California Senate Delays Anti Alien Land Bill as Bryan Leaves
Secretary of State Bryan accepts Governor Johnsons invitation to tour farming communities Florin and Walnut Grove in Sacramento County prompting majority leaders to amend plans for final passage of the anti alien land bill. Out of courtesy to Bryan nothing would be done in his absence until his formal leave is taken.
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Associated Press
Acramento
Cal
Bryan
Vernor Johnson
Florin
Walnut Grove
Sacramento County
Senate
Johnson
California
California Legislation Hope Amid Sacramento Uncertainty
Secretary Bryan telegraphed President Wilson with optimism about Sacramento affairs. He urged not to credit misleading reports on proposed legislation and voiced belief in a solution satisfactory to California and the federal government. Unclear stance on the Webb bill and Moore's view cited.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bryan
Wilson
Sacramento
California
Webb
John Bassett Moore
New York Chamber Protests U S Treaty Obligations
The New York chamber of commerce adopted a resolution protesting any state action that would dishonor the United States by impairing treaty obligations with a foreign state. It urged Californians to subordinate local irritation for national honor and welfare.
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Chamber OF Commerce OF
New York
Associated Press
New York Chamber of Commerce
United States
Californa
Desperate Negro Eludes Posse in Georgia Swamp Chase
After hiding in swamps overnight Richard Henry Austin evaded a Hampton County South Carolina posse pursuing him for an attempted assault. He mingled with bystanders until identified by voice, then slipped away into another swamp. Four men wounded, one killed, including Dr. C S Moore who is not expected to live. The pursuit drew in bloodhounds and reinforcements from Allendale and Hampton.
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Augusta
Richard Henry Austin
Hampton County
S. C
Austin
Frank Bowers
B. H. Edenfield
C. S. Moore
Luray
Ss. C
Dr. Moore
George Hanna
Allendale
Hampton
Liberty
Charles Nelson Held to the Grand Jury
Charles Nelson a sailor boarding house keeper and shipping master appeared before Judge Chamberlain on charges of assault and battery bribery and doing business as the migrant agent He waived examination to the grand jury in each case and his bond was fixed at 500 dollars.
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Charles Nelson
Chamberlain
Negro Kills Constable in Montgomery After Threats
Morris Hannon was arrested on a murder charge after constable David A. Thurman was shot at Decatur and South streets. Hannon confessed claiming he killed to protect his brother, William alias Bud Hannon. White witness James Roney and Alonzo Richardson, a Negro, were cleared by authorities. Thurman reportedly drank heavily. witnesses say he drew his pistol on Jim Hannon at a Negro dance hall.
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Montgomery
Ala
Morris Hannon
David A. Thurman
Decatur
South Streets
William
Bud Hannon
Jim Hannon
James Roney
Thurman
Alonzo Richardson
Roney
Roustering Strike Ends As Wage Cut Rejected
The Roustabouts strike ended after owners cut wages from 2 to 1.50 dollars a day for crews on the Sunny South and Mary S. Blees. The two steamers left Mobile for Alabama and Tombigbee river ports on Wednesday morning, ending an eighteen hour delay.
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Mary S. Blees
Mobile
Alabama
Tombigbee
Selma and
Way Landings
Blees
City
Arrino
Dent
Antwerp
Belgium
Elder- Dempster Steamship Company
Liverpool
England
Annie
F. Conlon
Moody
Ponce
Porto Rico
Viator
Erickson
Puerto Barrios
Guat
United Fruit Company
Pier 1
Puerto Cortez
Toiler
Livingstone
Seek Woman in Kidnapping Off Youth
A post card from a missing 19 year old youth, last seen a week ago, warns “Help They are killing me I don’t know where I am Ira.” Sent from Philadelphia to Sol omon May, the father of a wealthy thread manufacturer in New York. Police seek the woman who called the youth repeatedly and withheld her identity.
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New York
Ira
Solomon May
Philadelphia
Young May
Belef
More Wages and Shorter Hours Strike Hits Buffalo Stores
In Buffalo on May 1 over 2,500 department store workers walked out in a citywide strike. Hardware and five and ten cent stores also joined. Demands include a minimum wage of 8 dollars for women clerks and 15 dollars for men clerks, 8 dollars for boys, 18 dollars weekly for drivers and chauffeurs, and an 8-hour day with Saturday half holiday paid in June through September.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Julia Anderson Declares Boy Not Her Son In Miss Case
Julia Anderson, mother of Bruce Anderson, failed to identify a boy in Opelousas as her son. She told officials before the boy, believed to be the Dunbar child, that "he's not mine" amid the Columbus, Mississippi kidnapping claim by Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dunbar.
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Associated Press
Opelousas
Julia Anderson
Bruce Anderson
W. C. Walters
Columbus
Miss
Mayor Laz Schwarz Credited In Missing Children Efforts
The fame of Mayor Laz Schwarz as a finder of long lost children spreads as an appeal arrives from Albert J. Dusseau of Toledo seeking his brother Charlies missing for two years. The letter notes the mother is ill and pleads for help, but provides few specifics.
