Officials Turned Out to Welcome Mobile Trade Delegation
Governor Collett and Belize officials greeted the Mobile Trade Commission in Belize and Livingston with a grand reception. J B Dortch of the Orr Laubenheimer Steamship Co described the voyage aboard the Belize as pleasant with only two seasick members, Pollock and Harris, as the group toured government houses and met Sir Wilfrid Collet.
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Mobile Trade Commission
Belize
Livingston
J. B. Dortch
Orr-Laubenheimer Steamship Company
Central America
Mr. Dortch
Guatemala
Trade Commission
Puerto Barrios
Mobile
Dortch
Leo Pollock
Garrard Harris
Gulf
Pollock
Sir Wilfrid Collet
Bya
Wolffsohn
Government House
Governor Collet
Condemned Man Gets New Trial in Alabama Case
Jay Smith once sentenced to death for murder in Gadsden, Alabama, may avoid execution as the Alabama Supreme Court denied the state's bid to overturn a new trial order. The high court had earlier reheard and reversed, citing denial of several charges, and the state contends the full record was not before the court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jay Smith
Gadsden
Supreme Court
Smith
Four Wives Cause Trouble for Mormon in Chicago Court
Four petitions by women claiming to be wives of George Fear sought support for twenty nine children. Fear said he had sent the women back to Salt Lake City and would not be bothered. He admitted bringing one wife, Josephine Fear, to Chicago to pursue a patent, leaving nineteen children behind. The other three women later arrived and the cases were dismissed as the witnesses left town.
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Associated Press
Chicago
George Fear
Fear
Josephine Lawrence
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Josephin Fear
Independence for Filipinos urged on Wilson
Representative Francis Burton Harrison urged President Wilson to grant immediate independence to the Philippine islands. He argued the Philippines are an easy target for enemies of the United States and that the people are capable of self government and deserve promised independence.
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Francis Burton Harrison
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Philippine Islands
Philippines
United States
Educators Named for Hague Conference Delegation
Secretary Lane proposed to Secretary Bryan the appointment of delegates to the Hague education conference next September. The group includes Dr David Starr Jordan of Stanford, Dr Charles H. Judd of Chicago, Charles N. Kendall of New Jersey, Randall J. Condon of Cincinnati, David Jayne Hill, Mrs Fannie Fern Andrews, and Philander P. Claxton. Congress will not fund their expenses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lane
Bryan
Hague
Congress
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
California
Charles H. Judd
University of Chicago
Charles N. Kendall
Trenton
N. J
Randall J. Condon
Cincinnati
Ohio
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Fannie Fern Andrews
American School Peace League
United States Bureau of Education
Philander P. Claxton
United States
Motherless Girls Prompt Pardon for Father in NC Mill Case
Marion Cook, serving two years for illicit distilling in North Carolina, faced $100 fine he could not pay. President Wilson remitted the fine, leading to Cook’s release scheduled for June 16 after his Asheville conviction. The plight of his three motherless daughters in a Southern cotton mill spurred the action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marion Cook
North Carolina
Wilson \o day
Cook
Asheville
N. C
Morse Reassumes Presidency of Hudson Navigation Co
Charles W. Morse was elected president of the Hudson Navigation Company, owners of steamers on the Hudson river. Morse previously led the company in 1909 before being deposed, then regained control after John W. McKinnon's exit and a banker syndicate sale.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles W. Morse
Hudson Navigation Company
Hudson River
Morse
John W. McKinnon
Transport Prairie Returns with Troops
The navy transport Prairie is returning from Guantanamo Cuba with 2000 marines mobilized during the Mexican disturbance. They will be dispatched to navy yards at Norfolk Charleston and Port Royal. The ship also brings back a field battery and an automatic rifle company, the brigade’s last troops in Cuba.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Prairie
Guantanamo
Cuba
Norfolk
Charleston
Port Royal
Austin Lawyer Appointed Special Counsel for NYNH&H Case
T. W. Gregory of Austin Texas has been named special counsel for the department of justice to prosecute the federal case against the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad. Gregory previously served as Texas attorney in Waters-Pierce Oil litigation resulting in heavy penalties and ousters for anti trust violations. He is fifty two years old.
