Mayor Schwarz defends milk ordinance after dairy probe
Mobile mayor addresses claims on Columbus Augusta and Jackson dairies after health officials’ letters and photographs. he insists the milk ordinance is sound, cites clean milk as priority, and notes he may switch dairies if others prove cleaner.
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Columbus
Augusta
Jackson
Miss
Mobile County Medical Society
Schwarz
S. J. Taylor
Ee Laz. Schwarz
Mobile
The
Medical Society
J. P. Wall
City Health Officer
J. T. Moncrief
W. A. Scott
Scott
Board of City Commissioners
F. R. Harsh
Mayor Schwarz
Harsh
McCall
Gary Opposed Trying to Drive Competitor Out
Gilbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Corporation, testified in the government dissolution suit that the firm had power to drive competitors out of business but he did not approve such policy. He denied recall of Latshaw and the 1902 minutes claiming to dominate the trade and defeat competition.
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Associated New York
Gilbert H. Gary
United States Corporation
Judes Gary
Jacob M. Dickinson
Gary
Dickinson
National Tube Co
Latshaw
Witness testifies in Texas oil penalty case
E R Brown vice president of Magnolia Petroleum testified about stock ownership tied to Navarro Refining Security Oil and Standard Oil connections. He described transfers held in a proxy name and noted Navarro and Security were ousted from Texas in 1909 for trust law violations.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Texas
of Texas
E. R. Brown
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Corsicana Petroleum Company
Police Chiefs Convene in Washington Meeting Opens
More than 260 police chiefs from various places attend the International Association of Police Chiefs convention in Washington. Juan Vucetich of Argentina is elected the first foreign member and a paper on The Social Evil by J L Beavers of Atlanta is featured. C M Faye longtime Chicago Daily News editor dies at 69.
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Washington
International Association of Police Chiefs
Juan Vucetich
Identification Bureau
Argentine Republic
J. L. Beavers
Atlanta
Taft Attends Luncheon with Speaker Clark on Memorial Plans
Former President Taft met with Lincoln Memorial Commission members and reviewed the $9,000,000 memorial project in Washington. He joined Speaker Clark at a capitol luncheon along with Democratic Leader Underwood and Former Speaker Cannon.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Clark
Capitol
Underwood
Cannon
Band Concerts Return to Bienville Square Under Suffich
The First Infantry band led by Professor A J Suffich plans three summer concerts weekly in Bienville Square. A committee will seek subscriptions around the square to fund six to ten p m shows on Tuesday Friday and Sunday nights, aiming to please all ages with popular selections.
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First Infantry
A. J. Suffich
Bienville Square
Naval Stores Officials in High Court Ruling
Five officials of the American Naval Stores Company of Savannah had their Sherman Act convictions set aside by the Supreme Court due to erroneous trial judge instructions. Justice Holmes noted the rule of reason preserves criminal liability while not invalidating the act. The company had faced bankruptcy as prosecutors argued conspiracy to restrain trade in naval stores.
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Associated
Washington
American
Naval Stores Company
Savanah
Turpentine Trust
Supreme Court
Justice Pitney
Department of Justice
Edmund S. Nash
J. F. Cooper Myers
Spencer P. Shotter
George Meade Boardman
Carl Miller
Jacksonville
Shotter
Myer
Holmes
U the Court of Appeals
Redetrict
Harry Fox Makes Bold Escape From Wetumpka Prison
Special to The Item reports Harry Fox a 29 year old white prisoner serving life for murder escaped Wetumpka State Penitentiary Sunday morning and was recaptured near the walls hours later He broke his ankle jumping the wall and hid in the enclosure Fox alias Safford has a prior Mobile Tuscaloosa arrest for horse theft and the murder victim was found in a Tuscaloosa swamp A $5 reward was offered for his recapture and Mobile officers, though aware of his identity, doubt he will return to Mobile to avoid recapture
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Montgomery
Ala
Harry Fox
Perry County
Wetumpka Penientiary
Alias Safford
Wetumpka
Hartwell Douglass
Convict Board
Fox
Mobile
Warren Burch
Weson Pearson
Tuscaloosa
Tus
Caloosa
Alabama
Sign Reversal Sparks Brooklyn Saloon Carnage
In Brooklyn at 265 Bridge Street Casey altered a sign to read Lunch Free Wines and Liquors sparking a violent outbreak. William Crock, near the door, was fatally wounded with a bullet that caused a severed limb and mock familiar chatter as ambulances arrived. Police questioned the aftermath as patrons fled through back doors.
