Supreme Court to Decide Other Bail Rate Cases
Supreme Court to rule on remaining railroad rate cases in Missouri Arkansas Oregon and West Virginia with a Monday announcement expected Justice Hughes aligned with the Minnesota decision and to review Judge Smith McPherson’s Missouri ruling on rates and passenger laws The piece notes potential splits on what constitutes a reasonable rate and whether certain roads may be affected differently by the court ruling
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Missouri
Arkansas
Oregon
West Virginia
Justice Hughes
Minnesota
Smith McPherson
Western Missouri Circuit Court
McPherson
New York
Judge McPherson
Hughes
Hannibal
St. Louis
Burlington
Rock Island
Kansas City
Clinton
Springfield
Great Western
San Francisco
Santa Fe
Trieber
Iron Mountain
Southern
Newlands Sees Tariff Divide By Regions
Washington June 14 Senator Newlands told Democratic colleagues the tariff bill may preserve protection for Atlantic coast and middle West while moving the Southwest and West to free trade. He noted many farm products on the free list and citrus fruit remaining dutiable, with 4000 Eastern-competitive items taxed. He urged gradual tariff cuts and a special commission to report on sugar wool and citrus.
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Washington
Newlands
Southwest
Senate Finance Committee
California
James
Kentucky
Senate
Romanones Forms New Spanish Cabinet in Madrid
Count Alvaro de Romanones organized a new Spanish cabinet with himself as premier. Key posts include Lopez Munez as Foreign Minister, the Duke of Alba as Interior Minister, Suarez Inclan for France, General de Leque for War, Amalio Jimeno for Marine, Rafael Gasset for Public Works, Pedro Rodriguez de la Minister for Public Instructions, and Ruiz Jimenez for Justice.
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Madrid
Alvaro de Romanones
Lopez Munez
Duke of Alba
France
Suarez Inclan
General de Leque
Amalio Jimeno
Rafael Gasset
Pedro Rodriguez de la
Ruiz Jimenez
Fowlkes Honored as One of Ten Chamber Appointees
E. O. Fowlkes of Mobile, head of the D. R. Dunlap Mercantile Co., is named to the national Chamber of Commerce Department of Commerce Committee, one of ten across the United States. Mobile’s selection follows the city’s trade expansion efforts including a visit by the Mobile Trade Commission to Central America. The committee will cooperate with the federal government to improve domestic and foreign trade relations. Information on other cities pending from Washington.
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United States
E. O. Fowlkes
Mobile
D. R. Dunlap Mercantile Company
Department of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
William H. Armbrecht
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
National Commercial Organization
Chamber of Commerce
Armbrecht
Mobile Trade Commission
Central America
Committee of Ten
E. Oliver Fowlkes
Fowlkes
Washington
Playmaster Named For River Forest Children
Henry F. Kallenberg was named official play master for River Forest, a Chicago suburb. He aims to teach children to play and to model good sportsmanship, decrying baseball fans as poor losers and arguing youth playgrounds can improve fan behavior and loyalty.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Henry F. Kallenberg
River Forest
Two Aviators Die in Monoplane Crash Near Aerodrome
Lieutenant James R. B. Kennedy of the Royal Flying Corps was killed and C Gordon Bell seriously injured when a monoplane they rode as pilot and passenger crashed at about thirty feet near the Brooklyn Aerodome. The craft, traveling eighty miles an hour, dipped and toppled after a high angle turn. both men were buried in the wreckage. This followed another RC fatality earlier in May near Montrose Scotland.
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London
James R. B. Kennedy
Naval
Royal Flying Corps
C. Gordon Bell
Brooklyn Aerodome
Bell
Kennedy
Demond L. Arthur
Royal Munster Fusiliers
Montrose
Scotland
Curry Succeeds Ismay as IMM Director
Southampton June 14 P. E. Curry manager hero of the American line is named a director on the board of the International Mercantile Marine Company in succession to J. Bruce Ismay.
