Will Investigate Low Wage and White Slavery
The state senate formed a committee to investigate the causes of slavery and the effect of low wages in California. Senator Gates of Los Angeles chairs the inquiry planned to begin soon, with Governor Jehnen endorsing a national campaign for a medium wage scale.
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Associated Preas
Sacramento
Cal
State Senate
Gates
Los Anes
Hiram W. Jehneen
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Senate
Dunne
O'Hara
Michigan
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Indiana
Prince seeks U S court action over inheritance
Associated Press reports Paris March Prince Henri de Bearn et Halais asks the American court of appeals to help recover 240000 dollars from a Baltimore bank as part of an inheritance from his late wife Beatrice Winans. The court reportedly declined, saying he must file claims in the United States. Beatrice died in 1907 in St. Petersburg, leaving two children.
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Associated
Paris
Prince Henri
Bearn Et Halais
Lappeals
Baltimore
Beatrice Winans
Ross Winans
St. Petersburg
Lotteries and Betting Squelched in Missouri
The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the law banning lotteries policy games and betting. It affirmed Howard A. Hilton’s three year sentence for a St. Louis policy game. It also affirmed Joseph Cummins’s conviction for betting on a horse race in Louisville Kentucky.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
State Supreme Court
Howard A. Hilton
St. Louis
Joseph Cummins
Louisville
Cummins
Supreme Court
Brown
Movie operator killed while operating machine
Investigation into a theatre screen stoppage in Philadelphia found operator Frederick Schmidst ter had been killed by contact with an electric wire in the operating room.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Frederick Schmidstter
National Good Roads Federation to unify efforts in Birmingham
The National Good Roads Federation plans a Birmingham meeting April 24 25 drawing thousands of delegates from across the United States. The goal is to merge six national groups into one platform to press Congress for increased federal aid. General John A Stewart of the International League for Highway Improvement and other presidents are expected to attend.
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Birmingham
Ala
National Good Roads Federation
United States
Congress
Rivers and Harbors
John A. Stewart
International League For Highway Improvement of
New York City
J.A. Rountree
Stewart
Alabama Names 10 New State Fund Depositories
Governor O Neal will designate about twenty five banks as state depositories from sixty eight eligible institutions. Banks must hold at least 10000 in registered bonds. Current Alabama depositories include Montgomery First National Fourth National Exchange National New Farley Sullivan Bank and Trust Birmingham Traders National Steiner Brothers First National Birmingham Trust and Savings Company American Trust and Savings Bank Mobile Merchants Bank People s Bank First National City Bank and Trust Company and American Trust and Savings Bank.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Purifoy
Alabama
First National
Fourth National
Exchange National
New Farley National
Sullivan Bank and Trust Company
Birmingham
Traders National
Steiner Brothers
Birmingham Trust and Savings Company
American Trust and Savings Bank
Mobile—Merchants Bank
People's Bank
City Bank and Trust Company
Governor objects to sectionalism in Alabama textbooks
Montgomery March 13 Governor ONeil vows histories used in Alabama schools must teach history without prejudice or sectionalism. He will approve only histories free of bias and will leave remaining selections to the state text book commission after reviewing submitted works. The issue focuses on depictions of the Confederacy and Southern figures.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
O'Neil
State
Camp U. Co. .V
Mobile
South
Rarelay Academy
Raphael Semmes
Five Year Exile Ends as Ecuador Leader's Family Sails Home
Senora Leonidas Plaza wife of Ecuador's president sails for Colon with five children to cross the isthmus and join her husband. Plaza, elected last September, has lived in exile for years and has never seen his youngest child born during his U S sojourn. All five children were born in America and none speak Spanish.
