Revenue measure triggers heated House debate in Alabama
Efforts to amend the general revenue bill dominated a morning session in Montgomery as lawmakers debated striking sections taxing cotton mills power plants citrus orchards shipbuilding and packing plants. The Judge amendment failed 43 to 50 amid strong speeches by Davis Shapiro Darden Judge Rogers Blount Grayson. Impeachment charges against Secretary of State Purifoy were read and referred to judiciary.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Shelby
Representa Davis
Shapiro
Darden
Judge
Rogers
Blount
Washington Nty
Grayson
Mobile
Iton
Hn. Purifoy
Hn. Purifoy, ‘Secretary of State
Bradley Co. Brown
Birmingham
Committee On Judiciary
Portfoy
J. N. Nunnelee
Voice
Carmichael
Trent
Tennes
Harvey
Marshall
Alabama Power Company
Alaba
Senate Committee On Temperance
Alabama
Hartwell Sethe
Saupane
Senate
Denson
Temperance Committee
President Wilson Plans Return to Washington Next Week
President Wilson plans to return to Washington the latter part of next week and spent most of today working rather than playing his usual golf. A miscellaneous wire brief notes other items from Paris, Washington, Chicago, Franieco, New York, Johns, St Johns, and San Francisco including a shell wound for Adolphe Messimy, an investigation into the cane sugar industry, Mordecai Brown’s illness, and missing fishing schooners Portia and Argentina.
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Cornish
N. H
Wilson
Washington
Paris
Adolphe Messimy
Vosges
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Congress
Chicago
Mordecai Brown
Chicago Federals
Prancieco
Panama Canal
New York
Kate Masterson
Supreme 1
Kelly
Brooklyn
Scegpec
Bloomingdale R. Lugencet
Macentier Soos
Cup
St. “Johns
WN. F
Fortune Bay
Portia
Argentina
San Francisco
Louisville
North Americ Gymnasium Union
Honduran President Resigns to Seek Next Election
Te gucigalpa Hon July 30 Dr Francisco Bertrand who as vice president became leader after the death of the president in 1913 today resigned as chief executive to become eligible as a candidate for the presidency at the next election Dr Alberto Membrano has taken his place.
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Tegucigalpa
Francisco Bertrand
Republic
Alberto Membrano
Bertrand
Bienville Band Concert Program for July 1915
The Pearson Concert Band performs a Friday night program in Bienville on July 1915 featuring pieces like Down on the Farm by request and selections from The Traviatore and Lassus Trombone. The sheet lists titles, performers, and order of pieces including Washington Greys and Clovernook with various instrumental solos.
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Pearson
Pgietnees
Tli Travatore
Moe
Ballin
Jack Rainn
Cate
Berance Vet Eeneens
Washington Greys Merk Esis
Elaine Adil
Lassus
Clovernook
S. Abe
Domestic Mills Seize Alabama Cotton Amid Trade Shift
Mobile forum reveals export cotton fell 66.9 percent year over year ending March 1915, with domestic mills consuming more. Speakers led by James W. Hunter outlined freight rate definitions and rail-carriers concerns, noting Southern Railway moved 73.8 percent of Mobile area export cotton for a decade and Selma's cotton mostly moved inland.
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James W
Hunter
Mobile
Selma
L. Zimmern
C. D. Batson
Albert Bush
Mr . Hunter
Southern Railway
Register
Ala
Fall of Warsaw and German war plans loom in Eastern front
London dispatch reports Warsaw near surrender with troops abandoning the city and German forces tightening from north and south. Berlin plans a victorious entry and post‑capture moves men and guns west toward Calais and Paris while Lloyd George warns Britain of renewed pressure on the western front.
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London
Warsaw
Russia
Petrograd
France
Great Britain
Germany
Austro-Hungary
Calais
Paris
North Sea
Swiss
Lloyd-George
East
George
Montgomery Millionaire's Will Forbids Leaving the South
J W Huger, late fertilizer maker, leaves property valued at 1 000 000 to his wife and three children on condition they remain in the South. Change of location forfeits the inheritance. Huger died at Skyville North Carolina several days ago.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. W. Huger
Itn
Double electrocution at Eddyville Kentucky penitentary
A double electrocution occurred at Eddyville penitentiary in Kentucky. Turner Jr., a white man sentenced for the killing of Hardin County Sheriff R. J. McMurtry, was executed first, followed by Willie Lane, a 25 year old Black man convicted at Pineville for killing his wife.
