World Child Betterment Plan Outlined by A J Hawkes
Atlanta philanthropist A J Hawkes outlines a worldwide movement to protect and improve child life, arguing a focused effort on children can replace ineffective church efforts and reduce crime. He cites ten million U S children under ten, calls for laws to shield youth, and warns juvenile courts cost millions while many kids grow up in harmful environments.
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A. J. Hawkes
Atlanta
Big
Optical Goods Company
Mobile
Christian Forward
Miovements
America
Hawkes
Mr. Hawkes
Harriett Hawkes
United States
Pinkerton
Tomake
Two British Schooners Georgiana and Cartagena Lost
Twenty two people aboard the Georgiana and Cartagena perished in the Jamaica hurricane of November. Georgiana capsized off Lucca Jamaica with fourteen aboard. Cartagena, under Captain E B Scott, presumed lost after leaving Guantanamo November 16. Several Cayman Brac residents and Mobile connections among victims and crew, with uncertain risks of salvage for the Cartagena.
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Georgiana
Cartagena
Mobile
Cayman Brac
Cayman Islands
Lucca
Jamaica
Vienna Bodden
Boddens
Little Cayman
W. R. Bodden
R. H. Parsons
Montego Bay
Wood
Captain Bodden
Marine Board
Captain Wood
Ocean Flower
Fire Rips Barraques Theatre Leaving Thirteen Dead
In Belgium at Barraques last night a blaze killed thirteen men and seriously injured fifty others at a moving picture theatre. Medical exam indicates deaths resulted from internal hemorrhage due to pressure as people tried to escape.
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Menin
Belgium
Moving Picture Theatre
Barraques
Munson Line to Double South American Service
Vice President R W Taylor of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad announced a doubling of Munson Steamship South American sailings from Mobile to semi monthly. The new service starts in February, with a very bright outlook and hundreds of inquiries daily.
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R. W. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile
Munson Steamship Line
Taylor
Conference on Loop System Postponed by City
City commissioners postponed consideration of altering the Royal streetcar switching system near Dauphin after a visit by J. H. Wilson of Mobile Light and Railroad Company. Discussion on licenses and traffic was delayed while they assess a loop system per Mayor Schwarz’s idea.
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Royal Street
Dauphin
J. H. Wilson
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
City Hall
Wilson
Schwarz
Aids to Navigation Planned for New Mobile Ship Channel
City Commissioner Harry Pillans announced that G R Putnam of the Department of Commerce and Labor will install suitable navigational aids at the new Mobile ship channel cut off at the earliest practical time. The action responds to Pillans and the Joint Rivers and Harbor committee's prior inquiry.
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Harry Pillans
Joint Rivers and Harbor Committee
G. R. Putnan
Bureau of Lighthouses
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mobile Ship Channel
Department
Pillans
City License Schedule Completed for 1913
The city license schedule for 1913 was completed at a final conference of the city commissioners, city attorney, tax collector and city clerk Monday. An ordinance putting it into force after December 31 will be introduced and adopted at the regular commission meeting Tuesday. No other important business matters are scheduled to come up Tuesday.
Bids Opened for New Warehouse on River Pier
At the United States Engineer's Office bids were opened for a government storehouse on the government pier in Pinto Pass opposite Madison street. Bids were requested earlier with Monday set for opening. The structure will be small and used to store government property not in use.
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United States
Government Pier
Pinto Pass
Madison Street
Missing Cartagena Drift Toward Central American Ports
A cablegram from Montego Bay reports the Cartagena missing for 37 days after sailing from Guanta on November 16. The two masted 198 ton vessel owned by J. R. Scott & Co. of Cayman Brac may be dismasted and have drifted southwest toward Central American ports. Eight Caymanian crew members, relatives of those lost on the Georgiana and Mobile residents, are aboard.
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Montego Bay
Cayman Islands
Kunzco
Mobile
Georgiana
Cartagena
Guanta
J. R. Scott & Co
Cayman Brac
Cayman Island
Three Separate Rows At Meeting Of County Board
The county Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners held a long weekly meeting with three main issues. Sid Berry defended his printing contract and challenged the proposed appointment of Robert Morris as a Stationer, while Hagan asserted Morris’s status. The haulage contract for St Stephen's road bibes was awarded for 17,616 to Berry and cited various bidders with higher bids.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Sid Berry
Hagan
Robert Morris
Morris
Mobile
Berry
Andrews and
Brannan
St. Stephen’s Road
Toerry
L. Christie
Seabury & Pringle
W. J. Bradford
Jett Bros. Contracting Company
Chickasabogue Swamp
Green
Bauer
Rheud Baerman
Schenker-Alidor Electric Company
Schenker-Alider
Erc
Court House Committee
Baerman
Weather prospects in Mobile and nearby
Rain and colder conditions expected tonight with temperatures near 38. Tuesday brings fair skies and a colder, brisk wind from east shifting to northwest. Alabama and Mississippi follow similar patterns with rain, colder air, and clearing by Tuesday. Florida sees local rain tonight or Tuesday with colder conditions, especially in the northwest portion.
