Mobilian Heads the State Bar Association
State Senator Thomas M. Stevens of Mobile was elected president at the Alabama State Bar Association’s thirty-sixth annual convention. Col. Alexander Troy of Montgomery was chosen secretary and treasurer for his thirty sixth term. An excursion to Point Clear on Saturday will conclude the gathering with reports due for various committees and a return to Mobile that evening.
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Alabama State Bar Association
Thomas M. Stevens
Mobile
Frederick G. Bromberg
Col
Alexander Troy
Montgomery
Association
Joseph Nathan
Sheffield
W. C. Pitts
Birmingham
W. B. Oliver
Tuscaloosa
E. J. Garrison
Ashland
C. S. Dowdell
Eufaula
H. A. Sims
W. L. Pitts
Uniontown
Z. T. Rudolph
W.P. Acker
Anniston
E. D. Smith
J.d-Stokely
Frank S. White
Bar Association
Captain White
John E. Mitchell
J. K. Dixon
University of Alabama
Point Clear
Pleasure Bay
Central Council
Candidates At Bar Meeting Highlight State Races
A full crop of candidates attend the State Bar Association annual meeting in this city. D H Riddle of Talladega will race attorney general against Colonel Gardner Greene of Pell City. George Pegram of Farnsdale also attends with peers. Buck Oliver of Tuscaloosa seeks Congress in the sixth district against William B Bankhead. William P Dobbs of Tuskegee runs for secretary of state. Leon McCord and Frank N Julian, railroad commissioner candidates, are present. Charles E Rice of Birmingham seeks city commissioner and J P Van de Voort aims for the same post in Tuscaloosa.
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State Bar Association
D. H. Riddle
Talladega
Gardner Greene
Pell City
George Pegram
Farnsdale
W. B
Buck) Oliver
Tuscaloosa
Congress
William B. Bankhead
William P. Dobbs
Tuskegee
Leon McCord
Frank N. Julian
Charlies E. Rice
Birmingham
J. P. van de Voort
Carelessness Nearly Sinks Big Battleship Louisiana
A board of inquiry reports a leaky gasket replacement caused an accident aboard the battleship Louisiana off Newport News R.I. when a sea valve bonnet came off. Secretary Daniels sent letters admonishing Lieutenant Frank W. Eterling and Machinist Henry A. Lowell to be more careful in the future.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louisiana
Newport
R. C
Board of Inquiry
Daniels
Frank W. Eterling
Henry A. Lowell
Weston Briefly Rested on Way to Elgin
Edward Peyton Weston, veteran pedestrian bound for Minneapolis, rested in Chicago after eight hours sleep and resumed his walk at 5 30 this morning. His objective was Elgin Illinois, about forty miles distant.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Edward Peyton Weston
Minneapolis
Elgin
Ill
Ministers Affirm Religion In Schools And Sex Hygiene Debated
At the twenty sixth international Christian Endeavor convention in Los Angeles ministers affirmed teaching religion in schools and supported sex hygiene education by physicians rather than regular teachers. Dr John M Sheldon urged a Bible textbook for schools and opposed college fraternities as a threat to democracy. He also urged improved press coverage of church news and less crime sensationalism. Clergymen also agreed love elements in plays could be permissible.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Conference of Ministers
International Convention of Christian Endeavor Societies
John M. Sheldon
Topeka
Kansas
Sheldon
Christ
Canvass Raises Near 10000 for Rate Discrimination Fight
About 10000 subscribed by businessmen to a 15000 fund raised by the Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange for a rate discrimination campaign. A fourteen member committee renewed the canvass this week and will resume next week. William H. Armbrecht will lead in Kahn's absence. Subcommittees cover city districts as interviews with businessmen continue.
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Chamber of Comerce
Cotton Exchange
Committee of Fourteen
Wiliam H. Armbrecht
Chamber of Commerce
M. D. Kahn
Montgomery
Forgot One Wife Took Another Bigamy Confession
Milwaukee railroad man Michael McKenna confessed to bigamy after claiming a mental breakdown erased memory of his first marriage in 1900 to Mrs. Margaret C. Kenn. He said he fled Milwaukee to White Halls Newfoundland and married Pearl McKenna under the delusion that his first wife was dead. He later encountered his first wife on the street and learned the truth.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Michael McKenna
McKenna
Margaret C. Kenn
White Halls
Pearl McKenna
Nimedi Inee
Orangemen in Belfast Celebrate Then Attack Police
Rioting broke out in Belfast during the Twelfth celebration with Nationalist and Unionist factions fighting as police tried to separate them. Civilians and officers suffered injuries as stones and sticks were used in hour long clashes before dispersal around six. Only one arrest reported.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Protest Against Mixing Cotton Grades Reaches Secretary
A protest from the Cotton Association asks Secretary Houston of agriculture to urge southern cotton exchanges to require ginners to keep different staple grades separate. The issue stems from ginners mixing various cottons after ginning, which can reduce bale value by about 1.50 to 4 dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cotton Association
Houston Ouston
Department of Agriculture
Aise
South
Remembering His Own Ellis Island Ordeal
Adolph Olson Eberhart, then nine, was detained at Ellis Island. Now governor he aids Alois Lermer, 15, detained for lack of funds. He was en route to his uncle Thomas Neumann in Nebraska and sought to intervene after being informed by wire.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Adolph —Olson
Ellis Island
New York
Nebraska
Adolph Olson
Adolph Eberhart
Alois Lermer
Thomas Neumann
Eberhart
Case of 11 year old immigrant boy before administration
Governor Adolph Eberhart of Minnesota secured a Washington appeal for Alois Lermer, a year-old immigrant at Ellis Island. Lermer is detained under a law barring minor admission without a parent or relative. Since arrival he has been a hospital patient with a wrist wound, claimed to be self-inflicted upon learning of detention.
