Shriners Gather for 40th Imperial Council Meeting
Atlanta hosts 16000 Shriners of the Mystic Shrine for the fortieth Imperial Council session. Delegates arrive by train and hotel space fills as officials plan two days of parades and drills. Frederick R. Smith is named next imperial potentate. candidates and new temple dispensations are noted.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Shriners
Mystic Shrine
Imperial Council of the Order
William W. Irwin
Wheeling
W. Va
Seattle
San Francisco
Savannah
Imperial
Frederick R. Smith
Rochester
N. Y
Imperial Shrine
James S. McCandless
Honolulu
Chester Clarkson
Peoria
Ill
William C. Bristol
Portland
Ore
J.c.berger
Denver
Col
Robert J. Daly
Chicago
Conrad V. Dykeman
Brooklyn
Joseph Fulkerson
Oklahoma City
J. T. Jones
D. C
Springfield
Texas Conductor Law Declared Void by Supreme Court
The Texas statute requiring two years experience as a freight brakeman to serve as a freight railway conductor was ruled unconstitutional. Justice Lamar said it created a monopoly by denying other railway workers access to conductor roles. Justice Holmes dissented in the W. W. Smith case, an engineer convicted for acting as conductor.
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Associated Press
Washington
Texas
Supreme Court
Lamar
Justice Holmes
W. W. Smith
Texas and Gulf Railway
Henderson Will Be Choice Today
Jefferson County Campaign Committee announces Henderson will win. predicts a five thousand vote majority for Charles Henderson in Pike and surrounding counties. Signed by Richard V. Evans, Chairman.
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Henderson
Mobile County
Pike
Charles Henderson
Jefferson County Campaign Committee
Richard V. Evans
Henderson Is Picked to Win Over B. B. Comer
Alabama voters head to the polls on May 11 to choose the next governor. Pre election indications favor Charles Henderson over B. B. Comer as both campaigns end in whirlwind fashion and strong rhetoric.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Charles Henderson
B. B. Comér
Shocks Continue at Catania as Aftermath Offsets Damage
Associated Press reports several light earthquakes in Catania Sicily with no new destruction. Relief efforts persist for thousands made homeless after last week’s quake that destroyed a dozen villages. dead total about 150 with hundreds injured, amid military civilian cooperation.
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Associated Press
Catania
Sicily
Prohibition Platform Shapes Gubernatorial Primary
Supporters of Henderson appear more confident than Comer backers as Troy's candidate leads in betting odds for nomination. Former candidates Seed and Kolb were eliminated in April primaries. Seed vows to vote for Comer, while Kolb campaigns statewide for Henderson on local option.
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Henderson
Mr. Comer
Troy
Walter D. Seed
Capt
R. IF. Kolb
Seed
Kolb
Seed Followers Withhold Support After Alleged Knife Threat
Seed claims he did not urge followers to back Comer. Reported incident at Dadeville during the first campaign involved Comer allegedly drawing a knife and threatening to cut Seed’s throat, a claim said to have alienated Seed supporters from Comer.
Bitter governor race mirrors historic prohibition fight
In Alabama the gubernatorial contest grows bitter as supporters of prohibition unite with the legislature in a fight seen as among the most rancorous in years. Governor O Neal led the successful anti prohibition effort four years ago and faces renewed opposition from a slate allied with local option advocates. The Henderson campaign is noted for its remarkable reach amid allegations of so called interests backing. (Continued on Page Four.)
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O'Neal
O’neal
Senate
Alabama
Prohibition
Mr. Henderson
Refugees From Mexico Given Final Release
The German steamship Ypiranga arrived at the municipal wharf at 12 30 pm with 178 Mexican refugees. Passengers were inspected by immigration and customs, and the ship had a clean health bill. A relief committee thanked the German government and the captain, and sixty refugees departed for New York while others moved on to Chicago.
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Ypiranga
Bonoth
Worden
Fort Morgan
Laughlin
Hamburg-American Line
Ceremony Honors Vera Cruz Dead At Brooklyn Navy Yard
Thousands line streets as Secretary Daniels and President Wilson lead honors for nineteen sailors and marines who died at Vera Cruz. Names include Clarence Hersberger of New York and Henry Pulliam of Virginia. Twenty-four mounted police, bands from Wyoming and Texas, and a national guard guard accompany the mournful procession to the navy yard.
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Daniels
Clarence H. Hersberger
New York
Henry Pulliam
Virginia
Vera Cruz
Montana
United States Navy
Our Republic
Wilson
Brooklyn Navy Yard
John P. Chidwick
Maine
Navy
Naval Barracks
Battery Park
Navy Yard
Lower Manhattan
City Hall
Manhattan Bridge
Washington
Col. E. M. House
Battery
Texas
Wyoming
Lower Broadway
Old Trinity Church
City Hall Plaza
Feeble minded and tubercular need more care
Memphis report to National Conference on Charities and Corrections calls for better provision for feeble minded epileptics and tuberculars. David F. Tilley presented the findings with speakers from Massachusetts New York and Nashville. Boat rides on the river were offered to delegates this afternoon.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Public Charities Standing Committee
National Conference On Charities and Corrections
David F. Tilley
Massachusetts State Board of Charity
Robert W. Hebbard
State Board of Charities of
New York
H. M. Dewitt
Nashville
Dewitt
South
Bond of W McKinney Forfeited for Failure to Appear
Will McKinney charged with carrying a pistol on another's lands failed to appear in the inferior criminal court and his bond was forfeited. An alias writ of arrest was ordered. Tom Williams waived exam in city court. bond set at 500 dollars for trespassing. fined 25 dollars for fighting in public. bond set at 100 dollars.
