Balkan Armistice Signed But Great Powers Lock In Crisis
Armistice ends Balkan hostilities but the great powers tangle persists. Russia rebukes Germany while Serbia remains the pivotal live wire, with diplomats renewing efforts for an ambassadorial conference. Greece plans to attend peace talks in London despite its stance on the truce.
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London
Balkan
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
von Bethmann-Hollweg
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Servia
Austria- Hungary
Adriatic
Greece
Servia Calls Up All Able–Bodied In Country
London reports a Sofia dispatch that Servia issued a decree calling all men at able to bear arms into service. The measure expands the mobilization as the country mobilizes defense.
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London
Servia
Sofia
L N railroad cuts Western Union telegraph ties
President Milton H. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville orders cutting all wire connections with Western Union effective December 1. Assistant Superintendent John Bose notes non receipt of orders. L and N still uses Western Union on Montgomery to Mobile and Mobile to New Orleans lines by long distance phone. Western Union plans independent offices along L N system and cites improved service. dispute heads to federal court over ousting.
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Milton H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Western Union Telegraph Company
John Bose
Western L.&n
Western Union
Montgomery
Mobile
New Orleans
Smith
Unfit Bacon Not Sold as Food Reported
City Health Officer Dr. Charles A. Mohr said 100 pounds of bacon plates sold in unfit condition had been located by the health board inspector. An examination of several places found no meat, and he believed the meat had likely been discarded.
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Charles A. Mohr
The
Board of Health
Rouse Simmons Lost With Crew of Sixteen
The schooner Rouse Simmons and Captain Herman Schevenemann with a crew of sixteen are given up as lost after departing Thompson Michigan November 21 bound for Chicago with Christmas trees. A late gale is believed to have sunk the vessel.
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Rouse Simmons
Chicago
Herman Schevenemann
Fteen
Thompson, Mich
Record Corn Yield Sets Alabama Prize Claim
Isaac D. Martin of Pratt City Jefferson county reports a world class corn yield of 23 9 1 2 bushels per acre. He seeks the $250 first prize in Alabama’s state corn contest as the state board of agriculture reviews claims this month. Bennie Owen of Ware Elmore county trails with 23 7 3 4 bushels. Prizes range from 250 to 25 across county and state levels.
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Montgomery
Ala
Isaac D. Martin
Pratt City
Jefferson County
Alabama
Department of Agrculture
Bennie Owen
Ware
Elmore County
State Board of Agriculture
Stave Exporter Visits Mobile in Euro Trip
Albert Le More Sr of E. Carriere & Co arrives in Mobile after a six month Europe tour. He praises Mobile vaudeville at Lyric Theatre and predicts Panama Canal will boost gulf stave exports, noting strong outlook in France and for European trade.
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Europe
Albert le More
E. Carriere & Co
Mobile
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Gulf Ports
le More
Lyric Theatre
Berlin
London
Paris
England
Germany
France
Mr. le More
Lyric
H. C. Fourton
Mr. Fourton
T. Any
Mobilians
Fourton
Evangelist Tuffts Again In Limelight In Divorce Suit
Chicago reports Gorham Tuffts the evangelist and faith healer faces a renewed legal fight as his first wife Mary Housekeeper Tuffts seeks to annul a 1910 divorce decree fraudulently granted. Tuffts later wed J Henry Scranton Roe, a Texas California landowner said to be worth 1 million, with her alleging embezzlement against him.
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Chicago
Gorham Tuffts
Mary Housekeeper
Tuffts
Tuffis
J. Henry Scranton Roe
Texas
California
Taft backs Mississippi flood prevention and fifty million plan
President Taft addressed the National Rivers and Harbors congress in Washington, urging flood prevention as the top goal for Mississippi improvements and proposing a US state and federal funding package of between forty and fifty million dollars. He insisted army engineers should manage the work, and warned that other waterways must show equal necessity. The stance surprised many delegates but drew applause in places.
