Duluth Gains Ground in Freight Rate Battle
The Interstate Commerce Commission reduced eastern origin class rates to Duluth Minnesota for lake and rail traffic and found existing rates discriminatory. It rejected Duluths plan to break rates at the wharves, ordering tariffs by October 1 and noting continued discrimination against Duluth and nearby towns. The case frames Duluth versus Minneapolis and St Paul over head of navigation and rate structures on Great Lakes freight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Duluth
Minn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Commission
Deluth
Great Lakes
Superior
Commercial Club of
Trunk Line
Central Freight Association
Western Territories
Twin City
Minneapolis Traffic Association
St. Paul Association of Commerce
Oklahoma Gets Convention
Minneapolis report says Imperial Palace Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan closed its business meeting last night amid unclear details.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Imperial Palace Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan
Sailors Rampage Through Seattle Riots Target Socialist Hubs
Hundreds of naval reservists and Marines rioted through Seattle denouncing the I W W and the red flag, sacking Socialist and I W W offices, burning a Salvation Army hall, a Socialist news stand, and I W W meeting space. Police offered little resistance as property damage reached about 6000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Pacific Fleet Reserve
United States Navy
Army and Navy
State Armory
Industrial Workers of the World
Industrial Workers
Salvation Army
Princial
Charleston
Colorado
California
Washington
Daniels
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Ranier Club
Stars and Stripes
Erie
Reynolds
West Virginia
Bannick
Socialist
Millard Price
Socialist Party
Price
Socialists
Red Socialist
Fourth Avenue
West Lake
Fifth Avenue
Olive Street
West Lake Avenue
Washington Street
First Avenue
Salvation Army Post
Roumania Replies to Bulgaria on Peace Terms and Territory
London dispatch reports King Charles of Roumania referred Bulgaria to the latest note demanding cession of Bulgarian lands between Turtukai and Balchik and inclusion in a Balkan settlement. Rumors of Ferdinand fleeing are denied. queen appeals between royal houses.
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London
Morning Post
Bucharest
Charles of
Roumania
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Turtukai
Balchik
Black Sea
Athens
Daily Telegraph
M. Poincare
France
Erbstbrunn
Lower Austria
Prince of
Sofia
Eleanor of
Carmen Sylvia
Centrail Christian Church Plans New Montgomery Edifice
Centrail Christian church of Montgomery will build a brick church at the southwest corner of Sayrestret and Jeff Davis avenue after purchasing the lot. Rev. O P Spiegel announced the plan and trustees will meet soon to set action and start drawing plans for the small but attractive building.
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Montgomery
Centrail Christian Church of
Sayrestret and
Jeff Davis Avenue
Court House
O.P. Spiegel
Sheriff Faces Rescue Masses in Portland Park Clash
Portland July 19. Sheriff Thomas Ward tried to arrest an Industrial Worker of the World member in a city park. A mob of several hundred men resisted. plainclothes officers and deputies intervened. When Ward moved the prisoner George W. Reese toward the court, the mob pursued but was repelled. five ring leaders were arrested.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Thomas Ward
Parkeast
George W. Reese
Garrison Tours Memphis Army Posts on Inspection Visit
Secretary of War Garrison with Chief of Staff Major General Leonard Ore and senior officers arrived in Memphis for a tour of inspection. City officials and the Business Men's Club met them after breakfast at the Country Club. They viewed the proposed government facilities and toured the area by car.
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Memphis, Tenn
Garrison
Leonard Ore
Business Men's Club
Country Club
Rates on Potatoes Seen Falling Under New Classifications
Traffic Manager R G Cobb of the Chamber of Commerce says new classifications will cut potato and vegetable rates for Gulf ports this fall. The move shifts potatoes from the Southern to the official classification, lowering New York Mobile rates from 46 to 31 cents per hundred pounds and adjusting Pensacola and New Orleans rates accordingly.
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Mobile
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commmerce Andusiness League
Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston
New York
Dispatch
Cobb
Southeastern Freight Association
Southeastern Mississippi Valley Association
Gulf Ports
New Orleans
Pensacola
Spectators pack Andalusia court as Spicer murder trial nears verdict
In the Sam Spicer Jr murder case in Alabama, half the defense argument was completed as a large crowd filled the court auditorium. D M Powell argued for the defendant’s liberty for three and a half hours, contending the motive was to secure life insurance, not pecuniary gain. Judge Parks planned a written charge to follow, with jurors having sat since July 10 except for a Sunday break.
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Andalusia
Ala
State of
Alabama
Sam Spicer, Jr
D. M. Powell
Greenville
W.S Parks
Alston
Discovery distinguishes Oroya fever from Verruca Peruviana
A Harvard Medical School Peru expedition cablegram reports a medical breakthrough differentiating Oroya fever from Verruca Peruviana, a tropical disease. The finding is described as a major advance in preventing these infections.
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Boston
Tropics
Harvard Medical School
Peru
Major fire destroys Walsh Cooperage plant in Harriman
A fire at the Walsh Cooperage plant in Harriman Knoxville Tenn discovered at 1 am caused near total destruction of the works with estimated losses of 30600. Fire departments battled the blaze but the building was effectively ruined. No injuries were reported.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Walsh Cooperage
Harriman
Weather snapshot at Royal and Dauphin streets
Temperatures varied through the day from 80s to around 90. Forecasts till 6 p m call for generally fair weather tonight and Sunday with light variable winds. Alabama and Mississippi expect generally fair conditions with a chance of local showers.
