City probes taxi fare hikes and tax decisions in Mobile
The Mobile City Commission opens hearings on taxi and similar-vehicle charges amid complaints of excessive fares. A petition seeks to overturn a 14 769 84 dollar assessment for street improvements beside the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Hearing set for November 20 with related actions on freight storage rules and a Home Telephone Company franchise amendment.
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Beauregard Street
Royal
Commerce
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Pillans
Home Telephone Company
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Fearn Way
Wilson Seeks Quiet Course After Huerta Ultimatum
President Wilson left for Princeton to vote as the United States presses a silent, coordinated policy on Huerta. Secretary Bryan refused to discuss the demand for Huerta’s immediate resignation while diplomats in Mexico City consult on the crisis and the administration signals no public action yet.
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Washington
Wilson
Princeton
Huerta
White House
Bryan
Mexico
Mexico City
O’shaughnessy
Capital
United States
Bacon
Foreign Relations Committee
Alabama State Land Congress Opens in Birmingham
The second annual Alabama State Land Congress session begins in Birmingham with talks on railroads and immigration. Addresses by City Commissioner Weatherly, Governor O Neal, and Birmingham Chamber of Commerce chair Joseph Thompson precede Montgomery speaker C Abercrombie. John L Burnett to discuss immigration.
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Ala
Alabama State Land Congress
Weatherly
O’neal
Joseph O. Thompson
Farm Movement Committee
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
John L. Burnett
Alabama
T .C. Powell
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
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Southern Railway
Charles A. Ham
Western Alabama Railroad
G. A. Park
Liner Creeping Into Court Afloat After Iceberg Collision
The steamer Manchester Commerce, which struck an iceberg in the Strait of Belle Isle Saturday morning, was sighted off St. Johns today. The vessel was badly damaged with a crushed bow and a heavy list.
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Strait of
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New York Election News Bulletin Tonight
The Item will bulletin election returns from New York City and states holding elections today starting at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening. Bulletins will be posted in front of The Item office and the public is invited to view this service.
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New York City
Freed, He Returns 10 Loved On es
Fayette R. Salter, par doned by the president after years in Atlanta for a Mobile life sentence, steps from a Louisville and Nashville train to be welcomed by his wife, daughters, and kin. The reunion at the station is scene of emotion as Salter proclaims happiness amid the tearful crowd. Continued on Page Four.
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Fayette R. Salter
Salter
Mobile
Atlanta
United States District Court
Mrs. Salter
Lizzie Salter
Wakefield and Plew Sentenced to Hang for Murder
Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield and James Plew are to be hanged on March 4 for the murder of William Wakefield in Cheshire Connecticut. Plew testified to conspiring with Wakefield while her three children were taken for a walk. The case used an old 1642 statute allowing the court to determine guilt without a jury.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Bessie J. Wakefield
James Plew
William Wakefield
Connecticut
Wakefield
Plew
Jewkes
Burpée
Elevated roads overtake Chicago heat ruling
Chicago elevated railroad riders receive disappointment as Cook County appellate court rules the city cannot compel heat in elevated cars due to a technical defect in the municipal ordinance. The decision leaves surface cars without a mandatory temperature obligation.
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Chicago
Appelate Court
Cook County
Perkins Praised For Achievement In Harvester Case
Judge William D. McHugh in Saint Paul lauded George W. Perkins for shaping the International Harvester Company as a major educational and beneficial force. He traced Perkins role in building a strong, expansive firm and noted the company’s global reach and impact.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul, Minn
William D. McHugh
International Harvester Company
United States District Court
George W. Perkins
McHugh
Harvester Concern
McCormick
Chicago
J. P. Morgan and Company
Hhkins
McCormick Company
Judge McHugh
Great Harvester Concern
Detective prevents death by own action in Crimmel case
Detective J. W. Murphy stopped Charles Crimmel, a cotton man, from harming himself at the Roe Drug Company by taking a half ounce bottle of carbolic acid and sending him home. Murphy said Crimmel was refused admission to the cottonman's union and had bought the acid to kill himself.
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J. W. Murphy
Charles Crimmel
Roe Drug Company
Murphy
Crimmel
Cottonman’s Union
Anton Too Anxious fails in naturalization attempt
Chicago November 4 Anton Wiskieszek in naturalization proceedings before Judge Goodwin answered President Wilson when asked who leads the United States and guessed Cicero as the president’s residence. He also gave evasive replies to other questions showing unfitness for citizenship.
