Georgia convicts on public roads debate stirs Alabama policy
Governor O Neal cites opposition to moving convicts from mines to roads. A Georgia official notes 6200 convicts with 5800 on roads, 300 escaped in the year ending June 1. He describes cages on wheels and nightly restraints tied to bunks.
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Montgomery
Ala
Y Neal
Philip Weltner
Atlanta
Prison Association of Georgia
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Alabama
Georgia
O'Neal
Jones Angrily Heads To City County Legal Battle
Montgomery officials clash over alleged misuse of funds and road fund distribution. County board president Robert H. Jones vows to fight the city, planning a counter suit to restore earlier revenue divisions amid a $216,000 dispute.
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Ala
County Board of Revenue
Board of Revenue
Robert H. Jones
Hostile Moors Grow More Aggressive Near Theuan
In Theuan Morocco on July 16 Associated Press reports six days of near continuous fighting between Spanish troops and Moors. On July 12, 12 000 Spanish soldiers entered the area and after a day of combat and burning huts withdrew to prior positions, sustaining sixty killed and one hundred fifty wounded. The hostile tribes now bolster their activity and threaten the 15 000 Spanish garrison nearby.
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Associated Press
Thetuan
Morocco
Monument Unveiling at Robinson Springs Honors Confederate Soldiers
Dr. Thomas M. Owen and Governor O Nea l will speak and accept the monument on July 24 at Robinson Springs Elmore County. The memorial honors Confederate soldiers from the area and was built by the Robinson Springs camp United Confederate Veterans.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas M. Owen
State Department of Archives and History
O'Neal
Robinson Springs
Elmore County
Pice
Peruvian Rifle Team Leaves for Camp Perry Contest
The Peruvian rifle team departed Lima for the United States to participate in the international rifle contest at Camp Perry, Ohio, scheduled for September.
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Associated Press
Lima
Peru
Camp Perry
Ohio
United States
Plan 10 Bring Militia Here For Arlington Grounds Encampment
An active Alabama militia recruitment campaign was launched in Mobile on Tuesday by the militia, the Chamber of Commerce and local businessmen. Lt Col A G Quinn Lt Col Fr M Maddox and Captain Leon Schwarz lead plans to camp three regiments and an artillery battalion on the Arlington grounds below Monroe Park for ten days. Letters urged commanding officers Col G J Hubbard Col C R Bricken Col H H Groner Maj L S Dorrance to bring troops to Mobile. Local officials and street railway President J Howard Wilson pledged cooperation.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
A. G. Quinn
Fr. M. Maddox
Leon Schwarz
Arlington Grounds
Monroe Park
G. J. Hubbard
Troy
C.R. Bricken
Montgomery
Hh. H. Groner
Comer
L. S. Dorrance
Field Artillery
Birmingham
J. Howard Wilson
Street Railway Company
Land to be purchased for Old Soldiers' Home in Alabama
The Old Soldiers' Home Mountain Creek executive committee is authorized to buy twenty acres of land now leased for the home. Governor O Neal presided as the board of control met in annual session and re elected Commandant J M Simpson and surgeon Dr J P Ellsberry. Attendees included L B Stone S Frazer C L Ruth and others.
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Ala
Old Soldiers’ Home
Mountain Creek
Board of Control
O'Neal
J. M. Simpson
J. P. Ellsberry
Sulzer Refuses to Produce Public Documents
Governor Sulzer told the investigating committee he would ignore demands for state documents unless submission serves the public interest. The panel seeks papers on prison investigations led by George W. Blake, with some documents produced and others withheld.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
George W. Blake
German Army Aviator Dies From Injuries
Lieutenant Stoll, an army aviator, died from injuries after a plane crash at the military aerodome in Juterbog. The accident occurred while landing with a passenger when the aircraft struck a tree, overturned, and toppled to the ground. The passenger escaped unharmed.
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Juterbog
Germany
Stoll
Notable Dredging Record at Panama Canal
A ladder dredge near Miraflores lock removed 13 700 cubic yards of earth and rock in 19 hours 50 minutes of actual working time marking a notable dredging record for the Panama Canal.
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Corozal
Panama Canal
Mirflores Lock
Garrison Plans Transcontinental Post Tour
Secretary Garrison and party depart for a cross country inspection of army posts and stations to gather data for concentration planning and to aid estimates for war department expenditures. The tour includes Atlanta Tennessee Arkansas Texas City and the Pacific coast via the Mexican frontier.
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Associated Press
Washington
Garrison
Atlanta
Tennessee
Arkansas
Texas City
Texas
Pacific
War Department
Congress
Runaway Freight Car Bursts Into Chicago Bedroom
Miss Clara Mariske narrowly escaped death when a freight car derailed from a train and crashed into her Chicago home stopping inches from her bed. Several other freight cars followed, plunging down an embankment before the Mariske house.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Clara Mariske
Marsske
Chicago Women Settle Milliner's Bill in Female Jury Trial
Chicago July 16 Chicago women will form a female jury to settle a dispute between two women over a dressmaking bill. The hang and style of a gown will be key evidence as counsel for Mrs. R. T. Davenport argues the case.
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Associated Press
Chicago
R. T. Davenport
Dowling, Survivor of Light Brigade, Dies in Utica
Daniel Dowling a survivor of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava died in the county home yesterday. Born in Ireland in 1832 he served twenty years in the British army. He passed the Balaklava charge unscathed but was wounded at Inkerman in the Crimea. He never received a pension from England and had lived in Utica for nearly forty years.
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Utica
Daniel Dowling
Balaklava
Dowling
Ireland
Inkerman
Crimea
England
Royal Theatre Presents Shenandoah Three Reel Civil War Feature
Kalem film showcases over 1,000 soldiers in battle scenes including Fort Sumter bombardment shot on location. Features a sensational Richmond prison escape and Sheridan's historic ride. Produced in one year, admission 10 cents. children under 10 pay 5 cents.
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Sheridan
Childre
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Huntington Rites Unite Arabella Huntington and Henry Huntington
Paris July 16 Mrs Arabella D Huntington widow of Collis P Huntington and Henry E Huntington married today at the American church on Rue de Berri The late Collis P Huntington left a fortune estimated in the millions bequeathed to his wife Archer M Huntington his nephew Henry E Huntington and adopted daughter Clara Huntington born in Detroit now widow of Prince Francis of Hatsfeldt Wildenburg
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Arabella D. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
New York
Henry E. Huntington
Los Angeles
Rue de Berri
Archer M. Huntington
Henry E. Hiuntington
Clara Huntington
Detroit
Prince Francis of Hatsfeldt- Wildenburg
Hasty's Attorney Reports Surprise Over Impeachment
F Herbert Demopolis attorney for Probate Judge A L Hasty of Marengo county visited Governor O Neill in Montgomery. He said the meeting touched on impeachment but not settled. Herbert mentioned Marengo residents expect Judge Hasty to be exonerated as impeachment was ordered.
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Ala
F. Herbert
Demopolis
A. L. Hasty
Mareng County
O’ne ‘le Csue
Herbert
Marengo County
Supreme Court
New York Militant Suffragist Marries Dutch Banker in London
Miss Hiez Mik house the New York militant suffragist wed Mr. Boissevain a wealthy Amsterdam resident in London. The ceremony united a prominent suffrage figure with a financier linked to Dutch interests.
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Hiez Mikhouse
New York
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Boissevain
Dante
Amsterdam
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