Russians Seek American Bank Chain in South America
Informal overtures from Russians to the ministry of finance aim to open a Russo American bank in South America with half the capital secured. American bankers plan branch banks in Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires Lima and other cities with support from the American Union. The move is seen as boosting North American trade influence across the region.
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Associated Press
Petersburg
Ministry of Chance
St Perens
Py Associated Press
Washington
South America
Prinipally
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Jaiso
Lima
John Barrett
The
American Union
Reed Says Only Death Will Cause Him to Quit
Special to The Item Walter D Seed of joosa declares only death will force retirement from the race for governor. Reports of inactivity and quitting race are denied. Seed, a Tuscaloosa candidate and state prohibitionist, remains in the contest and has issued speeches since appearing in justice against B B Comer. He presently serves as lieutenant governor of Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Montgomery
Ala
Walter D. Seed
Joosa
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Eastern Roads' Troubles Still Not Adjusted
New York January 28 complaints about Eastern railroads failing to obey arbitrators' award dominate conferences this week between the general adjustment committee and the conference committee of management. About eight complaints have been settled but members doubt progress on the rest and expect further arbitration under the Newlands act if needed.
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New York
Electric railway and lights for Jerusalem concession
The Turkish government granted a concession for a four foot wide electric streetcar line from Jerusalem and for electricity lighting. The concession went to a French bank, which had recently supplied Turkey with funds to buy the Brazilian ship Rio Janeiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Palestine
Turkey
Rio Janeiro
Weather warning alerts in Mobile for strong south winds
A fragmented notice from the Weather Bureau in Washington reports a craft warning issued in Mobile Alabama warning mariners of strong southerly winds. The garbled text mentions Washington and January 23 and references Frankenfield amid unclear names.
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Mobile
The
Washington
Washington, D. C
Keee Bureau
Ala
County Fair Promotes Big Car Traffic
The editorial argues the county fair will boost street railway revenue by drawing 200000 fares from 125000 attendees. It suggests the line can handle the crowd with current equipment and notes past daily ridership of 34000, expecting double during the fair.
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County
M. J. McDermott
Ch .Win
Junius Woolf
Selma fair gains backing. meeting set for Feb 10
Stockholders favor holding another fair in Selma this fall and city business men plan strong support. A citizens meeting will be held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 5 o'clock on Tuesday February 10 to gauge local interest. Officers for the coming year were elected: W. B. Atkins president J. B. Ellis vice president W. A. Anderson treasurer Morgan Richards secretary.
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Selma
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Association
W. B. Atkins
J. B. Ellis
W. A. Anderson
Morgan Richards
Girl Held in Pensacola at Mother’s Request
Police in Pensacola acted on Atlanta authorities orders to detain Aline Garrison a 16 year old vaudeville performer. The girl refused to discuss her motive or family concerns and was kept in a police room overnight awaiting her mother’s arrival to arrange her return home.
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Pensacola
Fla
Atlanta
Sanders
Aline Garrison
More Marines Join Force at Vera Cruz
United States marines at Vera Cruz total about 800 after the Panama canal zone detachment arrives. Major Smedley D. Butler commands with his staff and one company assigned to the Minnesota. Three companies are split between the Kansas Tampico Chester and Virginia forces at Vera Cruz.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Vera Cruz
Panama Canal Zone
Smedley D. Butler
Fletcher
Minnesota
Kansas
Tampico
Chester
Virginia
Boys Charged with Luring Alabama City Girl to Gadsden
Two 19 year old white boys Clyde Stokes and Alvis Merritt were arrested near Oxford on a charge of luring 15 year old Effie Harwick from Alabama City for immoral purposes. They took her to the woods near Dwight Cotton Mill, got her drunk, boarded a train to Anniston and lodged with Mrs Brown near the Blue Springs mill before police moved to Etowah county.
