Government estimates place 1913 14 cotton crop at 18 677 000 bales
Government figures released by the crop reporting board estimate the 1913 14 U S cotton crop at 18 677 000 bales of 600 pounds not including linters. The report compares with 13 703 421 bales last year and notes long term averages and values by state. Alabama shows an increase to 1 510 000 bales from 1 342 275.
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Associated Press
Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
California
Father Sues Welsh for 10000 Damages in Son's Death
Thomas C. Neely as administrator sues Matt Welsh in law and equity court for 30000 alleging Welsh killed Neely Jr on December 20 1912 on St Stephen's Road. The shooting followed quarrels over a small strip of land. Welsh was convicted in City court and sentenced to two years, then appealed to the supreme court.
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Thomas C. Neely
Thomas C. Neely, Jr
Law and Equity Court
Matt Welsh
St. Stephen’s Road
Supreme Court
Death at Private Hospital Sparks Coroner Inquiry
Mrs. Helen L Mackay widow of Rev Dr Donald Mackay died under ether during a minor operation at a private hospital after registering as Mrs J H Stone of Boston. A coroner's physician in New York began an inquiry into death attributed to heart failure from anesthesia.
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New York
Helen L
Donald Mackay
Collegiate Church of
St. Nicholas
Fifth Avenue
General Synod of the
Reformed Will of America
Mackay
J. H. Stone
Boston
J. Gregor Smith
Vermont
Otto H. Schultze
Mrs. Stone
Insurance Firms Sought for Stone Prosecution by Mobile Police
Chief F W Crenshaw wired Aetna Insurance of Hartford via local agent W E P Wilson asking a representative join Mobile prosecution of George E Stone. Stone is accused of misrepresentations as agent for Aetna Empire Realty Mortgage and Home Company. Stone’s alleged fraud extends to similar claims with other Birmingham firms. Stone’s arrest occurred in Mobile recorder's court and was continued to December 15 for further police investigation.
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F. W. Crenshaw
Aetna Insurance Company
Hartford
Crenshaw
Stone
J M. Stuart
Mobile
Standard Home Company
Fisher
Baldwin County
Stuart
Ala
Mobile Item
Geogre E. Stone
Standard Home Company of
Birmingham
J. M. Stuart
Recorder’s Court
Montgomery Fireman In Fatal Fall At North Montgomery
Fireman KR C Peel of Montgomery rests in dying condition after a Wednesday morning accident while tending a fire on Park avenue. He slipped on red shingles while sealing a roof to reach the chimney and fell about twenty feet, breaking his back and several ribs.
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Montgomery
Ala
KR. C. Peel
Park Avenue
Literacy test for immigration bill debated in House
Associated Press reports William Clark of the Order of Railroad Conductors urged the House immigration committee to include a literacy test in the immigration bill. He cited cases where illiterate workers were placed in charge of trains and suggested relocating idle urban migrants to rural areas and excluding immigrants who refuse to assimilate with the Caucasian race.
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Associated Press
Washington
William Clark
Order of Railroad Conductors
House Immigration Committee
Moore
Cotton Jumped Up Two Dollars on Bureau Report
New Orleans December 12 Prices for cotton rose nearly two dollars a bale after the agriculture department estimated 13 677 000 bales. The March option jumped 38 points to 13 36 before profit taking cooled gains. Rumors of over 14 000 000 bales sparked a brief drop, with late-afternoon selling recouping part of the loss as gallery crowds filled the exchange.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Department of Agriculture
Longs
Bureau
Longevity Saves Many Companies Says Health Movement
Dr. William T. Sedgwick of Boston told the Association of Life Insurance Presidents that longer lifespans from public health work have saved many insurance firms from ruin. He warned that the health drive may experience years of slow motion as focus shifts from pure food to pure water and pure milk.
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Associated Press
New York
William.t. Sedgwick
Boston
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Mona Lisa Stolen Masterpiece Recovered in Florence
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, missing from the Louvre since August 1911, was found in Florence today. An Italian suspect was arrested as the alleged thief after a worldwide manhunt that spanned Russia Germany England Spain and the United States.
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Associated Press
Florence
Italy
Leonardo di Vici
Louvre
la Jocondo
Leonardo di Vinci
Lisa de Giocondo
France
Francis I
Russia
Germany
England
Spain
United States
Opposition 10 Uniform Rates Face State Rail Commissions
State and national railroad authorities debate a push for uniform interstate rates. Georgia and Florida reportedly oppose adopting a single tariff system. The National Association of State Railway Commissioners weighs figures showing advantages from reductions by some states.
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Uniform Express
Arec
Devel
Conference of National Association of State Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Georgia
Florida
Newlands Defends Democratic Caucus in Senate Debate
Senator Newlands opened the currency debate defending the Democratic caucus as essential to carry party promises into effect. He responded to Senator Hitchcock who criticized the caucus and differed on currency legislation, saying the caucus channels administration measures into action.
