Fair site and country club plan eyed for Mobile
George Fearn Jr announced a Chamber of Commerce effort to secure a permanent fair ground jointly with a country club in Mobile. The plan envisions a mile-track site with an eighteen hole golf course inside the track and a year round race venue to attract visitors, aiming to set a fair by fall 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fearn
Fair Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Fearn
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Twenty Five Die In Arcadia Lodging House Fire
A fire on December 3 at the Arcadia lodging house in Ston killed twenty five lodgers on the top and fourth floors. Many others were missing or injured and some escaped by jumping to neighboring roofs. The blaze caused extensive stairway damage and a total property loss of about 25000, with investigators starting work as the scene cooled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ston
Arcadiatel
Dedriy
Ory
Washington
Lats
William Walsh
Avrest
Sra
Struc
Light brush near capital sparks fatal clash with Zapatistas
A clash near the capital involves a rural guard detachment ambushed by Zapatistas. Ten dead and thirty wounded among parties reported as firing lasted minutes before rebels fled. Separate report notes a compromise over a mobile railroad rate of fifteen cents a hundred?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CO City
Zapatistas
Mobile and Railroad Company
Central
St. Louis
Police Order Bans Officers From Soliciting Subscriptions
Mobile police officers are forbidden to solicit new subscribers for the newspaper. The prohibition follows a Mobile Register contest that rewarded officers with the most new subscribers, a scheme deemed problematic as traffic duties at crossings could be disrupted and viewed as graft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Register
Mexico City dispatch reports Tampico as temporary Tamaulipas capital
The Associated Press notes Tampico named temporary capital of Tamaulipas as General Rabago moves to reestablish governorship there. Federal officers blamed for Victoria evacuation mobilize forces against Victoria while trains face fuel shortages. Conscripting servant girls for the army, with raids near moving picture shows, is described alongside foreign colonies preparing defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Tampico
Tamaulipas
Antonio Rabago
Victoria
War Department
Arizmendi
Cerritos
San Luis Potosi
Gubio Navarrete
Monterey
Federal Army
Guadaloupe
Mexico
Kidder
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Diaz 1.0 Rescue May Help Huerta Diaz 1.0 Rescue May Help
The former Mexican president Diaz is urged by Provisional President Huerta to return and help restore order as U S and other powers oppose Huerta’s regime and rebel forces gain ground in northern and western Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diaz
Huerta
Mexico
Francisco Madero
Madero
United States
McAdoo Projects 1915 Revenues and Deficit Estimate
Treasury Secretary McAdoo forecasts 1915 revenues at 1 035 000 000 including postal receipts with expenditures at 1 108 681 111. Excluding sinking fund and canal debt service, a surplus of 13 262 207 is expected. Revenue sources include customs internal revenue and income tax with land sales and miscellaneous items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAdoo
The
Treasury
Panama Canal
House
Senate
Congressional
Knabe Death Case Under Fire Over Wound Position
In Shelbyville Indiana on December 3 the state presented two witnesses to counter a suicide theory in Dr. Helene Knabe’s death. Coroner Durham and Dr. Chappell testified the neck wound needed two strokes and started on the right side, challenging the notion the victim self-inflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
William B. Craig
Helene Knabe
Charles O. Durham
Ralph 8. Chappell
Durham
Dr. Chappell
Near murder case to jury over four hours of arguments
Lula Bowling charged with shooting Sarah Armstrong last June faced arraignment in city court. Four hours of evidence and arguments filled the session before the jury retired at 2:30 to reach a verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Bowling
Sarah Armstrong
Churches not to blame for Hobson talk by lecturer
Elwood's Lyceum platform in Mobile last Monday was used to make political references about Richmond Hobson. The Mobile Federation of Churches disavowed any support for a faction and urged unity on mental and ethical culture. Rufus E. King of Mion New York lectured on The Almighty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
Elwood
Lyceum Fe
Mobile
Richmond Hobson
Mobile Federation
Aubrey Boyles
Mobile Federation of Churches
Boyles
Rufus E. King
Mion
N. Y
Alabama Association of Probate Judges Forms in Birmingham
Members from across Alabama gathered in Montgomery to discuss needed probate law revisions for the upcoming legislature. A. P. Smith of Green County serves as president of the new Alabama Association of Probate Judges formed in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Montgomery
Als
Alabama Association of Probate Judges
A. P. Smith
Green County
Nervy tramp orders sheriff’s cook at breakfast
A tramp appeared at Sheriff Palmer’s back door Wednesday morning and, after permission, asked for coffee and more. He demanded oatmeal with butter, claiming there was not enough food for the family. The sheriff overheard the exchange from the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nervy
Cireadia