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New York
Casey
Bridge Street
Brooklyn
O’casey
Europe
William Crock
Policeman Hatton
Hatton
Crock
Doc
Street Car Lines Not Railroads ruling
The Supreme Court ruled street car lines are not interstate railroads under the federal commerce law. Justice Lamar said Congress did not intend the term railroad to include local street railways for cross state routes. The decision resolves a split among lower courts on street railway regulation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sanborn, Hook and Adams
United States Circuit Court
Commerce Court
Court officials seek ice water supply but ruling blocks action
Jurors serving in the courthouse filed a petition asking the board of revenue and road commissioners to provide ice water. The attorney general had ruled the expense non payable, and the county treasurer faces a suit for past ice water costs. The board expressed sympathy yet could not act.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
S. P. Gaillard
Canal Celebration Prizes Lined Up From Local Merchants
Canal celebration committee members canvassed the business district and secured a large prize pool for the Panama Canal opening events. Prizes include building lots furniture barrels of flour coal sidewalk paving zoo items and Mobile made goods, promising broad city wide interest.
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John Rose
R. N. Hudson
George Clifton
S. S. Brandon
John C. O'Connell
Weather forecast and regional rain outlook
Weather service reports a rain chance tonight or Tuesday with moderate variable winds. Mississippi clouds bring local showers possible in southern areas, with similar chances in northern and southern portions of Alabama through tonight or Tuesday. Temperatures at Dauphin and Royal streets include 72 at 7 am and 81 at 12 pm, with other readings unclear.
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Mobile
Mississippi
Alabama
Dauphin and
Royal Streets
Weserene FO
OMB Oess Cce
Oram
Kindergarten Referendum Drives Public School Vote
Activists seeking to keep kindergarten in public schools urge a downtown vote via ballot boxes. A business district canvass by the School Improvement Association is planned for Tuesday to gauge strong sentiment for continuing kindergarten classes.
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School Improvement Association
Suffragette Leaders On Trial At Old Bailey
The trial of suffragette leaders charged with conspiracy under the malicious damage to property act began at the Central Criminal Court Old Bailey in London. Defendants include Harriet Kerr Agnes Lake Rachael Harrett Beatrice Saunders Annie Kenney Laura Lennox and Edwyn Clayton with Flora Drummond ill and absent. Public interest was low as spectators wore black armbands mourning Emily Wilding Davison who died from injuries at the Epsom racecourse.
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Associated Press
London
Central Criminal Court
Old Bailey
Harriet Kerr
Agnes Lake
Rachael Harrett
Beatrice Saunders
Annie Kenney
Laura Lennox
Edwyn Clayton
Flora Drummond
Emily Wilding Davison
Plans for a 60,000 theatre on Royal Street site
The plan for a new $60,000 theatre on the old Mobile Theatre site, owned by J Pollock, was reviewed with architect Joseph Stone at a Sunday conference led by Jacob Tannenbaum. The project aims for a December opening, with South Royal Street property owners offering a $5,000 bonus. Replicas of the Lyric Theatre lease talks with Jake Wells were reportedly unsatisfactory, prompting the decision to pursue a new venue.
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J. Pollock
Joseph Stone
Jacob Tannenbaum
Mobile Theatre
Pollock
South Royal Street
St. Joseph and
St. Louis
Royal and Conti Street
Klaw & Erlanger Attractions
Jake Wells
Grandstand Destroyed by Fire at Hurst Park
The court grandstand at Hurst Park in Hampton England burned after midnight. Flames spread to other stands and to the stables. Authorities suspect suffragettes may be responsible for the blaze.
