Chester Sails for Vera Cruz Amid War Readiness
The scout cruiser Chester departed the Philadelphia navy yard with orders to reach Vera Cruz by Monday night. Fire support and field guns accompany the voyage as Captain William A. Moffett stated the vessel is provisioned for three months and carries ample ammunition.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Chester
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Vera Cruz
William A. Moffett
Moffett
Huerta Rejects U S Demands Plans to Expand Army
Provisional president Huerta’s government outlined a formal reply denying the United States any right to demand actions from Mexico. The statement also says Huerta plans to raise the Mexican army to five hundred thousand men, with cabinet discussion continuing.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Huerta
General Huerta
Ormal
United States
Battleship New Hampshire sails to Vera Cruz with eight ships
Under orders from Rear Admiral Fletcher the battleship New Hampshire moves from Tampico toward Vera Cruz. With her arrival eight American men of war will assemble off Vera Cruz. The gunboat Annapolis reaches Santa Rosalia where she guards French colonists.
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Washington
Fletcher
New Hampshire
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Navy Department
Annapolis
Santa Rosalia
Lower California
Marines Ordered for Immediate Service in Southern Climate
Orders from Washington direct 200 to 300 marines at the Portsmouth navy yard to prepare for service in a southern climate. The move reflects wartime deployment readiness as crews receive mobilization instructions.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Washington
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Charlestown Navy Yard Sees No Orders For Marines
Boston Nov 7 no orders received there concerning movement of marines at Charlestown Navy Yard. Officials said no preparations announced for active service at Portsmouth. There are 180 marines always ready plus a plan for a coastal roundup may be maturing at Culebra east of San Juan.
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Boston
Charlestown Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Naval Prison Guard
Charlestown
Atlantic
Culebra
San Juan
Porto Rico
Guantanamo
Toggether
Pope Again Faces Death Sentence in Alabama Court
Ervin Pope stood in Aniston Alabama court and heard a death sentence pronounced for the murder of J McClurkin the wealthy planter and mill owner This is his fifth time facing a death sentence after four prior convictions and multiple retrials including reversals by the Alabama Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
Anniston
Ala
Ervin Pope
J. McClurkin
Pope
Alabama
Supreme Court Ims
Georgia doctor named as former Alabama convict in bigamy case
A Carrollton Georgia physician identified as Walter L. Franklin, a former Alabama convict paroled in 1908, faces a bigamy charge in Atlanta. Alabama records show two wives and prior embezzlement history. investigators press for a preliminary hearing as proof consolidates.
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Montgomery
Carrollton
Atlanta
Walter L. Franklin
Alabama
Jefferson County
Dan. G. Trawick
State Convict Department
Emory M. McCalman
Bowden Junction
L. H. McMahon
Ida Smith
Toadvine
Salvation Army
Peachie Jones
Georgia
Birmingham
Franklin
Ralston offers new proposition on Indianapolis streetcar strike
Governor Ralston says martial law will not be imposed while settlement seems possible. Militia stay on, arbitration sought, union recognition central. New plan lets outside leaders cease activity, restores nonviolent workers, resumes service, with public grievance commission final. Receiver motions denied in related suits as court weighs franchise issues.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Ralston
Free of State
Remster
W. H. Latta
Albert C. Pearson
Pearson
Stret Car Company
Frank Roby
William Dodson
Bricklayer’s Mason and Plasterers’ International Union of North America
McCombs Weds Washington Girl in Westminster Ceremony
William F. Mc Combs of New York, chairman of the Democratic national committee, marries Dorothy Williams of Washington at St. Peter and St. Edward chapel in Westminster. Best man Charley Woodruff Halsey and a distinguished guest list attended including ambassadors and earls.
