City Attorney Boones backs Lyons on school bond feasibility
City Attorney Boone defends Lyons on bond feasibility over Inge and Weinacker, denying a 1908 city suit against the Weinackers and stating city views on bond validity and related laws are correct. He emphasizes experience in selling bonds and cautions public discussions require funds to float a July 9 issue.
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Lyons
W. B. Inge
Messrs
Boone
Weinackers
Inge
Mobile
Weinacker
Grosvenor Not Expert on Deals in Harvest Trust Hearing
In New York on June 20 Associated Press report details Edwin P. Grosvenor questioning George W. Perkins about deals related to forming the International Harvester Company. Perkins says he avoided discussing specifics to keep rivals apart and predicts possible criminal indictment.
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Associated Press
New York
George W. Perkins
J. Pierpont Morgan
International Harvester Trust
Edwin P. Grosvenor
International Harvester Company
Perkins
McCormick, Deering
Plano
Osborne
Milwaukee Harvester
Grosvenor
Mr. Grosvenor
Meyer to settle dollar for dollar in bankruptcy case
Morris M. Meyer wholesale dealer and agent for F. W. Cook Brewing Co will settle with creditors dollar for dollar. He filed for bankruptcy last March claiming liabilities near $60,000 prior to fraud adjustments. After a $20,000 deduction not allowed by Referee R. T. Ervin the final settlement range is about $38,000 to $40,000.
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Morris M. Meyer
F. W. Cook Brewing Company
Meyer
R. T. Ervin
Appointment to Italy Satisfies Italian Government
The Italian ambassador in Washington informs President Wilson that the appointment as United States ambassador to Italy will satisfy his government.
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United States
Italy
Washington
Wilson
Masked Women Rob Postoffice With All Ease
Two masked women entered the Georgia Oklahoma postoffice at dawn and threatened Postmaster Holter with pneumatic guns. They looted $75, a bag of 2000 pennies, and two gold watches, then fled on horseback and were not pursued.
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Associated Press
Guthrie
Okla
Postoffice
Georgia
Holter
Negotiations Reported On Dickens Property Sale
Rumor says Western capitalists bought the Dickens property above Three Mile Creek in Mobile county. D. R. Burgess says negotiations are pending but sale not completed and he will not reveal price or buyers. The tract totals about 8 500 acres with 25 miles of frontage on Mobile river Chickasabogue Creek and Bayou Sara.
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D. R. Burgess
Dickens
Three-Mile Creek
Burgess
Dicken
Mobile County
Mobile River
Chickasabogue Creek
Will Bishops Accept Carnegie's Million
Nashville church leaders gather to decide whether the Southern Methodist college bishops will approve Vanderbilt University's Carnegie million gift to its medical department. Bishops Hoss and Candler oppose the action while others like Hendricks Denny Morrison Lambuth McCoy Mouzon and Kilgo attend. The meeting was executive and no forecast on action was given.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Colleges of Bishops
Southern Methodist Church
Carnegie
Medical Department
Vanderbilt University
Hoss and
Candler
University
Board of Trust
Hendricks
Denny
Morrison
Lambuth
McCoy
Mouzon
Kilgo
Wallace F. Johnson advances to challenge round in London tennis
Wallace F. Johnson of Philadelphia defeats W. C. Crawley of England in the London lawn tennis championship open singles semi final. By victory Johnson progresses to face holder A. F. Wilding of New Zealand, who declined to defend the title.
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Associated Press
London
Wallace F. Johnson
Philadelphia Today
W. C. Crawley
England
Johnson
A. F. Wilding
New Zealand
Allen Arrested for False Pretenses in New Orleans
E T Allen of New Orleans was arrested Friday afternoon by Detective Burch at the Bienville Hotel on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses in Montgomery.
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E T. Allen
New Orleans
Burch
Bienville Hotel
Montgomery
Day in Congress Sees Tariff Talks and Address Session
Not in session Democrats caucused to discuss a tariff bill as amended by the finance committee. The House passed a concurrent resolution for a joint session Monday to hear President Wilson read his currency legislation address. Senator Erdman act expansion urged. Secretary McAdoo sought a $100000 appropriation for vessels to enforce laws protecting Alaskan fish and fur animals.
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Finance Committee
House
Congress
Wilson
Neely
Senate
Joint Committee
Erdman
McAdoo
County board wins water funding for court officials and jurors
The attorney general of a state issues an opinion upholding use of county funds to provide ice water for jurors witnesses and officials in court. The ruling reverses a prior stance and prompts renewed questions about other court conveniences and potential suits against county officials over funds spent.
