Last Day of Ala Baptist Encampment Farewell to Dr Massee
The third annual Alabama Baptist state encampment closes at Pelham with Dr J R Sampey delivering the closing lecture. About 4900 attendees, 2100 registered delegates, many arriving by auto mobile, left in good spirits after praise of the event. Dr Massee and wife drew warm tribute as the most popular figure on the program. The fourth encampment is planned for Pelham Heights next August with an expected daily attendance of 1000.
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Pelham
Ala
Nnual Baptist State
J. R. Sampey
Baptist Church of Alabama
Tuily
Sampey
J. A. Rosse
Selma
Baptist Church
Alabama
Massee
J. C. Massee
Tie
Pelham Heights
Businessman Rushes to Chicago As Wife Dies in Texas
Sidney Wakefield, a prominent Oklahoma and Texas merchant, hurries to Chicago to his dying mother as news arrives his wife has died in Beaumont, Texas. No contact yet with his Chicago address.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sidney Wakefield
Oklahoma
Texas
Chicago
Beaumont
Demands Enforcement of Vaccination Order
A Washington dispatch says the Navy will enforce vaccination policy despite protests by Senator Works and others. Ordinary seaman Jd. M. Holloman faces one year confinement at Bremerton for refusing typhoid vaccination and is held aboard the prison ship Manila.
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Mare Island
Cal
Naval Department
Senator Works
Washington
Jd.m.holloman
Bremerton Navy Yards
Holloman
Manila
Jealousy Sparks dual shooting in Columbus home
A traveling salesman A Drew Roberts, 45, and his wife Blanche, 40, lie dying at 927 First Avenue Columbus following a double gunshot attack early today. Officers say jealousy sparked the violence. Roberts allegedly previously shot Blanche in years past.
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Columbus
Andrew Roberts
Blanche Roberts
First Avenue
Roberts
Bay Shell Road Purchase Backed by Chamber Leader
President John T. Cochrane of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League endorses buying and repairing the Old Shell road along the bay front to Dog River, linking with Cedar Point road. He will appoint a special committee to present the plan to Mobile County’s board of revenue seeking cooperation.
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John T. Cochrane
Chamber of Commerce and Busines League
Bay Shelf
Cochrane
Board of Revenue of
Mobile County
Bay Front
Dog River
Cedar Point Road
Mobile's Bay Shell Road
Chamber of Commerce
County Board of Revenue
Shell
Board of Revenue
Investigators Brace for Heavy Work on Contributions Inquiry
Senator Clapp, chair of the senate committee, outlined the scope of the inquiry into contributions to the 1912 presidential nomination and related dealings with Archbold Perkins and Roosevelt era lawmakers. Senator Pomerene joined as a member and would be ready after September 11. With Senator Jones absent, the committee likely won’t convene before September 30.
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Washington
Clapp
Senate
Penrose
John D. Archbold
George W. Perkins
Theodore Roosevelt
Men of
Congress
Pomerene
Jones
Steamer Tionesta Runs Aground in Mackinac Straits
The anchor line steamer Tionesta, traveling from Buffalo to Duluth, remains hard aground in the Mackinac Straits with about 200 passengers aboard. Most passengers were moved to Mackinac Island as efforts to refloat the vessel continue and are unlikely to conclude before night.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Agust
Tionesta
Buffalo
Duluth
Straits of
Mackinac
Smail
Roosevelt seeks records on Parker and Sherman in campaign inquiry
Col Roosevelt plans to submit letters to Senator Clapp and to testify about prior letters regarding Parker and Sherman as part of the senate inquiry into campaign contributions. He questions secretary Knox's claim the letters were "for the record" and awaits Hearst letters to assess potential disclosures. He also notes the difficulty of reviewing his entire correspondence.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Col. Roosevelt
Alton L. Parker
James Sherman
United States
Senate
Clapp
Judge Parker
Jim Sherman
Harriman
P. C. Knox
George B Cortelyou
Hearst
William R. Hearst
London
Cole
Roopvelt
Train attacked by Chinese brigands near Fayuen
A moving train on the Canton Hankow line was fired on by Chinese brigands at Fayuen. The engineer refused to brake, several trainsmen and passengers were wounded, cars damaged, and the train halted at Ngwo after nails were torn up. Brigands swarmed the area, many ex-soldiers, causing alarm as troops were sent from Canton.