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Laz Schwarz
Albert J. Dusseau
Rosewood Avenue
Toledo
Ohio
Dusseau
Charlies Dusseau
Mobile
Local Court Fines For Offenses In Prichard And Crichton
John McBride was fined 19 dollars or ten days for using bad language in front of Mrs Arch Dixon in Prichard Alabama. Dug Pleasant paid 51 dollars or thirty days hard labor for carrying a concealed pistol near Crichton. The Union Fish and Oyster Company case for operating without a license was dismissed as compliant.
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John McBride
Arch Dixon
Prichard
Ala
Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Dug Pleasant
Mack Roy
Crichton
Union Fish and Oyster Company
Adams Machinery manager returns from business trip
L. G. Adams manager of Adams Machinery and Manufacturing Company returned from a trip to Birmingham and Atlanta. He promotes Portland Lozier cars as the local agent and expresses enthusiasm for the two machines and their record.
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L. G. Adams
Adams Machinery and Manufacturing Company
Birmingham
Atlanta
Portland Lozier Cars
Adams
Brunnier discovers twenty years of alien status in Mobile
Emil A. Brunnier editor of the Alabama Staatz Zeitung learned he had never been naturalized after years as a German American leader in Mobile. He sought counsel with Claude Grayson and prepared to file, noting his father’s failed naturalization left him native by birth but legally an alien. Twenty other immigrants, from multiple nations, were naturalized by Commissioner Richard Jones Jr. over two days.
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Mobile
Emil A. Brunnier
Alabama Staatz-Zeitung
Brunnier
America
United States
Richard Jones, Jr
Jones
My” Brunnier
Claude A. Grayson
McMillan and Grayson
Towa
South Alabama
Thomas Joshua Kelly
Nathan Friedlander
Joseph Bohn
Fritz Ebert
Oscar Holm
Gaetz Lewis
Oscar Fridolf
Winberg
Hans Schmidt
Wernhard Julius Fischer
Antonio Polizzo
Thorbjohn Seeberg
John George Murphy
William Reitschmidt
Barton Cain Kelly
Thorva Salversen
Einar Christiansen
Frithjof Andersen
Christeian Jensen
Gustaf Walter Nyman
Mobile Ice Company Plant Damaged by Fire
A fire shortly after 1 pm Thursday destroyed the old Mobile Ice Company stables and damaged an adjoining warehouse. The stable damage was about 250 dollars with plant losses undetermined. Fire crews from downtown responded. two ammonia tanks prompted extra caution. The plant had not been used for over six months, per owner Col. A S Lyons.
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Mobile Ice Company
Adams
Water Strets
Col
A.S. Lyons
Day in Congress Spurs Nominations and Parental Court Bill
Senate met at noon with President Wilson submitting several nominations. House sessions opened at 11:40 a.m. and resumed reading the tariff bill under a five minute rule. Rep Hobson introduced a bill creating the parental court of the United States to jurisdiction over children under 15.
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Senate
Wilson
Thouse
Hobson
United States
Weather forecast for Mobile and vicinity
Mobile area forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with light variable winds. The brief forecast suggests continued clear skies and dry weather across Mobile and surrounds.
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Mobile
Alabama
Sugar Schedule Debated In Democratic Tariff Bill
The House advanced the sugar schedule of the Democratic tariff bill under Underwood, closing the metal schedule and passing lumber. A debate over adding shingles to the dutiable list drew opposition tied to oriental labor issues and anti Japanese agitation. An agreement allowed two hours of debate and amendments, with Broussard leading dissent against the sugar rates alongside Republicans.
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Underwood
Pacific
California
Broussard
Louisiana
Republicana
Lightning Rod Men Win Case In Alabama
Alabama Supreme Court upholds Pike County ruling that lightning rod sellers are engaged in interstate commerce and thus not subject to the 25 annual license fee. Justice Somerville writes for the court affirming the appellate ruling that the license requirement does not apply to interstate sales.
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Lightning Rod
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
J. Scurry Clark
Pike County Law Court
Walker
Somerville
Wilson Appeals in New Jersey for Reform Measures
President Wilson heads to New Jersey to urge voters to press Democratic lawmakers to pass a jury reform bill and a constitutional convention measure. The proposals failed in the recent session. an extra session is planned within a week, with the president aiming to hold the Democrats accountable in September primaries and November elections.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
New Jersey
White House
Four Sailors Drown After Flora Sinks In Collision
In Cuxhaven Germany on May 1 the Swedish steamship Flora sank after colliding with the British steamer Mozart. Four crew members were drowned while the other officers and crew were rescued.
