Ex official register cites errors in Pake assignee report
Carl Holzborn reports major inaccuracies in H B Pake assignee statement for Leinkauf Banking Co. and notes compensation requested is excessive. Expert Rosson analyzes receipts totaling 237 063 15 against 807 968 73 and finds a large overstatement of receipts.
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Mex
Register In Chancery
Carl Holzborn
H. B. Pake
Leinkauf Banking Company
Holzborn
Crediton
Messrs
Claiman
Jeannette Weil
F- A. Joullian
George
Rosson
George T. Rossenfi
Excficio
George A. Rosson
Man Named Edgar Hooks Held in Dunbar Kidnapping Case
Edgar Hooks, 35, of Birmingham, is jailed in Mobile on charges related to the abduction of four year old Robert Dunbar of Opelousas. Detectives trace Hooks from Opelousas to New Orleans and Mobile, with a possible confederate in Macon. A warrant accuses Hooks of kidnapping on August 23, and the man denies involvement while authorities pursue him for Louisiana officers.
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Robert Dunbar
Opelousas
Burns
Edgar Hooks
Birmingham
Hooks
Dunbar
Crenshaw
Mobile
Macon
New Orleans
Pensacola
Louisville
Nashville
Alabama River
Dixie
Louisiana
Chief Crenshaw
Burch and Pearson
St. Emanuel Street
Barnum & Bailey's
Berge
Percy Dunbar
Dunber
E.S. Kerr
City Court of
Officers Elected by Abba Temple After Shrine Degree
Abba Temple elected its 1913 divan after conferring the Shrine degree on twenty candidates from the city and surrounding state. New officers include Charles S. Shawhan potentate Robert L. Douglas chief rabban Charles A. L. Johnstone assistant rabban Dr J. H. McCormick high priest and prophet H V Batchelder oriental guide John W. Phillips treasurer Myron T. Sprague recorder and Thomas J. Young James H. Webb representatives to the Imperial Council. A banquet followed at the Scottish Rite cathedral.
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Abba
Mystic Shrine
Charles S. Shawhan
Robert L. Douglas
Rabban
Charles A. L. Johnstone
J. H. McCormick
H. V. Batchelder
John W. Phillips
Myron T. Sprague
Thomas J. Young
James H. Webb
Imperial Council
Prohibition Law Emphasis by Mobile Judge Forces Action
Judge Oliver J. Semmes at Mobile City Court warned that prohibition must be enforced and that legislators will consider this when framing new laws at the next Alabama general assembly session. He pledged to continue enforcement and cautioned that allowing illegal sale would prompt changes when lawmakers reconvene in Montgomery.
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Alabama General Assembly
Mobile
Oliver J. Semmes
Semmes
Alabama
Montgomery
Troops Sought as Oklahoma County Seat Clash Seeks Help
Jay Oklahoma Delaware county factions duel over moving the county seat from Old Jay to New Jay. Sheriff Thomason refuses to act without more troops or state aid. District Attorney Pitchford confirms appealing to Governor Cruce for troops.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Jay
Delaware County
Okla
Old
New Jay
Thomason
John H. Pitchford
Associated Press Today
Cruce
Old Directors Re-elected at New Orleans Mobile and Chicago
At the annual stockholders meeting of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad the old directors were re elected. Officers reports were gratifying and Vice President Owen said the outlook for the coming year was bright. Directors re elected include Henry Walters New York B L Yoakum New York Milton H Smith Louisville B L Winchell Chicago W F Owen Mobile J H Ellis Louisville L B Berg New York G R Sheldon New York C K Beekman New York.
