Revolting Crimes Reported in Durango By Rebels
A private letter from Mexico City says forty women mainly from the upper class in Durango committed suicide after rebel occupation. Rebels looted and burned much of the business district and disregarded foreign flags. Some American citizens were wounded and a British man killed. German women reportedly faced abuses. The Mexican government plans relief troops, but days will pass before arrival.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Durango
Mexican Fourth of July to Skip U S Ambassador
Provisional President Victoriano Huerta will meet American residents in Mexico City on July Fourth but the American ambassador Henry Lane Wilson will not attend. He will travel to Vera Cruz to join U S navy festivities to avoid an official contact with the Mexican president. Rail repairs on the Mexican Central advance toward Torreon. government silent on E N Brown and A E Clark retaining posts.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
Henry Lane Wilson
Vera Cruz
United States Navy
Mexican Central Railroad
Torreon
E. N. Brown
National Railways
A. E. Clark
New Court Rules Promise Speedier Justice in Alabama
Special to The Item. Montgomery July 1 Judge John Pelham, head of the state judicial reform commission appointed by Governor O Nea l, says the supreme court rules will reduce delays and expenses. He asserts the reform will bring prompt determinations on substantive law and curb procedural quibbles that cause miscarriages of justice. Pelham predicts clear benefits for informed readers who follow such matters.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
John Pelham
State Judicial Reform Commission
O'Neal
Pelham
Military Encampment Plans Unsettled by Finances
Montgomery July 1 The governor may set a thirty day notice for encampments if finances permit Adjutant General Scully is in Washington awaiting war department guidance Captain Paul Franson of the Montgomery True Blues says the second regiment will encamp at East Lake starting July 21.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Scully
Washington
War Department
Paul Franson
True Blues
East Lake
Defendants in White Slave Case Detail Federal Influence
Former California state architect and Drew Caminetti were slated as defendants in a white slave case. John L. McNabb, U.S. attorney for the northern district, secured evidence amid resignation threats to the president. Caminetti’s father, an immigration commissioner, faced charges that his influence aided the defendants against federal punishment.
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California
Drew Caminetti
United States
John L. McNabb
Caminetti
Immigration
McNabb
McReynolds
Texas Tightens Laws On Marriage and Liquor
Dallas Texas July 1 1930s era report notes new Texas laws taking effect granting married women control of separate estates saloons must close 930 pm to 6 am and strict liquor shipment rules into dry areas. A man cannot get drunk outside his home and divorced persons face a one year remarriage ban.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Lieutenant Ruiz Faces the Firing Squad
In Douglas Arizona on July 1 General Juan N Medina led 390 to 400 Sonora recruits from Agua Prieta toward Juarez to aid Villa. Lieutenant Ruiz, a federal, faced a firing squad after state officials said he confessed to being sent by Colonel Vasquez to join the expedition.
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Associated Press
Douglas
Ariz
Juan N. Medina
Agua Prieta
Villa
Juarez
Medina
Madero
Sonora
Ruiz
Vasquez
Guarez
Mass Meeting Sets Out School Bond Needs at Clarke School
A public mass meeting is called for tonight at Clarke School 311 North Conception Street to explain the proposed 156000 bond issue for the district’s schools. Dr Erwin Craighead will chair with talks by Mayor Laz Schwarz and Albert Zesh, plus Jos Norville of Mobile. attendees urged to learn bond benefits and support education.
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Clarke School
North
Conception Street
Erwin Craighead
Laz Schwarz
Glade
Albert Zesh
Jos- Norville
Mobile
Friends of Education
Messrs. K. Linscott
E. J. Buck
Alfray G. Moses
Etta Lambert
Paign
City Commission bans autos in parks with fine up to $100
City leaders approved an ordinance to prohibit automobiles motorcycles and other vehicles from entering Mienville Washington Ryan and Lyons Parks. Offenses carry a fine from 25 to 100 dollars. Routine business followed including payroll bills bond retirements and bids for cemetery entrance plans.
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Recorder's Court
William F. Tebbetts
Recorder’s Court
Pat J. Lyons
B. B. Boone
Mienville
Washington
Ryan and
Lyons Parks
Price Williams, Jr
Probate Court
G. H. Kreumpel
Virginia Street
Kreumpel
Athenny Moone
Schwarz
George Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Lyons
Board of Commissioners
City of
Mobile
Death of C P Field Confederate veteran and accountant
Clarence Preston Field aged 69 a Confederate veteran and longtime public accountant with Garland and Field died suddenly from apoplexy at his home 59 Van Rennselaer street He was born in Mobile and belonged to Raphael Semmes camp UCV Surviving wife an adopted daughter Mrs G White three brothers Misses Lillian and Mabel Field and Mrs Daniel W Partridge of Selma Aja
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C. P. Field
Clarence Preston Field
Garland & Field
van Rennselaer’ Street
Field
Mobile
Raphael Semmes Camp
United Confederate Veterans
G. White
Joseph Fr . W. W. Field
Spring Hill
Sumter
South Erolina
Ties
Lillian
Mabel Field
Daniel W. Partridge
Selma
Aja
Park show opens with free outdoor act Slide for Life
Monroe Park opened its show season Monday night with Miss Mamie Fisher in The Slide for Life on the outdoor stage. The program continued with five acts of vaudeville noted as very entertaining and will run for two more nights.
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Monroe Park
Mamie Fisher
Panama Canal Celebration Rally Draws Large Russell School Crowd
A district and civic improvement meeting advanced Panama Canal Celebration goals at Crichton Odd Fellows Hall. Colonel A G Quinn presided. prizes were awarded. The Monday night Russell school gathering saw over a hundred prizes, attention to speeches by Herbert Fe Belman and L C Irvine, with Tom Long as chairman and ten volunteers added to the Morgan Memorial honor roll.