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Washington
Taft
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Mississippi River
United States
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
St. Louis
New Orleans
Berger Predicts Great Disaster and Riots in South
Socialist congressman Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee warned of an imminent industrial panic within about a year. He blamed the Democratic party as reactionary and said the panic would disrupt the solid South, bringing hard times and riots, and urged for at least fifty Socialists in Congress to inject reform.
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Wshington
Victor L. Berger
Congress
Milwaukee
Felon Assisted in His Getaway in Dynamite Conspiracy Trial
In Indianapolis on December 4 the government questioned Frank M. Ryan and Frank C. Neby about helping dynamiters escape. George ODonnell, an iron worker involved in the Somerset Massachusetts 1908 bridge explosion case, faced charges after release from prison. Ryan denied aiding but acknowledged union support and legal help to assist O’Donnell.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frank M. Ryan
United Iron Workers
Frank C. Neby
Ryan
George O’ Donnell
Somerset
Mass
Jauine
Miller
Webb
O’donnell
Ell
O'Donnell
Mr. Miller
Brown Case in Oakdale Killing on July 16
William J. Brown a carpenter is charged with the killing of Alfred Percy by shotgun in Oakdale on July 16. The case is on call in city court Thursday with a special venue of 100 jurors summoned to try it.
Henry B Gray Is Sent To Prison
Henry B Gray former lieutenant governor of Alabama and banking figure was jailed for contempt after giving a fictitious name in a raid on a disorderly house and misrepresenting the case at trial. His sentence was cut from twenty four hours and a 100 dollar fine to six hours and a 10 dollar fine on friends plea. The case revealed another man pleaded guilty to clear Gray’s name and the recorder denounced deceptive acts by the wealthy.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry B. Gray
Alabama
Clement Wood
Friends of
Gray
First Supply Bill Passed to House with Cuts and Revisions
The first big supply bill of the current Congress was reported to the House. It totals 34,597,10.50 dollars, down from the prior session, with Treasury estimate cuts over a million. Provisions stripped include presidents at large salary, a commerce court item, and mint and assay office funding. The measure heads to the Senate after floor consideration.
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Washington
Congress
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Burleson
Texas
Commerce Court
Wilson
Carson, New
Charlotte
N. C
Boine
Idaho
Helena
Mont
Salt Lake City
Utah
Senate
Police Sergeant Murray Injured In Runaway Horse Crash
Police Sergeant Luke Murray was seriously hurt when his runaway horse crashed his buck board into Fire Chief Thomas Price’s auto in front of the Lyric Theatre. He was unconscious and taken to City Hospital with a scalp wound and suspected internal injuries. License official Kirkbride witnessed the incident and described loss of control as the horse dashed along Conti Street.
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Luke Murray
Conti Street
Murray
Thomas Price
Lyric Theatre
Sergeant Murray
Kirkbride
Conception
Joachim
Sergeant Murray Suffered Suspected Fractured Skull
Wednesday afternoon the condition of Sergeant Murray was regarded as serious by the attending physician. He is delirious at times and believed to have a fractured skull. The horse he was driving was considered safe by patrol officials. Officials were surprised to learn he had run away.
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Murray
Bristow Proposes Federal Recall and Popular Vote Amendments
Senator Bristow introduced two resolutions in the Senate proposing a president can submit to a popular vote any measure he backed that has stalled for six months. A second amendment would allow Congress to submit to electors a law deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, with passage requiring majorities in both states and congressional districts. The pair were referred to the Judiciary Committee.
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Washington
Bristow
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
Petition in Bankruptcy Filed by R. C. Cox of Nanafalia
R C Cox of Nanafalia Alabama filed a bankruptcy petition stating his liabilities at 34 dollars and assets at 757 dollars all of which is listed as exempt.