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T. W. Gregory
Austin
Texas
Department of Justice
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Negro witnesses held in Covington murder case
John Green and Jane Green, both described as negroes, were arrested at Pike Road and brought to Andalusia to testify against Sam Spicer a white Covington county man indicted for murdering his wife Mrs Spicer. Spicer allegedly killed his wife for a $16000 life insurance and later killed Allen Green to prevent testimony. Trial set to begin June 22 at the adjourned circuit court term.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Green
Jane Green
Pike Road
Andalusia
Sam Spicer
Covington County
Spicer
Circuit Court
Stillwell Sentenced to Sing Sing Prison
Former New York State Senator Stephen K. Stillwell, convicted of bribery by a jury, received a sentence of four to eight years in Sing Sing after being expelled by the New York State Senate.
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Associated Press
New York
Stephen K. Stillwell
New York State Senate
Sing Sing
Lowenstein and Laurendine Deny Montgomery Interview
Sidney Lowenstein and Burke Laurendine deny a Montgomery interview quoting them as predicting Braxton Bragg Comer will win Mobile County. Laurendine says he favors local option Plent if in Comer platform. McAleer says he has not decided. They dispute the published state version and defend Mobile sentiment.
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Sidney Lowenstein
Bank of Mobile
Montgomery
Burke Laurendine
J. N. McAleer
Mobile Real Estate Exchange Company
Arived
Comer
Mobile County
Lowenstein
Mobile
Laurendine
Braxton Bragg Comer
Movilians
J.N. McAleer
P. Burke Laurenaine
Mobune County
Messrs
Laurenaine
McAleer
Roosevelt Abstemious Habits In Libel Suit Testimony
John Callan O Laughlin testified in the Theodore Roosevelt libel suit against George A Newett publisher of the Iron Ore Ishpeming Mich denying rumors of drunkenness. He described Roosevelt as never under the influence of liquor during twenty years of association and events in Europe and campaigns. The court excluded the jury after remarks on the rumor and the objection to introducing other papers statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Marquette
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
George A. Newett
Ishpeming
John Callan O'Laughlin
Washington
Roosevelt
George Shiras
O'Laughlin
Newett
Colonel Roosevelt
Europe
O’laughlin
Nile
Paris
O' Laughlin
Attorney Belden
Pound
Belden
Katsura Tries 70 Discredit Japan Cabinet
The executive committee of Count Katsura's new party says the present cabinet cannot be trusted to settle California alien land ownership and vows to adopt its own propaganda. Indications show opposition parties use the California issue to discredit the Yamamoto ministry, though the cabinet remains strong with the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokio
Count Katsura
Party
California
Japan
Yamamoto
Congress in Brief Senate Meets as Tariff Talks Advance
Senate action notes include naval affairs deferment on armor plate factory with Admiral Twining testifying, tariff schedule revisions by finance sub committees, Alaska development bills set by Pittman, and Democratic caucus naming a floor manager and campaign committee. House remains not in session with plans for Republican committee appointments.
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Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Admiral Twining
Finance
Pittman
Territories
Alaska
Lewis
Kern
Democratic Caucus
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Education and Labor
West Virginia
House
Mann
Republican Caucus
Weather outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Fair tonight and Thursday across Alabama with rising temperatures. Mississippi also sees fair skies tonight with warmer conditions forecast for Thursday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
First Lady May Be Yankee
London gossip suggests an American woman may become Canada’s next first lady as Governor General successor rumors swirl after the Duke of Connaught’s departure. Lewis Harcourt, a leading member of Parliament and ally of King George, is viewed as a prime candidate with Mrs. Harcourt, née Burns of New York, noted for wealth and hospitality as a hostess and social connector.