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Mobile
Alabama
Florida
Norwest
Mississippi
Tragic Florence Wreck Near St Shotts Claims Ship and Crew
In Newfoundland a steamer named Florence wrecked on rocks near St Shotts. Captain Barr and 21 crew members are believed dead after a failed shore landing. Mate Hedley and two crew survived, later joined by four others in a small boat before boats were washed away.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Captain Barr
Florchee
St. Shotts
J. Hedley
Trepassey
Florence
Hadley
Barr
Hedley
Prosecution Aims at Sacco in Sex Traffic Case
Federal grand jury evidence links Niko Sacco to women trafficking between Chicago and New York. Sacco, arrested on Mann White Slave Act conspiracy, is tied to a South Side resort once housing Jennie Cavalieri, with witnesses moved to New York. Demetrio Mariano, a New York figure, has nine years for a similar charge.
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Chicago
Niko Sacco
New York
Sacco
Jennis Cavalieri
Bridgeport
Conn
Demetrio Mariano
Mariano
Hickey Sentenced in Murder Case
B Frank Hickey convicted of second degree murder in the death of 17 year old Josephs of Lackawanna. He received an indeterminate Auburn prison sentence with a minimum of 20 years and maximum life.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Hickey
Joseph Josephs
Lackawanna
Auburn
High Northwest Winds Tonight Across Gulf Coast
Weather bulletin from the United States weather bureau warns of a northwest storm from Mobile to Cedar Keys tonight. A disturbance over Southern Louisiana moves northeast, bringing brisk southeast winds this afternoon shifting to high northwest tonight. Temperatures early morning show record cold with snow in parts of Texas.
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United States Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Cedar Keys
Louisiana
Ala
Moore
County Road Funds At Risk As Beach Work Delayed
County officials doubt $4.00 State Aid Road funds will be lost this year due to unfinished work. Some funds may be saved when 1913 appropriations are redistributed, with prior county expenditures to be reimbursed. Engineer Dew proposes two revetment plans for the Coden beach road at an estimated $1.15 per foot as final review precedes contract awards.
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Dew
Coden
Railroads versus waterways in competition report
Luther Conant Jr the commerce commissioner told President Taft that railroad and steamship combines control most U S regular steamship lines and have quieted water highway competition. The report cites Atlantic Gulf coast and Great Lakes dominance and suggests further federal regulation of joint rail and water traffic.
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Washington
United States
Luther Conant, Jr
Taft
Commissioner Conant
Atlantic and
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Seaborn
Pacific Coast
Conant
Atlantic
Gulf
Covent
New Haven
Long Island Sound
New Haven System
Eastern Steamship Company
New York City
Suick
Erie Canal
Three Leaders to Confer With Wilson in Trenton Visit
Speaker Clark Majority Leader Underwood and Senator Stone of Missouri plan calls to President elect Wilson this week. Clark will depart for Trenton New Jersey and will not discuss cabinet personnel but weather and an extra session program may be on the agenda. Underwood may miss the trip due to illness but is improving.
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Washington
Clark
Underhouse
Stone
Missouri
Wilson
Trenton
N. J
Underwood
Etowah Man Wounded Defending Family in Marshall County
In Gadsden Alabama on December 23 a confrontation at the home of Wil Smith in Marshall county near the Madison line left three men wounded. Wiley Hardin and Will Randall attacked. Smith returned with a shotgun wounding Hardin and Randall, who retaliated wounding Smith. All three were reported in critical condition. no arrests yet. Authorities launched an investigation into the Wednesday afternoon incident.
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Gadsden
Ala
Wil Smith
Marshall County
Madison
Wiley Hardin
Will Randall
Smith
Hardin
Randall
Bombshell in Railroad Camp at Washington
Indictments accuse Charles Mellen J Chamberlain and Alfred W Smithers of an unlawful conspiracy under the Sherman Act to restrain competition between the New Haven and Grand Trunk systems. Alleged acts include meetings, memos to defend existing lines, withdrawals of filings, and halting construction projects. Federal officials seek action as states request government intervention.
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Washington
Chariea
I Mellen
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
J. Chamberlain
Raiway Trust Company
Alfred W. Smithers
Grand Trunk Board of Directors
Federal Grand
Chamberlain
Smithers
Grand Trunk Railway
England
Providence
New
Chambelain
J. Be.d Mpple
Grand Trunk
Mellen
Dalrymple
B Campbell
New Shot
New York City
New York
Meneh
Vermont
Public Service Commission of
New Hampshire
New Haven
Central Vermont Railway
Lal
Palmer
Mass
Smiths
London
Montreal
New England
Federal Department of Justicesterday
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Taft
Wickersham
Fuller reports on Peruvians outrages in Putumayo area
Washington dispatch states American consul Fuller arrived to brief State Department officials after investigating alleged outrages against Peruvian Indian rubber gatherers in the Putumayo district. The inquiry centers on whether abuses have ceased and involves British operators in the rubber trade. Fuller’s report to Congress is awaited.
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Washington
Fuller
Iquitos
Putumayo
State Department
Truvian
Congress
Sensation at Rome Prince Henry Dal Ferro’s botched assassination
A Glor D'Talia report says Henry Dal Ferro of San Giovanni in Persiceto near Bologna was chosen by lot to kill Victor Emanuel but attempted suicide to avoid the mission. He is in a hospital in serious condition.
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Rome
Glor D’talia
Henry Dal Ferro
San Giovanni
II Persiceto
Bologna
Victor Emanuel
Ferro
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Guantanamo
James E. Scott
E. Bert Scott
James Scott
Metzger Brothers Mobile
Brac
Mob
Cable Querien
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Kunz, Cowlés
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A. E. Perry
Halley
Hickey
Rusweidl
Purine
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Commissioner of Corporations
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