Judiciary Probers Schedule Tours Across Alabama
The judiciary committee announces tours to Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile to gather suggestions on law reform. It will hold sessions at county courthouses March 15 to April 1 and invites public input through March 31.
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Cceee
Montgomery
Birmingham
Reading
Moulton
Alaama
Montry
Mobile
Wasper
Tuscumbia
Decatur
Huntsville
Gadsden
Anniston
Selma
Dothan
Judiciary Committee
Court of Appeals
Alleged assault victims fail to appear in city court
In city court Floyd Ferguson Henry White and Clara Williams faced an assault to murder charge. Complainant Robert Kfer did not appear, leading to a one hour delay and a March 18 continuance with an attachment for the missing man. Williams also faces grand larceny allegations for allegedly stealing $40 after the beating. রহমান
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Floyd Ferguson
Henry White
Clara Williams
Robert Kfer
Williams
Fifer
N. R. Clarke
Jesse Scarbrough
Chun‘hula
Warren Deakle
Richard EF. Roberts
Charles Tipton
Corinne Nicholas
Aunt Sallys Advice to Beauty Seekers
Readers seek help for freckles under eye trouble and facial redness. Astringent tonics and saxolite mix are advised for freckles while mercorized wax used nightly and washed off in the morning is suggested for redness and pimples.
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Mike L
Bien B
Minnie L
Wade 10 Address Coms Congress
J A Wade state commissioner of agriculture and industries accepted an invitation to speak on agriculture at the Southern Commercial Congress convention in Muskogee Oklahoma April 26 to 30. Senator Fletcher of Florida, congress president, announced the topics immigration municipal efficiency and foreign trade with President Wilson expected to attend.
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Montgomery
J. A. Wade
Agriculture and Industries
Southern Commercial Congress
Muskogee
Okla
Wade
Duncan U. Fletcher
Florida
Congress
Fletcher
Wilson
World billiards upset and sports notes from across cities
John Daly of New York suffers his first defeat in the world three cushion billiards tournament losing 5 to 45 in 2 innings to George Moore. Joe Capron beats Alfred de Orr 50 to 47 in 64 innings. William Martin injures his right ankle in Macon. Powers asserts Newark will keep the Federal League franchise. league meeting set. Mayer and Poggenburg win class A amateur matches and set up national final. John E Spiegel to coach athletics at Chattanooga University this fall.
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Chicago
John Daly
New York
George Moore
Joe Capron
St. Paul
Alfred de Orr
Charles’ Ellis
John Hahman
Minneapolis
August Kieckhefer
Milwaukee
Jess Lean
Philadelphia
Joseph Mayer
J. F. Poggenburg
Mayer
Er. W. Gardner
Poggenburg
R. M. Lord
Gardner
Washington, Pa
John E. Spiegel
Washington and Jefferson College
Chattanooga University
Spiegel
Frederick W. Hixson
Southern
Deaths and Funerals Guy G Burgess
Guy G Burgess a former Mobile resident died Saturday in Tampa Florida where he had lived five years funeral held there Friday He is survived by brothers E and M C Burgess in Mobile Harry K Burgess of Brooklyn NY a mother a sister Mrs Perry L Beck of Elkart Ind his wife Clara Garnhart of Mobile and other relatives He was a native of Chicago Illinois.
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Guy G. Burgess
Mobile
Tampa
Fla
Co, E
M. C. Burgess
Harry K. Burgess
Brooklyn
WN. Y
Perry Ll. Beck
Elkart
Ind
Clara Garnhart
Burgess
Chicago
Law and Equity Court Docket Summary
Demurrers overruled in Holt Lumber Co versus J M Givens. Default judgments entered for William Cox against John Turner for 79.48 and Alonzo Shafer against Charles D Shafer for 495 with lien and sale order. Gulf Shingle Mfg Co dismissed. Mobile Light and Railroad Co dismissed by plaintiff. costs sought in W M Griffin versus John P Moore. Saturday call includes Christie versus Southern Dredging Co. Anderson Dozier versus Cawthon Taxi Co. E G Rike versus T L Moore.
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Law and Equity Court
Safford Herney
Holt Lumber Co
J. M. Givens
William Cox
John Turner
Alonzo
Shafer
Charles D. Shafer
Gulf Shingle
Mfg. Co
Robert Windham
Mary Harris
Mobile Light and Railroad Co
W. M. Griffin
John P. Moore
L. Christie
Southern Dredging Co
Anderson Dozier
Cawthon Taxi Co
E. G. Rike
T. L. Moore
Circuit Court Docket Motion for Buck vs Carre
In the circuit court before Judge Samuel B. Browne a motion docket items Saturday include E. J. Buck versus E. E. Carre & Company listed for court action.
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Circuit Court
Samuel B. Browne
E. J. Buck
E. E. Carre & Company
Jefferson jail condemned for ventilation and overcrowding
Dr. William H. Oates, state prison inspector, told Governor Henderson that the Jefferson county jail remains totally inadequate and ordered removal of dungeon doors. He highlighted basement dog houses used for confining black women, void of ventilation and full of sewer gas, and noted 392 prisoners housed during the inspection.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson County
Wiliam H. Oates
Henderson
Oates
Dr. Oates
T. J. Batson
Jefferson Board of Revenue
Batson
Antilla at Dundee for graphite cargo bound for Denmark
The American steamer Antilla from New York to Malmo and Copenhagen is at Dundee discharging the graphite portion destined for Denmark and Sweden. Phelps Brothers says fifty tons is the questioned cargo, with the ship having voluntarily entered Kirkwall.
