British golf experts favor American plan
British golf experts discuss adopting American style plan for open championship qualification with medal starts and 36 hole matches some Britons favor changes while others defend the current 18 hole match play format noting the potential demoralizing effect of medal play on competitors.
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United States Golf Association
Great Britain
Buffalo
New York Sun
St. Andrews
Pendal
Balck
Deadlock in Peace Talks Between Italy and Turkey
Paris reports a near deadlock in unofficial peace conversations between Italian and Turkish delegates in Switzerland. Italy demands Turkish withdrawal from Libya and rejects ceding Cyrenaica, while Turkey resists Libyan concessions and insists on new proposals.
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Paris
Switzerland
Italy
Libya
Tripolitania
Cyrenaica
Turkey
Tripoli
Aegean Sea
Italia
Mobile County Hospital Building Sealed Bid Notice
Sealed proposals are invited by Mobile County Alabama Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners for erecting a one story brick and hollow tile hospital for the Poor Asylum. Plans by Hutchisson Denham. Bids due October 12 noon 1912. Deposit 3 percent with bid. contract bond 33 1/3 percent. Right to reject all bids. Plans at Judge of Probate or Hutchisson Denham offices Mobile.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Mobile County
Ala
Judge of Probate
Hutchisson & Denham
Peoples Bank
Mobile
Byete, Brie Reeek Ae
Bivenssock Ae
Money Powers Rule In China
Peking reports chaotic China as provinces struggle for cash and central control teeters. Officials lack moral courage, foreign loans fear, and border areas face pressures from Japanese and Russian consuls while Tibet remains vulnerable.
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China
Manchuria
Gobi Desert
Peking
Thibet
Lhasa
East Alabama Girl Treated for Rabies
Miss J E Boazman of near Opelika sought hydrophobia treatment at the state Pasteur Institute after being bitten by a mule while treating it at her farm. Dr Moss reports thirty three hydrophobia patients and notes the department’s record nears thirty seven as W A Bailey of Escambia County also arrives for care after a dog bite. Other Mult patients include children of C M Waldrop of Salem and Sam Burge of West End Montgomery.
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J. E. Boazman
Opelika
Miss Boazman
Montgomery
State Pasteur Institute
Montgomery Advertiser
Moss
W. A. Bailey
Escambia County
Bailey
Montgomer
Pasteur Institute
C. M. Waldrop
Salem
Sam Burge
West End
Virginia Rodriguez Dies From Wounds In San Francisco Shooting
Virginia Rodriguez, wounded late last night in the same incident that claimed Edward P. Finn, brother of state senator and former sheriff Thomas Finn, died today. Robert W. Harrison, listed as her husband by living arrangement, was in the apartment during the shooting.
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San Francisco
Virginia Rodriguez
Edward P. Finn
Thomas Finn
Robert W. Harrison
Deputies Lose Commissions Over Jail Release Bribe
In Pensacola Florida on August 31 Sheriff J C Van Welt dismissed commissions of deputies J C Rupert B F Lowery and R E Lowery after accusations they took bribe money from prisoners to secure releases after bond. An earlier raid on a West Zerragessa pool room led to multiple arrests with some inmates bondable for a fee. Deputy Rupert admitted to being paid five dollars to release a prisoner when a bondsman could not reach the jailer.
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Pensacola
Pia
J. C. van Welt
J. C. Rupert
B. F. Lowery
R. E. Lowery
West Zerragessa Street
Rupert
Novel feature in use in New York campaign tour
From Progressive headquarters today a “lying squadron” of automobiles equipped with a piano a organ a printing press and other features started for a tour of New York state. One van led the parade followed by two touring cars with speakers singers and literature distributors. Ten men accompany the convoy which will sleep in the van as six such squadrons go forth to cover every county in the state.
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New York
Progressive
New York State
Roosevelt
Johnson
Indictments Quashed for Four Agriculture Dept Officials
Indictments against Charles G. Elliott and three department aides were quashed at government request. The case linked to the Florida Everglades land inquiry involved payments for drainage in North Carolina and Oklahoma. The government cited no fraud intent and noted Elliott and associates faced harsh discipline from the department.
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Washington
Charles G. Elliott
Department of Agriculture
A .N. Moorehouse
F. B. Singleton
Department
R. A. Teele
Florida Everglades
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Moss
Elliott
Eee
Everglades
Ques
Chicago Johnnie Jailed For Annoying Young Girl
Harold Hops age 22, son of William H. Hoops, wealthy manufacturer, is sent to Bridewell for fifty days for failure to pay a 326 dollar fine for annoyance of a 17 year old girl. His sentence followed arraignment and his father did not assist. A second charge, operating a confidence game, was continued. Lee Holman, a chauffeur, alleged Hoops passed a worthless check for 23 dollars to pay a taxi bill.
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Chicago
Harold Hops
William H. Hoops
Hoops
Lee Holman
Future of Tibet Becomes Contentious International Issue
London reports Tibet’s future as a major point of contention, likening it to Persia. The Liberal section accuses Foreign Minister Edward Gray of siding with Russian interests and sacrificing Persia, while Conservatives back Gray and his China policy. Predictions mention potential British action to guard Tibetan ministers from China.
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London
Tibet
Persia
Edward Gray
Persi
W. Morgan Shuster
Britain
Nes
China
India
L’'Hassa
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