mabry
the Lake Commercial College
T. R. Lake
Debtors of Failed Meridian Bank Sued by Receivers
Attorneys for receivers of the Union Bank & Trust Company filed more than a dozen suits in the circuit court against debtors of Meridian Bank, totaling $118 543.27. Four suits target S A Neville for $96 138.25 as the receivers move toward final settlements after deposits paid amounting to about 45 percent.
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Meridian
Miss
S. M. Houston
McBeath and Miller
J. A. McCain
W .C. Moore
Union Bank & Trust Company
Circuit Court
S. A. Neville
Underwood Declares No Change in Tariff Laws
Washington January 29. Representative Underwood of Alabama Democratic leader of the house says no changes will be made in the new tariff law this session. Bills to repeal collection at the source of income tax would not be given consideration. Hull of Tennessee defends the income tax law, calling current criticism premature and likely to fade after full testing.
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Underwood
Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
House
Congress
Hull
Tennessee
Millionaire Clark Held for Ransom Near Los Angeles
Spokane millionaire Francis Lewis Clark is said to be held for a $75,000 ransom near Los Angeles. An anonymous letter to a morning paper claims he is alive and cared for, while his wife Mrs. Clark at Paso Robles seeks full details and payment method. Police will trace the writer or negotiate for his release if captive.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Francis Lewis Clark
Spokane
Wash
Clark
Santa Barbara
Paso Robles
Sebastian
Negro saved from lynching awaiting trial in Corinth
Corinth Mass January 29 Jim Norman a negro accused of attacking Mrs James Fowler was brought from West Point under guard of a state troop battalion ordered out by Governor Brewer to shield him from threatened mob violence. Authorities say only the troops can prevent a lynching as the trial nears.
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Corinth
Mass
Jim Norman
James Fowler
West Point
Brewer
Steamer United States Returns for Repairs off Scotland
The Scandinavian American liner United States burst a low pressure cylinder while en route to New York and turned back to Glasgow for repairs. The ship, with 234 passengers aboard, departed Copenhagen January 24 and broke down 200 miles west of Scotland. Passengers will transfer to another steamer at Glasgow for the continuation to New York.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
United States
New York
Glasgow
Scotland
American diplomats at Vera Cruz photograph
Left to right William Canada United States consul at Vera Cruz John Lind special representative of President Wilson in Mexico and Nelson OShaughnessy American charge d affaires The image was taken outside the U S consulate at Vera Cruz soon after Lind's residence as president Wilson's envoy The group appeared to be avoiding direct instruction from Lind and Canada before being observed by A B Wallace International News Service photographer
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William Canada
United States
Vera Cruz
John Lind
Wilson
Mexico
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Yat Vera Crus
Lind
O/Shaughnessy
Canada
A. B. Wallace
International News Service
Divorce Suit Reveals Socialite Spouse Alleges Cruelty
J T M Burnside of New Orleans seeks divorce from wife Stella Potter Burnside of Gulfport Mississippi alleging cruelty and her addiction to cocktails and highballs. The couple spent time in New Orleans in a $10-a-day Grunewald suite and attended the Tulane Theatre before returning to Gulfport.
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New Orleans
Gulfport
Miss
Gulf City Coast
Burnside
Tulane Theatre
Grunewald
State scores in Theo Lacy case from Alabama court ruling
Special to The Item. Judge Gaston Gunter in Montgomery holds the state has good cause for money had and received and conversion of money collected on checks but not for conversion of the checks themselves. First case against Montgomery Savings Bank postponed to March 2.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gaston Gunter
Gunter
Montgomery Savings Bank
Birmingham Man Shot by Assassin
R H O Hare was shot by a highwayman Tuesday night at Fourth alley and Twenty fifth street in Birmingham Alabama. Authorities say he is resting well at South Highlands Infirmary and in no danger. The left leg bone was broken but amputation is not needed.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. H. O'Hare
South Highlands Infirmary
Britain Seeks Action by Angle Lan on Panama Tolls Mexico Policy
London financiers press for swift U S action on Panama canal tolls and Mexico policy as Britain ponders joining Germany and France in urging Washington. Dispatches note editorials on Wilson and Mexico and discuss Mexico desk changes and potential diplomats amid monitoring of U S Britain relations.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Japan
Wilson
Mexico
Washington
Pall Mall Gazette
Huerta
London Chamber of Coniuerto
Den
Braalt
Thomas B. Mohler
Legation
French Liner Smashes New London Line Ship
The New Hampshire of the New London line docked in New London after a glancing collision with the French liner La Savoie off New York. No injuries reported. La Savoie sustained no damage.
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NEW London Line
Associated Press
New London
Conn
New Hampshire
New York City
la Savoie
Eva Booth Reported Improving After Illness in New York
Miss Eva Booth head of the Salvation Army in the United States spent a restful night and was better this morning according to an announcement from the army barracks where she has been ill in bed for more than a week. She would be out again within a week it was said.
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Associated Press
New York
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Army Barracks
Vanderbilt Yacht Warrior Rescue Recited By Owner
Frederick W. Van derbilt, aboard the Warrior off Columbia, recounts the perilous rescue of his party including his wife and British nobles. The Warrior grounded on a sand bank January 26, Frutera and Almirante rushed to assist. rough seas capsized a lifeboat but all aboard were saved.
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Associated Press
Colon
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Almirante
Warrior
Columbia
Duke and Duchess of Manchester
Arthur George Keith-Falconer
Vanderbilt
United Fruit Company
Frutera
Santa Marta
Sears
Fratera
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Meridian Bank
Francis L. Clark
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