Arlington to host Tropical Expo on old race track grounds
Mobile and Gulf Tropical Exposition will hold this fall on the Arlington grounds. City commissioners granted free use with no permanent buildings. A proposed $15,000 city loan for a permanent fair building was rejected as the site is planned for park development. loan repayment would fund a future city park. Directors present included George A. Maloney and J Bestor Robertson.
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Arlington Race Track
Bay Front Park
The
Fair Association
Arlington
George A. Maloney
J. Bestor Robertson
A. G. Quinn
George Threefoot
James Cawthon
Edward Flynn
Union Pacific Board approves two plans for Southern Pacific stock
The Union Pacific board endorsed two alternate plans for the 126.65 million Southern Pacific stock held by Union Pacific. One plan proposes selling the stock to highest bidders like municipal bonds, the other places the stock with a nonvoting trustee for later distribution. If not approved by the court, a receiver may be named. Stock prices moved after the announcement, with Southern Pacific also fluctuating.
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Associated Press
New York
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Board
Union Pacific Company
Attorney General Eyes Union Pacific Merger Plans
Washington May 29 Attorney General McReynolds said he had not seen the dissolution plans and would not comment. If the New York announced plans do not separate Southern Pacific and Central Pacific he is expected to sue under the Sherman Law to accomplish that end, separate from dissolving the Union Pacific merger.
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Associated Press
Washington
McReynolds
Union Pacific
New York
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific
Isex
Decisive French Victory Over Moroccan Forces in Asoum
Brigadier General Cesar G. Alix reports a hot engagement at Asoum in Morocco where Moors fled after heavy fighting leaving about a hundred dead. French losses are 36 killed and wounded.
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Associated Press
Paris
Asoum
Cesar G. Alix
Morocco
Roosevelt Kept "Gentleman's Cellar" Says Witnesses
Five witnesses including relatives, a Rough Rider, a newsman, and a former judge testified in Col Theodore Roosevelts libel suit against George A Hewett. They claimed the colonel was a moderate drinker, noting during the Cuba campaign he drank coffee or water, during campaigns champagne only, and at home a varied wine supply yet never immoderately. Philip Roosevelt described a regular gentleman's cellar. The witnesses counter the editors claim that he frequently got drunk.
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Associated Press
Marquette
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Rider Regiment
Roosevelt
George A. Hewett
Ishpeming
Phillip Roosevelt
Charlies Willis Thompson
New York
Andrew A. Abele
Edwin Emerson
A. Z Blair
Common Pleas
Ohio
Cuba
Rough Riders
Philip Roosevelt
Witeaccns
Mobile plans honor Senator Morgan attract wide support
Enthusiasm for the Morgan Memorial and Panama Canal celebrations grows across Alabama. A mass meeting is set for Friday night at Temperance Hall in Mobile with broad backing from Chamber of Commerce members and editors from Montgomery Huntsville Clanton and Baldwin counties. Local officials promise 20 free Panama Canal trips as part of the Southern Commercial Congress events and state papers pledge editorial support.
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Panama Canal
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
Temperance Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Cullman
Huntsville
L. C. Irvine
Morgan
Montgomery Journal
Huntsville Daily Times
Clanton Press
Baldwin Times
Irvine
J. E. Pierce
Abner J. Smith
L. N. Buell
Commercial Club of
Buell
Campaign plans for better state pest laws in Alabama
The Farm Lands Committee of the Chamber of Commerce discussed a campaign to promote stricter state laws on agricultural pests and crop damage. George Fearn Jr. chairs the committee and aims to keep the issue alive until remedial laws pass. H M Connelly of the Alabama Department of Agriculture spoke on sweet potato storage experiments in Mobile county.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tha Committee
Parlor C
Battle House
Alabama
George Fearn, Jr
Connelly
Farm Lands Committee
Mobile County
State Department
Washington
Federal Department of Agriculture
Memorial Day celebration by Blue and Gray at national cemetery
Veterans of the Blue and Gray join Fort Morgan soldiers and public school children at the national cemetery Friday for Memorial Day events. A national anthem, prayers, addresses by Chaplain Newsom and Major Fort Morgan, floral tributes, a firing salute, and decorations follow, with the Confederate Rest site also honored. The Fort Morgan band will provide music and city offices observe Sunday hours with courts closed.