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Hampton
England
Court
Hurst Park
Bankhead Among Last Senators Heard in Lobby Probe
Washington June 9 The special committee probing lobby influence heard the final senator testimony as it weighs evidence on the tariff bill. Senator Sutherland disclosed holdings in sugar firms and defended his voting stance while denying improper influence, with the panel likely to back strong restrictive reform.
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Associated Press
Washington
Special
Capitol
Wilson
Congress
Sutherland
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Amalgamated Sugar Company
House
Senate
Americans Defeat Australians Handily in Davis Cup Tie
New York June 9 United States defeated Australia in a Davis Cup preliminary tie with Maurice McLoughlin and Norris Williams winning two singles matches. McLoughlin swept Doust 6-4 6-4 6-2 to give America a 3-0 victory in the match series.
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Associated Press
New York
America
United States
Maurice KH. McLoughlin
MicLoughlin
McLoughlin
Fire damages hit factories in Long Island City
A blaze in Long Island City caused extensive damage to the Columbia Paper Bag Company factory the American Druggist Syndicate factory the Blanchard building and the Pratt and Lambert varnish factory with losses estimated at 360000 dollars.
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Long Island
New York
Columbia Paper Bag Company
American Druggist Syndicate
Blanchard
Pratt and Lambert Varnish
Long Island City
Marriage License Issued by Probate Court
A marriage license was issued for Walter M. Higgins and Mary Becker Hagan from the probate court on Monday.
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Walter M., Higgins
Mary Becker Hagan
Dissolution Sought for Kodak Trust in Anti-trust Suit
Federal government seeks dissolution by receivership of Eastman Kodak Company of New Jersey and Eastman Kodak Company of New York for monopolizing photographic supplies under the Sherman Act. The suit names George Eastman Henry A. Strong Walter Hubbell and Frank Noble of Rochester as defendants. The action follows Supreme Court ruling denying patent price fixing and aims to divide assets to restore competition.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
So-Calle Trust
McReynolds
Eastman Kodak Company
New Jersey
New York
United States
Eastman Kodak
United States Supreme Court
George Eastman
Henry A. Strong
Walter Gs. Hubbell
Franks. Noble
Rochester
N. Y
O'Brien
Trust
James A. Fowler
Clark McKercher
McKercher
Eastman Company
Eastman Kodak Company of
Eastman Kodak to adjust methods to meet government demands
Rochester June 9 Eastman Kodak Company will modify its business practices to satisfy the government dissolution suit filed in Buffalo. George Eastman president states the firm will not dissolve and will operate retail stock houses under its name, abandoning exclusive sales policy.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman Kodak Company
Buffalo
George Eastman
Mr. Eastman
United States
Eastman
Man Bound Over On Charge Of Theft From 7 Years Ago
Joe Binzer, accused of stealing 59.25 from J. H. Johnson of Whistler seven years ago, was arraigned before Judge Henry Chamberlain. After evidence, he was bound over to await grand jury action under 250 bond. Id Moseley was fined 20 or 20 days on vagrancy. Will Smith fined 1 or 10 days.
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Joe Binzer
J. H. Johnson
Whistler
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Id Moseley
Will Smith
First Baptist Sunday School Plans Pleasure Bay Picnic
Several hundred piecnickers will board the steamer Pleasure Bay at the foot of Dauphin street Tuesday morning for the annual outing of the First Baptist Sunday school. About 300 church members will join the party and tickets will be sold to others. The picnic will be held at Fairhope.
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Dauphin Street
First Baptist Sunday School
Fairhope
Overton to New York for advanced training
Ed Overton director of physical training at the University Military School will depart for New York City to enroll in a special course at the University of New York. The program aims to qualify him for another instructor position at U. M. S. starting next fall.
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Ed Overton
University Military School
New York City
University of New York
Dates Set for County Teachers Institutes
Montgomery June 9 announcement lists dates and locations for county teachers institutes. Each begins July 28 and ends the week of September 22 with Mobile county opening September 22 followed by Washington Clarke and other counties in sequence respectively.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile County Institute
Washington
Clarke
Aoe Coun
Omasville An
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