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Ddyville, Ky
Eddyville Penitentiary
Turner , Jr
R. J. McMurtry
Hardin County
Willi T. Lane
Pineville
Galveston Exports Value Report For Fiscal Year End
Galveston Tex July 80 Exports through the port of Galveston during the fiscal year ended June 30 were valued at 229 211 452. Imports were valued at 10 293 902. A report forwarded to Washington yesterday by the collector of customs here notes the totals.
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Galveston
Tex
Washington
Baltimore Firm Lands $12 Million Russia Munitions Order
A Baltimore structural iron works company announced a $12,006,000 munitions order from Russia. The firm expects a substantial bonus for early delivery and foresees potential doubling of the order soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Baltimore Company
Baltimore
Baltimore Structural Iron Works Company
Weather outlook and regional forecasts
The Weather section reports possible showers tonight and Saturday with little temperature change and light to moderate winds. In Alabama expect fair conditions with possible coastal showers, while Mississippi remains generally fair tonight.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Gompers Calls On Workers To Frown On Foreign Influences
Washington July 30 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor reiterated his charge that foreign influences sought to spark strikes in the United States and urged workers to reject such interference He published correspondence with the Central Federated Union of New York regarding an inquiry about statements attributed to him about officers of international unions receiving money to incite strikes and noted the issue involved seamen and longshoremen handling American goods for European ports
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Gompers
Central Federated Union of New York
Mr. Gompers
Euthentic Sere
Captain Pedersen Denies Eastland Disaster Fault
Chicago reports say Captain Henry Pedersen declared at the county jail that he will fight to prove his innocence. Investigations expand as federal and state grand juries review reconstruction and operation of the Eastland, amid ongoing salvage and inquiries into overloading.
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Chicago
Steamboat Inspection Service
Eastland
Landis
Henry Pedersen
Seerae
City Concise
Western Electric Company
Reid
Redfield
Robert Reid
United States
Pommer
Hoyne
Adam J. Weckler
Wegkler
Bradley
Newman Lumber loses Sumrall mill in 250000 fire
Fire at J. J. Newman Lumber Co plant in Sumrall Mississippi destroyed mill No. 2 and three and a half million feet of lumber. Wind shift helped contain flames threatening mill No. 2 and part of town. Fire fighting equipment rushed from Hattiesburg on a special train.
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Newman Lumber Company
Sumrall
Miss
J. J. Newman Lumber Company
Hattiesburg
Mules Is Mules Says Minnesota High Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court rules a mule remains a mule not a horse in the Ost and Fisher case from Owatonna. The dispute involved reward for capturing alleged horse thieves after two men stole a team of mules.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Supreme Court of the State of
Hartwell Bill Seeks Commission Form Fix
The Montgomery correspondent reports Senator Hartwell intends a House amendment to the commission government bill to correct an error that would have let commissioners name and discharge department heads. Hartwell emphasizes the measure preserves existing rights while removing the objectionable clause.
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Hartwell
Commission
Montgomery
20 Percent Wage Increase at Hercules Powder Plant
Wilmington Del July 30. The Hercules Powder Company announced a 20 percent wage rise for all workers with fifteen days of service. The firm, once part of the Du Pont group, was separated due to the government's anti trust suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Hercules Powder Company
Hercules Company
du Pont Company
Chicago U Ball Team to Play in the Far East
The University of Chicago baseball team will depart next Wednesday for Japan to play a series against Keio Waseda and Miyagi clubs. The trip also includes games in the Philippines China and the Hawaiian Islands.
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Chicago U
Chicago
University of Chicago
Japan
Keio
Waseda
Miji
Philippines
China
Hawaiian Islands
Burrows Refuses $27 Million Rifle Offer to Allies
Pasadena July 30 B T Burrows a wealthy Portland Maine manufacturer announced he refused a telegraphic offer to supply 27000000 worth of rifles to the allies. The report contrasts with Kansas City July 20 where Federal League president Gilmore lifted manager George Stovall suspension so he could play tomorrow referred to as Stovall day.
