Suffragist Fatal Attack at Ascot Meet Shocks Fans
At Ascot Derby day the militant suffragist leaped before August Belmont’s colt Tracery as the field neared home. The rider A Whalley and horse fell but were unhurt. the assailant died from his injuries and was linked to an alleged second man who seized a pistol. Officials deny knowledge of the attacker.
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Associated Press
ASCOT
Eng
Emily Wilding Davison
Tracery
A. Whalley
Whalley
Women's Social and Political Union
Leprosy Rise At National Medical Convention
The American Medical Association session reports leprosy rising in the United States. Dr Rupert Blue, surgeon general, cites continued spread and urges government supervision. The convention also approves extending section secretary terms from one year to three. Dr Walter S Cornell notes defects found in school medical inspections.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
Committee On
United States
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health Service
Walter S. Cornell
Philadelphia
Western Union Wins Right of Way Case Over L and N
The Alabama Supreme Court denied rehearing in Jefferson and Dallas counties, upholding Western Union Telegraphs right of way for poles and wires over Louisville and Nashville tracks. The court left to later determination the damages due to the railroad company.
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Supreme Court
Montgomery
Ala
Western Union Telegraph Company
Louisville & Nasaville
Alabama
Jefferson
Dallas
Florida Game Law Becomes Effective Statewide
Florida's new game law, a replica of Alabama's statute, took effect Tuesday. The law creates a game and fish commission to be appointed by the governor, with H Wallace Jr. named as commissioner.
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Florida
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Game and Fish
Ammissioner H. Wallace Jr
Wharves at Pensacola Fail Interstate Commerce Test
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the wharfage practices at Pensacola Florida used by the Louisville and Nashville railroad were unreasonable and discriminatory. The one paragraph order requires the railroad to cease such practices by August 15.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pensacola
Fla
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Contractors Defy the Union in Chicago Lockout
The lockout of 20 000 buildings trades workers became effective today after 150 striking stone masons refused to return to work. Building Trades Council officials pledged retaliation by striking to halt construction citywide.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Building Trades Council
Construction resumes in Kansas City after lockout
In Kansas City 1500 Building Trades Council members were temporarily halted by the Building Construction Employers Association. The Rev Thomas E Green pastor of the Bethany Congregational church Saint Louis and S B Davidson and Thomas R Sullivan of Kansas City Socialists were fined 500 dollars each for blocking a street during a curb Socialist meeting last night.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Building Trades Coucil
Building Construction Employers’ Association
Thomas E. Green
Bethany Congregational Church
St. Louis
S. B. Davidson
Thomas R. Sullivan
Socialist Party
Tornado Devastates Tallahassee State Capitol and City
A funnel shaped tornado swept Tallahassee Florida last night unroofing the state capitol and many stores. It cut power and communications, damaged crops and farm buildings, and killed or maimed livestock. No definite loss of life reported though fears of injuries to residents persist.
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Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
State
Missing witness in Phagan case returns to Atlanta
Mary Phagan murder case stakes rise as Mrs. Mima Formby the rooming house keeper reappears in Atlanta. Police say her affidavit links Leo M Frank to an attempted rooming arrangement the night of the crime. Authorities plan to use her testimony at Frank’s murder trial.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Mary Phagan
Mima Formby
Legislators Ready With A Resolution In Tennessee
Nashville date June 19 lawmakers prepared a resolution from the state funding board to authorize short term notes for bonds due this year and extend the board’s powers to issue bonds up to twenty years at most four and a half percent. Regular Democrats adjourned to 8:30 pm and talk of an all night session circulated as factions argued over the refunding bill and funding board plans.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
State Funding Board
Sear
Funding Board
Tennessee Funding Board
Webb law on interstate liquor shipments questioned
The Webb law forbidding interstate shipments of liquor into dry states is not a criminal statute. Violations cannot be prosecuted in U S courts. Attorney General McReynolds says the act merely blocks interstate traffic and enables state prohibition laws to apply to liquor commerce.
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Webb
Associated Press
Washington
United States
McReynolds
Foreign firms win contention in tariff bill dispute
Senate finance committee trimmed provisions allowing government agents to audit foreign manufacturers and to use contingency fee attorneys for valuation disputes. The reform also altered the administrative section granting the president authority to oversee census cases and related actions.
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Washington
Senate Finance
Final Session of Food Officials Convention Held
The American Dairy Food and Drug Officials wrapping up its seventeenth annual meeting. Henrge L Flan ders of New York argued against substituting oleomargarine for butter and urged clear labeling of food ingredients in dining cars and restaurants. Delegates debated pure food exhibitions under state supervision and referred to investigations by congress. The afternoon session reviewed milk inspection methods and bacterial counts with inspector standards and transparency.
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Dairy, Food and Drug Officials
Henrge L. Flanders
New York
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Charles D. Woods
Maine
J. W. Helme
Michigan
Charles Caspari, Jr
Maryland
J. S. Abcott
Texas
James H. Wallis
Idaho
Winona
Alabama Oyster Commission
American“Association’ of Dairy, Food” and Drug
R.m.allen
Lexington
Pure Food
J. 8. Abott
James W. Heime
B. H. Rawls
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
M. E
H. F. Potter
Connecticutt
Jolin Newman
Illinois
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Re-elected Leader Abroad
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt of New York was re-elected president of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance by acclamation in Budapest on June 19, with no balloting required.
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Catt
Budapest
Hungary
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
International Woman's Suffrage Alliance
Mobile Item Campaign Rules For Sales Slips Votes
Contest rules require actual sold and delivered goods with receipt signed by merchant to earn votes. No future delivery orders, only current physical wrappers and labels count. Receipted bills with extra votes must be turned in by Saturday night June 21st at 10 p.m.