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Aijia Obama
Montgomery
Ir. Louis Sternfeld
Stone
Opinion Finds Ice Purchase Claim Unallowable for Prisoners
Attorney General Brickell issues a formal opinion to Chief Examiner McCall. The claim by the sheriff against the county for ice used by the court jurors witnesses and prisoners may be allowed for court and witnesses but not for prisoners in the county jail. The recommendation is that such a claim be paid by the treasurer only when linked to court activities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Brickell
McCall
Court of County Commissioners
Commissioner's Court
Mexican loan hinges on conditions amid bond talks
Mexico may not receive fifty million dollars of its government loan for six months. Thirty million will be available on June 26 and the rest as two six month options. Finance minister said only deteriorating Mexico conditions could block the bond placement. Negotiations were conducted in Paris with Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Paris
Banque de Paris Et Des Pays Bas
Magnolia Petroleum Stops Gasoline Sales Amid Penalty Charge
In Dallas Texas on June 20 the Texas oil penalty controversy shows Magnolia Petroleum Company of Texas halting gasoline and naphtha sales to Pierce Fordyce Oil Association while continuing sales to Standard Oil units outside the state. Sales manager A C Ebie admits stopping Pierce Fordyce deliveries but says the action followed contract expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Magnolia Petroleum Company of Texas
Piercee-Pordyce Oil Association
Standard Oil
A. C. Ebie
Magnolia
Pierce- Fordyce
Thousands Affected by Chicago Lockout in Labor Cutback
A deadlock between 500 Building Construction Employers' Association members and 20,000 building trade unionists led to a city wide lockout. After 150 marble workers demanded higher wages, contractors discharged them, triggering 45,000 workers losing jobs across related trades and suspending $35,000,000 in improvements.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Building Construction Employers’ Association
Storm damage estimated at a quarter million in Florida
Jacksonville reports 250000 in damage from a storm with twelve injured as buildings were blown down. A separate report mentions a storm near Tallahassee around Thursday or Friday.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Tallahassee
Pitcher Lundgren Sent Home After Tryout
Pitcher Lundgren formerly with the Chicago club travelled with the Mobile team for a week hoping to work out and show himself but was sent home Friday afternoon. His arm is in bad shape.
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Lundgren
Chicago
Court of Appeals Not To Vote On Question On New Rule
Alabama Supreme Court plans to revise its rules of practice and will meet Monday morning to consider the proposed rule. Court of Appeals members say their vote will not count and they will not join the meeting. The rule would bar setting aside or reversing judgments or ordering new trials for many errors unless it shows the error injuriously affected substantial rights after full review.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Ensign Billingsley Dies In Chespeake Bay Aerial Crash
Ensign W D Billingsley of Mississippi was killed and Lt J T Towers of Georgia seriously hurt when their hydro aeroplane capsized over Chespeake Bay near Annapolis during a training flight from the Naval Academy. Billingsley's body not yet recovered while Towers was rescued and taken to the academy hospital. Boats search for wreckage and cause evidence. Billingsley, 1887 birth, Naval Academy 1909, aviation corps member since 1909. Towers, 1885 birth, Academy 1906, joined aviation corps last December.
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Associated Press
Washington
W. D. Billingsley
Mississippi
J. T. Towers
Georgia
Chespeake Bay
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Claiborne
Sillingsley
Towers
Naval Academy Hospital
Billingsley
Army
Fort Myer
Aviation Corps
Navy
Lieutenant Towers
Tax Sale Clears 400 Parcels at County Courthouse
Four hundred parcels of real estate including city property vacant lots and country land were sold for taxes in front of the county courthouse on Friday at noon by State and County Tax Collector Phelan B. Dorion. The majority was bid in by the state.
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Phelan B. Dorion
New Theatre Deal Reported Closed in Mobile
Friday reports indicate arrangements for a new theatre on the old Mobile Theatre site by J. Pollock have nearly closed and papers will be signed soon. Transactions with Mr. Tannenbaum are said to be satisfactory and a December 15 opening for Mobile is anticipated. M. C. Altmeyer, for Pollock, had no further details.
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Mobile
J. Pollock
Pollock
Tannenbaum
M. C. Altmeyer
Pennsylvan ia Railroad and Union Pacific Seem to Tie to Transcontinental Plan
In New York June 20 a debate continues over whether a stock exchange between the Pennsylvania Railroad and Union Pacific signals a unification of the transcontinental line. Observers cite Pennsylvania policy and Cassatt era projects including the great Hell Gate bridge and the Long Island terminal as evidence of ambitions extending to New England traffic and a vast future network.