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Anniston
Ala
Clyde Stokes
Alvis Merritt
Blue Springs
Oxford
Brooks
Harmon
Effie Harwick
Alabama City
Etowah County
Harvey
Gadsden
Dwight Cotton Mill
Felder links Speer coercion and bias in Georgia case
Georgia Attorney General Thomas Felder testified before the congressional committee, saying he has known Judge Speer for over twenty years and that Speer used coercion and intimidation to influence juries. Felder cited threats to bar witnesses and improper jury selection in Macon cases, plus alleged excessive fees and held funds in a Macon bank.
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Associated Press
Savannah
Congressional Committee
Emory
Ciill
Atorney
Thomas Felder
Georgia
Will Beirg
Felder
Judge Speer
Macon
Marshal White
W. A. Huff
Mr. Huff
Huff
Cecil Morgan
Barefoot Wanderer Found at West Virginia Hospital
A man in night clothes wandered in Mason county and is under investigation for lost identity at the state hospital. Clues suggest he was once a businessman from Evergreen North Carolina and his last name may be Gillis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
Mason County
West Virginia Insane Asylum
Evergreen
N.C
Gillis
North Carolina
Montgomery Egg Shortage Eases as Retailers Offer Limited Eggs
Special to The Item. Montgomery on January 28 reports a temporary relief in the egg famine that gripped the city since Friday. Wholesalers and retailers announced sparing dozen offerings at high prices as housewives urged hens to lay. Shipments resumed despite ongoing tight supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Circle Puzzle Draws Mobile to Prize Contest
The Item launches a 150 prize Circle Puzzle contest worth 1500 dollars running through February 21. Readers must count circles in a diagram created by a mathematician, with no tricks or fake parts, and submit solutions with strict entry rules.
Some Questions And Answers in Circle Contest
A reader discussion on a circle counting puzzle in a contest. Mauder notes circles are complete and not part of each other. Mrs M M C confirms correct counting is possible though difficult. M L Brewton compares chances to Mobile. time of solution not considered in awards. prizes for correct solutions only.
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M. G
Mauder
Mobile
Crichton Fire Destroys Two Homes Fails City Aid
Fire destroyed two frame houses in Crichton near the city, Herrin and Laurendine homes burned, a large tree ignited, and volunteers saved neighboring dwellings. City fire wagons were not sent because the area is outside city limits, despite a large fire threat and extensive property damage estimated near fifty thousand dollars.
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Crichton
W. B. Herrin
John Laurendine
Herrin
Laurie
George Fisher
Cpetfon
Urbs
Agal
Josephine Yontz
Laurendine
Thomas F. Price
Herron
Unidentified Stolen Goods Await Owners
Police seek owners for recovered jewelry and silverware linked to Fred Schwartz arrest in Pensacola. C R Craig and others identified pieces from Jacksonville and Mobile residents L. W. Hall and Miss Clara Falk, inviting claimants to identify property.
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Pensacola
Fred Schwartz
Hay
Schwartz
Oakland
Cal
Jacksonville
Fla
L. W. Hall
Selma Street
Clara Falk
Georgia Avenue
Tennessee Electric Chair Final Test Scheduled
NASHVILLE Jan 28 A final test of Tennessee's electric chair will be conducted today at the senate prison where all connections are in place. Officials denied plans to use a stray dog for demonstration. The first execution is set for February 26.
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Associated Press
Nashvile
Tennessee
Senate
Yankee farmers ousted by foreign settlers in New England
Boston report shows native Yankee farmers being pushed off farms by settlers of foreign blood. It calls for increased use of machinery and scientific methods as the remedy to preserve native agriculture.
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Associated Press
Boston
New England
State Board of Agriculture
Noted religious worker dies in Asheville at 91
Mrs A E Pease a prominent North Carolina religious and educational figure died in Asheville at age 91. A New York native she founded the Normal and Collegiate Institute and served as president of the Asheville WCTU.
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Associated Press
Ashevile
N. C
A. E. Pease
North Carolina
New York
Threat Proves Costly in Anniston Policing Case
In Anniston Alabama on January 28 Zeke Hopkins a Black man was fined 100 dollars plus costs in police court after being charged with making threats against Police Chief Shiretzki and Officer W T Pruitt.