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Panama Canal
Odd Fellows
Crichton
A. G. Quinn
Panama
Gadd Fellows
Whistler
Russell School
Jefferson Street
Herbert Febelman
L. C. Irvine
Tom ©. Long
Morgan Memorial
State cannot recover from school board ruling affirmed
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed a chancery court decision in the case State of Alabama vs the Board of School Commissioners. The ruling sustains demurrers and holds the state cannot recover for leases of sixteenth section school lands timber and turpentine taken from leased lands. The suits in Mobile county sought timber and turpentine value from about fifty defendants.
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Speveral
RR. T. Ervin
Chancery Court
State of Alabama
Board of School Commissioners
Supreme Court
Ervin
Mobile County
Stefansson Sails for Nome to Join Arctic Expedition
Seattle July 1 Dr V Stefansson leader of the Canadian arctic expedition sails for Nome Alaska to join his ship the whaler Karluk and the power boat Alaskan He goes with Dr R M Anderson lieutenant and James Murray oceanographer from the Shackleton South pole party The Karluk and the Alaskan will sail for Point Barrow Alaska July 20.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
V. Stefansson
Nome
Alaska
Ghim
R. M. Anderson
James Murray
Point Barrow
Weather summary for Mobile area in June
The United States Weather Bureau Mobile office reports June highs of 100 degrees on the 18th and a low of 56 on the 11th. Total precipitation 32.88 inches with 1.65 inches in a 24 hour period on the 24th, 2.07 inches below normal. Winds mainly from the north, peaking at 25 mph from the southeast on the 29th. Thirteen clear days, 132 partly cloudy days, four cloudy days and rain on four days. Thirteen thunderstorms occurred that month.
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United States Weather Bureau
Mobile
Three File for Bankruptcy in U S District Court
Voluntary petitions in bankruptcy were filed Tuesday in the United States district court by Jim May of Whistler liabilities 88 Felix Mosley of Whistler Mobilities 490 and W H Ellis of Mobile liabilities 687. All petitioners claimed no assets and were adjudicated bankrupts.
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United States District Court
Jim May
Whistler
Felix Mosley
W. H. Ellis
Mobile
Weather Forecast for Mobw e and Mississippi
Forecast calls for showers in Mobile and parts of Alabama tonight or Wednesday with breezy conditions. Mississippi expects local showers tonight or Wednesday. Temperatures at Royal and Dauphin show 78 at 9 am, 80 at 10 am, 84 at 1 pm, and 59 at 2 pm.
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Bama
Mississippi
Royal
Dauphin
Gompers Bribery Claims Highlight Lobby Probe
Washington reports detail a 1907 Gompers statement on bribery attempts by Brandenburg of the National Association of Manufacturers. The document describes staged confessions and pressure on the AFL leader, with officials advised by the federation to stay cautious as senators prepare to question witnesses in the lobby investigation.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Senate
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Louis J. Stebdld
New York
Mulhall
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Broughton Brandenburg
Sing Sing
Grompers
Brandenburg
Kinogelt
Federation of Labor
Duncan
Federation
Selma Rental Agencies Busy As Moving Day Nears
Selma rental firms report a record season with Oct 1 start for the rental year. Agents close numerous contracts daily and most habitable houses are spoken for as builders note Selma's rapid growth. The Selma Manufacturing Company plant, acquired by James F. Ames, expands output with night shifts to meet cloth demand. about twenty five cottages are used for workers.
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Selma
Ala
Selma Manufacturing Company
Cawthon Cotton Mills
James F. Ames
Cleveland
Ohio
Mr. Ames
Ppc
Veterans Gather at Gettysburg for Semi-Centennial
Thousands of veterans camp on the fields as Major Normoyle estimates 65 000 attendees by nightfall. Army officers work through the dawn to ensure comfort and order while formal ceremonies begin with dignitaries including War Secretary Garrison Tener Beers and Young.
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Gov. Tener
Beers and Young
Associated Preas
Gettysburg
Gettysh
Normoyle
Quartermaster's Department
U.S. A
Mormoyle
Buford
Wheeler
Cemetery Ridge
Col
J. M. Shoenmaker
Pennsylvania Gettysburg
Bennett H. Young
U. C.V
Heat Wave Moves East With Relief Expected
Weather bureau reports indicate relief from four days of intense heat in parts of the nation as a trough of low pressure moves into the upper Mississippi valley and eastward. Temperatures reached 100 in parts of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys with no significant rainfall recently. relief is forecast by Wednesday morning.
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Weather Bureau
Ward
Mississippi River
Kansas
Missouri
Mississippi Valley
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Heat Wave Eases in Chicago as Death Toll Rises
Chicago records cooling relief from a searing June with a 20 degree drop and more showers. Revised death toll from the heat reaches fifty. In Louisville a further hot wave death and several prostrations are reported despite a temperature drop.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Louisville
Engineer to Inspect Cochrane Lines Railroad Sections
State engineer will inspect Cochranes lines and properties of Ray Montgomery and Kay. The mission involves checking ties and railroad sections and issuing guidance on future decisions.
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KAY
Cochrane Lines
Commis
Montgomery
Bile
Capital City 10 Celebrate At State Capitol
Event notes Capital City 10 celebration at the state capitol with picnics amusements and public speaking. Attendees include local officials and residents enjoying festivities and remarks in the capital city park area.
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Capital City
Capitol
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