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Veterans OF Blue and Gray
The
National Cemetery
Veterans of the Blue and the Gray
Fort Morgan
William Wilson
Loran F. Sanford
First Christian Church
E. P
Pensacola Commissioners Visit Mobile for Guidance
A. Greenhut and Thomas H. Johnson, elected to Pensacola’s first city commission, travel to Mobile to study how the commission system operates. They report Mobile’s results and data on administration, noting Pensacola’s similar laws and a favorable financial outlook with a small floating debt. The pair expect to return by Friday.
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A. Greenhut
Thomas H. Johnson
Pensacola
Mobile
Greenhut
Laz Schwarz
Johnson
Frank Poll
Commission
Pensacola and Mobile Commission
Messrs. Greenhut
Wilson to Be Asked to Furnish Names of Insidious Lobbyists
Senator Cummins prepared to call up a Senate resolution requesting an inquiry into the tariff lobby in Washington. Democratic leaders expected passage after modifications to require President Wilson to provide names of lobbyists and related information about their efforts to influence current legislation.
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Wilson
Associated Press
Washington
Cummins
Senate
Senator Simmons
Finance Committee
Simmons
State Department
Coast Artillery Scores Perfect At Fort Scott Event
The sixtieth company coast artillery at Fort Winfield Scott fired on a sea target three and a half miles distant and hit all 14 shots. The May 29 report notes the flawless performance with six inch disappearing guns.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Sixtieth Company
Coast Artillery
Fort Winfield Scott
The Man Whom Roosevelt Sues
Ex-President Roosevelt sues George A. Newett editor of the Ishpeming Iron Ore for criminal libel in Marquette Michigan. Newett published an article implying Roosevelt drank alcohol. Lawyers seek witnesses while Roosevelt calls public figures to testify on his character.
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George A. Newett
Ishpeming Iron Ore
Marquette
Mich
Roosevelt
Mr. Newett
John Barleycorn
Mr. Roosevelt
30-Foot Channel Goal Set by Congressman Taylor and Col Flagler
Congressman G W Taylor of Alabama met for three hours with Col C A F Flagler to push a Mobile river and bay thirty foot channel and a thirty five foot outer bar depth. Flagler will advance a full report and seek Washington approval to begin work. Taylor expects a thirty foot channel in three years with a thirty foot outer bar and a 500 foot bottom width. Other Alabama topics were also discussed.
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G. W. Taylor
Alabama
Col. C. A. F. Flagler
United States
Mobile
Col. Flagler
Washington
Taylor
Congressman Taylor
Engineer Flagler
Flagler
Postal Service Names Change In Savings Director Posts
New York May 29 Carter B Keene named director of the Postal Savings system succeeding Theodore L Weed Johnston chief of the Kansas City district named to succeed Keene as chief inspector in charge of the district These moves restructure the Post Office leadership in savings and inspections
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Associated Press
New York
Carter B. Keene
Theodore L. Weed
Postal Savings System
Joseph Johnston
Kansas City
Keene
Emmeline Pankhurst Starts Another Hunger Strike
London May 29 Emmeline Pankhurst militant suffragette leader has taken no food since she was rearrested and sent to Holloway Jail. She is reported very weak due to prior hunger strikes weakening her vitality. Suffragette leaders say release may come at any hour.
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Associated Press
London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Holloway
Senate considers West Virginia mine strike investigation
In session at 7 p m Chairman Hoke Smith of labor committee called a meeting to discuss plans for investigating the West Virginia coal mine strike. The suffragette parade special investigating committee reported the March 3 disorder was mainly caused by unusual crowds and praised police work. The House met at noon and adjourned at 12 15 p m until Monday in honor of the late Representative Forest Goodwin of Maine.
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Hoke Smith
Labor Committee
West Virginia
House
Forest Goodwin
Maine
Weather Forecast Summary for Southeast Region
Weather outlook shows fair conditions tonight and Friday. Alabama and Mississippi expect fair skies with light winds and southeast breezes.
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Mobile
Ex-Clerk Theo Lacy Sought in Dallas County
Montgomery dispatch details a continued hunt for Theo Lacy former chief clerk of the state convict department. Detectives from Birmingham and Montgomery pursue leads in Dallas county where Lacy was last known to be in the Saturday district. Authorities doubt a U S departure and plan further operations to arrest him.