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Hong Kong
Fayuen
Canton
Hankow
Ngwo
Chase for burglar near Collinsville continues with 1005 guards
News from Collinsville says about 1,005 men armed with various firearms pursue a negro burglar who shot Oliver and Charles Hall after they discovered him in a Collinsville store. Fresh bloodhounds from Chattanooga track the trail near Branch on the Southern Railway. report of the elder Murphy’s death remains unconfirmed.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Collinsville
Oliver
Charles Hall
Branch
Southern
Murphy
Postoffice Robbed for Second Time in Week
The St Elmo post office near Chattanooga was broken into last night for the second time this week. A sack of mail was recovered by robbers. The Walthall Mississippi office was also robbed with a small amount of cash and stamps taken.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
St. Elmo
Walthall
Miss
Road Taxing Power Considered by State Highway Commission
Commissioner Craft reported a proposal at the State Highway Commission meeting in Montgomery. The resolution asks the attorney general to rule if counties may form taxing districts to fund road and bridge improvements by levying frontage taxes. If unconstitutional, the commission would urge legal changes to allow local bond-funded road work.
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Craft
State Highway Commission
Montgomery
Election Supplies Ready for Monday Polls in City
City work to fill ballot boxes for the September 2 election will occur Friday at City Hall under Mayor Laz Schwarz. Ten wards will receive boxes and ballots with inks, pens, blotters and pencils prepared. Police will guard polling places to maintain order and prevent interference.
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Laz Schwarz
Schwarz
Walsh
Kaiser Will Not Attend Swiss Army Maneuvers
The German emperor will likely miss the September Swiss army maneuvers due to illness. An official communication via the German legation to the Swiss federal council cites a cold and muscular rheumatism after his illness at Castle Wilhelmshoede near Cassel.
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Berne
Switzerland
Legation
Federal Council
Castle Wilhelmshoede
Cassel
Mann Denounces Boasted Democratic Congress Claims
Washington Aug 27 Republicans denounce the former Democratic majority in the house as inefficient disorganized and inactive. James R Mann says the session enacted few laws of local or general importance and criticizes campaign finance reform and eight hour labor bills as leftovers from prior congresses. He notes Panama Canal funding and pegs excess spending under Democratic control.
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Washington
James R. Mann
House of Congress
House
Congress
Senate
Aly
Ional Cate
Taft
Mr. Mann
Panama Canal
Item thanks Alabama Baptists at encampment
The third annual state Baptist encampment passed a unanimous resolution praising The Mobile Item and A Dorsey Manning for generous space and accurate reports. The resolution expresses hearty thanks and appreciation from the encampment’s leaders A G Mosley and Harry L Strickland.
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Third Baptist
A. G. Mosley
Harry L. Strickland
Weather Forecast for Mobile Vicinity and Arkansas Mississippi
UNCLE ZEB the WEATHER provides showers tonight and light variable winds for Mobile and Vicinity. In Arkansas Mississippi the north enjoys fair skies while the south experiences local showers tonight.
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Mobile
Alanard
Mississippi
Sixouth
Peagin Will Resume Duty After Wounding
Portland police Sergeant Everett S. Peachin announced he would return to work September 1 after two months in hospital following a bullet wound through the brain. Earlier, his wife shot him in a fit of hysteria last June and then killed herself.
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Portland
Ore
Everett S. Peachin
Economic Commission Trimming by Congress
Washington Aug 27 President Tafts economic commission was restricted by the Democratic house and by the senate in the sundry civil and legislative appropriation bills. The commission's powers were narrowed to matters of transacting public business within executive departments and salaries were cut with the chairman at 10000 dollars and the five other members at 6000 dollars each.
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Washington
Talt
Economic Commission
Democratic House
Senate
Bishop E T Hoss Returns Home to Oklahoma
Bishop E T Hoss of the Methodist church, 72, arrives in Muskogee Oklahoma with his son Dr Lessier Hoss after a weeklong illness in Nashville Tennessee. He suffered facial paralysis and general breakdown and is expected to recover with rest.
