Wilson favors March 4 oath with late April ceremonies
President elect Wilson backs taking the oath on March 4 and postponing the formal inauguration to the last Thursday in April 24 to spare harsh weather and illness. He supports a congressional date change but notes it requires an act. The Bermuda report cites local officials and a joking remark about travel gossip.
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Wilson
Hamilton
Bermuda
Congress
Bulgaria
Windward Islands
Inaugural Date Change Sparks Historic Weather Lookback
Washington reports President-elect Wilson favors shifting inaugural ceremonies from March 4 to a later date. The article reviews past presidents from Washington to Taft and their weather, noting few Aprils bring snow or slush, and highlighting a pattern of April 23 25 being sloppy while 1851 onward only one April 24 had trouble.
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Washington
Wilson
New York City
Taft
Thomas Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Diplomatic Corps
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Sharps
Weather Bureau
Mrs Longstreet Loses Gainesville Postmaster Job
Mrs Helen L Longstreet widow of the Confederate general is to be removed as Gainesville postmistress by President Taft for pernicious political activity in office. James B Gaston will succeed her as part of the regular organization. Longstreet has ties to Roosevelt, including attendance as Roosevelt’s guest at an Atlanta event and a Roosevelt convention delegate.
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Atlanta
Helen L. Lonstreet
Taft
Gainesville
Theodore Roosevelt
James B. Gaston
Longstreet
Colonel Roosevelt
Chicago
General Longstreet
Geni Longstreet
Portuguese Navy Seeks Warship Bids From Allies
Lisbon reports the Portuguese ministry of the navy has issued bids to English and American builders for control of several warships. Construction by other nationalities is excluded, indicating a focus on allied suppliers and maritime strength.
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Lisbon
Porty Ministry of Marine
Turks and Balkansy Sign Armstick
Vienna dispatches report acts of vandalism by Servians amid Austro Russian tensions. The front reads for reports from Vienna on European menace as armstick measures unfold in the Balkans.
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Vienna
Front
Union Savings Bank of Mobile to raise capital
Union Savings Bank of Mobile received approval from State Superintendent A B Walker to increase its capital stock from 325000 to 500000. J Leslie Taylor serves as president with J T McDonald as vice president James T Duggan cashier and Grover A Taylor assistant cashier. The bank plans a broad service expansion beyond savings to general banking.
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Union Savings Bank of Mobile
Mobile
Armistice Protocol Approved by Turkish Balkan Plenipotentiaries
The council of ministers in Constantinople approved a protocol for an armistice between Turkish and Balkan forces. The armistice is set to be signed tomorrow after a day of talks behind the Tehatalja lines. Delegates reportedly agreed to disarm Adriarope and pay a large war indemnity.
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Constantinople
Council of Ministers
Tehatalja
Porte
Adriarope
Austro Russian War Cloud Deepens As Armistice Hopes Fade
Reports from Vienna and London describe mounting tension in the Balkans with Austria Serbia and Bulgaria edging toward conflict. Turkish soldiers surrender to Bulgarians at Dedenghatadh and Demotika, while Serbians take Dibra and Montenegrins renew bombardments at Scutari. A Greek destroyer engages in the Dardanelles as forces prepare for Adrianople and Tchatalja if armistice talks collapse. American ships Montana and Tennessee move toward Middle East ports to protect citizens and property.
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London
Turkey
Balkan
Europe
Vienna
Prizrend
Uskub
Herr Prochaska
Servia
Russia
Tchatalja
Dedenghatadh
Demotika
Sofia
Belgrade
Dibra
Albania
Dardanelles
Adrianople
Scutari
Nicholas
Porte
United States
Montana
Tennessee
Malta
Smyrna
Armistice Terms Near as Bulgarians and Turks Agree to Cease Hostilities
A Sofia message to the Daily Mail reports that all obstacles to an armistice are removed and both sides accept a ceasefire while retaining current positions. Turks will hold Scutari and Adrianople, shielded by a surrounding of the Adrianople railway station and easing the naval blockade on the Bulgarian coast.
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London
Daily Mail
Sofia
Tchatalja
Scutari
Adrianapole
Big Liners Battle Terrific Weather
Incoming liners report a hurricane and mountainous seas over the last two hundred miles of their voyage. The Oceanic Philadelphia and Prinz Frederick Wilhelm were delayed. The Oceanic, in a daylight fog on Wednesday, had to steam astern to avoid a collision with a tramp steamer.
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Plymouth
Oceanic
Philadelphia
Government bars horse exports from Austria Hungary
Berlin news service reports the Wiener Zetung states the Austro Hungarian government forbids exporting horses. The ban aims to conserve horse stock amid regional tensions and trade concerns.
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Berlin
The
Wiener Zettung
Austria-Hungary
Webber Seeks Safe Haven Abroad After Rosenthal Case
Hysterical with fear Bridgie Weber and his wife cling to his arm as the liner Saratoga sails with the Webbers listed as Mr and Mrs Louis Fountain. He fears associates of the four gunmen sentenced to death will pursue him, planning to flee to Havana, South America, or China to escape the New York murder trial.
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New York
Saratoga
Webber
Mr. Webber
Mrs. Webber
Sickles Seeks Loan to Avert Auction of Belongings
General Daniel E. Sickles in New York pleads for a loan to cover a $5,000 note and offers personal items, including a painting valued at $10,000, as security ahead of a sheriff’s sale at his Fifth Avenue home. He declines charity and hopes to avert charity by six month loan terms.