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Pasadena
Cal
B. T. Burrows
Portland
Maine
Stovall
Kansas City
George Stovall
Gilmore
Federal League
Railways Ordered to Readjust Rates on Export Cotton
Interstate Commerce Commission mandates railroads south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississippi to align export cotton rates to Mobile with those to Savannah and other Southern ports. Orders require stopping higher rates by Oct 1 1916 and set two rate scales with shipside higher than station delivery by at least 3 cents per 100 pounds.
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Mobile
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio and Potomac Rivera
Mississippi River
Commission
Mobilé
Aville
Dore
Louisville & Nashville
Decaturingham
Montgomery
Savannah
South ‘Atlantic
Gulf
South Atlantic
Community aids family of bread thief shot in New Orleans
New Orleans residents donate food and money to the family of John Reon after he was shot while stealing bread to feed his eight starving children. Police, city officials, and newspapers mobilize aid including nearly $50 by noon and a $1.50 contribution from local lawyers. Reon recovers at Charity Hospital as District Attorney Luzenberg considers action against the store’s owner.
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Gulf Coast Fair Association
H. Ryan
W. R. Stewart
New Orleans
John Reon
John Reéon
Leroy
Fifth Precinct
Paul A. Ducoing
Lawrence Sauer
W. W. Cummery
Civil District Court
Reynolds
Reon
Reou
Charity Hospital
Teves
Luzenberg
John Eohddetor
Becker Case Timeline From Murder to Execution
A historical chronology tracks Hermann the gambler and a web of connections to Lieutenant Becker, with arrests of Bald Jack Rose Bridgie Webber Sam Paul Harry Walton Frank Cirofiell Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie, Becker’s murder conviction, retrials, a 1915 governor’s reprieve, and Becker’s execution at Sing Sing on July 30.
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Hermann
Becker
Bald Jack” Rose
Bridgie" Webber
Sam Paul
Harry ‘Walton
Dago Frank
Frank Cirofiell
Gyp the Blood
Louie
Sing Gapembar
School Ok
Court of Hi
Lewis
Sing Sing
Arachaem
Whitman
Becker Executed At Sing Sing For Rosenthal Killing
Charles Becker, former New York police lieutenant, was put to death by electric chair at Sing Sing on July 30 for the murder of gambler Herman Rosenthal. He maintained innocence to the end, clutching a photograph of his wife as priests administered last rites. Witnesses assembled as the execution began in the new death house adjacent to the chamber, where gunmen had executed Rosenthal years earlier.
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Sing Sing
Ossining
N. Y
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
New York
Poe
Becker
Charles H.ohneon
Tnd
Pridon
Pentage Johnson
Rosenthal
Iota
Keak
Johnson
U S Takes Charge of Pellagra Fight at Columbia Orphanage
The United States public health service will direct medical treatment for Epworth Orphanage children in Columbia as an extraordinary step against pellagra. Dr. W J Murray, trustee chairman, said physicians reported 75 to 100 of about 250 children affected.
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Columbia
Epworth
Methodist” Institution
United States Public Hi Service
W. J. Murray
Board of Trustees
Funeral notices for M Graw and Cleveland announce funeral details
M GRAW Sr died July 29 1915 aged 51 funeral from Adams street cathedral of the immaculate conception interment Catholic cemetery. CLEVELAND Robina widow of John G Cleveland died July 30 1916 aged 89 funeral from St Stephens road ToVille interment Magnolia cemetery. M GRAW other entry notes funeral from 963 Church street with interment to follow.
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M’graw
Stephens M’graw
Adams Street
Cleveland
CBC
Robina
John G. Cleveland
St. Stephens Road
Toville
Ernoon
Intermagnolia
Thomas Mgraw
Church Street
Lost Epee Pair Tied to Seton Car Tuesday
Classified ads note a lost pair of epee tacks or tips with a Seton car linkage on Tuesday. The fragment suggests a minor item loss in a local classifieds page.
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Bienville
Gertrude von Petzold
England
British Horse Office
America
Home Office
J. W. Hunter
Rotarians
NEW York Police
Gambler
Britain
Montgomery Millionaire
South
Kentucky
U. S
Fair Grounds
Zadek
Pedersen
Minnesota High Court
Sen, and
Kee the
Hercules Powder
Interstate C. C
Electric
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