Democratic Enthusiasm Over Tariff Bill Grows in Senate
Associated Press reports in Washington that Democratic leaders in the Senate express confidence in a united caucus for the tariff measure. They say rough patches in party alignment have been ironed out and predict rapid action once subcommittee reports are resumed. Senator Simmons notes broad public support and fewer protests than in previous tariff debates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Simmons
Convention at Axis Sunday in Mobile County series
The Mobile County Sunday School Association holds the third district convention at Axis to host delegates from districts along the Southern Railway area from Calvert to Plateau. Notables include Charles Anderson president E Calderaro secretary and speakers Aubrey Boyles James Lorenz R L Howell and others. The program covers morning and afternoon sessions with lessons on temperance social duties and the meaning of Sunday school to church and nation.
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Mobile County Sunday School Association
Axis
Calvert
Plateau
Charles Anderson
E. Calderaro
Mount Vernon
Moebile
James L. Cawthon
County Association
Mobile
Aubrey Boyles
R. L. Howell
Banner School
C. B. McLeod
Citronelle
James Lorenz
Salco
Annie Krassen
Mt. Vernon
Temperance
Dr. Webb
Linebach
Satsuma
L. B. Fowler
California land ownership bill stirs Tokyo position
Count Gombel Yamamoto said the California alien land ownership controversy remains unsettled and that Japan expects an amicable settlement. He announced administration reforms aimed at saving 35 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Gombel Yamamoto
California
State Tax Commission Pen for Tangible Assessments
The state tax commission is drafting notices of intangible assessments for Alabama counties and cities. Notices will be mailed to county assessors and city clerks later this week after completion by the commission in May.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Tax Commission
Bridgie Webber Stabbed in New York Underworld Tale
Bridgie Webber, one of the Rosenthal case witnesses, was stabbed in the shoulder early today on East Eighth Street. He is hospitalized in stable condition after loss of blood and refused to identify or discuss the attacker, with detectives noting his prior cooperation with authorities.
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Associated Press
New York
Rosenthal
Webber
East Eighth Street
Broadway
Grace Chur
Harvey
Sam Paul
Eighth Street
Paul
Herman Rosenthal
Seacer
Bald
Jack Rose
Becker
Sing Sing
Becker-Rosenthal
Old Glory Day at Nashville Celebrations Across City
Flag Day events unfold this afternoon and evening with D A R and Elks chapters hosting activities. The main ceremony at Mrs. Alex S Caldwell home features Ballard Thurston of Louisville addressing on the flag’s history. Captain William Driver, who named the flag Old Glory, is buried in Nashville.
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Associated Press
Nashville
the Elks
Alex 8S
Caldwell
Sons of the Revolution
Ballard Thurston
Louisville
William Driver
Mrs Eliza Maugherman 108th Birthday Jubilation Ends
Mrs Eliza beth Maugherman died in Bryan Ohio twelve days after celebrating her 108th birthday. She was mother of seventeen children, four living, spanning five generations. Her father served in the War of 1812 and her husband in the Civil War. She was noted as an inveterate smoker.
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Associated Press
Bryan
Elizabeth Maugherman
Auto crash at grade crossing kills three near Columbus
Miss Ada H. Zeller and her sister Mrs Cora Glickenger died instantly when their car was struck by a traction car at a grade crossing two miles south of Columbus. Glickenger's husband A Clinckenger was fatally injured in the collision last night.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ada H. Zeller
Cora Glickenger
A. &. Clinckenger
Bettner Case Not Prossed in Federal Court
The United States court did not press the case against RB Bettner on Saturday as the government could not establish a viable case under federal white slave laws. The defendant faced no further action after the government’s decision.