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Chicago
United States
Anton Wiskieszek
Goodwin
Wilson
Cicero
Joseph Logello
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Unsettled tonight and Wednesday with probable showers. Alabama: cloudy tonight and Wednesday with showers. Mississippi: unsettled tonight and Wednesday with possible local rains and light to moderate east winds. Light to moderate easterly winds across the region.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Desperate Deeds of Drunken Prisoners in Morris County Jail
Two drunken prisoners Eugene Sampson and John Burns armed with a riot gun and 1000 rounds of ammunition terrorized inmates in Morris county jail. They drank liquor from a stolen bottle, fired through the keeper's office wall, and were found asleep at daylight after deputies arrived.
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Associated Press
Morristown
N. J
Morris County
Eugene Sampson
John Burns
Sampson
Burns
Flurry in Berlin over US Mexico ultimatum
Berlin reaction to the United States note to Provisional President Huerta stirred stock markets and paper circles but drew little impact at the foreign office which awaited news from Count Bernstorff and Ambassador Gerard. Berlin hoped for restored order in Mexico and favored European consultation prior to such steps.
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Berlin
Huerta
United States
Berlin Stock Exchange
Foreign Office
Washington
Bryan
Count Bernstorff
Gerard
Mexico
Signals From Wakiva Reported Off Texas Coast
Galveston Texas November 4 signals from the yacht Wakiva I bound from New Orleans to Tampico indicate it is pounding to pieces on shores near Aransas Pass. Tug Senator Gailey sails to assist. arrival will take hours. Wakiva owned by Haustecn Petroleum Co once owned in New York by L Harness. Crews numbered twenty two.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
S. O
Ulster Business Men Hold Mass Meeting
In Belfast on November 4 a mass Ulster business meeting endorsed resisting Irish home rule by tax refusal and continuous law obstruction. Delegates from firms with capital exceeding $650,000,000 attended the demonstration of about 6,000 business leaders.
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Ulster
Associated Press
Belfast
Ireland
Bloody fingerprint clues murder of Mrs. Cito
In Chicago a killer left a bloody fingerprint on the face of a child after stabbing Mrs. Samuel Cito, 25, in her apartment while she bathed a child. Neighbors finding the scene reported the infant crying on the floor with the bloodied imprint on its forehead.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Samuel Cito
Alabama gains from high court decision on tax statute
Special to The Item Birmingham case cites about one hundred thousand dollars in claims against foreign and domestic corporations. The U S Supreme Court upheld Massachusetts franchise tax statute, ruling tax on capital stock valid whether property lies outside state. Rail line threats to appeal may be settled, with potential influence on other pending actions including efforts to oust Atlantic Coast Line railroad.
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Montgomery
Ala
Federal Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Assembly
It. RK
Rev Edmund A Neville Dies in Mexico
Episcopal minister Rev Edmund A Neville died in Saltillo while en route to Mexico City after a U S visit. He previously preached in Sedalia Missouri Cincinnati Ohio New Albany Indiana and Muncie Indiana. Neville drew attention for his time as a missionary in New Guinea where he witnessed cannibal killings of fellow missionaries.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Edmund A. Neville
Saltillo
United States
Sedalia
Cincinnati
New Albany
Aml Muncie
Ind
Neville
New Guinea
Income Tax on Notes Explained Regulation Issued
Washington shows new supplemental regulations on income tax for notes issued for interest rents or other income after March 1 1918. When such notes mature on or after November 1 1913 the maker must withhold 1 percent tax on amounts over 3000 unless an exemption claim has been made. If exempt the withholding applies only to the amount over the exemption.
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Associated Press
Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Precautions Tighten as New York Votes in Historic Polls
In a landmark measure to curb fraud officials order all five borough police captains reassigned to new precincts and kept on duty until Wednesday as 669 762 voters in greater New York vote early for mayor and numerous offices. Fusion and Tammany factions forecast results.
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New York
Greater
State Assembly
City Board of Aldermen
Waldo
Mexico City Dispatch on Huerta Reply to U.S. Demands
No indication Huerta has sent or received the U.S. demand that he resign immediately and not install loyalists as his successor. Officials and the U.S. embassy deny transmission or receipt. A Mexican cabinet meeting was called and local dispatches suggest further discussion.
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Mexico City
Huerta
United States
Associated Press
Nelson O’shaugh
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