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Y “Holland
New York
Financial
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Union Pacific Company
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Beston
Rea
The
Pittsburg
New Haven
New England
A. J. Cassatt
New York City
Long Island
Manhattan Island
East River
Long Island Sound
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hudson River
Cassatt
Jones Jr Refuses Press Information On Federal Case
Nathaniel Baldwin and Willie Bras, recently released in county court on petty larceny charges, were re-arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Horton on a federal warrant for breaking a freight car seal in transit across state lines. They appeared before United States Commissioner Richard Jones Jr who did not disclose his action to the press. The pair remain jailed without bond. Dr. Percy Chaudron, Mobilian graduate of Alabama Medical School, has returned to Dothan after a visit.
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Nathaniel Baldwin
Willie Brasfield
United States
D. D. Horton
Richard Jones, Jr
Percy Chaudron
Medical School
University of Alabama
Dothan
Ala
Wire Grass
Weather forecast and temperatures from Royal and Dauphin streets
General forecast shows fair weather tonight and Saturday with light variable winds. Alabama and Mississippi regions also set fair. temperatures recorded at Royal and Dauphin streets include 78 at 8 am, 83 at 10 am, 88 at noon, and 60 at 2 pm, with other readings around 85 and 88.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Royal
Dauphin
Railroad Counsel Reacts to Possible Louisville & Nashville Sale
Gregory L. Smith denounces reports that Pennsylvania Steel would buy the Louisville & Nashville and says he has heard nothing of a sale. As a principal counsel, he is close to Louisville & Nashville leadership and would know if negotiations were under way.
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Gregory L. Smith
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Item
New York
Pennsylvania
Louisville & Nashville
Smith
Rail merger rumor links Pennsylvania with L and A Coast Line
A New York World report based on Southern Pacific stock deals suggests Pennsylvania would take control of Louisville and Nashville and Atlantic Coast Line to form a vast system with Southern Pacific. The idea, presented to Henry Walters, cites no formal negotiations but envisions a four-system alliance operating jointly with Southern Pacific amid possible federal court questions.
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Pennsylvania
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville
Nashville
Southern Pacific
Financial World
Pennsylvania Railroad
Loutaville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
New York
Union Pacific Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
St. Paul
Henry Walters
Mr. Walters
Two Kidnappers Sentenced in Salem Case
Frank Sullens and Ernest Harrison were found guilty of kidnapping Dorothy Holt in March. Each man drawn twenty five year terms in the penitentiary after the jury rejected the death penalty. Sullens confessed to abducting the girl and taking her to an abandoned mine where Harrison would pay him five dollars. The victim was found in critical condition, and a mob scene led to state troop deployment.
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Associated Press
Salem
Frank Sullens
Ernest Harrison
Dorothy Holt
Sullens
Harrison
Funeral Notice for William Webb of Thomasville and Mobile
William Webb of Thomasville Alabama died Friday at his Canal Street home after an illness. The widower, 69, is survived by relatives in Mobile and Thomasville. He had lived here for many years.
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William Webb
Thomasville
Ala
Canal Street
Mary's Lane
Moble
Cambridge Wins Opening Regatta Beating Yale in Varsity Race
In the annual regatta at New London Harvard crews swept two opening races over Yale. The varsity four-oared finished 11:52 to 12:11 with Harvard five lengths ahead. The freshman eight battled to a narrow margin, Harvard clocking about 10:48 to Yale’s 10:52 as both sides kept high stroke rates amid steady rain.
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Cambridge
Old Eli
Associated Press
New London
Conn
Roeling
Harvard
Yale
Thames
Crimson
Eli Youngsters
Harvard Power
Admin Plan Open for Amendments to Federal Reserve System
Washington dispatch outlines the administration currency bill with twelve regional banks and a nine member Federal Reserve Board. It explains note issuance up to 600 million dollars, rediscount powers, and a 90 day effective period after passage with 38 months to shift reserves.
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Associated Press
Washington
Today
Wilson
McAdoo
Owen
Glass
Federal Reserve Board
Theederal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Reserve Banks
Regional Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Indictments Filed in Jackson Oil Firm and Prison Farm Case
Grand jury in Hinds County returned True bills charging W B Gowdy manager of the Jackson Oil and Refining Company and A C Davis bookkeeper at Parchman State Prison Farm with grand larceny and conspiracy to defraud. They allegedly arranged a contract enabling the oil firm to receive cotton seed from the state with no payment. The case ties to former prison board secretary Lawrence and defalcations in coin affairs.
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Jackson, Miss
Gowdy
Davis
Jackson Oil and Refining Company
Lawrence
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Atttorney
Weinacker CO
Thomas Nelson Page
Ice
Magnolia Co
High Court
Gle
NEW Theatre Deal
DR. Chaudron
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