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London
New York
Malmo
Copenhagen
Dundee
Kirkwall
Antilla
Phelps Brothers & Company
Swift & Company
Rotterdam
Netherlands Overseas Trust
Henderson Heads to Inspect Prison and Clean-Up Week Proclaimed
Governor Henderson departed for Wetumpka to inspect the state penitentiary accompanied by Hartwell Douglass. He issued a proclamation designating April 5 as Clean-Up Week and urged public health officials to participate, while legislative figures testified on clerical pay and gifts from printers and insurers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
Wetumpka
Hartwell Douglass
State Convict Department
Alabama
W. E F. Herbert
House of Representatives
Legislative Investigating Committee
J. D. Adams
Max Porterfield
T. M. Austin
Mr. Herbert
J. A. Kyle
Senate
Mr. Austin
Mr. Porterfield
Cyrus B. Brown
Kalford Kreth
Thomas Bradford
Lorrie Rice
T. L. Austin
Japan Modifies Demands in China
Peking reports Japan now softening its position after the occupation of the German concession at Kiauchau. Tokyo has verbally told China it will drop several demands and adjust clauses on Hanang Tayhe and Ping-Siming mining concessions and on Japanese residents in Manchuria and Mongolia.
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Peking
Japan
China
Kian Chau
Manchuria
Mongolia
Hanang
Tayhe
Ping-Siming
Thaw Defense Restates Case in Matteawan Escape Trial
The defense in the Thaw conspiracy case rested after calling witnesses including Roger Thompson. Thaw testified about his escape and sanity while cross examined, with motions to dismiss the indictment denied. Closing arguments urged the jury to find Thaw sane and responsible, accusing the state of zeal rather than justice.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Roger Thompson
Thaw
Matteawan
Justice Morschauser
West Chester County
Stanford White
New York County Grand Jury
John B. Stanchfield
Johnb. Stanchfield
Stanchfield
Franklin Kennedy
Kennedy
Officials Locked Up Election Night in Terre Haute
In Indianapolis on March 12, policeman Rodbert Lloyd testified at the trial of Mayor Donn M. Roberts and 27 Terre Haute political leaders charged with conspiracy to corrupt the November election. He described two makeshift detention cells in police headquarters filled on election day and the night before. Lloyd claimed election official William House was jailed after midnight and Night Police Chief Nugent cursed those asking for bonds.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Terre Haute
Rodbert Lloyd
Donn M. Roberts
Lloyd
William House
Roberts
Nugent
House
Plant for Rittman Invention to Cost 290000
Secretary Lane announced at a cabinet meeting that a private contract will fund a 250000 plant to house the Rittman bureau of mines invention. The process aims to manufacture gasoline dyestuffs and explosives.
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Washington
Lane
Walter G. Rittman
Bureau of Mines
McAdoo Undergoes Appendectomy in Washington
Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo was operated on for appendicitis in Washington today. Doctors announced the procedure a success and the patient in very favorable condition. Mrs. McAdoo, Wilson’s youngest daughter, stayed with him at the hospital through the operation.
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Washington
William Gibbs McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Explosives Trunk Traced Across U S From New York
Federal agents traced a trunk of gun cotton across the country from New York to San Francisco. Officials say the trunk, owned by Dr. Herman Bodenheim of New York, and seized in St. Louis on a charge of unlawful transport, could wreck a train or station if it exploded. The shipment is believed routed via Kansas City.
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Chicago
Herman Bodenheim
New York
St. Louis
San Francisco
Kansas City
Inquiry Sent to France Over Dacia Seizure
The United States government sent an inquiry to France at Brest seeking the purpose of the Dacia case before the prize court. The Dacia, carrying cotton from Galveston, was seized by a French cruiser. Officials expect owner papers to bolster transfer of registry from German to American.
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Washington
United States
France
Brest
Galveston
State Department
Mrs Brandon Called to Chicago by Urgent Illness
Mrs S S Brandon was summoned to Chicago Friday afternoon by the critical illness of her father W W Ackerman. She had just been to Mobile for the bedside but returned after a partial recovery, as fears grow that the elderly father may not long endure.
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S. S. Brandon
Chicago
W. W Ackerman
Mother Accused of Deserting Three Children to Elopes
Mrs. Matilda Bond of 318 Dearborn Street faces recorder's court alongside James Milberry as police charge her with abandoning her children aged 7, 9, and 11 to elope. The cases were continued to March 15. River boats arrive with slave cargoes at Municipal Docks. License issued to Ross M. Diamond and Fisa Hubbard. One vessel cleared: Oscar G. bound for Bluefields with lumber.
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James Milberry
Matilda Bond
Dearborn Street
Recorder’s Court
Milberry
Bond
Municipal Docks
Alabama River
Peerless
Montgomery
Selma
Way Landings
Murray & Pepper
John Quill
Demopolis
Gainesville
Municipal Wharf
Ross M. Diamond
Fisa Hubbard
Oscar G
Smith
Bluefields
Nic
Dramatic Juvenile Neglect Case Involving Milberry Wife
Detective William Murphy and Humane Officer J S Ducorneau found neglect in a lower Government street boarding house where Milberry's wife kept several children scantily dressed. Judge Holington planned juvenile court action with the boy to Detention Home and girls to an orphan asylum. Neighbors say the mother was away three days. she intends to return after marrying Milberry as he seeks work in Boston.
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Government Street
Milberry
William Murphy
J. S. Ducourneau
Recorder
Holington
Boston
Mass
Danderine Hair Product Ad Promises Dandruff Cure
A vintage advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline for 25 cents, claiming it cleanses dust and oil, stops itching and hair loss, and promises new hair growth after weeks of use. It urges testing with a damp cloth and highlights soft, lustrous hair and a youthful look.
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Knowlton
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