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Associated Press
London
William F. McCombs
New York
Democratic National Committee
Dorothy Williams
John R. Williams
Washington, D. C
St. Peter and St. Edward
Palace Street
Westminster
Charley Woodruff Halsey
McCombs
Princeton
Campbell
Nancy
Leiter
Richard Townsend
Newhouse
Battleship Wyoming Crew to Enjoy Malta Visit
British and American authorities plan a series of entertainments in Malta to honor Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger and the crew of the battleship Wyoming arriving tomorrow. The harbors will be largely cleared for the flagship while British ships are busy elsewhere.
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Malta
Charles. J. Badger
Wyoming
Cabinet Silent On Huerta Reply After Cabinet Meeting
Washington dispatches say Huerta would deny U S demand for retirement in a complete denial but cabinet members would not comment. They acknowledge the Mexican situation was discussed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico City
Huerta
United States
Plan to recall Covarrubias stirs Berlin intrigue
Washington dispatches report ongoing plans to recall Minister Miguel Covarrubias, with rumors he might be appointed foreign minister and succeed to provisional presidency. Covarrubias, who recently resigned, was asked to stay until a successor is chosen. He is related to Juan Sancho Azcona, secretary to Madero. Azcona links to the Carranza movement and is viewed by Constitutionalist members as an acceptable figure during interim elections.
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Washington
Berlin
Miguel Covarrubias
Covarrubias
Juan Sancho Azcona
Madero
Azcona
Carranza Movement
Huerta May Step Down If Powers Back U S Action
Berlin dispatch from the Frankfort Gazette correspondent in Mexico City reports General Huerta could retire as provisional president if the great powers back U S action, avoiding the appearance of yielding to American pressure alone.
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Berlin
Navy
Frankfort Gazette
Mexico City
Huerta
United States
Mexico crisis darkens as Huerta resists US pressure
The Giornale d Italia warns the Mexican situation is growing tragic. It says intervention is unpopular in the United States but seems unavoidable as Provisional President Huerta will not yield.
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Associated Press
Rome
Giornale d Italia
Mexico
United States
Huerta
Treasurers Face Legal Action Over Tallapoosa County Funds
Suits against former Tallapoosa county treasurers aggregating 60009 are filed in the Montgomery City court. W L Rowe is charged with breach of bond and improper payments totaling 13000. J B Knox sued for failure to report revenue and to account for fines. Bonds signed by the treasurers are named as parties. The county of Tallapoosa acts as plaintiff.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tallapoosa
W. L. Rowe
W. M. Vernon
J.8
Knox
Rowe
Board of Commissioners
Bartholdt Urges Inquiry Into Bryan Ultimatum Report
Missouri Representative Bartholdt introduced a resolution calling the foreign affairs committee to probe the source of reports that the United States last Sunday sent an ultimatum to Mexico demanding Huerta's resignation. He said the inquiry should determine if an error occurred or if the administration altered its plan at the last minute.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bartholdt
Missouri
Masmuch
Bryan
United States
Mexico
Huerta
Foreign Affairs Committee
Bartholdi
Weather forecast sampler for Alabama period
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with light to moderate easterly winds. Expect pleasant weather across Alabama through the stated period.
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Mobile
Alabama
Heroin Heroine Receives Carnegie Medal Honors
A readable excerpt notes a heroine receiving the Carnegie Medal for bravery. The article mentions a fifteenth birthday and a desire to wed, alongside references to railroad workers and a hero’s actions.
Rate hearings on plate glass tariffs opened in St Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings began in St Louis on plate glass rates from St Louis to Mobile Alabama. A 6000 pound minimum allegedly deduces equal tariffs for 5000 and 6000 pound shipments and forces extra loading duties. The case affects Southern points according to Mobile Chambers official G C Card.
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ST. Louis
Mobile
Ala
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
G. C. Card
The
Mobile Chambers of Commerce
Sayre Promoted to Deputy Assistant District Attorney
Francis B. Sayre, soon to marry Miss Jess ie Wilson at the White House, is promoted to deputy assistant district attorney for New York County. He passed the bar exam two days ago and will stay in the district attorney's office about a week longer before leaving on a month long honeymoon. He will then become secretary to the president of Williams College.