Weather outlook warm and fair through Friday
Weather mobile forecast shows continued warm and probably fair conditions tonight and Friday with light variable winds. Local readings at the Royal and Dauphin corner recorded 79 at 8 am and 88 by 1 pm in an Alabama Mississippi trend toward warm, fair weather.
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Mobile
Alabama
Royal
Dauphin
Ms R Ooo
Ty Wigan
Mm. Saeee
Richest Bride To Boss Yacht Off Bar Harbor Cruise
Boston June 19 Miss Helen Sears heiress to wealth and her fiance Cameron Bradley plan a yachting cruise to Bar Harbor before her wedding. She will command the yacht and navigate with skill admired by her crew.
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Boston
Helen Sears
Cameron Bradley
Bar Harbor
Sears
Lyons denounces Bienville Square rally chairs lights claim
City Commissioner Pat J Lyons says there was no permission for chairs in Bienville Square for Hobson campaign events and denies giving police orders on lights. He explains the park was only asked for use and cautions against turning lights on. He notes the square is not a free political rally headquarters and clarifies seating was not discussed.
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Bienville Square
Pat J. Lyons
W. J. Monette
R. P. Hobson
Senate
Col.t O'Neal
Samuel D. Weakley
Mobile Electric Company
Hobson
Biénville Square
Monette
Bacon Declares Huerta Government Revolutionary
Senator Bacon, chair of the senate foreign relations committee, says the Huerta regime is revolutionary and not a legitimate succession to Madero. He opposes recognition, noting armed opposition in much of Mexico and northern control by the revolutionaries, urging continued nonrecognition until a stable regime exists.
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Associated Press
Washington
Huerta
Madero
Bacon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Mexico
Mexican Republic
State Supreme Court Upheld Tax on Domestic Corporations
Alabama Supreme Court affirms Section twelve of the revenue act ruling domestic corporations owe a privilege tax on capital stock, regardless of property location. The decision affirms the Kansas City Memphis and Birmingham railroad case against Jefferson County Probate Judge J. P. Stiles, appealed from Birmingham city court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
J. P. Stiles
Jefferson County
Birmingham City
Elks Enjoy Annual Jacksons Lake Picnic in Montgomery
The Montgomery Elks Lodge hosts an annual picnic at Jackson's Lake with about five hundred attendees. Members and guests spend the day in a festive outing regarded as the premier event of its kind in the area.
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ELKS
Montgomery
Ala
Lodge of Elks
Jackson's Lake
McGowin Dickson Appeal Ends with Loss in Supreme Court
The Alabama Supreme Court denied rehearing in several cases including McGowin v Dickson. The McGowin suit concerned the sale of stock in the English Carriage Company valued at $5,000. McGowin must pay the judgment as the matter has run through courts for nearly a year.
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McGowin-Dickson
Supreme Court
Mr. McGowin
English Carriage Company
Lightweight champion Willie Ritchie fires manager
San Francisco report says lightweight champion Willie Ritchie dismissed manager Billy Nolan. Ritchie arrived from Nolan's ranch to prepare for a July 4 bout with Joe Rivers, citing personal and financial reasons for the decision.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Willie Ritchie
Billy Nolan
Nolan
Joe Rivers
Government Tightens Police Surveillance of Embassy
TOKIO June 19. The government orders stricter police surveillance of the American embassy following an unidentified group painting a violently worded inscription in English on its walls last night directed against the United States.
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Associated Press
Tokio
United States
Refugees Describe Life in Tampico Amid Mexican Turmoil
Geologist B Hopkins arriving in Mobile aboard the Asian reports Tampico full of refugees sleeping in the streets as bridges are destroyed and railroads torn up. Alfred Bromly, a Mexico resident, warns intervention by the United States with another nation is necessary to prevent massacres and protect Americans.
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Mexico
United States
B. Hopkins
Mobile
Tampico
Hopkins
Leyland Line
New Orleans
Alfred H. Bromly
Mr. Bromly
Diaz
Murder Trials Dominate Court Schedule With Date Set
The Oakdale murder case of W. J. Brown tied to the July 16 death of Alfred Percy is reheard June 26. Louis Freeland faces July 21 for another homicide, with Hardaway Young to stand trial July 21 for embezzlement and forgery.
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W. J. Brown
Alfred Percy
Oakdale
Louis Freeland
Robert Harry Mabee
Hardaway Young
Fred Hooper
Henry Spencer
Horace McCall
Joseph Mullaney, Jr
Alice Battiste
Richard Bettner
Hyman Epstein
Charles Nelson
Jay
Americans Get Off Bad In Golf Tournament
Qualifying rounds of the British Open began in heavy rain at Hoylake. Stewart Maiden of Atlanta posted 82 then 79 in the second round. Michael Brady of Weehawken posted 81. Alec Smith of New Rochelle shot 79, rivaled by John J. McDermott of Atlantic City who also carded 79 as British entrants outnumbered 269 players.
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Associated Press
Hoylake Eng
Stewart Maiden
Atlanta
Michael J. Brady
Weeallston
Mass
Alec Smith
Wykagyl Country Club
New Rochelle
N. Ysa
John J. McDermott
Atlantic City
New Orleans Favored for 1914 Press Association Meet
At the National Press association convention closing today an informal poll showed delegates favor New Orleans as the site for the 1914 meeting while Colorado Springs was also mentioned. Officers were to be elected and a meeting place chosen.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Col
National Press Association
New Orleans
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