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R. C. Cox
Nanafalia
Ala
Day in Congress Briefs and Judicial Impeachment
Congress convened at noon with nominations including Walter F. Frear for Hawaii governor. Senator Bristow urged initiative and recall of judicial decisions as discussions opened on a seamen involuntary servitude bill. Impeachment trial of Judge Archbald began testimony.
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Walter F. Frear
Hawaii
Bristow
Commerce
Archbald
Congressional actions and immigration bill opposition
Annual report of secretary of treasury was read. Chairman Padgett of naval affairs committee introduced a bill to confer title of admiral on commanders in chief of Atlantic and Pacific battleship fleets. New York delegation opposed Burnett immigration bill prescribing literacy test for immigrants and disapproved government purchase of Monticello.
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Secretary of Treasury
Padgett
Naval Affairs Committee
Atlantic
Pacific
New York
Burnett
Monticello
Weather forecast for southern states across early week
Weather forecast from Washington DC on December 4 indicates local rains tonight and Thursday for Alabama. Florida expected rain on Thursday. Mississippi forecast shows rain through Thursday with cloudy intervals.
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Washington, D. C
Alabama
Eiean
Mississippi
Mobile Library Project Draws Citywide Interest
City hall has received many inquiries from residents and firms about the Carnegie Library work start date. Mayor reports several contractors and material firms requested information during the week.
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Mobile
Carnegie Library
Federal conversion cases to be heard in Biloxi
About twenty conversion cases, involving Mississippi and Alabama lumber firms, will be heard in U S district court before Judge H C Niles in Biloxi Mississippi. Government suits total over 50000 dollars, including challenges to homestead patents tied to the J J Newman Lumber Co of Hattiesburg and to Robins Land and Lumber Co, with cases alleging fraud in land entries and patent acquisitions.
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Mississippi
Alabama
United States District Court
H.C Niles
Pebmiary
Biloxi Miss
William H. Armbrecht
R. C. Lee
J. J. Newman Lumber Company
Hattiesburg
Miss
Leibera Ann Wilkes
Lumber Company
Wilkes
Newman Lumber Company
Homeerteads
Robins ¢ Land and Lumber Company
Meridian
Bilox
Mrs. Harriet Warren Goelet Dies in Paris
Mrs. Harriet Warren Goelet of New York dies in Paris after illness. Maiden name Warren, she married Robert Goelet in 1879. The couple spent much time abroad with cruises on the yacht Nahma. Her husband died aboard the Nahma in Naples harbor on April 27, 1899. She fell ill in August in Southampton and was diagnosed with cancer before traveling to France for treatment.
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Paris
Robert Goelet
New York
Harriet Warren
Goelet
Naples
MacVeagh sees incoming president face defic and bank reform
Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh warns Congress that the current monetary system breeds panics and social harm and calls for elastic currency and central agency oversight. He estimates a large deficit for the coming year and urges radical reform of banking and currency to avert continuous crises. Continued on Page Two.
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Washington
United
Franklin MacVeagh
Secretary of Treasury
Congress
Tion
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
Panama Canal
Prestson
Prestson's Administration, Wuh
Macv
Canal Trans
Titanic Hero Passes Away
Col. Archibald Gracie of Washington, one of the last to leave the sinking Titanic, died in New York. He went down with the vessel but reached a life raft and helped others afterward. His family is prominent in New York and Washington.
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New York
Col
Archibald Gracie
Washington
Gracie
President elect Wilson enjoys Bermuda holiday stay
From Hamilton Bermuda on December 4 by way of Kingston Jamaica reports President elect Woodrow Wilson continues his holiday visit. Direct cable communication with America is cut off and there is no prospect of repair for some time.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Dee
Kingston
Jamaica
Woodrow Wilson
America
The World's Greatest Display of Gifts
A promotional note touts a global array of Christmas gifts gathered by expert buyers. It advises shoppers to scan daily advertisements for the best stores, prices, and service, and to plan gift lists early to secure economy and value.
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Casenaias
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