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RB. Bettner
United States
Weather Forecast Fron Royal and Dauphin Streets
Forecast till 7 p m shows fair conditions tonight and Sunday with light variable winds. Alabama expected fair tonight and Sunday while Mississippi also fair tonight and Sunday. Temperature readings taken at Royal and Dauphin streets include early morning values and scattered figures.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Suny
Royal
Dauphin Streets
No Favorites in Victimizing Tre Gullible
Chicago June 14 Under indictment on a charge of operating a confidence game Orlando I Robinson former manager of a match company and his son Orlando Jr are accused of duping forty members of the Forty first street Presbyterian Church out of 21500 They allegedly held prayer meetings to win victims Ministers business people washerwomen factory girls widows and orphans and swindled thirty four cities in the same manner.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Orlando I. Robinson
Orlando, Jr
Forty-first-street Presbyterian Church
Robinsons
Presbyterian
What Chicago Varsity Grads Are Earning
Chicago June 14 A Northwestern University report uses the class of 1903 to value a college education at 25000 dollars. Ten years after graduation earnings rose from 867 in five years to 1862 in the next five. A Chicago salaried average is 1202. Northwestern estimates total college cost at 2400.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Northwestern University
Theaveras
United States Census Bureau
Northwestern
Fire destroys shops at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the shops of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg early today. The building was valued at $15,000 and insured for $50,000.
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Associated Press
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Road building material gets the slag rate
The Birmingham to Mobile line will apply an eighty five cent per ton rate to slag gravel and chert effective June 23 for building of highways with state or county interests. The new tariff excludes shipments to contractors or individuals and notes Hiawatha is not covered. The change follows a request by the Mobile chamber and aligns with Southern Railway policy to promote good roads.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Chamber of Commerce
J. M. Culp
Southern Railway
Finley
Culp
Washington, D. C
W. H. Armbrecht
Ala
Hiawatha
L. & N. Railroad
Alabama
The
Southern
No Compromise For Offenders In San Francisco Police Case
San Francisco reports no deal on police scandal pleas. Frank E. Sola, already convicted for sharing profits with bankers while an officer, faces sentencing today. Seven other policemen under indictment plan to plead not guilty and go to trial as DA Fickert rejects any compromise.
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San Francisco
Frank E. Sola
Banco
Fickert
Dr Caspari to Speak at Mobile Food Convention
Dr Charles A Caspari of talthmore and a member of the National Pharmacopiae Board will arrive in Mobile Monday to attend the seventeenth annual convention of the American Association of Dairy Drug and Food Officials. He will deliver an address during the convention.
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Caspari
Charles A. Caspari
Talthmore
National Pharmacopiae Board
Mobile
American Association of Dairy, Drug and Food Officials
Suffragettes Honor Miss Davison With London Funeral Parade
Sufficient crowds and militant suffragettes gathered from across England to escort Emily Davison’s coffin from Victoria to St George’s Church Bloomsbury. The event featured 20 brass bands, banners, and a twelve-section procession with officials debating route quieting measures.
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Associated Press
London
England
Emily Wilding Davison
Derby
Epsom
Victoria Station
St. George's Church
Bloomsburg
Epsom Station
Miss Davison
Bloomsbury
Scotland Yard
Baumgarten
Emmeline Pankhurst
Flora Drummond
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst Arrested Again in London
London report says Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst was arrested today and taken to Holloway jail. She had been released on license May 30 due to ill health from a hunger strike while serving a three year penal servitude sentence.
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Associated Press
London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Hollowell
Jealousy Tragedy At Portsmth Weds Ends in Double Death
In Portsmouth New Hampshire Robert White a 36 year old Baltimore electrician at the government wireless station killed his former sweetheart Jennie Wade 16 after spotting her with two men outside a cinema. He shot once hitting her then killed himself.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
N. H
Robert White
Baltimore
Government
Jennie Wade
White
Open Air Services in Bienville Square Sunday Night
The Federation of Mobile Churches launches summer open air meetings in Bienville Square at 8 o'clock Sunday. Dr. A L Phillips presides with Rev. C C McGehee Rev G C Tucker and Rev A F Carr assisting. Music will be directed by J H Wienand as downtown churches close for the event.
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Federation of Mobile Churches
Bienville Square
A. L. Phillips
First Baptist Church
C. C. McGehee
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
G. C. Tucker
St. John’s Episcopal Church
A. F. Carr
Government Street Presbyterian Church
J. H. Wienand
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Romanones
America
Yamamoto
Bridgie Webber
Daughters and Sons of American Revolution and
Elks
FWO
Bettner
Guglielmo Marconi and
Mrs. Marconi
Rome
Marconi
Sea Girt
N. J
Wales
Ghigago
College
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
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