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Anniston
Ala
Shiretzki Py
W. T. Pruitt
Zeke Hopkins
Roger C Sullivan Enters Senate Race Support for Wilson Policies
Chicago Democrat Roger C Sullivan announces full accord with President Wilson policies as he steps into the Senate race. Sullivan, a longtime city political leader, frames his bid around national progressive aims and party unity ahead of upcoming votes.
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Chicago
Roger C. Sullivan
Chicago Democratic
Sullivan
Wilson
Oklahoma Circuit Affirms Jim Crow Train Rule
United States circuit court of appeals upholds Oklahoma Jim Crow law. Dr Thompkins, a Negro, bought a Kansas City to McAlester ticket on the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad and a Pullman ticket. At the Oklahoma line he refused a white car and was ordered off the train, causing a disturbance and a $16 fine.
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ST. Louis
Oklahoma
United States Circuit Court
Thompkins
Kansas City
McAlester
Okla
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Oklahoma Line
Thompns
Pater Lanel Thompking
Thompking
Peculiar Mast Collapse Clears Cavailer Sloop Off Pensacola
The fishing schooner Cavalier arrived in Pensacola with four jib stays snapping and the mainmast crashing down, followed by the remaining spar. All twelve to fourteen aboard were unharmed as jury rigged repairs allowed the vessel to reach port. Spectators feared a battle at sea before learning there was no crew injury or severe weather.
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Pensacola
Fla
Gulf
Mild sensation over awarding of corn crop prize
Affidavits from Eclectic residents allege Cecil Adams of Elmore county was incapacitated when the Alabamaers Association awarded the corn crop prize after professors Duncan and Bobby endorsed him. W A Adams says his son could not sign due to severe pain and eye injury.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cecil Adams
Elmore County
Walker Lee Dunhgan
Tallapoosa County
Alabamaers’ Association
J. N. Duncan
J. R. Bobby
Auburn
W. A. Adams
Cecil Adama
Oere
Department of Agriculture
Adams
Virgil Dark
Eclectic
Duncan and
Hobby
Parlor cars renovated for Mobile New Orleans trains
Parlor cars on trains 5 and 6 between Mobile and New Orleans have undergone a full overhaul at Pullman shops in Pullman Illinois. They return with new carpets and other accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
New Orleans
Pullman Company
Pullman
Ill
American Sailors Guard Haitian Capital During Revolution
American sailors from the armored cruiser Montana protect the American legation the cable station and the French hospital in Port au Prince as Haiti’s revolution unfolds. German forces also guard legations and stores while President Oreste flees to the Vineta. Captain Russell leads naval efforts with discretion from Washington pending further orders.
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Associated Press
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Montana
Michel Oreste
Vineta
Citizens’ Committee of Public Safety
Solon Menos
Washington
Oreste
Eneh
Russell
South Carolina
Daniels
Guantanamo
Windward Passage
Caribbean
Battleship South Carolina Heads to Port au Prince
Under forced draft the battleship South Carolina rushes across the Windward Passage for Port au Prince Haiti to join the armored cruiser Montana and protect Americans and other foreigners with Marines and bluejackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Port AU Prince Washington
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Montana
French Cruiser Conde Placed at Haitian Consul's Disposal
The French cruiser Conde in Mexican waters was placed at the disposal of the French consul in Port au Prince Haiti. The consul is authorized to telegraph the Conde's commander when services are needed due to the serious situation from the Haitian revolution and President Mich el Oreste's flight.
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Conde
Paris
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Michel Oreste
Underwood Men Meet Thursday At Montlien Hotel
Chairman Harry T. Hartwell of the Mobile County Underwood Club calls a 2:30 Thursday meeting in the ground floor parlor of the Castleton hotel. Representatives from every city ward and county beat are expected to attend to discuss plans.
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Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile County Underwood Club
Cawtllon Hotel
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