Receipts Available for Alabama Rail Fare Rush
In Alabama any buyer of Louisville and Nashville tickets may demand receipts showing overcharge at 2 1/2 cents per mile until May 27. Coupon tickets at three cents per mile with a redeemable 1/2 cent per mile attached may be issued after May 27. Judge Grubb's restraining order delays enforcement of the 21/2 cent rate pending May 28 hearing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Louisville and Nashville Rabil‘road
Alabama
State Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
W. S. Grubb
Birmingham
Railroad Commissions
Samuel D. Weakley
Grubb
One Arm Attorney in Fulton County Court House Fight
Burton Smith prominent lawyer and brother of Senator Hoke Smith knocked down two men during a corridor altercation in the Fulton county courthouse. Walton allegedly insulted him and Byrd aided Walton before officers stopped the melee. Smith, noted for Herculean size, has only one arm.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Walton
Smith
Romance ends at Ellis Island
A special board of inquiry at Ellis Island held the case of Carlos Dominguez, a Mexican consulate attaché in Paris, and a young woman detained aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. They posed as husband and wife on the manifest but a cable from Paris said she is the daughter of a banker and not his wife. The man may land while the woman is sent back to her mother en route to Mexico City.
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Associated Press
New York
Ellis Island
Carlos Dominguez
Paris
Mexico City
State may still appeal rate case to Supreme Court
Judge Samuel D Weakley, Alabama special attorney in the rate litigation, states the state has not lost its chance to appeal the federal decrees on freight and passenger rates to the U S Supreme Court. He believes the state has up to two years to file an appeal, while another lawyer says six months, creating uncertainty over the deadline.
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Montgomery
Ala
Samuel D. Weakley
Alabama
United States Supreme Court
Thomas
Jones
Weakley
Kolb Gem Cigars Target Kolb's Gubernatorial Campaign
Alabama politics report that Commissioner R F Kolb will feature a campaign cigar named Kolb Gems. Campaign manager Walter Richardson ordered 50 000 cigars with the brand on a decorative band. Headquarters have opened in Montgomery at the First National Bank building.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. F. Kolb
Walter S. Richardson
RHEUMA PROMISES RELIEF FROM RHEUMATISM
Patent medicine claim asserts immediate action against uric acid to dissolve pain in joints and muscles. A 50 cent bottle is promised to bring quick relief, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. A testimonial from Prof H H Kolling notes 25 years of rheumatism and renewed appetite after two days.
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van Antwerp Drug Corporation
H. H. Kolling
Ninth St
Richmond, Ind
Compensation for the Injured in Rail Way Brotherhood Meeting
At the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen session in San Francisco on May 21 the push for compulsory compensation for injuries in the line of duty emerged. The issue likely goes to the executive committee to press Congress for action, while a constitutional proposal would move conventions to every three years. President W G Lee was announced as a candidate for re election.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Brotherhood of Railway
Congress
W. G. Lee
Kern Resolution Favored for West Virginia Coal Inquiry
Senator Hoke Smith chaired the education and labor committee to consider the Kern resolution directing an inquiry into Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal field conditions. An amendment by Senator Works requests investigation of strike causing working conditions, with Borah Swanson and Shields named for the sub committee to conduct the inquiry.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoke Smith
Committee On Education and Labor
Kern
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
West Virginia
Works
Borah, Swanson
Shields
Senate
Battle over publishing manufacturers names in hearings renews
Washington May 21. The contest between Republicans and Democrats over making public the names of manufacturers who testify before finance sub committees and publishing protest briefs on rates flared again as the finance committee met. Senator Penrose resumed minority leadership in committee. Chairman Simmons said he had never opposed manufacturers. A tariff questions list was before Simmons Stone and Williams as a special sub committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance
Penrose
Simmons
Simmons, Stone and Williams
Ky man killed shielding wife amid revolver threat
Cottageville Kentucky May 21 George Garrett 35 was killed instantly when he shielded his wife from a pistol threat by Mrs Sadie Franklin. Franklin who lived nearby quarrelled and aimed a revolver at Mrs Garrett before Garrett intervened. He died of a heart wound and Franklin is under arrest charged with murder.
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Associated Press
Cottageville
George Garrett
Sadie Franklin
Franklin
Garrett
Cure for weak kidneys free
Advertises Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound as a cure for kidney troubles and diabetes. Claims rapid relief of dribbling and weak kidneys with improved blood and energy. Pricing and sample offer included.
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Stuart
Writing Stuart Drug Co
Atlanta, Ga
Mobile
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Royal and Dauphin Sts
Express
Fletcher Bill Seeks Two Year Delay in Customs Service Reorg
Washington May 21 Senator Fletcher introduced a bill to postpone the customs service reorganization for two years leaving Florida ports and collectors as they are. The measure mirrors a previous amendment by Senator Stone that passed the Senate but failed in conference. Conferees warned Taft would veto the reorganization order. The bill is now with the Senate commerce committee.
