City approves 15000 bond for Mobile School building
Mobile City Commission adopts a new ordinance adding a 150000 dollar school bond issue to fund a Mobile school building. Election set for July 9, with polling places and returning officers designated. The board also passes a milk ordinance with a 50 degree temperature clause amended to allow guaranteed milk labeling.
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Mobile
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Clay Street
Spring Hill Avenue
Lyons
Federal Grad Jary
Springhill Avenue
M. J. Koral
F. R. Harsh
Atlanta
Augusta
Schwarz
Columbus
E. D. Torgerson
Mobile Item
Birmingham
D. J. McCall
Jackson
S. J. Taylor
Miss
Board of Commissioners
City of
Kennedy
Compensation Law Favored by Lumbermen
Everett G. Griggs of Tacoma, head of the National Lumber Manufacturing Association, urged cautious support for worker welfare at the association's annual convention in San Francisco. He argued efficient labor and proper equipment affect lumber costs as much as the log and cited Washington's workers compensation law as a model the industry should back.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Everett G. Griggs
Tacoma
Wash
National Lumber Manufacturing Association
United States
Griggs
Washington
Grasshopper Outbreaks Reported in Kansas and West
The Associated Press reports a grasshopper outbreak in Kansas to the bureau of entomology marking the fourth occurrence in the country. Earlier sightings were in Mexico Idaho and California and officials fear further hopper outbreaks nation-wide.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kansas
Bureau of Entomology
Mexico
Idaho
California
Vice President Marshall Heads North Carolina Trip
Vice President Marshall leaves Washington for a ten day tour through North Carolina Kentucky and Indiana delivering about six speeches. He speaks at the University of North Carolina June 4 celebrates Founders Day in Nashville June 6 and attends Indianapolis June 9 for the unveiling of a statue to Col Richard Owen.
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Marshall
North Carolina
Kentucky
Indiana
University of North Carolina
Nashville Y. M
Indianapolis
Col
Richard Owen
United States Military
Colonel Owen
Oxford boat house fire blamed on militant suffragettes
A large Oxford University boat house on the Isis was destroyed by fire along with about forty or fifty student boats. Cards reading Votes For Women were found at the scene.
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Associated Press
Oxford
Eng
Isis
Oxford University
Meridian Man Shoots Self After Leaving Notes
John Be lo te, 34, former manager of a local title and guarantee firm, killed himself in Meridian Mississippi yesterday. He left notes including a request to notify a Memphis brother and said tired of life was the sole reason for the act.
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Associated Press
Meridian
Miss
John Belote
Memphis
Tenn
Belote
Man Behind The Currency Reform Rumor At White House
Washington reports no official confirmation that Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale’s political economy chair is the mysterious expert shaping Wilson’s banking and currency bill. Underground channels cite a reliable source, noting Fisher’s influence and outlining his controversial life longevity theories on the economic value of American lives and food nutrition claims.
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Washington
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Wilson
White House
Fisher
United States
Metcalf Named Civil Governor of Panama Canal Zone
Richard L. Metcalf of Lincoln Nebraska editor of the Commoner was selected by President Wilson to be civil governor of the Panama canal zone. The appointment followed a meeting with Secretary Bryan Daniels and Garrison. Metcalf rose to national prominence during the 1896 Bryan campaign and ran for Nebraska governor last year.
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Asociated Press
Washington
Richard L. Metcalf
Lincoln, Neb
Commoner
Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
Garrison
Bryan
Daniels
Metcalf
Nebraska
Hubbard-Zemurray Sails Split Banana Fleet To New Orleans
Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company diverts half its banana fleet from Mobile to New Orleans. A direct Puerto Cortez Honduras to New Orleans service begins with the Stavangeren and weekly sailings arranged. Ships Dictator Stavangeren Mercator Fjell will be split between Mobile and New Orleans, with the first two assigned to New Orleans.
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Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company
Mobile
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
New Orleans
Stavangeren
Mercator
Fjell
New Orleans Branch of N O M C Abandoned
The New Orleans branch of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad is abandoned effective June 1. Freight will be routed as before but handled entirely by the N O N E Railroad at the connecting point.
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New Orleans
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company
Crescent City
N. O. & N. E. Railroad Company
Laurel
Miss
Senate in recess as Congress adjourns brief session
Senate not in session meets at 2 pm Thursday. Territories committee reports agreement on the government Alaska Railroad. Lobbying investigating panel continues hearings. West Virginia coal mine strike probe begins collecting documents. Immigration committee favors Anthony Caminetti nomination as commissioner general of immigrating.