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Associated Press
New York
Aly
Adolph
Eberhart
Minnesota
Washington
Alois Lermer
Ellis Island
Lermer
Duke Ludwig of Bavaria Granted Divorce Among Court Intrigues
A Bavarian court in Munich granted a divorce to Duke Ludwig of Bavaria age sixty three from his second morganatic wife Antoine Barth a former ballet girl at the Bavarian court opera. The court blamed the wife admitting fault and noting she is forty years younger than the duke. They wed in 1892 after the death of his first morganatic wife Henriketta Mendal who was also an actress.
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Ev Agsedetee Press
Munich
Bavaria
Ludwig of
Bavarian Court Opera
Antoine Barth
Ludwig
Henrietta Mendal
Death by Own Action Ends Winfree's Life
Hopkinsville Ky July 12 William Pinfree Jr lawyer and clubman and former newspaper writer in Nashville Memphis and New Orleans committed death by own action early this morning by firing a pistol through his heart while facing a mirror. Ill health is given as the cause.
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Associated Press
Hopkinsvilebe
William Pinfree, Jr
Nashville
Memphis
New Orleans
Winfree
Wisconsin court enforces new marriage law in embarrassment
In Neenah Wisconsin on July 12 a judge applied the new law requiring at least one party to be of lawful age when Frederick Wellard aged 56 sought to wed Elizabeth Schathmann aged 54. Schathmann brought her mother Mrs Philipina Thebe into court to consent to the marriage.
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Neenaha
Wis
Wisconsin
Frederick Wellard
Elizabeth Schathmann
Huerta Puts Down a Demonstration in Mexico City
In Mexico City a mob of about three hundred public school students gathered before the national palace to appeal to President Huerta. Police dispersed the crowd, removing banners and derisive placards. Huerta said he would not sanction any demonstration but would receive a committee if sent today.
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Mexico—City
Mexico City
Huerta
National Palace
United States
JAPANESE VISIONS FUTURE OF AMERICA AT PORTLAND BANQUET
At a Portland banquet honoring Dr Junichi Soveda and Tadao Kamiya representing Tokyo Chamber of Commerce the two nations were urged toward mutual understanding. The California land bill was condemned as unconstitutional and a proposed triple alliance of United States Great Britain and Japan was discussed as a possible future collaboration.
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Portland
Ofc
Tokio
Weather highlights and regional forecast
Weather forecast notes generally fair conditions through tonight and Sunday with light to moderate southerly winds. Alabama and Mississippi regions show fair weather tonight and Sunday. Automatic readings at Royal and Dauphin Streets report late night temperatures around forty to eighty five degrees with some unclear digit entries.
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Mobile
Sundy
Banana tax protests collide with New York women at Cooper Union
At Cooper Union New York last night women led by Mrs. Julia Heath question a one tenth per cent tariff on imported bananas dubbed the poor man's fruit. They urged letters to President Wilson and resolutions asking Congress to reject the tariff as not reflecting the voters who elected the Democratic party.
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Associated Press
New, York
Wilson
Cooper Union
Julia Heath
Housewives’ League
Congress
Democratic Party
Masons Begin Panama Trip To Confer Degrees
Masons from all sections of the country join the grand consistory of Louisiana for a Panama trip starting July 26. The goal is to exemplify all classes of 102 at Panama. After degrees are conferred a branch of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will be instituted. The canal zone lodges fall under the jurisdiction of the consistory, marking the first time the consistory travels abroad to confer degrees.
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Liy
Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Panama
Resignation Demanded of Frank Vance in Montgomery
Montgomery Alabama July 12 Attorney General McReynolds demands the resignation of Assistant District Attorney Frank Vance. Vance declines comment on his response. The resignation of Warren S. Reese as district attorney is in the attorney general’s hands, with a new district attorney and assistant to be appointed soon amid the demand.
