Warship May Be Sent to Vera Cruz Amid Mexican Disorder
Reports from Vera Cruz indicate a grave situation with towns burned and Americans at risk. Washington considers detaching a U S warship from the Atlantic division to protect foreign interests as violence escalates in southern Mexico.
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Washington
Cruz
Mexico
Department
Atlantic
Guantanamo
Madero
Zapata
State Department
United States
Amert
Wyoming
North Dakota
Florida
Colon
Guano
Vera Cruz
Guantamo
Eepechce
Fisher Replies To The Indians In Leasing Charge
Secretary Fisher answered charges he pressured Osage Indians to lease oil lands to Standard Oil over Uncle Sam Oil. He described removals for bribery of chief Bacon Rind Eagle and Tom West, with a written confession from West. The case awaits a federal grand jury and Oklahoma attorney general review.
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Washington
Fisher
Osage
Bacon Rind
Ed Eagle
Tom West
Counil
United Tes
Oklahoma
J. Leahy
Decouncillors
Chiiefs
Mrs Mary T Godall Must Spend Life in Penitentiary
Attorneys prepare to seek a rehearing after the conviction of Mrs Mary T Godall in a sensational case. The court records indicate a harsh sentence fitting the crime, with legal teams exploring further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary T. Godall
Penitentiary
Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Godall Case Against State
Justice Degraff writes that the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the appeal of Mary T Godall from Mobile City Court. The court overruled the venue change plea and held no proof of inflamed public mind. The opinion notes newspapers influenced public perception of guilt. All justices concurred.
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Montgomery
Ala
Degraffenreid
Supreme Court Today
Mary T. Godal
State of Alabama
Mobile City Court
Woman Convicted in 1911 Waterford Murder Seeks Supreme Court Rehear
Mary T. Godau, convicted of murdering Police Officer Fred Wasserleben, faces life in prison. Attorneys Leigh and Chamberlain seek a rehearing and possible reversal by the state supreme court. Wasserleben, a large man, was killed near Mohawk street in Mobile County on December 30, 1911, with the body found in a pond by a newsboy.
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Deress
Fred Wasserleben
Leigh & Chamberlain
Supreme Court
Wasserleben
Godeau
Mobile County
Mohawk Street
Dauphin
Wasser
Steamer Mary S. Blees Takes Run of Staples
After seven months away, Capt. Mat Jackson commands the river steamer Mary S. Blees leaving tonight for Bigbee river points. It will operate as high as Pickensville if water allows, replacing the wrecked James T. Staples. The Blees plans independence from other boats and hints the Mary E. Staples may enter the river trade soon.
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Mat Jackson
Mary S. Blees
Bigbee River
Pickensville
Blees
James T. Staples
Bigbee
Mary E. Staples
Alabama River Service
Three Labor Leaders Released On Bond In Dynamite Case
Three labor leaders William E. Reddin of Milwaukee W Burt Brown and W J McCain of Kansas City who entered the federal prison at Leavenworth on January 1 after conviction in the dynamite conspiracy were freed on bond today Each had been sentenced to three years in prison.
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Leavenworth, Kas
William E. Reddin
Milwaukee
W. Burt Brown
W. J. McCain
Kansas City
Petition for Relief in Washington Coal Case
The hard coal roads petition in Washington asks the supreme court to modify its decree so they may keep 60 to 65 percent contracts with coal companies that released coal lands. The court previously found these contracts violated the Sherman anti trust law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sheriff Palmer halts rag events at German Hall
Sheriff Thomas T. Palmer condemns ragging at Knights of Prison gatherings and blocks the turkey trot and related dances at functions under his authority. He publicly acted Monday night at German Hall where the Knights hosted a new ball.
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Knights of Prison
Thomas T. Palmer
Garage owner acts as fence for bandits in Chicago
Frank Madia owner of a Michigan avenue garage used as gang headquarters surrendered as police hunted Robert Webb the gang chauffeur who yesterday killed Detective Harte. Madia admitted acting as agent for the automobile riders in disposing of stolen property and said Perry the gang leader sold him six diamond rings for 65 dollars and a gold watch for 4 dollars. Webb fled multiple times and was among those who shot Policeman Sticken on January 9.
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Chicago
Frank Madia
Michigan Avenue
Automobile Bandits
Robert Webb
Harte
Madia
Hia
James A. Perry
Webb
Frederick Sticken
Mobile Corn Club Winners to Attend National Exposition
Mobile County corn club prize winners will travel Saturday by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to the National Corn Exposition in Columbia South Carolina which opens January 27. The group includes Boyd Havard Ralph Byrd and G Smith Pelton of Citronelle with records of 99.46 bushels 74.5 bushels and 74 bushels 25 pounds per acre plus two Washington county boys. George A. Maloney federal demonstration agent arranged funding and travel details and will host the visitors upon arrival with each boy carrying a corn exhibit and a badge for Mobile County Alabama.
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Mobile County. Corn
Mobile
Louisville and Nashvile
Columbia
S. C
Boyd Havard
Citronelle
Ralph Byrd
G. Smith
Pelton
Corh
Obile County
Alabama
Colima Erupts Again Forcing Mass Evacuations In Mexico
The Colima volcano erupts violently near Guadalajara Mexico prompting thousands to flee villages and ranches. Refugees reach Guadalajara by train as lava is minimal but ash and deadly gases blanket towns and tracks. A northwest gale aided evacuation.
