Lady Sackville Fulfills Vacancy in Famous London Suit
London July 3 The suit over Sir John Murray Scott’s will resumes with Lady Sackville on the witness stand recounting his 1899 pledge to leave her 1 million plus furniture and houses at Bagatelle and Lisbon and the later plan to trim the legacy to 750 000 while preserving 250 000 for Knole Park.
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Associated Press
London
Sir John Murray Scott
Lady Sackville
Samuel Thomas Evans
Edward Carson
Sir John
Bagatelle
Paris
Lisbon
Sackville
Knole Park
Seven Oaks
Kent
State Auto Laws Upheld By Narrow Supreme Court Margin
The Alabama Supreme Court narrowly upheld the 1911 state motor vehicle law creating the auto department. Justice de Graffenreid wrote the majority, with Dowdell Anderson Sayre concurring. Mayfield McClellan Somerville dissented.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
de Graffenreid
Dowdell
Anderson and
Sayre
Mayfield
McClellan
Somerville
R H. Bozeman
State
State Auto Department
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Ad
To get rid of mosquitoes you can sleep fish hunt or work without bites by applying to the face ears and hands Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil. 25c adv.
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Porter
Re-Arrest of Suffragette Leaders Stuns London
London reports say three officials of the Women s Social and Political Union were rearrested after hunger strike illness and release on license. Annie Kenney, Rachael Barrett, and Harriet Kerr were taken back to jail. Laura Lennox, also released, was again freed today after renewed hunger strike illness.
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London
Women's Social and Political Union
Annie Kenney
Rachael Barrett
Harriet Kerr
Laura Lennox
Hcense
Kings Royal Germeteur advertised as cure for eczema and skin diseases
An advertisement touts Kings Royal Germeteur as a universal cure for eczema rash tetter dandruff and skin lesions. It promises instant relief on itching sores and claims internal use clears dandruff and even old stubborn sores. The ad offers a money back guarantee and cites Tennessee and Mississippi outlets.
Inquiry into Miss Wainwright's Death in Salisbury
In Salisbury Maryland the coroner's jury probes the death of Florence Wainwright a Home Gas Company stenographer found dead at work with a quinine box suggesting poison The inquest met in secret drawing public ire as it weighs whether death was suicide or murder and whether the office was the scene doubts linger over motive and location of death
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Salisburg
Salisbury
Florence Wainwright
Wainwright
Home Gas Company
United States
William P. Jackson
Harold Smith
Jackson
Miss Wainwright
Dutch Indies Navy Plan Proposed With Nine Dreadnoughts
The Hague report supports a Dutch navy for the East Indies. It calls for nine dreadnoughts of 21,000 tons, five stationed in the Indies, a naval base, three forts at Janjongprick and a naval militia. Completion over thirty-five years with annual cost about 45,000,000 florins (roughly $18 million).
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The
Hague
Hamm's Estate in Litigation Over Fraudulent Death Claims
In Chicago, a year and a half after Thomas P. Hamm’s death, a suit was filed against his estate alleging he staged fraudulent deaths related to the Southern Plantation Development Company. The complaint cites a 1903 contract termination with Southern States Lumber Co for 59 993 acres of Alabama land and a $35 000 commission kept from the firm.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Thomas P. Hamm
Southern Plantation Development Company
Southern States Lumber Company
Alabama
Ala Hotel Men Called 10 Meet
E C Taylor manager of the Gay Teague hotel in Montgomery and president of the Alabama Hotel Association has called a Birmingham meeting for July 15 to discuss service improvements and matters of importance. Officers listed include Co B Hervey Mobile vice president J W Williams Opelika second vice president F A Robertson Birmingham third vice president Her bert A Bruner Talladega secretary B Wolff Montgomery H A Snow Tuscaloosa and J C Hunt Greenville as executive committee members.
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Montgomery
Ala
E. C. Taylor
Alabama
Sterresmer Station
Birmingham
Co. B. Hervey
Mobile
J. W. Williams
Opelika
F. A. Robertson
Herbert A. Bruner
Talladega
B. Wolff
H. ‘A. Snow
Tuscaloosa
J. C’ Hunt
Greenville
Florida Man Fires During Preliminary Hearing Turbulence
In Tampa on July 3, E. E. Green of Sylvania Georgia drew a revolver and fired three times at W. E. Maddox who was undergoing a preliminary hearing for assaulting their niece. The incident occurred in county court as the hearing proceeded.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
E. E. Green
Sylvania
W. E. Maddox
Green
State Adopts New Rules for County and Municipal Convicts
The state convict board approved new regulations, including anti-shackling provisions and limits on hiring convicts outside their counties. Rules require healthful housing, prework inspection, and minimum 200 convicts per operator unless working within their home county. The pamphlet also covers classification and exclusive mining work.
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Montgomery
Ala
State
O'Neal
Convict Board
Building Boom At Montgomery Sparks Business District Growth
Montgomery shows a building boom with a four story structure on Dexter avenue and Perry street costing between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand dollars replacing the Alabama Hotel. J Gibran and S Levy own the site while John J Dobbs & Company will occupy the new dry goods and millinery store. A $15 000 building rises on South Court street and the Montgomery Fair extends its Monroe street facility. Dexter avenue projects include radical improvements and a completion nearing the Grand Theatre corner. A future Bell Estate skyscraper hotel is promised for Montgomery and Lee streets.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dexter Avenue
Perry Street
Alabama Hotel
J. Gibran
South Court Street
Washington and
Adams Avenues
Kirkpatrick
Monroe Street
Plendid
Grand Theatre
Bell Estate
Montgomery and
Lee Streets
Mexican towns Gasabas Granados razed by earthquakes
Shocks since May 17 leveled Gasabas and Granados in Sonora about 120 miles below the border. Adobe houses in nearby villages fell, rocks rolled from hills, and the Ravine river altered its bed. About 3,000 residents displaced, living in tents. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised as a remedy alongside the report.