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Senate
West Virginia
Anthony Camine‘ti
Wilson Moves Free List for Cattle Wheat and Meats
Senator Simmons announced after a White House conference that the tariff bill will likely place cattle wheat and meats on the free list. President Wilson favored freeing both raw materials and finished products to standardize prices. Simmons hurried to the Capitol to push the measure with the agriculture subcommittee as Williams signaled support for the plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Simmons
Senate
Findnes Committee
Wilson
Democratic Caucus
White House
Williams
Mat
Uniform Base of Cotton for Exportation
In Montgomery Alabama a meeting is scheduled at the Piedmont hotel in Atlanta at 10 am Wednesday with representatives from railroads steamship lines and exporters to set bale standards for export cotton The push focuses on bale dimensions 27 by 54 inches and a proposed extra charge of one dollar per bale if not met The effort aims to reduce costs cited by steamship firms of about five million dollars yearly and could impact the South’s export trade
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Montgomery
Ala
Piedmont Hotel
Atlanta
South
Railroad for Alaska will be recommended
Senators Jones and Chamberlain of the territories committee will submit to the full committee a bill to authorize 40,000,090 in bonds for a government Alaskan railroad. A five member commission under the president would oversee the project with no route chosen yet and future questions of operation or lease deferred.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jones
Chamberlain
Territories Committee
Senate Panel Plans West Virginia Strike Hearing Start
After talks with United Mine Workers and coal operators the senate committee announced tentative plans to begin hearings in Charleston on June 10. The sub committee expects to stay in Charleston or nearby for two weeks to investigate conditions in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek fields.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
Senate
West Virginia
Charleston
Weather Update With Thunderstorms Possible
Weather forecast through 7 p m Wednesday notes likely thunderstorms tonight or Wednesday. Alabama and Mississippi show local showers and thunderstorms. Temperature readings at Royal and Dauphin show a rising trend from 84 at 9 am to 94 by 3 pm.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Few Remain of First Settlers in Minnesota
St Paul Minn June 3 We are face to face with the melancholy fact that death has so depleted our ranks that never again will we have a quorum or be able legally to transact business said EK W Durant president of the fifty sixth annual reunion of the Old Settlers Association which was held here today Five men representing the last of Minnesota s first white citizens attended the meeting which was formed in 1869 We can only wait for the end when the last member will answer the summons that forever extinguishes our association
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Minn
EK. W. Durant
Old Settlers
Minnesota
Mr. Durant
Grand Army of the Republic reunion set for Chattanooga
Chattanooga will host the forty-seventh G A R encampment from September 15 to 20. Gen Alfred B Beers telegraphed ex Senator Newell Sanders confirming the dates and that official orders would be issued tomorrow.
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Asociated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grand Army of the Republic
Alfred B. Beers
Newell Sanders
Bridgeport
Conn
Dixon to Address Alabama Bar Association Meeting
Hon J K Dixon Talladega attorney and Democratic executive committee member will present a paper at the Alabama State Bar Association annual meeting in Mobile July 11 12 He will discuss requirements to practice law Other papers will be announced and Secretary Troy expects record attendance.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. K. Dixon
Talladega
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Alabama State Bar Association
Mobile
Alexander Troy
Dixon
Troy
Irvine Boosts Mobile Leader in Panama Canal Celebration
In Auburn on June 3 L C Irvine of Mobile urged support for the Southern Commercial Congress and the Morgan Memorial Celebration. He outlined Panama Canal benefits for Alabama including cheaper freight and faster interoceanic shipping, and said he will address a Charleston convention on behalf of the Southern Commercial Congress.
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Ala
L. C. Irvine
Mobile
Southern Commercial Congress
Irvine
C. C. Thach
Charleston
Southern Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Mobile Chamber of Comeercé and Business League
South
Alabama
Panama Canal
Uncle Sam
Europe
Pacific
South America
Senator Penrose Defends Lobby System before Senate Panel
Washington June 3 Senator Penrose told a special senate committee investigating lobbyists that after sixteen years in Washington he has seen no improper efforts to influence Congress. He listed 175 names of visitors since January 1 on tariff matters and said none were true lobbyists. He defended agents as legitimate and questioned the existence of modern lobby corruption as mainly a thing of the past.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate Committee
Congress
Mr. Burgess
Mr. Brown
Winthrop JL. Marvin
Boston
Wool People
Reed
Marvin
Penrosa
Gronna
Life Sentence for Young Triple Murderer
Elgin Illinois June 3 Circuit Judge C F Irwin gave life imprisonment to Herman Coppes a 14 year old who pleaded guilty to the April 14 murder of Mrs Sleep and her two babies on a farm seven miles west of Elgin The case was officially announced by the circuit court today.
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Elgin
C. F. Irwin
Herman Coppes
Sleep
Coppes
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