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Royal and
Dauphin Streets
Alabama
Mississippi
No Ban On Slit Skirts In Pittsburgh Says Officer
Pittsburg director of pavie safety John K. Daley declares no arrests will be made over slit skirts or flimsy gowns worn without petticoats. He says he trusts women to dress as they please and that no decent woman would wear indecent outfits. The slit skirt trend is visible at Brunots Island Race Track drawing public attention.
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Pittsburg
John K. Daley
Pavie Safety
Dalley
Brunets Island
Congress weighs use of commerce law on slit skirts
Franklin Pennsylvania officials lament the fashion and ask Representative Adamson if the interstate commerce law could curb slit and diaphanous skirts. Adamson questions the practicality and asserts women regulate Congress, not the other way around, noting their power to influence lawmakers.
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Washington
Franklin
Congress
William CC. Adamson
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Adamson
Uncle Sam
United States
Philadelphia
New York
Hacksack
N. J
Alabama State Exposition Readies Big 1913 Fair
Three carloads of Jersey cattle from Indiana and short horn cattle from Tennessee will be exhibited at the Alabama State Exposition in Montgomery. The directors approved a fireworks display and a model cattle dipping vat. President Salter reported progress and optimism for a successful fair, with grounds being prepared and building repairs underway.
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Montgomery
Ala
Indiana
Tennessee
Business Men's League
George T. Barnes
Salter
Vandiver Park
Big Timber Land Deal in Florida
Pensacola reports a major land acquisition as Fleishner and Carpenter acquire 115000 acres in the bay country. The St Andrews Bay Company will build a 250000 ft daily saw mill and a 200 ton jelly wood pulp plant at Callaway with 600 acres for factories. The site offers deep bay water, fresh water and plans for ice storage and electric light plants.
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Pensacola
Fla
Fleishner and Carpenter
Louisiana
Bay Country
St. Andrews Bay Company
Callaway
Railroads and Employes Wait on Arbitration Scope
Eastern railroads and unions prepare for a waiting game over arbitration in the wage dispute affecting forty five lines and about one hundred thousand men. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors met after receiving a letter from railroad managers offering to defer to the federal board of mediation and conciliation the question of including the roads' grievances with workers demands for higher pay.
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Associated Press
New York
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of
Federal Board of Mediation
Pou Flings Bomb In Pensacola
Pensacola Florida July 19 City Commissioner Frank R Pou announced he is prepared to pursue a recall election and will circulate a petition seeking his recall after criticisms and allegations by witnesses who said he supplied registration and exemption certificates He says the probe targets him and he is willing to resign if voters do not want him to remain in office and will seek an early recall vote.
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Pensacola
Fla
Frank R. Pou
Pou
The
Postmastership at Brantley Settled by Federal Ruling
Washington July 19 The postmaster general ordered that the civil service examination for Brantley Alabama scheduled for August at Andalusia be postponed for months. The department holds that since J W Horn was confirmed by the Senate in June and issued a commission he is the postmaster, even though he delayed taking possession. The Brantley office shifted class in January and again July 1, prompting former postmaster John S Johnson to claim he remained entitled to the job and that Horn must take a civil service test.
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Washington
Brantley
Ala
Andalusia
J. W. Horn
Senate
Alabama
John 8. Johnson
Horn
Heir Located After Meridian Notice Inquiry
Mrs. Mittie Sterling of Meridian Mississippi was found in Balco Alabama after Chief Crenshaw received a letter stating she could not be located by the resister Mrs. F E Hunnicutt. The Halsell estate will be settled on July 29 and her sister hopes Mrs Sterling can be in Meridian for the proceedings.
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Mittie Sterling
Meridian
Mias
Mrs. Sterling
Young Men Walk Mobile to Philadelphia for Barbers’ Outfit
Raymond Haas and Alexander Janton, two young white men, set out from Mobile to reach Philadelphia about 1,190 miles away without trains. If they succeed they will obtain a complete barbershop outfit. They traveled by train to Philadelphia, now walk back, and plan to finish when weather allows. They registered at police headquarters in Montgomery as proof of their route.
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Raymond Haas
Alexander Janton
Philadelphia
Montgomery
Fiant
Janton
Mobile
Newlands Law Blocks Aide as Wage Board Member
Washington July 19 The federal board of mediation examining the eastern railroads wage dispute finds assistant secretary of labor Post barred from serving under the Newlands law. The White House says a replacement will be appointed but the board is not hindered and urged to begin work immediately with Cham bers, Hanger and Knapp seeking to start without delay.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Board of Mediation
Aassistant
Department of
Newlands
Senate
White House
Post
William Lea Chambers
Hanger
Martin A. Knapp
Selma Plans Eight Story Office Bank Building
Selma Alabama eyes a modern eight story office and bank building at Broad Street and Alabama Avenue to be built by the Selma National Bank. The bank recently acquired an adjacent store and will raze the existing structures for the new construction. Construction is expected to start before year end, signaling confidence in Selma and central Alabama.
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Selma
Ala
Broad Street
Alabama Avenue
Selma National Bank
Alabama
No Mad Dog Days Says Dr Moss
Montgomery Alabama July 19 Dr P B Moss state bacteriologist in charge of the state Pasteur Institute declares the belief that summer increases rabies in dogs is a myth He says rabies is an infectious disease and season has no figure in its occurrence He notes more winter cases due to lack of precautions.
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Montgomery
Ala
P. B. Moss
State Pasteur Institute
Dr. Moss
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BIG Timber
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St. Andrews Bay Co
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