Alleged plot tied to federal revenue case unfolds
The article details an alleged conspiracy involving Casper Hartmay Booth and an agent accused of accepting a bribe. A confession reportedly describes a plan to kill Gates in Atlanta to derail the inquiry. Booth and others allegedly planned to falsify stories and involve government officials, with a grand jury report anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Hartmay
Ing Booth
Gates
Booth
Atlanta
Internal Revenue
Washington
Gearon
Ged
City ordinance declared invalid by the recorder
Demurrers in the case City v Dr Adams challenge city law granting mayor and board of health consent to operate a hospital. Judge Roach and others questioned constitutionality, sustaining the demurrers while city contemplates further action to close the hospital as a nuisance. Dr Adams cited 24 of 27 nearby residents endorsing operation at 517 Spring Hill Ave. The president’s salary note appears unrelated.
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Board of Health
John. T. Adams
Recorder’s Court
R. H.smith
Adams
Spring Hill Avenue
Smith
Third District Sunday School Workers Elect Officers
W L Hinson of the Prichard Baptist church was elected president of the Third District Mobile County Sunday School Association at the Prichard convention. Jodie J. Cowart and Moses Brooks Hayes were elected vice president and secretary treasurer. The Turnerville school was praised for raising its attendance from 70 to 90 percent. The next convention will be at Prichard Methodist church in three months.
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W. L. Hinson
Prichard Baptist Church
Mobile County Sunday School Association
Prichard
Jodie J. Cowart
Bethany Baptist
Whistler
Moses Brooks Hayes
Whistler Methodist
Indian Springs
Comet Seabed
Baptist
Myers Memorial
Eight-Mile Station
Prich- Baptist
Prichard Methodist
Turnerville
Marjorie Clemens
Nanie Baker
Jere S. Davidson
J. W. Barnett
Mobile County
Prichard Methodist Church
Two Autos Collide Yet No Injury Reported
In Ocean Springs Mississippi on Sunday a glancing collision occurred between cars driven by B F Joachim and Phil Wieder. The Wieder vehicle carried several New Orleans visitors including Mr and Mrs D Harrison Mrs Kate Murphy and Mr and Mrs Joseph Lohman. No injuries were reported though fatalities were narrowly avoided and both cars sustained only minor damage.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
B. F. Joachim
Phil Wieder
New Orleans
Wieder
D. Harrison
Kate Murphy
Joseph Lohman
Weather Watch Reports Mixed Conditions Across Regions
The forecast notes six hour shipments north and east, with the Tombighee river and tributaries rising over the next two days. High pressure dominates most areas east of the Mississippi, with showers in the South and rising summer temperatures. Low pressure brings rain across the middle and upper Mississippi valley, including 3.86 inches at St Louis. Cool, fair conditions prevail where high pressure extends from the Dakotas to the north Pacific coast. Albert A Berger, Local Forecaster.
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Tombighee
Alabama
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Dakotas
Pacific Coast
Albert Are
Berger
Mosquitoes Invade Dreams of All Walks of Life
The piece likens mosquitoes to a universal threat that affects rich and poor, old and young, sick and well. It notes their ubiquity and presence in large and small quantities, with a tone warning that Sweet Dreams are served in large bottles and sold everywhere.
Bryan denies minimizing note in Lusitania talks
Former Secretary of State Bryan rejects reports that he downplayed the first American note to Germany over the Lusitania incident. He says he informed the president, secured Dumba's confirmation, and that Berlin and the Austrian envoy corrected misrepresentations of the interview.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Lusitania
Bryan
Dr. Dumba
Herr Zimmerman
Foreign Office
Dumba
Ge Herr Zimmerman
Gerald
Berlin
Inferior Court Docket Involving Assaults and Fines
Dewitt Moody fined 10 dollars or ten days for assault and battery on Harvey Pope. Morris Dowdy fined 51 dollars or 30 days for assaulting Leon Battiste. Louise Johnson fined 50 dollars or ninety days for foul language, appealed with 200 dollar bond. Mattie Brooks and Della Bettis fined 5 dollars or ten days for loitering. case continued to July 8.