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Guadalajara
Mex
Colima
Zapothulic
Smuggled Gems Recovered in New York Package
New York authorities recover diamonds valued at over 20 000 dollars hidden in a package from Amsterdam addressed to Nathan Groen a New York diamond dealer. Groen is arrested at the post office for smuggling. Agents seize diamonds totaling about 60 000 dollars at his home.
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New York
Amsterdam
Holland
Nathan Groen
Green
General Post Office
Liquor License Granted for The Royal Liquor Store
Mobile excise commission approved Moses Heidelberger's application to open The Royal Liquor Store. Other applications for Bernard Malone Frank Poggs William McGrath and Hermann Bros at listed addresses were held for decision.
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Moses Heidelberger
Excise Commission of
Mobile
Royal Liquor
Bernard E. Malone
St. Francis Street
William E. Rodgers
Northwest Royal
Adams Street
Frank J. Poggs
North Wilkinson Street
William J. McGrath
Hermann Bros
Davis Avenue
Day in Congress Highlights Debates and Hearings
Congress convened at noon with Senator Root demanding either U S submission to arbitral tolls on Panama or retirement. House resumed appropriations debate while the currency reform committee heard Charles N Fowler on monetary revision. Ways and Means eyed tariff hearings. Fisher presented Osage lands dispute views. immigration bill Burnett-Dillingham topic for conference. Stanley urged rail ownership ban by mining firms. Shipping Trust hearings resumed with E M Bull testimony.
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Senator Root
United States
Panama
House
Currency Reform Committee
Charles N. Fowler
New Jersey
Ways and Means
Fisher
Indian Affairs Committee
Burnett-Dillingham
Stanley
Commerce Committee
Shipping Trust
E. M. Bull
Fair and Cold Tonight Then Warmer Wednesday Weather
The forecast calls for fair and colder conditions tonight with a low near 42. Wednesday expects fair skies and a slight warmup with moderate northeast winds and freezing temperatures overnight in the vicinity.
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Mobile
And
Root Demands Equal Rights To All Shipping
Senator Root urged repeal of the Panama Canal act free toll provision in a senate speech. He called for arbitration of the toll question or U S withdrawal from the act and argued the measure discriminates against foreign shipping and harms U S standing abroad. The speech began a push to amend the law before it takes effect.
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Washington
United States
Senator Root
Senate
Congress
Mobile adopts annual license for fruit and vegetable pedlars
The Mobile city commission approves replacing the 26 cent daily peddler tax with a 50 dollar annual license for fruit and vegetable pedlars. Hucksters may, as before, pay 25 cents daily per wagon. The board also funds 5000 dollars for Northern Drain improvements and approves various tax and license actions.
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Lyons
St. Louis
Wilkinson Streets
Pillans
Little Sisters of the Poor
Monterey Street
J. A. Christian
Board of Commissioners
City of
Mobile
Sioner Lyons
Immunity Question Shadows Mobile County Probe
Rumors swirl over whether engineer Charles Dew was promised immunity in exchange for naming four parties alleged to have attempted to bribe him and admitting money received from one. Civic League and Chamber deliberations on road bonds and investigation plans unfold as grand jury readiness is announced.
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Charles Dew
Mobile
Dew
J. A. Joullian
Warren H. Roberts
Th Civic League
Mobile County
Roberts
League
Affai
Item
Tt League
Mr. Roberts
Chamber of Commerce and
Hess League
Civic League
Chamber Commerce
The
Das
Semmes
Andrews
N. R. Clarke
Mobile County Civic League
Mobile Farm Lands Company
L. C. Irving
L. C. Strann
W. W. Ingalls
the Circus
McIntyre and
McLean
Wilson to Leave New Jersey March 8 for Washington Inauguration
President elect Wigen said he will remain governor of New Jersey until March 8 the day of his inauguration in Washington. He will travel without a private car and will use ordinary arrangements. About 1 000 Princeton students will ride with him on a special train for the parade to che er as he arrives in the capital. He will lodge that night at a hotel as guest of cousin John W. Wilson of Franklin Pennsylvania.
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Trenton
N. J
Wigen
New Jersey
Washington
Wilson
United States
Princeton
National Capital
John W. Wilson
Franklin
Rehearsal for Gould Nuptials in Tarrytown
Miss Helen Miller Gould and Finley J. Shepard rehearsed their wedding at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown New York with Rev Daniel Russell guiding the couple and attendants The lineup includes Louis J Shepard as best man and Miss Goulds nieces Helen and Dorothy as flower girls A flood of wedding gifts arrives from across the country including items from George J Gould Frank Gould Edwin Gould and others A limited guest list of about seventy five will attend the ceremony tomorrow
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Helen Miller Gould
Finley J. Shepard
Lyndhurst
Miss Gould
Daniel Russell
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Louis J. Shepard
Helen
Dorothy
Gould
George J. Gould
Frank Gould
Edwin Gould
Howard Gould
Paris
New Pocket Editions Publish City Traffic Ordinance
West pocket editions of the new traffic ordinance adopted by the city commissioners last Tuesday have been distributed free at the city clerk’s office. The law contains twenty five sections and prescribes fines up to one hundred dollars for violations. The ordinance becomes effective February 1 and aims to guide drivers in common jam situations.
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Schwarz
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Osage Council
Mary T. Godau
Petition For Relief
Sheriff Palmer
Elizabeth Gurley _Fnn
Industrial Workers of the World
Detective Harte
Mobile. County
Root
Great Britain
Smite
New Orleans
Ulysses i. Woodruff
Galvest Texas
Insane Agency
Jackson
Miss
Woodruff
N Ous
Cairo
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