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Associated Press
Cuxhaven
Germany
Flora
Mozart
Seven States Short in Honoring Washington Anniversary
The 124th anniversary of Washingtons first inauguration was observed by the Washington National Monument Society. A report said seven states Idaho Washington Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Colorado had not placed stones in the monument but governors assured they would soon. Native stone Zam with the states coat of arms is to be provided.
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Associated Press
Washington
George Washington
United States
Washington National Monument Society
Idaho
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Washington Monument
Zam
Will Restore The Alamo Named By Texas Court
The Texas Supreme Court ordered restoration of the Alamo ruins at San Antonio after a legal challenge. Governor granted permission following the court decision, ending prior disputes over the project and funding.
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Associated Pléas
Austin
Tex
San Antonio
Texas
State Supreme Court
Meet
Crevasse Water Extends In Mississippi River Levee Breach
Crevasse near Gibson's Landing widens to half a mile flooding Concordia and adjoining parishes. Engineers tarp the torn ends and plan tieing work. Flood waters spread destroying crops and inundating towns with Vidalia expected to be reached tomorrow. Over 100000 rations have been distributed by Lt. Holliday from Natchez.
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Associated Press
Vidalia
Gibson's Landing
Concordia
Holliday
Natchez
Bad Slough Breaches Levee Below New Orleans at Poydras
An early morning discovery of a bad slough and imminent crevasse at the Poydras levee 13 miles south of New Orleans prompted rapid sand bag defenses and cribbing. About 300 laborers from nearby plantations rushed to shore up the temporary dike and reinforce the weak points as river gauge readings showed varied changes along the Mississippi from Vicksburg to Baton Rouge.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Poydras
Plaquemine’s
St. Bernard Parish
Vicksburg
Natchez
Red River Landing
Baton Rouge
Donaldsonville
Gibson's Landing
Red River
Mississippi
Rogers Denounced as Deranged in Bribery Claim
In Montgomery Alabama Dr W T Rogers branded as absolutely false the charge that bribery of six hundred dollars led to Dr L E Broughton’s appointment as convict physician at Sanford. Broughton testified he believed Rogers mind was unbalanced and expressed sympathy for the man making grave accusations.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. T. Rogers
L. E. Broughton
Sanford
Broughton
Sesson
Rogers
Touart Announces Candidacy for State Solicitor Post
Attorney Tisdale M. Touart of Cowley and Touart and assistant solicitor for Mobile County said on Thursday he would seek the state solicitor job now held by Norborne R. Clarke. Clarke was appointed to the post by Governor Emmet O Neale.
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Touart
Tisdale M. Touart
Cowley
Supreme Court actions affirm damages and rulings
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed damages in the Diehl minor case against The Ole Creamery Company for a child injured by machinery and awarded $10,000. It also affirmed against Vinegar Bend Lumber Company in a dispute over $500 for machinery delivered, with the court ruling on the dispute in favor of the appellants.
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Montgomery
The
Supreme Court
Cloverdal Every Co
Grate Diehl
Mobile Law and Equity
Vinegar Bend Lumber C O
Bile Circuit Court
W. T. Harrison
Carter
Monroe Law Equity Court
Diehl
Gr Diehl
Ole Creamery Company
Way Lo
J. M
Machinery Company
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Lumber Company
Lumber Com
Heir to Throne Warns on War and Peace
Berlin reports Crown Prince Frederick William in a preface to Germany in Arms argues war will persist as final factor. He warns Germany must keep its army and navy at peak readiness citing dangerous commercialism and the need to sacrifice blood and wealth to secure a place in the sun. He asserts the sword as ultimate authority and urges unity against world threats.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Frederick William
Germany
Gillaux Declared Winner of Pommery Cup
Paris May 1 Ernest F Gillaux a French airman won the Pommery cup prize of 1500 and ten thousand dollars for the longest legal straight line flight in a day He flew from Biarritz to Kollum covering miles with stops at Bordeaux and Villacoublay Gillaux succeeds Pierre Raucourt who won the cup last October 6 1912 from Valone to Biarritz
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Associated Press
Paris
Ernest F. Gillaux
Biarritz
France
Kollum
Holland
Gillaux
Bordeaux
Villacoublay
Torace
Pierre Raucourt
Valona
Additional Indictment Against Jack Johnson
Chicago May 1 The federal government returned an additional indictment against Jack Johnson the prizefighter alleging violation of the Mann White slave act. It claims Johnson brought Belle Schreiber from Pittsburg to Chicago on October 16 1910 for immoral purposes and in perpetration of a serious crime. Johnson pleaded not guilty and trial is set for next Monday.
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Chicago
Jack” Johnson
Johnson
Belle Schreiber
Pittsburg
Trade Expedition To Central America Demonstrates City Progress
A fragment discusses a trade expedition to Central America, linking it to the city’s progress and prosperity. It emphasizes practicability, generation, and regeneration as its core principles and urges citizens to seize opportunities to apply these ideas locally.
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Central America
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