Alabama Labor Body Convenes at State Capitol
The 16th annual Alabama Federation of Labor convention opened in Montgomery with welcomes and entertainment. Resolutions seek repeal of anti boycotting laws, union labels on goods, and legal standing for the federation. Veterans of the Texas Unit visit, receive welcomes, and tour the Capitol before Confederate Reunion events. State officials discussed reappointments to the state board of law examiners and postponed Public Utilities hearings. Peanut oil shipped from Enterprise to Cincinnati pending rate ruling. Pasteur department to relocate by October due to odor complaints. Governor Henderson attends Confederate Reunion and visits with staff, with headquarters at the Tutwiler Hotel. White Cedar Pole Company of Flomaton incorporated with $5,000 capital.
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Montgomery
Ala
Federation of Labor
Reso
Uel Gompers
Peel Federals Oration of Labor
Texas
United Wees
Henderson
Thomas Owen
Departeur of Archives and History of the
Enterprise
Cincinnati
Emmett Jones
Ution
Te Commerce Commission
Alabama
Interstate Commerce Commission
Birmingham
South
T. C. Locke
State Military Department
Tutwiler
John Purifoy
Water Cure case leads to grand jury and arrests
Willie Jones a negro arrested on grand larceny for stealing deeds from Sarah Warren and posing as a licensed healer. He used muddy water bottled as medicine and drew $60 from a bank claiming kinship as Willis Warren. Jones bound over to the grand jury on larceny charges. other cases scheduled for July 1.
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Willie Jones
Sarah Warren
Recorder’s Court
Jones
Willis Warren
Colin Littlefield
Edington
Ben Cunningham
Murray Richardson
A. W. Crouse
John J. Jackson
R. Jackson
Peter Jones
J. J. Blacksher
Federal Court Term Begins for Selma Division
Activity surrounds the Selma division federal building as the United States District Court term for the Selma division of the Southern District of Alabama nears. The term starts next Monday with Mobile officials including A U S District Attorney Harry Pegues Clerk Richard Jones U S Marshal C C Gewin Chief Deputy William Collins and Deputies D D Horton Pat Kearns and George Cowles attending. Judge Henry D Clayton will sit in for Judge H T Toulmin during the term.
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Federal Building
United States District Court
Selma
Southern District of
Alabama
United States District Attorney
Harry Pegues
Richard Jones
United States
Marshall C. C. Gewin
William Collins
D. D. Horton
Pat. Kearns
George Cowles
Mobile
Henry D. Clayton
H. T. Toulmin
From Tropical to Arctic Weather in 24 Hours
Weather swings sweep Texas from heat to near freezing in a day. Gainesville logged May-like heat then frost, Brownwood faced blizzard conditions, and a hail storm damaged areas around Dallas as records fell in this season.
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Fort Worth
Tex
West Texas
Gainesville
Brownwood
Dallas
Negro Leaps From Window at Turner Home
Will Watkins, a Black man employed in the yard at Dauphin and Carl, leaped from a second story servant building window at 1314 Dauphin street around 3 am and was seriously injured. Police and detectives found him with a head wound and he was taken to the city hospital in a desperate condition. Authorities consider a fit or temporary insanity as possible causes.
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Will Watkins
J. Tyler Turner
Dauphin Street
Newbern, Boltz
Harris
Turner Place
Watkins
Jesse Burke
Dauphin
Carl
Mississippi High Court Reverses Two Jury Verdicts
The Mississippi Supreme Court reversed and dismissed two circuit court verdicts against Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad in Quitman and Tallahatchie counties involving children on tracks. In one case Tiny Bell Smith by next friend was awarded 14 000 and in another Eddie Huff et al 5 000. the court ruled trainmen acted to avert danger after trespass was evident. Local reports note upcoming King’s Daughters delegates convention in Greenville May 28 and Governor Earl Brewer's visit, with the grand lodge session to convene in Jackson May 24.
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Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Quitman
Tallahatchie
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Tiny Bell Smith
Next Friend
Eddie Huff
Y. and
M. V
W. A. Smith
The
King’s Daughters of Mississippi
Greenville
Lightning Strikes Ladd Home Damaging Roof
A bolt hit Frank M. Ladd's roof on Government Street near Dexter Avenue early Tuesday. Chimney section fell, tiles lifted, occupants unharmed, and about 25 Home Telephone Company phones out of service. Bell Telephone reported 75 phones affected by the storm's faults.