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Washington, D. C
Fletcher
Customs Service
Florida
Stone
Senate
House
Taft
Senate Commerce Committee
Electric Bitters Propose New Lease on Life for Weak
Advertises Electric Bitters as a home remedy for tired, nervous people offering renewed energy and appetite. Cites Mrs. O Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York praising the product. Promotes bottles at 50 cents and 1.00, recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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O. Rhinevault
Vestal Center
N. Y
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Two Negroes Injured When Rope Gave Way
Colston and John Whitfield, two Black laborers employed by City Bank and Trust Company, were seriously injured Tuesday night when a scaffold rope snapped and they fell five stories. Other workers Frank Washington Sam Wright and Percy Stevens escaped by grabbing a suspended wire. Colston struck a beam on impact and both men were taken to the city hospital in improving condition.
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Colston
John Whitfield
City Bank and Trust Company
Frank Washington
Sam Wright
Percy Stevens
Whitfield
Second Fatality in Tennessee Feud
Nashville report records a second fatality in a Tennessee feud. Jim Colbert shot C. W. Rich near Lawrenceburg, four months after Rich killed Ray Colbert, son of Jim Colbert. The latest killing followed turmoil over bond arrangements for Rich's son, precipitating the feud's latest tragedy.
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Tennessee
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Lawrenceburg
Jim Colbert
C. W. Rich
Leslie Rich
Ray Colbert
Rich
Bounding Red Blood Defying Cold With Vitality
Bold claims link firm flesh and robust vitality to fending off cold. The message urges readers not to let a cold slow them and promotes staying active and healthy to resist illness.
Army officer and wife arrested on Wyoming indictment
Lieutenant Joseph L. Weir and his wife Mildred DeArmond Weir were arrested in Texas to answer a federal grand jury indictment from Wyoming for alleged theft of valuable widening belonging to Mrs. Cecil, wife of a U.S. Army officer. Mrs. Weir was taken in Houston and Weir was arrested at Galveston.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Joseph L. Weir
United States Army
Mildred DeArmond Weir
Wyoming
Easyon
Cecil
Weir
Galveston
French Soldiers Protest New Rule
Paris May 21 French troops show opposition to keeping them for an extra year beyond their two year term Demonstrations erupt in several garrison towns The government moves decisively sentencing Toulon demonstrators to complete their terms in disciplinary battalions in northern Alaska At Macon 100 soldiers gathered and sang The International condemning the three year service term.
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Associated Press
Paris
Toulon
Alaska
Macon
International
Florida urged to pass game measures in legislature
Florida Game and Fish Commissioner John H. Wallace Jr urged passage of pending game measures. He noted the bill requires no state funds and surplus licenses would fund education. Wallace said the laws would protect Florida game and birds from slaughter and near extinction.
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Montgomery
Ala
Florida
John H. Wallace, Jr
Florida General Assembly
Alabama
Wallace
This Interests Every Woman Foley Kidney Pills Ad
A family doctor notes women seek help for female trouble but improve after kidney and bladder treatment. Foley's Kidney Pills are promoted as the best safe medicine for backache fatigue and nervousness from kidney issues. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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Foley
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
California Counties Build at Panama-Pacific Exposition
California counties will construct a building at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco to display state products and host visitors. Exposition directors will cover construction costs if counties purchase exhibit space at 2.50 per square foot as ratified by the county supervisors.
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Associated Press
San. Francisco
California
Exposition Company
Insurance Firms Stand Firm Against Orr Law in Missouri
Fire insurers that ceased writing new business in Missouri say they will not resume while the Orr insurance law stays on the books. Attorneys for the companies told Paul Jones, head of the citizens committee, in a letter disclosed yesterday.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Pail Jones
Citizens’ Committee
Nine Men Die In Storm At Katalla Alaska
Cordova May 21 Nine men were drowned when a pile driver and a barge were driven ashore by a fierce Sunday night storm near Katalla while workers built a fish trap for Northwestern Fisheries Company at the mouth of Martin River. The storm broke six anchors and the craft drifted 18 miles before beaching.
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Associated Press
Cordova
Alaska
Katalla
Northwestern Fisheries Company
Martin River
Militants’ War Chest Said Empty in London Report
The Standard asserts the militant suffragette cause is bankrupt claiming the alleged more than 500000 dollar war chest is a bluff. It says the 75000 dollar Albert Hall sum was mostly dummy checks and only 4000 dollars in cash remains, with funds from papers and subscriptions dwindling.
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London
The
Standard
Albert Hall
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