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New York
Francis B. Sayre
Jessie Wilson
White House
Aged Wife of Young Man Dies in Hartford
Mrs. Lucinda Treat Goddard aged 73 wife of Charles A. Goddard a 20 year old Yale student died at her Hartford home. Death was due to apoplexy. Their marriage in 1909 had drawn public attention and her son previously sought a conservator for her reportedly extensive estate.
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Hartford
Conn
Lucinda Treat Goddard
Charles A. Goddard
Yale
Goddard
Business Men of Montgomery to Represent at Good Roads Convention
Delegates chosen to represent the Buness Men’s League at the Alabama Good Roads Association’s seventeenth annual convention in Mobile, November 16 to 22. The list includes Henry M. Hobbie as chairman and 30 others such as George Laurie, Robert H. Jones, W. S. Keller, A. R. Gilchrist, John P. Kohn, Walter R. Brassell, Thomas H. Edwards, Henry Abraham, and Gen. W. Hails among the named delegates.
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Montgomery
Buness Men's League
Alabama Good Roads’ Association
Mobile
Ala
Henry M. Hobbie
George Laurie
Robert H. Jones
Keller
A. R. Gilchrist
John P. Kohn
Walter R. Brassell
Thomas H. Edwards
Henry Abraham
John D. Cody
W. N. Cox
B. J. Baldwin
W. M. Blakeley
Algerman Blair
W. T. Robertson
Bernard Frank
A. C. Davis
R. E. L. Majors
M. B. Houghton
Thomas J. Hall
Thomas A. Davis
Gen. W. Hails
P. H. Murphy
Charles D. Faber
H. H. Moore
Bruce Kennedy
Tener denies being approached for N B L top post
Pennsylvania Governor Tener, linked as a potential National Baseball League candidate, says no offer has been made and he has nothing further to say about leading the league. He told friends yesterday he is not a candidate.
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Harrisburg
Tener
National Baseball League
Bound girl found in burning rubbish scene
Gertrude Hanson aged 16 a servant in Otto Johnsons home was found bound and gagged among burning rubbish in the basement. She was unconscious and police believe she was attacked and the perpetrator attempted to conceal the crime as smoke filled the basement.
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Chicago
Gertrude Hanson
Otto Johnson
Lost boy found alive after twenty years in Gulfport
Frank Aubrey Lumsden, missing for about twenty years and once feared drowned in the Mobile river, has been located by his uncle George Lumsden in Gulfport Mississippi. He lived under an assumed name, worked aboard a schooner, and was adopted by a captain after a boy, later returning to relatives.
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Aubrey Lumsden
Sup
Frank Aubrey Lumsden
Mobile
Gulfport
Miss
George&. Lumsden
Gulf and Ship Isang Railroad Company
Lumsden
Aubrey
Yerby
Frank A. Lumsden
Helen A. Lumsden
Roper Street
Carrie Clemmons
Church Street
Louisiana
Tunstall Lumsden
Fort Morgan
George Lumsden
Clemmons
Child Identifies Mother Slayer in Chicago Court Hearing
Six year old Casamania Ciro pointed out a prisoner named Philip Prescia as her mother's killer after yesterday's event in Chicago. Prescia denied the charge with an alibi. New Orleans police were asked to investigate a sister's claim that Prescia was involved in two killings there.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Casamania Ciro
Philip Prescia
New Orleans
Prescia
Misappropriation of Funds To Be Probed In Indian Victims Case
Associated Press reports in Washington that Gross misappropriated funds belonging to minor children of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Secretary Lane discloses investigations and plans to call the federal grand jury and begin criminal prosecutions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Redmond Happy Over Walsh Election Victory
Associated Press reports John Redmond and United Irish congratulate Dax I Walsh on his gubernatorial win in Boston. Telegram praised Walsh’s election and noted celebratory reaction from Redmond and allies.
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John Redmond
Walsh
Associated Press
Boston
Dax I
United Irish
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