Real booster for highways coming here
J E Kavanaugh the famed good roads booster travels on foot from Columbus to New Orleans to spur national highway support and boost state organization. He visited Governor O NeaI and Highway Engineer Keler in Montgomery after a fresh arrival and plans to reach Mobile for the Alabama Good Roads Association convention opening November 20.
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Montgomery
J. E. Kavanaugh
Columbus
Ohio
New Orleans
Mobile
Alabama Good Roads Association
Exchange Hotel
O'Neal
W. 8
Keler
Kavanaugh
Jamestown
South
Birmingham
Gulf City
Brockson Defends Whipping Convicts With Bible Support
In Washington the House heatedly debated Delaware prison discipline as Rep Brockson cited biblical verses to defend bare back whipping. Rep Evans of Montana urged injunctions to halt the practice at New Castle, but the House left the resolution unresolved.
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Associated Press
Washington
Delaware
Brockson
Evans
Montana
New Castle
Del
Rev Murphy to Preach at Broad Street Church
Reverend Murphy will preach at Broad Street Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. All are cordially invited to attend. A note references a headpecked man, but the invitation stands for the service.
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Murdock. Murphy
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Taft Defends Japan in National Geographic Address
Former President Taft told the National Geographic Society that the United States must honor treaty obligations and avoid discriminating against Japanese people. He rejected war fears, calling such notions idle dreams and urged fair treatment to keep peace with Japan for global civilization.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
National Geographic Society
United States
Japan
California
Pacific
Mr. Taft
America
Predic tions ruin for Philippines warned by former official
From Manila to San Francisco a copy of Dean Vorster's banquet speech warns that Philippine independence would ruin the islands. He cites bribery, land seizures, tax fears, torture, murder and corruption by business leaders if Filipinos were allowed to govern.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Manila
Dean C. Vorster
Philippines
Washington
Lberty
Aguinaldo
Mystery of Sea at Last Solved
San Francisco reports the British ship Marlborough missing 24 years was found aground near Punta Arenas Patagonia. Skeletons of thirty crewmen, evidence of a native attack and massacre, and a loot of frozen meat fill a cave noted by a visiting master. log unreadable.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Marlborough
Punta Arenas
Patagonia
Preliminary Waived in Car Theft Case
Charles B. Summers charged with burglary of a railroad car in New Orleans Mobile and Chicago yards on October 26 waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury on $500 bond. John T. McGinnis Frank Naylor and Tony Baritage faced court. Naylor discharged. McGinnis and Baritage testified they sold hardware and cartridges from Summers but claimed no knowledge of theft.
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Charles B. Summers
New Orleans, Mobile
Chicago
Recorder’s Court
Grand
John T. McGinnis
Frank Naylor
Tony Baritage
Naylor
McGinnis
Baritage
Summers
Two American crooks arrested in Munich
Two veteran US crooks, James Harrison Morton and Horace Bell, were arrested in Munich for attempting to rob a bank cashier of 10000 dollars. Morton, known as Rice or Big Ed, is 72. Bell is Horace Haven, 64. Their long crime record dates to 1870 with bank robberies frauds and forgeries across Halifax Cambridge Charleston Detroit Indianapolis Philadelphia and Rochester.
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Associated Press
New York
Munich
Germany
James Harrison Morton
Horace Bell
America
Morton
Rice
Abscounding Jackson Office Boy Charged
A warrant charges Joseph Ward sixteen, employed by American Laundry, with embezzlement after he disappeared Monday with 268 in deposits. He was found in Jackson and will be brought to Mobile for trial. manager Bancroft notes he was trusted with bank deposits and showed no prior fault.
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Joseph Ward
American Laundry
Recorder's Court
Mobile
Jackson
Miss
J. H. Bancroft
Condemned man jumps rail to escape near Perry
Arthur Tillman aged 21 on death row for the murder of Miss Amanda Stephens leaped from a train near Perry Arkansas yesterday and fled. He was to be hanged March 10 at Paris after an appeal to the supreme court. Stephens 19 was shot last March and buried in a well.