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Montgomery
Ala
Theo Lacy
State Convict Department
Fremont
Dallas County
George H. Bodeker
Birmingham
Lacy
United States
Ray
Dallas
Curtis
Bodeker
IAPS Confer Over Reply to Their Protest
Japanese government confers with elder statesmen including Prince Taro Katsura on California alien land ownership issue. Washington’s reply stresses the dispute is economic, cites no treaty violation, notes shared friendship, and hopes courts solve the matter to Japan’s satisfaction.
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Tokio
Taro Katsura
California
America
Japan
Washington
United States
Witness Appears in Dynamite Conspiracy Trial
Boston May 29. Prosecution nears end of its case in the dynamite conspiracy trial with only a few witnesses left. Orville Reddig, a former chauffeur for William M. Wood of the American Woolen Co., testified he was in the courtroom and recalled January 19, 1912, when Addis allegedly drove Wood’s car on the night dynamite was planted. He said he had left Wood’s employment the previous November and described his movements the night in question.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Orville Reddig
William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
James R. Battey, Jr
Reddig
Addis
Wood
Atteaux
Andover
Southern veterans on federal mounts parade through Chattanooga
A thousand Confederate veterans rode with the Eleventh United States Cavalry in Chattanooga Tennessee as crowds cheered. General Bennett H Young led the procession with staff and banners while veterans from the Trans Mississippi and Army of Northern Virginia divisions rode on mounted steeds amid formal escorts by state militias.
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Ee Press
Hattanooga
Tenn
United States
Eleventh
United States Cavalry
Fort Ogiethorpe
Confederacy
Bennett H. Young
United Confederate Veterans
Young
United States Cavalry Band
trans-Mississippi Department
Department of Northern Virginia
Department of Tennessee
Forrest
Cavalry Corps
Richmond Howitzers
Pelham Guards
Macon
Company D
Alabama National Guard
Comypeontes
Tennessee
Trans- Mississippi Department
K. M. van Zandt
Fort Worth
Texas
Felix Robertson
Arkansas
Thomas Green
Missouri
J. Will Hall
Oklahoma
D. H. Hailey
Northwest
Pacific
J. P. Reiis
William C. Harrison
Army of Northern
Virginia
Theodore S. Garnett
Norfolk
Frisco Muddle Into Receivership Awaiting Decisions
Breckinridge Jones of St Louis was named by New York interests to join the bondholders committee for the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad now under receivers. St Louis bondholders hold about 3.5 to 4 million in 4 per cent bonds. Charles Nagel of Bankers Trust will seek a third receiver. questions arise over branch line acquisitions and profitability. Lehmann and Nagel were directed by New York backers to oppose the receivership.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Charles Nagel
Bankers’ Trust Company of New York
Nage
Frisco
Chicago
Illinois
Texas
Louisiana
Messrs. Nagel and Lehmann
New York
Lehmann
Twenty Seven Starters Set for Big Indianapolis Race
Indianapolis May 29 with two Italian cars yet to qualify for 75 mph the 500 mile race will have 27 starters. Penne baker withdrew the Sterns Knight leaving 27 entries. crowds swell as enthusiasts arrive and betting sharpens with Bob Burman favored on Keeton and Gil Anderson’s Stutz close behind the Isottas also in sporting contention.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Keeton
Gil. Anderson
Stutz
Men arraigned in inferior court for robbery and gaming
Dick Shaw and Jim Harris, labeled as negroes, were arraigned on robbery and gaming charges after allegedly holding up fisherman Peter Raneimez for $3.50. Shaw faced a $20 fine or ten days for gaming, Hamilton a $20 fine or ten days, Joe Boykin a $5 fine or ten days for assaulting Dep Sheriff J E Rolls. My Lee’s charge was dismissed.
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Dick Shaw
Jim Harris
Peter Raneimez
Inferior Criminal Court
Shaw
Dan Hamiilton
Joe Boykin
J. E. Rolls
Indian commissionership endorsement by Culberson and Sheppard
Senator Culberson and Senator Sheppard at the White House endorsed a national committeeman from the Indian commission. The event marks political support for the commission’s leadership and policy direction.
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Sells
Associated Press
Washington
Culberson
Sheppard
Whit House Today
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P. Board
M'Reynolds
M’reynolds
Col. Roosevelt
Sen. Morgan
C. OF C
Irvington
Creola
Mississippi
Father
IAPS
Mr. Wilson
Underwood
New England
U. S. Cavalry
South
Committee of Bondholders
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