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Inferior
Dewitt Moody
Harvey Pope
Inferior Criminal Court
Morris Dowdy
Leon Battiste
Louise Johnson
Mattie Brooks
Della Bettis
Holcombe
Kennedy Death Notice for John B Kennedy
John B. Kennedy a Mobile native aged 44 son of the late A B W Kennedy died Sunday morning at 7 o clock at his home 157 North St Joseph street after a lingering illness He is survived by his wife two sons and Bernard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Kennedy
Mobile
A. B. W. Kennedy
North St. Joseph Street
Bernard
Recorder Declares Prohibition Violations Tightened
Judge D H Edington ordered harsher penalties for liquor law violations after July first. William Abrams faced fines of 250 dollars plus costs for selling liquor without a license and storing liquor near sale. Mary Fort was fined 50 dollars and costs for selling liquor without a license. Detectives Newbern and Harris investigated all three cases with J B Crockett acting as purchaser. Four accused witnesses and other defendants appeared as hearings continued for MecNiff case and arrests.
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D. H. Edington
Hen
William Abrams
Knox Street
Recorder
Mary Fort
St. Louis Street
Newbern and Harris
J. B. Crockett
P. J. MecNiff
State Street
Newbern
Harris
Davis Avenue
Marmotte Streets
Claude Johnson
Conti Street
Manuel Abrams
Cherry Street
Joseph Sparks
Glennon Avenue
W. H
Marmotte Street
Local Visitors Journal Attracts Notables To City
Leslie Hall of Ray Minette spends summer in Fairhope and is in town on business. Hotel guests include D W Nesbitt Birmingham A H Alston Clayton F P White Pensacola Co W Katterman New Orleans 8 P Hughes Electric Mills G R Henni Fairhope. Battle House guests include F G Blair Tuscaloosa C F Abell Irvington Dariton N D Allen Anniston W M Patterson Atmore C F Wilcox Fleetwood. Mrs C S Copeland of Alabama guest of Bienville House as a city visitor. A young man from Sraait te, brought by father Thomas Cooper for treatment at Mobile. case baffled local physicians.
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Leslie Hall
Ray Minette
Fairhope
Cawthon Hotel
D. W. Nesbitt
Birmingham
Ala
A- H. Alston
Clayton
F. P. White
Pensacola
Fla
Co. W. Katterman
New Orleans
P. Hughes
Electric Mills
Miss
G. R. Hen
C. 8. Copeland
Bienville Hoeke Court
Thomas Cooper
Mobile
City Briefs Notice Probate Court Grants Licenses
Wednesday, June 39, in Mw E chunch at 10 30 a m licenses issued by the probate court to Willie Lawrence Murphy and Ladie D Moore Wallace Hines. licensees listed as born to Mr and Mrs Sallie Orr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lawrence Murphy
Ladie D. Moore
Wallace Hines
and Sallie Orr
Sensational Weekly's PIRMINGHAM Judge Fined and Sentenced
A criminal case in Searchlight weekly coverage reports a figure fined $1,000 on conviction for blackmail. An additional twelve month road sentence follows. Bond set at $8,000. notice of appeal noted.
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Pirmingham
Criminal Co Searchlight
Ational Weekly
Huerta and Orozco Released on Bond in El Paso Scene
News from El Paso shows Generals Victoriano Huerta and Pascual Orozco freed on bonds of 15000 and 7500 dollars respectively after arrest on neutrality law charges. Officials vow continued surveillance and crackdown on Mexican factions amid tense border watch and pending July 1 hearings.