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Montgomery
Ala
McReynolds
Frank Vance
Vance
Warren S. Reese
Stix
Niagara Ready for Lakes Trip
The Niagara sails from Erie harbor with naval ships Wolverine and Essex to mark the first in a series of Great Lakes celebrations of Oliver Hazard Perry’s victory. Fairport, Ohio, is the Niagara’s first port of call.
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Associated Press
Rif
Wolverine
Essex
Niagara
Perry
Pot-In-Bay
Erie Harbor
Wunder
Great Lakes
Fairport
Ohio
Ryan Monument to Be Unveiled in Mobile Park
A monument to Father Abram Joseph Ryan poet priest of the Confederacy and longtime pastor of St. Marys Catholic church will be unveiled at 5 PM in Ryan Park. E B C de la Morin iere Spring Hill orator will give the principal address with Dr Erwin Craighes4 master of ceremonies presenting the monument to Mobile. The program includes city acceptance by Commissioner Pat Lyons a reading of a Father Ryan poem and an oration titled Abram J Ryan Poet Priest of the South by Rev C de la Moriniere.
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Abram —Joseph Ryan
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Ryan Park
Fey. EB. C. de la Moriniere
Spring Hill
Erwin Craighes4
Mobile
Pat J. Lyons
Father Ryan
R Ev
Matthew Brewster
Rochester Hosts Grand Lodge Elks Reunion and Gift
The forty ninth reunion of the Grand Lodge of Elks closed with a state armory ball attended by thousands. Before departing for Seattle the Pacific Coast Lodge presented Rochester Lodge an eight thousand six hundred dollar mounted elk group including a large antlered bull a cow and calf. Exalted Ruler Raymond L. gave the speech.
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Rochester
Mikes
State Armory
Seattle
Pacific Coast Lodge
Rochester Lodge
Raymond L
Greeks Herded and Slaughtered by Bulgarians
London reports a Times dispatch stating Bulgarian troops killed over 100 Greek notables in Demirhissar before retreat. A Bulgarian ruse allegedly allowed artillery across a river under armistice, followed by unexpected heavy fire. Reports claim up to 6000 Bulgarians slain as Serbs retook Kujagnevats and burned parts of the town.
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Associated Press
London
The
Times
Jince Nicholas
Demirhissar
Daily Mail
Kumanovo
Kujagnevats
Servia
Populace of Sofia Ignorant of Balkan War Situation
A Sofia message says Bulgarians are unaware of the military and political state in the Balkans as the government suspends newspapers to block unfavorable news while the war office issues reports of Bulgarian army victories. Last night Sofia inhabitants learned Roumanian troops crossed the frontier and occupied territory.
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Sofia
Associated Press
Vienna
Balkans
War Office
Roumania
Greeks Massacred by Bulgars Riot in Seres Occupation
Seres is now fully occupied by Greek troops who have proclaimed martial law. About 200 Greek residents, including many prominent figures, were killed by Bulgarians before their departure, as reported from Saloniki on July 12.
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Associated Press
Saloniki
Seres
Russia Given Full Power to End War in Balkan Conflict
Sofia July 12 belligerents in the Balkans grant Russia full authority to seek a ceasefire and end hostilities.
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Russia
Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Campaign to exterminate grasshoppers spreads poison bran
Farmers in Western Kansas launched a campaign to combat grasshoppers threatening crops. A carload of bran mixed with 2,500 pounds of poison was distributed for spreading over infested green fields.
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Associated Press
Dodge City
Kas
Kansas
Bread Loaf Feeds One Hundred Strikers in Paterson Parade
Strikers at the Paterson Silk Mills received a single loaf of bread to feed one hundred destitute workers. The ten foot long loaf weighed 180 pounds and was made by Local No. 100 of the Bakers' Union New York to carry in yesterday’s parade marking the union’s fiftieth anniversary. a 150 pound cake was also sent to the strikers.
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Associated Press
Paterson
N. J
Paterson Silk Mills
Bakers’ Union New York
Stiikers
Davis Exonerated in Farm Conspiracy Case
Jackson Miss July 12 governor Brewer urged and a verdict of acquittal was entered yesterday in the state versus A C Davis charged with conspiracy to defraud the state in the sale of farm products. There was doubt of Davis complicity and the governor interceded.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
Brewer
A. C. Davis
Davis
Dr Tucker to preach in St Louis before Ramalah Temple meet
Dr Gardiner C. Tucker rector of St Johns Episcopal Church will travel from St Louis to Minneapolis for the Ramalah Temple Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan convention starting July 15. He plans a Sunday sermon in St Louis before continuing to Minnesota for four days.
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Tucker
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Agricultural Department
Astor
Katherine Force
John Jacob Astor
William Force
Henri
Harnickell
Force
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Mississippi
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