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Will McKinney
Inferior Criminal Court
Tom “Williams
C.P. Frederic
Pia Aon Gege
Lehmann and Lamar Named U S Mediators at Niagara Falls
President selects Frederick W. Lehmann and Associate Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar to represent the United States in the Mexican mediation talks at Niagara Falls Canada. Secretary Bryan announces the choice with no third representative indicated.
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Associated Press
Washington
Joseph Rucker Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Frederick W. Lehmann
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Canada
Bryan
da Gama
Brazil
Naon
Argentina
Sugrez
Chile
Wilson
New York
America
Vera Cruz
Lobos
Huerta
Ruiz
Jobos Island
Tampico
Justice Lamar
Lehmann
United States
Shively
Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
A. T. & N. Service Greatly Improved
Effective Sunday May 10 the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railway begins a through service from Calvert to Reform Alabama. Passengers from Mobile can reach Meridian Tuscaloosa Birmingham or Reform the same afternoon. The old service required an all night layover at York. Calvert to Reform covers 188 miles and the new routing via the Southern Railway is a vast improvement.
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Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
Calvert
Reform
Ala
Mobile
Meridian
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
York
Southern Railway
Equity actions set for May hearings in court
In the court calendar Judge Safford Berney schedules a May 12 motion by trustee for authority to pay 20 percent dividend in the Pake vs Leinbank Banking case and a May 18 motion for reference to fix solicitor fees in Rebecca Jones et al. Minnie Hopkins vs George Hopkins sees a report of reference read and laid over one day. American Saw Mill Machinery Company vs Otto H Gaebe et al. set for May 12 on demurrer.
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Safford Berney
Harry B. Pake
Leinkauf Banking Company Et al
Rebecca "Jones Et al
Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
Minnie Hopkins
George Hopkins
American Saw Mill Machinery Company
Otto H. Gaebe
Marriage Licenses Issued to Six Couples in City
Marriage licenses were issued on Monday and late Saturday to James G Holt and Seleeta Stringfellow John W Hussey and Annie C Plummer Willie Agudo and Catherine Boone John Francis McDonald and Alice Fraley James B Lucas Jr and Etta Leona Palmer Sugar consumption in the United States averages about 1.5 pounds per person weekly.
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James G. Holt
Seleeta Stringfellow
John W. Hussey
Annie C. Plummer
Willie Agudo
Catherine Boone
John Francis McDonald
Alice Fraley
James B. Lucas, Jr
Etta Leona Palmer
Dean's Kidney Pills Bring Relief to Mobile Back Pain
Mobile readers report relief from kidney trouble and back pain after using Dean's Kidney Pills. Miss Lillian Leibel of 26 S Reed Ave shares that she suffered kidney discomfort and severe back pains before finding the remedy.
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Mobile
Dean
Lillian Leibel
S. Reed Ave
Ala
Supreme Court bars contempt sentences for Gompers Mitchell Morrison
The U S Supreme Court set aside contempt sentences against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison ruling the proceedings were barred by a three year statute of limitations. The case stemmed from 1907 1908 actions during a labor dispute involving Bucks Store and Range Company of St Louis.
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Associated Press
Washington
District Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Supreme Court
Holmes
Pitney
van Deventer
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Bucks Store and Range Company
St.Louis
Supreme Court of the United States
District Court
Polarity Test Shows Blue Stain Near Positive Pole
The polarity of electric currents can be tested by soaking blotting paper in potassium iodide and starch. the paper develops a blue stain beside the positive pole when placed between poles.
Girls in bad health ad promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
An old advertisement claims hundreds of girls suffer a female health ailment and urges using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to restore health and make work enjoyable. It touts forty years of success in treating women’s diseases and encourages readers to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Seeberg Freight and Passenger Service Schedule
Seeberg Freight and Passenger Service operates Mobile Alabama routes to Leeward and Windward Islands Central and South America. Ships include Alm Crathens Hilding Mecklenburg Crathens with calls to Kingston Jamaica Santo Domingo Jamaica Haiti Guadeloupe Martinique Barbados Demerara Trinidad La Guaira Puerto Cabello Curacao and other West Indian ports. The Crathens carries 21 first class passengers and the Alm carries 20. schedule subject to change and ports may vary with cargo.
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S. S. Alm
Colon
Panama
San Pedro de Macoris
San Domingo City
R. D
Ss. S. Crathens
Kingston
Jamaica
Jamaican
Haiti
S. S. Hilding
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Barbados
Demerara
Trinidad
la Guaira
Puerto Cabello
Curacao
Ss. S. Mecklenburg
Demerera
la Guira
S. S. Crathens
S.S. Crathens
Santo Domingo
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Imperial Council
Roanoke
Fort Worth
Nght
B. B. Comer
Comer
Palm Beach
Imperial Sanitary Laundry
Mexico
Mitchel
W. M’kinney
Lehmann and
Law and Equity
Seeberg
Mobile, Ala
Leeward and
Windward Islands
Central and
South America
Tineline
City of Building
Company
Jumbés
Koche & Burke Undertakers
St. Joseph Am
State Streets
G. W. Sarnes
Eld Reliable West Builder
Toin
Texas St
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