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Newlands
Hitchcock
Senate
Washington
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Placed in Receivers
The Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf railroad is in receivership after a suit by Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia. Alexander New, chief counsel, announced the filing today in Kansas City.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Baldwin Locomotive Works of
Philadelphia
Alexander New
Judge fears postal clerks theft in post office case
In Chicago a Federal Judge imposes a year in the house of correction for the theft of a letter by Dubois. Judge Landis says postal clerks show a certain proportion of dishonesty akin to that in churches and courts and warns that letting men go free would reveal the same pattern.
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Associated Press
Chicago
House of Correction
Dubois
Landis
Rebels Seize Tampico Report Causes U S Naval Attention
Foreign residents aboard warships report Tampico seized by rebels though government denies it. Admiral Fletcher on Tacoma says Bravo shells the Constitutionalists while Wheeling stays near the fighting as garrison estimates vary. Raliegh ordered from San Francisco to Mazatlan. neutral zone tensions rise.
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Associated Preéas
Washington
Fletcher
United States
Tacoma
Tampico
Mex
Bravo
Wheeling
Asamne Vis
Piptoher
Lge
Raliegh
San Francisco
Mazatlan
Pacific
Rebels Drive Back From Tampico in December Skirmish
In Vera Cruz on December 12, rebels attacking Tampico were repulsed and driven away. General Gustavo Maas reports federal troops under General Joaquin Maas Jr. arrived to relieve Tampico yesterday. By nine this morning no further word had reached Vera Cruz from Admiral Fletcher. last message came at 4:30 yesterday, with fighting ongoing and no link between Tampico and Mexico City.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Tampico
War Office
Ministry of the Interior
Don Cecelia
Arbor Grande
Vera Cruz
Gustavo Maas
Joaquin Maas, Jr
Frank Fletcher
United States
Tampico Held by Federal Troops Amid Reopened Telegraph Line
Reports say Tampico remained under federal control late last night while the telegraph line from Tampico to San Luis Potosi was restored after early fighting. General Aureliano Blanquet, the war minister, regards Tampico as safe.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Tampico
Federal Telegraphs
San Luis Potosi
Aureliano Blanquet
Carnegie Seeks Peace Talks at White House Visit
Andrew Carnegie met with President Wilson and Secretary Tumulty at the White House to discuss world peace and political tempi. He predicted better business conditions after new legislation and praised Senator Root’s Nobel Prize and potential for Republican leadership.
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Associated Press
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
White House
Wilson
Tumulty
Bryan
Carnegie
Congress
Senator Root
America
Roosevelt
Lorg Morley
Mr . Carnegie
Rebel bands increasing at Ojinaga Probidio Texas
Dec 12 dispatch from Texas reports rebel bands growing near Ojinaga as federal troops concentrate. The town’s population swelled to six or seven thousand while refugees crowd adobe houses. General Salvador Mercado’s headquarters marked by a dry goods box. Presidio stores supply provisions hauled from Marfa.
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Associated Press
Probidio
Texas
Ojinaga
United States
Salvador Mercado
Presidio
Marfa
Greenwich Savings Bank Closed by State Bank Commissioners
Greenwich Savings Bank, incorporated in 1870, was closed by state bank commissioners who took charge of its affairs. Deposits totaled 868000 with a 73900 surplus as of July 1. Officials cited unverifiable accounts and a discrepancy warranting a thorough audit for depositor protection.
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Ly Associated Press
Greenwitch, Conn
State Bank Commissioners
Greenwich Savings Bank
Tribble Pushes Bill Against Naval Plucking Board
Representative Tribble of Georgia introduced a bill to abolish the plucking board that annually retires a set number of naval officers. He argued the board cripples navy efficiency by removing capable officers from the active list.
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Associated Press
Washington
Representative Tribble
Georgia
Fourth Regiment Gets Two New Companies
General Scully ordered a new company at Gadsden attached to the Fourth Infantry and approved an application for a company in Alabama to join the Fourth Regiment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Scully
Gadsden
Fourth Infantry
Underwood and Hobson Clash Over War Amendment Debate
Washington dispatch reports a partisan uproar in the House as Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama demanded a vote on a constitutional amendment to discuss the war bill. Speakers shouted, with Underwood defending procedures and urging restraint amid a gallery revolt.
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Associated Press
Washington
House of Representatives
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Es Lerwood
United States
Alabama
Underwood
Dcratic Party
Hobson
Alabama Militia Gets Clothing Fund For 1914 Budget
Secretary of War fixes a 1914 militia clothing allowance of 19 925 dollars for Alabama. Chief of militia affairs A L Mills confirms the decision, marking the first time since 1898 the state receives a clothing dropout credit against equipment returns. Governor may draw from 1913 calendar year service uniforms to meet the amount.
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Secretary of War
Montgomery
Gruer'l Scully
A. L. Mills
Diei
Alabama
South
Lowance
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Orleans
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Elihu Root
NEW
United States District Attorney
Alex D. Pitts
Selma
Southern District of
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Quinaga
OLD Bank
Congressmap
Hand OF Hobson
House
Bartholdi
Sommers
Heinemann
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