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New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Owen
Henry Walters
New York
B. L. Yoakum
Milton H. Smith
Louisville
B. L. Winchell
Chicago
Democratic Senators To Watch Appointees
Democratic senators at a caucus authorized five members to plan action on presidential appointments pending. Nominations in army navy and diplomatic service will be considered normally while objections focus on other government branches. The committee: Martin Smith Clarke Stone Owen. They will gather information and investigate precedents.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Diplomatic Service
Martin
Hoke Smith
Clarke
Arkansas
Stone
Owen
Senate and House actions amid impeachments and probes
The Senate convened at noon to take up the omnibus claims bill as Archbald impeachment court met at 1 30 p m Democratic senators caucused over President Taft nominations The House money trust investigating committee continued testimony on the New York stock exchange
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Archbald
Taft
House
Money Trust
New York Stock Exchange
Friday Night Basketball At The Y M C A Opener
The Y M C A league opens Friday night with Athletics facing Cubs and Imperials meeting No 1, all teams evenly matched after last week’s tryouts. Public admission starts one week from tomorrow. Earlier games were closely fought with few points deciding outcomes.
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Athletics
Cubs
Imperials
13 year old charged in embezzlement sent to reform school
Carl Hickman, accused of stealing five dollars from George Moore, was arraigned before Judge Henry Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court Thursday and sentenced to twelve months at the reform school in Mt. Meigs. He is 13 years old and has been arrested several times.
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Carl Hickman
George Moore
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Reform School
Mt. Meigs
Mobile Leaders Defend Dancers Against Injustice
Community voices led by Dr. Rivers A. Rush push back against broad condemnation of a dance at German Relief hall. They say a few couples rehearsed an objectionable style, not the event as a whole, and urge ministers and authorities to avoid sweeping judgments of the mobile youth. Local officials, chaperones, and families deny disorder and defend private entertainments while planning another dance Friday night.
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Rivers A. Rush
H. B. McMillan
Boston
Schwarz
Laz Schwarz
Warren Christian
Matthew Brewster
E. B. Kirkbride
J. D. Terrill
Eugene Thoes
L. G. Adama
Weather Outlook for Southern States
Forecast shows Alabama fair to night and Friday with colder temps and freezing in north and central areas. Mississippi fair to night and Friday with colder conditions and frost inland. Florida rain likely tonight and Friday with cooler air and frost in the north portion. moderate north winds.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Heavy Christmas Seals Sold in Mobile Health Drive
Mobile residents flock to buy Red Cross Christmas seals as committees led by Mrs. Matt Mahomer Jr. expand sales at Gayfers Hammel and Van Antwerp stores. Emma L. Roche arranged for seals on candy packages Monday and hotels and cafes to use seals on menus. Two thousand students visited the Lyric Theatre to see health league films.
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Mobile
Dauphin Street
Matt Mahomer, Jr
Gayfer
Hammel’s
van Antwerp
Emma L. Roche
Lake George
N. Y
S. Murphy
Lyric
de W. Gordon
A M E Conference at Citronelle
Bishop G L Blackwell arrives to take charge of the West Alabama Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Citronelle. Dr J F Moreland and Dr L W Kyles attend as general officers. Rev L W Kyles presides in Bishop Cadwell’s absence. sessions include sermons by Rev P S May and Rev P B May with holy communion administered.
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Ala
G. L. Blackwell
Philadelphia
L. W. Kyles
Big Zion Church
Mobile
A. Hannum
Kyles
May
A. J.rogers
P. S. May
J. Francis Robinson
Soldiers in Hawaii deny serious charge
Soldiers of the United States army held indignation meetings in Honolulu on Wednesday denying charges raised at a recent mass meeting convened by Bishop Henry B. Restarick about child safety. Statistics shown claimed no offenses by servicemen, per Kamahameha Schools president Perley L. Horse. A citizens committee was appointed to probe the matter.
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Honolulu
United States Army
Henry B. Restarick
Episcopal
Hawaii
Perley L. Horse
Kamahameha
Louis Smith Acquitted On Murder Charge
After sixteen hours of deliberation a Montgomery jury acquitted Louis Smith a young white man of the murder of Brooks Fuller a saloon man in the city court.
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Louis Smith
Montgomery
Ala
Brooks Fuller
Three Firms Cited for Violating Pure Food Law
The Central Bottling Company and the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company of Selma and T. J. Britt of Montgomery were cited by Commissioner R. F. Kolb to appear December 6 to show cause why they should not be prosecuted for alleged pure food law violations. Allegations include adulterated Coca Cola, adulterated cotton seed meal, and damaged hay shipped to Wetumpka. Hearing before Kolb and Attorney General Robert C. Brickell.