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Associated Press
Fort Smith
Ark
Arthur Tillman
Amanda Stephens
Perry
Tillman
Paris
Supreme Court
Spencer is Sentenced to Death for Rexroat Slaying
Henry Spencer, convicted of murdering Mrs Mildred Rexroat, a dance teacher, was sentenced to death by a Wheaton jury after two hours deliberation. The panel split 11 to 1 for death on the first vote, then voted unanimously for hanging. Spencer admitted the killing after arrest and caused a wild court scene before fainting at the verdict. A new-trial hearing was set for the following week. Brazilian dance Maxixe note closes item.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Henry Spencer
Mildred Allison Rexroat
Wheaton
Spencer
Rexroat
Hadley
Sluszer
Antislavery Law Passed by Philippine National Assembly
Manila November 15 A new anti slavery law was approved by the Philippine National Assembly after a heated debate. The measure drafted by insular auditor William H Phipps reaffirms Spanish statutes on slaves and blends American law. Opposition votes were few despite the intense discussion.
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National Assembly
Phipps
Associated Press
Manila
Philippine National Assembly
Wm. H. Phipps
Insular
California Syrup of Figs Ad for Children’s Health
An advert promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle internal cleanser for children and adults. It claims relief from constipation, with a promise of safe, effective results within hours and notes full directions on the bottle. It urges buying a 50 cent bottle and mentions the California Syrup Company.
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California
Californis. Syrup Company
Edington Fines Three Drivers for Left of Streetcars
In recorder's court Friday afternoon three automobile drivers were fined for violating the traffic ordinance. C. B. Stagg was fined 25 dollars or fifty days with bond set at 150 dollars after being arrested on Spring Hill avenue for passing a car discharging passengers. Albert P. Bush paid 5 dollars or ten days. Abraham Tabb was fined 10 dollars or twenty days for driving on the left of a street car. Judge Edington warned chauffeurs to avoid passing street cars on the side where passengers board or alight, promising heavy penalties.
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Recorder’s Court
Stagg
Spring Hill Avenue
Albert P. Bush
Edington
Bush
Abraham Tabb
Albert Douglas
Jessie Warris
Sarah Mitchell
Hattie Austill
Nolle
State attorney unaided says state spent on special counsel
W L Martin assistant state attorney general touring Mobile in his bid to succeed Attorney General Brickell. He says about $40 000 spent by Alabama on special counsel was not at the AG office’s solicitation but authorized by law to aid criminal prosecutions and assist local solicitors. Other candidates for attorney general in the race include George Pegram Gardiner Green and D H Riddle.
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Alabama
Attorney General
W. L. Martin
Mobile
R. C. Brickell
Martin
George Pegram
Marengo County
Gardiner Green
Pell City
D. H. Riddle
Talladega
Mr. Martin
Montgomery
Rufe Hoskins Quips About Dry Summer and Garden Yields
A humorous quote notes last summer was dry and sultry, explaining why Hoskins’ garden failed to supply the neighborhood with fresh vegetables. The remark frames gardening woes with a touch of wit and local color.
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Hoskins
Dams Seen as Help to Navigation at River Meeting
Tennessee River Improvement Association met in Sheffield to back dam construction for permanent navigation. Muscle Shoals canal condemned as a crime by General John Walder. A memorial praising waterway improvement policy drafted. Officers elected: President J. A. Patten. V Ps C W Ashencroft, G F Jon, James Colville, D M Steward. Executive committee named. Banquet concluded session.
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Associated Press
Sheffield
Ala
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Muscle Shoals Canal
John Walder
Congress
J. A. Patten
C. W. Ashencroft
Florence
Ferdinand of Bulgaria to Abdicate Soon
The Daily Telegraph reports King Ferdinand of Bulgaria will abdicate within months, perhaps weeks, despite official denials. The expected fall is linked to offending Russia by seeking Austria's help against Serbia.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Russia
Austria
Servia
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