Palmer
Mobile funds travel for Alabama prize winners in clubs
Under a City Bank and Trust Company led agreement with the Chamber of Commerce and Mrs. B I Robinson Mobile will pay the fare to Washington and cover expenses for Miss Erinstbrook the Alabama tomato club winner for the national gathering. Miss Westbrook from Odenville produced 1855 cans of tomatoes valued at 148.40 on tenth of an acre with costs 360.15. The Alabama winner will visit Mobile after Washington reception. Corn club winner Walker Lee Dawson of Tallapoosa county raised 282.7 bushels on one acre with a 46.40 cost and an estimated profit of 116.49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Buck
City Bank and Trust Company
L. C. Irvine
Chamber of Commerce
B. I. Robinson
Auburn
Mobile
Washington
Erinstbrook
Alabama
Westbrook
Odenville
St. Clair County
Chamber of Home and Home Economics Club
Walker Lee Dawson
Tallapoosa County
Brazos River Breaks Record Flood Des hits Waco Area
The Brazos River rose to feet eight inches, flooding East Waco with 10 000 residents and parts of South Waco including the Cotton Palace Exposition. Levees broke and creeks backed up but there was no loss of life or acute suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
East
South
Cotton Palace Exposition Grent
Brazos
Carnegie Gift Repudiated by Alabama Methodists
The Alabama conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South disapproved Andrew Carnegie’s one million dollar gift to Vanderbilt medical school. A minority protest was endorsed and bishops' majority action was vetoed. Bishops Hendrix presided as the Southern district conference opened at Dexter Avenue Church with committee organization and education reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Andrew Carnegie
Vanderbilt University
Alabama Conference
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Board of Trust
Carnegie
Hendrix
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Dexter Avenue Methodist Church
E. R. Hendrix
Kansas City
Stonewall Anderson
General Board of Education of
Nashville, Tenn
Methodist Church
Mississippi leaders charged with selling their votes
Lt Governor Bilbo and State Senator Hobbs were arrested in Vicksburg after indictments accusing them of agreeing to take $2000 from S Castleman of Belzoni for their votes in the legislature and to use influence to pass a bill. Each posted $5000 bond. Bilbo claimed political conspiracy and attacked enemies as crooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Miss
Bilbo
Hobbs
Castleman
Belzoni
Securiy
Jackson
Quail on Toast Leads to Warrant for Hotel Proprietor
County Game Warden Stanley Edwards swore out a warrant against Charles B. Hervey of the Cawthon hotel after accusing him of serving a game bird quail on toast. Hervey denies keeping jail for sale and says a Jumbo squad was served to the warden, while the case awaits Saturday court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawthon Hotel
Stanley Edwards
Charles B. Hervey
Inferior Criminal Court
Hervey
Edwards
Suing Steamship for Injuries in Admiralty Suit
John Donivan a longshoreman filed a suit in admiralty in the U S court Wednesday afternoon against the Austrian steamer Hoheme for 560 damages for Ot kame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steamer
John Donivan
Admiralty
United States
First UF Line Vessel To Canal Zone Departs
The Fort Morgan, a 632 ton Norwegian steamer, led the new United Fruit Line from Mobile to Colon departing at 10 am. It carried freight including three searchlights and 30 cases of dynamite fuses shipped from Rhode Island for blasting in Panama. The Fort Gaines is slated to sail on December 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fruit Company
Mobile
Colon
Fort Morgan
Panama
Rhode Island
Fort Gaines
Record Flood Surges Past All Waco Gauges
Brazos river flood in Waco Texas hits 8.6 inches and rises. East Waco Floodwaters flood streets as levees fail. Local militia police and firemen evacuate residents with boats and high water craft. Rail lines and bridges threatened by the Brazos surge and surrounding countryside inundates areas near government lock and dam. Continuous rain has added four inches since Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Waco
Tex
Brazos River
J. H. Mackey
East Waco
Elm Street
Cotton Belt
Kansas and Texas
Brazos
Texas Rivers Flood as Heavy Rain Grips State
Widespread flooding from unseasonable warmth and heavy rain affects much of Texas and parts of Oklahoma. Waco on the Brazos is in flood trouble while Austin reports the Colorado rising twenty feet. Fort Worth and Dallas see Trinity floodwaters recede and linger. cotton bales wash away near Waxahachie. rail lines suffer washouts and livestock drowns near Cleburne. Vernon reports fields under water and bridge washouts disrupt Denver & Rio Grande traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Dec
Texas
Oklahoma
Waco
Brazos
Tates
Austin
Colorado
Amain
Marble Falls
Fort Worth
Trinity
Denton County
San Angelo
Concho River
Waxahatchie
International & Great Northern
Houston & Texas Central Lines
Cleburne
Vernon
Denver & Rio Grande
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Boston Newsy
Visociated Press
Wheweboy
Tire
Service
Rabago
Amer
Ican
Republic
Saltillo
Porfirio Diaz
DR. Knabe
Jules Deplores
Lyceum
Chaplain Elwood
Conference OF Probate Judges
Methodist Church Conference
South, With
Bishop Hend
Rix Presiding
U. F. Line
Canal Zone
Ttem
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