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Montgomery
Ala
Central Bottling Company
Buckeye Cotton Oil Company
Selma
T. J. Britt
Commissioner of Agriculture
R. F. Kolb
Cotton Oil Company
Britt
Wetumpka
Kolh
Robert C., Brickell
Dr Brown Called to Prominent Washington Church
Rev Dr Wyatt Brown, rector of All Saints Episcopal in Mobile, announced a call to become associate rector at Church of the Ascension in Washington DC ahead of potential move to rector. Ascension’s 1300-member parish and current staff are noted as context for the decision due by January 1.
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All Saints
Church of Ascension
Wyatt Brown
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Church of the Ascension
Washington
D. C
J. N. Nelms
Edward Hale
Brown
Church of the Advent
Birmingham
W. B. Evans
Evans
Dr. Brown
Sewanee University
Mobile
St. John's Episcopal Church
Montgomery
Runaway Coal Train Wrecks Near Glencoe Pa
A Baltimore and Ohio heavy freight coal train ran out of control from Manila to Glencoe Pennsylvania. Engineer Georkie Kennel jumped to safety as two engines left the track and the rest of the train piled up. Four trainmen injured, two perhaps fatally, and an unidentified man rescued from the wreckage.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Glenco2
Manila
Georkie Kennel
Glencoe
Nomination for Hattiesburg Postmaster in Taft slate
Washington assigns Walter A. Collins to be postmaster at Hattiesburg Mississippi in nominations sent to the senate. The list also includes Walter W. Warwick of Ohio as assistant comptroller of the treasury.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Walter W. Warwick
Ohio
the Treasury
Walter A. Collins
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mutiny on Board Schooner Sawyer in Port Ponce
Captain Saunderson reports a mutiny aboard the schooner Sawyer at Port Ponce Port of Fonce. A crew member was shot dead and another gravely wounded when they attacked a U S marshal sent to quell the disturbance. The vessel arrived from Pensacola earlier that day.
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D. J. Sawyer
Mobile River
Saunderson
Sawyer
Fonce
P. R
United States
Port Ponce
F Pensecola
Sam Anderson
Parole Recommended for George Phillips in Monroe County
The Alabama board of pardons unanimously recommends parole for George Phillips, a white man from Monroe County who was sentenced two years ago to five years for assault to murder after shooting a white man. The petition was signed by over three hundred citizens and letters from prominent county residents accompanied the request.
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Montgomery
Ala
Monroe County
Board of Pardons
First Estimate: U.S. Cotton Crop 13.82 Million Bales 1912-13
Government figures show the 1912-13 cotton crop at about 13.82 million 500‑pound bales excluding lint, down from last year’s 16.69 million. State totals list Alabama at roughly 1.3 million bales and Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and others with varied production and values.
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Washington
Ican
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
California
Califor
Arrest in Florida on Serious Charge
Sheriff T. T. Palmer dispatched officer to Bartow Florida to bring J. W. Poitevent a white man arrested on a Mobile warrant for criminal assault of a 12 year old girl. Poitevent was committed to the city jail as details surfaced. The Bartow warrant arrived about five days after the initial arrest.
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T. T. Palmer
Bartow
Fila
J. W. Poitevent
Hiram
St. Michael
Poltevent
Lost Vessel Doubts Linger In Devonport Channel
A steamship named Derna, reportedly owned in Genoa, remains a mystery after a collision with the British battleship Centutio in the English Channel near Devonport on Tuesday. Authorities assess the loss and salvage prospects amid uncertain crew details.
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Devonport
England
English
Genoa
Italy
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Leinkauf Bank
Pake
Toa, Sasa Edikeae Ace Ee
Burns Detective Agency
Abba Temple
Judge Semmes
N.o.,m
Y.M.C.A
Reform
Rush
Health League
Citronelle
George Phillps
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