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Lansing
Department of Justice
United States
Warren
Apartment of Justice
Huerta
Orozco
EL Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
Pascual Leo 2
Mexico
Oras
Vivas
Huerta-Orozco
General Huerta
Southwestern
Newman
N. M
General Orozco
Luis Fuentes
Accos United States
Federa
Fifteenth
United States Cavalry
Conoel George H. Morgan
Federal
Lea
Fort Bliss
New Mexican Revolutionary Movement
Wilson
San Francisco Fair
New York
J. B. Rattner
Juarez
Unclear dispatch mentions Mexico violence and treaty notes
A fragmented dispatch notes officials urging caution in upcoming treaties with China and Japan while reporting troops moving from Vera Cruz to the capital. It mentions fighting near Mexico and fears about the ten days before Madero's overthrow.
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Icans
China
Japan
Department
Carrenga
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Madero
Educator Dr. J. H. Phillips Speaks at Tuskegee Institute
Dr. J. H. Phillips, Birmingham superintendent of education, addresses 410 colored teachers at Tuskegee Institute summer school. He argues education should advance the world, urges self knowledge, unity, and self reliance to uplift the race. calls knowledge power to be directed and exercised.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
J. H. Phillips
Birmingham
South
Dr. Phillips
Cying
Mobile Pythians Pay Tribute To Deceased Of Order
Four Mobile Pythian Lodges held memorial services at the Pythian Castle with strong attendance. Dr J A Reaves and other officers led the program including an oration by W L Cahail and a quartet with Mrs Crosby at the piano. Members from Rescue Lodge 24 Mobile Lodge 67 Percivale Lodge 102 and Red Cross Lodge 132 attended.
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Mobile
Pythian Castle
J. A. Reaves
T. Mitchell
H. A Rre
Perlate
F. T. Harteau
E. J. Grove
J. R. Crosby
W. L. Cahail
F. P. Davis
A. R. Ball
Thomas Winter
M. W. Aldridge
Crosby
Rescue Lodge
Mobile Lodge
Percivale Lodge
Red Cross Lodge
No City League Game Ends In Tie As Davis Team Fails
The Sunday City League game between the Barney Cavanaghs and the A D Davis team did not start because Calametti’s Davis side failed to field players. Barney manager Jordan brought two teams to fill in and the game ended in a tie after Norton was teased into a base-running attempt. Jordan plans a stronger lineup for the second half and aims for both halves and the pennant.
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Barney-Cavanaghs
A. D. Davis
Calametti
Kling
Jordan
Barneys
Davis
Joe Norton
Prominent Washington Attorney Tied to Pittsburgh Slaying Plot
In Pittsburgh a young attorney Thomas G. Forney is implicated in a plot to murder Franklin T. Schneider. Forney told detectives McHenry was to receive 2000 dollars for harming Schneider and attempted to shield a past secret. McHenry and Forney were both taken into custody.
WIFE REPUDIATES HIM IN MURDER PLOT CASE
J Franklin Schneider, the candy maker, returns to Washington after his son in law Thomas G Forney is jailed in Pittsburgh on murder attempt charges. Forney confesses the plot targeted Schneider and his family including his elten and three children. Mrs Florence Schneider Forney renounces her husband and social season nuptials are noted. George McHenry, named by Forney as instigator, was taken to Pittsburgh and denies involvement.
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Edmund M. Allen
Joliet Prison
Joe Campbell
Trusty
Allen
State Board
Washington
Florence Schneider Forney
Schneider
Forney
Miss Schneider
George McHenry
Pittsburgh
Waiter Identified in Chicago Attack Case
Pittsburg report says McHenry, a Washington waiter, identified as a guest at the hotel the day T Franklin Schneider was attacked. Police say Thomas G Forney, in law and Washington attorney, confessed involvement in the plan to kill Schneider. Both to be heard on assault with intent to kill charges Wednesday.
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Pittsburgh
McHenry
Washington
T. Franklin Schneider
G W. Morris
Schneider
Thomas G. Forney
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Sensational Weekly
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