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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1912

Page

3

Shadowed Statesmen Guarded Amid Suffrage Threats

British cabinet members including Asquith Lloyd George Churchill and McKenna are guarded by special police after reports of a militant suffrage group the Sisterhood of Susan. Scotland Yard tightens patrols at Downing Street and Whitehall as war fears rise and espionage cases spark public alarm.

Paul Lambeth London Susan Scotland Yard Asquith David Lloyd George Winston Churchill Reginald McKenna Asuith Criminal Investigation Department Percival Three Kingdoms Downing Street Churchill Foceston Square McKenna England Germany Karl Graves Edinburgh Graves Britain

Jones Confession Allegedly Tangles Alabama Murder Case

Special to The Item reports Walter Jones under death sentence for Sloan Rowan murder has sent a confession to Governor O Nea l naming conspirators in crimes including arson at Benton and a broader British navy code mention. Mrs Jones has contacted the governor as officials weigh details amid a widening sensational claim.

Montgomery Ala Walter Jones Sloan Rowan O’neal

Police turmoil in New York’s tenderloin shadowed by graft probes

In New York City police shakeups unfold as Cornelius G. Hayes faces trial for false answers to Commissioner Waldo. Waldo disperses Hayes loyalists across the metro district while Governor Dix vows a broad investigation of city government as grand juries stay in session and suspensions loom.

New York Tottenwille Staten Itsland Cornelius G. Hayes White Light Aay Rhinelander Waldo Waldo Hayes Whitman Curran Gaynor Dix Tammany Goff Supreme Court Rosenthal New York City

Pain's Mexico Fireworks Display Set for Monroe Park

Through Charles B. Hervey, manager of the Cawthon Mobile, Pain's will present its first history making fireworks show titled Mexico and the War of 1312. The event runs the week of October 28 at Monroe Park with a $16,600 budget. General J. Saunders Gordon is credited with the display, produced by the Pate’e Fireworks Display Company, which arrived in the city to finalize arrangements with President J. Howard Le Light and local rail officials.

Charles B. Hervey Cawthon Mobile Pain Monroe Park Mexico J. Saunders Gordon Pate'e Fireworks Display Company City J. Howard le

Vital Statistics: Mobile County Week Ending Marriage Licenses

Record of vital statistics for Mobile county covers marriages and deaths. Includes listed couples and single individuals under White and Colored categories with names such as Hinee and Cora illie Dubose and Pearse Brady, Clearest entries show marriage licenses and the deceased roster. The data reflects a historical county registry with extensive names and statuses.

Mobile County Ite

Spectacle to Light Mobile With Big Fireworks Displays

The life of the baseball park will include the lighting system and a large fireworks spectacle. The event has toured the South with Mobile as the final city to host, and organizers plan wide advertising within 150 miles. Excursions will be offered from nearby towns to Mobile for the show.

Mobile

Alabama Governor Defends Tax Increases in Jefferson County

Special report from Montgomery says Governor O Nea l defends recent Jefferson County tax raises as fair. He notes the state tax commission approved the increases and states he will cancel plans to travel East if necessary to deliver addresses in Alabama to explain the tax changes.

Montgomery Ala O'Neal Jefferson State Tax Commission Wilson Alabam

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