Fights and disorder surge after grand jury adjourns
After the grand jury adjourned Saturday, blind tigers again sold liquor openly amid rising drunkenness and street clashes. A race riot is alleged at West End Sunday night with one white man named Wright shot. Monday actions include Tue. Joe Irwin, Frank Hughes tried for a Sunday Tenth street fight. Andy Moore and Savannah Lolla for drunkenness.
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Wright
West Anniston
Tenth Street
West End
Joe Irwin
Frank Hughes
Andy Moore
Savannah Lolla
President Diaz in Mexico Seen as Focus of U.S. Move
The illness of President Diaz and Mexico's unstable government are blamed for the mobilization of U.S. troops near the border. Reportedly, the War Department ordered 20 000 troops rushed to Texas at the urging of wealthy Americans with large investments in Mexico.
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Diaz
Mexico
United States
War Department
Texas
Hotel Guests Robbed in Ogden Nighttime Hold Up
Two masked bandits held up the Reed hotel in Ogden Utah robbing several guests last night. The amount of plunder remains undetermined with the heist described as a daring operation.
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Ogden
Utah
of Reed
Martial Law Expanded in Mexico as Rebels Targeted
Mexico City reports martial law across the republic without congressional assent. Troops will be sent to Chihuahua and Coahuila to crush rebels, with American border troops as a buffer. President Diaz, amid rumors of ill health, appeared with his son by his side.
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Chihuahua
Coahuila
Diaz
Preparations Complete for 15000 More Troops to Mexico
Washington dispatch reports all plans finalized to deploy 15000 additional troops to Mexico as part of ongoing military actions. The notice indicates continuation on the fourth page.
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Washington
Ten bodies recovered from Norman Pit cave-in in Virginia
Duluth Minnesota reports ten bodies recovered from the Norman Pit mine at Virginia after Saturday cave-in. Sixteen more are still trapped in the mine as rescue efforts continue.
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Duluth
Minn
Norman Pit
Virginia
Four bodies recovered from snowslide near Denver boarding house
The bodies of four people, including three women, were recovered after a snowslide buried a Denver California boarding house a few days earlier.
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Denver
Cal
Here
McCan Names Escort of Honor for O Neal Administration
Governor Emmet O Neal announces the staff to serve as escort of honor on all state occasions for four years. Captain W L McCaa is named chief of engineers and J Gardner Green of Pell City is made aide de camp. The inspector general and quartermaster general positions await Senate confirmation.
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Eral
State Senate
W. L. McCaa
O’neal
Calhoun
J. Gardner Green
Pell City
Annistonian
Burglary Suspects Ed Richardson and Vince Mayfield Arrested
Wincee Mayfield and Ed Richardson are jailed on burglary charges after a morning break in at John Mullins store room at Nine teenth Street and Gurnee Avenue. Mullins fired his shotgun, wounding Richardson. Mayfield surrendered with hands up. A third suspect escaped. a preliminary hearing is slated before Justice Cryer next Thursday.
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Vince Mayfield
John Mullins
Bagley
Trammell
Nineteenth Street
Gurnee Avenue
Mullins
Ed Richardson
Mr. Mullins
Richardson
Mayfield
Vince
Justice Cryer
W. M. Bagley & Company
Fifteenth Street
Cobb Avenue
Howard F. Trammell
Carnegie Trust Co to be Probed in Grand Jury Action
New York March 13 The grand jury has begun a probe of Carnegie Trust Co following Joseph G Robin confession. Indictments are expected soon. Captain A W Bell returns from Atlanta after the Commercial Congress. John Hays Hammond linked to fraud claims in a DC Supreme Court suit against General Cotton Securities Co alleging falsified minutes illegal asset removal and dummy directors. Willard Doremus and Addison G Du Bois pursue cotton gin venture with millions in potential profit. Hammond recently named special ambassador to King George V coronation by President Taft.
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New York
Carnegie Trust Company
Joseph G. Robin
John Hays Hammond
Taft
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
General Cotton Securities Company
Hammond
Willard D. Doremus
Addison G. du Bois
Doremus
United States
George V of
Great Britain
Loyola College president Rev Francia Brady found dead
Rev Francia X Brady president of Loyola College and noted Jesuit scholar was found dead lying on a bed at the college this morning in Baltimore Maryland.
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Baltimore
Francia X. Brady
Loyola College
United States
Strike on Queen Crescent Fatal-Eleven Killed
In Chattanooga Tennessee on March 13 eleven people died as white firemen struck on the Queen and Crescent Route of the Cincinnati Southern railroad. All traffic north of Chattanooga is suspended while officials aim to resume service soon with white firemen only. Armed strike sympathizers search engine cabs for black workers and engineers threaten to refuse trains with black firemen. Bridges may be dynamited if more black workers are employed and militia could be ordered to Kentucky regions.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Queen and Crescent
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Here
Kentucky
Fire Destroys Twenty Two Stables at Churchill Downs
A large fire at Churchill Downs in Louisville on March 13 destroyed twenty two stables. All horses were saved and the main racing plant suffered no damage.
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Louisville
Churchhill Downs
Gruesome Find Near Edgemont Baffles Coroner
Children discovering a newborn girl’s body floating in a pond near the Southern railway north of Edgemont cemetery led Coroner J. Murphy to investigate. The infant, wrapped in a calico skirt and a bed quilt, weighted with a rock, appeared to have been placed there after birth two to three weeks prior. The body was buried at Edgemont cemetery Monday. mother’s identity remains unknown.
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Southern Railway
Edgemont Cemetery
Murphy
Walter L. Fisher Sworn in as Interior Secretary
Walter L. Fisher of Chicago was sworn in as secretary of the interior this morning in Washington. Former Secretary Ballinger attended the ceremony and will soon depart for his Seattle home.
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Washington
Walter L. Fisher
Chicago
Interior
Ballinger
Seattle
Wash
250 Delegates Planned for Travelers Convention in Aniston
The United Commercial Travelers local council in Aniston details entertainment plans for the state convention May 26 and 27. About 250 delegates are expected with ample fundraising already achieved and local businesses offering concessions. The group ordered 18 banners and 2 500 emblematic banners plus extensive hall and hotel decorations. Officers were elected: Senior counsellor H. Fulton, Junior counsellor C. M. Noble Jr, conductor A. O. Hilton, page A. A. Walker, sentinel A. C. Woodruff, secretary treasurer E. W. Ledbetter.
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Council of United Commercial Travelers
Annis
H. ©. Fulton
C. M. Noble, Jr
A. O. Hilton
Page
A. A. Walker
A. C. Woodruff
E. W. Ledbetter
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Blind Tigers
Grand Jury
Congress
Mexico City
Tire Republic of Mexico
Permanent Commission of Congress
Emmet O’neal
Wincee Mayfield
Brooks
Jirely
Shiretzki
of Police
N. T. Glosson
J. H. Hammond
Carnegie Trust CO
A. W. Bell
Atlanta
Commercial Congress
Queen Crescent
Edgemont
Travelers
Anniston Council
Scarbrough Drug Company
Elam-Hamrick Drug Company
J. L. Wikle
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