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Louis
E. T. Hoss
Methodist Church
Muskogee
Okla
Lessier Hoss
Hoss
Nashville
Tenn
Automobile Law Upheld by Judge Brown in Montgomery
Judge Armstead Brown of Montgomery city court upholds the state automobile law in the Bozeman case. Bozeman challenged the act as unconstitutional under section 221 of the revenue bill. The ruling overruled the challenge and sends the case to the court of appeals.
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Montgomery
Ala
Armstead Brown
City Court of
W. H. Bozeman
Bozeman
Brown
Court of Appeals
Harmsworth Cup Elimination Race Wind Affects Start
In Huntington L I Aug 27 a stiff northwest wind over the bay reduced optimism for many starters in the second elimination heat of motor boats competing for the Harmsworth cup this afternoon.
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Huntington, L. L
Glidden tour delayed by heavy rains north of New Orleans
Heavy rains near Lutcher forty two miles north of New Orleans slow the Glidden tour pathfinding car. The automobile will not reach New Orleans until tomorrow after stopping in Lutcher last night.
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New Orleans
Lutcher
Glidden Tour
Coden Civic League Meets to Discuss County Reforms
Invitations have been sent across the county for the first Civic League council to assemble in Coden on Saturday August 31. The meeting will cover road improvement school extension farm product sales and other measures to boost farmer prosperity. Committees will be formed and a county wide campaign for reform will begin.
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Civic League
League
Coden
Mobile
Codén
Army recess appointments elevate Ray and others
Washington Aug 27 Major Beecher B Ray army paymaster gains lieutenant colonel rank by recess appointment after Senate inaction. Also promoted are Major General James B Ayreshire quarterly master general and Major W W Wotherspoon as assistant chief of Bluff with other officers advancing to brigadier general, though retirement looms for one.
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Washington
Beecher B. Ray
Army
Taft
Ray
Congress
Senate
James B.ayleshire
W.W. Wotherspoon
Bluff
J. W. McGiernand
Presidio
San Francisco
Bank treasurer pleads guilty to large larceny
In New Bedford Massachusetts Edgar Lord treasurer of the New Bedford Co-Operative Bank and the Acushnet Co-Operative Bank was arrested after an investigation. He pleaded guilty in district court to larceny of 40000 dollars. The two banks were closed and placed under bank examiner supervision.
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Mary Wanda
United States
Jones
Juanita Cheatham
Wanda
Montgomery
Cheatham
New Orleans
Mobile
New Bedford
Mass
New Bedford Co-Operative Bank
Acushnet Co-Operative Bank
Edgar Lord
Lord
Will American Bar Assn Draw the Color Line
Milwaukee August 8 The American Bar Association opens its fifth annual meeting to decide whether negro lawyers may be admitted as members. A committee report recommends excluding race based seating and urges opposing recall of judges. Wickersham aims to advocate admission of lawyers generally. Senate debates on divorce law and cross state marriage restrictions are noted.
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Milwaukee
Wis
AI Association
Illiam H. Lewis
United States
George W
Lewis
Wickersham
Inel
Hinnest T. Florance
Edgar H
New Orleans
Geo Whit
George Hinkley
Baltiy
Tee
Atsena
Frank B Kell Paul
Dmgation
Seneca M. Taylor
South Carolinians Hold State Primary
Voters in Columbia and across the state cast ballots to nominate candidates for governor and other offices. The gubernatorial race between Gove L. Blease and Judge Ira B. Jones dominates the day as incumbents face no opposition and organizers expect a record turnout if weather cooperates.
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Columbia
S. A
Aug
Carolina
Gove l L. Blease
Ira B. Jones
T. Duncan
Leutenanternor
Trailing murderers slayer arrested after Hunt
In Huntington West Virginia on August authorities closed in on Wesley Edwards and Sidna Allen wanted on capiases for Huntsville Virginia court actions. Detective Mike Duncan, once of Nolan West Virginia, aided the pursuit. Floyd Thompson was shot dead by Duncan who said he acted in self defense.
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Huntington
W. Va
Wesley Edwards
Sidna Allen
Huntsville
Mike Duncan
Nolan
Thompson
Duncan
Floyd Thompson
Follo Duncan
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Bay Shell Road
Cochrane of
Will
Parker
Sherman
SEC. Knox
North
City Hall
Kaiser
Mann
Panama
Alabama Baptists
Zeb
Peaghin
Bishop Hoss
Automobile Law Good
A. Brown
Will American Bar Assn
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