Senator Johnston Dies After Illness in Washington
Senator Joseph F. Johnston of Alabama died at his apartment in Washington after eight days of pneumonia. Governor O Nea l said a special election would be called to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate, though a legislative session might be needed if conditions in Washington require it.
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United States
Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Joseph F. Johnston
Alabama
Wash
Ington
Washington
Brighton
Johnston
Senator Johnston’s Funeral and Senate Resolution
The senate adjourned briefly after communion. Senator Overman proposed a committee of senators to partake in funeral ceremonies and accompany the body to Birmingham. A vice presidential committee included Bankhead, Bacon, Overman, Chamberlain, Hitchcock, Clarke, Vardaman, Swan, Smith, Thornt on, Warren, Bristow, Gallinger, Catron, Bradley and Kenyon. Joseph Forney Johnston of Birmingham, born 1843 in North Carolina, served in the Confederate army, rising from private to captain, wounded four times, and was Alabama governor for four years before joining the senate in 1907. He was elected to the unexpired Pettus term and re-elected in 1909.
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Johnston
Senate
Overman
Birmingham
Bankhead
Alabama
Bacon
Chamberlain
Hitchcock
Clarke
Arkansas
Vardaman
Johnson
Swanson
Smith
South Carolina
Thornton
Warren
Bristow
Gallinger
Catron
Bradley
Kenyon
Joseph Forney Johnston
North Carolina
E. W. Pettus
Record Grasshopper Captured in Pawnee County OK
A four inch long grasshopper weighing 150 grains was caught by a Pawnee County farmer and is displayed in a Pawnee newspaper office. It currently holds the state record for size and weight.
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Tusla
Okla
Pawnee
Banditsrob mail train in Calera Alabama
Two unknown white men boarded the Louisville and Nashville mail car at Calera Alabama and robbed the train as it moved toward Birmingham. They tied or handcuffed clerks, took all registered mail, and escaped with no clear amount seized while the engine reached Birmingham and officers investigated. The incident followed a separate note on US policy toward Huerta with John Lind sent to Mexico as adviser and ambassadorial plans.
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Birmingham
Ala
Calera
Everett
Fourteenth Street
Washington
Wilson
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico City
Huerta
John Lind
Minnesota
Bryan
Mexico
Lind
Bacon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Note to Balkan Powers United States Pushes Liberty Clause
At the Balkan peace conference M Maiorescu read a note from the United States seeking to insert in the Bucharest treaty a clause securing civil and religious liberty for populations in ceded or annexed territory. Maiorescu noted all delegations agreed such a clause would be superfluous. Washington had carefully guarded the note, making its dispatch less known even in official circles.
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Balkan
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Roumania
Bulgaria
M. Maiorescu
Sofia
Struma River
Strumnitza
Struma
Belesh
Mester
Lagos
Kanthi
Kavala
Turkey
United States
Washington
Express Rates Reduced 16 Percent Across Express Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered express rate cuts expected to cost companies about 26 million dollars annually, effective by October 15, 1913. The reform changes parcel rate structures, introduces a block system dividing the U S into 950 blocks, and slashes rates especially for longer distances while keeping short ones stable.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Lane
Express Companies
Robert C Ogden Dies at Maine Summer Home
Robert C Ogden, a Philadelphia born philanthropist and former John Wanamaker partner, died at his summer residence in Kennebunk Port Maine after a long illness. He was 78. Ogden supported Southern educational initiatives and was a longtime leader at conferences promoting education in the region.
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Kennebunk Port
Robert C. Ogden
New
Ogden
Philadelphia
John Wannamaker
South
The
Association To Promote
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Roanoke, Virginia
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Berry Bidg
Hillsboro N
Hillsboro Grocery
J. S. Spurgeon
Hillsboro
Churton Street
John W. Graham
Tham
Paul C. Graham
Graham Attorneys-at-Law
N. C
Durham
Orange
Ss. M. Gattis
A. W. Graham
Attorney-at-Law
Oxford, N. C
Johnston Pasoes
Pathos
Balkan Peninsula
Nigritta
Louisville and Nashville
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