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Associated Press
New
York
Senora Leonidas Plaza
Ecuador
Colon
Isus
Plaza
Senor Plaza
United States
South America
America
Grave Transformation Stuns Alabama Community
In Montgomery area a negro man named Seth Shook, thought dead, suddenly sat up smiling and walked away from the death bed. The occurrence sparked panic among local negroes who believe Shook is possessed. A $25 prize for sitting up with him drew no takers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Seth Shook
Shook
Satan
Frank Johnston Goodnow Named Chinese Constitution Adviser
Frank Johnston Goodnow of Washington DC was appointed chief adviser to the Chinese government for constitutional reform. The appointment was announced in Peking on March 13.
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Associated Press
Peking
Frank Johnston Goodnow
Washington, D. C
O'Neal considers reappointment of state official
Special to The Item reports Governor O Neal reviewing the convict department’s operation and weighing a reappointment amid state staffing concerns. Examiner H Y notes no decision has been made on filling the vacancy as the term nears its end.
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Mon Mery
Ala
O'Neal
H. Y
Poslam Claims Rapid Skin Relief Across Conditions
Advertised Poslam products boast rapid improvement of eczema acne tetter rheum and itching with claims of complete cures for severe skin diseases. Soap is recommended for daily cleansing to maintain healthy skin tone and color with druggist price noted.
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Postan
Who's Governor of Arkansas Acting Edition
Arkansas House passes a resolution directing the attorney general to seek a supreme court ruling on the acting governor with power to sign bills after adjournment. Acting Governor W. K. Oldham declines to say if he will call a special election to fill Robinson’s resignation amid a senate leadership contest.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas House of Representatives
State Supreme Court
W. K. Oldham
Joseph T. Robinson
Senate
Japanese Lecturers to Invade Cambridge for Harvard Program
Harvard graduates have subscribed 20000 dollars to establish lectureships or oriental philosophy at the university. The plan calls for professors from top Japanese universities to come to Cambridge for two or more years to teach these courses.
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Associated Reas
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Japan
Maccabees Social Set for Thursday Night
Members of Mobile Tent No. 10 Knights of the Maccabees plan a social at their hall on southeast Dauphin and St. Emanuel streets. Refreshments will be served and a short program will follow. Committee heads are A. R. MacDonald and Dr J. Krudopte.
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Maccabees
Mobile Tent No
Knights of the Maccabees
Dauphin and
St. Emanuel Streets
A. R. MacDonald
J. Krudopte
Parisian Sage Hair Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a cure for dandruff and hair loss. It promises two weeks to stop hair fall and 12 hours to halt itching, with the auburn haired model on the carton and bottle. Sold by G. Van Antwerp & Son for 50 cents.
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G. van Antwerp & Son
Quarrel Over Food Ends in Man’s Death in Paducah
In Paducah Kentucky March 13 a dispute with waiter Allen Edmonds over whether the meal met order led to H B Duncan a traveling salesman from Deming New Mexico being killed. Duncan accused Edmonds of lying and the waiter crushed his skull with a bottle. Edmonds is jailed.
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Associated Press
Paducah
H. B. Duncan
Deming
N. M
Duncan
Allen Edmonds
Edmonds
Edmunds
Milwaukee Federation Warns Working Women
The Milwaukee Federation of Charities social committee says a working woman needs eight dollars and ninety cents weekly to support herself, excluding domestic service. The report urges young women seeking income to avoid city work unless they have a steady weekly wage.
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Milwaukee
D D D eczema remedy offered by local druggists
Old established druggists advertise D D D Prescription for Eczema from Chicago labs. The advertised doctor s special wash promises instant soothing and pore penetration to destroy germs and leave skin healthy. A guarantee offers a full size trial with no cost if it fails to help. Local drug firms cited.
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D. D. D. Laboratories
Chicago
van Antwerp Drug Corp
D Bauer
Roe Drug Co
Sutton Drug Co
Samuel H. Colvin
van Antwerp
How To Enter The Charity Vote Contest At The Item
The Item announces a vote contest requiring ten people to nominate a charity school lodge church or labor union and collect labels and sales slips. Buy labeled products, save wrappers and slips, then present them to the Contest Department for votes at ten votes per cent.
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Firetcase
Mobile
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