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Frank M. Ladd
Government Street
Dexter Avenue
Home Telephone Company
Bell
St Elmo Hit At Columbia Theater By Kelley Players
Rose Morris as Edna Earle and Jewell Kelley as St Elmo Murray star in St Elmo at the Columbia Theater. The Kelley Players deliver a vivid production with strong scenic work by Scott Williams. The audience packed the house and praised the performers as the show runs all week.
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Rose Morris
Jewell Kelley
St Elmo
Columbia
St. Elmo
Jewell Kelley Players
Columbia Theater
Little Theater
Miss Morris
Edna Earle
Mr. Kelley
St. Elmo Murray
Augusta Evans
Scott Williams
Kelley Players
Farm Loan Bill Passes House in Large Margin
The House approved the Glass farm loan bill 295 to 10, moving rural credits closer to enactment. Differences with the Senate measure will be resolved in conference. The bill sets up a federal farm loan board and twelve land banks to lend to farmers at a 6 percent cap, via local land associations, with mortgages ranging five to twenty six years.
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Washington
House
Senate
Federal Farm Loan Board
Chateau Frontenac Fire Threatens Historic Hotel
In Quebec on May 16 the Chateau Frontenac faced a night blaze under the copper roof of the kitchen area. Firemen battled until 7 am, preventing spread to guests' rooms while property damage was pegged at about 25000 dollars.
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Quebec
Chateau Antenac
Dufferin Mountains
Anthracite Coal Prices Raised By Major Company
Philadelphia on May 16 reports a 10 to 30 cent per ton wholesale coal price increase by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. Other producers may follow. Samuel D. Warriner cites higher mining costs and recent miner wage hikes as justification.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Reading Company
Samuel D. Warriner
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Orleans Italians Shoot Three in Royal Street I violence
May 16. Pietro Giacona a wealthy wine dealer and brothers Constanzo and Vincent Lococo were shot and wounded by three unidentified Italians on Royal Street near Canal in New Orleans business district. Pedestrians and vehicles crowded the scene as the assailants fled. police suspect a vendetta linked group.
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New Orleans
Pietro Giacona
Constanzio
Vincent Lococo
Royal Street
Canal Street
Louisiana progressives endorse Roosevelt for Rocant at state convention
At New Orleans on May 16, Louisiana Progressives endorsed Theodore Roosevelt for Ro cant and chose delegates to the Chicago national convention. The resolution called Roosevelt the man most capable of preserving American citizenship at home and abroad.
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New Orleans
Ila
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
You Cannot Brush or Wash Out Dandruff
Advice extols liquid argon as the only method to dissolve dandruff by nightly scalp application. It claims rapid results overnight with continued use, promising relief from itching and visibly improved hair quality.
Take Big Chances Travel With Chamberlain's Remedy
Travelers are warned that a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should accompany them, as attacks can be sudden and severe and the product is not available on trains or ships. Obtainable everywhere.
Powder plant blast in New Jersey kills fourteen
A Dupont powder plant explosion at the Repaune facility in Gibbstown New Jersey today killed at least fourteen workers and injured about thirty. The blast leveled the trinitrooluol building and damaged adjacent structures including nitro benzol and huxite units. Officials say the cause is undetermined and may never be known.
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Gibbstown
N. J
Dupont F Powder Company
Here
W. F. Laley
Woodby Saen
George Marsh
Paulsboro
Rublee Nomination Rejected by Senate
The Senate rejected George Rublee of New Hampshire as a member of the federal trade commission by a 42 to 86 vote. Rublee had served on the commission under a recess appointment since February 1915 and was opposed as personally obnoxious by Senator Gallinger, his home state ally.
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Washington
Senate
George Rublee
New Hampshire
Federal Trade Commission
Rublee
Gallinger
Michigan to Gulf waterway urged for inland link
Baker urged to approve a plan linking Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. Governor Dunne told Secretary Baker Illinois has appropriated 65 million for the canal. Baker said await congressional action on waterways and power. Wisconsin and Canadian reps oppose, fearing water diversion from Lake Michigan.
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Baker
Lake Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Dunne
Illinois
Wisconsin
Chamberlain's Tablets praised for constipation and indigestion
Eugene Knight of Wilmington North Carolina reports Chamberlain's Tablets are the best he has used for constipation and indigestion. His wife also benefited from their gentle laxative action. Obtain them.
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Chamberlain
Eugene
Knight
Wilmington
N. C
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