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New York
Daniel E. Sickles
Harburger
Fifth Avenue
General Sickels
President Taft Fires Texas Foes in 1912 Purge
President Taft summarily dismissed D. R. Lyon and Eugene Nolte, U S marshals for eastern and western Texas, allies of Roosevelt mentor Cecil Lyon. They backed Roosevelt at Chicago and were replaced by Bert J. McDowell and Phil K. Baer as Taft delegates. The move signals broader retribution against Roosevelt supporters.
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Washington
D. R. Lyon
Eugene Nolte
United States
Texas
Taft
Vlaxyl
Cecil Lyon
Roosevelt
Lyon
Chicago
Nolte
Can
Moose
Lyon and Nolte
Bert J. McDowell
Phil K. Baer
Pittsburgh Vaudeville Scandal Involves $50000 Suit
Mrs Bertha Richards sues Thomas Richards and Miss Glazer for $50000 alleging they lived together as man and wife. Miss Glazer was capias issued and bailed out by John P Harris after a delay at the sheriff's office. Richards, a choir singer, is in Denver. the case dates back to 1904 with claims of abandonment by her husband.
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Pittsburg
Senater
Herz
Pittsburgh
Bertha ‘Richards
W Thomas Richards
Richard
Cohen
Capias
Miss Glazer
Bruff
John P. Harris
Annette Kellermann’s Secret Matrimony in Danbury
Danbury Connecticut November 30. Annette Kellermann known as the Divine Venus wed her manager James R Sullivan last Tuesday. The marriage was kept secret with license obtained at city hall and a justice of the peace officiating. Two company members acted as witnesses.
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Danbury
Conn
Annette Kellerman
Venus
James R. Sullivan
James Burke Dies at 82, California Gold Discovery Party Member
Reno obituary notes James Burke aged 82, last survivor of the Mareau party that first discovered gold in California. Burke, a native of Canada, died in Reno on November 30.
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Reno
James Burke
James Mareau
California
Canada
A Chance for Good Fellows
The Item urges Mobile residents to join the Good Fellows by writing to Santa Claus at The Item to request a family in need and number of members. Fellows shop and deliver gifts personally, with no publicity, avoiding formal charity for those who retain pride, to directly share Christmas joy.
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Santa Claus
Woman says she was unwittingly drawn into Saunders kidnapping
In Galveston Texas Mrs Planuel Menchen says she aided in guiding Consuelo and Esperanza Saunders to a train after being pointed out by the girls’ mother and another Spanish descent woman. Menchen, who has known the Saunders family fifteen years, insists she did not assist in the crime and believes due process is needed for the girls’ return. Saunders, father of the children, reports no new leads and doubts they crossed the Mexican border.
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Galveston
Texas
Planuel Menchen
Saunders
Consuelo
Esperanza Saunders
Ratlios
Pritvaesant
Two Houses Divided In Political Sentiment There Will Be Little Done
Washington Nov 30 The Sixty second Congress set to conclude at noon Monday faces limited work ahead after March 26. Impeachment of Judge Archbold looms as the major item with the Senate acting as court. Pujo committee will press money trust probes with potential testimony from Morgan Schiff Belmont Ryan. Battleship expansion and Clark’s likely re election as Speaker frame discussions for the coming session.
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Washington
Congress
The
United
Robert Archbald
Court of Commerce
Judiciary Commission
House of Representatives
Senate
Archbald
Judiciary Committee
House
Pujo
Money Trust
J. P. Morgan
Jacob H. Schiff
August Belmont
Thomas F. Ryan
Samuel Tatermeyer
Democrat House
United States
Naval Committee
Far East
Clark
Oscar W. Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Underwood
Many Die in Brief Hunting Season Across States
Ninety two killed and 51 injured in the season end. Michigan reports 26 dead with 18 injured, Wisconsin 13 dead, Indiana 2, Iowa 2, Ohio 1, Pennsylvania 12, New York 10, Minnesota 8, Vermont 1, Kansas 1, Maine 7, Alaska 1. Main causes include companions shooting, self-inflicted, misidentification as deer, and unknown shooters.
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Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Alaska
Knox Resigns as Secretary to Enter Business in Pittsburgh
Washington dispatch reports Hugh B. Knox resigns from his post as secretary to the secretary of state to pursue business in Pittsburgh. No successor named.
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Young Knox
Washington
Hugh
Knox
Pittsburg
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
Do your Christmas shopping now and save annoyance later. The article urges early purchases and notes advertising columns will carry merchants lists of seasonable novelties and bargains for shoppers to consider.
Sugar cane a paying crop in Mobile county says Parsons
Arthur J. Parsons president of Mobile Stove and Pulley Works reports after a Wilmer field trip that a Brannan sugar mill experiment there is a complete success. The plant processes cane from forty acres and accepts all farmer offerings at four dollars per ton, proving sugar cane can be widely profitable in Mobile County and encouraging more mills and a refinery nearby.
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Mobile Stove and Pulley Works
Wilmer
Mobile Pa
Brannan
Parsons
Chicago
le Seen
Ager
le Baron
Mobile
Louisiana
Merce
New Great Coess
Wilmer Ment
Prosecution of Archbald Begins in Senate Trial
The Archbald impeachment trial of Judge Robert W. Archbald, commerce court judge, starts Tuesday and will likely extend past Christmas. Charges allege misbehavior and personal interest in coal property deals before his court. A conference with Senator Bacon set a trial program, with Worthington leading defense plans to challenge procedures as a new impeachment precedent.
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Washington
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Senate
Archbald
House of Representatives
Bacon
Clayton
Webb
Floyd
House
A. 8
Worthington
Dofen
Atention
House Committee
Cyclone Reports Hit Madagascar Communications Cut
Paris dispatch says the French colonial ministry received advices from Madagascar dated Nov 29 reporting a cyclone along the northern coast of the inland and that communications were interrupted.
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Paris
French Colonial Ministry
Madagascar
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