Hundreds facing starvation as Brazos floods linger
Associated Press report from Houston dated December 9 details deadly floods along the Brazos river with 163 drowning deaths confirmed up to noon. Rescue boats are ferrying food to 1,800 marooned black residents, while looting fears prompt police measures across Bryan and Fort Bend counties. A religious service was held atop a shingle barn roof as two men recount surviving a split house and days in icy water.
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Astor
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Clarence Elliott
Tax official Dan Callaghan meets Alabama leaders
Special to The Item Dan Callaghan Mobile tax commissioner visits Montgomery to confer with Governor O NeaI and the state tax commission on local tax matters. He laughs at rumors he may seek the vacant associate tax commissioner post after a resignation.
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San Cristobal Detained for Yellow Fever Quarantine
Surgeon General Blue reports the Mexican tank steamer San Cristobal is held under quarantine at Ft. Morgan due to yellow fever concerns at Coatzacoalcos. The vessel is to be released Thursday, with Mobile officials urging its rapid release to avoid economic harm from repairs in Mobile and a planned expenditure between $50,000 and $100,000.
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Kunz, Cowles and Frisbie
Chamber of Commerce
San Cristobal
William H. Armbrecht
Chamber
Elice
Health Department
Washington
Mobile
Ala
Washington, D. C
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Coatzacoalcos
Wm. H. Armbrecht
Pres. C. of C
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Mexican Petroleum Company
Armbrecht
Prison Labor for Road Work In Joint Highway Convention
Philadelphia December sessions of the American Road Builders Association and American Good Roads Congress focus on prison labor in road construction. Speakers include F W Buffin of Missouri and Sidney Suggs of Oklahoma, connected to their state highway departments. States display exhibits of good roads progress.
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Philadelphia
American Road Builders’ Association
American Good Roads Congress
F. W.buffin
Missouri
Sidney Suggs
Oklahoma
Nationwide petitions seek clemency for Mrs Wakefield
Hartford December reports show a flood of petitions to Governor Baldwin calling for clemency for Mrs Wakefield. Clerks struggle to process mail as some requests urge mercy while others favor the law. A new trend features children's photos with messages praying for the mother. Over 25 000 letters received, many by registered mail, as rest of text remains unclear.
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Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
Baldwin
Wakefield
Former Mobile liquor dealer Meyer held on two federal indictments
Morris M. Meyer a former Mobile wholesale liquor dealer was arrested on two federal indictments charging concealing assets and false oath in bankruptcy. He bonded $5,000 total with $2,500 in each case after a lengthy bankruptcy probe led by referee R T Ervin. Bertrand Weil testified that he repaid 20000 to Mrs Meyer which she returned, while Weil said Meyer testified he paid his wife Yet the examiner noted misstatements and concealed assets.
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Morris M. Meyer
Mobile
Federal Grand Jury
Meyer
R. T. Ervin
Bertrand Weil
Alexandria
Weil
M Eyer
Elday
McDermott of Illinois In Discreet Conduct Center of Lobby Probe
House lobby investigation reports fault Illinois representative McDermott for acts deemed improper though not corrupt. McDonald calls for further action to probe disgraceful misconduct and potential expulsion while data show manufacturers and liquor dealer lobbies influenced politics. AFL not found to have illegitimate activity.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Garrett
Tennessee
McDonald
Michigan
McDermott
Illinois
I. H. McMichael
M. M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
McMichael
American Federation of Labor
Representatives
Congress
National Council of Liquor Dealers
Associations of Manufacturers and of Industrial Defense
American Federation For Labor
Chancellor Defies Parliament Over Socialist Constitutional Amendments
Berlin dispatch reports Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg resisting a Socialist plan to make him responsible to the Reichstag for the emperor’s acts and to allow dismissal by the house. Philip Scheidemann urged stripping militarist powers and urged withholding supplies until the chancellor resigns or is dismissed, asserting the emperor’s prerogatives.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Philip Scheidemann
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Philip Scheide
Still Arguing in Bilbo Hobbs Bribe Case
In Vicksburg Mississippi December 9 arguments on the motion to quash indictments against Lieutenant Governor Hilbo and State Senator G A Hobbs for receiving and soliciting bribes began in circuit court. The first defense lawyer spoke and more are expected. The state will have an inning. Proceedings are in private chambers with deputies on guard.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
Hilbo
G. A. Hobbs
Bank of Falco Closes Doors in Covington County
The Bank of Falco in Covington County closes its doors as State Superintendent A E Walker is asked to take charge. Vice President A J Peaden wired for immediate action with Walker en route to Falco to assume control amid distress linked by some to the Pensacola bank failure last Friday. The institution was organized a year ago with fifteen thousand capital.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bank of Falco
Covington County
A. J. Peaden
A. E. Walker
Steamer Sinks in East River Off New York
The freight steamer Zulla of the Red D line sank in 26 feet of harbor water after a forged steel shaft broke from its slings and pierced the hull. Salvage costs are estimated at $100,000. the vessel went down four hundred feet from shore with no crew aboard.
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New York
Zulla
Red D Line
Zulia
Caracas
Venezuela
Acquittal in Knabe murder case ordered by judge
In Shelbyville Indiana Judge Alonzo Blair instructed the jury to dismiss the murder case against Dr. William B. Craig in the killing of Dr. Helene Knabe of Indianapolis on October 23 1911. Craig’s counsel argued the state failed to connect him to the crime or show motive.
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Associated Press
Shelbyville
Ind
Alonzo Blair
William B. Craig
Helene Knape
Indianapolis
Henry Spaan
Craig
Dn Knape
Ore
Pace
Knabe
Durham
Indiana
Craig Ad A. M. Ragsdale
Two Men Sought in Poison Needle Robbery Case
Cleveland police search for two suspects linked to a "poison needle" gang after George Baker an iron inspector reported robbed of government papers during a drug induced attack on Lakeside Avenue. Baker's bag containing white slave investigation materials disappeared as he was rushed to Lakeside hospital.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
George Baker
Lakeside Avenue
Baker
Lakeside Hospital
Missing Quaker City Girl Heard From in Philadelphia
New York police report Miss Jesse McCann the Epworth League worker vanished from her home Thursday. Inspector Faurot says a witness placed her in Philadelphia yesterday and the Philadelphia force was informed. Family says the woman was familiar with the city.
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Associated Press
New York
Tox Wardeh
Jesse McCann
Epworth League
Faurot
Meee
Philadelphia
McCann
Teck Duncan Near Death in Alabama Penitentiary
Teck Duncan, the Birmingham murderer known as a notorious figure, is nearing death at the Wetumpka penitentiary from pneumonia that developed a week ago. He was convicted for murdering Felix Ellard in Bloody Beat Twenty-two, Jefferson County, and made a conditional confession linking him to multiple other killings.
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Montgomery
Ala
Teck Duncan
Birmingham
Wetumpka
Fie
Duncan
Felix J. Ellard
Jefferson County
Henry Cole
Egg prices eased as pullets begin laying nationwide
Washington reports relief from egg price surge as pullets across the country start laying. Department experts note a 60 percent production rise, attributing it to natural conditions rather than an egg boycott. Cold weather delayed pullet laying, with a gradual price decline expected as supplies improve.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
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