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Associated Press
Douglas
Ariz
Gasabas
Granados
Sonora
Montgomery Bank Forgeries Shake City Records
C. C. Browder, Red Level businessman, burst into tears after confessing to a bold string of check forgeries in Montgomery. He used bogus Emerson signatures to cash 75 and 25 dollar checks at First National Bank, then a 30 dollar check. he was arrested inside the bank after the latest attempt. Browder claimed his mother did not teach him to steal.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. C. Browder
Red Level
Taylor
Browder
First National Bank
Committee to Represent Mobile at Birmingham Canal Rehearing
A three member committee will represent Mobile at the Birmingham canal project rehearing in Washington on July 15. Chairman Horace Turner will head the panel, with two other appointees to be named. Mobile will offer support and cooperation to the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce in seeking the rehearing. The U S Engineers plan to connect Birmingham with the Warrior River by water route is deemed unworthy of approval.
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Mobile
Roers and Harbors
Washington
Horace Turner
Joint Committee
Pame
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
United States
Birmingham
Warrior River
Letter Carriers Meet at Capital in Alabama
Two hundred rural letter carriers will gather in Montgomery for the Alabama Rural Letter Carriers Association annual convention. The two day event, in the United States courtroom, will feature participants from the Washington and local post office departments. Governor O Neal is unavailable for an address, and State Highway Engineer W S Keller is slated to speak.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
United States Court Room
Washington
O'Neal
Selma
W. S. Keller
Walters Habeas Corpus Denied In Kidnapping Case
In Poplarville Mississippi the circuit court denied the writ of habeas corpus to block extradition of W C Walters from Columbia to Louisiana on kidnapping charges involving Robert Dunbar the Opelousas boy who vanished last August Walters plans to appeal after a hearing featuring numerous witnesses supported by extradition proxies previously honored by Governor Brewer.
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Associated Press
Poplarville
Miss
Hrewer
Walters
Patrick, longtime secretary to Rep. Stevenson, dies in heat wave
Louia F. Patrick aged 79 who served 35 years as private secretary and confidant to Wisconsin Representative Stevenson died in Washington last night. He is noted as Washington's first heat victim this year with three prostrations reported the previous day.
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Washington
Louia F. Patrick
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Jeff F Davis Shuts Out Indianapolis in No-Hit Effort
Jeff F Davis of the Columbus American Association team pitched a six hitless game against Indianapolis with no runs scored. The only baserunners came on two walks and three hit batters, as Indianapolis failed to reach safely by hit.
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Jeff F Davis
Associated. Press
Indianapolis
Jeff’ Davis
Columbus
Italians Arrested for Counterfeit Betting at Latonia Race Track
Four Italian men were arrested in Cincinnati on July 3 for betting counterfeit silver dollars at Latonia race track. They reportedly confessed to passing counterfeit money since the season opened, using it to place wagers.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
United States
Daniels’ Remedy for Keeping Cool
Secretary Daniels offers a cotton minded cure for heat in Washington. He notes cotton exports totalled 585,565,000 of 2,302,000,000 in the first eleven months of the fiscal year, arguing cotton supports the balance of trade and brings money to the country. He adds the North Carolina approach helps keep cool.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy Department
America
North Carolina
Women lawyers not wanted in England case loss
London July 3 Miss Gwyneth Bebb lost her action against the Law Society as Justice Joyce ruled that many women were disqualified from becoming solicitors or attorneys in England. He found no sign of intent in later legislation to change the law and stated it was unlikely the legislature aimed to do so.
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Associated Press
London
England
Gwyneth Bebb
Law Society
Justice Joyce
Consuls Asked About Outrages In Mexico
Washington reports prompt consular inquiries into mistreatment of women and children and violations of wartime rules by Mexican Constitutionalists. The State Department seeks firsthand conditions in the region, citing concern for safety of Americans and Europeans. Secretary Bryan remains reserved on Mexico policies, while Taft era warnings are not echoed.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Mexico
Wilson
Taft
Huerta
Bryan
Department
Lactic acid and dental decay threat
The article explains lactic acid produced by twenty two bacteria in the mouth from leftover food. It weakens enamel and triggers decay. It advises constant use of a preventive measure to contend with these depredations.
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State Supreme Court
Iit
East Indies
Hamm
Southern Plantation Company
Board
Granados de Sonora
Alabama Rural Association
Habeas Corpus
Robert Dunbar
Poplarville, Miss
L. F. Patrick
Latonia
Naval
Itv
Richard Liquor Co
Minnie Fisher
Monroe Park
Palm Beach
L. H. Meyer & Sons
Dauphin Street
Humanity
Mobile Electric
Bell Phone
Hartben Mutual Burial Association
Bagrison Mutual Burial Association
Conception Street
MET
St. Francis St
George D. Richardson
Richardson & Godard
Harry Pillans
G. C. Lockwood
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