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London
Canada
Duke of Connaught
Lewis Harcourt
House of Commons
Harcourt
King George
Many Changes Expected in Underwood Tariff Proposals
Washington April 28 Senate finance sub committee members met behind closed doors to study the Underwood tariff schedules as they prepare reports. Senators say many items will be changed while discussions with Secretary Bryan and John Bassett Moore addressed foreign protests over administrative features aimed at extending a five percent tariff discount on imports in American owned ships.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Sub-Committee
Simmons
Finance Committee
Bryan
John Bassett Moore
State Department
Henderson Prepares for L and N Rate Hearing
Charles Henderson president of the railroad commission works in Montgomery on the rate case against Louisville and Nashville. The defense aims to block enforcement of the 21 2 cent rate before three federal judges in Atlanta Tuesday. Alabama officials, led by Henderson, join state attorneys for the hearings.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles Henderson
Railroad Commission
Atlanta
Louisville and Nashville
Henderson
Commonwealth
H. C. Selheimer
Samuel D. Weakley
Dutro Indicted for Soliciting Campaign Funds
Memphis postmaster Lee W. Dutro indicted by a federal grand jury for soliciting campaign funds in 1910. He allegedly took a $10 contribution from W. F. Roberts at the Memphis post office on October 1, 1910. Similar charges against Newell Sanders and H. C. Trice were ignored. friction within Tennessee Republicans cited as context.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lee W. Dutro
Telve
Newell Sanders
Chattanooga
United States
H. C. Trice
West
Tennessee
Dutro
W. F. Roberts
Nashville
Knoxville
Republican Party
Sledge Hammer Falls To Street Near City Bank
A eight pound sledge hammer fell from the Royal Street building site and struck a plank two feet from a passerby around 1 80 pm. Two workers have been maimed previously and proposals for a safer sidewalk passage were urged by President J Howard Wilson of Mobile Light and Railroad Co. The city engineer was asked to study a protected pedestrian route along the street car track.
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City Bank
Royal Street
J. Howard Wilson
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
City Commissioners
Lewis elected Senate whip and floor leader in Democratic caucus
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois was chosen Democratic floor leader and assistant to Majority Leader Kern. The new post mirrors a whip role in the House. The caucus urged members to stay in Washington and opposed long European trips until the tariff bill passes, naming a committee to coordinate with the House and National Democratic Committee on reorganizing the congressional campaign effort.
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Associated Press
Washington
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Kern
Senate
Democratic Caucus
Lewis
House
Europe
National Democratic Committee
Congressional Campaign Committee
Gore
Chamberlain
Shively
Newlands
Thomas
Battle scarred Confederate flag to wave at Gettysburg
Chattanooga May 28 The Confederate Veterans session weighs the election of a new commander and the 1914 reunion city while Florida and Alabama veterans miss events. Georgia South Carolina officers spearhead joint centennial planning with GA R. veterans urged to attend in gray uniforms.
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Gettysburg
Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States Confederate Veterans
Florida
Alabama
Chickamauga Park
Chickamauga
Nett H. Young
Louisville
K. M. van Zandt
Fort Worth
Tex
Richmond
Memphis
C. Irvine Walker
South Carolina
United Confederate Veterans
C of C to Host Friday Night Boost for Panama Plans
The Chamber of Commerce in Mobile invites 1,700 members to a 8 p.m. Friday Temperance Hall mass meeting to pick 20 honor delegates bound for the Panama canal celebration. One free trip will be awarded from the attendance, with 1,000 delegates sailing for Panama in October.
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Panama Canal
Morgan Memorial
Southern Commercial Congress
Temperance Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Battle House
Chamber
Panama
Danish dreamer realizes hope of automaton defense patent
Copenhagen May 28. Danish engineer Aesen or Resen patents an automated defense system buried like a mine. A cylinder buried underground fires 400 shots at 3000 yard range when triggered by distant electric signal. Crops could hide these automatons until activation.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Aesen
Resen
Stiles Funeral Set for Thursday
Funeral plans are announced for Arthur E. Stiles who died in Mineral Wells Texas on Sunday morning. Services will begin at 3 30 PM at the residence of Captain Edward Peppers and continue at 4 PM at Anatoe Episcopal church with Rev A G Ri officiating.
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Arthur E. Stiles
Mineral Wells
Texas
Edward Peppers
Anatoe Episcopal Church
A. G. Ri
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J, Smith
Etowah
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Philadelphia
Banker Morse
Steamship Line
R. R. Prosecutor
Stillwell
Lowenstein and
Deny Montgomery
Roosevelts
Plaintiff
Katsura
Ex-Preimiser
Canal
Ee City Bank
Ite
J. Ham. Lewis
L. C. Irvine
J le
John Tyler Morgan
Irvine
Commercial Congress
Stiles
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